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Andrew is New Peoria Champion

Andrew has won the finals match against Drew Streitmatter 2-0, holding off Drew's Queen with a Knight and Rook until he could win the Queen for his Rook.

The Peoria Journal Star newspaper has run an article about Andrew's victory. Check it out.

Andrew Fei has won the first game of his match with Drew Streitmatter for the Peoria Championship. The winner of the match is the first to score 2 or more points and have a lead. A win in game 2 would give Andrew the title!

Andrew has won his section by drawing Pete McConaghie (1868) in the last game of the semi-finals. Andrew finished with 3 wins and 2 draws. He will now play a Finals Match against Drew Streitmatter, the winner of the other section, for the title of 2012 Peoria Champion. Let's all wish him luck!

Andrew Fei and Chetan Reddy are playing in the current Peoria Championship being played every Monday evening starting at 7:30pm at HyVee in the Sheridan Village Shopping Center. Give them your support and stop by to watch the play. Coach Murrel will be annotating games from the tournament for GPCF.net. Watch their games and annotations here.

Andrew and Chetan each have just 1 game remaining, both against former Peoria Champion Pete McConaghie. Andrew (3.5/4) drew with coach Mike, and Chetan (2/4) was within a whisker of beating coach Mike in their game. If Andrew wins or draws his game, he wins his section and will play a match against Drew Streitmatter in the Championship finals. If Andrew loses, he will still win the section if Chetan wins his game. If Andrew loses and Chetan draws, Andrew and Pete will play a short playoff match to see who plays Drew. If Pete wins both games, he gets to play the match against Drew. Congratulations to both our players who are playing very well.

Chicago Open

Andrew Fei and Leon Li played in the Chicago Open over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Andrew scored 3.5/7, playing no one rated below 1780! Leon scored 5-2 in his section, gaining 100 rating point in a single tournament! Congratulations to both players!!

Hult Championship

• Champions Section:

* Max Jong 1st Place  4.5/5
* Jason Li 2nd Place  3/5
* Timothy Mou 3rd Place 3/5
* Patrick Li 4th Place 3/5
* Albert Li 5th Place 3/5

• Challengers Section:

* Connor Cai 1st Place 4/5
* Geoffrey Murphy 2nd Place 4/5
* Devanshi Kothari 3rd Place 4/5

34th Annual Tazewell County Scholastic

Congratulations to Hult Members:

• Jazell Carr - 1st Place, 3-4th Grade
• Josh Madsen - 2nd Place, 3-4th Grade

Sweetest Tournament

* Section 1 - Over 600
* 1st - Patrick Li (4-0)
* 2nd - Len Brown (3-1)
* 3rd - Albert Li (2.5-1.5)

* Section 2 - Under 600
* 1st - Connor Cai (3-1) 11.0 Tie Break
* 2nd - Jonathan Xu (3-1) 10.0 Tie break
* 3rd - Anuroop Thomas (3-1) 8.5 Tie Break
* 4th - Niko Kolettis (3-1) 6.0 Tie break

2011 All Grade News

* 1st Grade Bhavya Kanagala Tie for 3rd (3-2), 8th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 2nd Grade Brendan Xue Tie for 7th (3-2), 9th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 2nd Grade Edward Zhang Tie for 7th (3-2), 11th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 2nd Grade Devanshi Kothari Tie for 7th (3-2), 12th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 3rd Grade Kushal Mungee Tie for 7th (3-2), 12th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 3rd Grade Jason Li Tie for 15th (2.5-2.5), 16th Place on Tie Break
* 4th Grade Len Brown Tie for 11th (3-2), 16th Place on Tie Break
* 5th Grade Patrick Li Tie for 2nd (4-1), 5th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 5th Grade Chetan Reddy Tie for 6th (3.5-1.5), 8th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 5th Grade Maxwell Jong Tie for 6th (3.5-1.5), 9th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 5th Grade Timothy Mou Tie for 11th (3-2), 12th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 6th Grade Andrew Fei Tie for 4th (2.5-1.5), 5th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 6th Grade Albert Li Tie for 6th, 9th Place Trophy on Tie Break
* 7th Grade Nolan Janda 9th Place Trophy
* 8th Grade Niresh Kuganeswaran Tie for 5th, 5th Place Trophy on Tie Break

Congratulations also to those who played but missed their trophy this time:

* 1st Grade Quinn Barker
* 2nd Grade Eden Jin, Neil Kolmer
* 3rd Grade Aryan Gandhi, David Liang, Niko Kolettis, Michael Panov, Alyssa Bivens
* 4th Grade Ajay Jayaraman, Jefferson Kolmer, Kyle Barker
* 5th Grade James Wang, Leon Li, Sid Saxena, Connor Cai, Abe Saxena, Thomas Anuroop, Kyle Kuganeswaran
* 9th Grade Vimal Bellamkonda, Rajiv Patel-o'Connor, Waleed Ali, Joseph Gamble, Mitchell Zagardo, Paul Wang

All together we had 39 players participating, a new club record! Thanks to All for making the 2011 All Grade one of the best ever!

