July 30, 2023
SDCC JULY SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT
Today’s July Scholastic went very smooth with 54 participants. We decided to have a smaller scale event this time and limited registration to 50-54 entries. The tournament has been rated: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202307306442.0.
The OPEN section was the smallest with only 10 participants including brand new to in-person chess, Michael Huang. Michael previously played online USCF rated events only. The top 3 finishers were: Fausto Borquez, Nathan Trieu, and Hiro Uchiyama (won on tie breaks, as he had the same score as Saanvi Sheoran and Michael Huang).
| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Total | MM | Solk. | C. |
| 1 | FAUSTO BORQUEZ | 1323 | W9 (b) | W3 (w) | W4 (b) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | NATHAN TRIEU | 1331 | D6 (w) | W10 (b) | W7 (w) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | HIRO UCHIYAMA | 1060 | W5 (w) | L1 (b) | W9 (w) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | SAANVI SHEORAN | 1121 | W8 (b) | W7 (w) | L1 (w) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | MICHAEL HUANG | U | L3 (b) | W8 (w) | W6 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 6 | RUSTAM ZOKIROV | 1043 | D2 (b) | W9 (w) | L5 (b) | 1.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 7 | ROBERT MURPHY | 1141 | W10 (w) | L4 (b) | L2 (b) | 1 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 8 | LOGAN OWOC | 628 | L4 (w) | L5 (b) | W10 (w) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | ARTHUR ARMAN | 948 | L1 (w) | L6 (b) | L3 (b) | 0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 10 | RAUL HUSEYNLI BORSELLA | 883 | L7 (b) | L2 (w) | L8 (b) | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 |
U800 and U400 were the most popular sections in today’s event both with 22 players. In U800, Hunter An and Ainysh Khanna both had a perfect score of 3 out of 3 where Hunter won on tie-breaks. Ainysh came second. Rishabh Doshi came third on tie breaks. He had the same score of 2.5/3 as Parth Athavale. Parth got the 4th place award, Dylan Liu (5th place) and Agatha Shiv Mali (6th place).
| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Total | MM | Solk. | C. |
| 1 | HUNTER AN | 791 | W15 (w) | W6 (b) | W5 (w) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | AINYSH KHANNA | 577 | W14 (w) | W13 (b) | W10 (w) | 3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 3 | RISHABH DOSHI | 627 | W21 (b) | D4 (w) | W9 (w) | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | PARTH ATHAVALE | 729 | W19 (w) | D3 (b) | W13 (b) | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 5 | DYLAN LIU | 791 | W16 (b) | W7 (w) | L1 (b) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | AGASTYA SHIV MALI | 698 | W20 (b) | L1 (w) | W16 (b) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | JASON VAN BUREN | 690 | W11 (w) | L5 (b) | W15 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 8 | ARLES BORJAS | 480 | L9 (w) | W18 (b) | W14 (w) | 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 9 | TROFIM KABACHENKO | 636 | W8 (b) | D10 (w) | L3 (b) | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | SASHWAT RAJ NIRMAL | 777 | W18 (w) | D9 (b) | L2 (b) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 11 | MORGAN MCCARTY | 513 | L7 (b) | W17 (w) | D12 (b) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| 12 | DANIEL PARK | 629 | W22 (w) | L14 (b) | D11 (w) | 1.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 13 | SHRENIK DOSHI | 778 | W17 (b) | L2 (w) | L4 (w) | 1 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 14 | LIAM SAKURADA | 748 | L2 (b) | W12 (w) | L8 (b) | 1 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 15 | ERIC OEN | 613 | L1 (b) | W20 (w) | L7 (b) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | AIDEN LIHAN YAN | 607 | L5 (w) | W22 (b) | L6 (w) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | DYLAN B TRUONG | 625 | L13 (w) | L11 (b) | W19 (w) | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 18 | ROBERT MARDER | 589 | L10 (b) | L8 (w) | W21 (b) | 1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 19 | AKIRA OGAWA | 530 | L4 (b) | W21 (w) | L17 (b) | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 20 | DELBY SHEROD | 517 | L6 (w) | L15 (b) | W22 (w) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | NIERICK CHEN | U | L3 (w) | L19 (b) | L18 (w) | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 22 | JOSEPH WRIGHT | 422 | L12 (b) | L16 (w) | L20 (b) | 0 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 |
In U400, Nolan Truong and Aiden Kim had a perfect score of 3 out of 3 wins. Nolan got the first place trophy based on his higher tie breaks. Aiden Kim got 2nd place and Avika Khanna - 3rd place. 4th place award went to Alexander Tsimberg, 5th place to Dino Baldaranov, and 6th place to Alaisdair Huffaker.
| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Total | MM | Solk. | C. |
| 1 | NOLAN B TRUONG | U | W6 (b) | W17 (w) | W3 (w) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | AIDEN JIYUL KIM | U | W15 (b) | W14 (w) | W4 (b) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | AVIKA KHANNA | U | W7 (b) | W9 (w) | L1 (b) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | ALEXANDER TSIMBERG | U | W13 (w) | W5 (b) | L2 (w) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | DIMO BALDARANOV | 373 | W21 (b) | L4 (w) | W8 (b) | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 6 | ALASDAIR HUFFAKER | 177 | L1 (w) | W22 (b) | W15 (w) | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 7 | TIMUR DZHAFAROV | 368 | L3 (w) | W11 (b) | W12 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 8 | JASON BORJAS | U | W16 (w) | W12 (b) | L5 (w) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | MARSHA MCCARTY | 160 | W19 (w) | L3 (b) | W14 (b) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | CHRISTOPHER PEREZ | U | L12 (w) | W16 (b) | W13 (w) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | KAMEA HUSEYNLI BORSELLA | U | D18 (b) | L7 (w) | W17 (b) | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 12 | RYAN YU | 160 | W10 (b) | L8 (w) | L7 (b) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | ELLIOTT YAN | 319 | L4 (b) | W18 (w) | L10 (b) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | ENPA KIBAR | U | W20 (b) | L2 (b) | L9 (w) | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 15 | ALEXANDER OEN | U | L2 (w) | W21 (w) | L6 (b) | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 16 | PATRICK HUANG | 125 | L8 (b) | L10 (w) | W20 (b) | 1 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 17 | MARK LOSKOVSKI | 137 | W22 (w) | L1 (b) | L11 (w) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | JAMES MACMILLAN | U | D11 (w) | L13 (b) | D19 (w) | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 19 | OLIVER JACOBS | U | L9 (b) | D20 (w) | D18 (b) | 1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| 20 | JONAS OWOC | 116 | L14 (w) | D19 (b) | L16 (w) | 0.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | ALEXANDER KLEINBUB | U | L5 (w) | L15 (b) | D22 (w) | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| 22 | LOGAN DELILLO | U | L17 (b) | L6 (w) | D21 (b) | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
A super cool scholastic event! We cannot wait to host another one!
