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--- CCL team finishes 3rd in 4545 League T43---
This season our top result was a fine 3rd place finish. This time it was our U-1400 team, 4HourLives. Again this was a total CCL team composed of Arjun, Anagh, Luke, Garrett, and Jay.. There were 22 teams in this league.
--- Great finishes at the National Grade Levels---
A few of our members made the long trip to Dallas for the National Grade Levels. Some of our top finishers were by Anagh scoring 6 points and coming in tied for 2nd place amonst 3rd graders across the country. In the 4th grade section Abhi scored 5.5 points and came in tied for 6th place. The clear 1st place winner in the 4th grade section was fellow CCL 4545 player, Jeffery (jefferyx) Xiong. In the 8th grade section; the CA team of John, Rahul, and Garrett came in 4th place, with John being the top scorer on that team and coming in tied 2nd place at the 8th grade level.
--- CCL finshes high at the 2009 state grade levels ---
We brought back 5 state grade level championships to CCL this year. That is amazing for such a small program. Below are our players who finished with at least 4 points.
1st Grade
1st place – Joshua Qian = 5-0 - State Champion
2nd Grade
1st place – Jason Guo = 5-0 - State Champion
2nd place – Luke Xie = 4-1
3rd Grade
1st place – Maggie Feng 5-0 - State Champion
2nd place – Sam Massick 4-1
3rd place – Gordan Lui 4-1
4th place – Anagh Kulkarni 4-1
6th place – Annorgin Naguleswaran 4-1
4th grade
1st place – Andrew Zhang 4.5-.5 - State Champion
6th place – Abhi Ramaswamy 4-1
8th grade
1st place – John Hughes 5-0 - State Champion
2nd place – Nikhil Vinay 4-1
3rd place – Rohit Joshi 4-1
11th grade
5th place Harsha Chandupatla 4-1
--- CCL team finishes 2nd in 4545 League T42---
For the 2nd League in a row, we had a team finish in 2nd place in this International Chess League. This time it was our U-2000 team, 4HourLives. Again this was a total CCL, composed of John, Vik, Jeffery, and Rahul. There were 21 teams in this league.
--- CCL team finishes 2nd in 4545 League T41 ---
Congratulations to Whatitbelike for finishing in 2nd place in the International 4545 U-1600 league. This has been by far our best finish to date. 28 teams participated in this divison. A great accomplishment by this totally CCL team. The team was composed of ---- board 1 = Rohit, board 2 = Walker, board 3 = Abhi, board 4 = Zappy, board 5 = Wei
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