OK, that's strange... Search Burrell, Michael.
Wow, you're doing really well, good luck in the future.
What is his rating?
You can search yourself :p
It's still provisional, but like he said he's doing very well for his first year. After 4 or 5 G/30 scholastic tournaments it's 1500.
Wow good job Mike and keep it up it is quite impressive.
You don't study openings? Too bad, you won't get any further than 1500 or so. Anyone with some skill and knowledge will wipe the floor with you. Pattern recognition is only one of the importaint things for a chess player.
Naa. Very limited and basic opening prep (no opening books and very little memorization) can take you to 1800-2000 USCF comfortably... of course this means you're not playing Najdorfs and such.
I'm not saying that's a good or bad way, just that openings are very low on the list of necessities.
do you agree that reading or studying too early can be dertrimental to a young chess player?
Detrimental in what way? Not to their chess. It may be bad psychologically depending on their personality and how much the parents are willing to control their life.