156 entrants faced off in four sections at the Wheaton Christian Grammar School February 6. In three of the four sections, perfect scores were necessary to claim top honors.

In the Lower Primary section, a three-way tie for first saw the top finishers beating each other: Leopold Kozlowski, playing in his first-ever US Chess-rated tournament, defeated Isabella Myung in the final round to enter that mix. Earlier, he'd lost to Anshul Shetty who in turn lost to Isabella in the fourth round.

All three posted 4.0/5's, with Leopold's superior tiebreaks, he brought home the biggest trophy.

Isabella's rating rose 294 points to 431 with her performance!  Anshul bumped his rating an impressive 99 points.

Braxton Leger, Leopold's first-round victim, placed fourth with a 3.5 tally.

18 players were entered in the section which used a Game/25 time control and a five-second delay.

In the 48-player Upper Primary section, William Cahill was a perfect five-for-five, with Alexander Popham a half-point back at 4.5.

A five-way tie for third place required tiebreaks to decipher the hardware distribution, but 4.0/5 scores were all posted by the quintet.

Cooper Miller and Quinn Colquhoun were victims of William, while Rahul Rajeshkumar lost to Alexander in the third round. Rahul in turn handed Maya Cahill her only loss in a second round battle, while Quinn kept Nate Schuurmann from a perfect score with a fourth round triumph.

With tiebreaks, Quinn nabbed the third place trophy while Rahul claimed fourth.

Alexander's US Chess rating grew 200 points to 659 while Nate's rating jumped 187 and Maya's climbed 169 points.

48 competed in Game/30 play with a 5-second delay.

Andrew Myung posted the lone perfect score (5.0/5) in Elementary competition, raising his rating 113 points to 869. 

Benjamin Ick was a half-point back placing second with 4.5 with a fourth-round draw against MacGregor Barrett. 

Six players tied for third place with 4.0 scores: Austin McMurtrie, Elijah Berry, Colin Ogden, Ben Damian, Kyle Spiegel and Cameron Cox.

47 faced off in Game/35, 5-second delay matches.

In the top section of the tournament designated for Junior High, 43 competed in four games of Game/45, 5-second delay play. Brenden Gran and Sarah Grandy both posted four wins in four attempts. Brenden and Sarah both saw their ratings edge up 27 points.

Siddhartha Kyaw, Jr. took third place with a 3.5 tally. There was an nine-way tie for fourth place with 3.0's, including Bryce Lawson, Peter Ranchero, Owen Haas, Jacob Williams, Jake Underwood, Alexander Oda, Caleb Rathbun, Noah Smith, and Micah Colquhoun. 

Micah's rating jumped 221 points, while Jake's went up 180. 

US Chess crosstables are posted.