81st Virginia Closed Chess Championship

Friday Night Blitz, and the Main Event on 2-4 Sept 2017

The winner of the Open Section and our 2017 - 2018 State Champion is IM Praveen Balakrishnan with a perfect 6-0 score
The winner of the Amateur section is Nalin Jha in a 4 way tie. Nalin won the Amateur Champion title on tie breaks.

Congratulations to Rahul Palani, Tom Belke, and Dan Calhoon who also scored 5-1 to tie with Nalin.
The winner of the Under 1200 section is Joshua Havens with a 5 1/2 - 1/2 score.

Payments are being mailed on Monday 9/11/17 for Players who are due to receive their winnings
(Mailings are made through Wells Fargo Bill Pay)

Open Standings          U1800 Standings          U1200 Standings      Open Blitz Standings       U1800 Blitz Standings

Open Section Final Standings
# Name USCF ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prize Amount
1 IM Balakrishnan, Praveen 14056673 2501 W17 W23 W15 W2 W4 W3 6 1st Place & Plaque
2017 State Champion
$681.00
2 FM Shibut, Macon 10195624 2283 W19 W25 W3 L1 W14 D5 4.5 2nd Place $389.00
3 NM Yang, Qindong 15782984 2379 W18 W24 L2 W22 W15 L1 4 3rd Place/5 $48.60
4 NM Paul, Justin 14323420 2260 W20 W32 W30 D14 L1 H--- 4 3rd Place/5 $48.60
5 NM Indusekar, Akshay 14640961 2235 L15 B--- W19 W24 D6 D2 4 3rd Place/5 $48.60
6 NM Morefield, Jason P 15170936 2206 D21 D27 W25 D16 D5 W15 4 3rd Place/5 $48.60
7 NM Greanias, Steven D 10034191 2200 L32 W29 W28 D27 W18 D9 4 3rd Place/5 $48.60
8 NM Lohr, Justin 13917930 2181 W33 W35 D14 L15 D16 W23 4 Top Expert/2 & Trophy $58.50
9 NM Richardson, James 12583803 2180 W26 L30 D18 W32 W27 D7 4 Top Expert/2 $58.50
10 CM Larkins, Larry R 12423238 2053 W36 L14 L32 W29 D20 W26 3.5    
11 Revellon, Lucas 12688571 1972 D29 L28 W26 D20 D22 W27 3.5 Top Class A/3 & Trophy $39.00
12 Miller, Andrew J 12602765 1946 L30 D26 H--- H--- W33 W25 3.5 Top Class A/3 $39.00
13 Failon, Nick 14315985 1928 L14 D34 L29 W35 W36 W24 3.5 Top Class A/3 $39.00
14 NM Miller, Daniel I 12473672 2337 W13 W10 D8 D4 L2 U--- 3    
15 FM Samuelson, Andrew [r/e]* 20051892 2316 W5 W31 L1 W8 L3 L6 3    
16 NM Kobla, Vishal 14547128 2148 D27 W21 D22 D6 D8 U--- 3    
17 Guill, James R 10186498 1972 L1 L33 W37 W19 W32 U--- 3    
18 Lohr, Bryant 13917951 1941 L3 W37 D9 W28 L7 D21 3    
19 Hulvey, David W 10193206 1900 L2 W36 L5 L17 W35 W31 3    
20 WCM Dommalapati, Aasa 13778456 1890 L4 D38 W34 D11 D10 H--- 3    
21 Xie, Nicholas 14252523 1879 D6 L16 W38 D23 D24 D18 3    
22 CM Barrow, William 12716851 2077 W34 H--- D16 L3 D11 U--- 2.5    
23 NM Fischer, Robert J 10251648 2077 W37 L1 D33 D21 D25 L8 2.5    
24 Lohr, Nathan 13917945 1996 W38 L3 W35 L5 D21 L13 2.5    
25 Liang, Jason 16041488 1909 W39 L2 L6 W31 D23 L12 2.5    
26 Rieve, Richard E 10179467 1857 L9 D12 L11 W34 W28 L10 2.5    
27 Sriniaiyer, Sudarshan 14943697 1819 D16 D6 W31 D7 L9 L11 2.5    
28 Kenny, Jonathan 12690158 1771 H--- W11 L7 L18 L26 W32 2.5    
29 Digges, Jordan C 15354445 1672 D11 L7 W13 L10 L31 B--- 2.5    
30 FM Schuyler, James 12168140 2392 W12 W9 L4 U--- U--- U--- 2    
31 Penn, Robert M 12408670 1996 B--- L15 L27 L25 W29 L19 2    
32 Pabalan, Edward M 12436129 1878 W7 L4 W10 L9 L17 L28 2    
33 Garbera, Brian S 12438327 1869 L8 W17 D23 H--- L12 U--- 2    
34 Al-Hariri, Saad 14011581 1805 L22 D13 L20 L26 W38 H--- 2    
35 Chinthakuntla, Pranav 14948171 1473 B--- L8 L24 L13 L19 W37 2    
36 Yerg, Thomas Robison 10174465 1718 L10 L19 H--- W37 L13 U--- 1.5    
37 Harvey, Alfred W 10194806 1800 L23 L18 L17 L36 B--- L35 1    
38 Carroll, William 10130191 1715 L24 D20 L21 U--- L34 H--- 1    
39 FM Samuelson, Andrew 20051892 2316 L25 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0    

