CalChess Top 20 for Age U-12

(FM Tanuj on left and candidate master Sam on the right.)

If the Top 20 for Age 12-17 looked scary, then wait until you see the little kids! Three of the Top 20 for Age U-12 are rated over 1900 while another 11 are rated above 1600. Wow!!! Top rated Sam Sevian has a strong chance to become America's Youngest Master ever while FM Tanuj Vasudeva earned the silver medal at World Youth U-8 in Turkey last October. Don't forget to watch out for this quartet of rapidly improving juniors: Jack Zhu, Hunter Klotz-Burwell, Russell Bik and Udit Iyengar.

CalChess Top 20 for Age U-12
(February 2010 rating and points gained in last two months;
fpawn students are shown in bold)
Corrected February 1.

1. Sevian, Samuel (2123, +27, age 9)
2. Zhu, Jack (1999, +78, age 11
3. FM Vasudeva, Tanuj (1906, -20, age 8)
4. Viswanadha, Kesav (1784, +90, age 10)
5. Apte, Neel (1783, -17, age 11)
6. Wheeler, Cameron (1783, +8, age 9)
7. Panchanatham, Vignesh (1782, +24, age 9)
8. Beilin, Allan (1770, +52, age 10)
9. Ho, Daniel (1696, +87, age 11)
10. Chow, Colin (1666, -6, age 9)
11. Klotz-Burwell, Hunter (1660, +61, age 11)
12. Taghizadeh, Rayan (1608, +41, age 7)
13. Janarthanan, Naveen (1607, +27, age 11)
14. Tao, Jeffrey (1600, +49, age 9)
15. Yu, Leland (1598, -13, age 11)
16. Wang, Justin (1596, +92, age 11)
    
17. Yi, Richard (1581, -35, age 9)
18. Kalyanpur, Armaan (1580, -5, age 10)
19. Bik, Russell (1580, 115, age 9)
20. Iyengar, Udit (1579, +72, age 9)