Big Tie in Elementary 4-5 Varsity

(Top trophy winners in 4-5 Varsity. From left to right: Qijie "Jack" Zhu, Kyle Shin, Vikram Ganesh, Hemang Jangle and Jessica Zhu.)

Nobody is perfect, but that didn't stop five players from sharing the top honors in the 4-5 Varsity division of the CalChess Scholastics. Qijie "Jack" Zhu was leading at 5-0 going into the last round, but he lost to top rated Kyle Shin to set up the tie for 1st place. Kyle himself had lost in round 3 to another one of the co-champions, Vikram Ganesh, who gained over 100 rating points. Impressively, three of the top five and six of the top ten at the trophy ceremony were 4th graders who have another shot at winning next year.

Final Standings of 4-5 Varsity

1. 5.0 Qijie "Jack" Zhu (1619) -- 50 BayAreaChess.com Dollars
   
2. 5.0 Kyle Shin (1813)
   
3. 5.0 Vikram Ganesh (1422)
   
4. 5.0 Hemang Jangle (1508)
   
5. 5.0 Jessica Zhu (1382)
   
6. 4.5 Daniel Liu (1498)
   
7. 4.5 Tudor Muntean (1299)
   
8. 4.5 Aakaash Rao (1231)
   
9. 4.0 Anthony Luo (1346)
   
10. 4.0 Daniel Ho (1398)