August 27, 2023
SDCC AUGUST SCHOLASTIC
SDCC AUGUST SCHOLASTIC went terrific with 108 players. As the last few large tournaments, we had zero no-shows. Everyone who wanted to cancel sent us emails. We are always amazed with how responsible all the families are! Thank you for that. The tournament directors were Irina Nizmutdinova, Jim Harrell, Jonathan Frye and Jason Nunez. Jonathan mainly worked in the Open and U800 sections while Jason helped U300 and U600 sections. Jim Harrell took care of pairings, and Irina did a bit of everything.
The tournament has been rated, and you can see it on USCF website: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202308272672.0.
To see tie breaks and pairings on CaissaChess site: https://caissachess.net/live/3069.
108 players showed up and played in 4 sections. It was nice to see families driving from other towns to participate in our event. It’s an honor!
Before the first round began Jonathan and Jason talked about general tournament rules and expectations. With so many brand new players coming into U300 and U600 it was important to go over the expected behavior during tournament (ex: not talking to their opponent, not making noise etc), as well as basic tournament rules (touch move, touch capture, using the clocks etc).
Round one began around 12:10 after all the announcements. All 4 sections played in one large tournament hall. The tournament results were recorded into CaissaChess TD app, more than 20 families signed up for Caissa text alerts.
OPEN SECTION
The top 3 in the Open section were: Luke Posson (3.5) , Hiro Uchiyama (3.5), and Sai Krishna (3). During our scholastic events we usually use 3 types of tie breaks to determine the trophy winners. Both Luke and Hiro had the same score in this section. Sai had the highest tie break number out of all players with 3 points (Rey Zamudio and Fausto Borquez). Rey and Fausto got 4th and 5th places. Places 5th through 8thth got small king trophy, places 1 through 4th got larger trophy. 1st through 3rd places received $50, $40 and $30 in Amazon gift cards.
| OPEN SECTION | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | MM | S | C |
| 1 | LUKE FRANC POSSON | 1114 | W7 (b) | W3 (w) | W4 (b) | D2 (w) | 3.5 | 9.5 | 12 | 9.5 |
| 2 | HIRO UCHIYAMA | 1098 | W19 (w) | W10 (b) | W9 (w) | D1 (b) | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 3 | SAI KRISHNA | 966 | W5 (w) | L1 (b) | W18 (w) | W9 (b) | 3 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 7 |
| 4 | REY ZAMUDIO | 1069 | W18 (b) | W11 (w) | L1 (w) | W12 (b) | 3 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 5 | FAUSTO BORQUEZ | 1354 | L3 (b) | W20 (w) | W6 (w) | W10 (b) | 3 | 7.5 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | RUSTAM ZOKIROV | 992 | W16 (b) | W13 (w) | L5 (b) | D8 (w) | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 7 | ERIK LIVITZ | 918 | L1 (w) | D16 (b) | W17 (w) | W13 (b) | 2.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 4.5 |
| 8 | SAANVI SHEORAN | 1172 | L11 (w) | W17 (b) | W19 (w) | D6 (b) | 2.5 | 6 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 9 | SMARAN MUKKAVILLI | 1025 | W12 (b) | W15 (w) | L2 (b) | L3 (w) | 2 | 5 | 10.5 | 7 |
| 10 | KOROUSH ASADI MORALES | 971 | W22 (b) | L2 (w) | W15 (b) | L5 (w) | 2 | 5 | 8.5 | 6 |
| 11 | MILLER ZHANG | 939 | W8 (b) | L4 (b) | L12 (w) | W18 (w) | 2 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 5 |
| 12 | GASPAR MAURIS GIRAULT | 857 | L9 (w) | W14 (w) | W11 (b) | L4 (w) | 2 | 4 | 8.5 | 5 |
| 13 | HENRY FLETCHER | 729 | W14 (b) | L6 (b) | W20 (w) | L7 (w) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 14 | ARTHUR ARMAN | 989 | L13 (w) | L12 (b) | B--- | W16 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 15 | RAUL HUSEYNLI BORSELLA | 826 | W21 (b) | L9 (b) | L10 (w) | W19 (b) | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 16 | AINYSH KHANNA | 809 | L6 (w) | D7 (w) | W22 (b) | L14 (b) | 1.5 | 4 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| 17 | JAMES KASED | 861 | D20 (b) | L8 (w) | L7 (b) | W21 (w) | 1.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 3 |
| 18 | KYAN BACH | 868 | L4 (w) | W21 (w) | L3 (b) | L11 (b) | 1 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 3 |
| 19 | HUNTER AN | 908 | L2 (b) | W22 (w) | L8 (b) | L15 (w) | 1 | 4.5 | 8 | 3 |
| 20 | MICHAEL HUANG | 1039 | D17 (w) | L5 (b) | L13 (b) | U--- | 0.5 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 21 | SACHIN CHAVATAPALLI | 1013 | L15 (w) | L18 (b) | H--- | L17 (b) | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 22 | JULIAN BARTLETT | U | L10 (w) | L19 (b) | L16 (w) | U--- | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
U800 SECTION
In U800, Alan Chang was a clear winner with the perfect 4 out of 4 score. Jeffrey Chen got second place with 3.5. Sashwat Raj Nirwal, Abby Satorius, Thomas Hamacher and Jason Van Buren all had 3 out of 4 score but got 3rd through 5th place on tiebreaks. The awards were distributed the same way as the Open section.
