BayAreaChess 843:
2015 CA Class Warfare Championship
Nov 27-29 or Nov 28-29, 2015

Total: 187 (Open: 34 -  XA: 30 -  AB: 22 -  BC: 22 -  CD: 27 -  DEu: 50)
166 fully paid entries
 
@ Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy Santa Clara, CA 95054 (map)

Prize Fund: $14,000 b/187 Projected
Actual: $12,434 b/166 fully paid entries

  Open (2100+) Section XA (1900-2099) Section AB (1700-1899) Section BC (1500-1699) Section CD (1300-1499) Section DEu (u1300)
  Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected
1st $1,775 $2,000 $888 $1,000 $888 $1,000 $888 $1,000 $888 $1,000 $888 $1,000
2nd $888 $1,000 $444 $500 $444 $500 $444 $500 $444 $500 $444 $500
3rd  $444 $500 $178 $200 $178 $200 $178 $200 $178 $200 $178 $200
4th  $178 $200 $133 $150 $133 $150 $133 $150 $133 $150 $133 $150
5th      $107 $120 $107 $120 $107 $120 $107 $120 $107 $120
  u2300                      
1st $266 $300                    
2nd $133 $150                    
                         
                         
  Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected
Total $3,684 $4,150 $1,750 $1,970 $1,750 $1,970 $1,750 $1,970 $1,750 $1,970 $1,750 $1,970



Final Standings

Open Section (2100+)

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 GM Batchul -f Tsegmed 14914512 2531 W24 W6 W4 D5 W7 D2 5.0 1st Place: $1656 (1775-EF)
2 Hunter Klotz-burwell 13458946 2195 W27 D11 W28 D7 W19 D1 4.5 2nd Place: $888
3 GM Oliver -f Barbosa 12774447 2613 W23 D22 D5 D6 W17 D4 4.0 3rd Place: $444;
4th place: $178;
3-way split of $622: $88.33 (207.33-EF)
4 IM Maximil -f Meinhardt 15820180 2522 D14 W20 L1 W28 W10 D3 4.0
5 IM Ricardo -f De Guzman 12621677 2389 W15 W33 D3 D1 D8 H--- 4.0
6 NM Ladia Jirasek 14196222 2214 W31 L1 W16 D3 D9 W8 4.0 1st u2300: $266
7 NM Paul Richter 13847644 2284 W32 D17 W29 D2 L1 D9 3.5 2nd u2300: $133: 4-way split: $33.25
8 NM Siddharth G Banik 14090052 2261 W16 H--- D17 W18 D5 L6 3.5
9 NM Teemu Virtanen 14935806 2235 L17 W26 W32 D21 D6 D7 3.5
10 NM Michael Wang 14224170 2223 D20 D21 W25 D17 L4 W19 3.5
11 NM Jack Qijie Zhu 13880846 2336 W30 D2 L19 D20 D16 D15 3.0  
12 NM Thomas -f Riccardi 12696562 2247 D33 W23 W13 D19 U--- U--- 3.0  
13 NM Gabriel Jame Bick 14452555 2215 L22 D15 L12 W31 W26 D17 3.0  
14 Joshua Cao 13598098 2160 D4 L29 L21 W25 W30 D16 3.0  
15 Ivan Ke 14933795 2145 L5 D13 D22 D30 W24 D11 3.0  
16 Pranav Srihari 13600455 2129 L8 W24 L6 W32 D11 D14 3.0  
17 Jeffrey ^ Wei 14399673 2097 W9 D7 D8 D10 L3 D13 3.0  
18 Aksha ^ Padmanabhan 14297271 1999 H--- H--- W30 L8 W20 U--- 3.0  
19 Balaji ^ Daggupati 14499403 1991 B--- D28 W11 D12 L2 L10 3.0  
20 Rubinstein-salzed ^ 12729811 2062 D10 L4 W34 D11 L18 D26 2.5  
21 Yixiang ^ Lu 15464241 1932 H--- D10 W14 D9 U--- U--- 2.5  
22 NM Arun -f Sharma 12525113 2455 W13 D3 D15 U--- U--- U--- 2.0  
23 WGM Altan -f Enkhtuul 15242705 2342 L3 L12 B--- W26 U--- U--- 2.0  
24 NM Josiah P Stearman 14006506 2193 L1 L16 L26 B--- L15 W31 2.0  
25 Karth ^ Padmanabhan 14297265 2040 H--- H--- L10 L14 W27 U--- 2.0  
26 Ganesh ^ -Murugappan 14360480 2016 D29 L9 W24 L23 L13 D20 2.0  
27 Pran ^ Senthilkumar 14020007 1943 L2 L32 D31 H--- L25 B--- 2.0  
28 NM Julian Lin 13991598 2212 W34 D19 L2 L4 U--- U--- 1.5  
29 NM Paul A Gallegos 12419804 2207 D26 W14 L7 U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
30 Aniruddha Basak 15222221 2158 L11 W31 L18 D15 L14 U--- 1.5  
31 Eliam Huai ^ Chang 15357487 2038 L6 L30 D27 L13 B--- L24 1.5  
32 Sriniv Kondapalli 12667056 2149 L7 W27 L9 L16 U--- U--- 1.0  
33 GM Ioan Cris -f Chirila 14471712 2603 D12 L5 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
34 Rahul ^ Srinivas 14432546 2025 L28 H--- L20 U--- U--- U--- 0.5  



