National Chess Champions
CAHS chess teams have won eleven consecutive city and state championships . In December 2008, CAHS's four member senior chess team won the 12th Grade National Chess Championship title at the National Grade Level Chess Championship in Orlando, Florida. The same players had won the 10th Grade National Chess Championship two years earlier, making this the second National Chess Championship for the same team.
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