Sunday, July 23, 2017

RA 74, PG 26


Author: Grant OenCCCSA 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.


RA 74

Final Standings: RA 74: TOP Section

#NameRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3TotPrize
1Tianqi Wang2381W10D5W683.33
2Jay Goss2139W13D9W1283.33
3Dominique Myers2128D12W15W983.33
4Klaus Pohl2200W16L6W14 2 
5Mark Biernacki2136W11D1D7 2 
6Neo Zhu2034W17W4L1 2 
7Adharsh Rajagopal1883D8W18D5 250.00
8Alex Chen2044D7L12W15 
9Sulia Mason2023W14D2L3 
10Benjamin Yan1954L1D11W17 
11James Dill1931L5D10W16 
12Jeremy Chen1903D3W8L2 
13Ziyang Qiu1947L2L14W18 1 
14Rohan Iyer1733L9W13L4 1 
15Austin Chuang1718W18L3L8 1 
16Vishnu Vanapalli1948L4D17L11 ½ 
17Aditya Shivapooja1782L6D16L10 ½ 
18Ernest Nix Jr1959L15L7L13 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).


RA 74

Final Standings: RA 74: Under 1800

#NameRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3TotPrize
1Chacha Nugroho1788W11W15D456.25
2Carson Cook1716W17D8W1056.25
3Ritvik Bodducherla1674D13W18W1256.25
4Terry Maskin1652W9W6D156.25
5Kevin Xi1779L16W21W15 2 
6Luke Harris1746W22L4W16 2 
7Connor Liu1701D19W16D8 2 
8Andrew Jiang1521W14D2D7 225.00
9Nishanth Gaddam1370L4W22W14 225.00
10Spencer Singleton1646D21W19L2 
11Danny Cropper1642L1D20W19 
12Debs Pedigo1488H---W13L3 
13Aarush Chugh1383D3L12W22 
14Dwayne Tutt1766L8W17L9 1 
15David Richards1686W20L1L5 1 
16Harsha Srijay1625W5L7L6 1 
17Advaith Karthik1426L2L14B--- 1 
18Hassan Hashemloo1468H---L3 --- ½ 
19Robert Liu1409D7L10L11 ½ 
20Arav Goldstein1391L15D11 --- ½ 
21Grisham Paimagam1328D10L5 --- ½ 
22Mahesh Padhi1449L6L9L13 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.


RA 74

Final Standings: RA 74: Under 1400

#NameRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3TotPrize
1Jacob Grinberg1332W19W18W6 3112.50
2Donald Johnson1312W24W8W11 3112.50
3Supradeep Madduri1343W17D4W15 
4Eric Shi1287W25D3W12 
5Paige Cook1228D22W21W16 
6Gautam Kapur1347W13W7L1 2 
7Sampson Piermattei1270W20L6W17 2 
8Julian Grinberg1200W10L2W18 2 
9Brian Miller1196L15W24W19 225.00
10Jay Sundar845L8B---W21 225.00
11Bradley Juopperi1366D21W22L2 
12Dan Boisvert1294W14D15L4 
13Antara Durbha1136L6D14W22 
14Henry Chen1074L12D13W23 
15Connor McElroyunr.W9D12L3 
16Jordan Williams1342L18W23L5 1 
17Pranav Swarna1093L3W25L7 1 
18Caton Tsao1090W16L1L8 1 
19Sushma Dasari1090L1W20L9 1 
20Ellen Rosenfeld945L7L19W24 1 
21Vikas Sarvasya1188D11L5L10 ½ 
22Henry Nguyen871D5L11L13 ½ 
23Ankit Durbha640H---L16L14 ½ 
24Akshay Rajagopal1075L2L9L20 0 
25Richard Trela1063L4L17 --- 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



USCF Rated Results



Reverse Angle 75 is Saturday, August 12.


Until next time,
G-Eazy


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