2024 ICA Youth Invitational
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- Written by Jacob Plotnick - Editor / Staff Reporter Jacob Plotnick - Editor / Staff Reporter
- Published: 19 June 2024 19 June 2024
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--- |
0 |