RA 74, PG 26

Author: Grant Oen, CCCSA Assistant Director


On Saturday, July 22, CCCSA held the 74th Reverse Angle tournament, coincidentally on Peter "overlord" Giannatos' 26th birthday.

Reverse Angle has a very rich history, and it has become an incredibly strong and well-attended tournament.

The tournament and its guaranteed $850 prize fund is divided into three sections: Top, Under 1800, and Under 1400.  A grand total of 65 players entered the mental jousting arena.


TOP
In the top section, Tianqi "Stephen" Wang (2381) and South Carolina's Klaus Pohl (2200) were the two masters in the field, thus earning free entry.  They were closely followed by many Experts such as Mark "the Englishman" Biernacki (2136) and RA73 champion Dominique "property of Eric Hansen" Myers (2128) in a section with 18 players.

In the end, Wang and Myers were joined by Jay Goss (2139) at 2.5/3, earning $84 each.  Adharsh Rajagopal (1883) scored a solid 2/3 and the $50 U2000 prize - he also crossed 1900 for the first time.

Final Standings: RA 74: TOP Section

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Tianqi Wang	2381	W10	D5	W6	2½	83.33
2	Jay Goss	2139	W13	D9	W12	2½	83.33
3	Dominique Myers	2128	D12	W15	W9	2½	83.33
4	Klaus Pohl	2200	W16	L6	W14	2
5	Mark Biernacki	2136	W11	D1	D7	2
6	Neo Zhu	2034	W17	W4	L1	2
7	Adharsh Rajagopal	1883	D8	W18	D5	2	50.00
8	Alex Chen	2044	D7	L12	W15	1½
9	Sulia Mason	2023	W14	D2	L3	1½
10	Benjamin Yan	1954	L1	D11	W17	1½
11	James Dill	1931	L5	D10	W16	1½
12	Jeremy Chen	1903	D3	W8	L2	1½
13	Ziyang Qiu	1947	L2	L14	W18	1
14	Rohan Iyer	1733	L9	W13	L4	1
15	Austin Chuang	1718	W18	L3	L8	1
16	Vishnu Vanapalli	1948	L4	D17	L11	½
17	Aditya Shivapooja	1782	L6	D16	L10	½
18	Ernest Nix Jr	1959	L15	L7	L13	0

Under 1800
The 22-player U1800 section featured those rated 1300-1800, including top seed Chacha "Chessstream" Nugroho (1788) and defending U1800 champion Carson Cook (1716).  2.5/3 was enough for a tie for first place this time - Chacha Nugroho, Carson Cook, Terry Maskin (1652) and Ritvik Bodducherla (1674) each earned $57 for their scores, while Andrew Jiang (1521) and Nishanth Gaddam (1370) split the U1600 class prize (2/3, $25 each).

Final Standings: RA 74: Under 1800

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Chacha Nugroho	1788	W11	W15	D4	2½	56.25
2	Carson Cook	1716	W17	D8	W10	2½	56.25
3	Ritvik Bodducherla	1674	D13	W18	W12	2½	56.25
4	Terry Maskin	1652	W9	W6	D1	2½	56.25
5	Kevin Xi	1779	L16	W21	W15	2
6	Luke Harris	1746	W22	L4	W16	2
7	Connor Liu	1701	D19	W16	D8	2
8	Andrew Jiang	1521	W14	D2	D7	2	25.00
9	Nishanth Gaddam	1370	L4	W22	W14	2	25.00
10	Spencer Singleton	1646	D21	W19	L2	1½
11	Danny Cropper	1642	L1	D20	W19	1½
12	Debs Pedigo	1488	H---	W13	L3	1½
13	Aarush Chugh	1383	D3	L12	W22	1½
14	Dwayne Tutt	1766	L8	W17	L9	1
15	David Richards	1686	W20	L1	L5	1
16	Harsha Srijay	1625	W5	L7	L6	1
17	Advaith Karthik	1426	L2	L14	B---	1
18	Hassan Hashemloo	1468	H---	L3	---	½
19	Robert Liu	1409	D7	L10	L11	½
20	Arav Goldstein	1391	L15	D11	---	½
21	Grisham Paimagam	1328	D10	L5	---	½
22	Mahesh Padhi	1449	L6	L9	L13	0

Under 1400
The largest section of the day was the U1400 section, with 25 players.  Jacob Grinberg (1332) and Donald "check!" Johnson (1312) earned perfect scores and $113 each.  Brian Miller (1196) and Jay Sundar (845) earned $25 each as the top players U1200.

Final Standings: RA 74: Under 1400

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Jacob Grinberg	1332	W19	W18	W6	3	112.50
2	Donald Johnson	1312	W24	W8	W11	3	112.50
3	Supradeep Madduri	1343	W17	D4	W15	2½
4	Eric Shi	1287	W25	D3	W12	2½
5	Paige Cook	1228	D22	W21	W16	2½
6	Gautam Kapur	1347	W13	W7	L1	2
7	Sampson Piermattei	1270	W20	L6	W17	2
8	Julian Grinberg	1200	W10	L2	W18	2
9	Brian Miller	1196	L15	W24	W19	2	25.00
10	Jay Sundar	845	L8	B---	W21	2	25.00
11	Bradley Juopperi	1366	D21	W22	L2	1½
12	Dan Boisvert	1294	W14	D15	L4	1½
13	Antara Durbha	1136	L6	D14	W22	1½
14	Henry Chen	1074	L12	D13	W23	1½
15	Connor McElroy	unr.	W9	D12	L3	1½
16	Jordan Williams	1342	L18	W23	L5	1
17	Pranav Swarna	1093	L3	W25	L7	1
18	Caton Tsao	1090	W16	L1	L8	1
19	Sushma Dasari	1090	L1	W20	L9	1
20	Ellen Rosenfeld	945	L7	L19	W24	1
21	Vikas Sarvasya	1188	D11	L5	L10	½
22	Henry Nguyen	871	D5	L11	L13	½
23	Ankit Durbha	640	H---	L16	L14	½
24	Akshay Rajagopal	1075	L2	L9	L20	0
25	Richard Trela	1063	L4	L17	---	0

UPSETS - 150 points or more
U1800, Round 3 - Nishanth Gaddam (1370) def. Dwayne Tutt (1766) - 396 points
U1400, Round 3 - Jay Sundar (845) def. Vikas Sarvasya (1188) - 343 points
U1400, Round 1 - Caton Tsao (1090) def. Jordan Williams (1342) - 252 points
U1800, Round 1 - Andrew Jiang (1521) def. Dwayne Tutt (1766) - 245 points
Top, Round 1 - Austin Chuang (1718) def. Ernest Nix (1959) - 241 points
Top, Round 2 - Rohan Iyer (1733) def. Ziyang Qiu (1947) - 214 points
Top, Round 2 - Neo Zhu (2034) def. Klaus Pohl (2200) - 166 points
U1800, Round 1 - Harsha Srijay (1625) def. Kevin Xi (1779) - 154 points



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Reverse Angle 75 is Saturday, August 12.


Until next time,
G-Eazy