Best of the West Class Championship (BAC 1326)
May 26/27-28, 2018
Santa Clara Marriott (map)
2700 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Total: 210 unique players (Open: 54  -  A: 45  -  B: 40  -  C: 25  -  DEu: 52)
194 Fully paid entries
 

Prize Fund
$16,000 b250 - 60% guaranteed
Actual: $11,814 b184 - 74%

  Open (2000+) Section A (1800-1999) Section B (1600-1799) Section C (1400-1599) Section DEu (u1400)
  Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected
1st $1,472 $2,000 $1,104 $1,500 $1,104 $1,500 $736 $1,000 $589 $800
2nd $883 $1,200 $589 $800 $584 $800 $368 $500 $368 $500
3rd  $515 $700 $368 $500 $368 $500 $221 $300 $221 $300
4th  $221 $300 $147 $200 $147 $200 $147 $200 $110 $150
5th $110 $150 $74 $100 $74 $100 $74 $100 $74 $100
                     
  under 2300               under 1200  
1st $368 $500           1st $221 $300
2nd $221 $300           2nd $147 $200
3rd  $110 $150           3rd  $74 $100
                     
  Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected
Total $4,112 $5,300 $2,406 $3,100 $2,406 $3,100 $1,630 $2,100 $1,902 $2,450



