NorCal Top 20 FIDE Rated Juniors

Chess Punks learning from Daniel Naroditsky in 2010. From left to right:
Vignesh Panchanatham, Allan Beilin, Danya, Kesav Viswanadha and
Cameron Wheeler. Three of the students are now masters themselves.

NM Colin Chow, photo by Shorman

A new wave of talented Bay Area juniors has begun filling the highest level.  A year and a half ago, there were only four local young masters.  Today, eight have broken the magical 2200 USCF mark, and the trend promises to continue. The Chess Punks of 2010 have grown into the Chess Masters of 2013.

However, the international FIDE ratings lag up to 200 points behind the national USCF ratings.  The sheer number of underrated youngsters has transformed FIDE points into a precious commodity at local events.  I counted an incredible 40 NorCal kids who have earned a published FIDE rating, yet more than half are rated below 2000.  Most shocking to me: the youngest two were born in 2005!

Kudos to NM Colin Chow for gaining an impressive 100 FIDE points in the past 8 months.  His USCF rating also rocketed up to 2324.  Well done making the Sacramento Chess Club proud!

       FIDE RATED JUNIORS

Rank	Name	FIDE
1	GM-e Naroditsky, Daniel	2503
2	FM Liou, Yian	2402
3	FM Wheeler, Cameron	2176
4	NM Chow, Colin	2162
5	Ruddell, Solomon	2136
6	NM Viswanadha, Kesav	2134
7	nm Liu, Daniel	2095
8	Apte, Neel	2082
9	Tong, Benjamin	2081
10	Beilin, Allan	2075
11	Jirasek, Ladia	2064
12	NM Panchanatham, Vignesh	2058
13	NM Zhu, Jack	2056
14	Shin, Kyle	2046
15	Klotz-Burwell, Hunter	2020
16	Nagarajan, Pranav	2012
17	Cao, Joshua	2007
18	FM Vasudeva, Tanuj	2000
19	Iyengar, Udit	1993
20	Handigol, Abhishek	1989