Sammy Narayanan continued his winning ways in Minnesota with another perfect 5-0 score at the Roger Hale Open, the 5th leg of the MSCA Grand Prix series. In his last 3 in-state open chess events Sammy has accumulated 15 wins, 1 draw (against Andrew Titus), and exactly 0 losses.
Joining Sammy in the Sectional Winners Circle were James Johnson & Nathan Dohman who tied with 4.5 points in the U1600 and Angela Lee who posted an impressive 5-0 in the U800. Angela zoomed her provisional rating up to 870/P16.
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A few rising stars who played in the Top Section also saw their ratings start to catch up with their talent levels. Irene Fei scored 3/5 points and raised her rating 30 points to 2043. Daniel Deutsch scored 4/5 points and gained 38 rating points. Ajay Singamsetty scored 2.5/5.0 points and now has his rating all the way up to 1884...a 79 point increase!
The tournament was held in honor of Roger Hale, a long-time supporter of Minnesota Chess, and in particular the Castle Chess Club. Roger also participated in his "own event"! You can read about Roger's passionate support of Minnesota Chess and his many accomplishments on the MN Chess Hall of Fame page.
Thanks as well to Chief TD Jack Bellinger and Chief Asst. TD Nirav Singhal for their dedicated efforts over the long chess weekend.
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