Weibel Chess

A number of young Northern California players decided to skip the People's Tournament in NorCal last weekend and go for the big money in SoCal. They succeeded at the 18th Pacific Coast Open at Agoura Hills.  Eighth grader Kevin Moy, former Weibel student and now an instructor at Weibel Chess, went undefeated--4 wins and two draws--for a clear first place.  He won $1800 in the under 2100 section and is now 2107.  The big question is will he or seventh grader Michael Wang (2173) become the second former Weibel student to obtain the National Master title?  Former Weibel student Rohan Agrawal obtained his National Master's title a few years ago at 16 and still holds the distinction of being the only student from any Fremont school to obtain a Chess Master's title. Also finishing in the money was NorCal player Ojas Chinchwadkar who also won first and took home the same amount of money, $1800, in the Under 1900 moving his rating to 1967. Ojas along with his father have been tournament directors at many of my tournaments.  Seventh grade student Tina Chatterjee tied for second in the under 1500 division without losing a game--4 wins and 2 draws. She moved her rating from 1345 to 1549. KUDOS!
Chess is Forever,
Alan