BayAreaChess: The Road to USCF Top 100 [February 2009] -
Updated Salman Azhar 2/1/09
Thanks to Krzysztof Kozminski for proposing BayAreaChess Top 100 after observing that all 7 & under kids in Top 100 are BayAreaChess players (in February 2008). Thanks also to Dr. Kirshner for the original CalChess Top 100 and to and fpawn for maintaining that list for many years. Please report errors to
.
Players who played entered the Top 100 after playing BayAreaChess events even more special players and are listed in bold.
Summary
79 players in US Top 100 under 18 categories (up 7 from Jun 2008).
92% CalChess players in US Top 100 are BayAreaChess players.
Top Age 7 and under 8% of US and 100% of CalChess
100% in Top 100 after becoming BayAreaChess players!!!
Top Age 8 12% of US and 93% of CalChess
85% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 9 8% of US and 100% of CalChess
63% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 10 6% of US and 100% of CalChess
50% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 11 10% of US and 100% of CalChess
20% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 12 5% of US and 100% of CalChess
60% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 13 12% of US and 92% of CalChess
23% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 14 4% of US and 100% of CalChess
50% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 15 9% of US and 100% of CalChess
22% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Age 16 3% of US and 100% of CalChess.
Top Age 17
11% of US and 85% of CalChess
Top Age 18 3% of US and 75% of CalChess
Top Under Age 21 5% of US and 63% of CalChess
Top Over 65 1% of US
Top Girls Under Age 13 2% of US and 100% of CalChess
50% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Girls Under Age 16 4% of US and 100% of CalChess
Top Girls Under 21 5% of US and 100% of CalChess
20% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Women 3% of US and 50% of CalChess
100% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Quick Under Age 13 9% of US and 100% of CalChess
78% after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Quick Under Age 16 8% of US and 100% of CalChess.
50% after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Quick Under 21 7% of US and 72% of CalChess.
43% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
Top Quick 2% of US.
Goal: The purpose of these lists is to celebrate and recognize of the players who attend BayAreaChess events
(and is limited to those who have attended events since Jan 2007). I am honored that BayAreaChess played a
small role in getting them there (faster and without long drives... they have the ability to get here anyway.).
Thanks to Krzysztof Kozminski for proposing BayAreaChess Top 100 after observing that all 7 & under kids in Top 100 are BayAreaChess players (in February 2008). Thanks also to Dr. Kirshner for the original CalChess Top 100 and to and fpawn for maintaining that list for many years. Please report errors to
.
Players who played entered the Top 100 after playing BayAreaChess events even more special players and are listed in bold.
Summary
79 players in US Top 100 under 18 categories (up 7 from Jun 2008).
92% CalChess players in US Top 100 are BayAreaChess players.
| BayAreaChess Originals |
BayAreaChess Players |
CalChess | %age of CalChess (Cumulative) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 & under | 8 | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 95% |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 97% |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 97% |
| 11 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 98% |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 98% |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 97% |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 97% |
| 15 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 97% |
| 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 97% |
| 17 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 96% |
| 18 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 95% |
Top Age 7 and under 8% of US and 100% of CalChess
100% in Top 100 after becoming BayAreaChess players!!!
