Bay Area Chess: 2023 New Year Championship & Blitz
on Jan 6/7-8, 2023 
at Silicon Valley Sonesta Event Center (S Milpitas)
1800 Barber Ln. (off I-880 Montague Expy), Milpitas, CA 95035 (map)

 
Prize Fund $12,100 b/75 Paid Entries - 52% of Prize Fund
($12,100 b/143 50% guaranteed)
Section MX (2000+) AB (1699-1999) CD (1200-1599) EF (800-1199)
Actual** Projected* Actual** Projected* Actual** Projected* Actual** Projected*
1st $787 $1,500 $524 $1,000 $524 $1,000 $367 $700
2nd $367 $700 $262 $500 $262 $500 $157 $300
3rd $157 $300 $105 $200 $105 $200 $105 $200
Class u2100 u1800 u1400 u1000
1st $524 $1,000 $367 $700 $367 $700 $262 $500
2nd $262 $500 $157 $300 $157 $300 $105 $200
3rd $105 $200 $105 $200 $105 $200 $105 $200
Our default payment method is by bank check. Winners can fill in this form if you want to change your payment method: bayareachess.com/prizeform
*amount allocated if the number of paid entries is 100% (or more)
**amount calculated based on the number of paid entries (50% guaranteed)

Total: 96

Open Championship: (75)   |   Blitz: (21)   |  

Open Championship

MX 

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prizes
1 1-2 Patrick Peiju Liu 16667410 2169 D12 D2 W11 W5 W4 D3 4.5 1st place: $787;
2nd place: $367;
2-way split* = $577 each
2   Andrew Guo 16192001 2122 D13 D1 W7 W10 D3 W5 4.5
3 3 Advay Bansal 16068511 2193 W11 D6 W12 D4 D2 D1 4.0 3rd place: $147
4 4-6 Yashas ^ -E Patil 16010271 1943 W9 D5 W8 D3 L1 D7 3.5 1st u2100: $524;
2nd u2100: $262;
3rd u2100: $105;
3-way split* = $297 each
-E** = $148.50
5   Vikrant ^ Ganesan 16786952 1869 W14 D4 X15 L1 W10 L2 3.5
6   Marina ^ -E Xiao 16380642 1832 B--- D3 L10 L11 X8 X9 3.5
7 7-8 Aryan Achuthan 15445324 2077 D10 L12 L2 W14 B--- D4 3.0
8   Austin ^ -E Jin 17144712 1914 H--- W15 L4 D12 F6 B--- 3.0
9 9 Adam Benj ^ -E Stevens 30508143 1806 L4 W14 H--- H--- H--- F6 2.5
10 10-12 Rohan Rajaram 15739716 2124 D7 D13 W6 L2 L5 U--- 2.0
11   Ethan -E Guo 16761994 2098 L3 B--- L1 W6 U--- U--- 2.0
12   Dylan Tang 16551237 2086 D1 W7 L3 D8 U--- U--- 2.0
13 13-14 NM Dipro Chakraborty 12935003 2293 D2 D10 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
14   Rudy Goce ^ Tia Jr 12658822 1996 L5 L9 B--- L7 U--- U--- 1.0
15 15 Deepak M ^ Kini 15295206 1832 H--- L8 F5 U--- U--- U--- 0.5
*if players have the same number of points, then the prizes are split among the players
**econ players receives half prize

