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CCL shines at King’s Island

November 20, 2013

CCL really shined at King’s Island.  I will try to give some of the highlights below.

 

The money winners were:

Open Section:

–        The new John seems to be showing up every time now.  He has established himself as a solid master (2249) and will finish 12th grade as one of the top adult players in Ohio.  He also got $54.50

–        Coach Hans makes a stand for the old chess coaches of the world, tying for 1-2 U-2300 prize.  Taking home $1,095.50 for his 4-1 score in the open section.

U-2100

–        Noah Keating-Adams scored 3.5 and ended in a two way tie for 5th place.  He netted $136.50 for his efforts.  Noah has been consistently playing at expert strength this year.

U-1900

–        Who is that riding his stallion and swinging his sword over his head, it is Srivastava!  Vikram, long overdue, showed how strong of a player he is.  He swept the U-1900 field 5-0 to finish in clear 1st place and took home $1,823.00.

–        Forest took the trip up from Tennessee to join us for this tournament.  And he stayed in his good form of late, finishing 4-0 which was good for a 6 way tie for 3rd place and $182.34.

U-1700

–        Shourjya (who has been on a tear of late, but perhaps not satisfied) and Divyesh came into the spotlight.  They both scored 4 points and shared a 3 way tie for 4th place.  They each got $212.67 for their efforts.

U-1500

–        Coming off a 5-0 sweep at the Clover Challenge, Jeremy played the ‘Swiss Gambit’ to perfection at King’s Island.  He finished with 4.5 and took home $1458 for tying for first with an unrated player!!  Watch out for Jeremy at the grade levels, he is smokin’!

U-1250

–        In this section it was time for ‘the little one’ to have her breakout tournament.  Emma double dipped, taking home $319 for her two way tie for 3rd with 4 points as well as $182.50 for tying for 1st place team in the mixed doubles.  Is it legal for a ‘little one’ to win over $500?

–        Akul, just in pre-ccl a few months ago, took home $36.50 for his 3.5 point tied for 5th finish.  He might be scratching his head asking why Emma got so much money when he beat her in this tournament.

We had a number of other great results that do not show up in the money column because those players chose to play up.  You can see them in our 25 club.

–        25 club

  • Emma                   +159      1296
  • Vikram                 +127      1976
  • Shourjya              +115      1698
  • Tim                       +111      1777
  • Kunal                    +109      1399
  • Ethan                    +94        1297
  • Jeremy                 +81        1577
  • Phillip                   +77        1816
  • Aditya                   +70        1062
  • Akul                      +65        1275
  • Sanjay                  +64        1010
  • Timothy               +63        1437
  • Stanley                 +53        1768
  • Victor L                +53        1362
  • Kevin                    +51        1310
  • Ayush                   +50        1320
  • Divyesh                +46        1666
  • Forest                   +43        1862
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