The 2022 Jerry Spann Memorial – Oklahoma Open&State Chess Championship took place over the weekend June 25-26 in Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event was played in three sections: Open, Reserve (U1700) and Amateur (U1300), over 5 swiss rounds, with time control of 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds of increment, and gathered 90 players.
There were some stunning upsets. But when the dust settled, it was no surprise to see who was holding the State Champion plaque. With a perfect 5.0 score, FM Ryan Amburgy has been named Oklahoma’s state chess champion for 2022.
The list of the Winners (scroll down for final rankings of all sections):
OPEN
1st: FM Ryan Amburgy (5.0)
2nd: Joshua Alexander (4.0)
Eight players tied for third with 3.5 points each. In tiebreak order, they are: NM Julian Proleiko, Newman Shen, David Luscomb, Matt Dalthorp, James Yanik, Elizabeth Braddy, Luke Tran, and Rahul Pai.
Elizabeth Braddy and Newman Shen split the top U1900 prize.
RESERVE (U1700)
1st: Viraj Singh and Raymond Jiang tied for first with 4.5 points each.
3rd: Kenneth Jones scored 4.0 to win third place.
Top U1500:Joseph Zacharias
AMATEUR (1300)
1st: Jonah Brandenburgh (5.0)
2nd: Miles Bright & Kirthika Duggisetty tied for second with 4.0 points each
Top U1000: Elson Ding
Top unrated: Fiby Li and Chad Higgins
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Final rankings (Open section):
#
Name
Rtng
Total
TB Med
TB Solkoff
TB Cumul.
1
AMBURGY, RYAN
2310
5
13.5
16
15
2
ALEXANDER,JOSHUA
2143
4
13.5
15.5
13
3
PROLEIKO,JULIAN
2340
3.5
15.5
17
11.5
4
SHEN,NEWMAN
1835
3.5
13.5
14.5
12.5
5
LUSCOMB,DAVID
1978
3.5
13
14
11.5
6
DALTHORP,MATT
2041
3.5
12
14.5
11.5
7
YANIK,JAMES
1736
3.5
12
14.5
10
8
BRADDY,ELIZABETH
1620
3.5
11.5
14
11
9
TRAN,LUKE M
2056
3.5
11
11
10.5
10
PAI,RAHUL
1780
3.5
10.5
12
8.5
11
DOOLEY, CHRISTOPHER KEVIN, MR.
1803
3
11.5
12.5
9
12
PRATT,MATTHEW J
1863
3
11.5
12.5
7
13
HILBERT,SCOT M
1515
3
8
8
6
14
SAKHELASHVILI,IOV
1793
2.5
8.5
14
8.5
15
HUANG,AYDEN
1854
2.5
8
14
9
16
BRAY,JARED ANTHON
1870
2.5
7.5
13
9.5
17
GRAHAM,SHAUN
1800
2.5
7
13
6.5
18
SANDERS,JACOB MAT
1727
2.5
7
11.5
6
19
BRAUNLICH,THOMAS DAVID
2200
2.5
6
8.5
8
20
MAHAYNI,ZADE AMER
1773
2
10.5
13.5
8
21
AMBURN,THOMAS
2200
2
8
11.5
7
22
LI,BENJAMIN
1565
2
7.5
11
5
23
HARRINGTON,ROBERT
2200
2
6.5
10
6
24
HE,JUSTIN SHANDON
1761
2
6
10
5.5
25
ADEL,EZRA
1246
2
6
9
6
26
CALUPITAN,BENJAMI
1809
2
5.5
9
7
27
CHEN,MEGAN
1796
2
5
8
2
28
DENBY,CALEB SEAN
2275
2
3.5
7
8
29
COVINGTON,M PAUL
1800
1.5
10
13.5
4.5
30
WANG, OSCAR
1980
1.5
6.5
10
7
31
INGLETT,PARKER
1640
1.5
6.5
9
3.5
32
VEAL,JOE DEAN
1935
1.5
3
6.5
6.5
33
LI,JOSHUA
1640
1
9
12
4
34
SONI,PURVIT
1655
1
5.5
9
1.5
35
LAOS,STEFAN
1615
1
5
7.5
1.5
36
BYAS,STEVE D
1601
1
3.5
7
2
37
OSLEY,JOSEPH
1659
0.5
3.5
6.5
1.5
.
