Jennifer Yu simul

Jennifer Yu Scores 19-1-1 In Arlington  Simul
  • ACC's Don Loos takes game on Yu blunder
  • Maryland 5th-grader Chen-chen Ye draws after complex endgame
Jennifer Yu, a 16-year-old U.S. chess master from Ashburn, registered a 19-1-1 score in a simultaneous exhibition (“simul”) held at Wakefield High School on May 12, part of a community event sponsored by the Arlington Chess Club.

Yu lost just one game, but it was a stunner, a nine-move upset at the hands of 16-year-old Don Loos of Lorton, a member of the Arlington Chess Club.

Loos, an experienced tournament player but whose rating is far below Yu’s, seized on a Yu mistake to take the win by checkmate early in the simul. Yu maintained her composure and played strong chess throughout the remaining three hours of the event.

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Jennifer Yu Simultaneous Exhibition
Wakefield High School, May 12, 2018
List of participants
  1. Alexandre Carvalho        Arlington Students Chess
  2. Ryan Feeback                  State Department
  3. Ethan Foster                    Key Elementary School
  4. Roland Foster                  Gunston Middle School
  5. Gavin Francis                  Smart Move Chess
  6. Anne Gao                         The Potomac School
  7. Lock Grigsby                   Georgetown Day School
  8. Thalia Grigsby                 Georgetown Day School
  9. Michael Hibam                 DMV Chess
  10. Jason Liang                     Belmont Station Elementary School
  11. Don Loos                         Arlington Chess Club
  12. Katherine Loos                Parent
  13. Brenan Nierman              Arlington Chess Club
  14. Sam Schenk                    H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program
  15. Ayah Swan                      Chess Girls DC
  16. Robert Teachey               U.S. Chess Center
  17. Uguum Tsolmonbaatar   Wakefield High School
  18. Lang Xiong                      Churchill Road Elementary School
  19. Hailey Yamada                Jamestown Elementary School
  20. Ethan Yamada                 Williamsburg Middle School
  21. Chen-chen Ye                  Cold Spring Elementary School​
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Simul scene at Wakefield High School
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US master Jennifer Yu across from, left-to-right, Hailey Yamada of Jamestown Elementary School , Ayah Swan of Chess Girls DC, and Anne Gao of The Potomac School