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Vasudeva, Tanuj (13516867) | 7 | 1632 | 53 |
| 20 | -3 | Canessa, John (13724952) | 7 | 1198 | -18 |
| 41 | 10 | Chawla, Alisha (13341232) | 6 | 1047 | 29 |
| 46 | -2 | Khemani, Arun G (13912844) | 6 | 1036 | -19 |
| 54 | new | Chinchwadkar, Om (13796783) | 6 | 997 | 192 |
| 62 | new | Taghizadeh, Rayan (13880825) | 6 | 964 | 366 |
| 82 | -27 | Seela, Anirudh (13813698) | 7 | 929 | -59 |
| 98 | new | Martinez, Isaac Bruce (13471450) | 6 | 876 | 66 |
Top Age 8 12% of US and 93% of CalChess
85% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | -1 | Sevian, Samuel (13493815) | 1887 | 54 |
| 7 | 3 | Panchanatham, Vignesh (13439575) | 1654 | 31 |
| 9 | 4 | Wheeler, Cameron (13473477) | 1589 | 14 |
| 21 | 5 | Yi, Richard (13640892) | 1434 | 90 |
| 44 | new | Huang, Bryan Lingfeng (13899136) | 1250 | 201 |
| 47 | -10 | Tao, Jeffrey (13731854) | 1238 | -21 |
| 50 | 42 | Du, James (13181468) | 1214 | 133 |
| 51 | -6 | Kong, Alvin (13318351) | 1213 | -11 |
| 69 | new | Iyengar, Udit (13795046) | 1160 | 37 |
| 74 | new | Dahlgren, Seaver (13590882) | 1142 | 136 |
| 79 | -4 | Shastry, Aadeesh (13555567) | 1113 | 4 |
| 83 | -49 | Swaminathan, Rahul (13441382) | 1122 | 20 |
| 100 | re-entry | Azhar, Yousef Rezwan (13123198) | 1071 | 260 |
Top Age 9 8% of US and 100% of CalChess
63% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | -3 | Viswanadha, Kesav (13159334) | 1703 | -18 |
| 14 | 6 | Beilin, Allan (13464955) | 1640 | 107 |
| 23 | -6 | Kalyanpur, Armaan (13318407) | 1541 | -27 |
| 42 | 9 +1 yr | Chow, Colin (13822210) | 1413 | -223 |
| 47 | -16 + 1yr | Nagarajan, Pranav (13512712) | 1403 | 70 |
| 90 | -49 | Zhao, Art (13464997) | 1242 | -154 |
| 94 | new | Yakkala, Anish (13458417) | 1236 | 174 |
| 95 | -5 | Mohan, Rahul (13714097) | 1230 | -16 |
Top Age 10 6% of US and 100% of CalChess
50% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 4 | Zhu, Qijie (Jack) (13880846) | 1836 | 68 |
| 23 | 18 | Apte, Neel (13204525) | 1696 | 62 |
| 46 | 8 | Ho, Daniel (12939058) | 1562 | 35 |
| 50 | 0 | Luo, Anthony (13151542) | 1542 | 0 |
| 57 | 0 | Zhu, Jessica F (12875035) | 1512 | 94 |
| 80 | new | Janarthanan, Naveen (13525347) | 1446 | 136 |
Top Age 11 10% of US and 100% of CalChess
20% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | -2 | Liou, Yian (12948665) | 2092 | 36 |
| 16 | -2 | Zheng, Daniel (12905418) | 1914 | -33 |
| 17 | -2 | Shin, Kyle (13211605) | 1905 | 49 |
| 22 | 3 | Sun, Jerome (12903037) | 1864 | 12 |
| 28 | 2 | Kwok, James G (12934822) | 1814 | -4 |
| 32 | -4 | Richter, Paul (13847644) | 1790 | -35 |
| 37 | 2 | Jangle, Hemang J (12889898) | 1729 | 35 |
| 45 | -24 | Liu, Daniel (13763260) | 1676 | -36 |
| 62 | -26 | Chen, Eric L (13495792) | 1613 | 181 |
| 83 | 4 | Wang, Wilson (12931123) | 1538 | 7 |
Top Age 12 5% of US and 100% of CalChess
60% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 0 | Grosman, Alex (12894112) | 1733 | 0 |
| 50 | 7 + 1yr | Hao, Steven (12846423) | 1720 | 75 |
| 79 | 7 | Azhar, Aamir Ali (12921829) | 1617 | 7 |
| 83 | new | Nair, Suraj (12884028) | 1608 | 176 |
| 90 | new | Tung, Hwai-Ray (12924443) | 1590 | 249 |
Top Age 13 12% of US and 92% of CalChess
23% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0+1yr | FM Naroditsky, Daniel A (12892910) | 2358 | -21 |
| 2 | -1 | Young, Gregory (12888228) | 2249 | 0 |
| 38 | -20 + 1yr | Bekker, Samuel (13054648) | 1872 | -28 |