AB 

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prizes
1 1-3 Qinhong Chen 13716492 1863 W12 W3 W7 L4 W2 W8 5.0 1st place: $524;
2nd place: $262;
1st u1800: $367;
3-way split* = $384.33 each
-E** = $192.16
2   Thomas Zhu 15488164 1634 W25 W17 W10 W5 L1 W4 5.0
3   Itai ^ -E Reingold-Nutman 30251964 1519 W5 L1 W18 W17 W7 W9 5.0
4 4 Dylan M Copeland 12723924 1712 W22 W6 W14 W1 D8 L2 4.5 2nd u1800: $157
5 5-6 Armin Vale Cruz 16292302 1843 L3 W15 W20 L2 W12 W16 4.0 3rd place: $105;
3rd u1800: $105;
2-way split* = $105 each
-E** = $52.50
6   Shankara ^ -E Mohan 16810493 1469 W11 L4 L17 W19 W18 W13 4.0
7 7-10 Aaron Cho 16416052 1860 W20 D9 L1 W21 L3 W17 3.5
8   David Jin 17168834 1722 D15 W21 D9 W10 D4 L1 3.5
9   Akshaj ^ -E Pulijala 16497860 1512 W18 D7 D8 D13 W14 L3 3.5
10   Taewoo Lumen ^ Kim 30622509 1267 B--- X24 L2 L8 D17 W18 3.5
11 11-16 Henry Benaid 15273055 1749 L6 D22 L16 B--- W20 D14 3.0
12   Sivavi -E Srinivasan 16778004 1640 L1 L18 B--- W23 L5 W22 3.0
13   Kavya -E Meiyappan 15882866 1638 W23 L14 W19 D9 D16 L6 3.0
14   Colin -E Yi 16685250 1630 W19 W13 L4 D16 L9 D11 3.0
15   Michael ^ -E Xiao 16380636 1501 D8 L5 D21 L18 B--- W19 3.0
16   Reyansh ^ -E Paragiri 30233070 1444 L17 W25 W11 D14 D13 L5 3.0
17 17 Arjun Nathan 15943490 1742 W16 L2 W6 L3 D10 L7 2.5
18 18-22 Luis Andrade 16879383 1776 L9 W12 L3 W15 L6 L10 2.0
19   Shalmali Alate 13736102 1753 L14 W23 L13 L6 W21 L15 2.0
20   Pranavi ^ -E Pramod 16800145 1534 L7 B--- L5 D22 L11 D21 2.0
21   Neev ^ -E Grover 16652883 1466 B--- L8 D15 L7 L19 D20 2.0
22   Camran ^ Mori-Khan 17031833 1440 L4 D11 D25 D20 D23 L12 2.0
23 23 Tanush ^ -E Yedal 15506994 1414 L13 L19 B--- L12 D22 U--- 1.5
24 24-26 Nikunj $m45 Oza 12497585 1851 H--- F10 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
25   Suhas -E Indukuri 16887781 1763 L2 L16 D22 U--- U--- U--- 0.5
*if players have the same number of points, then the prizes are split among the players
**econ players receives half prize

CD

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prizes
1 1 James Hazelwood 17321604 1494 W9 D13 D3 W8 W2 W7 5.0 1st place: $524
2 2 Neil Chalissery 15495526 1414 W15 W10 W5 D3 L1 W9 4.5 2nd place: $262
3 3-5 Everett Wu 16771085 1491 W16 W14 D1 D2 D7 D5 4.0 3rd place: $105;
1st u1400: $367;
2nd u1400: $157;
3-way split* = $262 each
4   Tapas Aara Natraj 17303765 1387 W11 D8 L7 W17 D5 W10 4.0
5   Christopher ^ Wilson 30451994 1186 W18 W6 L2 W13 D4 D3 4.0
6 6-9 David Sartorio 15107713 1470 H--- L5 L15 B--- W14 W12 3.5
7   Andrew Andi Wu 30233610 1440 L8 W15 W4 W12 D3 L1 3.5
8   Arnav -E Bhosale 16925844 1241 W7 D4 W10 L1 L9 W15 3.5 3rd u1400: $105;
2-way split* = $52.50 each
-E** = $26.25
9   Aikya Banerjee 30568899 1216 L1 D19 W16 W14 W8 L2 3.5
10 10-13 Miguel Andrade-Vazquez 16985583 1377 W12 L2 L8 W16 W13 L4 3.0
11   Cameron ^ Rampell 16737417 1162 L4 F18 B--- W15 L12 W16 3.0
12   Vivaan ^ -E Pavuluri 30203278 1092 L10 B--- W18 L7 W11 L6 3.0
13   Sriadity ^ -E Pendyala 16681146 1060 B--- D1 D14 L5 L10 W19 3.0
14 14 Kien -E Dang 30505041 1258 W19 L3 D13 L9 L6 W17 2.5
15 15-16 Anusha ^ -E Natraj 30240656 1198 L2 L7 W6 L11 W17 L8 2.0
16   Kar Lun ^ -E Cheng 30599116 1197 L3 W17 L9 L10 W19 L11 2.0
17 17 Kian ^ Assary 14833205 1062 H--- L16 W19 L4 L15 L14 1.5
18 18-19 Sean X -E Zhang 17109032 1387 L5 X11 L12 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
19   Vicky ^ -E Qin 16966185 933 L14 D9 L17 H--- L16 L13 1.0
*if players have the same number of points, then the prizes are split among the players
**econ players receives half prize

