With his 5-0 showing at Elmwood, Jason Markowski bumped his USCF rating up to 1643 which is now the top rating in the club! Evan Seghers is now #2 at 1587. (Note that both players are involved in a 4-week tournament in which they should both go up a bit...)
Close on Evan's and Jason's heels now is our third board, Reid Seghers, who moved up 168 points at Elmwood to earn a 1425 rating! Rachel Gomoll also did extremely well at Elmwood and moved up 120 points to go to 1196.
These friendly rivalries keep chess interesting, AND help the players to work harder on their games.
While on the topic of friendly rivalries,... how about Will Schantz and Kyle Jain BOTH going a perfect 6-0 at Elmwood? Wow!! Way to go, guys!
P.S. Reid improved by ... playing lots of blitz games on chess.com! Everybody has their own methods... Books work for some, slow games for others, and blitz games for others!
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