| 42 | -20 + 1yr | Yeh, Andrew (12909804) | 1856 | -24 |
| 45 | 0 | Zhang, Isaac (12837115) | 1839 | 0 |
| 49 | -1 | Xiao, Ted (12901869) | 1825 | 12 |
| 47 | -10 | Wu, Christopher Y (12821410) | 1827 | 26 |
| 57 | -5 | Chinchwadkar, Ojas G (12854991) | 1796 | 6 |
| 66 | 15 + 1yr | Zhu, Roland (12897650) | 1760 | 137 |
| 81 | -15 | Garbe, Kevin (12884580) | 1716 | -31 |
| 78 | 4 | Chen, Andrew (12929228) | 1721 | 26 |
| 65 | 32 | Desirazu, Rahul (12882129) | 1764 | 99 |
| 94 | new | Livschitz, Jennifer (12808863) | 1681 | 50 |
Top Age 14 4% of US and 100% of CalChess
50% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change | 35 | 19 | Chillakanti, Mukund (12803861) | 1917 | 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 6 | Goldberg, Adam W (12902652) | 1909 | 0 |
| 55 | 1 | Liou, Arthur (12906142) | 1860 | 10 |
| 81 | 4 | Vora, Partha M (12897238) | 1740 | 0 |
Top Age 15 9% of US and 100% of CalChess
22% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | Zierk, Steven C (12796611) | 2308 | 50 |
| 10 | 1 | Agarwal, Rohan (12875855 ) | 2212 | 16 |
| 31 | -2 + 1yr | Manvelyan, Hayk (12848071) | 2026 | 59 |
| 33 | -6 | Sandberg, Evan Meyer (12920454) | 2009 | -21 |
| 52 | 6 | Karas, Nicholas (12925720) | 1915 | 25 |
| 74 | 8 + 1yr | Wai, Brian (12917687) | 1815 | 60 |
| 75 | -3 | Dasari, Vishal R (12857550) | 1849 | 0 |
| 89 | -23 + 1yr | Liu, Rebekah (12933645) | 1806 | -27 |
| 96 | -4 | Tsai, Christopher Chia-Yow (12837877) | 1774 | 1 |
Top Age 16 3% of US and 100% of CalChess.
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | -2 | Lin, Michael (12832046) | 2005 | 4 |
| 63 | -6 | Sun, Charles (12832046) | 1859 | 0 |
| 70 | 0 | Mohan, Vijay M (12853832) | 1827 | 0 |
Top Age 17
11% of US and 85% of CalChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | -1 | NM Shankland, Sam (12852765) | 2441 | 16 |
| 17 | -1 | Konda, Adarsh (12835085) | 2124 | 1 |
| 20 | 0 | Zhong, Michael (12872161) | 2091 | 14 |
| 30 | 0 | Cohen, Micah (13167747) | 2036 | 0 |
| 33 | -6 | Naroditsky, Alan (12906709) | 2025 | -27 |
| 42 | -3 | Young, Jeff A (12881077) | 1996 | 0 |
| 51 | -9 | Livschitz, Louiza (12680221) | 1956 | -28 |
| 66 | -5 | Gomatam, Arun (12872079) | 1885 | 0 |
| 72 | 0 | Belanoff, Ted (12758264) | 1867 | 36 |
| 58 | -17 + 1yr | Jasthi, Sreekar (12886534) | 1913 | 0 |
| 68 | -15 + 1yr | Bodwin, Greg (12832082) | 1878 | 0 |
| 85 | -9 | Garg, Aaron (12767235) | 1820 | 0 |
Top Age 18 3% of US and 75% of CalChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 7 | Chock, David (12751631) | 2095 | |
| 55 | 7 | Sathe, Rohan (12809847) | 1911 | |
| 58 | 7 | Quan, Daniel Long (13366295) | 1894 | |
| 70 | 6 | Shah, Arnav S (12792319) | 1856 |
Top Under Age 21 5% of US and 63% of CalChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | NM Shankland, Samuel L | 17 | 2441 | 16 |
| 17 | 0 | FM Naroditsky, Daniel A (12892910) | 12 | 2358 | -21 |
| 25 | 0 | Schwarz, Daniel Wheelock (12682225) | 19 | 2316 | -5 |
| 27 | 1 | Yap, Nicolas A (12786967) | 19 | 2315 | 0 |
| 30 | 15 | Zierk, Steven C (12796611) | 14 | 2308 | 46 |
| 49 | 5 | Wang, Drake (12691891) | 19 | 2262 | 13 |
| 51 | -4 | Young, Gregory (12888228) | 13 | 2259 | 1 |
| 69 | 12 | Agarwal, Rohan (12875855) | 15 | 2212 | 16 |
Top Over 65 1% of US
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 6 | Snyder, Larry (10465117) | 66 | 2055 | 7 |
