Congratulations for December 5

Congratulations to my amazing students!!

~Meghna Mukil who gained 145 points in a span of 3 days! She defeated two much higher-rated opponents in the Thursday tournament hosted by the Chess Chess Cardinals Club! She followed that by a second place finish in the all-girls tournament on Sunday! She is now rated 1034!

~Suman Sahoo who finished first in the all-girls tournament, won all her games, and raised her rating to 1203!!

~Nishanth Mohan Kumar who defeated a much higher-rated opponent in the Thursday tournament and reached a new rating high!!

~Milly Furniss who defeated a much higher-rated opponent on Sunday, gained more than 100 rating points, and reached a new rating high!!

~Caleb Paik who went undefeated on Thursday and gained 2.5 points in 3 games against much higher-rated opponents! He has now gained 440 rating points in the past two weeks!!