FINAL Standing

Open Section (2000+)
Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 GM Conrad -f Holt 2685 W31 W7 W4 W8 D2 W9 5.5 1st Place: $1472 - ef = $1343
2 GM Melikse -f Khachiyan 2585 W32 W28 W5 W18 D1 D6 5.0 2nd Place: $883 -ef = $752
3-7 NM Jack Qijie Zhu 2439 W37 L17 W21 W28 D7 W18 4.5 3rd Place: $515
4th Place: $221
5th Place: $110
1st U2300: $368
2nd U2300: $221
5-way split of $1435 = $287 each
  NM Siddharth Banik 2327 W33 W19 L1 W42 W15 D8 4.5
  WIM Ashritha Eswaran 2237 W38 W20 L2 W19 D8 W22 4.5
  Eric Yuhan Li 2150 D47 W44 W29 W12 D9 D2 4.5
  Henry Wang 2149 W48 L1 W37 W20 D3 W13 4.5
8-12 IM Vince -f McCambridge 2467 W21 W42 W10 L1 D5 D4 4.0  
  NM Sijing Wu 2211 W60 D11 W54 W17 D6 L1 4.0 3rd Place U2300 = $110
4-way split of $110 = $27.50 each
Sivakumar - platinum
  NM Rochelle Wu 2183 W22 W41 L8 D36 W32 D11 4.0
  Krishna Nathan 2097 W57 D9 D13 D26 W23 D10 4.0
  Shaashw ^ -p Sivakumar 1947 D16 W25 W30 L6 D14 W28 4.0
13-25 David Pan 2168 W34 D29 D11 D32 W36 L7 3.5  
  Vyom Vidyarthi 2163 L55 H--- W58 W35 D12 D21 3.5  
  Paulo Santanna 2143 D24 W49 W55 H--- L4 H--- 3.5  
  CM Pran $m26 Senthilkumar 2141 D12 W43 L18 W55 D25 D24 3.5  
  Milind Maiti 2119 W56 W3 D26 L9 L22 W39 3.5  
  Archit Dasika 2109 W46 W45 W16 L2 D26 L3 3.5  
  Danny Soong 2057 W52 L4 W48 L5 W47 H--- 3.5  
  Yixiang Lu 2027 W53 L5 W24 L7 W35 D25 3.5  
  Ojas Karnavat 2007 L8 W40 L3 W48 W34 D14 3.5  
  Evan Zihao ^ Ai 1951 L10 D53 W52 W29 W17 L5 3.5  
  Sam ^ Sloan 1900 H--- H--- H--- W43 L11 W36 3.5  
  Dmitri ^ Dobrynin 1898 D15 D36 L20 W33 W37 D16 3.5  
  Shawna ^ Shivakumar 1884 D43 L12 W50 W30 D16 D20 3.5  
26-35 NM Michael Aigner 2255 D44 W47 D17 D11 D18 --- 3.0  
  Richard W Koepcke 2200 L45 W46 D35 H--- D39 H--- 3.0  
  Abhishek Handigol 2133 W59 L2 W33 L3 W45 L12 3.0  
  Alvin Pulley 2049 W58 D13 L6 L22 D52 W41 3.0  
  Ashik Uzzaman 2045 W50 D35 L12 L25 D46 W48 3.0  
  Eliam -p Chang 2021 L1 L48 W53 D46 W55 D32 3.0  
  Rui Yang Yan 2015 L2 W59 W41 D13 L10 D31 3.0  
  Ethan ^ Boldi 1968 L4 W51 L28 L24 W50 W49 3.0  
  Maurya^ Palusa 1941 L13 L58 W56 W57 L21 W52 3.0  
  Advait ^ Budaraju 1881 B--- D30 D27 L14 L20 W45 3.0  
36-41 William Sartorio 2042 H--- D24 W57 D10 L13 L23 2.5  
  Srir^ Krishnakumar 1983 L3 W56 L7 W49 L24 D40 2.5  
  Joshua^-p Lu 1958 L5 D52 D49 D51 W58 U--- 2.5  
  Abhi ^ -p Penagalapati 1944 H--- H--- L42 W40 D27 L17 2.5  
  Jonathan ^ Martinez 1872 L54 L21 X60 L39 W44 D37 2.5  
  WFM Annapoo ^ Meiyappan 1815 B--- L10 L32 D44 W43 L29 2.5  
42-53 Daniel Cheng 2100 W51 L8 W39 L4 U--- --- 2.0  
  Adrian -f Kondakov 2038 D25 L16 W45 L23 L41 D51 2.0  
  Michael S ^ Ho 1965 D26 L6 L47 D41 L40 B--- 2.0  
  Shreyas ^** Nayak 1957 W27 L18 L43 W50 L28 L35 2.0  
  Eric ^ Steger 1938 L18 L27 B--- D31 D30 --- 2.0  
  Carvin ^ Pruitt Jr 1931 D6 L26 W44 H--- L19 --- 2.0  
  Sanat ^ Singhal 1918 L7 W31 L19 L21 W51 L30 2.0  
  Sathvi ^ Singireddy 1902 H--- L15 D38 L37 W59 L33 2.0  
  Alexander Tian ^ Hu 1900 L30 B--- L25 L45 L33 W58 2.0  
  Tejas ^ -p Mahesh 1833 L42 L33 W59 D38 L48 D43 2.0  
  Kevin ^ Xu 1821 L19 D38 L22 B--- D29 L34 2.0  
  Saadiq^-p Shaikh 1807 L20 D22 L31 H--- H--- H--- 2.0  
54-58 John Canessa 2124 W40 H--- L9 --- U--- --- 1.5  
  Anthony ^ Hung 1933 W14 H--- L15 L16 L31 --- 1.5  
  WCM Antara ^ Garai 1863 L17 L37 L34 D59 D57 H--- 1.5  
  Jacob ^ -p Han 1823 L11 W60 L36 L34 D56 U--- 1.5  
  Shaaket ^ -p Sivakumar 1814 L29 W34 L14 H--- L38 L50 1.5  
59 Guy^ Sirak 1878 L28 L32 L51 D56 L49 H--- 1.0  
60 Shreyas ^ Nayak 1957 L9 L57 F40 --- U--- --- 0.0  



