The Knockout Knights Scholastic at Pike Road Intermediate School was an exciting day on and off the board! We had 56 players come ready to compete, bringing fantastic energy, sharp focus, and great sportsmanship across every round.
Alongside the tough battles at the boards, our costume contest was a huge highlight. The students came out in so many creative, fun costumes, making the tournament hall a blast between games. A big congratulations to all of our tournament section winners and our costume contest winners for putting on such a great show.
We’re especially grateful to Pike Road Intermediate School and Principal Parker Reiss for hosting us and for their continued commitment to supporting youth chess.
Below you’ll find the full results and photos from the day. We look forward to keeping the momentum going into our upcoming events!
For the USCF ratings report: https://ratings.uschess.org
For the full standings: https://www.chessroster.com
For our upcoming tournaments: https://www.rasberrychess.com
Jonathan Rasberry - Rasberry Chess Academy
2026 Knockout Knights Winners
Team:
1st: Trinity Presbyterian School
2nd: Saint James School
Open:
1st: Houston Champlin / Po-Ting Raymond Chen / Ethan Burke
U500:
1st: Hyaan Patel
2nd: Aniketh Azad Nutalapati
3rd: Samuel Nichols / Jace Bell / Jian Yoon
Other Sections:
K-12 (Unrated): Elin Kim / Asa Moates
K-3 (Unrated): Kade Bretl
Photo Credits: Jonathan Rasberry
