National Co-Champion NM Bijan Tahmassebi

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The 501(c)3 US Chess Federation’s 2022 National High School (K-12) Championship (NHS) took place from April 8-10 at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Due to continuing concerns about the pandemic and travel difficulties tied to severe weather on the east coast, attendance was lower than the typical range of 1400-1600 competitors, but still, 1,067 players from 40 states competed in this national championship event. This was the first in-person NHS since 2019. The first NHS was held in 1969.

The Individual Championship ended in a seven-way tie for first. All seven are National High School Co-Champions (but listed in tie-break order):

IM Arthur Guo, 10th Grade, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia
Vishnu Vanapalli, 9th Grade, Ardrey Kell High School, Charlotte, North Carolina
FM Gus Huston, 10th Grade, The Dalton School, New York, New York
IM Anthony He, 11th Grade, Tesla Stem HS, Redmond, Washington
NM Bijan Tahmassebi, 12th Grade, Winston Churchill HS, Potomac, Maryland
FM Nico Chasin, 9th Grade, Columbia Grammar and Prep, New York, New York
Advaith Karthik, 10th Grade, Cox Mill HS, Concord, North Carolina

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Left to right: Advaith Karthik, Vishnu Vanapalli, FM Gus Huston, IM Anthony He, FM Nico Chasin, Bijal Tahmassebi. Not pictured: IM Arthur Guo.

66th Maryland Open Results - Bijan Tahmassebi is 2021 State Champion

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by Chris Y Kim (President)

December 6, 2021

Over-the-board chess run by the Maryland Chess Association (MCA) resumed with the 66th Maryland Open (2021) held at the Marriott North Bethesda over the December 3-5, 2021. This was the first over-the-board tournament run by MCA since March 2021. The tournament was organized and directed by Michael Regan and his team and received very positive feedback. This tournament has differed from those in the past, as all players 12 and older were required to be vaccinated from the COVID-19 virus and the tournament was under a mask mandate from Montgomery County, the hotel and MCA. All players and spectators were required to wear masks for all the games as well as in the playing venue. A total of 170 players played - a very good turnout given difficulties in advertising the event and short preparation time.

Thomas Barthell from PA won the Championship section 4.5/5.

Bijan Tahmassebi was designated the 2021 Maryland State Champion (highest Maryland finisher in the Championship section) with 3.5/5 on tiebreaks over Neel Jay. Both players are still high school students!

Emerson Holcomb was deignated the 2021 Maryland Amateur Champion (highest Maryland finisher in the U2000 section) with 4.5/5.

The next MCA Open event will be the 59th Baltimore Open held from January 28-30, 2022 at the Sheraton BWI.

Have a safe and happy holiday season! 

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:

• IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat, 2380, tied for 4^th in the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior (50+) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Irwin Stipend of $750. See the Irwin results.
• NM Bijan Tahmassebi, 2210, tied for 29^th in the GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High-School (9-12) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Denker Stipend of $750. See the Denker results.
• Carissa Zheng, 1961, tied for 11^th in the WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls (K-12) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Haring Stipend of $750. See the Haring results.
• Chen-chen Ye, 2021, tied for 13^th in the Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle-School (6-8) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Barber Stipend of $750. See the Barber results.
• Daniel Udovenko, 1792, tied for 22^nd in the John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary-School (K-5) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Rockefeller Stipend of $750. See the Rockefeller results.

As a team, Maryland’s players placed 15^th 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

• Chen-chen Ye, 2021
• Anish Mariappan, 1863
• Gabriel Joshi, 1785
• Sherlock Grigsby, 1729
• Kevin Zimmer, 1631
• Devesh Cherukuri, 1527
• See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender

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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Read more: US Chess's 2021 SuperNationals Online

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 Click below for Tournament Details: Read more: 2020 US Chess / ChessKid K-12 Showdown Mike Regan Interviewed on US Chess's TD Show Print Email Details Hits: 1347 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 Print Email Details Hits: 2185 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 2020 High School Senior Online Rapid - June 13 2020 Maryland Sweet 16 - Benjamin Shoykhet is Champion! MD Chess's Mike Regan Interviewed in Perpetual Chess Podcast Page 1 of 5 Start Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next End Maryland Chess Assn.