The United States Chess Federation is pleased to announce the 2024 All-America Chess Team. Team members will receive team jackets and plaques by mail.

The All-America Chess Team was created in 1987 to honor the very best players ages 18 and under. The team, one of the highest national honors attainable by a young chess player, is selected on the basis of age, rating, and chess activity during that year, similar to the selection process of all conference sports teams. This years candidates were selected based on their age as of January 1, 2023, and their peak post-tournament rating from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. Since this award is a post-season selection, the minimum rating limits in each age group are reviewed annually by US Chess staff and the US Chess Scholastic Council.

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One ninth of the 2024 All-America Team at the awards ceremony on the final day of the 2023 K-12 Grade Championships (photo Caroline King)

The United States Chess Federation wishes to congratulate each of the 45 members (up five from last year!) of this years All-America Chess Team for receiving this outstanding award!

GM Andrew Hong, 2022 Weeramantry Blitz champion (courtesy of the subject)

Justin Wang ready to work his magic on the e-file (courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC)

Robert Shlyakhtenko (courtesy Deshaun Adams/Renaissance Knights)

IM Anthony He (courtesy Caroline King)

IM Kirk Ghazarian is in good company when it comes to missing the Tactic Of The Day (courtesy Austin Fuller/SLCC)

IM Jason Wang finished first on tiebreaks (photo Caroline King)

Last year's co-champ was this year's only 6/6 player in any of the five invitationals (photo Daniel Day)

Nico Chasin (photo David Llada)

IM Eddy Tian (photo David Llada)

Rohan Padhye (L) and IM Evan Park (photo David Llada)

Vyom Vidyarthi (photo Betsy Zacate)

FM Sandeep Sethuraman (David Llada)

Erick Zhao (courtesy Deshaun Adams/Renaissance Knights)

2022 Barber 3rd Place Winner FM Bach Ngo at the 2022 U.S. Open. Photo: Mark Cieslikowski

"We want Fabi!" the junior champion will face Caruana in a critical game for the standings (courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC)

Happy belated birthday to now-14-year-old Alice Lee (courtesy Austin Fuller/SLCC)

FM Brewington Hardaway broke the 2400 barrier and earned a GM norm in the process (courtesy Daniel Schipper/CCC)

Eric Liu with his championship medal.

courtesy Charlotte Chess Center

Woodward made waves with his upset of Niemann in their third-round clash (courtesy David Llada/FIDE)

IM-Elect Chen! (courtesy Elite Chess)

Ryan Sun (courtesy Deshaun Adams/Renaissance Knights)

Top-seeded Aiden Liu (CA) is perfect around two rounds in the K-5 Championship (photo Caroline King)

Ethan Guo, 2022 National K-8 Blitz Co-Champ

Kyle Dong (photo David Llada)

Linxi Zhu won the K-3 Blitz Championship outright, and is currently tied for first in the K-3 Championship (photo Caroline King)

2024 US CHESS ALL-AMERICA CHESS TEAM

Age 18 (Min. Rating 2500)

Andrew Hong

CA

Age 17 (min. rating 2475)

Justin Wang

TX

Robert Shlyakhtenko

CA

Balaji Daggupati

CA

Anthony Bi He

WA

Maximillian Lu

CT

Age 16(min. rating 2450)

Arthur Guo

GA

Christopher Woojin Yoo

CA

Jason Wang

OH

Nico Werner Chasin

NY

Kirk Ghazarian

CA

Eddy Tian

NJ

Age 15(min. rating 2425)

Evan Park

PA

Jason Liang

NY

Vyom Vidyarthi

CA

Sandeep Sethuraman

AZ

Eric Yuhan Li

CA

Age 14(min. rating 2400)

Dimitar Mardov

IL

Bach Ngo

FL

Erick Zhao

PA

Age 13(min. rating 2350)

Abhimanyu Mishra

NJ

Brewington Hardaway

NY

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