The 2004 National Elementary Chess Championship was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2-4, 2004.

The Washington State participants at the event. (Click on photo to enlarge.) Adam Shankland of Washington scored 5.5 of 7 in this event, finishing in 12th place. The winner, after consideration of tie breaks, was Marc Tyler Arnold of New York, who scored 6 of 7.

Report from Linda Omori:

In Lee's report (see below), he forgot to mention K-3 individual championship section. There are quite a few notable winners.

K-3 Championship section

• Tate Maider, 22nd place, 5.0 points

• Michael Omori, 25th place, 5.0 points

Report from Hock San Lee:

In addition to Adam Shankland, the following WA individuals and teams did very well:
(Also see the report on the US Chess Federation web site.)

Notable Team Winners

K-6 Championship section

• Kings Way Christian School, Vancouver 8^th place

K-5 Championship section

• Stevenson Elementary, Bellevue 6^th place

K-3 Championship section

• Kings Way Christian School, Vancouver 3^rd place

K-1 Championship section

• The Evergreen School, Shoreline 7^th place

K-6 Blitz section

• Kings Way Christian School, Vancouver 2^nd place

• Heritage Christian School, Bothell 5^th place

• The Evergreen School, Shoreline 6^th place

K-3 Blitz section

• Laurelhurst Elementary, Seattle 5^th place

• Stevenson Elementary, Bellevue 10^th place

Notable Individual Winners

K-6 Championship section

• 12^th place: SHANKLAND, Adam J (26,WALAKE) 1625 5.5

K-5 Championship section

• 6^th place: HUGHES, Kamran (23,WABEAR) 1487 6.0

• 15^th place: LEE, Michael (4,WASTEV) 1793 5.5