After 3 full day of intense training, the top American juniors will compete in a FIDE Rapid & Blitz RR competition for $3,000. Mr. Frank Niro is the Chief Arbiter. Round by round results below:
Rd 1
Awonder Liang (2483) 1-0 Matthew Larson (2283)
Darwin Yang (2580) 1-0 Joshua Colas (2403)
Ruifeng Li (2507) 1/2 Safal Bora (2460)
Rd 2
Matthew Larson 1/2 Safal Bora
Joshua Colas 1-0 Ruifeng Li
Awonder Liang 1/2 Darwin Yang
Rd 3
Darwin Yang 1-0 Matthew Larson
Ruifeng Li 1-0 Awonder Liang
Safal Bora 0-1 Joshua Colas
Rd 4
Matthew Larson 0-1 Joshua Colas
Awonder Liang 1/2 Safal Bora
Darwin Yang 1-0 Ruifeng Li
Rd 5
Ruifeng Li 1-0 Matthew Larson
Safal Bora 1/2 Darwin Yang
Joshua Colas 1/2 Awonder Liang
Standings after day 1
| 1 | Awonder Liang | xxxx | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Darwin Yang | 0.5 | xxxx | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Ruifeng Li | 1.0 | 0.0 | xxxx | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 4 | Safal Bora | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | xxxx | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 5 | Joshua Colas | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | xxxx | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Matthew Larson | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | xxxx | 0.5 |
At the same time, a delegation of about 40 just arrived from Brazil for week long chess activities at Webster University. It is non-stop chess at the SPICE Institute.