XA (1900-2099)

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Seaver Dahlgren 13590882 2014 W19 W25 H--- W15 W8 W5 5.5 1st Place: $888
2 Archit* Dasika 14903402 2063 L7 W28 W27 W24 D5 W8 4.5 2nd Place: $444
3 Frisc -p Del Rosario 10987792 2074 H--- D22 H--- W26 H--- W12 4.0 3rd Place: $178;
4th Place: $133;
5th Place: $107;
5-way split: $418: $83.6
Del Rosario - platinum
Taylor: $50.16 (econ of 83.6)
4 Alexandre Birguer 15057071 2066 L12 W16 W11 H--- W18 H--- 4.0
5 Farid Mark Watson 12421574 1976 D30 W26 W22 W18 D2 L1 4.0
6 Vinesh Ravuri 14312195 1953 L21 W20 D23 W19 D11 W15 4.0
7 Stewart Br -e Taylor 15223183 1925 W2 W29 L8 H--- D15 W17 4.0
8 Jason W Childress 12625556 2046 W16 W12 W7 H--- L1 L2 3.5  
9 Richard D Willis 10197511 2003 L27 L14 W28 H--- W25 W19 3.5  
10 Michael Da Cruz 12554298 2000 D26 D13 D17 W27 L12 W18 3.5  
11 Garrick -e Su 14649563 1986 W14 D27 L4 D17 D6 W21 3.5  
12 Milind -e Maiti 14442276 1964 W4 L8 W29 D13 W10 L3 3.5  
13 William -e Sartorio 14715380 1954 H--- D10 D19 D12 H--- W22 3.5  
14 Adam ^ -f Vichik 14750614 1756 L11 W9 D16 H--- D26 W23 3.5  
15 Rishith -e Susarla 14522553 1966 W17 W21 D18 L1 D7 L6 3.0  
16 Daniel F -e Trimbach 12412089 1914 L8 L4 D14 H--- W30 W26 3.0  
17 Abe ^ -f Talamantez Jr 12465386 1877 L15 B--- D10 D11 W23 L7 3.0  
18 Dmitri V -e Dobrynin 14992854 1940 W23 W24 D15 L5 L4 L10 2.5  
19 Michael S -e Ho 12056430 1927 L1 W31 D13 L6 W28 L9 2.5  
20 Andrew -e Peng 14744427 1923 L24 L6 W30 W29 D22 U--- 2.5  
21 Antara ^ -e Garai 14673337 1813 W6 L15 L26 D25 W27 L11 2.5  
22 Adrian ^ -f Kondakov 15082597 1712 B--- D3 L5 D23 D20 L13 2.5  
23 Samir -e Alazawi 14690016 2024 L18 W30 D6 D22 L17 L14 2.0  
24 Thomas E Weideman 11292909 1993 W20 L18 W25 L2 U--- U--- 2.0  
25 Brandon C -e Ho 14688022 1951 W31 L1 L24 D21 L9 D27 2.0  
26 Stephen R -e Ho 14688037 1924 D10 L5 W21 L3 D14 L16 2.0  
27 Pranav ^ -p Kakulamarri 14082512 1827 W9 D11 L2 L10 L21 D25 2.0  
28 Arul ^ -e Viswanathan 14490424 1796 L29 L2 L9 W30 L19 B--- 2.0  
29 Anirudh ^ Seela 13813698 1993 W28 L7 L12 L20 U--- U--- 1.0  
30 Alex ^ Kolay 15470820 1897 D5 L23 L20 L28 L16 U--- 0.5  
31 Archit Dasika 14903402 2063 L25 L19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  