Open Standings          U1800 Standings          U1200 Standings      Open Blitz Standings       U1800 Blitz Standings

Under 1800 Final Standings
# Name USCF ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prize Amount
1 JHA, Nalin 16028844 1586 W31 W5 W9 W8 W2 L4 5 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place + D /4 & plaque
Amateur Champion on tiebreaks
$272.75
2 PALANI, Rahul 14715525 1368 W14 W30 W15 W3 L1 W10 5 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place + top D /4
Top Class D trophy
$272.75
3 BELKE, Thomas J [R/E]* 10126550 1771 W17 B--- W20 L2 W8 W5 5 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place + top D /4 $272.75
4 CALHOUN,Dan 12660259 1573 L15 W28 W27 W9 W18 W1 5 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place + top D /4
Top Class C trophy
$272.75
5 KREMENCHUGSKIY,Ilya 12748149 1713 D12 W11 D23 W17 L6 W16 4    
6 HORNE, Anthony M 15763984 1661 W19 L2 W18 W24 W5 L1 4    
7 NATARAJAN, Varun 14205981 1519 W33 L10 W16 D20 D8 W14 4 Top Class C & Trophy $93.00
8 SCHLICH, Ernest W 10212995 1705 W13 L17 L24 W26 D7 W21 3.5    
9 KEOGH, Bill 10195519 1700 W25 W21 W17 L2 L1 D13 3.5    
10 LAIMANA,Jershon 13367921 1683 W22 W7 L2 L3 W24 H--- 3.5    
11 LIANG, Chunlei 16071390 1565 D28 L5 H--- W19 H--- W23 3.5    
12 ULISSI,David G 14093203 1534 D5 W29 L15 W21 W20 L4 3.5    
13 LONG, Daniel 15391106 1458 L8 L26 W30 W18 W23 D9 3.5    
14 NAYLOR, Carla 11178464 1751 W3 D23 L4 H--- W25 L7 3    
15 KOBLA, Akshay 14744166 1712 W29 L20 W12 W23 L3 U--- 3    
16 BURNS,Kip T 15211587 1686 L4 W19 L7 W22 W17 L5 3    
17 RHODES,Roy Adrian 12727682 1647 W27 W8 L9 L5 L16 W25 3    
18 JOHNSON,William D 15471404 1368 L1 B--- L6 L13 W26 W24 3    
19 RIGBY,Peter 12964837 1303 L6 L16 W29 L11 W30 W27 3    
20 WASSERBAUER, Gerard 12971264 1653 W26 W15 L1 D7 L12 U--- 2.5    
21 FARIES, Joe 12457824 1600 B--- L9 D26 L12 W27 L8 2.5    
22 CHILSON, Steven Wayne 10137446 1364 L10 H--- D25 L16 X29 H--- 2.5    
23 LOHR, Gideon 13917966 1648 W30 D14 D5 L15 L13 L11 2    
24 FAILON, Brian 10855209 1532 H--- H--- W8 L6 L10 L18 2    
25 BALAKRISHNAN,Naveen 15197624 1397 L9 B--- D22 D27 L14 L17 2    
26 SRINIVASAN, Anish 15235260 1276 L20 W13 D21 L8 L18 H--- 2    
27 PARIKH,Dilip N 14244482 1208 L17 B--- L3 D25 L21 L19 1.5    
28 GRAY, John E 10246881 1739 D11 L4 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5    
29 MC CLAINE,Raponyer 12513715 1527 L15 L12 L19 D30 F22 U--- 0.5    
30 KOBLA, Rithika 15187743 1249 L23 L3 L13 D29 L19 U--- 0.5    
31 OCASIO,Antonio 10084474 2034 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0    
32 BELKE, Thomas J 10126550 1771 L2 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0    
33 SCHINABECK, Michael 12538520 1709 L7 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0    