Final rankings (Reserve U1700 section):
#
Name
Rtng
Total
TB Med
TB Solkoff
TB Cumul.
1
SINGH, VIRAJ
1581
4.5
12
13.5
13
2
JIANG,RAYMOND JUN
1653
4.5
11.5
13.5
14
3
JONES,KENNETH
1237
4
10.5
10.5
9
4
REES, VAUGHN
1698
3.5
13
14
13
5
ZACHARIAS,JOSEPH
1267
3.5
11
12
10
6
STAHL,MARTIN
1565
3
14
16.5
10
7
TALBOT, ROBERT LLO
1505
3
12.5
13
9
8
LUTTBEG,HENRY
951
3
12.5
12.5
9
9
ALEXANDER,KERMIT,II
unr.
3
9
10.5
9
10
HOSSAIN,ISHAK
1411
2.5
7.5
12.5
8.5
11
AMBURGY,CHRIS
1465
2.5
7.5
11
9
12
HEYCK, MAX
unr.
2.5
6
10.5
6.5
13
BURTON, STONE
1127
2.5
6
10
5.5
14
DUKE, BRIAN
1475
2
9.5
14
7
15
KELLEY, BRADEN JAY
1357
2
5.5
10
3.5
16
SMITH,DANIAL W
1589
1.5
10.5
14
5.5
17
SZABAD, ISTVAN
1445
1.5
8
11.5
6
18
MATEUS RUBIANO,CAMILO ANDRES
unr.
1.5
7.5
10
5
19
BEEBE,DAVID W
1239
1.5
3.5
8
1.5
20
KOLOEN,PRESTON
1442
1
8.5
12
3
21
FERGUSON,JAKE A
1682
0.5
8.5
11.5
1.5
22
SCHULTZ,JACOB R
1648
0
0
0
0
.
Final rankings (Amateur U1300 section):
#
Name
Rtng
Total
TB Med
TB Solkoff
TB Cumul.
1
BRANDENBURGH,JONAH
830
5
11
13
15
2
BRIGHT,MILES
980
4
13.5
14.5
13
3
DUGGISETTY,KIRTHIKA
909
4
10.5
11.5
10
4
GONZALES,ERIK KIR
1215
3.5
14
14.5
11.5
5
PRAVEEN,AAYUSH, MR
1044
3.5
12
14
11.5
6
MOORE,ROBERT W
1215
3.5
11.5
13.5
10
7
DING,ELSON Z
705
3.5
10.5
11.5
11
8
BOWERS,DAVID
899
3.5
10.5
10.5
11.5
9
HIGGINS,CHAD
unr.
3
14.5
16.5
10
10
LI,FENG
unr.
3
14
16.5
11.5
11
LANSINGER,ERIC FR
1298
3
12.5
13.5
9
12
LANGSTON,PARKER
966
3
10.5
12.5
8
13
REZAC,TAVIN
354
3
10
10
7
14
ROY CHOUDHURY,ANURAG
885
3
8
9
6
15
ZACHARIAS,THOMAS
842
2.5
6.5
12
7.5
16
FAN,JONATHAN
unr.
2.5
6.5
11.5
6.5
17
HE,STEVEN SHANMIN
966
2.5
6
9
7
18
JONES ,ARNOLD
567
2.5
5
9
5.5
19
BEASLEY,BRAYDEN
unr.
2
11.5
15.5
8
20
LITTLE,BRENNAN LARRY
1073
2
11
16
9
21
LI,JUSTIN T
756
2
9
12.5
7
22
LAKSHMIGANAPATHY,PRAVEEN RAMANATHAPUR
unr.
2
9
12.5
5
23
ROY CHOUDHURY,ARYA
822
2
8.5
11.5
7
24
BEIRUTE,KYLE
1131
2
6.5
10
4
25
LUNDY,BROCKTON JA
unr.
2
6.5
9.5
4
26
STANFORD,CAMDEN
664
1.5
4.5
8
3
27
SMITH,ALEX
unr.
1
9.5
13.5
2
28
KARN,ARYAN
716
1
7.5
10.5
3
29
LIU,DORTHY
792
1
6
9.5
1
30
PENDLETON,CORY
unr.
1
4
7.5
0
31
TANG,JAY
1186
1
3.5
8.5
5
.
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