Star Students

Amogh Kollipara (Student of Srikanth) is the winner of U400 section of World open 2014 U13 Championship.

Please click this link to view standings.

Here is the chess profile of Amogh Kollipara.

Bharath Heggadahalli (Student of Jagan) tied for first place in K12 U1500 section at 83rd Massachusetts Open.

Bharath improved his rating from 1165 to 1285. In the latest tournament Bharath played, he improved his rating to 1366.

Please click this link to view standings.

Here is the chess profile of Bharath Heggadahalli.

Samhitha Vinay (Student of Srikanth) won the U1000 section of Capital Area Chess May 2014 scholastic.

Samhitha improved her rating from 759 to 960.

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Here is the chess profile of Samhitha Vinay.

Ritvika Palani (Student of Sangeetha) won the K-3 section of Monticello Scholastic & Quads.

Ritvika improved her rating from 464 to 562.

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Here is the chess profile of Ritvika Palani.

Aditya Potluri (Student of VK Rao) improved his rating by 175 points from 1322 to 1497 in last two tournaments.

Aditya (1372 rating) played in 2014 Georgia State Champion ship and won against 1634 and 1744. He also drew with 1851.

Please click this link to view standings.

Here is the chess profile of Aditya Potluri.

Akshay Kobla (Student of Jagan) improved his rating by 173 points from 891 to 1064 in just over 5 weeks.

Akshay (4th grade) won 5/7 games in K-8 U1000 section of 2014 US National Junior High Champions.

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Here is the chess profile of Akshay Kobla.

Ted Minh Tran (Student of Srikanth) won the Bull Run Championship.

Ted won all 7 games and his rating went up from 1167 to 1344.

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Here is the chess profile of Ted Minh Tran.

Siddhant Nair (Student of VK Rao) won the 4th place trophy in JV section of Maryland Junior Open.

Siddhant improved his rating from 1102 to 1240.

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Here is the chess profile of Siddhant Nair.

Tejas Rajkumar Iyer (Student of Sangeetha) finished 5th place in JV section of Maryland Junior Open.

His rating went up from 1126 to 1234. He won in the first 3 rounds against higher rated players.

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Here is the chess profile of Tejas Rajkumar Iyer.

Ganesh Rayavarapu (Student of Jagan) got 1st place (won all 4 rounds) at the Ashburn Chess Club scholastic tournament.

He won all his games and his rating went up from 708 to 786.

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Here is the chess profile of Ganesh Rayavarapu.

Kshitij Patibandla (student of Srikanth) stood in 3rd place in K8U800 section of 'Super State Chess Championship 2014' held in Valencia, CA.

There were a total of 580 players in 11 Sections. Kshitij played in K8U800 which had 53 players. Kshitij's rating went up from 793 to 957. The only game the champion of this section lost, was against Kshitij.

Please click this link to view standings.

Here is the chess profile of Kshitij Patibandla.

Pranav Prem (Student of VK Rao) won the K-3 2013-14 VA State Scholastic & College Championship.

He scored 5.5 out of 6 (clear winner). Pranav is in 2nd grade.

Pranav also won K-5 2013-14 VA State Scholastic & College Blitz Championships. He scored 8.5 out 10 (clear winner).

Please visit Virginia Chess Federation website for more info on this tournament.

Here is the chess profile of Pranav Prem.

Shyla Bisht (Student of Venu) played in the 4TH ANNUAL STATE WARM-UP sponsored by Silver Knights Chess in Virginia.

She came in 3rd place in the grades 4-8 intermediate section (under 700) and her rating went up 61 points.

Here is the chess profile of Shyla Bisht.

Sahil Sinha from Maryland (Student of Jagan) is one of our top rated players with current rating of 2082.

He started his association with MyChessGuru in Feb 2012 by signing up with coach Jagan.

On our request, Sahil documented his 'A Small but Consistent and Ongoing Journey of Chess'

Here is the chess profile of Sahil Sinha.

Dmitri Marshall (Student of Sangeetha) won 1st place in the 4th-5th grade category of the Miami-Dade Title 1 North Regional Chess Tournament.

Dmitri won all 5 games in the tournament and lead his school NORTH DADE CENTER MODEM LANGUAGES team to win the first place in the team category.

Click these links to view standings and team standings.

Here is the chess profile of Dmitri Marshall

Marcus Leung (Student of Srikanth) stood first in Einstein Wise Quads, Vancouver, WA.

Marcus Leung began learning chess last summer and started participating in quad games since October,2013.

Marcus signed up with coach Srikanth on MyChessGuru in Dec,2013. He impressed everyone with his performance by moving up the ladder quickly and winning the top quad on Jan 24th.

Here is the chess profile of Marcus Leung

Nithil Suresh (Student of Venu) placed 3rd at Ashburn scholastic tournament.

Nithil won 3 out of 4 games and his rating went up from 1162 to 1253.