Section A (1800-1999)
Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 CM Aghila Nachiappan 1811 W24 W5 W13 W15 X4 W4 6.0 1st Place:  $1104
2 Leo ^ Jiang 1755 D14 D18 B--- W26 W13 D5 4.5 2nd Place: $589
3-8 Anthony Faulks 1981 W22 W27 W15 L4 D5 D6 4.0 3rd Place: $368
4th Place: $147
5th Place: $74
6-way split of $589 = $98.16 each
Econ of $98.16 for Eswaran & Liu = $49.08 each
  Kristian Clemens 1942 W10 W26 W9 W3 F1 L1 4.0
  WCM Aksithi -e Eswaran 1849 W17 L1 W6 W28 D3 D2 4.0
  Prarthan Ghosh 1824 W19 D32 L5 W20 W11 D3 4.0
  Divija ^ Hasteer 1786 D20 D21 W23 L9 W27 W12 4.0
  Jeffrey ^ -e Liu 1656 L28 B--- W22 W10 W9 U--- 4.0
9-11 Alan Finkelstein 1834 D18 W14 L4 W7 L8 W23 3.5  
  Stephen ^ -e He 1799 L4 B--- W12 L8 W29 D15 3.5  
  Nicholas ^ -p Jiang 1778 L13 W33 D20 W30 L6 W21 3.5  
12-20 Cesar Mendoza 1990 H--- D29 L10 W32 W28 L7 3.0  
  Soyar Ahmad Sair 1926 W11 W28 L1 W21 L2 --- 3.0  
  Arun Dixit 1882 D2 L9 H--- D23 D19 W24 3.0  
  Ruthvi Singireddy 1833 W31 W23 L3 L1 D21 D10 3.0  
  George Jeffers Jr 1818 L32 D20 W31 D29 W18 --- 3.0  
  Felix Yipeng ^ Liu 1761 L5 W24 L21 D19 D20 W29 3.0  
  CM Nitish ^ -p Nath 1707 D9 D2 D25 H--- L16 W27 3.0  
  WCM Anika ^ -p Rajaram 1692 L6 L22 W33 D17 D14 W28 3.0  
  Abbie ^ -e Wu 1646 D7 D16 D11 L6 D17 W31 3.0  
21-25 Atul R ^ Kamath 1792 H--- D7 W17 L13 D15 L11 2.5  
  Nikko Daniel ^ Le 1780 L3 W19 L8 D24 L23 B--- 2.5  
  Nicholas Weng 1758 B--- L15 L7 D14 W22 L9 2.5  
  Sid ^ -e Radhakrishnan 1657 L1 L17 B--- D22 W30 L14 2.5  
  David ^ Xiao 1603 L26 L30 D18 H--- D31 W33 2.5  
26-29 Daniel F Trimbach 1818 W25 L4 W29 L2 U--- --- 2.0  
  Mihir -e Kumar 1815 W33 L3 H--- H--- L7 L18 2.0  
  Benjamin ^ Bankhead 1792 W8 L13 W32 L5 L12 L19 2.0  
  Ruoxiao ^ Xia 1609 W30 D12 L26 D16 L10 L17 2.0  
30-33 Teodoro Porlares 1824 L29 W25 H--- L11 L24 U--- 1.5  
  Kunal^ Shrivastav 1707 L15 H--- L16 D33 D25 L20 1.5  
  Rohan ^ -e Das 1686 W16 D6 L28 L12 U--- --- 1.5  
  Nikh ^ -e Parvathaneni 1671 L27 L11 L19 D31 B--- L25 1.5  



