Hongqiao
Alicia Zhu, almost 8 years old registered a perfect score of 5/5 to win the U18 category. The other girl in the tournament, Margaret Hu had 3.5 points to get second place honors.
Top3
Champion
Alica Zhu 1460 Pts:5
2nd Place
Margaret Hu 1200 Pts:3.5
3rd Place
Harry Wang 1240 Pts:2.5
Best Female
Alica Zhu
Jinqiao
Claire Chen, the only girl in the U18 group faced Brian Cheng in round 5. With just two minutes on the clock, she tried to give a checkmate, chasing her opponent’s king all over the board but Brian defended well and prevailed. After the painful loss, Claire bounced back, winning all her next four games to win the tournament with a score of 8/9. She also handed the precocious and talented Will Zhang his only loss.
Champion
Claire Chen 1439 Pts:8
2nd Place
Will Zhang 1476 Pts:8
3rd Place
Brian Cheng 1168 Pts:6
Best Female
Claire Chen
Hongqiao
Michael Jiang once again dominated the U10 category, posting a perfect score of 7 wins in 7 rounds.
Top3
Champion
Michael Jiang 1458 Pts:7
2nd Place
Eli Liu 1406 Pts:6
3rd Place
George Cai 1283 Pts:5
The Youngest Participant
Jared Zhu 1000 Pts:3 6 years old
Jinqiao
Talking about tenacity, George Cai, the youngest participant and fresh from winning third place in U10 the day before in Hongqiao, played again in Jinquiao. This time he won the tournament handily.
Top3
Champion
George Cai 1283 Pts:6
2nd Place
Xinyan Wang 1000 Pts:5.5
3rd Place
Raphael Dukek 1200 Pts:5.5
Best Female
Xinyan Wang
The Youngest Participant
George Cai 8 Years old
