VHEW student wins chess tournament

VHEW student Sarvagna Velidandla played in the Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championship in March at the University of Montevallo. She won all five games to become Alabama State Scholastic Chess co-champion in the primary section (K-3).

She also won first place in the Susan Polgar National Open chess tournament in New Orleans. She received the trophy from Susan Polgar who is a four time women’s world chess champion.

Velidandla will travel to the annual Susan Polgar Girls’ Invitational in St. Louis in July.