Section B (1600-1799)
Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Venkatagi Acharya 1671 D12 W17 W32 W19 W16 W2 5.5 1st Place $1104
2-3 Supunay Nagpal 1688 W18 W27 W23 W3 W10 L1 5.0 2nd Place = $589
3rd Place = $368
2-way split of $957 = $478.50 each
Econ of $478.50 for Zhou = $239.25
  Chelsea -e Zhou 1610 W14 W29 W16 L2 W9 W10 5.0
4-5 Matt Bhattacharya 1664 W22 D8 W33 L10 W28 W13 4.5 4th Place = $147
5th Place = $74
2-way split of $221 = $110.50 each
Econ of $110.50 for Wang = $55.25
  Agnes Zhiyi -e Wang 1657 W21 D32 L10 W27 W19 W12 4.5
6-8 And Mueckenberger 1688 L8 D20 W35 W22 D11 W16 4.0  
  Alexander Nishio 1663 D28 L33 W31 D8 W32 W21 4.0  
  Rohan ^ -p Rajaram 1594 W6 D4 L19 D7 W14 W24 4.0  
9-13 Jason Fan 1729 L19 W37 D13 W23 L3 W28 3.5  
  Ayush Bheemaiah 1697 W11 D12 W5 W4 L2 L3 3.5  
  Drew Tuck 1605 L10 H--- B--- W34 D6 H--- 3.5  
  Sricharan^ Pullela 1594 D1 D10 W26 D24 W15 L5 3.5  
  Yanzhe ^ Feng 1512 W30 L16 D9 W17 W24 L4 3.5  
14-23 Andrew Yuxu Liang 1729 L3 D24 D20 W33 L8 W32 3.0  
  Daniel -E Lin 1671 W20 D19 L28 W18 L12 D23 3.0  
  Ahyan Zaman 1650 W35 W13 L3 W28 L1 L6 3.0  
  Vaibhav-e Krishnan 1629 H--- L1 W21 L13 W33 D22 3.0  
  Aryan ^ Morasa 1599 L2 W40 D25 L15 W27 D19 3.0  
  Alvin T ^ Han 1597 W9 D15 W8 L1 L5 D18 3.0  
  Hari Ra ^ -e Ambethkar 1581 L15 D6 D14 D26 D34 W31 3.0  
  Saatvik -e Krishnan 1574 L5 B--- L17 W37 W25 L7 3.0  
  Yesun ^ Lee 1547 L4 W30 D34 L6 W35 D17 3.0  
  Aidan J ^ -e Chen 1480 B--- W25 L2 L9 D26 D15 3.0  
24-29 Pudur ** Ramaswamy 1638 D33 D14 W29 D12 L13 L8 2.5  
  Eric Allen -e Honer 1635 W38 L23 D18 D32 L21 D29 2.5  
  Prabhav -e Pragash 1631 L36 W39 L12 D20 D23 H--- 2.5  
  Hanza ^ Myint 1542 W39 L2 H--- L5 L18 W34 2.5  
  WCM Omya ^ -e Vidyarthi 1519 D7 W34 W15 L16 L4 L9 2.5  
  Kapil ^ -e Karunakaran 1485 W31 L3 L24 L35 B--- D25 2.5  
30-34 Mohammad* Soltani 1655 L13 L22 L37 B--- L31 W35 2.0  
  Eric Yo-Ping -e Lai 1645 L29 D35 L7 H--- W30 L20 2.0  
  Mihir ^ -e Kotbagi 1524 W40 D5 L1 D25 L7 L14 2.0  
  Charles ^ Huang 1452 D24 W7 L4 L14 L17 H--- 2.0  
  Lucas ^ -e Zheng 1401 W37 L28 D22 L11 D20 L27 2.0  
35 Atheeshw ^ Durairaj 1501 L16 D31 L6 W29 L22 L30 1.5  
36-37 Nicholas Weng 1758 W26 --- U--- --- U--- --- 1.0  
  Ishan -e Aiyer 1622 L34 L9 W30 L21 U--- --- 1.0  
38-40 Sos Hakobyan 1790 L25 --- U--- --- U--- --- 0.0  
  Mohammad Soltani 1655 L27 L26 U--- --- U--- --- 0.0  
  Pudur Ramaswamy 1638 L32 L18 U--- --- U--- --- 0.0  



