Meet Scott Escalera, Young Pinoy Kid Chess Champ

By: Reign C ChaCha M Xavier D

 

·2020 K3 Chicago Greaterland City Wide Champion.

·2020 K6 All-Catholic School State Champion.

·2 nd Runner up (4 th place by tie break) in National Junior Chess Congress held in Santa Clara, California

·3 rd Runner (10 th place by tie break) 2019 All Grade National Champion held in Orlando, Florida

·The most active dual-rated player in Illinois per record for the time being

·2019 All Grade State Champion held in Normal, Illinois

·2019 K3 Ice Harbor Champion – A grand prix tour event

·Awarded as 2019 Player of the Chess Year by Chess Vets (most prestigious chess club in Illinois)

·Scott reached its peak as the highest rated 6-year-old chess player in the entire United States in the month of September 2019 and December 2019, Top 22 in u7. United States Chess Federation (USCF) releases every month their Top 100 best players in the whole country by age group.

·Achieved numerous awards and several distinctions with a total of 115 trophies, 40 medals, and few participation ribbons and certificates in only 20 months of playing Chess. Almost half of these awards were first placers in just a duration of one year.

·Board 1 in Holmes Elementary of Oak Park. First time in history of the school that kindergartner student to hold board 1 position. The said school has been the District Champion for 4 consecutive years prior to his selection as a top board player.

·Aside from his home State here in Illinois, he played in several States such as in Tennessee, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Florida, Iowa, California, and Pennsylvania.

·A noteworthy achievement was being the 2019 K1 State Champion, held in Normal, Illinois with an unblemished record of 7 wins and no loss. It is so seldom that a kindergartner player wins the said title, since most were 1 st graders, throughout Illinois State Championship history.

·2019 K1 All-Catholic School State Champion.

·Top 3 overall in Kindergarten section in 2018 K12 All-Grade, National Championship, help in Orlando, Florida last December 2018.

·Invited by one of the most active and prestigious chess clubs in the State of Illinois to do simultaneous games in public, where he ended favorable results and earned tremendous inspiration to other kids.

·Top 10 in the 2019 World Open u1000 u13 held in Philadelphia, PA, July 2019

·USCF Top 100 Player List of Age 7 and Under in the entire country in the month of May, August 2019 or up to present.

·Consistent in Top 1 spot in Academic/Fiscal Year Leaders for Regular and Dual Rated Games from 2018-06-01 through 2019-05-31 with highest number of games played in the whole State of Illinois. He played 268 rated rounds in 12 months.

Kid Chess Champ Scott Escalera in an interview with Veronica on CPRTV with his parents Mr. & Mrs. Ren Escaera.