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2022 National Grade Level Championships

December 31, 2022

There were a number of CCL members making the trip to Maryland for the National Grade Level Championships.  Our top finisher was Rohan Padhye who became a National Champion by tieing for first in the 9th grade.  He scored 6-1.  We had 3 other players finishing 5-2.  That includes: Mehmet Yilanli who finished tied for 6th place in the Kindergarten section, Levi Brinton who tied for 15th place in the 4th grade section, and Siddarth Kunapuli who tied for 18th place in the 7th grade section. (click on picture for a larger image)

Rohan Padhye
Rohan Padhye
Mehmet Yilanli
Mehmet Yilanli
Levi Brinton
Levi Brinton

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For real?

December 6, 2022

MehmetY

Kindergartener Mehmet Yilanli just swept the U-1000 K-12 field of the Clinton Elementary Tournament with a perfect 5-0 score.  This result drove his rating from 668 to 980.  A remarkable fact is that in his school system, Mehmet was not allowed into Kindergarten because he was a little too young for the birthday cutoff, so he has to attend Kindergarten in another school district.  Wish him luck, as well as the many CCL players, that are heading to Maryland for the National Grade Level Championships this weekend.

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2022 Ohio Grade Level Championships

November 15, 2022

CCL won 5 of the individual Ohio Grade Level Championships this year.  My comments will go down the 1st column and then the 2nd column.

  • Michael Lin - 11th-grade sole champion - 5-0
  • Minghao Gu - 8th grade co-champion - 4.5 - .5
  • Ethan Liu, Maxwell Chung - 1st place team, 4th grade.  Our 4th grade class is very strong.
  • Rohan Padye - 9th grade - sole champion - 5-0
  • Colin Park, Siddarth Kunapuli (first on tie-breaks), Jack Hamilton - 7th grade co-champions - 4-1 - a strong 7th grade group.
  • Mehmet Yilanli - Sole Kindergarten champion - 5-0 - Mehmet looks like the real deal.  I watched him put a beating on a number of older kids in speed chess.

For complete results go to https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202211057502-15268735

Click on pictures to see a larger version.

Michael Lin 11th Grade 5-0
Rohan Padye 9th Grade 5-0
Minghao Gu 8th grade 4.5
(l-r) Colin Park, Siddarth Kunapuli, Jack Hamilton 7th grade Co-Champions 4-1
(l-r) Ethan Liu, Maxwell Chung 4th grade team champions
Mehmet Yilanli

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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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The Coaches

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    National Master Alan Casden
    -- CEO --
  • International Master Atanas Kizov -- CCL Head Coach --
  • 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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How can we say that?
- 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)

Let us help you to live up to your potential.

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Recent Posts

  • 2023 MOTCF March 29, 2023
  • 2023 Queen City Classic March 29, 2023
  • Kevin Xu February 25, 2023
  • 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

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