During the weekend (Nov 22-23), led by Head Coach Simone Liao and Assistant Coach Stan Liao, the little chess players from Thousand Oaks Chinese School attended the 2014 American Open Scholastic Chess Championship (美国国际象棋青少年公开赛) as a part of the Ventura Youth Chess League team.

Our small group of students once again stunned the chess community during the fierce competition against avid chess players from regional chess power houses. After two days’ intense competition, the team demonstrated outstanding performance. Almost all our team members won medals and trophies, including several top personal prices and even one FIRST PLACE team award. This is the third year the coaches took the team to this prestige event and every year our kids managed to make noticeable progress.

Here is a list of Ventura Youth Chess League team members from TOCS:
Allison Tang, David Tang, Richard Bo, Aiden DePrano, Maya Yie, Kaylee Yang, August Yin, Destin Petri, Brian Sui, Daniel Wang, Edward Shen.

Congratulations to all the players and their coaches!