Congratulations to our latest and 23nd CCL graduate, Elton Cao.
- Elton became our 23rd graduate by having a strong performance at a recent Dayton Tournament, gaining 87 points and bringing his rating up to 2019.
- I was very proud of Elton last summer. He was having a horrible tournament in a round robin event and wanted to drop out. I explained to him why it is not considered good sportsmanship to drop out of a round robin tournament. He accepted my explanation and toughed it out. It is so good to see his toughness get rewarded by now becoming a USCF expert.
- See a a game that Elton played at his last tournament to earn this honor 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
- Elton Cao