Section C (1400-1599)
Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Enoch Martinez 1591 W6 W21 D8 W2 W3 D4 5.0 1st Place $736
2-4 Ryan -p Wang 1548 W16 W14 W12 L1 D5 W11 4.5 2nd Place: $368
3rd Place: $221
4th Place: $147
3-way split of $736 = $245.33 each
Wang - Platinum
  Jacob Chiang 1528 W19 D9 W11 W8 L1 W5 4.5
  Thomas Zhu 1426 L11 W20 W29 W12 W14 D1 4.5
5-7 Sam^ Rossin 1379 D20 W23 W9 W24 D2 L3 4.0 5th Place: $74
3-way split of $74 = $24.66 each
Econ of $24.66 for Yeh = $12.33
  Bryce ^ -e Yeh 1373 L1 L19 W20 W31 W25 W12 4.0
  Andrew ^ Guo 1327 D26 D13 D25 D9 W22 W14 4.0
8-11 Nghia ** Ung 1556 W18 W25 D1 L3 D11 D9 3.5  
  Priyadarsi ^ -e Mishra 1385 W31 D3 L5 D7 W23 D8 3.5  
  Lucas ^ -p Jiang 1338 W28 D22 L24 L19 W21 W18 3.5  
  Nikhil ^ Venkat 1246 W4 W26 L3 W13 D8 L2 3.5  
12-20 Nicholas Ar Boldi 1468 W17 W24 L2 L4 W19 L6 3.0  
  Noah Baldonado 1454 D23 D7 D19 L11 D20 W25 3.0  
  Kavya -E Sasikumar 1451 W30 L2 W15 W18 L4 L7 3.0  
  Aidan ^ -e Wang 1396 U--- W30 L14 W29 D16 D17 3.0  
  Anish ^-e Dara Jr 1336 L2 W32 D17 D25 D15 D19 3.0  
  Leo ^-e Jiang 1319 L12 L28 D16 W30 W31 D15 3.0  
  Iris ^ Quan 1319 L8 W31 W21 L14 X26 L10 3.0  
  Maya Seshad ^-e Nayak 1302 L3 W6 D13 W10 L12 D16 3.0  
  Kaustub ^ -e Kodihalli 1214 D5 L4 L6 W27 D13 W30 3.0  
21-23 Frederick M Zhang 1514 W29 L1 L18 H--- L10 W32 2.5  
  Aruna Gauba 1435 H--- D10 H--- H--- L7 D23 2.5  
  Felix John ^-e Zhou 1255 D13 L5 W26 H--- L9 D22 2.5  
24-25 Matthew O'Connor 1558 W32 L12 W10 L5 U--- U--- 2.0  
  Javier ^ Silva III 1249 W27 L8 D7 D16 L6 L13 2.0  
26-27 Togtok Oyuntseren 1557 D7 L11 L23 W32 F18 --- 1.5  
  Elena ^ -f Kondakova 1431 L25 L29 H--- L20 W32 --- 1.5  
28-32 Nghia Ung 1556 L10 W17 --- --- U--- --- 1.0  
  Pranav ^-e Aiyer 1271 L21 W27 L4 L15 U--- --- 1.0  
  Alex Boyuan ^ -e Li 1247 L14 L15 L32 L17 B--- L20 1.0  
  Jason L ^ -e Liu 1235 L9 L18 B--- L6 L17 U--- 1.0  
  Kayden ^ -e Jiang 1164 L24 L16 W30 L26 L27 L21 1.0  