AB (1700-1899)

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Rishabh Raj 14680313 1752 W22 W8 W2 W14 W5 W6 6.0 1st Place: $888
2 Alex J Stiger 13177970 1834 W10 W9 L1 W6 W8 D4 4.5 2nd Place: $444
3 John -e Wang 14798995 1797 W16 W13 L6 L5 W19 W9 4.0 3rd Place: $178;
4th Place: $133;
5th Place: $107;
3-way split of $418: $139.33
Wang - $84.6 (econ of 139.33)
4 Kr Gopalakrishnan 15369433 1764 L19 W18 D11 W20 W7 D2 4.0
5 Eeswar Kurli 14901391 1732 L13 W20 W16 W3 L1 W8 4.0
6 Juan Carl Ventosa 12752703 1853 D20 W16 W3 L2 W14 L1 3.5  
7 Chinguun Bayaraa 14271324 1819 D17 W19 L14 W21 L4 W13 3.5  
8 Shafieen -e +m Ibrahim 14723923 1803 W12 L1 W21 W9 L2 L5 3.0  
9 Brian C -e Wen 14100353 1796 W18 L2 W10 L8 W11 L3 3.0  
10 Evan Zihao -e Ai 14780703 1738 L2 W22 L9 L12 W18 W19 3.0  
11 Jeffery ^ -e Zang 14733151 1669 D15 D12 D4 D13 L9 W22 3.0  
12 Sri H ^ -p Doddapaneni 14907212 1668 L8 D11 D22 W10 D15 D16 3.0  
13 And Mueckenberger 12434070 1829 W5 L3 L20 D11 W21 L7 2.5  
14 Robert V Russo 10436885 1814 H--- W17 W7 L1 L6 U--- 2.5  
15 Aghila -e Nachiappan 15451731 1804 D11 L21 D19 W18 D12 U--- 2.5  
16 Ronit ^ -e Pattanayak 14372284 1610 L3 L6 L5 B--- W22 D12 2.5  
17 Annapoorni -e Meiyappan 14744460 1724 D7 L14 L18 L22 B--- H--- 2.0  
18 Andy ^ -e Xiong 15680424 1578 L9 L4 W17 L15 L10 B--- 2.0  
19 Shree -f -e Ayinala 15210961 1572 W4 L7 D15 H--- L3 L10 2.0  
20 Charlie Jones 14239152 1793 D6 L5 W13 L4 U--- U--- 1.5  
21 Shopnavo -e Biswas 13768272 1776 H--- W15 L8 L7 L13 U--- 1.5  
22 Amit ^ -e Singh 14189095 1570 L1 L10 D12 W17 L16 L11 1.5  



BC (1500-1699)

