At his first Nationals our very own 7 year old first grader from Amherst, NY Felix (Yuanfei) Ling finished a very respectable +5-2. This was, on tiebreaks, good for 20th place and quite a trophy. His cross table was as follows:
- 20. Ling, Felix (yuanfei) NY 1026 5.0 W 89 W 38 W119 L 5 W 53 L 10 W60
- His wins were against players rated 386, 731, 742, 877, and 966. His loses were to players rated 940 and 921 at the time.
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Will his rating go up or down?
ReplyDeletegoing down to 1188 now ... ...
ReplyDeleteWell done for Felix. I can imagine the pressures on a 7-year old in
ReplyDeletehis first event of this magnitude and
commend him for doing so well. Best of all, he's only really just started so there are many wonderful things ahead.
--Vic.
His ascent is pretty amazing; his first rated tournament was just a few months ago. Did he play at all before that?
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