Hunter Chess Team Wins Greater NYC Chess Championship

Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 02:52 PM

Hunter High School won the Greater NYC Chess Championship (Varsity Section) this Sunday at the Hotel New Yorker. The team consisted of Alec Getz, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Aaron Landesman and Jonathan
Williams. Individual trophies were awarded to Alec Getz (2nd Place), Alex Ostroviskiy (3rd Place) (with 4 of 5 points) and Aaron Landesman (9th Place/3.5 points).

In the Saturday Junior High School Section Hunter did not bring a team; however, newly minted National Master Alex Ostrovskiy finished in First Place in the Junior High School division taking over the mantle from Aaron Landesman (2009) and Alec Getz (2008).