The kings of the elementary school chess world now wear backpacks from Brooklyn. A team of six public school students from PS 130, The Parkside School in Windsor Terrace, pulled off a brainy upset for the ages this month — taking home first place at the 2026 US Chess National Elementary K-6 Championship after toppling some of the nation’s most elite schools. The pint-sized prodigies traveled to Baltimore earlier this month and outmaneuvered roughly 2,500 students from 35 states at what