May 24/25-26 - 2014 Best of the West Class Championship

Total 195 players (Open: 55, A: 38, B:36, C: 35, DE: 31)

@ Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (map)

Final Standing

Open

GM Sam Shankland and IM Konstan Kavutskiy tied for first place ($2000) and second place ($1000) - these prices were split, each earned $1500
IM Roman Yankovsky, GM Melikse Khachiyan, NM Craig Hilby and IM Ricardo De Guzman tied for third place ($466.7), fourth place ($200) and fifth place ($83.3) - these prices were split, each earned $188.75
NM Robert Hatarik, Ladia R Jirasek and NM Movses Movsisyan tied for first place u2300 ($333.3), second place u2300 ($133.3) and third place u2300 ($83.3) - these prices were split, each earned $185

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 GM Sam -f Shankland 2707 W50 W39 W38 W7 D2 D3 5.0

$1377 ($2250 -EF)

2 IM Konstan Kavutskiy 2363 W25 W32 W23 D3 D1 W8 5.0 $1500
3 IM Roman Yankovsky 2513 W11 D15 W24 D2 W13 D1 4.5 $188.75
4 GM Melikse -f Khachiyan 2634 W10 W26 D8 D13 D9 W15 4.5 $65.75 ($188.75-EF)
5 NM Craig Hilby 2333 L17 W35 W21 W14 D6 W20 4.5 $188.75
6 IM Ricardo -f De Guzman 2483 W27 D14 W42 D8 D5 W16 4.5 $65.75 ($188.75-EF
7 GM Walter S -f Browne 2491 W30 W22 W19 L1 H--- D9 4.0  
8 NM Kesav Viswanadha 2347 W49 X51 D4 D6 W18 L2 4.0  
9 NM Andy C Lee 2320 D41 W45 W31 D16 D4 D7 4.0  
10 NM Robert Hatarik 2148 L4 W53 W28 D24 W38 D13 4.0 $185
11 Ladia R Jirasek 2138 L3 W43 L18 W37 W42 W23 4.0 $185
12 NM Movses Movsisyan 2260 L14 L16 W36 W35 W33 W24 4.0 $185
13 NM Hayk Manvelyan 2349 W33 D17 W15 D4 L3 D10 3.5  
14 Gabriel Jame Bick 2058 W12 D6 D16 L5 D41 W40 3.5  
15 NM Michael Wang 2216 W43 D3 L13 W30 W17 L4 3.5  
16 NM Aaron Grabinsky 2213 D42 W12 D14 D9 W32 L6 3.5  
17 Paul Richter 2074 W5 D13 H--- W19 L15 D18 3.5  
18 FM Cameron Wheeler 2373 W21 L23 W11 W25 L8 D17 3.5  
19 NM Vign Panchanatham 2316 W53 W28 L7 L17 D25 W35 3.5  
20 Archit* Dasika 1950 W44 L38 W50 D23 W26 L5 3.5  
21 Jack Qijie Zhu 2111 L18 W29 L5 W47 D40 W32 3.5  
22 Pranav Nagarajan 2168 W54 L7 D32 W34 H--- H--- 3.5  
23 Rayan Taghizadeh 2187 W29 W18 L2 D20 D24 L11 3.0  
24 Ganesh ^ Viswanath 1926 B--- W46 L3 D10 D23 L12 3.0  
25 Joshua Cao 2103 L2 W37 W46 L18 D19 D26 3.0  
26 Allan Beilin 2188 W37 L4 D33 W27 L20 D25 3.0  
27 Jeffrey Tao 2073 L6 W36 D39 L26 D34 W42 3.0  
28 Joanna Liu 2024 W52 L19 L10 D46 D30 W41 3.0  
29 Balaji ^ Daggupati 1935 L23 L21 B--- W50 D39 D31 3.0  
30 Art Zhao 2111 L7 D34 W47 L15 D28 W43 3.0  
31 Trung Nguyen 2139 H--- W41 L9 L32 W45 D29 3.0  
32 Abhishek Handigol 2056 W40 L2 D22 W31 L16 L21 2.5  
33 Hans Moke Niemann 2097 L13 W52 D26 D39 L12 D34 2.5  
34 Bryon Doyle 2056 L46 D30 W41 L22 D27 D33 2.5  
35 Tan ^ Nguyen 1991 H--- L5 W45 L12 W44 L19 2.5  
36 Charles Tang 2064 L38 L27 L12 W49 D37 W47 2.5  
37 Praveen Narayanan 1945 L26 L25 W49 L11 D36 W48 2.5  
38 NM Paul A Gallegos 2260 W36 W20 L1 H--- L10 U--- 2.5  
39 Udit* Iyengar 2182 W48 L1 D27 D33 D29 U--- 2.5  
40 NM Austen J Green 2270 L32 W49 H--- H--- D21 L14 2.5  
41 Josiah P -f Stearman 2073 D9 L31 L34 W48 D14 L28 2.0  
42 William Li Jr 2007 D16 W44 L6 H--- L11 L27 2.0  
43 Hovik Manvelyan 2026 L15 L11 D52 D44 X50 L30 2.0  
44 Ashik Uzzaman 2148 L20 L42 D48 D43 L35 W45 2.0  
45 Andrew Zhang Hong 2067 H--- L9 L35 W52 L31 L44 1.5  
46 NM Siddharth G Banik 2224 W34 L24 L25 D28 U--- U--- 1.5  
47 Eric Alan ^ Steger 1904 H--- H--- L30 L21 D48 L36 1.5  
48 Arhant ^ Katare 1961 L39 L50 D44 L41 D47 L37 1.0  
49 SImon Rubinstein-salzedo 2097 L8 L40 L37 L36 B--- U--- 1.0  
50 Edward Li 2113 L1 W48 L20 L29 F43 U--- 1.0  
51 Anirudh Seela 2007 X55 F8 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
52 NM Natalya Tsodikova 2202 L28 L33 D43 L45 U--- U--- 0.5  
53 Archit Dasika 2067 L19 L10 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
54 Wais +t Abdul Qayuom unr. L22 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
55 Udit Iyengar 2194 F51 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

