Milestones earned at Reverse Angle 84

Forty seven of the Carolina's most contemplative calculators converged upon the Charlotte Chess Center this Saturday, May 19, to compete in the 84th Reverse Angle tournament, the strongest and one of the most time-honoured monthly events this side of the Mississippi.  The always guaranteed $850 prize fund and long (G/90) time control ensured a competitive turnout in all three sections: Top, Under 1800, and Under 1400.



Top Section
The Top section was the largest of the day, featuring twenty players.  Top seeds Tianqi "stephen" Wang (2350) and Klaus "I beat Bisguier twice" Pohl (2200) were the two masters in the field, followed closely by Neo "the matrix" Zhu (2170) and Berkeley's finest, Kireet "giggles" Panuganti (2148).  Notably missing were Daniel "2400" Cremisi and Dominique "flat tire" Myers, as they were undoubtedly either recovering emotionally from the #RoyalWedding, or celebrating the twenty-first birthday of Mark "treasure hunter" Biernacki.

After the proverbial dust settled, a royal trio remained at the top with 3-0: Tianqi Wang (2350), Patrick "please watch my stuff" Sciacca (2134) and rising talent Advaith "late but not forgotten" Karthik (1791), the latter of whom scored three upsets against Expert and Master opposition.  Each of these three musketeers earned a fresh Ben Franklin note for their efforts.

Congratulations to Advaith Karthik who crossed 1900 for the first time, and to Adharsh Rajagopal and Aditya Shivapooja, North Carolina's newest Experts (2000+).

Reverse Angle 84: TOP

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Tianqi Wang	2350	W13	W8	W6	3.0	100.00
2	Patrick Sciacca	2134	W10	W14	W7	3.0	100.00
3	Advaith Karthik	1791	W20	W12	W11	3.0	100.00
4	Neo Zhu	2170	L14	W16	W13	2.0
5	Kireet Panuganti	2148	W9	L7	W14	2.0
6	Aditya Shivapooja	1974	W18	W11	L1	2.0
7	Adharsh Rajagopal	1951	W19	W5	L2	2.0
8	Pradhyumna Kothapalli	2016	W17	L1	D9	1.5
9	Carson Cook	1861	L5	W19	D8	1.5
10	Xiaodong Jin	1816	L2	W20	H---	1.5
11	Klaus Pohl	2200	W15	L6	L3	1.0
12	Sulia Mason	2020	D16	L3	D18	1.0
13	James Dill	1938	L1	W17	L4	1.0
14	Ernest Nix	1888	W4	L2	L5	1.0
15	Curtis Ianni	1866	L11	D18	D16	1.0
16	Luke Harris	1805	D12	L4	D15	1.0
17	Donald Johnson	1741	L8	L13	W20	1.0
18	Andrew Jiang	1715	L6	D15	D12	1.0
19	Daniel Romm	1707	L7	L9	B---	1.0
20	Vishnu Vanapalli	2019	L3	L10	L17	0.0

Under 1800
The U1800 Section featured an impregnable turnout of thirteen players.  The top seeds were John "jeremy lin" Xia (1753), Ian "big mac" MacNair, and Jeff "no nickname available" Prainito (1641).

John Xia and Alexander Moreno (1456) both scored 2.5/3, good for $112.50 each.  Sampath Kumar (1535), Paige Cook (1485), and Gautam "got em" Kapur (1407) all earned $17 for a tie of the U1600 prize.

Reverse Angle 84: Under 1800

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	John Xia	1753	W10	W8	D3	2.5	112.50
2	Alexander Moreno	1456	D3	W13	W8	2.5	112.50
3	Ian Macnair	1679	D2	W11	D1	2.0
4	Sampath Kumar	1535	H---	W12	D5	2.0	16.67
5	Paige Cook	1485	D13	W7	D4	2.0	16.67
6	Gautam Kapur	1407	L8	B---	W9	2.0	16.67
7	Saanchi Sampath	1409	H---	L5	W11	1.5
8	Jeff Prainito	1641	W6	L1	L2	1.0
9	Danny Cropper	1604	L11	W10	L6	1.0
10	Grisham Paimagam	1473	L1	L9	W13	1.0
11	Pranav Swarna	1339	W9	L3	L7	1.0
12	Hassan Hashemloo	1372	H---	L4	---	0.5
13	Dan Boisvert	1324	D5	L2	L10	0.5

Under 1400
Fourteen unswerving players entered the U1400 section, with Adam "curly" Lipshay (1267), Ethan "polo ridge's finest" (1258), William "bill" Merritt (1256), and Akshay "!!!" Rajagopal (1222) leading the pack.

Senthil Muthusamy (1095) scored 3-0, good for $150.  Adam Lipshay and Ethan Liu split second place money with 2.5/3, each earning $37.50.  Raamcharan Puttagunta (1041) and Richard Trela (1028) received $25 for their share of the U1200 prize.

Reverse Angle 84: Under 1400

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Senthil Muthusamy	1095	W13	W8	W7	3.0	150.00
2	Adam Lipshay	1267	W9	W6	D3	2.5	37.50
3	Ethan Liu	1258	W10	W5	D2	2.5	37.50
4	William Merritt	1256	L8	W13	W9	2.0
5	Raamcharan Puttagunta	1041	W14	L3	W10	2.0	25.00
6	Richard Trela	1028	W11	L2	W12	2.0	25.00
7	Akshay !!!	1222	H---	W12	L1	1.5
8	Henry Nguyen	902	W4	L1	D13	1.5
9	Meet Doshi	943	L2	W11	L4	1.0
10	Pranava Kumar	934	L3	W14	L5	1.0
11	Rohan Chugh	809	L6	L9	B---	1.0
12	Ronald Futerman	1083	H---	L7	L6	0.5
13	Ramya Puttagunta	871	L1	L4	D8	0.5
14	Ellen Rosenfeld	861	L5	L10	H---	0.5

UPSETS - 150 points or more
Top Section, Round 3 - Advaith Karthik (1791) def. Klaus Pohl (2200) - 409 points
Under 1400, Round 1 - Henry Nguyen (902) def. William Merritt (1256) - 354 points
Top Section, Round 1 - Ernest Nix (1888) def. Neo Zhu (2170) - 282 points
Top Section, Round 3 - Donald Johnson (1741) def. Vishnu Vanapalli (2019) - 278 points
Under 1800, Round 1 - Pranav Swarna (1339) def. Danny Cropper (1604) - 265 points
Top Section, Round 2 - Advaith Karthik (1791) def. Sulia Mason (2020) - 229 points
Top Section, Round 1 - Advaith Karthik (1791) def. Vishnu Vanapalli (2019) - 228 points
Top Section, Round 2 - Aditya Shivapooja (1974) def. Klaus Pohl (2200) - 226 points
Top Section, Round 2 - Xiaodong Jin (1816) def. Vishnu Vanapalli (2019) - 203 points
Top Section, Round 2 - Adharsh Rajagopal (1951) def. Kireet Panuganti (2148) - 197 points
Under 1800, Round 3 - Gautam Kapur (1407) def. Danny Cropper (1604) - 197 points
Under 1800, Round 3 - Alexander Moreno (1456) def. Jeff Prainito (1641) - 185 points


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