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This event will honor the top scholastic players in Georgia in three sections: High School (9-12), Middle School (K-8), and Elementary (K-5).
The winner of the High School section will be Georgia's 2017 HS State Champion and will represent Georgia at the annual DENKER Tournament of High School State Champions (www.denkerchess.com).
The top female in the HS section will receive the nomination to NGTOC (National Girls Tournament of Champions). The winner of the K-8 section will be Georgia's 2017 Middle School State Champion and will represent Georgia at the BARBER K-8 Tournament of State Champions (www.barberchess.com).
The winner of the K-5 section will be Georgia's 2017 Elementary State Champion.
All participants will receive a plaque.
Minimum peak rating requirements:
Georgia students with established ratings as of the official November 2016 list, or any subsequent official post-tournament rating of (by registration deadline):
- 1600 or higher for 9-12th (High School)
- 1400 or higher for K-8 (Middle School)
- 1150 or higher for K-5 (Elementary)
We will attempt to contact all invitees separately by email which will include the code for registering online. Those who have a peak rating that meets the requirements may not be on the list, please contact gssc@georgiachess.org if this is the case.
State nominees to the Denker Tournament of High School Champions and the Barber K-8 Tournament of State Champions as well as NGTOC (top female) will receive a $500 stipend for expenses incurred after attending these tournaments.
High School Invitees (9th-12th)
Name |
Rating |
Grade |
Sanjay Ghatti |
2311 |
11 |
Brian Tarhon |
2307 |
11 |
Kapish Potula |
2141 |
9 |
Pranav Narnur |
2114 |
11 |
Kevin Wang |
2109 |
10 |
Albert J Liang |
2089 |
9 |
Vedic Panda |
2078 |
9 |
Amaan Akbar Pirani |
1970 |
12 |
Arish Virani |
1954 |
9 |
Preston Lee |
1941 |
11 |
Nathan Shaw Wu |
1933 |
12 |
Phat Tien Tran |
1915 |
10 |
Saithanusri Avirneni |
1901 |
11 |
Jamil Kassam |
1888 |
11 |
George Ye |
1884 |
10 |
Vignesh Sekar |
1881 |
10 |
Vishal Balyan |
1866 |
10 |
Evelyn Chen |
1850 |
12 |
Nagaraj R Bhagwat |
1824 |
12 |
Matthew J Stadter |
1823 |
9 |
Aviva B Smith |
1822 |
12 |
Nathan Alexander Hayes |
1814 |
12 |
Sagan Rowe Hartley |
1802 |
9 |
Dmitri Efimov |
1802 |
10 |
Raghuram Bukkarayasamudram |
1792 |
12 |
Stephen E Eisenhauer |
1782 |
10 |
Daniel Chou |
1782 |
12 |
Robbie Grattan-smith |
1751 |
10 |
Diamond Abdus-shakoor |
1746 |
10 |
Skyler Patrick Kelly |
1744 |
10 |
Saad Khan |
1742 |
12 |
Samhitha Dasari |
1718 |
11 |
Sasha Creighton |
1687 |
9 |
Sreekar Kanaparti |
1629 |
11 |
Gururaj Deshpande |
1624 |
10 |
Jayson Ni Wu |
1619 |
10 |
Anish Kumar |
1615 |
9 |
Suraj Peramanu |
1612 |
9 |
Austin Scott Downes Jr |
1612 |
12 |
Roman Pepelyaev |
1604 |
11 |
Middle School Invitees (6th-8th)
Name |
Rating |
Grade |
Prateek Mishra |
2027 |
7 |
Spencer Lee |
1905 |
8 |
Akshay Raj |
1897 |
7 |
Maxwell Feng |
1869 |
7 |
Atticus Grant Halley |
1818 |
7 |
Charles Lee Troutman III |
1804 |
8 |
Lawrence X Zhou |
1789 |
8 |
Sanjeev Anand |
1788 |
7 |
Anand Srinivasan |
1771 |
8 |
Kavin Jayavel Kumaresan |
1750 |
6 |
Ingrid Guo |
1745 |
8 |
Siddharth Vijayasankar |
1727 |
7 |
Nithin Naren |
1718 |
8 |
Grant Lee Bomar |
1714 |
6 |
Sreyas Kanaparti |
1709 |
7 |
Justin Zhou |
1703 |
7 |
Michael Y Fu |
1678 |
8 |
Easwar Senthilkumar |
1639 |
8 |
Sujay Jagadeesh |
1636 |
8 |
Monish Jampala |
1626 |
6 |
Hunter Adrian Payne |
1617 |
7 |
Aditya Potluri |
1592 |
8 |
Parth Dhairyashil Shinde |
1568 |
6 |
Alex David Lilly |
1566 |
7 |
Srihitha Dasari |
1561 |
7 |
Patrick Robert Leary |
1533 |
8 |
Adam Elsharkawi |
1532 |
7 |
Dean Lee Bomar |
1523 |
7 |
Sanjjithsaai Dineshkumar |
1512 |
6 |
Daniel D Shen |
1483 |
8 |
Gavin Musan Zhou |
1466 |
8 |
George Sorkin |
1460 |
8 |
Kamen Iliev |
1459 |
8 |
Pranav Koushik |
1443 |
7 |
Eeshwar Sai Potluri |
1442 |
8 |
Caleb Ouanounou |
1413 |
6 |
Adnan Kadragic |
1410 |
8 |
