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Edison Elementary School
 
Dylan Alvarez continues to hold on to the top spot for the 9th week in a row with a chess club rating of 911 but Justen Gebala is closing in as he had jump over 100 rating points in the past 3 weeks. Richard Martini has also gained about 75 points. Edison has its first school challenge of the year with Providencia on January 22.
 
Luther Burbank Middle School
 
David Lopez continues to be the top spot with chess club rating a 1013 with Mitchel Fernando holding on to 2nd with a club rating of 918. Ian Flinchbaugh rounds out the top 3 with a rating of 882 but Matthew Powers may have the power to clinch one of the top 3 real soon. Luther Burbank Middle School also has 3 new chess club members Jarel Dilnisio, Jake Gonzalez, & Sevak Karapetyan.
 
Providencia Elementary School
 
Providencia Elementary School has had some changes at the top with Nicholas Tong taking the top spot with a club rating of 1120. This is the highest rating out of all the participating schools at this time. Alex Ramirez holds the 2nd spot with a club rating of 1002 and closing in on Alex in 3rd is the highest rated girl of the chess club Stephanie Reyes with a rating of 999. Some students like Preston Hernandez, Marco Salinas, & Jocelyn Rieken have made a lot of progress in the past couple of weeks and could be the next top 3 so look out Nick Alex & Stephanie. Providencia will be taking on Edison for a school challenge on January 22.
 
McKinley Elementary School
 
McKinley Elementary School Chess Club recently started on December 2, 2009 and in the short time Seth Alafetith has already reached 2nd place in the chess club & Brandon Miller has reached 5th. Seth is in 4th grade and Brandon is in 1st grade. Both of these boys have made exceptional progress in the past 5 weeks. This could be a race to the top between Seth & Brandon.
 
Stevenson Elementary School
 
Stevenson Elementary School now entering its 6th year of doing chess has just recently started on January 13, 2010. After doing a 2 out of 3 challenge both Jessie Avila & Dominic Flores achieved a checkmate each and a draw. Jessie ended up with a club rating of 542 with Dominic not far behind with a club rating of 536. The tables could turn at the next chess club meeting at Stevenson Elementary School.
 
Disney Elementary School 
 
Disney Elementary is the school that can proudly say they have the strongest top 10 out of all the schools. This school will be competing against others in the month of February. Currently holding the top 3 spots are Narek Avetisyan with a club rating of 1116, Robert Stout with a club rating of 986 and Cesar Cuevas with a club rating of 906. Kiet Hoang, Nicholas Tokarev, & Max Gunner are edging closer & closer to the top 3 so there could be some changes at the top at the next chess club meeting.
 
All of the schools are forming teams to compete in the Southern California State Championships to be held on March 28th. We will have to see which one of these Burbank Schools will be the top school in the State.
 
The club ratings of all the schools can be seen by going to  http://www.allstaryouthchess.com.