Nithil also won cash award in 4th annual Fairfax open on 12/8/2013 for being the best under 1200 rated player in his section.

Here is the chess profile of Nithil Suresh

Andrew Chen (Student of Sangeetha) won 2nd place at 2013 K-12 National Championship in the 1st grade level.

Andrew won 6 out of 7 games and placed second based on tie breaks.

Click this link to view his rating history graph.

Here is the chess profile of Andrew Chen

Rachel Naidich (Student of Srikanth) wins Under 1300 section of CAC open tournament.

Rachel won 4/4 games. Her rating increased from 1134 to 1254.

Event summary of CAC rated beginners open I.

Here is the chess profile of Rachel Naidich

Pranav Prem (Student of VK Rao) impresses at Atlantic open.

One of the top stories of the event was six-year-old Pranav Prem of Virginia, who played one section up in the Under 1500 section. He scored 4½ out of 5 to win the $1,300 First Prize and catapulting his rating nearly 250 points along the way.

USCF article on Atlantic open featured Pranav Prem.

Here is the chess profile of Pranav Prem.

Aasa Dommalapati (Student of VK Rao) got 3rd place & WCM title in U10 Girls section of 24th Pan American Youth Chess Championship 2013 held in Brazil from 26th to 31 July, 2013.

Here are the standings for PanAmerican Championship.

USCF article on PanAmerican Championship.

Aasa made the cover of Fairfax connection.

Here is the chess profile of Aasa Dommalapati

Pranav Marupudi (Student of Jagan) tied for first place in 10th grade section of 2012 NJ grade school championship.

Here are the standings..

Here is the chess profile of Pranav Marupudi

Ramitha Ravishankar (Student of VK Rao) won the 10 & Younger Section of the KCF All Girls National Championship.

Here are the standings for 2012 KCF All-Girls National Championships 10 & Younger..

Ramitha's rating jumped from 1430 to 1562. She won against 936, 904, 1732, 1681, 1205 and drew with first seed (1783).

Ramitha has the opportunity to represent the United States in the FIDE World Youth Championships in Slovenia this fall.

Here is the chess profile of Ramitha Ravishankar

Shrinidhi Jayakumar (Student of Ganesh) won 2nd prize in Booster 600 Category of California Regional Championship.

Here are the standings for California Regional Championship..

Shrinidhi's rating jumped from 422 to 572.

Here is the chess profile of Shrinidhi Jayakumar

Prokkawn Majumdar (Student of Ganesh) is the Louisiana State Champion in K-4 section.

Prokkawn is in third grade. Prokkawn's rating increased from 1330 to 1419 in this tournament.

Here is the chess profile of Prokkawn Majumdar

Kaavya Balamurugan (Student of Srikanth) is the winner of Reserve section in Princeton Day School scholastic tournament.

Kaavya's rating increased from 711 to 886 in this tournament.

Here is the chess profile of Kaavya Balamurugan

Vishwath Ramachandran (Student of Ganesh) won K-8 section of SPCC March scholastic tournament.

Vishwath scored 5/5.

Vishwath's rating increased from 840 to 960 in this tournament.

Here is the chess profile of Vishwath Ramachandran

Vaed Khurjekar (Student of VK Rao) has scored 5.5/6 in the US Amateur Team East tournament.

Vaed was unbeaten in the tournament. He tied for 13th place out of 1178 players.

Vaed's rating increased from 1244 to 1399 in this tournament and from 1098 to 1399 in last two months.

Here is the chess profile of Vaed Khurjekar

Yuvik Umapathy (Student of VK Rao) has placed 3rd in the Under 1700 section of the Liberty Bell Open.

Here are the standings for Liberty Bell Open.

Yuvik's rating jumped from 1587 to 1663.

Here is the chess profile of Yuvik Umapathy

Abhinay Dommalapati (Student of VK Rao) is the winner of 2010 Junior Grand prix.

The Junior Grand Prix is designed to encourage young players to seek opportunities to play against stronger competition;
thereby to stimulate improvement and life-long excitement about the game. The 2010 Junior Grand Prix will award a $1,000
stipend to attend the 2011 U.S. Open in Orlando, Florida (including free entry).

Abhinay has placed 2nd in 2009 Junior Grand Prix.

Here are the standings for 2010 Junior Grand prix.

Here is the chess profile of Abhinay Dommalapati

Bharath Jaladi (Student of VK Rao) won 2009 NJ state 6th grade championship.

NJCSF conducts NJ State grade school championship every year. Bharath won 6th grade championship.

With this win, Bharath's rating increased by 50 points to 1504.

Here is the chess profile of Bharath Jaladi

Pranav Marupudi (Student of VK Rao) tied for first place at 2009 Liberty Bell.

Here are the standings..

With this win, Pranav's rating increased by 157 points to 958.

Here is the chess profile of Pranav Marupudi