Bay Area Chess:
2023 Rockefeller (PK-5), Barber (6-8), & Denker (9-12)
Qualifiers on Jun 3-4
Pre-Qualifiers on Jun 3
at San Jose Sonesta (North Milpitas)
777 Bellew Dr. (off I-880's 237 Exit), Milpitas (map)

Awards:

  • Qualifiers:
    • Rockefeller (PK-5) Winner earns $500 to represent CalChess in the 4th Annual John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions
    • Barber (6-8) Winner earns $500 to represent CalChess in the 13th Annual Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle School State Champions
    • Denker (9-12) Winner earns $500 to represent CalChess in the 39th Annual Gm Arnold Denker National Tournament Of High School State Champions
    • Players with 4 points or higher earn a free entry to next year’s qualifiers
    • The honor and the prize money will go to the next placeholder if the Winner cannot represent CalChess on July 29-August 1, 2023, at DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • PreQualifiers:
    • Winner (including ties) will automatically qualify for free entry to next year’s qualifiers
    • Any player with 3 points or more prequalifies for next year’s qualifiers with a free entry
    • Trophies to all players with a winning record.

Denker Qualifier

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 NM Pranav Sairam 15424820 2205 W2 W6 L3 W4 W5 4.0 Winner, CalChess Denker representative
2 FM Eric Yuhan Li 15688436 2408 L1 W3 D4 W5 W6 3.5
3 Vincent Qin 16571968 2057 L5 L2 W1 D6 D4 2.0  
4 NM Sricharan Pullela 15580337 2157 W6 L5 D2 L1 D3 2.0  
5 Vincent Yang 15213480 2003 W3 W4 L6 L2 L1 2.0  
6 Wentao Wu 16629782 1952 L4 L1 W5 D3 L2 1.5  

Barber Qualifier

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 NM Jacob Chiang 16093205 2215 W17 W4 L7 D8 W9 3.5 Winner, CalChess Barber representative
2 NM Advay Bansal 16068511 2218 D11 W15 D8 D9 W7 3.5  
3 NM Lucas Jiang 16314627 2237 W6 L7 D15 W17 W8 3.5  
4 NM Henry Deng 16681298 2216 W14 L1 W10 W11 D5 3.5  
5 NM Pranav Sathish 16464655 2253 L15 W16 W17 W7 D4 3.5  
6 Daniel Tuapen Videna 17066495 1944 L3 D13 W16 W18 W10 3.5  
7 Luke Widjaja 16010621 2128 W13 W3 W1 L5 L2 3.0  
8 NM Nathan Yan 16430495 2216 W12 D9 D2 D1 L3 2.5  
9 NM Andrew Guo 16192001 2246 W10 D8 D11 D2 L1 2.5  
10 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2041 L9 W12 L4 W13 L6 2.0  
11 Hanchi Yao 16512998 1949 D2 W18 D9 L4 --- 2.0  
12 Yashas Patil 16010271 1874 L8 L10 D14 D16 W18 2.0  
13 Colin Yi 16685250 1746 L7 D6 D18 L10 B--- 2.0  
14 Alexander Pn ^ Ng 16748361 1542 L4 L17 D12 B--- D16 2.0  
15 Rohan Rajaram 15739716 2099 W5 L2 D3 --- --- 1.5  
16 Swagatha ^ Selvam 16203181 1626 H--- L5 L6 D12 D14 1.5  
17 Austin Jin 17144712 1908 L1 W14 L5 L3 --- 1.0  
18 Zlata Butenko 30025852 1618 H--- L11 D13 L6 L12 1.0  

Rockefeller Qualifier

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 NM Aiden Q Liu 16850092 2192 D3 W10 W8 D2 D4 3.5 Winner, CalChess Rockefeller representative
2 Jashith Karthi 30016333 2015 W11 D7 D4 D1 W9 3.5  
3 Andrew Zou 30100762 1709 D1 D5 W7 D4 D8 3.0  
4 David Jin 17168834 1910 W12 D8 D2 D3 D1 3.0  
5 Zerui Titus ^ Mei 16959455 1411 D9 D3 W11 D8 H--- 3.0  
6 Sean X ^ Zhang 17109032 1455 L7 D12 W10 W11 H--- 3.0  
7 Yuvraj Singh Sawhney 17095004 1852 W6 D2 L3 L9 B--- 2.5  
8 Ivan Zhou 17352346 1873 W13 D4 L1 D5 D3 2.5  
9 Shengjie Fan 16963081 1726 D5 H--- H--- W7 L2 2.5  
10 Advit Amod ^ Kulkarni 30046098 1456 B--- L1 L6 W12 D11 2.5  
11 Liam Liu 30390852 1575 L2 B--- L5 L6 D10 1.5  
12 Shenghan ^ Fan 16963886 1481 L4 D6 H--- L10 --- 1.0  
13 David Junzhao ^ Xu 30937777 unr. L8 --- --- --- --- 0.0  

Denker Pre-Qualifier

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Shubham Patankar 15259967 1570 W5 W4 W2 W3 4.0 Free entry to next year’s qualifiers
2 Hari Venkitachalam 16129563 1402 D4 W3 L1 W4 2.5  
3 Nathan Li 30949611 1115 B--- L2 X5 L1 2.0  
4 Mahesh Niranjan Karthikeyan 30560133 1685 D2 L1 B--- L2 1.5  
5 Siddh Mehndiratta 16314770 927 L1 B--- F3 --- 1.0  

Barber Pre-Qualifier

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Rakshita ^ Dhanasekar 16966452 1018 L4 W5 D2 W3 2.5 Free entry to next year’s qualifiers
2 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1094 D5 D3 D1 D5 2.0  
3 David Junzhao ^ Xu 30937777 unr. H--- D2 W5 L1 2.0  
4 Zlata Butenko 30025852 1618 W1 --- --- --- 1.0  
5 Joshua Huang 16886938 992 D2 L1 L3 D2 1.0  

Rockefeller Pre-Qualifier

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Rishan Biswas 30138290 1211 W5 W2 W3 W4 4.0 Free entry to next year’s qualifiers
2 Ayden Wang 30427645 1044 W7 L1 D4 W5 2.5  
3 Arnav ^ Mythil 30444684 882 B--- D4 L1 W7 2.5  
4 Tarunesh Karthikeyan 30612467 913 W6 D3 D2 L1 2.0  
5 Vedant Verma 16994832 1004 L1 B--- W6 L2 2.0  
6 Aadhitya Ravikiran 30024883 1085 L4 W7 L5 B--- 2.0  
7 Advait Anand 30208962 894 L2 L6 B--- L3 1.0  

Extra Rated Games

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Mahesh Niranjan Karthikeyan 30560133 1685 U--- U--- W8 1.0
2 Rahul Rajaram 13481682 1638 U--- U--- W5 1.0
3 Vedant Verma 16994832 1004 U--- X7 --- 1.0
4 Arnav ^ Mythil 30444684 882 W6 --- --- 1.0
5 Liam Liu 30390852 1575 U--- U--- L2 0.0
6 Nathan Li 30949611 1115 L4 --- --- 0.0
7 Siddh Mehndiratta 16314770 927 U--- F3 --- 0.0
8 Advait Anand 30208962 894 U--- U--- L1 0.0

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