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Cesar Mendoza 12910893 1681 W7 W5 W6 W4 W3 D2 5.5 1st Place: $888
2 Sanat Singhal Jr 15580756 1615 W20 W12 L3 W14 W15 D1 4.5 2nd Place: $444;
3rd Place: $178;
2-way split of $622: $311 each
3 Kimberly +m Liu 14268494 1613 W21 D4 W2 W15 L1 W9 4.5
4 Daniel Cheng 15276322 1669 W11 D3 W8 L1 D9 W12 4.0 4th Place: $133;
5th Place: $107;
3-way split of $240: $80 each
Mirchandani - platinum
Mishkin - $48 (econ of 80)
5 Mihir -p Mirchandani 14433403 1662 W18 L1 W9 W12 H--- H--- 4.0
6 Viktor -e Mishkin 14960114 1571 X22 W17 L1 H--- D14 W11 4.0
7 Ashleann ^ -e Chen 14668076 1494 L1 L18 B--- W17 D8 W14 3.5  
8 Atul ^ -e Thirumalai 14973786 1396 W16 D10 L4 H--- D7 W15 3.5  
9 Venkatagi Acharya 15616537 1684 W17 D15 L5 W20 D4 L3 3.0  
10 Henry H Wang 15300888 1637 D13 D8 L20 W18 L12 W17 3.0  
11 Jaisu Kaleeswaran 14968566 1563 L4 W21 L12 W19 W13 L6 3.0  
12 Srir -e Krishnakumar 15375510 1523 W14 L2 W11 L5 W10 L4 3.0  
13 Kavya ^ Sasikumar 14447377 1408 D10 L14 H--- W21 L11 W20 3.0  
14 Srinivas Susarla 14803027 1644 L12 W13 W16 L2 D6 L7 2.5  
15 Gary Tao 12773450 1628 W19 D9 W18 L3 L2 L8 2.5  
16 Ashish Kuthagodu 15460645 1633 L8 D20 L14 H--- W19 U--- 2.0  
17 Aria -e Lakhmani 14682640 1553 L9 L6 W19 L7 W20 L10 2.0  
18 Nikhil ^ -e Chatterjee 14881286 1493 L5 W7 L15 L10 L21 B--- 2.0  
19 Shreyas ^ -p Nayak 15161797 1452 L15 B--- L17 L11 L16 W21 2.0  
20 Joshua Jiaxian ^ -f Lu 15367938 1393 L2 D16 W10 L9 L17 L13 1.5  
21 Alexander ^ -e Nishio 14894235 1342 L3 L11 H--- L13 W18 L19 1.5  
22 Sindhuja ^ -p Dasari 15193511 1330 F6 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  



CD (1300-1499)

