The Illinois Chess Association Youth Invitational was run last month. The highest rated players from across the state were invited to compete in the tournament. This year the rating requirements for the Denker, Barber, Rockefeller, and Haring were set as follows: 1700, 1500, 1400, and 1200 respectively.

 

The winners of our divisions will represent Illinois in their respective age group at the US open in Norfolk, VA. ICA will give each of the winners a $250 stipend for travel to allow them to participate in the tournament. The representatives for Illinois this year will be: Avi Kaplan, Anjaneya Rao, Aiden Li, and Rebecca Cortez.

 

On top of that, the 2nd and 3rd place finishers in the Haring were invited to participate in the Susan Polgar Girls Invitational, which was held online earlier this month. The Illinois representatives were Linda Pham and RIa Raj for placing in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

 

Below is a full list of the results of each section in the tournament.

 

Denker (High School) 

 

Going into the last round Avi Kaplan was the only participant with a perfect 4-0 record, while a few other players had 3 points. In the final round, Avi Kaplan drew Jack Heller, which cemented his lead and allowed him to become the undisputed winner of the tournament.

 

Name

Rd1

Rd2

Rd3

Rd4

Rd5

Total

1

Kaplan, Avi Harrison

W15 (b)

W7 (w)

W10 (b)

W5 (w)

D3 (w)

4.5

2

Murali, Rishi

D3 (b)

W9 (b)

D11 (w)

W10 (w)

W7 (b)

4

3

Heller, Jack

D2 (w)

W14 (b)

D6 (w)

W4 (w)

D1 (b)

3.5

4

Shrigadi, Aryan

W18 (b)

W6 (w)

D5 (w)

L3 (b)

W11 (w)

3.5

5

Mehrotra, Ekansh

W16 (b)

W13 (w)

D4 (b)

L1 (b)

D6 (w)

3

6

Malladi, Sadkrith

W20 (w)

L4 (b)

D3 (b)

W13 (w)

D5 (b)

3

7

Karthikeyan, Arnav

W21 (w)

L1 (b)

W17 (w)

W8 (b)

L2 (w)

3

8

Shah, Aarav T

L10 (b)

W15 (w)

W21 (b)

L7 (w)

W16 (w)

3

9

Chen, Anthony

D12 (b)

L2 (w)

W14 (w)

L11 (b)

W17 (w)

2.5

10

Kosak, Whitman

W8 (w)

W17 (b)

L1 (w)

L2 (b)

D13 (w)

2.5

11

Feng, Jay

L13 (b)

W12 (w)

D2 (b)

W9 (w)

L4 (b)

2.5

12

Pena, Faris Adan

D9 (w)

L11 (b)

L19 (b)

B---

W20 (w)

2.5

13

Ramnath, Vrishank

W11 (w)

L5 (b)

W18 (w)

L6 (b)

D10 (b)

2.5

14

Samayamantri, Hemanth

B---

L3 (w)

L9 (b)

D15 (w)

W19 (b)

2.5

15

Prabhu, Sanjith

L1 (w)

L8 (b)

W20 (w)

D14 (b)

D21 (b)

2

16

Drucker, Jack Leo

L5 (w)

L18 (b)

B---

W19 (w)

L8 (b)

2

17

Plotnick, Jacob Joseph

W19 (b)

L10 (w)

L7 (b)

W18 (w)

L9 (b)

2

18

Bafia, Nathaniel

L4 (w)

W16 (w)

L13 (b)

L17 (b)

B---

2

19

Pjevic, Dario

L17 (w)

D20 (b)

W12 (w)

L16 (b)

L14 (w)

1.5

20

Deligiannis, Dimitrios M

L6 (b)

D19 (w)

L15 (b)

W21 (w)

L12 (b)

1.5

21

Osborne, Keoni F.

L7 (b)

B---

L8 (w)

L20 (b)

D15 (w)

1.5

 

Barber (Grades 6-8) 

 

Entering the final round, Anjaneya Rao was the only player with 3.5 points. While one player, Justin Lee, had 3 points and several other players had 2.5 points. In the final round, Anjaneya beat Ryan Zhang, which allowed him to finish as the undisputed champion.

 

 

Name

Rd1

Rd2

Rd3

Rd4

Rd5

Total

1

Rao, Anjaneya Sripathy

W5 (w)

D2 (b)

W7 (w)

W3 (b)

W9 (w)

4.5

2

Lee, Justin

W10 (b)

D1 (w)

D4 (w)

W9 (b)

D5 (b)

3.5

3

Khanbutaev, Artemii

W13 (b)

W7 (w)

D9 (b)

L1 (w)

D4 (b)

3

4

Zhou, Alex

L11 (w)

W14 (w)

D2 (b)

W12 (b)

D3 (w)

3

5

Lavanur, Mahendra

L1 (b)

D10 (w)

W14 (b)

W6 (b)

D2 (w)

3

6

Menon, Rohan Dileep

L7 (b)

W13 (w)

W11 (b)

L5 (w)

W12 (w)

3

7

Misra, Pragyan

W6 (w)

L3 (b)

L1 (b)

W11 (w)

D8 (b)

2.5

8

Munaganuri, Vamsi

D14 (b)

L9 (w)

D13 (b)

W10 (b)