 

Section A (1800-1999)

Alexandre Birguer won clear first place ($1335)
Samir Alazawi won clear second place ($670)
George Wi Jeffers and Teodoro Porlares tied for third place ($333.3) and fourth place ($133.3) - these prices were split, each earned $235
Om Chichwadkar, Damon Moskaoyama, Michael S Ho and Joji Escoto tied for fifth place ($83.3) - these prices were split, each earned $21.25
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Alexandre Birguer 1874 W33 W30 W22 D3 W6 W5 5.5 $1335
2 Samir -e Alazawi 1941 W16 D35 D9 W23 W11 W3 5.0 $402 (econ of $670)
3 George Wi Jeffers 1886 W36 W25 W6 D1 W5 L2 4.5 $235
4 Teodoro* Porlares 1910 D10 W14 D17 D9 W16 W12 4.5 $235
5 Om ^ Chinchwadkar 1686 W29 W7 W34 W12 L3 L1 4.0 $21.25
6 Damon -e Mosk-aoyama 1942 W19 W31 L3 W24 L1 W18 4.0 $12.75 (econ of $21.25)
7 Michael S Ho 1932 W26 L5 D21 W35 D10 W19 4.0 $21.25
8 Joji -e Escoto 1992 D21 L24 D25 W30 W22 W10 4.0 $12.75 (econ of $21.25)
9 Raymond -e ^ Muller II 1707 D13 W27 D2 D4 L12 W21 3.5  
10 Cal ^ $^25 McCarty-snead 1796 D4 D18 W30 W20 D7 L8 3.5  
11 Yuri Granik 1935 D28 W32 D24 W22 L2 D13 3.5  
12 Cailen Melville 1846 H--- W28 W35 L5 W9 L4 3.5  
13 Arjun Kall Shenoy 1898 D9 D21 L16 W26 W23 D11 3.5  
14 Daniel F -e Trimbach 1799 H--- L4 L15 W31 W35 W17 3.5  
15 Ganesh -e Murugappan 1865 L22 L17 W14 W36 D21 W25 3.5  
16 Maurya ^ -e Palusa 1750 L2 W29 W13 D34 L4 D20 3.0  
17 Arul ^ -e Viswanathan 1683 L37 W15 D4 W32 D20 L14 3.0  
18 Matt Ros Stecklow 1891 L30 D10 W33 D21 W24 L6 3.0  
19 Rishabh ^ -e Raj 1755 L6 D38 D36 W33 W32 L7 3.0  
20 Fleford Redoloza 1998 W23 H--- H--- L10 D17 D16 3.0  
21 Audrey ^ -e Zhao 1788 D8 D13 D7 D18 D15 L9 2.5  
22 Vahak -e Mandjian unr. W15 W37 L1 L11 L8 D23 2.5  
23 Milind -e Maiti 1838 L20 W26 W31 L2 L13 D22 2.5  
24 Rahul -e Srinivas 1819 H--- W8 D11 L6 L18 D32 2.5  
25 Shaunak ^ Maruvada 1661 B--- L3 D8 L27 W30 L15 2.5  
26 Jason Shuhe ^ -e Zhang 1725 L7 L23 B--- L13 W33 D29 2.5  
27 Joseph A -e Rice 1959 L35 L9 L29 W25 W31 D28 2.5  
28 Divija ^ -e Hasteer 1744 D11 L12 L32 H--- W36 D27 2.5  
29 Allen C Wong 1878 L5 L16 W27 U--- B--- D26 2.5  
30 Oliver -e ^ Wu 1745 W18 L1 L10 L8 L25 W35 2.0  
31 Pran ^ -e Senthilkumar 1717 W38 L6 L23 L14 L27 B--- 2.0  
32 Dhanush -e Venkatesh 1809 H--- L11 W28 L17 L19 D24 2.0  
33 Jwalin -e ^ Shah 1655 L1 B--- L18 L19 L26 W36 2.0  
34 Rahim +sm Gran 1999 B--- H--- L5 D16 U--- U--- 2.0  
35 Andrew -e ^ Peng 1764 W27 D2 L12 L7 L14 L30 1.5  
36 Saleem -e Karamali 1693 L3 H--- D19 L15 L28 L33 1.0  
37 Ranen A Lardent 1881 W17 L22 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
38 Teodoro Porlares 1910 L31 D19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  

