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Team of History CL_07-2012_NHS_AKF_r9_chess life 6/8/12 1:50 PM Page 18 Cover Story Front, left to right: Maya McGreen, Mariah McGreen, Kamil Chmielewski, James A. Black, Jr., Brian Arthur, Isaac Barayev, Tommy Zhang, Carlos Tapia Back, left to right: Markus Pond, Matthew Kluska, Jack Wen, Kevin Marin, Anita Maksimiuk, Justus Williams, Elizabeth Spiegel, John Galvin Team of History The Junior High I.S. 318 are National High School Champions By MATAN PRILLELTENSKY ELIZABETH’S PROGRAM captured 10 (of a possible 15) grade school WFM Spiegel has developed a winning, national titles. Its sixth graders have won replicable system. Kids enter the chess EVERY THREE YEARS, THE KIDS ARE the K-6 national championship three program in sixth grade, frequently with lit- completely different. No matter: The result times. Dominance of junior high school tle to no competitive experience. Every is typically the same. A middle school nationals has been pronounced, with the incoming student in the school takes from Brooklyn’s Broadway Triangle brings K-8 and K-9 championships being taken chess as a required class. Sixth grade national championships home from thrice and twice, respectively. Every title periods are structured traditionally: An Nashville, Dallas, or Orlando. I.S. 318’s the program was eligible for through 2011, advanced group and a beginner group coach, WFM Elizabeth Spiegel, admits to it won at least once. Except for the great- swap places partway through, one play- not recalling just how many titles it has est team prize in American scholastic ing while the other receives instruction. been. Since 2007, the beginning of the chess: The K-12 national championship. This is the year 318 students decide what USCF online records, her program has In her 13 years running the program, role, if any, chess will play in their mid- 18 Chess Life — July 2012 uschess.org CL_07-2012_NHS_AKF_r9_chess life 6/8/12 1:51 PM Page 19 mil Chmielewski, James A. Black, Jr., Brian Arthur, Isaac Barayev, Tommy Zhang, Carlos Tapia k Wen, Kevin Marin, Anita Maksimiuk, Justus Williams, Elizabeth Spiegel, John Galvin dle school experience. there were times when no two kids were their experience from past games and Kids who catch the bug continue with studying the exact same thing. post-mortems to orient themselves in chess as an elective and after school club, Each Saturday, students compete in a the future.” (excerpted from Spiegel’s possibly seeing GM Miron Sher once a Game/30 tournament run by Chess In blog at lizzyknowsall.blogspot.com). week. Some of these students will take The Schools. These tournaments take The combination of elective chess Spiegel’s class every day. Their classes place in public schools around New York classes, Saturday tournaments, and the become less traditional and more like a City, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration after school club has proven exception- teacher-led study group: On a recent is free, and kids have their games ana- ally fruitful. This model won its successes Monday, Spiegel taught students play- lyzed by Spiegel or IM Farai Mandizha, with class A and B players, kids whose ing the Colle-Zukertort opening a 15 assigned to the team by Chess In the main chess influence was their school- minute lesson before they reviewed the Schools. The analysis is intense, fre- teacher. But the last few years have been material by playing through a ChessBase quently uplifting, occasionally painful. slightly different. In 2009, three unusual file. Kids playing the Caro-Kann worked Deep calculation or focused planning students were part of the entering sixth independently, sparring and answering receives hard-won praise; lack of basic grade class: Justus Williams, James questions she had prepared, before meet- opening knowledge is criticized. Opening Black, and Isaac Barayev. By eighth ing with her to discuss their findings. instruction is an essential part of grade, these three had raised the bar for The three strongest players in the class, Spiegel’s curriculum. “Teach a kid the what their program could accomplish. all rated over 2100, played blitz in the Colle, even better, the Colle-Zuckertort, A glance at the school’s rating list tells the back of the room, while a group of non- give them a plan to play for, and they will story: Each one outrates their expert tournament players played Game/20. learn how to make and carry out a plan. teacher, Justus and James by hundreds Differentiated instruction is taken very They will get the same type of positions of points. Each has a serious study pro- PHOTO: ADRIANA LOPEZ SANFELIU ADRIANA LOPEZ PHOTO: seriously: In the run-up to nationals, and structures, so