The support group for the CCL Chess School has been formed.  This group will help to provide direction for CCL as well as possibly organizing some CCL Chess School activities.  The 1st members of this group represent a cross section of CCL, with parents of students of different strength, gender, and location.  If you would like to join this group, please sign-up by going to https://cclchess.com/support-group-signup/ .

Congratulations to our latest and 22nd CCL graduate, Stanley Cao.

• Stanley became our 22nd graduate by having a strong performance at the recent Ohio Chess Congress.
  
• I have been impressed with Stanley’s tenacity of late and his fine endgame play.
• See a a game that Stanley played at the recent Ohio Chess Congress by CLICKING HERE.
• This Who’s Who chess list has been growing with great talent which is clearly characterized by a high value on perseverance, hard work, and passion.What is a CCL graduate?  It is an honorary degree that we give to any CCL player who has worked their way through the ranks while in CCL and has made a USCF experts rating (>= 2000).   This group is becoming a who’s who of the top young talent around. It entitles them to lifetime membership in CCL, based on good behavior, without the requirement of taking lessons (although most still do).  They are allowed to receive email spam from me for the rest of their lives!!
• Who will be next?

CCL graduates are (in order of obtainment):

• 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

Vincent Baker…

is not slowing down and has just become a USCF Master.  CCL now has had 9 players earn their USCF Masters rating, with many more knocking at the door. All of these players were active members of CCL from the early parts of their chess development through getting the title.  This amazing group also includes: Walker Griggs, John Hughes, Maggie Feng, Chis Shen, Luke Xie, Noah Keating-Adams, Annorjan Naguleswaran, and Aristo Liu.

Tying for 2nd place and coming in 4th place on tie-brakes, Vincent Baker represented Ohio and CCL well at the Champion of Champions tournament.  The Barber tournament is composed of the top K-8 player from each state, usually determined by the state’s Middle School Championship.  For complete results CLICK HERE.

Congratulations to our latest and 21st CCL graduate, Justin Storn.

• Justin became our 21st graduate by have a strong performance at the recent US Open.
• At the US Open he play seven 2100 players, scoring 4.5/7 against them, gaining 37 rating points in the tournament
  
• This young player, and current Ohio Grade Level Champion, has a bright future.
• See a a game that Justin played at the U.S. Open by CLICKING HERE.
• This Who’s Who chess list has been growing with great talent which is clearly characterized by a high value on perseverance, hard work, and passion.What is a CCL graduate?  It is an honorary degree that we give to any CCL player who has worked their way through the ranks while in CCL and has made a USCF experts rating (>= 2000).   This group is becoming a who’s who of the top young talent around. It entitles them to lifetime membership in CCL, based on good behavior, without the requirement of taking lessons (although most still do).  They are allowed to receive email spam from me for the rest of their lives!!
• Who will be next?

CCL graduates are (in order of obtainment):

• 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