 

Section B (1600-1799)

Chris Xiong won clear first place ($1335)
Seaver Dahlgren won clear second place ($670)
Brian C Wen and Kevin Lin tied for third place ($333.3) and fourth place ($133.3) - prizes were split, each earned $235
Sos Hakobyan and William Sam Johns tied for fifth place ($85) - prizes were split, each earned $42.5
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Chris Xiong 1781 D29 W9 W18 W5 W3 W6 5.5 $1335
2 Seaver Dahlgren 1760 L7 W34 W17 W12 W19 W5 5.0 $670
3 Brian C Wen 1765 W20 D32 W4 W11 L1 W8 4.5 $235
4 Kevin -e Lin 1730 D18 W29 L3 W22 W21 W10 4.5 $141 (econ of $235)
5 Sos Hakobyan 1788 W8 W16 W32 L1 W13 L2 4.0 $42.5
6 William Sam Johns 1787 W28 D11 W21 D19 W16 L1 4.0 $42.5
7 Eeswar Sree -p Kurli 1616 W2 D14 D10 L13 W27 D9 3.5  
8 Albert -e Qiu 1644 L5 W30 W9 D10 W11 L3 3.5  
9 Gunaa Arumugam Veerapan unr. W15 L1 L8 W29 W26 D7 3.5  
10 Jonathan Xu 1746 D22 W33 D7 D8 W12 L4 3.5  
11 Rishith Susarla 1701 W25 D6 W31 L3 L8 W21 3.5  
12 Garrick ^-e Su 1693 W34 W27 D19 L2 L10 W16 3.5  
13 Eric Fingal 1760 D33 D17 W26 W7 L5 D15 3.5  
14 Stephen R Ho 1752 D17 D7 W27 L16 D24 W22 3.5  
15 Diego Arauco 1681 L9 L18 W29 W33 W17 D13 3.5  
16 Kevin ^ -e Pan 1536 W30 L5 W23 W14 L6 L12 3.0  
17 William -e ^ Sartorio 1573 D14 D13 L2 W23 L15 W26 3.0  
18 Daniel H ^ Hwang 1579 D4 W15 L1 L21 B--- H--- 3.0  
19 Prana -p Kakulamarri 1660 X35 W26 D12 D6 L2 U--- 3.0  
20 Evan Zihao ^ -e Ai 1599 L3 L23 W30 L26 W34 W24 3.0  
21 Brandon C Ho 1674 D31 W22 L6 W18 L4 L11 2.5  
22 Antara ^ -e Garai 1556 D10 L21 W25 L4 W31 L14 2.5  
23 Anaiy -e Somalwar 1672 L32 W20 L16 L17 D25 W33 2.5  
24 Shopnavo ^ -e Biswas 1528 L26 D25 D33 W28 D14 L20 2.5  
25 Ishan ^ -e Dutta 1509 L11 D24 L22 W30 D23 H--- 2.5  
26 Paul W Savage 1718 W24 L19 L13 W20 L9 L17 2.0  
27 Robert V Russo 1768 X36 L12 L14 W31 L7 U--- 2.0  
28 Todd D McFarren 1649 L6 L31 W34 L24 W33 U--- 2.0  
29 Kimberly Liu 1643 D1 L4 L15 L9 L30 W34 1.5  
30 Nathan -e Auyoung 1724 L16 L8 L20 L25 W29 H--- 1.5  
31 Robert -e ^ Reyes 1383 D21 W28 L11 L27 L22 U--- 1.5  
32 David J Trestor 1793 W23 D3 L5 U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
33 Hiya ^ -e Ghosh 1574 D13 L10 D24 L15 L28 L23 1.0  
34 Eliam Huai- ^ Chang 1435 L12 L2 L28 B--- L20 L29 1.0  
35 Daniel F -e Trimbach 1799 F19 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
36 Cem Kadioglu 1628 F27 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

