Students from several Ladue schools brought home hardware from the 2024 Missouri State Scholastic Chess Championships in March.

The high school team won its third-consecutive state championship; the following students contributed to the effort (each student’s individual placement included):

• Luke Ye (10) won 1st place on Board 1
• Newman Shen (9) won 2nd on Board 2
• Jason Shi (10) won 5th on Board 2
• Ruilong Tang (9) won 1st on Board 3
• Celina Zhou (10) won 2nd on Board 3
• Jenna Song (10) won 1st on Board 4
• Angella Zhang (9) won 2nd on Board 4
• Vishmi Rajapaksha (11) won 3rd on Board 4

Ladue Middle School teams won the state title in both the 8^th Grade and Under and 6^th Grade and Under divisions.

In the 8^th Grade and Under division, individual awards went to:

• Alex Zhang, 1^st place
• Ayden Huang, 2^nd place
• Forrest Yang, 4^th place
• Kevin Shi, 8^th place

Additionally, Albert Shi received medalist honors.

In the 6^th Grade and Under division, Austin Wang won third place while Simon Shen, Alice Chang, and Olivia Cao were medalists; all are students at Ladue Middle School.

In the 5^th Grade and Under division, Kyle Huang (Conway) won 4^th place, Aaron Chen (FGC) won 7^th place and Selena Yang (FGC) was a medalist.

In the 3^rd Grade and Under division, Andrew Fang (Spoede) won 2^nd place while Jennie Liang (Old Bonhomme) was a medalist.