US Amateur Team Championship West (USATW) is one of my favorite tournaments of all times! It is very unique in a way that the winners are determined by the score of the entire team. Team tournaments are simply so much fun! Every USAT was so memorable for me. With three times I participated with different teams, we won the top female prize, top college prize and a big victory of winning the whole tournament and obtained the National Title.
- 2013 USATW, played for board 3 - Our team won the entire tournament after defeating Princeton University in the playoff!
- 2014 USATW, played for board 1 - I formed all girls team with my female students and we won the top female team prize!
- 2017 USATW, played for board 2 - I formed a college team from UC Berkeley and we won the top college team prize!
2017 US Amateur Team Championship West
Despite the intense coursework at Cal, I decided to form a team at the US Amateur Team Championship West in Santa Clara, CA
to represent the school.
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| at Cal vs UCLA game, 2016 |
Find results here:
https://www.bayareachess.com/events/17/0218sp/
Although our team average rating wasn't that high, we overperformed and tied for 4th place overall including winning the top college team prize! Congratulations to all our wonderful team members!
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| Team "Golden Bears" |
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| Playing on board 2 |
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| Our Team /from left/ : Max, Daniel, Ganesh, Uyanga and Ata |
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| Well done! Go Bears! |
2013 US Amateur Team Championship: Norcal House of Chess Kings and Queen wins the National title!
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| The champion watch! |
Our victory was an incredible journey. First, we won the US Amateur Team West tournament to qualify in the semi-final.
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| Team "Norcal House of Chess Kings and Queen" |
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| The Queen of " the Norcal house of chess Kings and Queen" |
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| Yes, we did it! Won the West championship and qualified for the playoff! |
After winning the semi-final match, we faced against team from Princeton University in the final playoff.
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| playing our playoff match! |
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| US Chess Life Magazine, August 2013 issue features us! |
Congratulations Norcal House of Chess Kings and Queen for the winning the US Amateur National Chess Championship! Well done!
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