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| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | MM | S | C |
| 1 | ALAN CHANG | 688 | W20 (b) | W15 (w) | W7 (b) | W3 (b) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | JEFFREY CHEN | 761 | H--- | W18 (w) | W5 (b) | W9 (w) | 3.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | SASHWAT RAJ NIRMAL | 760 | W11 (b) | W4 (w) | W12 (b) | L1 (w) | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| 4 | ABBY SATORIUS | 616 | W6 (w) | L3 (b) | W19 (b) | W10 (w) | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| 5 | THOMAS HAMACHER | 607 | W10 (b) | W8 (w) | L2 (w) | W14 (b) | 3 | 7.5 | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | JASON VAN BUREN | 718 | L4 (b) | W11 (w) | W8 (b) | W7 (w) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 7 | MICHAEL SONG | 630 | W19 (b) | W9 (w) | L1 (w) | L6 (b) | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | FINN MI BRENTNALL | 693 | W13 (w) | L5 (b) | L6 (w) | W18 (b) | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | MORGAN MCCARTY | 709 | W17 (w) | L7 (b) | W15 (w) | L2 (b) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | LUCAS NAHAMA | 705 | L5 (w) | W21 (b) | W18 (w) | L4 (b) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 11 | ERIC OEN | 643 | L3 (w) | L6 (b) | W21 (w) | W20 (b) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 12 | MICHAEL MOKHOV | 666 | W21 (w) | W14 (b) | L3 (w) | L13 (b) | 2 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 13 | PARTH ATHAVALE | 785 | L8 (b) | L16 (w) | W20 (b) | W12 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 14 | AVERY BAZAN | U | B--- | L12 (w) | W16 (b) | L5 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 15 | DANIEL PARK | 608 | W22 (w) | L1 (b) | L9 (b) | W19 (w) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| 16 | FAISAL M ORELLANA | 699 | L18 (b) | W13 (b) | L14 (w) | D17 (w) | 1.5 | 4 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 17 | BOHDI SATORIUS | 609 | L9 (b) | L19 (w) | W22 (w) | D16 (b) | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| 18 | DYLAN B TRUONG | 588 | W16 (w) | L2 (b) | L10 (b) | L8 (w) | 1 | 5.5 | 9 | 4 |
| 19 | AGASTYA SHIV MALI | 722 | L7 (w) | W17 (b) | L4 (w) | L15 (b) | 1 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 3 |
| 20 | PATRICIO GODINEZ | 569 | L1 (w) | W22 (b) | L13 (w) | L11 (w) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 21 | GABRIEL MILLER | U | L12 (b) | L10 (w) | L11 (b) | W22 (b) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | OLIVER FLETCHER | 708 | L15 (b) | L20 (w) | L17 (b) | L21 (w) | 0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
U600 SECTION
In U600, Aiden Kim and Evan Bandala both had perfect score of 4 out of 4 but Aiden got the first place on tiebreaks. Aiden Yan, Milo Gibson, Abhiram Kasireddi, Robert Marder, and Delby Sherod all had 3 out of 4 but got 3rd through 7th places on tiebreaks. 5th through 10th places received small King trophy. The rest of the awards were the same as Open/U800 sections.
