GM Jefferey Xiong wins 2016 US Junior Championship
Final standings 1 GM Xiong, Jeffery (2627) 6½ 2 IM Liang, Awonder (2408) 6 3 IM Li, Ruifeng (2529) 5½ 4 IM Harmon-Vellotti, Luke (2409) 5 5 FM Brown, Michael William (2418) 5 6 IM Chandra, Akshat (2464) 4½ 7 FM Checa, Nicolas D (2398) 4 8 GM Troff, Kayden W (2543) 3½ 9 IM...
Xiong leads US Junior Championship by a full point
Standings after 7 rounds Rk Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 GM Xiong, Jeffery 2641 x 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2 IM Liang, Awonder 2430 0 x...
Jeffery Xiong & Awonder Liang lead US Junior after 5 rounds
Standings after 5 rounds Rk Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 1 GM Xiong, Jeffery 3.5 M 2641 2607 -0.16 ½ 1 1 0 1 2 IM Liang, Awonder 3.5 M 2430 2642 +1.41...
Awonder Liang & Ostrovskiy with early US Junior Championship lead
Standings after 1 round Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 IM Liang, Awonder 2430 x 1 1.0 2 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 2372 x 1 1.0 3 GM Xiong, Jeffery...
2016 US Junior Championship to be held in St Louis
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) hosts the U.S. Junior Closed Championship July 7-18, 2016 Ten players are competing in the 2016 U.S. Junior Closed Championship (invitational rating): GM Jeffery Xiong (2723)—Coppell, Texas GM Kayden...
IM Chandra wins US Junior, GM Xiong 2nd
Final round results FM Liang, Awonder vs IM Chandra, Akshat [0-1] Han, Curran vs IM Xiong, Jeffery [0-1] Brattain, Mika vs FM Li, Ruifeng [1/2-1/2] FM Bodek, Michael vs IM Liou, Yian [1/2-1/2] FM Shen, Arthur vs IM Harmon-Vellotti,...
US Junior Championship LIVE!
July 7-15, 2015. IM Jeffery Xiong (2606), IM Akshat Chandra (2589), FM Michael Bodek (2527), IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti (2526), FM Ruifeng Li (2502), IM Yian Liou (2501), FM Arthur Shen (2477), NM Mika Brattain (2457), FM Awonder Liang (2428)...
Chandra back to 1/2 pt lead with 1 to go
In the event of a tie: Two Players: The tie will be broken with a two-game rapid match (G/15 plus 5 second increment). If the contest is still undecided, the match will be decided by an Armageddon Game. Three...