Tournament Results: Winter Blast

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Over 90 players met in Centreville for the Winter Blast chess tournament.  All three rated sections were hotly contested, with the winners emerging based on tiebreaks.  In the Championship section, both Camden Wiseman and Navid Bajoghli scored 3.5/4, though Camden won tie breaks.  Both players drew against Nikhil Ramachandran, who took third place with two wins and two draws.  Greenbriar West Elementary, represented by Andy Zhang and Andrew Song, won the team trophy.  In the K-12 Under 900 section, Nicholas Marconi edged out Nikhil Daga after they drew each other in the final round after winning their first three.  Bull Run, represented by Jay Sharma, Neha Pattanaik, Brian Dickinson, and Nathan Syu won the team trophy.   Miguel Arevalo and Shiv Lamba tied for first in the U-500 section, after both won all four games.  Bull Run won this section's team trophy as well, with Shiv Lamba, Charles Tai, Varsha Venkatesh, and Reese Niccum combining to score 10 points.  Our unrated quads winners were Sanjana Medhuri, Charlie Daubney, Vishal Kobla, Shishir Sriramoju, Parth Vakil, Jay Lalwani, Tommy Vu, Viraj Boreda, and Tyson Meyer.

 Full results for all sections below the fold.

SwissSys Standings. December Blitz: K-12 Championship

	Name	ID	Rtng	Team	Grade	Rd 1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Tot
1	Camden Wiseman	13661814	1300	LOUARC		W4	W7	W6	D3	3.5
2	Navid Bajoghli	13925107	1365	KENGAR	6	W8	D3	W9	W6	3.5
3	Nikhil Ramachandran	13851106	1204	CARSON	7	W5	D2	W10	D1	3.0
4	Edward Yanosky	14466692	872	HERNHS	11	L1	W11	W5	W7	3.0
5	Rahul Chaudhary	14188201	863	CHURES	4	L3	W8	L4	W10	2.0
6	Joshua Reardon	1425345	1305	WAMILL	4	W11	W10	L1	L2	2.0
7	Andrew J. Song	14309013	853	GREEWE	4	W12	L1	W11	L4	2.0
8	Andy Zhang	14292027	1042	GREEWE	3	L2	L5	W12	W9	2.0
9	Vivek Batheja	14262693	827	WILSPR	7	H---	W12	L2	L8	1.5
10	Andrew Song	13903725	850	WOLFES		B---	L6	L3	L5	1.0
11	Morgan Petrini	14465614	950	MTV		L6	L4	L7	W12	1.0
12	Parker Niccum	14540455	1047	VIRRUN	6	L7	L9	L8	L11	0.0

 

SwissSys Standings. December Blitz: K-12 Under 900

	Nane	ID	Rtg	Team	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd3	Rd4	Tot
1	Nicholas Marconi	12905076	763	GRECAS	8	W17	W10	W3	D2	3.5
2	Nikhil Daga	13914580	683	HUNTWS	6	W11	W19	W9	D1	3.5
3	Tony Park	14051655	793	GREEWE	4	W20	W4	L1	W11	3.0
4	Jay Sharma	14284295	507	BULRUN		W8	L3	W18	W12	3.0
5	Brendan Aronhime	14380640	458	ROCKY		H---	D6	W15	W8	3.0
6	Aidan Aronhime	14380655	605	POPLTR		H---	D5	W19	W10	3.0
7	Mason Lee	14112121	554	GREEWE	6	W21	W18	L8	W9	3.0
8	Jiaying Lucy Cai	14437338	772	CHURES	2	L4	W20	W7	L5	2.0
9	Ethan Hsiao	14236324	780	CHURES		W14	W13	L2	L7	2.0
10	Sung Lyun Kim	14527277	535	GREEEE		W12	L1	W21	L6	2.0
11	William Wang	14003094	460	FLORIS	3	L2	W22	W16	L3	2.0
12	Garrett Heller	14523782	650	FREHES	1	L10	W17	W13	L4	2.0
13	Neha Pattanaik	14504488	474	BULRUN	4	W16	L9	L12	W21	2.0
14	Brian Dickinson	14086652	552	BULRUN	5	L9	L16	W20	W18	2.0
15	Abhiram Kagitha	14452858	569	OAKHIL	2	L18	W21	L5	W19	2.0
16	Christopher Salley	14024628	733	PERRYE	5	L13	W14	L11	D17	1.5
17	Nathan Xue	14109698	481	SPRHIL	4	L1	L12	W22	D16	1.5
18	Emily Lu	13897118	800	WILSPR	6	W15	L7	L4	L14	1.0
19	Jared Cheifetz	14548378	unr.	VIRRUN	7	W22	L2	L6	L15	1.0
20	Watson He	14277194	561	FAIRHI	3	L3	L8	L14	W22	1.0
21	Thanushree Manjunath	14520006	784	PARMID	6	L7	L15	L10	L13	0.0
22	Nathan Syu	14527235	598	BULRUN	4	L19	L11	L17	L20	0.0

