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Michael Lin becomes the 33rd CCL Graduate

September 14, 2022

Michael

Congratulations to our latest and 33rd CCL graduate, Michael Lin.  Michael has been a steady and hard worker in chess, participating in many tournaments.  Michael recently attended Arkon Open VI; he drew two NM and won the other 2 games, and tied for 1st place.  The skills that are developed in becoming a CCL graduate transfer to a successful future.  I am amazed at all of the accomplishments of CCL graduates in their future endeavors, which I am sure that I will see in Michael's future as well.

It is a hard-earned honor to become a CCL graduate, which includes a lifetime membership to CCL, based on good behavior, without the need to take lessons from CCL.  Anything that CCL has to offer (newsletter, library, team participation, etc. will always be available to you).    To become a CCL graduate, you need to meet any of the following requirements:

- 1 year in CCL and earning a rating of 2000
- 4 years in CCL and earning a rating of 1900
- 5 years in CCL and earning a rating of 1800

I will probably not know if you meet one of these requirements unless you notify me.

CCL Graduates
from first to most recent

  • John Hughes
  • Walker Griggs
  • Maggie Feng
  • Rahul Ramaswamy
  • Annorjan Naguleswaran
  • Luke Xie
  • Chris Shen
  • Noah Keating-Adams
  • Sam Massick
  • Anagh Kulkarni
  • Vikram Srivastava
  • Aristo Liu
  • Abhi Ramaswamy
  • Jason Wang
  • Ricky Wang
  • Vincent Baker
  • Forest Chen
  • Neo Zhu
  • Alex Kolay
  • Xavier Paganini
  • Justin Storn
  • Stanley Cao
  • Elton Cao
  • Jasen Lai
  • Shourjya Ghosh
  • Aryan Balyan
  • Viktor Mishkin
  • Dakshin Pisini
  • Rohan Padhye
  • Dae-San Kim
  • Adeti Mohanselvan
  • Joe Kleban
  • Michael Lin

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Sneha becomes a TD while she, Jack, and Joshua each win a quad.

August 14, 2022

Sneha Prabu became a tournament director, directed her first tournament, and won one of the five quads.  Also winning their quads was Jack Hamilton and Joshua Grywalski.  Everyone got $50 for their efforts.

Sneha and Richard Perry
Sneha and Richard Perry
Jack and Joshua
Jack and Joshua

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Rohan Padhye wins Joe Yun Memorial and becomes a Chess Master

July 20, 2022

 

Congratulation to Rohan, who tied for first with GM Bryan Smith at the Joe Yun Memorial last weekend.  Atta boy!!!  Below is an update that I received:

“Rohan earned his National Master title at Joe Yun Memorial tournament held at Fairlawn, OH from July 15-17. He did this by winning the first four rounds , including wins over three other national masters. He also tied for 1st place in the Elite section of the tournament.
Rohan started with CCL back in 2015 when he was seven years old. He has learned from coaches NM Vladimir Kizov and GM Vlatko Bogdanovski.
Rohan’s next goal is to attain the FM title!“

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CCL at the National Elementary School Championship

May 20, 2022

Ryan Zand
Ryan Zand
Shiv Srinivasan
Shiv Srinivasan
Maxwell Chung
Maxwell Chung

Prize winners:

Shiv Srinivasan - 1st Place - K-5 U-1200 and Shiv is only in 3rd grade!

Ryan Zand - 1st Place - K-6 Unrated.  Perfect 7-0 score, 1 1/2  points ahead of the rest of the field. Ryan's first tournament!

Maxwell Chung - 7th place - K-3 unrated.  Maxwell's first tournament!

Colin Park - 7th place - K-6 U-1400 - also won a trophy the previous weekend at the Ohio Middle School Championship.  (photo not provided)

Other players who gained rating points:

  • Namanvir Singh  144 > 565
  • Sathvak Mukherjee  95 > 1103
  • Jack Hamilton   39 > 1527
  • Siddarth Kunapuli  14 > 1635
  • Jashwin Pisini  8 > 919
  • Ethan Liu  3 > 473

Complete rating report is at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202205151282.0-16280602.

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Jason Wang wins Ohio HS Championship while Rohan Padhye takes MS Championship

May 9, 2022

CCL graduates Jason Wang and Rohan Padhye took sole 1st place to win the Ohio High School and Ohio Middle School championships, respectively.  This means that Jason and Rohan will be representing Ohio and CCL at the Championship of Champions tournaments.  Jason will meet the other state High School Championships at the Denker while Rohan will meet the other state Middle School Champions at the Barber.  These tournaments are held at the beginning of the US Championship.  Both of these young men represent the best of Ohio, both in chess as well as class.  There is much to be proud of with these fine young chess players.

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    National Master Alan Casden
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  • GM VLATKO BOGDANOVSKI
    Grand Master Vlatko Bogdanovski
  • Zoran
    International Master Zoran Arsovic
  • FM_Sasa_Jevtic
    FIDE Master Sasa Jevtic
  • NM Vladimir Kizov
    National Master Vladimir Kizov
    Head of Pre-CCL
  • Jelena
    Woman FIDE Master Jelena Arsovic

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- read our blogs, our results speak for themselves

Why are we so successful?
- we use the top chess coaches from around the world
- we develop a chess community
- we use a team approach with experts in both chess and psychology
- over 1900 free chess book library
- we always put the student first

Who are our customers?
- 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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Recent Posts

  • Minghao Gu becomes the 34th CCL Graduate February 6, 2023
  • Jason Wang wins the North American Open January 3, 2023
  • 2022 National Grade Level Championships December 31, 2022
  • For real? December 6, 2022
  • 2022 Ohio Grade Level Championships November 15, 2022
  • Michael Lin becomes the 33rd CCL Graduate September 14, 2022
  • Sneha becomes a TD while she, Jack, and Joshua each win a quad. August 14, 2022
  • Rohan Padhye wins Joe Yun Memorial and becomes a Chess Master July 20, 2022
  • CCL at the National Elementary School Championship May 20, 2022
  • Jason Wang wins Ohio HS Championship while Rohan Padhye takes MS Championship May 9, 2022
  • Where are they now? February 4, 2022
  • CCL wins Ohio Grade Levels in grades 6, 8, 9, 10 November 8, 2021
  • Three New CCL Graduates September 11, 2021
  • CCL Chess Camp 9/11-12/2021 July 4, 2021
  • CCL takes top 4 spots in the Ohio High School Championship April 24, 2021
  • CCL Youth wins Ohio Championships April 3, 2021
  • The sleeping giant awakens April 3, 2021
  • Dae San Kim with the 2020 CCL Chess Championship August 22, 2020
  • 2020 CCL Chess Championship August 12, 2020
  • US vs Canada Online Youth Chess Match August 4, 2020
  • CCL USCF rated online chess tournaments June 9, 2020
  • 2020 Queen City Classic March 3, 2020
  • Some Holiday Results December 28, 2019
  • CCL wins most of the grades at the 2019 Ohio Grade Level Championships November 11, 2019
  • CCL tops the charts October 15, 2019
  • CCL Chess Camp 11/2-3/2019 September 16, 2019
  • Elton Cao is the State of Ohio Chess Champion September 3, 2019
  • Jason Wang is the Barber Co-champion August 9, 2019
  • 2019 Columbus Chess League August 8, 2019
  • Chris Shen breaks 2400, setting CCL history July 20, 2019

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