USCF G/60 Nationals results

A very large turnout came out for the USCF G/60 Nationals tournament, the first USCF Nationals tournament in the Bay Area in many years.  A total of 204 players played in 3 sections, Open (1800+), U1800, and U1400 for a total of 4 rounds. In addition, another 110 players played in 2 sections (U1000, U600) in a separate ballroom for the scholastic version of this event. This will be first of 4 national tournaments scheduled over the next 5 months, and hopefully more will be coming next year. 

The event was held at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara.  Quite frankly, wth the larger than anticipated turnout, I was a bit fearful that the tournament would turn out like the scholastic State championship next door at the Santa Clara Convention Center 5 months back, where everyone was packed in like sardines.  But the room setting in the ballroom was very spacious and well set up, with the top boards in the Open section off to the farthest quietest side of the ballroom. The tables were of the extra long 8 foot variety, with 4 players to a table.

Thanks to all from the Weibel team and former team members who made the trek down to Santa Clara to participate in the event.  You are a big part of what made the event very successful.  There will be a separate blog item for the G/30 event which will be held today October 2.

Weibel instructor and student participants in the G/60 and their results:

Open:
IM Ricardo De Guzman (2493) 3.5 - won $183.67 for finishing in a tie for 2nd
Michael Wang (1909) 3.0  - won $63.33 for finishing in a tie for 3rd
Kevin Moy (1969) 1.5
Justin Wang (1750) 1.5

U1800
Daniel Ho (1745) 4.0 - perfect score, won $500 for finishing in a tie for 1st place and is declared a national champion!
Anthony Zhou (1643) 2.0
Abhishek Handigol (1612) 2.0
Kory Hui (1541) 2.0
Steven Li (1423) 2.0
Alisha Chawla (1361) 0.5

U1400
Calvin Tam (1342) 3.0 - won $21 for finishing in a tie for 3rd
Amarinder Chahal (1270) 3.0 - won $21 for finishing in a tie for 3rd
Sharon Lu (1471) 2.5
Geeta Shankar (984) 1.5
Desiree Ho (1253) 0.0

In addition, there was also a scholastic version of the G/60 event for players with a rating of under 1000. There were 110 total players particpating in this event.  The Weibel Team won both the U600 and U1000 sections.

U1000
3rd grader Atri Surapaneni (1064) - 3.5 - tied for 1st and won the 5th place trophy on tiebreaks
5th grader Sara Kaushik (912) - 3.0 - tied for 7th and won the 8th place trophy
Kindergartener Maurya Palusa (1002) - 2.0
5th grader Akshay Gharpure (825) 2.0
3rd grader Surya Teja Mandadi (816) 2.0
7th grader Rohan Koka (902) 2.0
1st grader Louis Law (672) 1.5
3rd grader Anvi Surapeneni (731) 1.0
3rd grader Jaden Wei (874) 1.0
2nd grader Ryan Song (688) 1.0

U600
3rd grader Privthi Nagamanivel (434) 3.0 - tied for 4th place and won the 7th place trophy on tiebreaks
4th grader Vittal Thirumalai (249) 3.0 - tied for 4th place and won the 11th place trophy
1st grader Oliver Wu (594) 3.0 - tied for 4th place and won the 12th place trophy
1st grader Vincent Wang (466) 3.0 - tied for 4th place and won the 15th place trophy
3rd grader Amirah Rafi (577) 2.0 - tied for 19th place and won the 29th place trophy
3rd grader Rahul Ravishankar (460) 1.5