FCW News Items
FCW players, WHS players, & other chess news
2019 WHS alum interns in DC, meets Senator Booker & President Biden (July 2022)
Renovated Whittier Public Library: possible future tournament site?
2009 WHS alum Jeffrey Robin completes law school, gets hired as in-house counsel in Texas
Wei brothers victorious as former WHS student Jackson gains 104 points in 4-way tie at FCW164, held in honor of TD Michael Chen (above left)
K.Perkins and Ong brothers pick up TD awards at 2022 U.S. Open
NM Tolentino, Hsiao, and Li tie for 1st at FCW162
K.Perkins is 2022 US Chess Local Tournament Director of the Year
Chidipudi earns two Category 1 norms in June and 1400+ rating points in one year
(2021 to 2022)
Porat reaches #2 age ranking among US girls (May 2022), then breaks 1900 rating at FCW161
Saravanan sisters present on multiple lists (correspondence and OTB)
Hsiao dominates FCW158, reaches expert rating
WHS defeats El Rancho HS 6-3 for 9th consecutive league title (May 2022)
5-board mini-simul part of CBS2 / KCAL9 feature
(May 2022)
Carson, co-author of Tactics Time and Tactics Time 2, plays at FCW157
Colville places 7th ( =6th) in K-6 Championship at 2022 Elementary Nationals
Chess players receive WHS Math Department Awards
Coach Jay's Chess Academy offers various chess services
Chess players help WHS Academic Decathlon team win LA County Division 2 championship
WHS freshman Gutierrez is Best Under 1000 at 2022 Super States (JV U1400 section)
WHS senior and CC player Silva waitlisted at Harvard; chooses to attend Columbia
(April 2022)
#1 and #2 in the US among female correspondence players (September 2021)
K.Perkins completes 3-year trek to the CCM title
(April 2022)
NM Singson plays casual blitz at Rick's in Uptown Whittier
(July 2021)
J.Perkins receives WUHSD Award of Merit; chooses to attend MIT
(April 2022)
WHS Chess Club promotes correspondence participation among women
(compare January 2020 and February 2022 lists)
Greenleaf Guardian article features WHS Chess Club (October 2020)
Whittier HS 1st Place K-12 Championship Team at
2021 Super States
Lusinyan's 9/10 score leads WHS to 1st in U1400 (JV) section at 2018 Super States
WHS wins 8th consecutive Del Rio League team title (May 2019)
Lusinyan ties for 1st U1200 at 2017 L.A. Open (game score versus R.Volkov)
1996 WHS alum & CIF track champ B.Maitai revisits Whittier
A.Perkins (#2 CC women's ranking) covers Ben Platt song at Church of the Good Shepherd
IM Wang chooses MIT (audio from 2020 interview), then wins 2021 US Girls Junior
Wheeler graduates from Cal Tech, continues to math PhD program at CU Boulder
Whittier HS gets crushed in World Online School Team Tournament (January 2021)
WHS defeats Eastside HS in friendly match, 8.5 to 3.5 (September 2019)
Chess players attend WHS Math Circle sessions
WHS beats Santa Monica HS in friendly match, 70-20; FM Asaria defeats NM Perkins
Casas (Harvard) draws CC match 3-3 against Amezquita (Stanford)
CalTech grad Kukavica holds against UC Davis alum Tolentino at FCW148
(July 2021)
Sanchez finishes as 5th most active blitz player in USA (June 2020)
Quercia wins clear 1st at Summer Experts Plus;($200) Ge & Wang tie for 2nd ($125 each)
Former WHS chess players (Bulic) Nield and Eckhart become AP teachers at OCSA and Santa Monica HS
Whittier HS 1st Place K-12 School Team at 2017 Super States
Wang (6th in Open) & K.Perkins ( =3rd in U1650) team up to win $600 Mixed Doubles prize at 2017 L.A. Open
Mendez pulls off upset draw as 600-point underdog (August 2018)
Mishra wins 8U section as Whittier Chess Club organizes 2016 CONIC
GM Gareyev is perfect in blindfold simul at WHS
(May 2016)
IM Bryant wins as WHS hosts 2017 SCCF Championship
Zhang battles in 2017 CONIC, eventually chooses to attend MIT
Whittier HS edges out Southeast HS to win U1400 (JV) section at the 2016 Super States
Future FM Shlyakhtenko perfect 10-0 in simul vs. Whittier HS team
(November 2015)
Kanter (Army) and Basurto (Berkeley) lead WHS to 2016 Del Rio League title
7th national title in 200-player 4th grade section (pictured with IM Danny Rensch, author of #1 Best of CLO article)
Vandenberg leads "Whittier Than Average" to U1200 win and Best Team Name at 2015 USATW
J.Perkins perfect 21-0 in San Bernardino simul (May 2013)
Whittier Chess Club runs 2014 ChessKid Nationals (article & ratings report)
J.Perkins repeats at 2013 National Junior Congress (2012 article & results)
Expert M.Miyasaka defeats World Champion Anand in simul; Whittier Chess Club finds scoresheet! [video]
Shu reaches expert rating, starts NYU at age 14, and offers college advice
Xiong, Tang, and J.Perkins win at inaugural 2012 ChessKid Nationals (CONIC) event
Xia reaches Class A
(1800 rating) at FCW47
2012 World Youth
Two gold medals, two silvers, one bronze for the USA at 2012 NAYCC in Mexico City
Siblings dominate 2012 SCCF Super States [video re: K.Daniels - A.Perkins]
Perkins the only player to repeat at 2010 K-12 Nationals
UCLA-bound Rivera, WHS win 2013 Del Rio League Championship
Former Women's World Champion Kosteniuk visits 2012 Elementary Nationals; WCC contributes post-event article
Whittier Chess Club provides K-1 Championship Preview article for US Chess Life Online (May 2011)
Perkins clinches title, then loses at 2011 National Youth Action Championships in Irvine (K-3 results)
WHS Class of 1975 alum Gotts takes his skills to Greece (March 2008)
J.Perkins attends Metropolitan Chess Camp with GM instructors M.Adams, L.VanWely, M.Khachiyan (2010)
Santa Monica Daily Press publishes photo of son crushing dad on promenade
(August 5th, 2008)
Whittier HS competes at 2007 Super States
2-year-old loses badly against father outside CalTech's Millikan Library (2006)
Carvajal & Maynard take no prisoners as match gets personal (2007)
Lopez & Eckhart school the young whippersnappers (2007)
Bulic & C.Solis compete at 2006 Super States
2015 USATW squad
"Best Under 5 Feet" combines future masters
Wang, J.Perkins, & Sevilla participate in 2015 ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship (CONIC)