Open Standings          U1800 Standings          U1200 Standings      Open Blitz Standings       U1800 Blitz Standings

Under 1200 Final Standings
# Name USCF ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prize Amount
1 HAVENS, Joshua [R/E]* 15630718 1199 W4 B--- W11 W6 D2 W5 5.5 1st Place & Trophy
U1200 Champion
$292.00
2 MURUGAN AYYAPPAN, Aadarsini 16041583 1153 W12 L7 W15 W11 D1 W4 4.5 2nd & 3rd Place / 2 $151.00
3 BAI, Jeffrey 16392054 1041 W19 D8 W7 L4 W11 W9 4.5 2nd & 3rd Place / 2 $151.00
4 BREWSTER, David S 12486972 1145 L1 B--- W8 W3 W10 L2 4    
5 PALANI, Ritvika 15062950 1042 L7 W13 W17 W12 W6 L1 4    
6 SAMBARAJU, Saket 16042131 929 W18 W9 W10 L1 L5 W14 4 Top Under 1000 Trophy --
7 BARRETTO, Adriel L 16079093 671 W5 W2 L3 W8 L9 W10 4 Top Under 800 Trophy --
8 MURUGAN AYYAPPAN, Adhiraiyan 16024678 807 W21 D3 L4 L7 X20 W13 3.5    
9 ANLIKER, Mike 12497045 1143 W15 L6 L14 W16 W7 L3 3    
10 SAMBANGI,Sriharsha 14991667 989 W13 W17 L6 W14 L4 L7 3    
11 NIRANJAN, Manas Kalyan 14949221 980 W16 W14 L1 L2 L3 W15 3    
12 BOYD, Clark Davis 16127545 797 L2 W19 W18 L5 L13 W16 3    
13 HO, Ryan 16351666 587 L10 L5 W20 W17 W12 L8 3 Top Under 600 Trophy --
14 HO, Samantha 16428756 unr. W20 L11 W9 L10 W15 L6 3 Top Unrated $83.00
15 LEWIS, Cora Mae Margaret 16090630 673 L9 W16 L2 W18 L14 L11 2    
16 PULLELA, Prithvi S 16396654 496 L11 L15 W19 L9 W18 L12 2    
17 CHINTHAKUNTLA,Isha 16138441 381 B--- L10 L5 L13 W19 L18 2    
18 ANLIKER, Eric 15893515 332 L6 B--- L12 L15 L16 W17 2    
19 GITTA, Abhinav 15600374 620 L3 L12 L16 H--- L17 B--- 1.5    
20 SCOTTEN,Dwight L 12697434 815 L14 H--- L13 H--- F8 U--- 1    
21 HAVENS, Joshua 15630718 1199 L8 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0    

Open Standings          U1800 Standings          U1200 Standings      Open Blitz Standings       U1800 Blitz Standings 

