Christopher Yoo - Triple Crown Champ

Last year, 9 year old Christopher Yoo became the youngest master in US history. Here is the history of his meteoric rise:

In November 2013, Christopher Yoo played his 1st tournament (BAC) and earned rating of 144.

At the 2015 SPF (Feb 15) National Open for Boys & Girls, he was about 1800.

At the 2016 SPFNO (Feb 16), he was about 1960.

At the 2017 SPFNO, he is rated 2240 at the start and his rating jumped to 2259 at the end of the event!

On Saturday, Christopher won the SPF Puzzle Solving Championship with a perfect 20/20! He followed that up with a perfect 8/8 at the SPF Blitz Championship. On Sunday, he capped it off by winning the 2017 SPF National Open with the score of 5.5/6 to complete the Triple Crown. He became the first player in the 12 year history of the SPF National Open and SPF World Open to win the Triple Crown. For this accomplishment, Christopher earned a bonus of $1,000!

IM Cameron Wheeler and Simona Nayberg won the scholarships to Webster University. Each scholarship has a value of approximately $52,000.

In addition, Simona Nayberg (u16-18), Anne-Marie Velea (u14), Stephanie Velea (u12), Ashley Pang (u10), and Crystal Jiuzhou Gu (u8) qualified for the 2017 SPF National Girls’ Invitational (free entry + housing & meals), the most prestigious all-girls event in the United States.

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201705067062


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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  | 
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    1 | CHRISTOPHER WOOJIN YOO          |5.5  |W  16|W  12|W   2|W  11|D   7|W   3|
   CA | 15244943 / R: 2240   ->2259     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 2002   ->2017     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | CAMERON WHEELER                 |5.0  |X    |W  10|L   1|W   4|W   5|W   7|
   CA | 13473477 / R: 2502   ->2500     |     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |
      |            Q: 2124   ->2115     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | HENRY WANG                      |4.0  |W  14|D  11|W   6|D   5|W   9|L   1|
   CA | 15300888 / R: 2022   ->2035     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1587   ->1679     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | DMITRI V DOBRYNIN               |4.0  |D  17|W  13|D   7|L   2|W  18|W  12|
   CA | 14992854 / R: 1977   ->1989     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1506   ->1539     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | MANAS MANU                      |4.0  |W  20|W  15|D   9|D   3|L   2|W  11|
   CA | 15661005 / R: 1952   ->1978     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1530   ->1626     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | GAVIN ZHANG                     |4.0  |W  19|D   7|L   3|W  13|D  11|W   9|
   OR | 14944376 / R: 1911   ->1936     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1713   ->1721     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | VINESH RAVURI                   |3.5  |W   8|D   6|D   4|W  14|D   1|L   2|
   CA | 14312195 / R: 2178   ->2171     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1741   ->1746     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | TIGER CHE                       |3.5  |L   7|D  19|W  17|D  18|D  16|W  15|
   CA | 14647771 / R: 1782   ->1790     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1201   ->1326     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | ERIC YUHAN LI                   |3.0  |D  13|X    |D   5|W  16|L   3|L   6|
   NJ | 15688436 / R: 2056   ->2024     |     |B    |     |W    |W    |B    |B    |
      |            Q: 1919   ->1858     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | SANAT SINGHAL                   |3.0  |W  21|L   2|L  14|D  15|D  13|W  16|
   CA | 15580756 / R: 1979   ->1957     |     |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1425   ->1422     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | AARON SUN                       |3.0  |W  23|D   3|W  15|L   1|D   6|L   5|
   CA | 14732314 / R: 1868   ->1881     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1645   ->1640     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | BRANDON C HO                    |3.0  |X    |L   1|D  18|D  19|W  14|L   4|
   CA | 14688022 / R: 1890   ->1863     |     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1526   ->1500     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | ARAVINDSINGARAM KANNAPPAN       |3.0  |D   9|L   4|W  20|L   6|D  10|W  21|
   CA | 14307058 / R: 1774   ->1778     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1241   ->1308     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | NIKHIL CHATTERJEE               |3.0  |L   3|W  20|W  10|L   7|L  12|W  17|
   CA | 14881286 / R: 1673   ->1703     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1384   ->1400     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   15 | ALEXANDER TIANLIN HU            |2.5  |W  18|L   5|L  11|D  10|W  19|L   8|
   CA | 15185161 / R: 1973   ->1931     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1579   ->1529     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   16 | NAREG KEDJEJIAN                 |2.5  |L   1|W  17|W  21|L   9|D   8|L  10|
   CA | 14215657 / R: 1804   ->1795     |     |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1364   ->1358     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   17 | JUSTIN REED                     |2.5  |D   4|L  16|L   8|W  21|B    |L  14|
   CA | 14702576 / R: 1636   ->1618     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |B    |
      |            Q: 1190   ->1183     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   18 | ALAN HUNG                       |2.0  |L  15|W  23|D  12|D   8|L   4|U    |
   CA | 13977877 / R: 1570   ->1585     |     |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |     |
      |            Q: 1333   ->1322     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   19 | SEAN HAYES                      |2.0  |L   6|D   8|X    |D  12|L  15|L  20|
   CA | 14260612 / R: 1462   ->1461     |     |W    |B    |     |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1385   ->1342     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   20 | AVI KHANNA                      |2.0  |L   5|L  14|L  13|B    |L  21|W  19|
   CA | 14499650 / R: 1337   ->1326     |     |W    |B    |B    |     |W    |B    |
      |            Q: 1257   ->1214     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   21 | BRYAN HIGGASON-SPRENKEL         |2.0  |L  10|B    |L  16|L  17|W  20|L  13|
   CA | 15680617 / R: 1135   ->1166     |     |B    |     |W    |W    |B    |W    |
      |            Q: 1016   ->1020     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   22 | MATTHEW CROME                   |1.0  |B    |F    |U    |U    |U    |U    |
   CA | 15880394 / R:  853   -> 853     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  919   -> 919     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   23 | DYLAN GRACE                     |0.0  |L  11|L  18|F    |U    |U    |U    |
   CA | 16324927 / R:  240P3 -> 240P5   |     |W    |B    |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  256P3 -> 256P5   |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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