 

SwissSys Standings. December Blitz: K-6 Under 500

	Name	ID	Rtng	Team	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Miguel Arevalo	14547113	unr.	STANAB	6	W12	W7	W8	W3	4.0
2	Shiv Lamba	14264767	409	BULRUN		W19	W4	W10	W8	4.0
3	Charles Tai	14551090	unr.	BULRUN	3	W6	W10	W9	L1	3.0
4	Brandon Merski	14548384	unr.	LOUARC	3	W11	L2	W14	W13	3.0
5	Jet Wu	14530883	unr.			L7	W12	W11	W9	3.0
6	Avi Lamba	14264752	299	ACACHE		L3	W20	D15	W7	2.5
7	Corey Paredes	14465002	388	VIRRUN	6	W5	L1	W18	L6	2.0
8	Philip Onischuk	14421531	440	MULLES	1	W16	W18	L1	L2	2.0
9	Niloy Banerjee	14539684	unr.	CRECES	5	W14	W13	L3	L5	2.0
10	Nicky Reardon	14533600	396	LEECOR	6	W20	L3	L2	W15	2.0
11	Noah Kane	14350070	371	CRECES	4	L4	W15	L5	W21	2.0
12	Anjali Pattanaik	14504473	259	DEERPE	6	L1	L5	B---	W18	2.0
13	Varsha Venkatesh	14303542	389	BULRUN	2	W17	L9	W16	L4	2.0
14	Ben McClain	14536485	265	VIRRUN	6	L9	W17	L4	W19	2.0
15	Vedant Gandhi	14482891	110	HUTCFE		B---	L11	D6	L10	1.5
16	Revanth Vejju	14429460	203	GREEWE		L8	B---	L13	D20	1.5
17	Nathaniel Addisu	14551104	unr.	FAIRHI	4	L13	L14	D21	B---	1.5
18	Aaron Lin	14540262	239	POPLTR	2	W21	L8	L7	L12	1.0
19	Akash Banerjee	14539678	unr.	CRECES	2	L2	D21	D20	L14	1.0
20	Reese Niccum	14540455	unr.	BULRUN	4	L10	L6	D19	D16	1.0
21	Austin Yeatts	14522051	unr.	VIRRUN	3	L18	D19	D17	L11	1.0

 

Unrated Quads:

Quad 1

Charlie Daubney 3

Joel Cheifitz 1

Michael Tran 1

Benjamin Choe 1

 

Quad 2

Vishal Kobla 3

Zachary Ruttle 2

Sagar Bhat 1

Brady Volarich 0

 

Quad 3

Shishir Sriramoju 2.5

Aneesh Boreda 2

Sid Su 1

Jack Guzman 0.5

 

Quad 4

Parth Vakil 3

Chetan Alla 1.5

Siva Indupuru 1.5

Shane McGonaghie 0

 

Quad 5

Jay Lalwani 3

Austin Song 2

Steven Chen 1

Caleb Reardon 0

 

Quad 6

Tommy Vu 3

Jason Cheifitz 2

Jonathan Lee 0.5

Ethan Piccus 0.5

 

Quad 7

Viraj Boreda 3

Surya Kumar 1

Mark Kuzel 1

Shrisha Poonuganti 1

 

Quad 8

Tyson Meyer 2

George Daubney 2

Erika Chung 1.5

Joshua Byrd 0.5

 

Quad 9

Sanjana Medhuri 2.5

Jiyun Chae 2.5

Ayden Nguyen 2

Nivitha Periyapatna 1

Abhishek Gautam 1

Neha Periyapatna 0