The Bethany local area (where our founders Ishaan, and Neev live & study) elementary and middle schools like Jacob Wismer Elementary, Stoller Middle School, Willamette Valley Academy (WVA), and Jesuit High School have fantastic records at these team chess tournaments. The four schools combined have 12+ years of near flawless unbeaten record at the state team tournaments.

Ishaan has been a staple member of Jacob Wismer for 5 years, Stoller MS for 2 years, and Jesuit HS for 3 years as of 2026. During his 7-year tenure so far at Jacob Wismer + Stoller + Jesuit, every single year (excluding 2020 when everything was canceled), Ishaan led or helped his school teams win champion in any state team tournament they participated in! One exception was 2018, where Jacob Wismer was only second at the state level.

Jacob Wismer: Here is a record and some beautiful memories of all those victories!

20221st Place
2nd Place
OSCFTeam #1: Neev Kodarapu, Eesha Juneja, Pranav Kurpad, Matthew Alappat, Anay Shah
Team #2: Sahasra Vinjam, Vivaan Kalra, Krish Telang, Kavish Dhar, Stuthi Mathew
2022NAChess for Success: Did not participate
20211st Place K5-ROSCF Team #1: Avyukth Sunil, Anay Shah, Eesha Juneja, Methmi Goonetilleke, Kavish Dhar
Team #2: Jaya Karthikeya Vankayalapati, Pranav Kurpad, Sahasra Vinjam, Eshaan Ramesh Segavalu, Srinidhi Inam
2021NAChess for Success: Did not participate
2020NAOSCF: Tournament canceled due to COVID
2020NAChess for Success: Tournament canceled due to COVIDHowever, the school team won 1st place in Regionals right before the shutdown
20191st placeOSCF:
Ameya Shirguppe, Mikhail Arturov, Vimal Adiraju, Ishaan Kodarapu, Nathan Ye
20191st placeChess for Success:Ameya Shirguppe, Mikhail Arturov, Tanish Pentakota, Vimal Adiraju, Ishaan Kodarapu, Varyan Jain, Prajna Sripathi
Coach: Mike Terrill
20182nd placeAmeya Shirguppe, Mikhail Arturov, Ishaan Kodarapu, Vimal Adiraju, Nathan Ye, Eleanor Song and Jeeva MoorthyCoach: Mike Terrill
20171st placeLeonard Yan, Vimal Adiraju, Ishaan Kodarapu, Nathan Ye, Egan Wong, Coach Mike Terrill, Eleanor Song, Srikruthi NerallaCoach: Mike Terrill
20161st placeSudarshan Gokul, Ishaan Kodarapu, Vimal Adiraju, Kyle Liu, Egan Wong, Eleanor SongCoach: Mike Terrill
20152nd placeClarence Guo, Egan Wong, Kyle Liu, Sudarshan Gokul, Eleanor Song, Coach Mike (Deetya Brahmarouthu absent)Coach: Mike Terrill
20142nd placeDeetya Brahmarouthu, Peter Ye, Colin Liu, Greg Ji-Hoon, Jang Kyle Liu, Egan WongCoach: Mike Terrill
20131st placeJonathan Guo, Ethan Wu, Kyle Liu, Colin Liu, Maria KlimkinaCoach: Mike Terrill
20123rd placeEthan Wu, Colin Liu, , Keshav Siddhartha , Joel Abitzen, Maria Klimkina, Kyle LiuCoach: Mike Terrill
20112nd placeColin Liu, Joel Abitzen, Keshav Siddhartha, Nicholai Dimov, Noel Abitzen and Bradley WangCoach: Mike Terrill
The winning streak of Jacob Wismer for 11 years and counting!

Stoller Middle School: Coming soon!

Willamette Valley Academy (WVA): Coming soon!

Jesuit High School: Coming soon!

Highlights

2019 (Clear 1st place): (left to right) Ameya Shirguppe, Mikhail Arturov, Tanish Pentakota, Vimal Adiraju, Ishaan Kodarapu, Varyan Jain, Prajna Sripathi. Chess King, Ravi Adiraju, and Coach Mike (missing, to be superimposed later) standing behind.

2018 (2nd place): (left to right) Ameya Shirguppe, Mikhail Arturov, Ishaan Kodarapu, Vimal Adiraju, Nathan Ye, Eleanor Song and Jeeva Moorthy. Coach Mike and Chess King standing behind.

2017 (Clear 1st place): (left to right) Leonard Yan, Vimal Adiraju, Ishaan Kodarapu, Nathan Ye, Egan Wong, Coach Mike Terrill, Eleanor Song, Srikruthi Neralla