Reverse Angle 83 Results - Pohl, Macnair, Prakki, Paimagam, Swarna winners

A palatial turnout of fifty players competed in the 83rd edition of CCCSA's Reverse Angle chess tournament on Saturday, April 21.

$850 in guaranteed cash prizes ensured a strong turnout in each of the three sections: Top, Under 1800, and Under 1400.



Top Section
In the top section, Daniel "well technically" Cremisi (2386), Klaus "I won the SC bughouse championship" Pohl (2203), and Mark "still the state champ" Biernacki (2183) were the National Masters in the field.  They were joined by many experts and class A players in a strong section of eighteen players.

At the end of the day, the National Masters rose to the top.  Klaus Pohl scored 3-0, earning $175, while Mark Biernacki received $75 for his clear second place finish (2.5).  Early withdrawal Daniel Cremisi (2-0) achieved his peak rating of 2399!

The under 2000 prize was split by CCCSA's most active player, Adharsh "143 CCCSA tournaments" Rajagopal (1981) and Donald "check!" Johnson (1749).

Reverse Angle 83: TOP

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Klaus Pohl	2203	W14	W12	W4	3.0	175.00
2	Mark Biernacki	2183	D10	W13	W6	2.5	75.00
3	Daniel Cremisi	2386	W13	W5	---	2.0
4	Neo Zhu	2151	W15	W9	L1	2.0
5	Sulia Mason	2052	W7	L3	W15	2.0
6	Adharsh Rajagopal	1981	W18	W8	L2	2.0	25.00
7	Donald Johnson	1749	L5	W18	W12	2.0	25.00
8	Alain Morais	2120	W17	L6	D9	1.5
9	James Dill	1977	W11	L4	D8	1.5
10	Xiaodong Jin	1816	D2	D14	H---	1.5
11	Robert Moore	1700	L9	B---	D14	1.5
12	Aditya Shivapooja	1981	W16	L1	L7	1.0
13	Austin Chuang	1896	L3	L2	W17	1.0
14	Garret Allen	1878	L1	D10	D11	1.0
15	Luke Harris	1812	L4	W16	L5	1.0
16	Andrew Jiang	1723	L12	L15	W18	1.0
17	Andrew Chen	1768	L8	H---	L13	0.5
18	Advaith Karthik	1712	L6	L7	L16	0.0

Under 1800
The U1800 section was the largest of the day, with twenty players, including top seeds Arav "silver and" Goldstein (1653), Ian "big mac" Macnair (1646), and Danny "crop man" Cropper (1599).

Ian Macnair, Rithvik "football" Prakki (1587) and Grisham "grischuk" Paimagam (1523) tied for first place with 2.5/3, each receiving $92.

Reverse Angle 83: Under 1800

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Ian Macnair	1646	W11	D3	W4	2.5	91.67
2	Rithvik Prakki	1587	D5	W19	W7	2.5	91.67
3	Grisham Paimagam	1523	W20	D1	W10	2.5	91.67
4	Danny Cropper	1599	W12	W17	L1	2.0
5	Eric Shi	1375	D2	D16	W15	2.0
6	Nikhil Kamisetty	1357	D8	W9	D12	2.0
7	Arav Goldstein	1653	W14	D10	L2	1.5
8	Bruce Roth	1565	D6	D15	D13	1.5
9	Kiru Mendez	1537	H---	L6	W17	1.5
10	Aditya Dias	1533	W13	D7	L3	1.5
11	Andrew Lord	1462	L1	W20	H---	1.5
12	Gautam Kapur	1407	L4	W18	D6	1.5
13	Dan Boisvert	1343	L10	W14	D8	1.5
14	Aarush Chugh	1516	L7	L13	W20	1.0
15	Sanjit Pilli	1346	H---	D8	L5	1.0
16	Brian Miller	1306	H---	D5	---	1.0
17	Nishanth Gaddam	1301	W18	L4	L9	1.0
18	Debs Pedigo	1521	L17	L12	H---	0.5
19	Hassan Hashemloo	1365	H---	L2	---	0.5
20	Smayan Ammasani	1337	L3	L11	L14	0.0

Under 1400
The U1400 section was also a hotly contested competition with twelve players.  Pranav "too tall" Swarna (1346), Mary "no nickname available" Tracy (1242), and Ethan "elon park's finest" Liu (1168) were the top seeds.

Pranav Swarna earned $150 for his clear first place finish.  Mary Tracy, Ethan Liu, Akshay "!!!" Rajagopal (1102) and Raamcharan "raam" Puttagunta (897) scored 2-0, good for $31.25 each.

Reverse Angle 83: Under 1400

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Pranav Swarna	1346	W7	W4	W3	3.0	150.00
2	Mary Tracy	1242	W9	L3	W8	2.0	31.25
3	Ethan Liu	1168	W5	W2	L1	2.0	31.25
4	Akshay !!! Rajagopal	1102	W10	L1	W9	2.0	31.25
5	Raamcharan Puttagunta	897	L3	W10	W11	2.0	31.25
6	Sahith Tanuboddi	1098	W12	L8	D7	1.5
7	Henry Nguyen	949	L1	W11	D6	1.5
8	Rishi Jasti	928	H---	W6	L2	1.5
9	Meet Doshi	943	L2	W12	L4	1.0
10	Kevin Wang	736	L4	L5	W12	1.0
11	Olga McLeod	892	H---	L7	L5	0.5
12	Sergio Zepeda	733	L6	L9	L10	0.0

Upsets - 150 points or more
Top Section, Round 3 - Donald Johnson (1749) def. Aditya Shivapooja (1981) - 232 points
Under 1800, Round 1 - Nishanth Gaddam (1301) def. Debs Pedigo (1521) - 220 points
Under 1800, Round 2 - Nikhil Kamisetty (1357) def. Kiru Mendez (1537) - 180 points
Under 1800, Round 2 - Dan Boisvert (1343) def. Aarush Chugh (1516) - 173 points
Under 1400, Round 2 - Rishi Jasti (925) def. Sahith Tanuboddi (1098) - 170 points




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