Zaroug Jaleel -- boy on the way up

Zaroug Jaleel won the BCC Oct. Sunday Scholastic with 3 points. Alexander Sun (2), Nick Trieu (2.5), Freddie Law (2.5), Anthony Zheng (1), and Max Wiegand (1) joined in the fun.

Zaroug had a rating on May 2 of 100. He played a few tournaments and by August 21 it was 625. His October Supplement rating was 769, but he had already reached 1125 before he did so well in the Scholastic. Zaroug has improved his rating 10 fold in six months. Michael de la Maza eat your heart out. Zaroug, excelsior!