Reserve Competition Team

We are introducing a customized program designed to enhance the chess ratings of our dedicated students while nurturing a strong team atmosphere. If you'd like to learn more about this program and become a part of our Reserve Competition Team, please contact us at chess@icea1.org.

Program Highlights
  • Weekly Online Classes (Wendesday @7pm or Friday @6pm)
  • Monthly In-Person Workshops
  • Monthly OTB USCF-rated Tournaments
  • Monthly Internal Online Training Games
  • Training Homework Assignments
  • Additional Tournament Game Analysis
  • Representation of ICEA Chess in SoCal SuperStates Championship
  • Small group with Dedicated Coaches. (Up to 6 students per group)

Competition Team

Alex Wang

  • National Master 
  • Peak Rating: 2331
  • 2nd Place in K-12 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastic State Chess Championship
  • Co-champion of 2023 Los Angeles Open
  • Co-champion of 2023 Memorial Day Classic
  • Captain of ICEA Chess Team to win 1st place of K-12 2023 & 2024 SoCal. SuperStates Championship.

Felix Guo

  • National Master
  • Peak Rating: 2222
  • Co-Champion of the 2023 North American Youth Chess Championship (U12 Open)
  • Blitz Champion of 2023 Pan-American Youth Chess Festival (U12 Open)
  • Champion of 2023 World Open Blitz Championship (U2000 Section)

Esther Jou

  • National Master
  • Peak Rating: 2208
  • 2023 SoCal Girls Chess Champion & SoCal Representative of the 2023 WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions
  • Co-Captain of ICEA Chess Team to win 1st place of K-12 2023 & 2024 SoCal. SuperStates Championship.

Angela Liu

  • Woman FIDE Master 
  • Peak Rating: 2143
  • 2024 SoCal Girls Chess Champion & SoCal Representative of the 2024 WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions
  • Co-Captain of ICEA Chess Team to win 1st place of K-12 2024 SoCal. SuperStates Championship.
  • U16 Girls Bronze Medalist in the 2023 Pan-American Youth Chess Festival
  • U16 Girls Bronze Medalist in the 2023 North American Youth Chess Championship
  • U20 Girls Bronze Medalist in the 2023 North American Junior Chess Championship

Julian Colville

Elena Zhang

  • Woman Candidate Master
  • Peak Rating: 2020
  • Medalist of Team USA in the 2018 North American Youth Chess Championship (U10 Female)
  • Co-champion of the 2018 International Youth Championship (9-Under)

Sihan Tao

  • FIDE Master & National Master
  • Peak Rating: 2310
  • Co-champion of 2023 Los Angeles Open
  • U14 Champion of the 2023 Pan-American Youth Chess Festival
  • SoCal. Representive of the Barber K-8 National Chess Championship in both 2022 and 2023

Ellie Zhang

  • Woman Candidate Master
  • Peak Rating: 1966
  • SoCal Representative of the 2022 WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions
  • Champion of the 2022 Pacific Coast Open (U1900)
  • Medalist of Team USA in the 2018 North American Youth Chess Championship (U12 Female)

Forest Sherwood

  • USChess Expert
  • Peak Rating: 2059
  • 4th Place in K-8 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastic State Chess Championship

Sabarish Kailasam

  • Peak Rating: 1918
  • Co-Champion of K-5 2023 SoCal SuperStates Schlastics State Chess Championship

Vanessa Zhou

  • Peak Rating: 2010

Ryan Sweezey

  • Peak Rating: 1852
  • 3rd Place of the Pacific Southwest U2200 section in 2024
  • 1st Place of the Pacific Southwest U1800 section in 2023
  • 1st Place of the Lina Grumette Memorial U1600 Section in 2022

Sean Jura

  • Peak Rating: 1820
  • 13th Place in K-5 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastic State Chess Championship

Willian Wang

  • Peak Rating: 1834

Jeffrey Wei

Reserve Competition Team

Matthew Choe

  • Peak Rating: 1680
  • 1st Place in Varsity K-3 at the 2024 American Open
  • 6th Place in 9 Under Section at the 2024 International Youth Chess Festival @ Las Vegas

Arjun Kumar

  • Peak Rating: 1485
  • (tied) 2nd Place in U1300 section at the 2024 North American Open
  • 8th Place in JV K-6 Under 1000 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics State Chess Championship

Terence Kuang

  • Peak Rating: 1442
  • 2nd Place in U1400 at the 2024 American Open
  • 1st 900-1099 in 9 Under Section at the 2024 International Youth Chess Festival @ Las Vegas

Jun Choi

    • Peak Rating: 1359
    • (tied) 4th Place in U1300 Section at Pacific Coast Open 2024
    • 2nd Place in JV K-6 Under 700 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics State Chess Championship
    • 9th Place in 14 Under Reserve Section at the 2024 International Youth Chess Festival @ Las Vegas
    • 3rd Place in K-12 Under 1000 Section at 2024 Start of Summer Chess Fest

 

Logan Kim

Daniel Yoojun Song

Austin Huang

  • Peak Rating: 1207
  • Paritcipated in JV K-8 UNDER 1400 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics Chess Championship.

Aarin Sahota

Benjamin Lewis

David Hernandez

Isabella Yu

  • Peak Rating: 1194
  • Paritcipated in JV K-8 UNDER 1400 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics Chess Championship.

Leo Tseng

Abbott Shamos

  • Peak Rating: 700
  • Paritcipated in JV K-6 UNDER 700 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics Chess Championship.

Abbott Shamos

  • Paritcipated in JV K-6 UNDER 700 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics Chess Championship.

Benjamin Samuel

  • Paritcipated in JV K-8 UNDER 1400 at the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastics Chess Championship.

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