Fpawn Rating Lists -- July 2009

(CalChess K-12 co-champions Yian and Evan shared a laugh in my team room.)

I updated the Fpawn Rating List for the July USCF supplement which is already available at the MSA website. The names on top of the list have not changed this year, although the ratings keep moving upwards. I also included the rating gains over the past seven months. Bearing in mind how difficult it becomes to improve above 2000, the +84 and +68 jumps by CalChess K-12 co-champions Yian Liou and Evan Sandberg look even more impressive.

Top 5 Students Overall

1. NM Steven 2312 (+54, photo at right by Richard Shorman)
   
2. NM Gregory 2249
   
3. Yian 2140 (+84)
4. EvanS 2098 (+68)
   
5. Alan 2058 (+6)
   

(Honorary: FM Danya 2378 and NM DanielS 2313)

My group of students gained 68 points on average just since December. Eight moved up by 100 or more points. Kudos to Daniel Chen for going from 892 to 1337 in half a year!

Largest Rating Gain (Past 7 Months)

1. DanielC +445 (see photo at right)
   
2. EvanY +138
3. Arthur +135
   
4. Roland +128
   
5. Neel +126
   
6. DanielL +117
   
7. MichaelM +101
8. Andrew +100
9. Brian +98
10. Yian +84