they will be able to use gram outside of school: Justus is a uschess.org Chess Life — July 2012 19 CL_07-2012_NHS_AKF_r9_chess life 6/8/12 1:51 PM Page 20 Cover Story World-number one GM Magnus Carlsen payed a visit to the school. Here, he plays blitz with Justus Williams. long-time student of GM Sher, while chess world. at least one 318 likely scorer to be paired up James and Isaac study with GM Alexan- During games, his demeanor is unusual, in the last round, Justus’ final game would der Stripunsky. Having a large core of A particularly for a middle schooler. He sits be a must-win for his team. and B players supporting these three motionless, reaching out only to move a made it possible for 318 to dream of an piece, and deliberately retreats his arm historic coup in Minneapolis. back toward his body. Several times in Sicilian Defense, Winning the high school national cham- Minneapolis I noticed an opponent shak- Najdorf Variation (B92) pionship is an historic achievement that ing his head, tapping his leg, while Justus Jeevan Karamasetty (2190) belongs to all 318’s players, not just the sat stoic opposite. During one of these Justus Williams (2312) four top scorers who received plaques. games, 318 Assistant Principal John Galvin National High School Championship (5), But it was the top four who combined to speculated that “his pulse never goes over 04.14.2012 produce the winning score of 20 points. 50 beats a minute.” While other top play- Their names are Justus Williams, Isaac ers demonstratively react to moves or 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Barayev, Matthew Kluska, James Black. communicate silently with onlookers, Jus- Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. tus’ board manners are perfect. In the Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Nd4 d5 junior high school blitz tournament, when JUSTUS an opponent’s flag fell, Justus quietly said “time.” The TDs didn’t hear him. r+-wq-trk+ Hailing from the South Bronx, Justus In Minneapolis, Justus was nicked for a +p+-vlpzpp became the youngest black master in U.S. draw in round three by expert Darren Wu, 1 history at the age of 12, smashing the pre- of Washington State. No matter: Surely 6 ⁄2 p+n+lsn-+ vious record by almost three years. At just would at least tie for first. Early draws in +-+p+-+- 13-years-old, Justus’ resume reads like national events were not unusual for Jus- that of an experienced pro. He has repre- tus, nor were strong recoveries. He won -+-sNPvL-+ 1 sented the United States four times in his next two games to reach 4 ⁄2/5, within +-sN-+-+- international competition, and been selected striking distance of first place. If he were to three times as an all-American. He starred beat Arizona master Dipro Chakraborty in PzPP+L+PzP on the 2011 U.S. Chess League champion round six, he would be playing for the indi- tR-+Q+R+K New York Knights, and is featured in the vidual national championship in the last recent documentary, “Brooklyn Castle.” round. But it was not to be: Surprised in the After 12. ... d5 National Championships are not lacking: He opening, Justus later said he had lost the Not one of the common moves here, won the individual K-6 title in 2010 and four hour game “pretty much without a but Justus has his own ideas and quickly shared first in the 2011 Barber tourna- fight.” With under an hour before the final unbalances the game. ment for elite junior high players. He might round, and the individual championship not tell you any of this himself: Justus lets gone, Justus quietly told me he wasn’t hun- 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg4 dxe4 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 his moves communicate his position in the gry and was going to play basketball. With 16. Qe1 Bb4! 17. Bb3 Qa5! CARLSEN: COURTESY OF NEW YORK CITY CHESS, INC. BROOKLYN CASTLE STILL COURTESY OF BROOKLYN CASLTE 20 Chess Life — July 2012 uschess.org CL_07-2012_NHS_AKF_r9_chess life 6/8/12 1:51 PM Page 21 Pressuring c3 ... 18. Bd2 Qh5! I.S. 318 on the Silver Screen Or swinging over to the kingside! White has done nothing obviously wrong, yet he is already worse. 19. h3 Rae8 20. Ne2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 e3 22. Qe1 22. Qd3 is the only way to keep the dis- advantage within bounds. 22. ... Ne4 -+-+rtr-mk +p+-+-zpp p+n+-+-+ +-+-+-+q -+-+n+-+ A two-years-younger Justus Williams in a scene from Brooklyn Castle. +L+-zp-+P PzPP+N+P+ Before I.S. 318 became National High School champions, they were filmed for the documentary Brooklyn Castle, which will be reviewed in Chess Life later this year. tR-+-wQR+K The information listed below is from the time of filming.
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