Open Blitz Final Standings
# Name USCF ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Total Prize Amount
1 NM YANG, Qindong 15782984 2322 W9 (b) W9 (w) W4 (w) W4 (b) W3 (w) W3 (b) D2 (w) L2 (b) 6.5 1st Place $123.75
2 NM SAMUELSON, Andrew 20051892 2331 W6 (w) W6 (b) L3 (b) L3 (w) W8 (b) W8 (w) D1 (b) W1 (w) 5.5 2nd Place $78.75
3 MILLER,DANIEL I 12473672 2250 W8 (w) W8 (b) W2 (w) W2 (b) L1 (b) L1 (w) D4 (b) D4 (w) 5 3rd Place / 3 $11.25
4 NM LOHR, Justin 13917930 2140 W5 (b) W5 (w) L1 (b) L1 (w) W7 (w) W7 (b) D3 (w) D3 (b) 5 3rd Place / 3 $11.25
5 BARROW, William 12716851 1873 L4 (w) L4 (b) W9 (w) W9 (b) D6 (b) D6 (w) W10 (b) W10 (w) 5 3rd Place / 3 $11.25
6 MILLER, Andrew J 12602765 1906 L2 (b) L2 (w) W7 (b) W7 (w) D5 (w) D5 (b) D8 (w) D8 (b) 4    
7 LOHR, Bryant 13917951 1872 W10 (b) W10 (w) L6 (w) L6 (b) L4 (b) L4 (w) W9 (w) D9 (b) 3.5    
8 LOHR, Nathan 13917945 1880 L3 (b) L3 (w) W10 (w) W10 (b) L2 (w) L2 (b) D6 (b) D6 (w) 3    
9 HULVEY, David W 10193206 1900 L1 (w) L1 (b) L5 (b) L5 (w) D10 (w) D10 (b) L7 (b) D7 (w) 1.5    
10 THOMAS,Jamarl Lam 20064138 1973 L7 (w) L7 (b) L8 (b) L8 (w) D9 (b) D9 (w) L5 (w) L5 (b) 1    

Open Standings          U1800 Standings          U1200 Standings      Open Blitz Standings       U1800 Blitz Standings

Under 1800 Blitz Final Standings
# Name USCF ID Rating St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Total Prize Amount
1 LIANG, Jason 16041488 1790 VA W9 (w) W9 (b) W4 (b) W4 (w) D2 (b) D2 (w) D3 (b) W3 (w) 6.5 1st Place $173.25
2 LOHR, Gideon 13917966 1579 VA W12 (w) W12 (b) D7 (b) W7 (w) D1 (w) D1 (b) D8 (b) D8 (w) 5.5 2nd & 3rd Place / 3 $52.50
3 HORNE, Anthony M 15763984 1593 VA D6 (b) D6 (w) W10 (w) W10 (b) W7 (w) W7 (b) D1 (w) L1 (b) 5.5 2nd & 3rd Place / 3 $52.50
4 SRINIAIYER, Sudarshan 14943697 1532 VA W8 (w) W8 (b) L1 (w) L1 (b) D6 (w) W6 (b) W10 (b) W10 (w) 5.5 2nd & 3rd Place / 3 $52.50
5 CHINTHAKUNTLA, Pranav 14948171 1243 VA D13 (w) D13 (b) D9 (b) D9 (w) D10 (w) D10 (b) W11 (b) W11 (w) 5    
6 PALANI, Rahul 14715525 1368 VA D3 (w) D3 (b) W13 (b) W13 (w) D4 (b) L4 (w) D9 (b) D9 (w) 4.5    
7 NATARAJAN,Varun 14205981 1519 VA W11 (b) W11 (w) D2 (w) L2 (b) L3 (b) L3 (w) W13 (w) W13 (b) 4.5    
8 HAVENS, Joshua 15630718 1048 VA L4 (b) L4 (w) W14 (w) W14 (b) W13 (w) D13 (b) D2 (w) D2 (b) 4.5    
9 LONG, Daniel 15391106 1458 VA L1 (b) L1 (w) D5 (w) D5 (b) W12 (w) W12 (b) D6 (w) D6 (b) 4