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Sherman Wu 14718368 1498 W4 W17 W6 W11 W5 D3 5.5 1st Place: $888
2 Rui Yang -e Yan 15462690 1466 W26 D3 W16 L5 W12 W7 4.5 2nd Place: $444;
3rd Place: $178;
4th Place $133;
5th Place: $107;
4-way split of $862: $215.5 each
Yan - $129.3 (econ of 215.5)
Kannappan: $96.5 (215.5-EF)
3 Aravind -f Kannappan 14307058 1394 W19 D2 D7 W21 W11 D1 4.5
4 Saadiq Shaikh 15015846 1341 L1 W24 W14 D6 W22 W11 4.5
5 Manas Manu 15661005 1303 W10 D12 B--- W2 L1 W6 4.5
6 Antarish -e Rautela 14246081 1427 W18 W9 L1 D4 W19 L5 3.5  
7 Atheeshw -e Durairaj 14711460 1409 W14 L21 D3 W24 W10 L2 3.5  
8 Winston M -e Xu 15299881 1357 D24 L16 L13 W14 W18 W12 3.5  
9 Luke -e Zhao 14282042 1323 W16 L6 L15 W13 D21 W22 3.5  
10 Suni ^ Vallabhaneni 14509271 1070 L5 B--- H--- W17 L7 W19 3.5  
11 Jarett -f -e Nishikawa 14780258 1433 W23 W27 W21 L1 L3 L4 3.0  
12 Shaashw -e Sivakumar 15089302 1417 B--- D5 D22 W15 L2 L8 3.0  
13 Stephen -e He 14726703 1378 L21 L14 W8 L9 W26 W24 3.0  
14 Lucas ^ -e Zheng 15198000 1274 L7 W13 L4 L8 B--- W23 3.0  
15 Felix Yipeng ^ -e Liu 14709715 1146 W27 L23 W9 L12 D20 D17 3.0  
16 Vishal -e $m17 Sodem 14219823 1460 L9 W8 L2 L20 D24 W26 2.5  
17 Pratheek -e Sankeshi 14978254 1392 W20 L1 D18 L10 D23 D15 2.5  
18 Vedant -e Kenkare 14478825 1303 L6 W20 D17 L19 L8 B--- 2.5  
19 Maya Seshad ^ -e Nayak 14519188 1251 L3 W26 D23 W18 L6 L10 2.5  
20 Nitish -p Nath 15494283 1239 L17 L18 B--- W16 D15 F21 2.5  
21 Sidhar ^ -e Surapaneni 14678417 1235 W13 W7 L11 L3 D9 F20 2.5  
22 Naveen ^ -p Nath 14879107 1181 H--- H--- D12 W23 L4 L9 2.5  
23 Nishan -e Chatterjee 15202370 1309 L11 W15 D19 L22 D17 L14 2.0  
24 Kunal ^ -e Shrivastav 15177238 1213 D8 L4 W26 L7 D16 L13 2.0  
25 Anusri ^ -p Yelisetti 14451201 1211 H--- H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
26 Nikh -e Parvathaneni 15227212 1327 L2 L19 L24 B--- L13 L16 1.0  
27 Jason Zhong 15083412 1346 L15 L11 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  



DEu (under1300)