| U600 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | MM | S | C |
| 1 | AIDEN JIYUL KIM | U | W24 (w) | W5 (b) | W4 (w) | W3 (w) | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | EVAN BANDALA | 550 | W8 (w) | W16 (b) | W12 (w) | W9 (b) | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | AIDEN LIHAN YAN | 581 | W15 (w) | W26 (b) | W6 (w) | L1 (b) | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | MILO GILSON | 550 | W17 (b) | W25 (w) | L1 (b) | W11 (w) | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | ABHIRAM KASIREDDI | 558 | W22 (b) | L1 (w) | W24 (b) | W15 (w) | 3 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 6 | ROBERT MARDER | 544 | W14 (w) | W11 (b) | L3 (b) | W13 (w) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | DELBY SHEROD | 518 | L11 (w) | B--- | W14 (b) | W12 (b) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | AKHIL FOSTER | 346 | L2 (b) | W28 (w) | D10 (b) | W23 (w) | 2.5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | CALVIN KIM | 467 | H--- | W19 (w) | W20 (b) | L2 (w) | 2.5 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 10 | EMILIE HAMACHER | 540 | W21 (w) | L12 (b) | D8 (w) | W19 (b) | 2.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 11 | DINGYUAN WANG | U | W7 (b) | L6 (w) | W25 (b) | L4 (b) | 2 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 6 |
| 12 | DANIEL LIVITZ | 589 | W18 (b) | W10 (w) | L2 (b) | L7 (w) | 2 | 5 | 10.5 | 7 |
| 13 | NOLAN B TRUONG | U | L25 (b) | W17 (w) | W16 (w) | L6 (b) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 14 | NIALL DOMI MERTEN | 330 | L6 (b) | W18 (w) | L7 (w) | W25 (b) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 15 | TIMUR DZHAFAROV | 368 | L3 (b) | W29 (w) | W26 (w) | L5 (b) | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 16 | OSCAR ELLISON | 503 | W28 (b) | L2 (w) | L13 (b) | W20 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 17 | DANG KHOA NGUYEN | 355 | L4 (w) | L13 (b) | W29 (b) | W24 (w) | 2 | 3 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 18 | AAYUSH KASIREDDI | 457 | L12 (w) | L14 (b) | B--- | W27 (w) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | BLAKE FERGUSON | U | D20 (w) | L9 (b) | W22 (b) | L10 (w) | 1.5 | 5.5 | 8 | 4 |
| 20 | SHAURYA AGGARWAL | 526 | D19 (b) | W23 (w) | L9 (w) | L16 (b) | 1.5 | 5 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 21 | MINH GIANG | 266 | L10 (b) | D22 (w) | L23 (b) | W29 (w) | 1.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 22 | JOSEPH WRIGHT | 360 | L5 (w) | D21 (b) | L19 (w) | W28 (b) | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 23 | ALEX QI | 454 | H--- | L20 (b) | W21 (w) | L8 (b) | 1.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 24 | EVAN NGO | 480 | L1 (b) | W27 (w) | L5 (w) | L17 (b) | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 25 | ELIOT D'ARGENIO | 499 | W13 (w) | L4 (b) | L11 (w) | L14 (w) | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 26 | GRANT JACOB | 543 | W27 (b) | L3 (w) | L15 (b) | U--- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 27 | JAKE SONG | 292 | L26 (w) | L24 (b) | W28 (w) | L18 (b) | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 28 | CHRISTOPHER PEREZ | U | L16 (w) | L8 (b) | L27 (b) | L22 (w) | 0 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | DAVID RUEV | U | U--- | L15 (b) | L17 (w) | L21 (b) | 0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
U300 SECTION
And finally, our U300 section! Many new unrated players are starting in this section and getting their very first tournament experience. It is truly fascinating to see them grow so fast from U300 into upper sections and graduating from scholastic at one point. 35 players total (our largest section as it’s truly a starting point in a scholastic chess journey. James Macmillan and Renae Chen both had a perfect score of 4 out of 4 with James getting the first place award on tie breaks. Thaman Movva, Salim Lamouri, Anoushka Silva, Meja Hibbert, Yoel Dalisay, Agniv Das and Dhruv Hota all scoring 3 out of 4 but getting 3rd through 9th places respectively. U300 awards followed the same pattern as U600 awards.
