Georgia Scholastic State Championship Invitational 2019
Click here to see the list of registered players.
This event will honor the top scholastic players in Georgia in three sections: High School (9-12), Middle School (K-8), and Elementary (K-5).
The winner of the High School section will be Georgia's 2019 HS State Champion and will represent Georgia at the annual DENKER Tournament of High School State Champions.
The winner of the K-8 section will be Georgia's 2019 Middle School State Champion and will represent Georgia at the BARBER K-8 Tournament of State Champions.
The winner of the K-5 section will be Georgia's 2019 Elementary State Champion.
All participants will receive a plaque.
Minimum peak rating requirements for 2019: Georgia students with established ratings as of the official November 2018 list, or any subsequent official post-tournament rating of (by registration deadline):
1600 or higher for 9-12th (High School)
1400 or higher for K-8 (Middle School)
1150 or higher for K-5 (Elementary)
Those who have a peak rating that meets the requirements may not be on the list, please contact gssc@georgiachess.org if this is the case.
Both state nominees to the Denker Tournament of High School Champions and the Barber K-8 Tournament of State Champions will receive a $500 stipend after attending these tournaments.
High School Invitees (9th-12th)
Player Name
|
Rating
|
Grade
|
Prateek Mishra
|
2208
|
9
|
Kevin Wang
|
2180
|
12
|
Kapish Potula
|
2180
|
11
|
Vedic Panda
|
2143
|
11
|
Anand Srinivasan
|
2119
|
10
|
Arish Varani
|
2115
|
11
|
Albert J Liang
|
2109
|
11
|
Vishal Balyan
|
2013
|
12
|
Sagan Hartley
|
1972
|
11
|
Stephen Eisenhauer
|
1963
|
12
|
Phat Tien Tran
|
1917
|
12
|
Charles Lee Troutman lll
|
1913
|
10
|
Spencer Lee
|
1895
|
10
|
Atticus Grant Halley
|
1881
|
9
|
Vignesh Sekar
|
1877
|
12
|
Maxwell Feng
|
1869
|
9
|
George Ye
|
1861
|
12
|
Akshay Raj
|
1861
|
9
|
Lawrence Zhou
|
1844
|
10
|
Nithin Naren
|
1838
|
10
|
Siddharth Vijayasankar
|
1832
|
9
|
Matthew J Stadter
|
1810
|
11
|
Sasha Creighton
|
1805
|
11
|
Sanjeev Anand
|
1781
|
9
|
Easwar Senthilkumar
|
1778
|
10
|
Robbie Grattan-Smith
|
1761
|
12
|
Ingrid Guo
|
1747
|
10
|
Anish Kumar
|
1731
|
11
|
Anand Sivakamur
|
1721
|
10
|
Skyler Patrick Kelly
|
1710
|
12
|
Justin Zhou
|
1703
|
9
|
Alex David Lilly
|
1678
|
9
|
Michael Y Fu
|
1678
|
10
|
Aditya Potluri
|
1643
|
10
|
Sreyas Kanaparti
|
1640
|
9
|
Adnan Kadragic
|
1638
|
10
|
George Sorkin
|
1634
|
10
|
Sujay Jagadeesh
|
1624
|
10
|
Gururaj Deshpande
|
1624
|
12
|
Jayson Ni Wu
|
1619
|
12
|
Suraj Peramanu
|
1619
|
11
|
Patrick Leary
|
1593*
|
10
|
Middle School Invitees (6th-8th)
Player Name
|
Rating
|
Grade
|
Arthur Guo
|
2387
|
7
|
Harry Le
|
2105
|
6
|
Alexander Rutten
|
2060
|
6
|
Drew Justice
|
2028
|
7
|
Anshul Gokul
|
1946
|
6
|
Pranit Mishra
|
1843
|
6
|
Dhruv Rajaganesh
|
1712
|
6
|
Grant Lee Bomar
|
1710
|
8
|
Ocean Liu
|
1699
|
8
|
Monish Jampala
|
1697
|
8
|
Kavin Jayavel Kunaresan
|
1689
|
8
|
Raj Chirag Mehta
|
1658
|
7
|
Ashwin Raj
|
1657
|
7
|
Tanish Potula
|
1621
|
7
|
Sanjjithsaai Dineshkumar
|
1609
|
8
|
Caleb Ouanounou
|
1587
|
8
|
Parth Dhairyashil Shinde
|
1578
|
8
|
Krish Chinta
|
1565
|
6
|
Wolfe Hudepohl
|
1527
|
6
|
Bhavin Himanshu Shah
|
1515
|
7
|
Evan Dickson
|
1501
|
6
|
Ayush Banerjee
|