Anand Sivakumar |
1402 |
8 |
Elementary Invitees (K-5th)
Name |
Rating |
Grade |
Arthur Guo |
2246 |
5 |
Alexander Rutten |
1885 |
4 |
Samarth Rao Bellayaru |
1822 |
3 |
Drew Justice |
1798 |
5 |
Anshul Gokul |
1753 |
4 |
Varun Gadi |
1685 |
2 |
Pranit Mishra |
1674 |
4 |
Dhruv Rajaganesh |
1624 |
4 |
Dominic Michael Colombo |
1557 |
5 |
Vaishnavi Tammali
|
1419 |
5 |
Amit Mydukur |
1411 |
2 |
Raj Chirag Mehta |
1344 |
5 |
Wolfe Marcus Hudepohl |
1344 |
4 |
Siddharth Manikandan |
1318 |
2 |
Arjun Balaji Srinivasan |
1316 |
4 |
Henry Yu |
1315 |
5 |
Efetobo Aror |
1296 |
5 |
Tanish Potula |
1283 |
5 |
Girish Senthilkumar |
1279 |
4 |
Stephen Zhu |
1268 |
5 |
Katie Kay Hill |
1265 |
5 |
Zachary Pan Tong |
1255 |
5 |
Supratik Panuganti |
1223 |
4 |
Archer Q Watson |
1201 |
2 |
Eric J Yu |
1200 |
4 |
Danil Mcquillin |
1193 |
5 |
Rajat Ravi |
1190 |
3 |
Ved Priyadarshi |
1171 |
5 |
Arav Saksena |
1157 |
5 |
* = peak above minimum rating requirement
FORMAT:
*2-day event, 5-SS, G/90; d5, USCF rated.
*3 rounds held on Saturday, 10am - 2pm – 6pm and
2 rounds on Sunday, 10am – 2:00pm.
AWARDS: Each participant will receive a plaque. Stipend of $500 to the winner of HS to attend DENKER. Stipend of $500 to winner of K-8 to attend BARBER. The top female in the HS section will receive the nomination to NGTOC and will receive a $500 stipend.
BYES: One bye is allowed. ½ point bye is available in Rounds 1-4. Zero point bye available in Round 5. Bye must be requested in advance of 1st round before pairings posted (by 9:30am). No changes.
Requirements: You must be on the invitation list. You must have a current USCF membership. If your rating meets the minimum requirements (1600 for HS; 1400 for K-8; 1150 for K-5) after the USCF November published rating you may email gssc@georgiachess.org to be invited. You must do this by the registration deadline and you must reach the minimum rating by the deadline. All participants will be requested to submit a complete and legible score sheet for each game played. Only High School students are allowed to play in the HS section (the Denker tournament only allows HS players).
Entry Fee: $30.00
NOTE: GCA memberships and USCF memberships represent additional cost, and must be purchased in advance if necessary.
Registration: You may register online with a code which will be emailed to you (or your parent). You must register no later than Wednesday, April 19, 2017. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED. If needing to cancel, please communicate this information ASAP, and preferably by the above date. Cancellations made by 8:00am tournament day receive a partial refund of $20 (we keep $10 for the plaque fee).
Location: The Iron Yard, M. Rich Bldg, 115 Martin Luther King Dr, SW, 4th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303
The Iron Yard is located inside the M.Rich Center downtown on MLK. It is a very beautiful industrial space with lots of artwork and cool people working there. They are donating this space to us for the weekend and are so generous to do so. The parking deck is adjacent to the building and only $3 to park on weekends (cheapest rate downtown). There is security at the front desk to buzz you in. The parking deck is at Prior & MLK (also parking for Underground). You do not have to cross any streets using this deck. Park your car, walk out and turn right. M.Rich Center is 3rd door on the right. Take the elevator to the 4th floor. We'll see you there!
Map: http://www.mrichcenter.com/2014/getting-around/
Tie-break Systems: In the event of a tie the following tie-break systems will be used in the order listed to determine who receives which plaque, and, if necessary, who is Georgia’s nominee to the Denker Tournament of High School Champions and/or to the Barber K-8 Tournament of State Champions:
1. Head-to-Head
2. Modified Median
3. Solkoff
4. Cumulative
5. Cumulative of Opposition
6. Coin Toss
Players should be at tournament site by 9:30am on Saturday.
Info: gssc@georgiachess.org