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2022 North Carolina K-12 Chess Championship with 450+ players

13 Mar, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The K-12 State Championship of North Carolina is happening March 11-13, 2022. This is the first time the event is held in two years. 450+ players participate in the event K-12 chess championship, which is a qualifier for the for Rockefeller, Barber and Denker National Invitational Chess Tournaments.


The event is sponsored by the Charlotte Chess Center, which organizes multiple events, including the annual Charlotte Invitational


Format:​​​

  • K-1 Section: 1 day, March 12 
  • All other sections: 2 days, March 12-13

Sections:

  • K-1 Championship
  • K-3 Championship
  • K-5 Championship
  • K-8 Under 1200
  • K-8 Championship
  • K-12 Under 1500
  • K-12 Championship

Number of Rounds and Time Controls:

K-1 Champ

6 rounds. G/25, increment/5

K-3 Champ, K-5 Champ, K-8 U1200

6 rounds. G/60, increment/5

K-8 Champ, K-12 U1500, K-12 Champ

5 rounds.  Rounds 1-3: G/75, increment/5. Rounds 4-5: G/90, increment/5.

K-12 Chess NC 2022


1 VISHNU VANAPALLI 2325
2 DONALD JOHNSON 2238
3 PRADHYUMNA KOTHAPALLI 2202
4 ADVAITH KARTHIK 2174
5 NAVEEN PRABHU 2160
6 ALEX CHEN 2149
7 JAMES CHIRILOV 2096
8 ARYA KUMAR 2091
9 BENJAMIN YAN 2077
10 MOHAK AGARWALLA 2059
11 PETER CROWLEY 1947
12 ZIYANG QIU 1934
13 ASHA KUMAR 1879
14 SAMUEL INDERMAUR 1835
15 OJAS PANDA 1809
16 RITVIK MARIDI 1791
17 ADITYA RAMKUMAR 1777
18 ANTARA DURBHA 1754
19 YOGYA KONERU 1752
20 KEVAN WANG 1732
21 AASHISH ANANTHARAMAN 1725
22 ANGEL SPIELVOGEL 1683
23 PATRICK KENGSOONTRA 1680
24 NICHOLAS WANG 1664
25 DAVID FLEMING 1652
26 ETHAN WYPER 1641
27 AARUSH CHUGH 1625
28 LALITH CHALLARI 1567
29 DHANUSH KONDABATHINI 1521
30 PARAS SRIVASTAVA 1510
31 ADITYA MUKHERJEE 1506
32 TRIYA VENKATARAJA 1485
33 ZHIYU CAO 1485
34 ANNIKA MOORJANI 1472
35 ISHAN BIYALA 1423
36 MANAN GOYAL 1319
37 SATHVIK CHATTA 1313
38 NOAH TILGHMAN 1189
39 VIKAS SARVASYA 1181
40 HEMADITHYA PUJARI 1092
41 SRIANSH KATTA 1069
42 NATHANAEL LECLERCQ 1049
43 SIDDHARTH CHUKKAYAPALLY 1024
44 SEBASTIAN VERMITSKY 1017
45 SEPANTA POOZESH 914
46 NIKHIL SARDA 582
47 SACHITH VASIREDDY 316
48 NAVEEN RAMASAMY 0
49 SUJAN PATEL 0

K-8 Chess NC 2022


1 JERRY XUE 1973
2 PULAK AGARWALLA 1917
3 CHASE BELLAMY 1914
4 RAHUL RAMESH 1901
5 KEVIN YANG 1883
6 ETHAN LIU 1854
7 HENRY CHEN 1838
8 MARIUS CUTITARU 1773
9 SMAYAN AMMASANI 1714
10 ENZO RESTELLI 1693
11 SHRAVAN DASH 1688
12 ARAV GOLDSTEIN 1657
13 RISHI JASTI 1644
14 ARJUN RAWAL 1600
15 MATTHEW MARTIN 1585
16 AYUSH KAMATH 1583
17 DHRUV VIVEK 1554
18 SAHASRA RALLABANDI 1551
19 NAMISH KONDABATHINI 1544
20 ARJUN MALIK 1527
21 AKHIL SOMPURAM 1524
22 SAICHARAN VALISEKKAGARI 1475
23 LINGAA VENKATARAJA 1430
24 BONNIE HE 1406
25 TAUSIQTEJA THOKALA 1398
26 AASHRITH TATINENI 1398
27 HARSHIL JAGGA 1392
28 RAAMCHARAN PUTTAGUNTA 1380
29 IAN HELFING 1348
30 EMILYN DOAN 1345
31 KARTHIKEYA MALIREDDY 1323
32 SAMARTH KEDARI 1308
33 AARNAV MUDDULA 1279
34 VIR DATT 1253
35 KRITARTH MISHRA 1232
36 ADIT ZETSH 1221
37 KYLE CAMERON 1152
38 LUKE MANNS 1146
39 SAAHASI UDUPA 1132
40 AKSHAY RAJAGOPAL 1127
41 PAUL DOMINIC 1078
42 RILEY ROBILOTTO 1056
43 AARON ZHU 1008
44 NISHANTH GURRAM 937
45 ANKIT DURBHA 932
46 ESHWAR KOTHAPALLI 904
47 SAICHARAN MUDIUM 894
48 SIDDHARTH MENON 865
49 AAYUSH CHAYAN 848
50 RISHI KANNAN 811
51 LANDON GAREAU 709
52 ADRIAN WINSLEY 684
53 AKSHAR KHANDELWAL 672
54 SHREYAS BODDAPATI 606
55 NIKHIL DORANALA 568
56 ASHER HELFING 566
57 TARUN VEDAM 560
58 TIMOTHY HOOK 470
59 CAROLINE ROWE 353
60 ASHVIK POLI 155
61 SHIVANI HALNUR 0

