Going into the 2013 Ohio Elementary School Championship, I thought that CCL might have been at risk.  None of our top 7 CCL K-6 players had entered the tournament, with the top 2 seeds being non CCL players.  I signaled the SOS and that masked man with his silver bullets, Dukie, came to the rescue.  As it turned out Dukie could have stayed home eating fries with Tonto as the other CCLers quickly removed all threat of competition.

The number two seed (1745) lost to Vincent and gave up a draw to Arvi K.  While the number 3 seed lost to Jeremy while drawing Ethan and Sophie.  CCL ended up winning 10 of the 11 individual trophies and all 3 team trophies (teams where most of the players are CCL players).  It doesn’t get much cleaner than that.

I knew that the flowers were going to smell sweet when I went into the playing hall before the last round and only saw CCL players on both sides of the top 5 boards.

 

Clear first play with a perfect 5-0 was my hero of the day, Luke.

Clear 2^nd place with 4.5 was the quickly improving Ethan

Finishing with 4-1 were: Matthew, Vincent (with just a loss to Luke), Sujan (with just a loss to Luke), and Stella.

Finishing with 3.5 – 1.5 were: Joe, Arvi, Jeremy, and Kunal

 

Cody Y won the K-3 section with 4.5 points.  Emma came in 4^th with 4 points and Doc came in 7^th with 3.5 points.

 

We only had one player in the U-700.  It was that low rated player that I just let into CCL and told you he is pretty good and may shock you all in a couple of years.  Well, let my words start to ring clearly as Alan came in clear second place and gained 185 rating points.

–        The following two new camps are open only to students of CCL.  The format will be the same as camp 2 but the topics will be different.

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–        U-1600

–        (1 week before the State Elementary School Championships)

–        May 4 – 5 (Saturday/Sunday) 9:30 – 4:30, total of 14 hours

–        Ramada Plaza Hotel, 4900 Sinclair Road, Columbus, Ohio  43229 – 2^nd floor annex

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–        O-1600

–        (1 week before Gem City and the Chicago Open)

–        May 18 – 19 (Saturday Sunday) 9:30 – 4:30, total of 14 hours

–        Ramada Plaza Hotel, 4900 Sinclair Road, Columbus, Ohio  43229 – 6^th floor – Columbus Room

–        This section is for players rated over 1600.  However, if you are rated between 1400 – 1600 you can request entry into this section.

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–        The hotel has a restaurant, lobby that parents can gather in, TV, free Wi-Fi, restaurant, business center, free parking

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–        Registration is now open

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–        Cost per camp:

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–        If paid by 04/25 =

–        One day =  $100

–        Two day = $170

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–        If paid after 04/25 =

–        One day = $125

–        Two day = $200

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–        the 2nd child from the same family is 50% off

–        a student taking both camps gets 50% off of the 2nd camp

–        (please note that there is totally different material covered in the two camps)

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–        Registration to:

–        Alan Casden

–        7520 Deer Crossing Court

–        Worthington, Ohio   43085

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–        acasden@insight.rr.com

–        (614) 561-2718

 

Don’t miss the chance to improve your game, Don’t miss the fun!!!

–        The big event last weekend in Ohio is the HS/MS Championships

• Top CCL HS finishers:
  • John tied for 2^nd
  • Rahul tied for 4^th
• Top CCL MS finsihers
  • Luke – clear 1^st – perfect 6-0 score
  • Vikram and Anagh tied for 2nd
  • Abhi – tied for 5^th
  • CCL finished in 10 of the top 17 spots (4 points or more)

–        A note on Luke

• We talked before about Luke’s amazing feat of winning the Ohio Middle School Championship two years in a row, as a 4^th grader and as a 5^th grader.
  • Last year he did not go to the Barber and his spot eventually dropped down to Maggie who attended.
    • The Barber is the championship of champions where the Middle School Champions of every state meet to see who is the ultimate MS Champion.
    • In Ohio, three years ago they started to allow elementary school students to attend this tournament and for the last 3 years it was a CCL 5^th grader who represented Ohio at this tournament (Abhi, Maggie, and Luke {yes Luke is going to attend this year}).  We are always one of the youngest players competing in this event.
  • Last year Luke also qualified for the World Youth Championship but did not attend.  However, this year he will attend if he qualifies by getting his rating up to 2050 in the next month.  He is 2048 right now. Luke will be playing in the Cincinnati Open to try and gain these points.