| 2015 US Cadet Championship Starts July 25th |   |   | 
			
			
		
					
				| By Michael Regan | 
						
				| July 22, 2015 | 
					
			|  The Maryland Chess Association hosts the US Cadet Championship again this year. This is an invitational for the top under-16 players in the US, featuring a ten player field. The tournament runs from July 25th to the 29th at the Rockville Hilton. Live games, standings, and pairings will be at http://uscadet.mdchess.com. The time control is 40/90, SD/30 + 30".
 
 The games for the first four days are at 11am and 6pm. The final round on Wednesday starts at 10am. The winner receives a scholarship to UMBC and the top three receive free entry to the Washington International. The full field is below.
 
 
 
	
		
			| Nicolas 
 
 | Checa 
 
 | 2423 
 
 | NY 
 
 |  
			| Cameron 
 
 | Wheeler 
 
 | 2416 
 
 | CA 
 
 |  
			| John 
 
 | Ludwig 
 
 | 2395 
 
 | FL 
 
 |  
			| John 
 
 | Burke 
 
 | 2393 
 
 | NJ 
 
 |  
			| Joshua 
 
 | Sheng 
 
 | 2388 
 
 | CA 
 
 |  
			| Craig 
 
 | Hilby 
 
 | 2372 
 
 | CA 
 
 |  
			| Albert 
 
 | Lu 
 
 | 2354 
 
 | CA 
 
 |  
			| Hans 
 
 | Nieman 
 
 | 2313 
 
 | CT 
 
 |  
			| Jason 
 
 | Shi 
 
 | 2260 
 
 | CT 
 
 |  
			| Sahil 
 
 | Sinha 
 
 | 2255 
 
 | MD 
 
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