North Carolina Students Shine At SuperNationals III

About 250 North Carolina players joined the more than 5,000 participants nationwide at the 2005 SuperNationals III April 8-10 in Nashville, Tenn. Check out all of the crosstables.

Charlotte's Thomas Paradis brought home one of the best results. He captured second place in the competitive K-8 Championship, with almost 250 players in the section. Paradis (1709) was only the 26st highest rated player in the section.

Top 25 finishers and class winners from North Carolina:

K-12 Championship - Chapel Hill's Adam Holmes, 19th; Wake Forest's Nelson Lopez, 23rd; Chapel Hill's Noah Blach, tied for 25th; Charlotte Matthew Green, tied for 25th; Charlotte's Michael Brown; 3rd Top Under 1400

K-12 Under 1500 - Charlotte's J.P. Sypniewski, tied for 25th

K-12 Under 1200 - Charlotte's Chris Kohlhepp, tied for 25th

K-12 Unrated - Gastonia's Alexander Faraday, 14th

K-9 Championship - Charlotte's Frank Mu, 11th; Charlotte's Matthew Yoder, 2nd Top Unrated

K-8 Championship - Charlotte's Thomas Paradis, 2nd; Greensboro's Jacob Parrish, tied for 1st Under 1600; Charlotte's Mac Stevens, 3rd Top Under 1200; Chapel Hill's Jonathan Lang, 2nd Top Under 1000; Charlotte's Tim Chu, 3rd Top Under 1000

K-8 Under 1000 - Charlotte's Kevin Cheng, 16th; Charlotte's Gage Hibner, 19th

K-8 Under 750 - Chapel Hill's Eric Vaughn, tied for 25th

K-6 Under 1000 - Charlotte's Charles Yopp, tied for 25th

K-5 Championship - Charlotte's Joshua Mu, 19th; Charlotte's Samuel Xin, tied for 25th; Charlotte's Quinn Holmquist, 2nd Top Unrated; Hendersonville's Joshua Horwitz, 3rd Top Under 1000

K-5 Under 900 - Concord's Nikolas Stylianou, 2nd

K-3 Championship - Durham's Drew Clary, tied for 25th

K-3 Under 800 - Charlotte's Billy Senay, 10th; Charlotte's Micah Terrell, tied for 25th