1491
|
8
|
Sanjay Kumar
|
1460
|
8
|
Kabilesh Yuvaraj
|
1453
|
6
|
Zachary Pan Tong
|
1450
|
7
|
Katie Kay Hill
|
1449
|
7
|
Vaishnavi Tammali
|
1447
|
7
|
Pranav Devalapalli
|
1437
|
8
|
Surya Anand
|
1420
|
8
|
Girish Senthilkumar
|
1411
|
6
|
Elementary Invitees (K-5th)
Player Name
|
Rating
|
Grade
|
Samarth Rao Bellaryu
|
1977
|
5
|
Varun Gadi
|
1959
|
4
|
Caden Qiao
|
1902
|
5
|
Andrew Jiang
|
1864
|
2
|
Doruk Emir
|
1843
|
4
|
Archer Q Watson
|
1685
|
4
|
Amit Mydukur
|
1674
|
4
|
Evelyn Qiao
|
1641
|
3
|
Mathew Jiang
|
1629
|
5
|
Rajat Ravi
|
1568
|
5
|
Christopher Gao
|
1461
|
3
|
David Katz
|
1429
|
3
|
Dheemant Saumil Parashar
|
1369
|
5
|
David Miles Halsey
|
1282
|
5
|
Keerthi Bhogapathi
|
1273
|
5
|
Aarush Konda
|
1272
|
4
|
Varun Sayana
|
1227
|
5
|
Christopher Zhong
|
1206
|
4
|
Herui Ray Li
|
1162
|
5
|
Srihan Averneni
|
1145*
|
5
|
Kaya Keski
|
1143*
|
5
|
Kovid Parashar
|
1112*
|
3
|
Aadarsh Srinivasan
|
1091*
|
5
|
Benny Le |
|
|
Surya Ramnath
|
1155
|
|
* = peak above minimum rating requirement
FORMAT:
*2-day event, 5-SS, G/90; d5, USCF rated.
*3 rounds held on Saturday, 10am - 2pm – 6pm and
2 rounds on Sunday, 10am – 2:00pm.
AWARDS: Each participant will receive a plaque. Stipend of $500 to the winner of HS to attend DENKER. Stipend of $500 to winner of K-8 to attend BARBER.
BYES: One bye is allowed. ½ point bye is available in Rounds 1-4. Zero point bye available in Round 5. Bye must be requested in advance of 1st round before pairings posted (by 9:30am). No changes.
Requirements: You must be on the invitation list. You must have a current USCF membership. If your rating meets the minimum requirements (1600 for HS; 1400 for K-8; 1150 for K-5) after the USCF November published rating you may email gssc@georgiachess.org to be invited. You must do this by the registration deadline and you must reach the minimum rating by the deadline. All participants will be requested to submit a complete and legible score sheet for each game played. Only High School students are allowed to play in the HS section (the Denker tournament only allows HS players).
Entry Fee: $30.00
NOTE: GCA memberships and USCF memberships represent additional cost, and must be purchased in advance if necessary. GCA membership is 2 years for the price of one if renewed or purchased by midnight December 31, 2018.
Registration: You must register no later than Wednesday January 2, 2019. LATE registration ($40) will be open on January 3, 2019. Players who register late will not be eligible for the plaques. If needing to cancel, please communicate this information ASAP, and preferably by the above date. Cancellations made by 8:00am tournament day receive a partial refund of $15 (we keep $15 for the plaque fee).
Tie-break Systems: In the event of a tie the following tie-break systems will be used in the order listed to determine who receives which plaque, and, if necessary, who is Georgia’s nominee to the Denker Tournament of High School Champions and/or to the Barber K-8 Tournament of State Champions:
1. Remick Head to Head(Black has draw odds)
2. Modified Median
3. Solkoff
4. Cumulative
5. Cumulative of Opposition
6. Armageddon blitz playoff
Players should be at tournament site by 9:30am on Saturday.
Info: gssc@georgiachess.org
Tournament Coordinator: William Remick