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Nikko Daniel -e Le 15442612 1096 W23 W13 W9 W7 W2 H--- 5.5 1st Place: $532.8 (econ of 888)
2 Kyle Wu 14718353 1173 W44 W36 W3 W6 L1 W8 5.0 2nd Place: $444
3 Vyom -e Vidyarthi 15107740 1267 W11 W10 L2 W12 D6 W13 4.5 3rd Place: $178;
4th Place: $133;
5th Place: $107;
5-way split of: $418: $83.6 each
Sztaray - platinum
Vidyarthi, Zhao - $50.16 (econ of 83.6)
4 Mihir Kondapalli 14715950 1252 W49 D18 W31 W14 L8 W17 4.5
5 Reka -p Sztaray 14656444 1235 W19 L6 W42 W18 W11 D7 4.5
6 Leon -e Zhao 15570394 1065 W8 W5 W14 L2 D3 W15 4.5
7 Ria Deshpande 14907714 1012 W24 W37 W21 L1 W25 D5 4.5
8 Saimaniv Alisetty 14983432 1256 L6 W27 W41 W29 W4 L2 4.0  
9 Gordon -e Winter 15336888 1123 W15 W33 L1 W21 L13 W26 4.0  
10 Sattvik Rudr -e Raju 15373047 1104 W47 L3 D36 D20 W29 W24 4.0  
11 Chelsea -f Zhou 15239016 1071 L3 W47 W37 W22 L5 W25 4.0  
12 Yiyang Zheng 15362843 962 D45 D16 W26 L3 W39 W34 4.0  
13 Marcos -e Verbera 13914360 544 B--- L1 W30 W24 W9 L3 4.0  
14 William J Chui 15174401 1268 W41 W17 L6 L4 W34 D18 3.5  
15 Kannappa Singaram 14439398 1260 L9 W32 W34 D17 W36 L6 3.5  
16 Prabhav -e Pragash 14906397 1152 D20 D12 D19 W35 L17 W31 3.5  
17 Aadarsh -e Shivaraju 14607307 1115 W28 L14 W44 D15 W16 L4 3.5  
18 Jerry D Lee 15495107 1068 W48 D4 D25 L5 W21 D14 3.5  
19 Gabriel -e Kan 15229946 1047 L5 W50 D16 L34 W30 W36 3.5  
20 Bha -e Bellannagari 15361923 873 D16 W45 L24 D10 W37 H--- 3.5  
21 Hubert Liu 15252236 1260 W42 W26 L7 L9 L18 W41 3.0  
22 Jamin Xie 15560067 1244 L39 W38 W33 L11 L26 W42 3.0  
23 Sid -e Radhakrishnan 15087787 1236 L1 L30 D32 W49 D41 W43 3.0  
24 Andy Zhang 14970786 1231 L7 W43 W20 L13 W42 L10 3.0  
25 Arjun -e Sankar 14542170 1193 D35 W29 D18 W39 L7 L11 3.0  
26 Nikhil -e Shanbhag 14978824 1101 W46 L21 L12 W44 W22 L9 3.0  
27 Abhi -e Penagalapati 15467440 859 D31 L8 L40 D45 W51 W37 3.0  
28 Tushar -e Shrivastav 15177223 837 L17 L41 W43 D32 D38 W39 3.0  
29 Frank -e Jiang 15664356 683 W40 L25 W45 L8 L10 W38 3.0  
30 Rohan -e Kaushikan 15191740 1159 L33 W23 L13 D46 L19 W45 2.5  
31 Erkhe Erdenebileg 15157298 1135 D27 W35 L4 L36 W46 L16 2.5  
32 David Ji -e Sartorio 15107713 1103 H--- L15 D23 D28 H--- D33 2.5  
33 William J -e Wu 15239593 1089 W30 L9 L22 L37 W44 D32 2.5  
34 Kasi -e Ganesh 15044870 1082 W38 D39 L15 W19 L14 L12 2.5  
35 Pranav -e Bellannagari 15361917 985 D25 L31 W49 L16 D45 H--- 2.5  
36 Hari Ra -e Ambethkar 15173194 935 W50 L2 D10 W31 L15 L19 2.5  
37 Matt -f Bhattacharya 14954195 1173 W43 L7 L11 W33 L20 L27 2.0  
38 Anika Rajaram 15446678 1129 L34 L22 B--- D41 D28 L29 2.0  
39 Masanaga -e Seno 15431517 1109 W22 D34 H--- L25 L12 L28 2.0  
40 Stewart -e Kwok 14878942 1092 L29 L44 W27 L42 L43 W46 2.0  
41 Archish Risha -e Ray 15242994 1088 L14 W28 L8 D38 D23 L21 2.0  
42 Hanrui Zhang 15739000 1070 L21 W46 L5 W40 L24 L22 2.0  
43 Vishruth -e Dinesh 15250120 982 L37 L24 L28 X47 W40 L23 2.0  
44 Raghav -e Murthy 15689870 973 L2 W40 L17 L26 L33 W51 2.0  
45 Sevien W Aubuchon 15377282 1166 D12 L20 L29 D27 D35 L30 1.5  
46 Robert Pau -e Volkov 15585643 820 L26 L42 W47 D30 L31 L40 1.5  
47 Nivedha Maniv 15051484 938 L10 L11 L46 F43 U--- B--- 1.0  
48 Karthik -f Balaji 14731086 1256 L18 D49 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
49 Prasad -p Dasari 15218548 1060 L4 D48 L35 L23 U--- U--- 0.5  
50 Suvi Thungathurti 15810272 1163 L36 L19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
51 Jeremy Colquhoun 13738198 824 F--- U--- U--- U--- L27 L44 0.0  



Extra Rated

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Tot
1 Pran ^ $e30 Senthilkumar 14020007 1943 W5 1.0
2 Adrian ^ -f Kondakov 15082597 1712 W4 1.0
3 Lucas ^ -e Zheng 15198000 1274 W6 1.0
4 Balaji ^ -f Daggupati 14499403 1991 L2 0.0
5 Arul ^ -e Viswanathan 14490424 1796 L1 0.0
6 Nivedha Maniv 15051484 938 L3 0.0