ntil August it was unclear whether we would be able to hold this tournament OTB. Brookdale Community College was not able to commit to holding the event any earlier. I should have guessed that we would have great attendance due to people registering for the November 21^st tournament in the middle of August! With less than 1 week before the tournament I committed to two additional rooms. We would have up to 400 in the main room and up to 60 each in two small meeting rooms. Our attendance broke a record with an increase of 20 per cent over 2019. We had 492 players! The following are 2021 NJ K-12 Grade Champions:

Kindergarten: Charlotte Martin 5-0

1^st Grade: Jayden Li 4.5 – .5 won on tiebreaks

                   Sathvi Birudavolu 4.5 – .5

2^nd Grade: Santhosh Ayyappan 5-0

3^rd Grade:  Anson Leong 4.5 – .5

4^th Grade:  Will Nieder     5-0

5^th Grade:  Audrey Keyan Li   5-0

6^th Grade:  Rishi Madiraju  5-0

7^th Grade:  Quan Tran         5-0

8^th Grade:  George Yimin Chen 5-0

9^th Grade:  Eddy Tian     5-0

10^th Grade: Jayson Lu    4.5 – .5 won on tiebreaks