Checkmate St. Louis

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 points higher than him~Ishaan Sinha who defeated a player rated several hundred points higher than him at the Ladder event in St. Louis Chess Club~Alvin He who defeated a much higher-rated opponent in the ladder event and gained rating~Josh Thomadsen...

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 also won money~Sudeep Vadderaju who won his quad in the Friday quads, going undefeated! He also won money~Oliver Maher, who also won his quad, winning all of his games and gaining more than 100 rating points. He also won money~Avyukt Gupta and Evan Jin ...

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 tied for first in his group in the Friday Quads at the St. Louis chess club. He also won money~Max Xu who tied for second place out of 23 people in a blitz tournament on Saturday night. He gained rating and won money~Evan Jin who won his group in the Fr...

Many congratulations!! You guys are amazing!! ~Sudeep Vadderaju who won his quad in the Friday Night tournament at the St. Louis Chess Club, winning all of his games. He followed that by tying for third place in the blitz tournament out of 27 people in the Saturday Night tournament. He won money at both events~Max Xu who also tied for third place at the same tournament, also winning money~Alvin He who reached a new rating high of 1469 in the Ladder event at the St. Louis Chess Club. He also ...

Another round of congratulations to my amazing students:~Alvin He who finished first in the Monday Knights event hosted by Chess Cardinals. He won all of his games and reached a new rating high of 1465, He has now gained almost 800 rating points in the past 6 months!!~Divish Dhanalakota who tied for second place, defeated a much higher-rated opponent, gained 79 rating points, and reached a new rating high of 1267! He has now gained 175 rating points in the past seven weeks!~Ishaan Sinha who d...

Congratulations to Evan and Ethan who tied for first in our Thursday Rapid Tournament! Congratulations to Joshua and Soham who tied for third!!  Congratulations to Joshua who won the Friday tournament with a perfect score!1 Congratulations to Evan, Ethan, and Soham who tied for second!! $80 were given out in prizes so far!! The camp is coming back on Monday!

Another round of congratulations to my amazing students!~Max Xu who tied for 2nd place out of 21 people in the Saturday Night tournament at the St. Louis Chess Club~Sudeep Vadderaju receives double congratulations. He tied for first in the top quad in the Friday tournament at the St. Louis chess club! He followed that with a great performance on Saturday, where he defeated the reigning Missouri High School Champion and raised his rating to 1835~Tejas Kota who also receives double congratulati...

Congratulations to my amazing students for great performances in the Thanksgiving tournament!!~Max Xu who played in the highest section, defeated a higher-rated opponent and reached a new rating high of 1822~Samuel Lu who tied for second place out of 36 people in the U2000 section, reached a new rating high of 1725 and won $750~Mark Li who went undefeated, drew against 3 higher-rated opponents, and raised his rating to 1647!~Joshua Gu who defeated one high-rated opponent and drew another. He ...

Chess, puzzles, tournament, money prizes and much more!! More than $100 will be given out in prizes!