 

Section C (1400-1599)

Aleksan Kozminski, Joshya Grabinsky and Kr Gopalakrishnan tied for first place ($1335), second place ($670), and third place ($335) - prizes were split, each earned $780
Annapoo Meiyappan won clear fourth place ($125)
Srinivas Suarla, Arijit Banerjee, Kia Sadeghi, Steven Hwang, and Raymond Tan tied for fifth place ($85) - prizes were split, each earned $17

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Aleksan -e Kozminski 1571 W11 W10 W16 W5 W2 L3 5.0 $468 (econ of $780)
2 Joshua $m Grabinsky 1538 W34 W24 W15 W18 L1 W5 5.0 $740 ($780-$40 USCF memb)
3 Kr Gopalakrishnan 1471 W22 L5 W35 W16 W17 W1 5.0 $780
4 Annapoo -e Meiyappan 1505 W26 D17 L5 W13 W11 W10 4.5 $75 (econ of $125)
5 Srinivas Susarla 1571 W31 W3 W4 L1 W15 L2 4.0 $17
6 Arijit ^ Banerjee unr. L10 L11 W32 W19 W28 W16 4.0 $17
7 Kia -e Sadeghi 1455 D35 W23 L17 H--- W27 W15 4.0 $10 (econ of $17)
8 Steven Y -e Hwang 1517 D29 W21 D18 W14 H--- H--- 4.0 $10 (econ of $17)
9 Raymond Tan 1473 W33 L15 W12 W21 H--- H--- 4.0 $17
10 Jeremy Y ^ -e Chen 1384 W6 L1 D24 W31 W18 L4 3.5  
11 Ariel ^ Shahar 1327 L1 W6 D28 W12 L4 W29 3.5  
12 Jordan -e Jiao 1489 D20 W29 L9 L11 W33 W21 3.5  
13 Grant ^ -e Ye 1364 L15 W32 D27 L4 W31 W23 3.5  
14 Alex -e Wang 1425 W30 L16 W34 L8 D21 W22 3.5  
15 Leo -e Matsuda 1594 W13 W9 L2 W17 L5 L7 3.0  
16 Josiah Perkins 1575 W25 W14 L1 L3 W29 L6 3.0  
17 Tony Cole 1400 W23 D4 W7 L15 L3 D18 3.0  
18 Dennis Chen 1514 W32 W27 D8 L2 L10 D17 3.0  
19 Iddo Zohar 1426 L27 L34 W20 L6 W24 W28 3.0  
20 Christopher W ^ -e Yoo 1203 D12 L28 L19 H--- W30 W27 3.0  
21 Aaron ^ -e Hu 1097 B--- L8 W25 L9 D14 L12 2.5  
22 Spencer Lee 1590 L3 D35 D31 D27 W25 L14 2.5  
23 Truman Tang 1578 L17 L7 W26 D33 W34 L13 2.5  
24 Samuel ^ -e Lim 1104 W28 L2 D10 U--- L19 W33 2.5  
25 Rishabh ^ -e $^25 Sanghavi 1342 L16 W33 L21 D35 L22 W32 2.5  
26 Prarthan -e ^ Ghosh 1188 L4 L31 L23 B--- D32 W34 2.5  
27 Vishal ^ -e ^$25 Sodem 1100 W19 L18 D13 D22 L7 L20 2.0  
28 Michael M -e Zheng 1451 L24 W20 D11 D29 L6 L19 2.0  
29 Kiree ^ -e Devarakonda 1299 D8 L12 W30 D28 L16 L11 2.0  
30 Aadarsh ^-e $^25 Shivaraju 1100 L14 B--- L29 L32 L20 W31 2.0  
31 Jeffery -e ^ Zang 1259 L5 W26 D22 L10 L13 L30 1.5  
32 Bharat ^ Iyer 1277 L18 L13 L6 W30 D26 L25 1.5  
33 Vikram ^ Iyer 1187 L9 L25 B--- D23 L12 L24 1.5  
34 Aditya ^ -e Kumar 1301 L2 W19 L14 H--- L23 L26 1.5  
35 Dmitri V Dobrynin 1581 D7 D22 L3 D25 U--- U--- 1.5  

