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
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
