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Results of MD's State Representatives at 2021 U.S. Open Invitationals

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by John D. Rockefeller V

Congratulations to the players who represented Maryland at the 2021 U.S. Open Invitationals, held during the U.S. Open:

As a team, Maryland’s players placed 15th out of the maximum of 52 state affiliate teams. See the U.S. Open Invitationals’ state team standings.

MD’s state representatives were eligible to play in the FM Sunil Weeramantry National Blitz Tournament of State Champions, held several hours before the U.S. Open Invitationals. Separated into 4 sections by rating, players can compete against players from any of the U.S. Open Invitationals. See the Weeramantry results.

MD's 2021 Irwin, Denker, Haring, Barber, & Rockefeller Representatives BY RATING

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by John D. Rockefeller V

Because the pandemic prevented MD Chess from running MD’s K-12 state championships (HS, MS, ES, & Girl) and the MD Open, Maryland's 2021 Irwin (50+), Denker (HS), Haring (K-12 Girl), Barber (MS), & Rockefeller (ES) Representatives & Alternate Representatives at the U.S. Open in New Jersey from July 31 - August 3 will be the 2 players with the highest of the following 3 ratings: official & established US Chess June Regular rating, June Online Regular rating (based on 4+ games), and June Online Quick rating (based on 4+ games). If you see any errors in the lists below and/or know of a MD resident and/or student who should (but does not yet) appear in 1 of the lists below, then please contact MD Chess IMMEDIATELY at tournaments@mdchess.com. Invitations to represent Maryland will be emailed on approximately June 14. Replies will be due 3 days later on June 17.

John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior (50+) State Champions

      • Shelby Getz, 2411
      • Tegshsuren Enkhbat, 2388
      • William Morrison, 2380
      • Lawrence Kaufman, 2329
      • Troy Roberts, 2236
      • Larry Gilden, 2215
      • Philip Collier, 2206
      • Allan Savage, 2200
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High-School (9-12) State Champions

      • Bijan Tahmassebi, 2210
      • Pieter Heesters, 2205
      • Jason Daniels, 2154
      • Andrew Diep, 2144
      • Benjamin Shoykhet, 2101
      • Neel Jay, 2075
      • Jayant Maheshwari, 2059
      • Sean Power, 2032
      • Shane Jayasundera, 1992
      • Edward Xiao, 1942
      • Bradley Guo, 1924
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls (K-12) State Champions

      • Carissa Zheng, 1961
      • Saniya Savla, 1895
      • Rachana Bhanuprasad, 1603
      • Vaishnavi Vaijaeepay, 1587
      • Emily Xing, 1584
      • Anushka Skariah, 1465
      • Ashley Zhang, 1404
      • Rashi Gupta, 1285
      • Vaahini Vaijaeepay, 1220
      • Aliya Saldanha-Suri, 1176
      • Destiny Dudley, 1165
      • Mia Fuller, 1119
      • Aishwarya Mekala, 1058
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle-School (6-8) State Champions

John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary-School (K-5) State Champions

      • Daniel Udovenko, 1792
      • Nitesh Cherukuri, 1725
      • Hanchi Yao, 1636
      • Youran Wang, 1555
      • Siddharth Kurup, 1528
      • Arjun Lakshmanan, 1320
      • Aundre Dudley Jr., 1218
      • Destiny Dudley, 1165
      • Zhongee Yao, 902
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

US Chess's 2021 SuperNationals Online

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US Chess announces the 2021 National Online Scholastic Championships (NOSC).  This event is intended as the online replacement for the now-cancelled SuperNationals VII.

The NOSC will feature two Qualification Weekends, with a total of six divisions, and a Championship Weekend, with top finishers from each section meeting to determine a national individual champion in that division.  There will be team and individual prizes awarded in each section on the Qualification Weekends; however, the only official national championship titles will be awarded to individuals on Championship Weekend.

The dates for the NOSC are as follows.

Qualification Weekend 1:  April 24-25, 2021

  • K-12 and K-9 Divisions

Qualification Weekend 2:  May 8-9, 2021

  • K-6, K-5, K-3, and K-1 Divisions

Championship Weekend:  June 12-13, 2021

  • Top finishers from each Division (total number in each Division depends on the number of original entries)

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2020 US Chess / ChessKid K-12 Showdown

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US Chess / ChessKid

K-12 Showdown
("Online K-12 Grades")

December 12-13, 2020

 

 

Hosted on ChessKid.com and Chess.com

Grades K-5 will be hosted by ChessKid.com

Grades 6-12 will be hosted by Chess.com

 

ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE!

You do NOT have to have a school team to participate in this event. Individuals without teams are welcome to register. There are team prizes, but this is an individual competition.

Tournament Details

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Mike Regan Interviewed on US Chess's TD Show

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US Chess's TD Show Episode 13: The 50-Move Rule

This week's “The TD Show” topic will be "The 50-Move Rule" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, July 23 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.

The show will be hosted by NTD Chris Bird and this week’s guest will be NTD Mike Regan. We will provide an overview of the 50-move rule, what it means, when and how players make claims and best practices for handling such claims as a TD. 