Top Girls Under Age 13 2% of US and 100% of CalChess
50% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | +3 | Zhu, Jessica F (12875035) | 10 | 1512 | 0 |
| 95 | new | Agrawal, Trisha (12934977) | 11 | 1191 | 61 |
Top Girls Under Age 16 4% of US and 100% of CalChess
|
Top Girls Under 21 5% of US and 100% of CalChess
20% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | -4 | Liu, Rebekah (12933645) | 15 | 1806 | -27 |
| 19 | -6 | Livschitz, Louiza (12680221) | 17 | 1956 | -28 |
| 63 | -11 | Kokish, Iris R (12803848) | 18 | 1704 | -50 |
| 69 | +13 | Livschitz, Jennifer (12808863) | 13 | 1681 | 50 |
| 82 | 17 | Bhat, Samyukta (12931097) | 13 | 1630 | 45 |
Top Women 3% of US and 50% of CalChess
100% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | -1 | Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (12925481) | 2312 | 0 |
| 26 | -1 | Garg, Elisha C (12760037) | 2001 | 0 |
| 38 | -8 | Livschitz, Louiza (12680221) | 1956 | -28 |
| 39 | -2 | Haring, Ruth Inez (10383242) | 1946 | +10 |
| 75 | -11 | Liu, Rebekah (12933645) | 1806 | -27 |
| 85 | -4 | Goodkind, Barbara (12778604) | 1782 | -14 |
Top Quick Under Age 13 9% of US and 100% of CalChess
78% after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | -1 | Young, Gregory (12888228) | 12 | 2022 | 0 |
| 21 | 13 | Liou, Yian (12948665) | 11 | 1850 | 39 |
| 27 | -4 | Richter, Paul (13847644) | 11 | 1826 | -20 |
| 28 | +1 | Shin, Kyle (13211605) | 11 | 1825 | -5 |
| 33 | -5 | Grossman, Alex (12894112) | 12 | 1816 | -16 |
| 52 | -5 | Zheng, Daniel K (12905418) | 11 | 1745 | -14 |
| 60 | 4 | Sun, Jerome (12903037) | 10 | 1716 | 18 |
| 64 | 21 | Zhu, Qijie (Jack) (13880846) | 10 | 1705 | 56 |
| 80 | 9 | Sevian, Samuel (13493815) | 7 | 1663 | 28 |
| 84 | 4 | Kwok, James G (12934822) | 11 | 1636 | 10 |
Top Quick Under Age 16 8% of US and 100% of CalChess.
50% after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | Zierk, Steven C (12796611) | 15 | 2121 | 15 |
| 11 | 17 | FM Naroditsky, Daniel A (12892910) | 13 | 2063 | 100 |
| 14 | -1 | Young, Gregory (12888228) | 12 | 2022 | 0 |
| 80 | new | Liou, Yian (12948665) | 11 | 1850 | 39 |
| 81 | -4 | Agarwal, Rohan (12875855) | 14 | 1848 | = |
| 82 | -13 | Richter, Paul (13847644) | 11 | 1826 | -20 |
| 87 | 0 | Zhang, Isaac (12837115) | 13 | 1835 | |
| 98 | -7 | Shin, Kyle (13211605) | 11 | 1825 | -5 |
Top Quick Under 21 7% of US and 72% of CalChess.
43% in Top 100 after playing at BayAreaChess
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Age | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 14 | NM Shankland, Samuel L (12852765) | 17 | 2229 | 58 |
| 24 | 2 | Yap, Nicolas A (12786967) | 15 | 2163 | 0 |
| 40 | -1 | Wang, Drake (12691891) | 15 | 2106 | 0 |
| 34 | 5 | Zierk, Steven C (12796611) | 15 | 2121 | 15 |
| 87 | -13 | Belanoff, Ted (12758264) | 16 | 2004 | -19 |
| 56 | new | FM Naroditsky, Daniel A (12892910) | 13 | 2063 | 100 |
| 75 | -1 | Young, Gregory (12888228) | 13 | 2022 | 0 |
Top Quick 2% of US.
| Rank | Change | Name (USCF ID) | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 2 | Cusi, Ronald L (12455815) | 2364 | = |
| 72 | new | Malla, Digesh Shanker (13600984) | 2282 | = |
(and is limited to those who have attended events since Jan 2007). I am honored that BayAreaChess played a
small role in getting them there (faster and without long drives... they have the ability to get here anyway.).
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