White Oaks Elementary School of Burke, Virginia, hosts the annual White Oaks Chess Challenge, inviting students from
seven other schools to compete in the Royal Game. The schools in 2010 were Keene Mill, Laurel Ridge, Lorton Station, Oak View,
Orange Hunt, Sangster, Silverbrook and White Oaks.
The 2010
Champions:
Past Champions:
1996: White Oaks
1997: White Oaks
1998: Haycock
1999: Churchill Road
2000: White Oaks
2001: White Oaks
2002: White Oaks
2003: White Oaks
2004: Silverbrook
2005: White Oaks
2006: White Oaks
2007: Keene Mill
2008: White Oaks
2009: Willow Springs
2010: White Oaks
The winning team: Standing: William Rutherford, Allen Cheng, Sam Schwarz, Joseph Rodgers,
Richard Ngo
Kneeling: Alex Pak, Matthew Stone, Brian Kim, Catherine Cheng, Julian Fritz, Lucinda Zhu, Connor Bettge