16 year old SPICE member wins St Louis Club Championship

16 year old Iskandar Aripov of Webster Groves High School, and member of the SPICE training program at Webster University, has won the St. Louis Chess Club Championship, ahead of many titled players. His final score of 4.5 / 5 is half point more than both IMs Kannappan and Bregadze of Lindenwood University.

In the last 4 months, Iskandar has gained around 150 rating points!

Full standings here: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201301273592

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 Pair | Player Name                    |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  | 
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    1 | ISKANDAR ARIPOV                |4.5  |W  11|W  10|D   3|W  18|W   7|
   MO | 13743512 / R: 2198   ->2231    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | PRIYADHARSHAN KANNAPPAN        |4.0  |D   6|W  23|W  15|W   7|D   3|
   MO | 14955836 / R: 2497   ->2492    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | LEVAN BREGADZE                 |4.0  |W  20|W  19|D   1|W   5|D   2|
   MO | 14955795 / R: 2432   ->2433    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | MATTHEW W LARSON               |4.0  |W  21|W  28|L   7|W  14|W   8|
   MO | 14278511 / R: 2040   ->2057    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | ZACH STUART                    |3.5  |W  29|W  24|D   9|L   3|W  13|
   MO | 13636131 / R: 2031   ->2043    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | RODNEY VAUGHN                  |3.5  |D   2|L   9|W  17|W  24|W  19|
   MO | 11246770 / R: 1870   ->1922    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | KEVIN Y CAO                    |3.0  |W  14|W  12|W   4|L   2|L   1|
   MO | 12905349 / R: 2266   ->2261    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | SPENCER FINEGOLD               |3.0  |L  23|W  29|W  20|W  12|L   4|
   MO | 12665760 / R: 2230   ->2210    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | JAMES MCLAUGHLIN               |3.0  |D  15|W   6|D   5|D  13|D  11|
   MO | 11243053 / R: 2108   ->2100    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | DANIEL J CORYEA                |3.0  |W  31|L   1|L  18|W  29|W  21|
   MO | 10125715 / R: 1897   ->1901    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | WILLIAM DANIEL KANE            |3.0  |L   1|W  31|D  13|W  16|D   9|
   NY | 12852546 / R: 1849   ->1867    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | DAVID BENJAMIN ASKIN           |2.5  |W  25|L   7|W  28|L   8|D  14|
   MO | 13776967 / R: 1947   ->1943    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | YOMI TOBA                      |2.5  |H    |W  26|D  11|D   9|L   5|
   MO | 14410148 / R: 1926P25->1921    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | RYAN POLSKY                    |2.5  |L   7|W  25|W  19|L   4|D  12|
   CA | 12846935 / R: 1848   ->1861    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   15 | JOEY MICHAEL KELLY             |2.5  |D   9|W  17|L   2|L  19|W  22|
   KS | 14143543 / R: 1846   ->1857    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   16 | SERDAR AYKENT                  |2.5  |L  28|W  22|H    |L  11|W  26|
   MO | 10838894 / R: 1878   ->1856    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   17 | JAMES OSLICA                   |2.5  |H    |L  15|L   6|W  25|W  24|
   MO | 14878214 / R: 1752   ->1756    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   18 | DOUG D ECKERT                  |2.0  |L  24|W  21|W  10|L   1|U    |
   MO | 12107920 / R: 2272   ->2252    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   19 | BARRY MANTHE                   |2.0  |W  22|L   3|L  14|W  15|L   6|
   MO | 12082760 / R: 2003   ->1986    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   20 | SENAD SMAJLAGIC                |2.0  |L   3|W  30|L   8|L  22|W  29|
   MO | 14274063 / R: 1859   ->1845    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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