K-3 Chess NC 2022


1 ALAN CHEN 1584
2 KISHAN KARTHIGEYAN 1359
3 SHIVA SRINIVAS KARTHIK 1276
4 DALTON LAD 1137
5 ADVIK PRASANNA 1112
6 NAITIK RATHI 1109
7 PIERCE JACKSON 1045
8 PRANAV ARUN 1022
9 SOPHIA LI 919
10 LEO LAD 895
11 JAYANTH SARAVANAKUMAR 874
12 EVAN ZHANG 863
13 ADITYA AGARWAL 849
14 ARSH SHARDA 829
15 ARRI RESTELLI 732
16 TOMMY QU 728
17 ZILIN QIN 723
18 SULLIVAN FRIEDMAN 708
19 SHANMUKHI MALIREDDY 699
20 WYATT WASHATKA 672
21 RISHAANK CHANNAD 650
22 ALYSSA CAMERON 648
23 AARYAN MORISETTI 638
24 JULIAN KELLY 630
25 KAI LOWE 615
26 RITVIK CHATURVEDI 600
27 ANVAY MISHRA 571
28 SEYEDMAHDYAR BAGHERNEZHAD 560
29 SIBANI BALAJI 554
30 SEBASTIAN TIWARI 553
31 NEEL SARDA 548
32 WILLIAM WHITTENTON 546
33 ISHAANVII ASHWIN 519
34 SAMANYU AMMASANI 513
35 AKASH MURTHY 456
36 AARON BHOWMICK 452
37 KAIDEN MEADE 433
38 DYLAN MITRA RODGERS 370
39 RICKY LI 334
40 GANNET PARKER 306
41 ANDREW DOUGLAS 305
42 GURUCHARAN RAMKUMAR 290
43 IAN BANERJEE 287
44 HONEY KIRSCHBAUM 282
45 OWEN FREEMAN 270
46 FELIX LOWE 255
47 ASHRITH KARNAM 238
48 AZAAN KHAN 174
49 SMAYAN CHIDAMBARAM 170
50 RAHA ANUM 101
51 RUHANI DHINGRA 0
52 ESHANI VEDAM 0
53 VEERA MUTTURU 0
54 HUDSON ELFERSY 0
55 ANDERSON ELFERSY 0
56 HENRY SERGEANT 0
57 PURAKK VARDHAN 0
58 OLIVER CAMPBELL 0
59 BRIAN ZHANG 0
60 AMRITHA KARTHIK 0
61 AHAAN BHARDWAJ 0
62 OSCAR ORTIZ 0
63 KIERAN O’REILLY 0
64 HARRISON COIRO 0
65 JONAH VOCI 0
66 VINCE BERTANI 0
67 PENELOPE RUTH TEW 0

K-1 Chess NC 2022


1 YANG YU 1285
2 PAUL HUANG 810
3 ASHER KIRSCHBAUM 798
4 KHABIR MUHAMMAD 571
5 MILO FRIEDMAN 431
6 VIAAN BAHL 424
7 IZAIAH FREEMAN 394
8 ADVIKK RASTOGI 380
9 WALTER RUSSO 351
10 SHARVESH SWAMINATHAN 292
11 CHARLIE ZOU 287
12 SOHAM SAHU 282
13 KIERAN CENTRELLI 268
14 EMMA SUN 220
15 HANTIAN LU 177
16 JOHNNY BRAWER 175
17 AHAAN SHARMA 135
18 TANVI TUBATI 121
19 JOHN HUANG 115
20 SRI GUNDALA 110
21 NEET KANTHED 109
22 ISHAAN SETH 101
23 EWEN BORLAND 0
24 VASISHT SRIRAM 0
25 LARY O’REILLY 0
26 PAUL WIELUNSKI 0
27 WILLOW WASHATKA 0
28 MUSTAFIA MUHAMMAD 0
29 MUNISA IRMUKHAMED 0
30 ADAM KHAN 0
31 WILLIAM WANG 0
32 ALEXANDRIA PINTO 0
33 MURALI KONGOT 0
34 MCKENZIE NICHOLS 0
35 JUDE CAMPBELL 0
36 RHEA MITTAL 0
37 ALEX SEDLOCK 0
38 DHRUV LAXETTI 0

Tournament Rules:

  • Masks are required for all.
  • This is an individual chess tournament – players are not required to be part of a school chess program or team to participate.
  • Players must attend school in North Carolina and have NC as their USCF state to be eligible to compete.
  • Standard US Chess pairings will be used.  Accelerated Pairings may be used at TD’s discretion.
  • Team awards – minimum 2 players from the same school in the same section.
  • Top 4 scores contribute to team scores.
  • Teammate pairings will be avoided but are possible, particularly in the last 2 rounds.
  • US Chess regular ratings used (March 2022 supplement). 
  • In some cases, the TD may assign a different rating, including FIDE ratings, US Chess Online ratings or unofficial “live” ratings for any player.
  • K-12 Champion (must be in High School) qualifies to 2022 Denker National Invitational tournament with NCCA travel stipend.
  • K-8 Champion (must be in Middle School) qualifies to 2022 Barber National Invitational tournament with NCCA travel stipend.
  • K-5 Champion qualifies to 2022 Rockefeller National Invitational tournament with NCCA travel stipend.
  • USCF standard tiebreaks are used for all prizes except for the national invitational spots.
  • Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, Cumulative Opposition
  • Tiebreak playoff for national qualifiers: top 2 eligible players on tiebreaks. Pairs of G/3 +2” blitz games until there is a winner.​