Club Achievements at State Championship
2026 – Of the 10 sections at PA State Scholastic Championship we won 6 First Place Club and 2 Second Place Club awards
2025 – Of the 10 sections at PA State Scholastic Championship we won 5 First Place Club and 1 Second Place Club awards
2024 – Of the 10 sections at PA State Scholastic Championship we won 5 Club awards
2014 – 2023 – Won at least 1 club trophy in all years that event was held
Only club in the country to have individuals who won the Herbert Jacklyn Scholarship 3 times:
2025 Herbert B. Jacklyn Program Recipients Announced | US Chess.org – Yajat Gupta
2024 Herbert B. Jacklyn Program Recipients Announced | US Chess.org – Vasishta Tumuluri
2023 Herbert B. Jacklyn Program Recipients Announced | US Chess.org – Yajat Gupta
Two winners of sections at national events and several other top 10 finishes
Champions
2025 – Super Nationals – K3 Under 1000 – Devansh Malhotra – 1st Place
2023 – National High School Championships – Unrated Section – Mohit Maringanti – 1st Place
Top 10 Finishes
2025 – Super Nationals – K6 Under 1000 – Riaan Gandhi – 2nd place
2024 – National Elementary School Championships – K6 Under 1000 – Subhang Nettem – 4th
2024 – National Elementary School Championships – K6 Under 1000 – Tyler Wang – 5th
2024 – National Elementary School Championships – K6 Under 1000 – John Zheng – 10th
2024 – National Middle School Championships – K9 Under 900 – Pranav Srinivasula – 6th
2024 – National Grade School Championships – 4th Grade – Under 800 – Sudiksha Kotha – 3rd
2024 – National High School Championships – K12 Under 800 – Venica Jain – 2nd
Top 100 Lists
These change monthly, so it is a list of people who have gotten on them at various points in their chess playing. Currently, there are lists kept for all 6 event types, and several people have likely been on multiple ones. This list is in no particular order, but please note that several young ladies have consistently been on these lists for years!
Vahini Sadhu Venkata
Samika Nettem
Kalyani Puranikmath
Myra Nigam
Shyra Nigam
Subhang Nettem
Achu Puranikmath
Tyler Wang
Mohit Maringanti
Ram Singh
Vasishta Tumuluri
Jack Lieberman
Venica Jain
Ridhan Venkatesan
Sudiksha Kottha
Pranav Srinivasan
National Publications
Please note that we also have a club newsletter that numerous players write for. Azim Julkipli edits the newsletter.
Photo credits on USChess.com
As part of a story on the National Chess Day Wrap-Up story – National Chess Day Wrap-Up | US Chess.org Samika Nettem had several photographs taken that US Chess used.
Colleges
Though of course our focus is chess, we are quite proud of members who go on to college and we also have a few professors who play with us.
Drexel – Professors
Temple – Professor
Penn State University – Honors Program
Cornell – student in doctoral program
University of North Carolina
Georgetown University
Iowa State University
Haverford College
Georgia Tech (starts in fall)
New York University