Congratulations for October 3

Congratulations for October 3

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Congratulations to my amazing students:~Meghna Mukil who had an amazing performance last Thursday at the event hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club! She defeated a player rated almost 400 points higher and reached a new rating high of 1021!! She has...

Congratulations for September 25

Congratulations for September 25

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Adi Ganesh who won all of his games in the ladder event on Saturday!! He defeated a higher-rated opponent and reached a new rating high of 1607! He also won some money in the process~Sparsh Panja who defeate...

Congratulations for September 19

Congratulations for September 19

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Avyukt Gupta who had an an incredible tournament last Thursday, hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club. He won all of his games and defeated an opponent rated 300+ higher than him!! He gained 100+ rating points ...

Congratulations for September 12

Congratulations for September 12

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Congratulations to my amazing students on the great performances in the Thursday night event hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club~Aryan Bezawada who had a great tournament, went undefeated, drew against a much higher-rated opponent and reached a new...

Congratulations for September 10

Congratulations for September 10

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Sudeep Vadderaju who won his group in the Friday Night tournament hosted by the St. Louis Chess Club with a perfect score, beating several tough opponents in the process! He followed that by finishing in sec...

Congratulations for September 3

Congratulations for September 3

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Congratulations to my amazing students!!~Meghna Mukil who had a spectacular performance at the Thursday Night event hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club! She defeated two much higher-rated opponents, gained almost 200 rating points, and reached a ne...

Congratulations for August 27!

Congratulations for August 27!

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Congratulations to my amazing students for incredible performances at the Indianapolis Open this weekend:~Sudeep Vadderaju who defeated two higher-rated opponents and reached a new rating high of 1940!!~Alvin He who defeated three higher-rated opp...

Congratulations for August 20!

Congratulations for August 20!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Josh Thomadsen who had a great ladder event on Saturday, defeated a higher-rated opponent and reached a new rating high of 1239!!~Aryan Bezawada who won all of his games in the Thursday night tournament host...

Congratulations for August 13!

Congratulations for August 13!

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Congratulations to my amazing students for great performances this week!~Sudeep Vadderaju for a great Saturday night tournament at the St. Louis Chess Club, where he was one move away from checkmating IM Kostya Kavutsky~Sujay Sureshkumar who had a...

Congratulations for August 7!

Congratulations for August 7!

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Congratulations to my amazing students:~Evan Jin who defeated two much higher-rated opponents in the St. Louis Open! He followed that by finishing first in the Monday Night tournament hosted by Chess Cardinals Club! He reached a new rating high of...

Congratulations for August 3

Congratulations for August 3

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Congratulations to my amazing students for great performances at the Thursday night event hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club:~Aryansh Tripathy who won all of his games, defeated two much higher-rated opponents, gained 200 rating points, and reache...

Congratulations for July 15

Congratulations for July 15

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Many congratulations to my amazing students for a great performance at the Missouri Class Championship hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club (I congratulated a couple of people separately in the earlier posts):~Sudeep Vadderaju who played in the high...

Congratulations to Mark!

Congratulations to Mark!

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Special congratulations to my student Mark Li, who played in class A in the Missouri Class Championship! He went undefeated, won first place and some money in the process! He also raised his rating to a new high of 1760!!

Congratulations to Alvin and Mark!

Congratulations to Alvin and Mark!

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Special congratulations to my student Alvin He who won all of his games in the June Knights! He finished in first place, crossed 1700, and won $100! Incredible!!! Special congratulations to my student Mark Li for an amazing performance in a Saturd...

Congratulations for June 25!

Congratulations for June 25!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Alvin He who finished second in a ladder event on Saturday. He finished with 5.5 points out of 6, defeated some high-rated opponents, and reached a new rating high of 1668!~Sparsh Panja who had a great perfo...

Congratulations for June 17!

Congratulations for June 17!

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Congratulations to my amazing students:~Evan Jin who defeated and drew against several higher-rated opponents during a chess camp event and reached a new rating high of 1354!~Alvin He who tied for third place out of 23 people in a chess tournament...

Congratulations for June 12!

Congratulations for June 12!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Yash Shelar who had an amazing performance at the Saturday ladder event! He defeated several higher-rated opponents and gained 150+ rating points! He reached a new rating high of 1424!! He also won some mone...

Congratulations for June 7!

Congratulations for June 7!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!!~Ishaan Sinha who defeated a much higher-rated opponent in a ladder event on Saturday and reached a new rating high of 1293!! He has now gained 180+ rating points in the past several weeks! He also had a goo...

Congratulations for May 29!!

Congratulations for May 29!!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Divish Dhanalakota who won the Monday Nights event hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club! He finished first out of 21 players with 4.5 points out of 5! He defeated one much higher-rated player and drew against ...

Congratulations for May 21!

Congratulations for May 21!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!!~Divish Dhanalakota who finished first in the Sunday tournament hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club! He defeated a higher-rated opponent and reached a new rating high of 1353!! He has now gained 200+ rating p...

Congratulations for May 14!

Congratulations for May 14!

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Congratulations to my amazing students:~Sparsh Panja who won the higher section of the Sunday tournament hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club. He won all his games, defeating a higher-rated opponent in every round! He gained 142 rating points and re...

Tuesday Congratulations!!

Tuesday Congratulations!!

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Congratulations to Aryan who won the Tuesday tournament! Congratulations to Eli and Matthew who tied for second!! Congratulations to big money winners: ~Aryan-$25.5 ~Mathhew - $15.5 ~Eli - $13 ~William Bai -$8.25 ~Sam Parker - $6.75 ~Rayden...