Up-and-coming young American chess players
October 25, 2017
There seems to be so many good young chess players in the States that it is difficult for me to keep track of them and their ages. The following table makes that task easier.
Yesterday, the USCF announced the All-American Chess Team for 2018. It was selected on the basis of age as of Jan. 1, 2017 and the peak post-tournament rating from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
Age 18 (Min. Rating 2500)
Kayden Troff UT
Luke Harmon-Vellotti ID
Mika Andrew Brattain MA
Age 17 (min. rating 2450)
Akshat Chandra MO
Andrew Tang MN
Kesav Viswanadha CA
Age 16 (min. rating 2400)
Jeffery Xiong TX
Samuel Sevian MA
Cameron Wheeler CA
Craig Hilby CA
Vignesh Panchanatham CA
John Gabriel Ludwig FL
Roland Feng WA
Joshua Sheng CA
Bryce Tiglon WA
Zhaozhi Li IL
Ethan Li NY
Age 15 (min. rating 2400)
Ruifeng Li TX
John Michael Burke NJ
Nicolas Checa NY
Albert Lu CA
Age 14 (min. rating 2350)
David Brodsky NY
Advait Patel OK
Praveen Balakrishnan VA
Rayan Taghizadeh CA
Ben Li MI
Aravind Kumar NJ
Jennifer Yu VA
Age 13 (min. rating 2300)
Awonder Liang WI
Hans Moke Niemann CT
Brandon Jacobson NJ
Carissa Shiwen Yip MA
David Tianjian Peng IL
Justin Chen NY
Josiah Paul Stearman CA
Ivan Ke CA
Age 12 (min. rating 2250)
Andrew Zhang Hong CA
Nikhil Kumar FL
Christopher Shen OH
Andy Huang VA
Wesley Wang NY
Age 11 (min. rating 2200)
Justin Wang TX
Anthony Bi He WA
Maximillian Lu CT
Balaji Daggupati CA
Robert Shlyakhtenko CA
Vincent Tsay NY
Kevin D Chor AZ
Daniel Hung TX
Age 10 (min. rating 2100)
Christopher Woojin Yoo CA
Nico Werner Chasin NY
Arthur Guo GA
Jason Yuyang Wang OH
Eddy Tian NJ
Derek Clasby NJ
Rithik Sai Polavaram TX
Rochelle Wu AL
Eric M Zhang WA
Nathaniel Lande Shuman NY
Ming Lu CA
Shelev Oberoi TX
Age 9 (min. rating 2000)
Arthur Xu IL
Derek Jin MA
Eric Yuhan Li CA
Sandeep Sethuraman AZ
Age 8 & Under (min. rating 1900)
Liran Zhou NY
Abhimanyu Mishra NJ
Dimitar Mardov IL
Marvin Gao FL
Luke Sicong Ye MO
Sriram Kriishnakumar CA
Liam Henry Putnam NY
Brian Huang CA
Steve Wongso AZ
https://new.uschess.org/news/2018-us...eam-announced/
October 25, 2017
There seems to be so many good young chess players in the States that it is difficult for me to keep track of them and their ages. The following table makes that task easier.
Yesterday, the USCF announced the All-American Chess Team for 2018. It was selected on the basis of age as of Jan. 1, 2017 and the peak post-tournament rating from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
Age 18 (Min. Rating 2500)
Kayden Troff UT
Luke Harmon-Vellotti ID
Mika Andrew Brattain MA
Age 17 (min. rating 2450)
Akshat Chandra MO
Andrew Tang MN
Kesav Viswanadha CA
Age 16 (min. rating 2400)
Jeffery Xiong TX
Samuel Sevian MA
Cameron Wheeler CA
Craig Hilby CA
Vignesh Panchanatham CA
John Gabriel Ludwig FL
Roland Feng WA
Joshua Sheng CA
Bryce Tiglon WA
Zhaozhi Li IL
Ethan Li NY
Age 15 (min. rating 2400)
Ruifeng Li TX
John Michael Burke NJ
Nicolas Checa NY
Albert Lu CA
Age 14 (min. rating 2350)
David Brodsky NY
Advait Patel OK
Praveen Balakrishnan VA
Rayan Taghizadeh CA
Ben Li MI
Aravind Kumar NJ
Jennifer Yu VA
Age 13 (min. rating 2300)
Awonder Liang WI
Hans Moke Niemann CT
Brandon Jacobson NJ
Carissa Shiwen Yip MA
David Tianjian Peng IL
Justin Chen NY
Josiah Paul Stearman CA
Ivan Ke CA
Age 12 (min. rating 2250)
Andrew Zhang Hong CA
Nikhil Kumar FL
Christopher Shen OH
Andy Huang VA
Wesley Wang NY
Age 11 (min. rating 2200)
Justin Wang TX
Anthony Bi He WA
Maximillian Lu CT
Balaji Daggupati CA
Robert Shlyakhtenko CA
Vincent Tsay NY
Kevin D Chor AZ
Daniel Hung TX
Age 10 (min. rating 2100)
Christopher Woojin Yoo CA
Nico Werner Chasin NY
Arthur Guo GA
Jason Yuyang Wang OH
Eddy Tian NJ
Derek Clasby NJ
Rithik Sai Polavaram TX
Rochelle Wu AL
Eric M Zhang WA
Nathaniel Lande Shuman NY
Ming Lu CA
Shelev Oberoi TX
Age 9 (min. rating 2000)
Arthur Xu IL
Derek Jin MA
Eric Yuhan Li CA
Sandeep Sethuraman AZ
Age 8 & Under (min. rating 1900)
Liran Zhou NY
Abhimanyu Mishra NJ
Dimitar Mardov IL
Marvin Gao FL
Luke Sicong Ye MO
Sriram Kriishnakumar CA
Liam Henry Putnam NY
Brian Huang CA
Steve Wongso AZ
https://new.uschess.org/news/2018-us...eam-announced/