More news: Our local scholastic star, Deepak Aaron finished in third place in the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. This event took place in Irvine, California August 7, through August 8. First place was taken by California’s Master Steven Zierk with a score of 5 ½ - ½ . In second place was Expert Alex Gou of Washington scoring 5 - 1. A draw in round two and a loss in round three against Experts prevented Deepak from facing the top two finishers. However, by winning his last three rounds Deepak was able to obtain a 4 ½ - 1 ½ score and a tie for third & fourth place with Expert Kevin Mo of Pennsylvania. They were ahead of nine (!) Masters and Experts tied at 4 - 2.
At the same time as the Denker event was taking place the US Open was going on in the same city, and I assume in the same venue. With the energy of youth, Deepak also played in the US Open. The Open was won by GM Alexander Ramirez, 8 -1 ahead of Grandmasters V. Akopian, A. Shabalov, Interantional Master J. Sadorra and another youthful rising star FM D.Naroditsky at 7 ½ - 1 ½. Deepak finished in 49th place with a very respectable 6 - 3.
According to the numbers, Deepak performed just about as expected with virtually no change in his post-tournament rating. With the steadfast support of his family, Deepak has been traveling to many Open tournaments the last several years playing the best opposition he could find. It has been a pleasure to watch his progress. We have not seen a local player do so well since Mike Valvo in the 1950s. Congratulations Deepak!
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