Gandhi and Chen tie in the Scholastic Class Championship

Shyam Gandhi and Qinhong Chen finished with 4.5/5 to be co-champions. Leo Kamgar finished third with 4/5. Gandhi, Chen, and Kamgar were the top three rated players of the event and all three finished without a loss. The strong field comprised of two 1800s and two 1700s at the top. The open event allowed lower rated players to pair against the top, and some succeeded. Gandhi, Chen, Kamgar, and Noah Daniels (Daniels, the U1600 winner, also tied for 3rd place) will get an invitation to the 2011 Junior Open Championship.

 

1st-Shyam Gandhi

2nd-Qinhong Chen

3rd-Leo Kamgar

U1600-Noah Daniels

U1500-Jonathan Quach

U1400-Ethan Pau

U1300-Luc Reiner

U1200-Matthew Peng

U1100-Devin Clay

U1000-Scott Belair

U900-Edward Jin

U800-Lina Garber

U700-Bianca Aguilar

U600-Kiana Buchanan

U500-Tommy Fakatoumafi

U400-Yazel Larios

Unr-Jared Hsu

 

Rio Vista Elementary School from San Bernardino was represented with seven students and five of them finished with a class title including three girls. Coach Taras Mckey must be proud of his students!

 

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