EF

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prizes
1 1 Arthur -E Kim 30903228 unr. L6 W11 W10 W14 W4 W3 5.0 1st place: $367
-E** = $183.50
2 2 Ishan -E Varma 16055185 1008 D12 D5 W13 D7 W6 W4 4.5 2nd place: $157
-E** = $78.50
3 3-4 Vasisht -E Nishtala 15809673 1185 W11 L6 W15 W9 W7 L1 4.0 3rd place: $105
-E** = $52.50
4   Balaji -E Ravindran 15341240 956 W16 W13 W14 W6 L1 L2 4.0 1st u1000: $262
-E** = $131
5 5-7 Kingsley Kong 30366320 1180 D7 D2 L9 W15 W14 D8 3.5
6   Virinchi -E Kuppa 30705954 886 W1 W3 D7 L4 L2 W12 3.5 2nd u1000: $105;
3rd u1000: $105;
2-way split* = $105 each
-E** = $52.50
7   Carl Lin 17110834 867 D5 W12 D6 D2 L3 W9 3.5
8 8-9 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1112 L9 L15 W12 D13 W11 D5 3.0
9   Vihan -E Grover 30105977 843 W8 L14 W5 L3 W10 L7 3.0
10 10-13 Marcus Guan 17303640 927 L13 W16 L1 D11 L9 W14 2.5
11   Heet Pranav -E Shah 30665194 878 L3 L1 X16 D10 L8 W15 2.5
12   Rishab -E +m Suresh 16093280 811 D2 L7 L8 B--- W13 L6 2.5
13   Kartik ^ -E Bharadwaj 30667187 547 W10 L4 L2 D8 L12 B--- 2.5
14 14-15 Alexander B Zhang 16424726 1037 W15 W9 L4 L1 L5 L10 2.0
15   Arjun Chunduri 30272445 833 L14 W8 L3 L5 B--- L11 2.0
16 16 Arjun ^ Phanse 30778753 780 L4 L10 F11 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
*if players have the same number of points, then the prizes are split among the players
**econ players receives half prize

Extra Game

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total
1 1-3 Marina Xiao 16380642 1832 W4 1.0
2   Sivavi Srinivasan 16778004 1640 W5 1.0
3   Taewoo Lumen ^ Kim 30622509 1267 W6 1.0
4 4-6 Neev ^ -E Grover 16652883 1466 L1 0.0
5   Cameron ^ Rampell 16737417 1162 L2 0.0
6   Sriadity ^ -E Pendyala 16681146 1060 L3 0.0

Blitz


Prize fund:
1st Place = $60
Top in the bottom 1/2 = $40

Blitz Section 1 

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total Prizes
1 1 NM Dipro Chakraborty 12935003 2293 D2 W2 W5 W5 W3 W3 W4 W4 W6 W6 9.5 1st place: $60
2 2 Andrew Guo 16192001 2122 D1 L1 W6 W6 W5 W5 L3 W3 W4 W4 7.5
3 3 Aryan Achuthan 15445324 2077 L6 W6 W4 W4 L1 L1 W2 L2 W5 W5 6.0
4 4 Arjun Sankar 14542170 1844 W5 D5 L3 L3 W6 W6 L1 L1 L2 L2 3.5 Top 1/2: $40
5 5 Jared E +m Peterson 10487871 1922 L4 D4 L1 L1 L2 L2 D6 W6 L3 L3 2.0
6 6 Marina Xiao 16380642 1832 W3 L3 L2 L2 L4 L4 D5 L5 L1 L1 1.5

Blitz Section 2 

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total Prize
1 1-2 Adam Ben Stevens 30508143 1806 W4 W4 W5 W5 L3 W3 L2 W2 W6 W6 8.0 1st place: $60;
2-way split = $30 each
-E** = $15
2   Sivavi -E Srinivasan 16778004 1640 W5 W5 W6 W6 W4 W4 W1 L1 L3 W3 8.0
3 3 Solomon Ge 14154077 1518 W6 W6 W4 L4 W1 L1 L5 W5 W2 L2 6.0
4 4 Luis Andrade 16879383 1836 L1 L1 L3 W3 L2 L2 W6 W6 L5 W5 4.0 Top 1/2: $40
5 5 Alexander Rosenzweig 30591996 1298 L2 L2 L1 L1 W6 D6 W3 L3 W4 L4 3.5
6 6 Michael Xiao 16380636 1501 L3 L3 L2 L2 L5 D5 L4 L4 L1 L1 0.5
**econ players receives half prize

Blitz Section 3

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total Prize
1 1 Matthew Lau 16966164 1090 W3 L3 W6 W6 W7 W7 W2 L2 W8 W8 8.0 1st place: $60
2 2 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1112 W8 W8 W7 L7 W3 W3 L1 W1 D4 W4 7.5
3 3 Kornel Csernai 30594380 1273 L1 W1 W4 W4 L2 L2 W9 W9 W7 W7 7.0
4 4 Kartik Bharadwaj 30667187 547 B--- B--- L3 L3 W5 W5 W8 W8 D2 L2 6.5
5 5 Manuel Searcy 30845914 960 W6 L6 W9 W9 L4 L4 W7 L7 B--- B--- 6.0 Top 1/2: $40
6 6 Alex Khodaverdian 30644099 1226 L5 W5 L1 L1 L8 D8 B--- B--- W9 W9 5.5
7 7 Swaminathan Sankar 14080777 1200 W9 W9 L2 W2 L1 L1 L5 W5 L3 L3 4.0
8 8 Jacob Squires 30901569 unr. L2 L2 B--- B--- W6 D6 L4 L4 L1 L1 3.5
9 9 Raghava Bharadwaj   unr. L7 L7 L5 L5 B--- B--- L3 L3 L6 L6 2.0