For folks tuning in live, Twitch will provide some interaction between the show and the audience, allowing you to ask questions in real-time and we’ll also finish each episode with some light-hearted fun in the form of trivia based on the topic discussed. However, if you cannot tune in live, each episode will be archived in the TD Videos playlist at the US Chess YouTube Channel.

 

Watch MD's Top Players Compete in US Chess's National Invitationals Next 2 Weekends: 7/24-26 & 8/1-2

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US Chess's Premier Invitationals Start This Weekend on Chess.com

Super GM Hikaru Nakamura (#2 in the world in 2015) will livestream game analysis on his, US Chess's, & Chess.com's Twitch.tv channels.
  Click on link above for more details.  Scroll down to "How to Watch".

US Chess Brings Historic Events Online to Chess.com

Cheer on MD's players:

Senior (50+):                     GM Larry Kaufman (2311)
Denker (grades 9-12):       NM Andrew Zheng (2297)

Haring (girls, K-12):          Carissa Zheng (1974)
Barber (grades 6-8):         Jayant Maheshwari (2059)

Rockefeller (K-5):              Hanchi Yao (1636)

Blitz starts Friday night at 7 PM.  3 sections: 2200+, 1600-2199, Under 1600.  Analysis by GM Robert Hess.

MD's 2020 Denker, Barber, Rockefeller, Haring, & Senior Representatives IF DETERMINED BY RATING—Updated 4/9

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by John D. Rockefeller V

If MD Chess is unable to run MD’s K-12 state championships (HS, MS, ES, & Girl) and the MD Open by early June because of the pandemic, then Maryland's 2020 Denker (HS), Barber (MS), Rockefeller (ES), Haring (Girl), & Senior (50+) Representative & Alternate Representative will be the 2 players with the highest official & established April (or perhaps May) US Chess rating in those grade, gender, & age categories. If you know of a MD resident and/or student who has a higher April rating than those listed below, then please contact MD Chess as soon as possible at tournaments@mdchess.com.

GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High-School (9-12) State Champions

Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle-School (6-8) State Champions

      • Jayant Maheshwari (2059)
      • Chen-chen Ye (1972)
      • Anish Mariappan (1812)
      • Sherock Grigsby (1729)
      • Gabriel Joshi (1706)
      • Kevin Zimmer (1631)
      • Rachana Bhanuprasad (1603)
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary-School (K-5) State Champions

WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls (K-12) State Champions

      • Carissa Zheng (1974)
      • Meghana Bhanuprasad (1924)
      • Saniya Savla (1769)
      • Rachana Bhanuprasad (1603)
      • Vaishnavi Vaijaeepay (1587)
      • Emily Xing (1584)
      • Ashley Zhang (1329)
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

National Tournament of Senior (50+) State Champions

      • Shelby Getz (2389)
      • William Morrison (2380)
      • Lawrence Kaufman (2311)
      • Troy Roberts (2236)
      • Larry Gilden (2215)
      • Allan Savage (2200)
      • Philip Collier (2200)
      • Boris Zisman (2161)
      • Ludivico Silverio (1838)
      • See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

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2020 High School Senior Online Rapid - June 13

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2020 High School Senior Online Rapid, a free event sponsored by Dewain Barber, the Dean of Scholastic Chess.

Date: Saturday, June 13 at 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT

Registration deadline: Friday, June 12 at 9:00 p.m. EDT / 6:00 p.m. PDT - No exceptions!

Eligibility: 

* Students with senior student status in the 2019-20 academic year

* Current US Chess membership valid until 6/30/2020  (Click here to join/renew.)

For complete event information (including registration link), see post on Chess Life Online.

2020 Maryland Sweet 16 - Benjamin Shoykhet is Champion!

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by Chris Y Kim

Day 2 of the 2020 Maryland Sweet 16 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Country (UMBC) exhibited some excitement at the top in addition to extra sunshine courtesy of the Daylight Saving Time change. There were three players undefeated after two rounds, and one player, top-rated Bijan Tahmassebi just 0.5 points behind. In Round 3, co-leaders Benjamin Shoykhet and Shane Jayasundera met with Shoykhet prevailing in a long game.  Bijan Tahmassebi and Ryan He also were paired, and despite being the longest game of the round, Tahmassebi could not escape the draw result. This set up a round 4 matchup with between the top ranked players - Shoykhet and He with He needing a win to capture the title. The two players played a relatively quick draw - leaving Shoykhet with the 2020 Maryland Sweet 16 titile. Shoykhet is the recepient of a tuition scholarship to UMBC.  He has moved from the St. Louis, Missouri area this past summer.  

In tiebreak order, here are the final standings with the USCF ratings:

3.5: Benjamin Shoykhet (2061)

3.0: Ryan He (1941)

2.5: Joseph Tarantin (1917); Bijan Tahmassebi (2176); Andrew Diep (2075); Shane Jayasendera (1983); Chen-Chen Ye (1964); Neel Jay (2087)

2.0: Sean Power (1933)

1.5: Anish Mariappan (1804); Jacob Jones (1906); Gabriel Joshi (1710); Max Mathura (1996)

1.0: Tad Mrozek (1853); Dylan Booth (1890) 

0.5: Ariel Joshi (1847)

 

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