D7 (w)

2.5

9

Zhang, Ryan

W12 (w)

W8 (b)

D3 (w)

L2 (w)

L1 (b)

2.5

10

Pothabathula, Rahul Sai

L2 (w)

D5 (b)

D12 (b)

L8 (w)

W13 (b)

2

11

Pittala, Ashvath Reddy

W4 (b)

U---

L6 (w)

L7 (b)

W14 (w)

2

12

Ramkumar, Gautham

L9 (b)

B---

D10 (w)

L4 (w)

L6 (b)

1.5

13

Cai, Andrew

L3 (w)

L6 (b)

D8 (w)

D14 (b)

L10 (w)

1

14

Turba, Timur

D8 (w)

L4 (b)

L5 (w)

D13 (w)

L11 (b)

1

 

Rockefeller (Grades K-5) 

 

Unlike the previous sections, entering the final round there were three players with 3 points: Aiden Li, Matthew Yu, and Alexander Pan. All of which drew in their final rounds – leading to a three way blitz playoff. The playoff finished with Aiden Li in first place, followed by Matthew Yu and Alexander Pan.

 

 

Name

Rd1

Rd2

Rd3

Rd4

Rd5

Total

Tie-Break

Tie-Break

1

Li, Aiden Linyuan

W3 (b)

L2 (w)

W6 (b)

W5 (w)

D4 (b)

3.5

Blitz

 

2

Yu, Matthew

W7 (b)

W1 (b)

W4 (w)

L3 (w)

D5 (b)

3.5

 

Blitz

3

Pan, Alexander

L1 (w)

W8 (w)

W9 (b)

W2 (b)

D6 (w)

3.5

   

4

Tikhomirov, Matthew

D6 (w)

W5 (w)

L2 (b)

W11 (b)

D1 (w)

3

   

5

Vanama, Agastya

W11 (w)

L4 (b)

W10 (w)

L1 (b)

D2 (w)

2.5

   

6

Tang, Edward Jiayi

D4 (b)

W9 (b)

L1 (w)

D10 (w)

D3 (b)

2.5

   

7

Kumar, Advik

L2 (w)

L10 (b)

B---

D8 (b)

W11 (w)

2.5

   

8

Jean, Ishaan

D9 (w)

L3 (b)

D11 (b)

D7 (w)

B---

2.5

   

9

Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas

D8 (b)

L6 (w)

L3 (w)

B---

D10 (b)

2

   

10

Silvestre, Lucas

U---

W7 (w)

L5 (b)

D6 (b)

D9 (w)

2

   

11

Apostolopoulos, Georgios Alexander

L5 (b)

B---

D8 (w)

L4 (w)

L7 (b)

1.5

   

 

Haring (Girls) 

 

Going into the last round Rebecca Cortez and Linda Pham were tied for first with 3.5 points. They drew in the final round which left them tied for first. After the blitz playoff, Linda and Rebecca were still tied – which led them to play an armageddon match, which Rebecca won. Leaving her in first and Linda Pham in second place. Which allowed Linda Pham to participate in the Susan Polgar Girls Invitational, as well as Ria Raj, who finished in third with 3.5 points.

 

 

Name

Rd1

Rd2

Rd3

Rd4

Rd5

Total

Tie-Break

1

Cortez, Rebecca

D6 (b)

W7 (w)

W5 (b)

W8 (w)

D2 (b)

4

Blitz

2

Pham, Linda

D13 (w)

W15 (b)

W3 (b)

W4 (w)

D1 (w)

4

 

3

Raj, Ria

W12 (w)

D8 (b)

L2 (w)

W14 (b)

W5 (b)

3.5

 

4

Xin, Stella

L14 (w)

W11 (b)

W7 (w)

L2 (b)

W8 (b)

3

 

5

Wang, Gaofei

W11 (w)

W14 (b)

L1 (w)

W9 (b)

L3 (w)

3

 

6

Berman, Shaina

D1 (w)

W9 (b)

L8 (w)

D13 (b)

W11 (w)

3

 

7

\Saha, Anisha

W16 (w)

L1 (b)

L4 (b)

W10 (w)

W13 (w)

3

 

8

Xia, Elizabeth

W10 (b)

D3 (w)

W6 (b)

L1 (b)

L4 (w)

2.5

 

9

Manimaran, Shivani

D15 (b)

L6 (w)

W12 (b)

L5 (w)

W14 (b)

2.5

 

10

Sharad, Suhana

L8 (w)

W16 (b)

D14 (w)

L7 (b)

B---

2.5

 

11

Zhan, Amy

L5 (b)

L4 (w)

B---

W12 (w)

L6 (b)

2

 

12

Sahoo, Tanirika

L3 (b)

B---

L9 (w)

L11 (b)

W15 (w)

2

 

13

Bothe, Nysa

D2 (b)

U---

W15 (w)

D6 (w)

L7 (b)

2

 

14

Girish, Niyathi

W4 (b)

L5 (w)

D10 (b)

L3 (w)

L9 (w)

1.5

 

15

Tang, Emily Jiaying

D9 (w)

L2 (w)

L13 (b)

B---

L12 (b)

1.5

 

16

Musku, Himani

L7 (b)

L10 (w)

U---

U---

U---

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