Having recently graduated from Stuyvesant High School with an A average, Loren Weiss earned many accolades during his high school years. In addition to completing Advanced Placement courses in World History, Economics, Physics, and other subjects, Weiss participated in the 2012 World Amateur Team East Chess Championship. He was part of a four-member team of students from various high schools that won the Group Scholastic category. Ranked as one of America's top 100 chess players in his age group at the age of 17, Loren Weiss maintains an interest in the World Amateur Team East Chess Championship.

1. The 2013 World Amateur
Team East Chess
Championship
By Loren Weiss of
Stuyvesant High School

2. The 2013 World Amateur Team
East Chess Championship
Having recently graduated from Stuyvesant High
School with an A average, Loren Weiss earned
many accolades during his high school years. In
addition to completing Advanced Placement
courses in World History, Economics, Physics, and
other subjects, Weiss participated in the 2012
World Amateur Team East Chess Championship. He
was part of a four-member team of students from
various high schools that won the Group Scholastic
category. Ranked as one of America's top 100
chess players in his age group at the age of 17,
Loren Weiss maintains an interest in the World
Amateur Team East Chess Championship.

3. The 2013 World Amateur Team
East Chess Championship
Taking place in Parsippany, New Jersey, over
President's Day weekend, the World Amateur Team
East Chess Championship features four-person
chess teams competing against one another.
Hosted by the New Jersey State Chess Federation,
this fun and exciting annual tournament attracts
players from the East Coast, as well as other states
and countries. It is one of four regional events held
across the nation leading up to a finals event later
in the year. Although it is an amateur
championship, many masters and grandmasters
compete as well.

4. The 2013 World Amateur Team
East Chess Championship
In 2013, the World Amateur Team East
Chess Championship celebrated its 43rd
year. The 281 teams featuring 1,201
players at the Parsippany Hilton made this
the most successful contest yet. After
three days, Princeton University A
successfully defeated Knightmare III in the
final round. Both teams obtained perfect
scores leading up to the final match, but
Knightmare III missed an opportunity in
the 30th move that would have led to both
teams tying.