This blog is designed to catch up on the top CCL results from the major events over the past few months.
National K-6 Championship
We had a great time in a private room with IM Atanas. Kizov went over the students' games. Former CCL student Jacob Eisman joined us in working with the kids. Some of our top finishes were:
K-5 U-1200 - 4th place Aadya, 20th place Henry
K-1 U-500 - 1st place Kaison
Blitz K-3 - 6th place Aadhi
First-rated tournament - Eli and Nat
CCL Chess Camp
IM Atanas Kizov flew in from Eastern Europe to give a CCL chess camp and support our students at the National K-6 Championship. 22 students attended the camp. In the camp tournament, the results were:
1st place - Louis
2nd place - Andrew
3rd place - Het
Top U-1400 - Samar
Top U-1000 - Lucas
Top U-600 - Aimee
We hope to have our next camp in the Fall.
Queen City Classic
This is the largest perennial scholastic tournament in the Midwest. CCL graduate and 2 time Queen City Classic champion Aryan Balyan helped coach CCL students at this event.
Team results:
K-3 open team - 1st place CCL
Yilanli, Mehmet (4.5,1296) - 1st place individual
Adaikappan, Aadhi Veerapandia (4.0,1094) - 3rd place individual
Wolfe, Henry James (3.5,966)
Gupta, Soham (3.5,639)
4-6 open team - 1st place CCL
SRINIVASAN, Shiv (5.0,1595) - 1st place individual
PATEL, Het (3.5,1315)
SASIKUMAR, Akhilesh (3.5,1034)
7-9 open team - 2nd place CCL
Park, Colin (4.5,1653) - 1st place individual
Kondekar, Aryan (3.5,1233)
Shukla, Rishik (3.5,1078)
K-12 open team - 3rd place CCL
KUNAPULI, Siddarth Sriaditya (3.0,1921)
YUAN, Ethan Yuming (3.0,1491)
COLE, Jonathan N (2.0,738)
1st grade unrated - 1st place Kaison
MOTCF
CCL had three teams at the Midwest Ohio Team Chess Festival. The U-1600 team prize was won by CCL - Water Bottle Gambit (Aniket, Het, Om, Samar).
Ohio Elementary School Championship
Although most of CCL was playing in MOTCF this weekend, we did manage to tie for first place (Maxwell—Ohio Elementary School co-champion) and come in third place (Shiv).