July 13th at Mathnasium
Seventy-two players competed at Mathnasium Pleasanton on Saturday July 13th, with the morning K-12 Novice, K-12 Challenger and Over-21 sections for newer tournament players, and the afternoon rated Premier and Championship sections open to advanced players of all ages (including adults) and both featuring $100 cash first prizes for the second time thanks to our host, Mathnasium!
(See many more photos in our Facebook or Instagram posts. And register for our next monthly tournament on August 10th here.)
In the non-rated K-12 Novice for first-time youth players, there was three-way tie for first at 4-1, with Kadyn Soto taking first on tiebreak (here’s an explainer) over Ryan John Joseph and Arumin Aravind.
In the rated 15-player K-12 U400-rated Challenger, Jeffrey Chen (below left) went a perfect 4-0 to take first. There was a three-way tie for second at 3-1, they were in tiebreak order: Abhiraam Veeravalli, Raghav Singh, and last month’s Novice winner, Viraj Katkar. Other trophy winners were 5th place Dhyan Pratheesh and Advik Nevse (top U200/Unr).
In the 20-player U800 Premier, two juniors and one adult each took home $40 in addition to trophies for tying for first at an undefeated 3.5/4: Aaron Ahsan, Tristan Pascual, and Remmel Mangao.
There was a five-way tie for 4th place at 2.5-1.5, in tiebreak order: Will Pascual, Aparna Raj, Adrift Nudurupati, Rishi Tumkur, and Arin Gurha.
In the 24-player 800+ Championship section, unrated Shivam Kumar went a perfect 4-0 to take the first-place trophy and $100. Taking second with an undefeated 3.5/4 score was Mexican FIDE-rated player, Rogelio Zermeo (who also tied for first in the morning non-rated adult-only section).
Reyansh Nuti took third on tiebreak with an excellent 3-1 score ahead of last month’s champion, Naman Jain, and Emilio Berkley. Vikram Snyder won the U1000 trophy.
US Chess Federation-Rated results and rating system explained
Big Thank Yous! from the organizers (Emerald Hills’ Eric Lai and Bhavna Jain and Tri-Valley Chess League’s Aryan Kumar and NM Aryan Achuthan) to:
Jacob Muller, owner of Mathnasium Pleasanton, for hosting and also sponsoring the tournament’s cash prizes (above with our winners).
Our floor TDs from the Tri-Valley Chess League - Nirav Jaiswal and Brian Su.
Our next Tri-Valley tournament (with the same $100 first prizes) will be on Saturday August 10th at Mathnasium. Register before Tuesday August 6th for the early bird discount.