US Junior Open

LDMS Takes Third Place in the U11 Division

Too bad we could only get three players in the U11 division! We might have had a shot at first place! As it was, Reid Seghers, Evan Seghers and Chris Tillson did very well, taking 3rd place as a 3-person team.

Evan Goes 4-1 and Takes 4th Place in the U11 Division

Evan took 4th place by going 4-1 and Reid took 9th place, also going 4-1 including a great, hard-fought win over Pranav (a 1400 player). Chris went 2.5-2.5 and also played very well in this national tournament. Interestingly, Reid and Evan's only losses came to Adream and Awonder Liang, the amazing boys from Madison. Little 5 year-old Awonder (pictured below, the top under-7 player in the entire US) beat Evan in an amazing game which I will post soon here on this site. His older brother Adream beat Reid.

The Boy "Awonder"

Another LDMS player who played in the tournament was Jacob Glumm, a rapidly improving player who is attending Muskego High School next year. Jacob did very well in the U15 division, raising his rating almost 200 points!

Congratulations to division winner Brady Harder who beat Sarfaras in the last game to go 5-0 and win the U11 division.

A big THANK YOU to Ashish Vaja, Alex Betanelli, Gregory Reese, Pam Reese, and all the others within VICA, USCF and WSCA who made this tournament possible and brought more national chess visibility to the city of Milwaukee.