Congratulations for February 26

Congratulations to my amazing students!!
~Max Xu and Nathan Johnson who tied for second place out of 20 people in the Saturday Night main event in the St. Louis Chess Club
~Andrew Thomadsen who had an amazing ladder event in the St. Louis Chess Club and is now rated 1521!!
~Alvin He who defeated an opponent much higher-rated than him in the St. Louis Chess Club ladder event
~Sparsh Panja who tied for second place in the upper section of the Chess Cardinals Club Sunday tournament. He also gained 40+ rating points over the course of the weekend
~Ishaan Sinha who also tied for second place. He gained 50+ points over the course of the past couple of days
~Avyukt Gupta who drew against a much higher-rated opponent on Sunday and gained rating
~Evan Jin who had a good tournament and gained rating
~Aryan Bezawada who tied for second place in his section in the Chess Cardinals Club Sunday tournament, gained 60+ rating points, and reached a new rating high
~Aryansh Tripathy who had a good tournament on Thursday night in the event run by the Chess Cardinals Club and gained rating