Congratulations for May 7

Congratulations for May 7

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Congratulations to my amazing students!!~Max Xu who tied for third place out of 23 people in the Saturday Night Blitz tournament~Sudeep Vadderaju who tied for second place in his quad in the Friday Quads and gained rating (quick rated)~Josh Thomad...

Congratulations for May 1

Congratulations for May 1

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Oliver Maher who won his quad on Friday, winning all of his games! He gained 140+ rating points and reached a new rating high (quick rating)~Aryansh Tripathy who won two of three games in the Thursday Night ...

Congratulations for April 24!

Congratulations for April 24!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Divish Dhanalakota who defeated a much higher rated opponent at the Monday Nights event hosted by Chess Cardinals Club. He reached a new rating high of 1302!~Evan Jin who defeated two much higher-rated oppon...

Congratulations for April 16

Congratulations for April 16

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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 Fr...

Congratulations for April 9!!

Congratulations for April 9!!

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Congratulations to my amazing students! ~Double congratulations to Sudeep Vadderaju for an amazing performance at Foxwoods!! He drew against players rated 2140 and 2052 and defeated a player rated 2074!!! He raised his rating to 1838!!! He also t...

Congratulations for April 2!!

Congratulations for April 2!!

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Many congratulations  to my amazing students!~Sparsh Panja who won the higher section of the Chess Cardinals Club Sunday event! He beat one higher-rated opponent and drew with another! He reached a new rating high of 1431 and has now gained 200+ r...

Congratulations for March 26

Congratulations for March 26

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Congratulations to my amazing students for great performances at Mid America!~Samuel Lu who played a higher-rated opponent in every round, won 2 games, and drew one. He reached a new rating high of 1743!!~Mark Li who also played a higher-rated opp...

Congratulations for March 19

Congratulations for March 19

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Many congratulations to my amazing students for their performance at the Scholastic State Championship! ~Sparsh Panja who is now the reigning K-6 state champion!! He won all 6 games, defeated a higher-rated opponent and reached a new rating high ...

Congratulations for March 12!

Congratulations for March 12!

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Many congratulations to my amazing students!~Sparsh Panja who had a great tournament today (hosted by the Chess Cardinals Club) ! He defeated a higher-rated opponent and reached a new rating high of 1284!~Sudeep Vadderaju who tied for first in his...

Congratulations for March 5

Congratulations for March 5

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Congratulations to my amazing students!~Adithya Ganesh who defeated two higher rated opponents in the Ladder event on Saturday. He gained 67 rating points and reached a new high of 1271!!~Avyukt Gupta who defeated an opponent rated 400+ higher tha...

More Congratulations!!

More Congratulations!!

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Congratulations to Josh who won our Wednesday tournament with a perfect score! He won $27.5 in the process!! Congratulations to other big money winners: Remy - $9.75; Andrew Thomadsen - $8.75; Liam - $7.5; Aryan - $7.5; Rayden - $6; William -$6; ...

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

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Congratulations to Eli Samovski who won the tournament of my Tuesday weekly chess club and won $27 in the process!! Congratulations to other big money winners: Sam Parker with $11, Hithesh with $10.75, Aryan with $7, and Anson with $6.25!! New se...

Congratulations for March 1

Congratulations for March 1

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Mid-week congratulations to my amazing students!!~Adithi Srinivasan who did great at the tournament this weekend! She reached a new high of 1204 and is currently rated top-80 in the country for girls her age~Avyukt Gupta who finished second in the...

Congratulations for February 26

Congratulations for February 26

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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...

Chess Festival Results

Chess Festival Results

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Congratulations to everyone who participated in my chess festival today!! Big congratulations to Evan and Soham who tied for first place in the tournament and Evan for winning the puzzle racer competition!  $137.50 were given out in prizes. Congr...

Congratulations for February 19

Congratulations for February 19

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Many congratulations to my amazing students!!~Adithya Ganesh who tied for first place out of 45 people in the K-12 section of the Scholastic tournament this Saturday! He won all of his games and reached a new rating high of 1204!~Ishaan Sinha who ...

Congratulations for February 14

Congratulations for February 14

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Congratulations to my amazing students!! ~Max Xu who tied for second place out of 25 people in the Saturday Night main event at St. Louis Chess Club!~Alvin He who tied for third place out of 28 people in a tournament in Indiana~Evan Jin who defea...

Congratulations for February 8

Congratulations for February 8

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Mid-week congratulations to my amazing students!~Alvin He who won the Monday Knights tournament hosted by Chess Cardinals. He also raised his rating to 1627 and is currently rated in the top 100 for his age in the country!!! (In May he was rated o...

Congratulations for February 5

Congratulations for February 5

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Weekly round of congratulations to my amazing students:~Sudeep Vadderaju who tied for 4th place out of 24 people in the Saturday Night tournament in St. Louis Chess Club~Abhinav Rao who also tied for 4th place. He also defeated a player rated 500 ...

Even more congratulations!!

Even more congratulations!!

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Congratulations to my amazing students!!~Alvin He who won all of his games at the ladder tournament at St. Louis Chess Club, gained almost 100 rating points, and is now rated 1629! He has now gained almost 1000 points in a span of 8 months! He als...

More congratulations!

More congratulations!

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Another round of congratulations to my amazing students:~Alvin He who had an amazing event on Saturday, raising his rating to a new high of 1538! He has now gained almost 900 points in a span of 7 months. He also won money~Sudeep Vadderaju who tie...