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2023 Queen City Classic

March 29, 2023

CCL has always dominated the Queen City Classic, the largest scholastic tournament in the Midwest.  During the pandemic, CCL went into a semi-hiatus and is now going through a rebuilding phase.  This year we sent a small squad to the Queen City Classic and I am very proud of their relatively strong performance.

Our K-3 team came in 1st place, our 4-6 team came in 2nd place, and our K-12 team came in 2nd place.  There were two other rated sections where we came in 4th place.  Our K-12 team just had 3 players on it, a 4th grader and two 7th graders!  Another amazing result was when CCL Kindergartener Mehmet Yilanli came in clear 1st place in the K-3 Championship with a perfect 5-0 score.  Complete results are at https://ccpf.org/programs/queen-city-classic-chess-tournament/final-results/.

Top Team Results

1st place CCL  K-3
Yilanli, Mehmet (5.0,766)
Jiang, Albert (4.0,842)
Wolfe, Henry James (3.0,436)

2nd place CCL 4-6
Srinivasan, Shiv Karthik (4.0,1267)
Gupta, Samar (3.5,1070)
Lin, Yicheng (1.0,902)

4th place CCL 4-6 U-800
Sasikumar, Akhilesh (4.0,754)
Liu, Ethan (3.0,550)

4th place CCL 7-9
Chang, Chase H. (3.5,1204)
Pisini, Jashwin (3.5,1066)
Ravi Sankar, Navin (1.5,937)

2nd place CCL K-12
Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya (4.0,1694)
Hamilton, Jack (4.0,1620)
Yuan, Ethan (4.0,1460)

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    National Master Alan Casden
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    Grand Master Vlatko Bogdanovski
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    International Master Zoran Arsovic
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    FIDE Master Sasa Jevtic
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    National Master Vladimir Kizov
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    Woman FIDE Master Jelena Arsovic

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How can we say that?
- read our blogs, our results speak for themselves

Why are we so successful?
- we use the top chess coaches from around the world
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- we always put the student first

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- we started in Ohio but now reach out to all of North America, currently with students in 20 states and 8 countries
- we address the needs of students of all ages and strengths (a CCL and Pre-CCL program)

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