With 4.5/5 Matthew took clear 1^st place in the U-1500 sections of the Cardinal Open, taking home $500 and 100 rating points for his efforts.  He was a point ahead of the field going into the last round, when he yielded his only draw.  Also in that section, Philip tied for 3^rd place with a 3.5 score, taking home $82.50.  Cashing in on some of the U-1500 money was Shourjya, taking home $50 for the upset prize (267 point difference).

 

Ayush took home $250 and 199 (!) rating points with his 4.5 score in the U-1300 section.  That score was good for a two way tie for 1^st place.  A very impressive performance.

 

John took home $33 in the Open section with a tie for 3^rd place for the U-2200 prize.

 

There was a Saturday night blitz tournament where John took 2^nd place in the top section while Anagh took 2^nd place in the other section.  They each earned $25 for their efforts.

 

Our 25+ point winners at the Cardinal were:

Ayush                   +199      =1254

Matthew             +100      =1565

Ganesh                 +93        =1506

Kunal                    +54        =945

Monish                 +37        =1564

Rohit                    +30        =1510

1/6/2013

Yesterday, Luke Xie went to the Dayton Pawn Storm and took clear first place in the top section, earning his Expert’s title (+46 = 2007) and became the 6^th CCL graduate.

Previous graduates are:

• John Hughes
• Walker Griggs
• Maggie Feng
• Rahul Ramaswamy
• Annorjan Naguleswaran
• and now Luke Xie

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 an experts rating (>= 2000).   It entitles them to lifetime membership in CCL, based on good behavior, without the requirement of taking lessons.  They are allowed to receive email spam from me for the rest of their life!  Although graduates are no longer required to take lessons while in CCL, all of our previous graduates are still active students in CCL.  A big congrats goes out to this national champion 5^th grader for this huge accomplishment, among his many others.

Being one of only four US players to medal at the World Youth Championships, Chris Shen won a Bronze medal in the U-8 open division. A super job. Out of a possible 11 points, Chris scored 8.5, a plus 6 score! Also participating from CCL were Maggie Feng  (G u-12) and Meghana Bhanuprasad (G u-10), both with excellent plus 2 scores of 6.5. This means that CCL was 21.5 – 11.5 at World Youth Championships. A win rate of almost 2-1!!! Amazing, just amazing.

Striving ever higher, we really need to salute the courage of these three players, travelling to Eastern Europe for two weeks to compete against the very best in the world, in one of the world’s strongest chess areas. Also qualifying for the World Youth Championships but unable to make the trip where Emily Hu and Luke Xie.  Everywhere, people are starting to take notice of all of the great talent coming out of CCL.

 

 

 

The following two new camps  are open to all students of CCL and the Advanced Chess Class at OCCS.  We extended the day but there will be a higher % of breaks than in CCL Chess Camp 1.

 

What every 1600 player should know?

December 15 – 16 (Saturday/Sunday)  9:30 – 4:30, total of 14 hours

Cleveland Room (6th floor conference center)  at the Ramada Plaza Hotel , 4900 Sinclair Road, Columbus, Ohio  43229

 

 

What every master should know?

December 29 – 30 (Saturday Sunday) 9:30 – 4:30,  total of 14 hours

Salon FG (in grand ballroom, lower level) at the Ramada Plaza Hotel , 4900 Sinclair Road, Columbus, Ohio  43229

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

 

The hotel has a restaurant, lobby that parents can gather in, tv, free wi-fi, restaurant, business center, free parking

 

Registration is open now

 

Cost per camp:

 

if paid by 12/8 =

one day =  $100

two day = $170

 

if  paid after 12/8 =

one day = $125

two day = $200

 

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)

 

Registration  to:

Alan Casden

7520 Deer Crossing Court

Worthington, Ohio   43085

 

acasden@insight.rr.com

(614) 561-2718