 

Section DE (under 1400)

Fujia Guo won clear first place ($670)
Alexander Nishio won clear first place u1200 ($470)
Michael Byan, Alexander Tian Hu, and Karen Ke Minasyan tied for second place ($335), third place ($135) and fourth place ($85) - prizes were split, each earned $185
Ahyan Zaman won clear second place u1200 ($200)
Kayvon Sadeghi and Satvik Singireddy tied for fifth place ($85) - prizes were split, each earned $42.5
Jaisu Kaleeswaran, Anirudh Poranki, Cairo Sodersten and Ratnakar Yedal tied for third place u1200 ($85) - prizes were split, each earned $21.25

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Fujia Guo 1346 W26 W16 W4 W6 W9 D3 5.5 $670
2 Alexander -e Nishio 1013 W7 W14 W3 L9 W19 W6 5.0 $282 (econ of $470)
3 Michael -e Byun 1232 W17 W30 L2 W26 W7 D1 4.5 $111 (econ of $185)
4 Alexander Tian -e Hu 1229 W29 W15 L1 D19 W25 W9 4.5 $111 (econ of $185)
5 Karen Ke Minasyan 1220 W20 W19 W25 H--- L6 W15 4.5 $185
6 Kayvon Z -e Sadeghi 1378 W28 W18 W11 L1 W5 L2 4.0 $25.5 (econ of $42.5)
7 Satvik Singireddy 1369 L2 W10 W30 W13 L3 W17 4.0 $42.5
8 Ahyan Zaman 969 L14 W21 L19 W23 W16 W13 4.0 $200
9 Jaisu -e Kaleeswaran 1180 W18 W11 H--- W2 L1 L4 3.5 $12.75 (econ of $21.25)
10 Anirudh -e Poranki 1129 D13 L7 W20 D25 D11 W19 3.5 $12.75 (econ of $21.25)
11 Cairo M Sodersten 1184 X--- L9 L6 W27 D10 W20 3.5 $21.25
12 Ratnakar -e Yedal unr. W21 L25 W16 D14 H--- H--- 3.5 $12.75 (econ of $21.25)
13 Aghilan -e Nachiappan unr. D10 W22 W15 L7 D14 L8 3.0  
14 Aswin Sezhiyan Jr 1314 W8 L2 W17 D12 D13 U--- 3.0  
15 Aksithi -e Eswaran 1380 W24 L4 L13 W28 W26 L5 3.0  
16 Ian Cheng 1181 W23 L1 L12 W29 L8 W26 3.0  
17 Eshan -e Prakash 840 L3 X24 L14 W30 W27 L7 3.0  
18 Lorraine -e Eastham unr. L9 L6 W28 L24 W29 W25 3.0  
19 Sindhuja -p Dasari 1330 W27 L5 W8 D4 L2 L10 2.5  
20 Edward Aguas unr. L5 D27 L10 W21 W22 L11 2.5  
21 Connor J -e Chen 1116 L12 L8 D24 L20 W30 W27 2.5  
22 Sidarth -e Raman 928 D25 L13 L27 B--- L20 W28 2.5  
23 Loren H -e Chang 773 L16 B--- L26 L8 D28 W29 2.5  
24 Makhesh -e Srikannan 1036 L15 F17 D21 W18 H--- H--- 2.5  
25 Arya Malini -e Bhat 1244 D22 W12 L5 D10 L4 L18 2.0  
26 Aidan J -e Chen 1002 L1 W29 W23 L3 L15 L16 2.0  
27 Ruthvi Singireddy 991 L19 D20 W22 L11 L17 L21 1.5  
28 Sasha -e Prakir 840 L6 B--- L18 L15 D23 L22 1.5  
29 Nicholas -e Jiang 811 L4 L26 B--- L16 L18 L23 1.0  
30 Sohil -e Chavan 630 B--- L3 L7 L17 L21 U--- 1.0  

 

Extra Rated Games

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Aaron ^ -e Hu 1097 W6 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
2 Aadarsh Shivaraju 1100 U--- W5 U--- U--- 1.0
3 Vikram ^ $^25 Iyer 1187 U--- U--- W4 U--- 1.0
4 Prarthan -e ^ Ghosh 1188 U--- U--- U--- W7 1.0
5 Eliam Huai- ^ Chang 1435 U--- U--- U--- L8 0.0
6 Nicholas -e Jiang 811 U--- U--- L3 U--- 0.0
7 Loren H -e Chang 773 U--- L2 U--- U--- 0.0
8 Sohil -e Chavan 630 L1 U--- U--- U--- 0.0