For complete results, link to 2011 Illinois All Grade Chess Championship.

CONGRATULATIONS

• Illinois Open 2011

* Leon Li (4-1), Albert Li (3-2) Scholastic U1200 Division
* Andrew Fei (3.5-2.5), Chetan Reddy, Reserve Division

• BNASC Summer Series III 1st Place Scholastic, Leon Li (3-1)
• Chess Camp Winners 1st Place Chetan Reddy (4-0), 2-3rd Place Hanson Hao, Kushal Mungee (3-1)
• Hult Summer Event Winners 1st place Jason Li (3.5) and 2-4th Patrick Li, Timothy Mou & Max Jong (3 each)
• Chicago Open 2011

* Andrew Fei - (5.5-1.5) tie for 3rd Under 1500 Section!!!

• State K-8 Championships Trophy Winners

(We're missing details, so we've listed scores and section only)
- Brendan Xue (5-2) Lower Primary
- Andrew Fei (5.5-1.5) Elementary
- Chetan Reddy (5-2) Elementary
- Timothy Mou (5-2) Elementary
- Jeffrey Xue (4.5-2.5) Junior High
- Rajiv Patel-O'Connor (4-3) Junior High
- And Congratulations to our other state State Championship players 
  Kushal Mungee, Josh Madsen, Len Brown, David Liang,  
  Abe Saxena, Leon Li, James Wang, Sid Saxena, Niresh Kuganswaran,
  Kiran Patel-O'Connor, Mitchell Zagardo

• Chetan Reddy, 2011 Warren Scholar.
• Andrew Fei 4th Place Finish at the adult Springfield Open to raise his rating to 1567.
• Leon Li 185 Point Rating gain at Colene Hoose.
• McLean County Indian Association Winner - 1st Place Andrew Fei 4 1/2 - 1/2.
• Washington District 52 Winners - 2nd Jeffrey Xue, 3rd Andrew Fei
• Lakeview Scholastic Winners 1st-3rd Jeffrey Xue, Andrew Fei, Cal Clemmer. U700 - Len Brown, James Wang, Josh Madsen, U500 - Jazel Carr, Brendan Xue, Autumn Henderson (Hult swept 9 of 10 trophies!! Autumn is a former member now living in Bloomington.)
• State All Grade Trophy Winners

- Kushal Mungee (3 1/2 - 1/2) 9th Place, 2nd Grade
- Chetan Reddy (4 1/2 - 1/2) 2nd Place Tie, 4th Grade
- Andrew Fei (4-1) 3rd Place Tie, 5th Grade
- Niresh Kuganeswaran (3-1) 3rd Place Tie 7th Grade
- And Congratulations to our other state All Grade players 
  Brendan Xue, Alyssa Bivens, Tim Mou, Leon Li, Stephanie Bevins, 
  Jake Clemmer, Kiran Patel-O'Connor, Rajiv Patel-O'Connor.

• Peoria Academy Winners - Andrew Fei, Division A, Kiran Patel-O'Connor, Division B, Abe Saxena, Division C (See Current Events for full standings)
• District 150 Winners - Joseph Gamble, 8th Grade, Rish Kuganeswaran, 7th Grade, Molly McCoy, 5th Grade
• Chetan Reddy, Andrew Fei, Jeffrey Xue, Albert Li, Brendan Xue & Leon Li played in the Illinois Open.
• Chetan Reddy won the Midstate Chess Camp Upper Division with a perfect 4-0!
• Jake Clemmer won the Midstate Chess Camp Lower Division with 3 1/2 - 1/2
• Andew Fei winner of the Reserve Division of the Hugh Myers Open (Adult Tournament)with a perfect 4-0
• Chetan Reddy and Tony Feng have accepted invitations to the 2010 Peoria Championship.

• State Championship Trophy Winners

- Chetan Reddy (6-1) 3rd Place, Grade Section 2-3
- Andrew Fei (5-2) Grade Section 4-5
- Tony Feng (5-2) Jr High Section 6-8
- Niresh Kuganeswaran (5-2) Jr High Section 6-8
- Jeffrey Xue (5-2) Jr High Section 6-8
- And Congratulations to our other state championship players 
  Brendan Xue, Kushal Mungee, Hansin Arvind, Alan Feng, 
  Autumn Henderson, Om Arvind and Sonnet Henderson.

• Chetan Reddy qualified for the Peoria Championship by winning the Last Chance Qualifier
• Jeffrey Xue winner of the Upper Section of the Sweetest Tournament
• Kiran Patel-O'Connor winner of the Lower Section of the Sweetest Tournament
• Andrew Fei winner of the Elementary Division of the Glenn Tournament February 20th!
• Chetan Reddy, 2010 Warren Scholar.
• Tony Feng winner of the Peoria Winter Tornado Under 1400 Section January 30th
• Andrew Fei winner of the Elementary Division of the Tri-Valley Tournament January 23rd!
• Chetan Reddy winner of the Upper Primary Section of the Martin Luther King Open January 18th
• Chetan Reddy, 2009 Warren Scholar.

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