The Arlington Chess Club Open 60 was held from January 8, 2022, in Arlington, Texas, USA. Neil Lad of Chess Gaja participated in the tournament and tested his skills against the brightest players from all across the U.S in the open category.
Neil scored a remarkable 3.0 out of 4 points and finished 5th in the final ranking. The highlight of his performance was that he picked up 3 wins and stood 2nd in the scored ranking (tied with Ryan and Logan C. Shafer for the same score).

This was a great result for Neil as he gained 84 USCF rating points with this strong performance.

We congratulate our student Neil for playing great chess, and we wish him the best of luck in all the upcoming events.