October G/60 Action!

The Charlotte Chess Center's monthly G/60 Action Tournament allows players to play 4 rated games in a single day, a very popular event in addition to our Reverse Angle series.

38 players competed in the G/60 tournament on Saturday, October 21.  Each of the three sections (Top, Under 1700, and Under 1200) awards cash prizes.

TOP

The Top section included top seed NM Dominique "the Mayor" Myers (2114), Patrick "Bernie" McCartney (2106), and Vishnu "10:05am" Vanapalli in a section with 14 players.

Dominique Myers scored clear first (3.5/4) for $140, and Adharsh Ragagopal (1916) won second ($50) with 3/4.  Pradhyumna Kothapalli (1821), Luke Harris (1818), and Xiaodong Jin (1811) split the Under 1900 class prize, earning $10 each.

Under 1700

The U1700 section featured 12 players rated between 1100 and 1700, including reigning G/60 U1700 Champions Danny Cropper (1661) and Sam Fuerstman (1586).

Danny Cropper won the section with 3.5/4, winning $140.  Sam Fuerstman and Sanjit Pilli (1284) earned $40 each for their 3/4 scores.

Under 1200

12 players played in the U1200 section.  Elijah Estoll (unrated) from Virginia went 4-0 and won $140.  Michael Castellani (1025) and Smayan Ammasani (607) scored 3/4, good for $40 each.

UPSETS - 150 points or more

U1200, Round 4 - Dean Creech (541) def. Jay Bhatt (1086) - 545 points
U1200, Round 1 - Smayan Ammasani (607) def. Jay Bhatt (1086) - 479 points

U1700, Round 1 - Sanjit Pilli (1284) def. Ian Macnair (1603) - 319 points
U1700, Round 3 - Chase Siuta (1161) def. Paul Jones (1417) - 256 points
U1200, Round 3 - Smayan Ammasani (607) def. Siddharth Aravind (862) - 255 points
U1700, Round 4 - Gautam Kapur (1325) def. Rithvik Prakki (1490) - 165 points

Daniel Romm (unrated) defeated Xiaodong Jin (1811).
Elijah Estoll (unrated) defeated Michael Castellani (1025), Akshay Rajagopal (951), Siddharth Aravind (862), and Shreeshiva Raja (655).

USCF Rated Results

Thursday, November 2 is the First Thursday Blitz tournament, followed by a Reverse Angle on Saturday, November 4.  See all of our events on the events calendar.