Section DEu (u1400&unrated)
Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Nicklaus Lo 1389 W23 W19 W8 W7 W2 D4 5.5 1st Place: $589
2 Kyle Chang 1369 W24 W12 W11 W20 L1 W7 5.0 2nd Place: $368
3-5 David Ji Sartorio 1303 H--- W27 W31 W8 L7 W12 4.5 3rd Place:  $221
4th Place: $110
5th Place:  $74
3-way split of  $405 = $135 (each)
Zhou: $67.5 (econ of 135)
  Greg-e Zhou 1246 W38 W6 L7 W15 W20 D1 4.5
  Aarav Urgaonkar 1230 W30 L7 W29 W24 D6 W11 4.5
6-9 Justin Leung 1366 W32 L4 D15 W26 D5 W23 4.0  
  Anushka Kolli 1339 W17 W5 W4 L1 W3 L2 4.0  
  Max Hao 1323 W28 W9 L1 L3 W32 W13 4.0  
  Winston Leung 1255 W34 L8 W17 D14 D23 X20 4.0  
10-18 Boyang Li 1388 D15 D14 D23 D16 D25 W27 3.5  
  Sri Kri Velicheti 1296 W29 W22 L2 D13 W21 L5 3.5  
  Zack Zhou 1253 W18 L2 W28 D21 W14 L3 3.5  
  Michael -c D'Alfonsi 1226 H--- H--- W33 D11 W16 L8 3.5  
  Eddie Zhang 1198 W39 D10 D21 D9 L12 W30 3.5 1st Place U1200 = $221
2nd Place U1200 = $147
3rd Place U1200 = $74
5-way split of $442 = $88.40 each
Patil, Xiao, Wang: $44.20 (econ of 88.4)
Cheung - Platinum
  Jaden -p Cheung 1176 D10 W26 D6 L4 D28 W29 3.5
  Yashas -e Patil 1086 W41 W31 L20 D10 L13 W24 3.5
  Marina -e Xiao 1060 L7 W18 L9 W34 W22 D21 3.5
  Sophie -e Wang 943 L12 L17 W39 D27 W36 W25 3.5
19-23 Winston -e Yeh 1260 W36 L1 L24 L28 W33 W32 3.0  
  Abha Dharnidharka 1252 W27 W33 W16 L2 L4 F9 3.0  
  Neil Khandelwal 1218 D35 W25 D14 D12 L11 D17 3.0  
  Cassius Lai 1207 W37 L11 D36 H--- L17 W34 3.0  
  Ethan Liang 1178 L1 W35 D10 W36 D9 L6 3.0  
24-30 Aadith Muthukumar 1165 L2 W30 W19 L5 D29 L16 2.5  
  John Edwards-El 1145 H--- L21 W34 H--- D10 L18 2.5  
  Chau-Ha -e Nghiem 1079 H--- L15 W35 L6 L30 W36 2.5  
  Jackie X -e Cowgill 1070 L20 L3 W40 D18 W37 L10 2.5  
  Jolene X ^ -e Liu 1033 L8 W38 L12 W19 D15 U--- 2.5  
  Alex Sh Zhang 1028 L11 W37 L5 W31 D24 L15 2.5  
  Ruoyu -e Zhou 966 L5 L24 D37 W38 W26 L14 2.5  
31-35 Michael Bazarov 1190 W40 L16 L3 L29 L34 W37 2.0  
  Hengrui Liang 1144 L6 L34 W38 W33 L8 L19 2.0  
  Alexande Bankhead 1033 B--- L20 L13 L32 L19 W39 2.0  
  Kin -e Das Chowdhury 1001 L9 W32 L25 L17 W31 L22 2.0  
  Claire -e Wang 812 D21 L23 L26 H--- H--- H--- 2.0  
36-37 Carrie -e Song 1009 L19 W39 D22 L23 L18 L26 1.5  
  Hansika -e Kolli 801 L22 L29 D30 W39 L27 L31 1.5  
38-39 Surya -e Sasikumar 855 L4 L28 L32 L30 L39 B--- 1.0  
  Michael -e Xiao 785 L14 L36 L18 L37 W38 L33 1.0  
40 Kate -e Canessa 128 L31 H--- L27 --- U--- --- 0.5  
41 Aidan -e Wang 1396 L16 --- --- --- U--- --- 0.0  



Extra Rated
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Alexander Tian ^ Hu 1900 W6 --- --- 1.0
2 Kevin ^ Xu 1821 U--- W8 --- 1.0
3 Kapil ^ -e Karunakaran 1485 U--- U--- W7 1.0
4 Sid ^ -e Radhakrishnan 1657 D5 --- --- 0.5
5 Drew Tuck 1605 D4 --- --- 0.5
6 Stephen ^ -e He 1799 L1 --- --- 0.0
7 Nikh ^ -e Parvathaneni 1671 U--- U--- L3 0.0
8 Mohammad* Soltani 1655 U--- L2 --- 0.0