Congratulations for April 16

Congratulations to my amazing students!
~Sparsh Panja who reached another rating high at the Saturday event organized by Jeffrey Vollmer. He is now rated 1479 and has gained almost 300 points in the past month!
~Adam Jiang who won his quad in the Friday tournament at St. Louis Chess Club. He won all 3 of his games and reached a new rating high of 1362 (quick-rated)!
~Josh Thomadsen who defeated an opponent rated almost 400 points higher than him at the Ladder event on Saturday. He reached a new rating high and has now gained almost 300 points in the past two months!
~Alvin He who won 4 out of 5 games at the same event and gained rating!
~Aryansh Tripathy who had a great event on Thursday, hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club. He defeated two much higher-rated opponents and reached a new rating high!
~Charles Bai who won 2 out of 3 games at the same event!
~Sudeep Vadderaju who tied for third in the Blitz tournament at the St. Louis Chess Club on Saturday and raised his rating to 1800!