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Beat the Summer Heat with Intensive, Fun Camps and Classes
173 players competed at the Tri-Valley June Open at Hidden Hills Elementary in San Ramon, a co-presentation of Emerald Hills Chess, the Tri-Valley Chess League, and the Emerald Knights Chess Club, and part of our monthly tournament series.
In our highly-competitive 42-player Championship Swiss, National Master Aryan Achuthan lived up to his no. 1 seeding to go a perfect 4-0. The UC Berkeley student (and former Tri-Valley Open volunteer TD) shared first place and $450 with Steven Pachan* (Thurs Night Free Chess).
(* denotes one of the 300 students or members of Emerald Hills Chess’s tourney training classes and chess clubs.)
Teddy Usman* (Thurs Night Chess) took third with an undefeated 3.5-0.5 score, winning $100. Seven players tied for 4th at 3-1: Jaison Acharya, Emerald Hills Coach Kadir Baki*, Yuvan Nandhakumar, Mustafa Ozturk, Michael Liu, Reyansh Nuti, and Shaahin Rushan* (Thurs Night Chess), with Ozturk and Nuti splitting the $150 U1400 cash prizes.
(Championship Quads will return at our July tournament next month; Swiss and Quads will continue to alternate.)
Four players tied for first at 3.5-0.5 in the 36-player Experts (U1200) section, each taking home $50: Ryan Saha, Dev Rawal, Reyansh Mane* (Sunday tourney training) and Advaith Aravind.
There was a 3-way tie for fifth at 3-1, in tiebreak order: Vihas Penumadu, Adhvik Nuti* (Thurs tourney training), and Vedant Buradkar. Vaishnav Srihari, Darin Chu and Ezra Mart all grabbed top U1000 trophies, while Vincent Winderl* (Wed tourney training) placed 8th.
In the 49-player Premier (U800) section, Siddharth Kandasamy, Aarth Chirvi, and Ayaan Karia* (Mohr) tied for first with perfect 4-0 scores.
Ten(!) players tied for fourth at 3-1: Advik Angayarkanni* (Sunday), Rishaan Das* (Sunday), Joshika Buditi, Sumedh Kollipara* (Thurs Night), Charit Appana, Anay Murchite, Siddharth Kumar* (Sunday), Arjun Bhandari, Arastu Shrivastava, and Sourish Polisetti. Three U600 players grabbed outstanding player trophies - Yuktaa Sundarakamalan, Shiven Singh Katiyar* (summer camp), and Adhith Sakhtivel.
In the 26-player K12 Challenger (U400), Divit Sharma and Aditya Girish tied for first with perfect 4-0 scores. Five players tied for 3rd at 3-1: Karthikeya Muthamsetty, Arjun Winston* (Hidden Hills), Isaac Faris Omar* (summer camp), Anagha Venkata* (summer camp), and Bhuvan Konduru.
Aarik Doshi won 8th place, while Jenny Sun, Reyansh Saxena, and Nysa Banerjee* won the top U200 trophies.
In the 20-player non-rated Novices, Kabir Panchal went a perfect 5-0 to take first. Frank Yao was second at 4-1, while Eshaan Kodali took third with 3.5/5.
Aarush Manegari, Daksh Kuthiala, and Reyansh Anand* (Fairlands) rounded out the top 6, while Jayson Lee* (Cottonwood) won the top K-2 trophy.
Final Standings in tiebreak order and Tiebreakers explained
USCF-Rated results (not including Novices, and NOT in actual tiebreak order) and Rating system explained
(Note: See your current published rating at your player profile in the USCF rating database, which is used by tournaments for section placement. Click on Tournament History in the upper right to see your live rating, including results from the Tri-Valley Open and other events within the last 30 days.)
Thank Yous
From lead organizers Emerald Hills Chess’s Eric Lai and Bhavna Jain to:
Tournament Directors Scott Mason and Advay Bansal (Emerald Knights Chess)
Floor TDs Viren Sethi and Neil Mallu from Emerald High School and Vatsal Srivastava, Saathvik Dharmapuram, and Yichen Hu from the Tri-Valley Chess League.
July Tri-Valley Open (Date, registration link coming soon)
50+ individual trophies and $1,000+ in cash prizes over five rated/unrated sections
Return of Championship (1000+) Quads with $80-$160 first prize (dependent on avg rating)
Efficient 1/2-day schedule with byes available
Register early to save $10
Beat the heat while competing for fun, prizes and rating points!
Summer Learning @ Emerald Hills Chess
Students will enjoy small groups led by enthusiastic, professional coaches, along with 1:1 game analysis, USCF-rated games with trophies, exciting variant tournaments (including bughouse), and more. Focused learning, competitive play, and fun. Discounts for siblings.
Come and improve your game with other adults and youth (aged 10+) every week in the Pacific Pearl Mall Food Hall, Pleasanton.
Free play, casual instruction and game analysis 5:30-6:30 PM, with a rapid or blitz tournament with gift card prizes 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
Organizers
Emerald Hills Chess teaches more than 300 students in the Tri-Valley.
The Tri-Valley Chess League is a Pleasanton student-led non-profit holding classes and tournaments.
The Emerald Knights Chess Club is a student-led organization that holds tournaments and classes.
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