Reverse Angle 87

Charlotte Chess Center's 87th Reverse Angle tournament featured a packed house of 66 players.  They were competing in three sections (Top, Under 1800, Under 1400) for the always guaranteed cash prize fund of $850.

USCF Rating Report


Top Section
As always, the championship section was a strong one, with Daniel "9:59am" Cremisi (2413), Emmanuel "sup bruh" Carter (2259), Neo "the matrix" Zhu (2211), Klaus "octogenarian" Pohl (2208), and Mark "outgoing state champ" Biernacki (2189) entering as the top seeds.

Daniel Cremisi and Neo Zhu performed clean sweeps, earning $125 each.  Vishnu "hi" Vanapalli (1960) and Donald "check!" Johnson (1859), each with 2-1, split the Under 2000 prize ($25 each).

SwissSys Standings. CCCSA: Reverse Angle 87: TOP

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Daniel Cremisi	2413	W12	W5	W4	3.0	125.00
2	Neo Zhu	2211	W14	W18	W8	3.0	125.00
3	Alain Morais	2092	W16	D8	W10	2.5
4	Klaus Pohl	2208	W15	W6	L1	2.0
5	Patrick Sciacca	2077	W7	L1	W15	2.0
6	Vishnu Vanapalli	1960	W20	L4	W17	2.0	25.00
7	Donald Johnson	1859	L5	W14	W18	2.0	25.00
8	Emmanuel Carter	2259	W13	D3	L2	1.5
9	Mark Biernacki	2189	H---	W11	---	1.5
10	Daniel Tanco	2059	D17	W19	L3	1.5
11	Aditya Shivapooja	1975	D19	L9	D13	1.0
12	James Dill	1939	L1	D17	D16	1.0
13	Annastasia Wyzywany	1909	L8	D16	D11	1.0
14	Arya Kumar	1895	L2	L7	W19	1.0
15	Luke Harris	1892	L4	W20	L5	1.0
16	Carson Cook	1872	L3	D13	D12	1.0
17	Rohan Iyer	1839	D10	D12	L6	1.0
18	Robert Moore	1700	B---	L2	L7	1.0
19	Sreyas Adiraju	1798	D11	L10	L14	0.5
20	Gilbert Holmes	1793	L6	L15	---	0.0

Under 1800
The competitive U1800 section featured 25 players, including top seeds Andrew "plain pasta" Chen (1758), Mike "and Ike" Miller (1723) and Patrick "go ravens" Kengsoontra (1722).

Andrew Chen, Patrick Kengsoontra, and Terry Maskin (1690) all scored perfect 3/3, good for $75 each.  Antara Durbha (1446) scored 2.5 points, earning $50 for the Under 1600 prize.

SwissSys Standings. CCCSA: Reverse Angle 87: Under 1800

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Andrew Chen	1758	W9	W14	W5	3.0	75.00
2	Patrick Kengsoontra	1722	W11	W8	W6	3.0	75.00
3	Terry Maskin	1690	W18	W17	W7	3.0	75.00
4	Antara Durbha	1446	H---	W15	W13	2.5	50.00
5	Ojas Panda	1650	W12	W20	L1	2.0
6	Arav Goldstein	1625	W19	W22	L2	2.0
7	Asha Kumar	1621	W25	W13	L3	2.0
8	Pranav Swarna	1565	W21	L2	W18	2.0
9	Andrew Zeng	1492	L1	W19	W20	2.0
10	Paige Cook	1488	L13	W25	W21	2.0
11	RJ Raynoe	1468	L2	W24	W14	2.0
12	Jacob Grinberg	1452	L5	W16	W17	2.0
13	Michael Miller	1723	W10	L7	L4	1.0
14	Jaiden Chuang	1600	W24	L1	L11	1.0
15	Danny Cropper	1587	L22	L4	W24	1.0
16	Grisham Paimagam	1580	L20	L12	W22	1.0
17	Triya Venkataraja	1552	W23	L3	L12	1.0
18	Ethan Liu	1457	L3	W23	L8	1.0
19	Saanchi Sampath	1445	L6	L9	W25	1.0
20	William Merritt	1420	W16	L5	L9	1.0
21	Gautam Kapur	1379	L8	B---	L10	1.0
22	Sanjit Pilli	1330	W15	L6	L16	1.0
23	Debs Pedigo	1327	L17	L18	H---	0.5
24	Sampath Kumar	1444	L14	L11	L15	0.0
25	Venkat Shanmugavadivel	1436	L7	L10	L19	0.0

Under 1400
The 21-player U1400 section was led by rating favourites AJ "ace jack" Miller (1317), Jacob "jake" Stoll (1317) and Aditya "no nickname available" Krishna (1315).


Smayan "lil smay" Ammasani (1298), Lingaaaaaaaa Venkataraja (1194), and Senthil "10:17am" Muthusamy (1114) all scored 3-0, earning $92 each.

SwissSys Standings. CCCSA: Reverse Angle 87: Under 1400

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Smayan Ammasani	1298	W8	W6	W5	3.0	91.67
2	Lingaa Venkataraja	1194	W21	W9	W4	3.0	91.67
3	Senthil Muthusamy	1114	W18	W13	W14	3.0	91.67
4	AJ Miller	1317	W16	W7	L2	2.0
5	Sahith Tanuboddi	1189	W10	W17	L1	2.0
6	Rocky Sun	1063	W11	L1	W13	2.0
7	PJ Liotino	1021	W14	L4	W15	2.0
8	Samarth Kedari	1010	L1	W19	W16	2.0
9	Henry Nguyen	932	W19	L2	W21	2.0
10	Ellen Rosenfeld	932	L5	B---	H---	1.5
11	Jason Colomb	927	L6	W20	H---	1.5
12	Ankit Durbha	703	H---	L14	W20	1.5
13	Jacob Stoll	1317	W20	L3	L6	1.0
14	Aditya Krishna	1315	L7	W12	L3	1.0
15	Rudransh Tyagi	1253	L17	W18	L7	1.0
16	Rishi Nair	1054	L4	W21	L8	1.0
17	Meet Doshi	984	W15	L5	---	1.0
18	Pranava Kumar	963	L3	L15	B---	1.0
19	Rishi Jasti	1115	L9	L8	H---	0.5
20	Hemadithya Pujari	1041	L13	L11	L12	0.0
21	Aaryan Pujari	968	L2	L16	L9	0.0

Upsets - 150 points or  more
Under 1400, Round 3 - Ankit Durbha (703) def. Hemadithya Pujari (1041) - 338 points
Under 1400, Round 1 - PJ Liotino (1021) def. Aditya Krishna (1315) - 294 points
Under 1800, Round 3 - Antara Durbha (1446) def. Michael Miller (1723) - 277 points
Under 1400, Round 1 - Meet Doshi (981) def. Rudransh Tyagi (1253) - 269 points
Under 1800, Round 1 - Sanjit Pilli (1330) def. Danny Cropper (1587) - 257 points
Under 1400, Round 3 - Rocky Sun (1063) def. Jacob Stoll (1317) - 254 points
Under 1400, Round 3 - PJ Liotino (1021) def. Rudransh Tyagi (1253) - 232 points
Under 1400, Round 2 - Senthil Muthusamy (1114) def. Jacob Stoll (1317) - 203 points
Under 1400, Round 3 - Senthil Muthusamy (1114) def. Aditya Krishna (1315) - 201 points
Under 1400, Round 1 - Henry Nguyen (932) def. Rishi Jasti (1115) - 183 points
Under 1800, Round 1 - William Merritt (1420) def. Grisham Paimagam (1580) - 160 points


Until next time,
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