| U300 | | | | | | | | | |
| # | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | MM | S | C |
| 1 | JAMES MACMILLAN | U | W4 (w) | W15 (b) | W10 (w) | W3 (w) | 4 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 10 |
| 2 | RENAE CHEN | U | W27 (b) | W19 (w) | W16 (b) | W5 (w) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | THAMAN MOVVA | 106 | W22 (w) | W25 (b) | W7 (w) | L1 (b) | 3 | 9 | 10.5 | 9 |
| 4 | SALIM LAMOURI | 277 | L1 (b) | W13 (w) | W26 (b) | W11 (w) | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| 5 | ANOUSHKA SILVA | U | W31 (w) | W23 (b) | W6 (w) | L2 (b) | 3 | 8.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | MEJA ANN HIBBERT | 254 | W30 (b) | W17 (w) | L5 (b) | W16 (w) | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | YOEL M DALISAY | U | W21 (b) | W26 (w) | L3 (b) | W18 (w) | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | AGNIV DAS | 266 | L20 (w) | W22 (b) | W19 (w) | W15 (b) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | DHRUV THOTA | U | W29 (w) | L11 (b) | W28 (b) | W21 (w) | 3 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 10 | SHREYAS METHUKU | U | W28 (b) | W18 (w) | L1 (b) | D12 (b) | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 7.5 |
| 11 | RYAN YU | 176 | H--- | W9 (w) | W14 (b) | L4 (b) | 2.5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | AVIKA KHANNA | 198 | L17 (b) | W27 (w) | W24 (b) | D10 (w) | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 13 | ADELYN WU | U | H--- | L4 (b) | W25 (w) | W23 (b) | 2.5 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | ELLIOTT YAN | 279 | D25 (w) | B--- | L11 (w) | W32 (b) | 2.5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | ALASDAIR HUFFAKER | 177 | W24 (b) | L1 (w) | W17 (b) | L8 (w) | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 16 | ALEXANDER OEN | U | W33 (w) | W20 (b) | L2 (w) | L6 (b) | 2 | 5 | 9.5 | 7 |
| 17 | FLAVIANO M DALISAY | U | W12 (w) | L6 (b) | L15 (w) | W29 (b) | 2 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 5 |
| 18 | ISABELLA BRYANT | 147 | W34 (w) | L10 (b) | W20 (w) | L7 (b) | 2 | 4.5 | 8 | 6 |
| 19 | MAXIM RUEV | U | W32 (w) | L2 (b) | L8 (b) | W27 (w) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| 20 | NICOLAS BRACHO | U | W8 (b) | L16 (w) | L18 (b) | W28 (w) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 21 | ISAAC SAYRE | 234 | L7 (w) | W34 (b) | W29 (w) | L9 (b) | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 22 | SURYA K PADUCHURI | U | L3 (b) | L8 (w) | W33 (b) | W30 (w) | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 3 |
| 23 | HADRIEN MAURIS GIRAULT | 178 | B--- | L5 (w) | W30 (b) | L13 (w) | 2 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 24 | ALEXANDER TSIMBERG | U | L15 (w) | W31 (b) | L12 (w) | W26 (w) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 25 | KAMEA HUSEYNLI BORSELLA | U | D14 (b) | L3 (w) | L13 (b) | W31 (w) | 1.5 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 26 | PATRICK HUANG | 125 | W35 (w) | L7 (b) | L4 (w) | L24 (b) | 1 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 4 |
| 27 | LEILA ZOKIROV | U | L2 (w) | L12 (b) | W34 (w) | L19 (b) | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 28 | AARISH MOJUMDER | 128 | L10 (w) | W33 (b) | L9 (w) | L20 (b) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 29 | ANIKA MACHA | U | L9 (b) | W32 (w) | L21 (b) | L17 (w) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 30 | SETH M DALISAY | U | L6 (w) | W35 (b) | L23 (w) | L22 (b) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 31 | MARSHA MCCARTY | 136 | L5 (b) | L24 (w) | B--- | L25 (b) | 1 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 32 | LUCA VAIA | U | L19 (b) | L29 (b) | W35 (w) | L14 (w) | 1 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 33 | OLIVER JACOBS | U | L16 (b) | L28 (w) | L22 (w) | B--- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | AUGGIE SATORIUS | U | L18 (b) | L21 (w) | L27 (b) | D35 (b) | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| 35 | ARDEN ARMAN | U | L26 (b) | L30 (w) | L32 (b) | D34 (w) | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
The OPEN section was moved to the skittles room for the 4th round so that we could start award ceremony sooner for lower rated sections. The award ceremony started at 4:45 pm just a few minutes behind the schedule.
We had the best time running this event and enjoyed every minute of it. We hope all the kids and parents had a great time at our club as well. We cannot wait to host another such event in the nearest future.
Irina and SDCC team.
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