Oak Hall School and the Frazer School earned multiple first-place trophies this past weekend in Orlando during the U.S. Chess Federation’s SuperNationals VIII, drawing more than 4,600 student chess players.  

Both Gainesville schools combined for five gold and one silver finish, helping Florida secure victories against other states.  

Oak Hall tied with Lower Lab School, New York, for first place in the K-5 section, splitting a co-National Champions title. Aakash Jani led the way for the Eagles with six points. Sophie Li and Damian Alexander followed closely with five points each, and Addison Baumstark earned four points to secure the tie.  

The Eagles also won the K-6 Under 1200 section and the K-3 Under 600 section.  

In the K-6 Under 1200 section, Asher Austin and Meera Jani got five points each, followed by Mihai Holcomb with four and a half points and Myka Solberg with 3 points.

In the K-3 Under 600 section, five Oak Hall players were in scoring position for the team. Arjun Setty earned six points followed by Miyuki Phillips with five and a half points, Stella Wang with five points, Joseph Aghdashi with four points and Amy Mauerman with four points.  

The Frazer School won the K-6 Under 1000 and K-6 Under 600 sections.  

Henry Tang secured five and a half points in the K-6 Under 1000 section. Teammate Ryan Zhang earned five points, with Anish Adupa earning four points and Jayden Wu getting three and a half points.  

In the K-6 Under 600 section, Amogh Kalluru showed up and won seven points for the team. Aikam Sharma followed with five points, and teammates Maxwell Ji and Annabelle Liu earned four and a half points and two and a half points, respectively.  

Oak Hall’s K-1 team secured a silver finish in a field crowded with New York schools, with 10 of the 18 teams. Florida had good representation with three teams, including Queen of Peace Academy, who finished in a tie for sixth place. 

The Eagles had talent to spare for the section, with seven players landing within scoring position. These included Hayden Webb, Suraj Jani, Levi Merkel, Tanner Samant, Melody Zeng, Harry Mclellan and Leon Wu.  

Florida earned three other national titles through schools in Miami. The wins were in the K-12 Unrated, K-8 Unrated and K-6 Unrated sections. 

In March, Gainesville schools (Oak Hall, Frazer School and Queen of Peace) dominated the 2025 Florida State Scholastic Chess Championships, winning seven of the eight sections.