Georgia Scholastic State Championship Invitational 2016
Jan 9-10/Emory University Winship Ballroom
Advanced Entries as of Jan 8th AM
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 2016 HS State Champion and will represent Georgia at the annual DENKER Tournament of High School State Champions (www.denkerchess.com).
The top female in the HS section will receive the nomination to NGIT (National Girls Invitational Tournament). The winner of the K-8 section will be Georgia's 2016 Middle School State Champion and will represent Georgia at the BARBER K-8 Tournament of State Champions (www.barberchess.com).
The winner of the K-5 section will be Georgia's 2016 Elementary State Champion.
All participants will receive a plaque.
Minimum peak rating requirements for 2016:
Georgia students with established ratings as of the official November 2015 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)
We will attempt to contact all invitees separately by email which will include the code for registering online. 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 for expenses incurred after attending these tournaments.
High School Invitees (9th-12th)
Player Name |
Rating |
Grade |
Daniel Gurevich |
2512 |
12 |
Brian Tarhon |
2265 |
10 |
Sanjay Ghatti |
2243 |
10 |
Benjamin Barry Moon |
2232 |
12 |
Shanmukha Meruga |
2062 |
12 |
Amaan Akbar Pirani |
2024 |
11 |
Kaleb Ryder Gosdin |
1976 |
12 |
Nathan Shaw Wu |
1930 |
11 |
Phat Tien Tran |
1915 |
9 |
George Ye |
1892 |
9 |
Jamil Kassam |
1888 |
10 |
Preston Lee |
1851 |
10 |
Nagaraj R Bhagwat |
1836 |
11 |
Samhitha Dasari |
1831 |
10 |
Nathan Alexander Hayes |
1806 |
11 |
Vignesh Sekar |
1803 |
9 |
Saithanusri Avirneni |
1797 |
10 |
Raghuram Bukkarayasamudram |
1793 |
11 |
Daniel Chou |
1780 |
11 |
Robbie Grattan-Smith |
1753 |
9 |
Aviva B Smith |
1749 |
11 |
Ilyusha Belegradek |
1749 |
12 |
Skyler Patrick Kelly |
1743 |
9 |
Adrian Kimani King |
1727 |
12 |
Stephen E Eisenhauer |
1723 |
9 |
Saad Khan |
1716 |
11 |
Jayson Ni Wu |
1654 |
9 |
Vishal Balyan |
1648 |
9 |
Sreekar Kanaparti |
1629 |
10 |
Roman Pepelyaev |
1604 |
10 |
Austin Scott Downes Jr |
1600 |
11 |
Middle School Invitees (6th-8th)
Player Name |
Rating |
Grade |
Albert Liang |
2084 |
8 |
Kapish Potula |
2054 |
8 |
Vedic Panda |
1962 |
8 |
Maxwell Feng |
1869 |
6 |
Arish Virani |
1821 |
8 |
Prateek Mishra |
1806 |
6 |
Sagan Rowe Hartley |
1789 |
8 |
Spencer Lee |
1781 |
7 |
Michael Y Fu |
1773 |
7 |
Akshay Raj |
1767 |
6 |
Anand Srinivasan |
1747 |
7 |
Sasha Creighton |
1731 |
8 |
Atticus Grant Halley |
1723 |
6 |
Sreyas Kanaparti |
1705 |
6 |
Lawrence X Zhou |
1684 |
7 |
Ingrid Guo |
1676 |
7 |
Siddharth Vijayasankar |
1668 |
6 |
Matthew J Stadter |
1667 |
8 |
Aditya Potluri |
1659 |
7 |
Justin Zhou |
1657 |
6 |
Sujay Jagadeesh |
1631 |
7 |
Charles Lee Troutman III |
1620 |
7 |
Sanjeev Anand |
1594 |
6 |
Alex Berezovsky |
1541 |
8 |
Easwar Senthilkumar |
1541 |
7 |
Adam Elsharkawi |
1532 |
6 |
Anish Kumar |
1532 |
8 |
Nithin Naren |
1526 |
7 |
Patrick Robert Leary |
1523 |
7 |
Daniel D Shen |
1483 |
7 |
Srihitha Dasari |
1479 |
6 |
Kamen Iliev |
1459 |
7 |
Hunter Adrian Payne |
1450 |
6 |
Kasey Bruner |
1448 |
8 |
Zoe A Justice |
1444 |
6 |
Pranav Koushik |
1443 |
6 |
Saket Sai Surapaneni |
1424 |
8 |
Suraj Peramanu |
1416 |
8 |
Eeshwar Sai Potluri |
1401 |
7 |
Elementary Invitees (K-5th)
Player Name |
Rating |
Grade |
Arthur Guo |
2142 |
4 |
Drew Justice |
1858 |
4 |
Kavin Jayavel Kumaresan |
1629 |
5 |
Samarth Rao Bellayaru |
1419 |
2 |
Anshul Gokul |
1406 |
3 |
Raj Chirag Mehta |
1400 |
4 |
Henry Yu |
1380 |
4 |
Archer Q Watson |
1378 |
1 |
Sanjjithsaai Dineshkumar |
1371 |
5 |
Grant Lee Bomar |
1358 |
5 |
Monish Jampala |
1356 |
5 |
Pranit Mishra |
1351 |
3 |
Supratik Panuganti |
1341 |
3 |
Dhruv Rajaganesh |
1328 |
3 |
Stephen Zhu |
1251 |
4 |
Zachary Pan Tong |
1249 |
4 |
Parth Dhairyashil Shinde |
1225 |
5 |
Dominic Michael Colombo |
1221 |
4 |
Arjun Balaji Srinivasan |
1202 |
3 |
Varun Gadi |
1185 |
1 |
Alex Xu |
1179 |
5 |
Jonas H Soh |
1171 |
5 |
Surya Anand |
1155 |
5 |
Rajat Ravi |
1152 |
2 |
Katie Hill |
*1146 |
4 |
* = 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. The top female in the HS section will receive the nomination to NGIT and will receive a $500 stipend.
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.
Registration: You may register online with a code which will be emailed to you (or your parent). You must register no later than Wednesday, January 6, 2016. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED. 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 $20 (we keep $10 for the plaque fee).
Free Parking: Fishburne Parking deck or Peavine Parking deck (Visitor’s sections).
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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. Head-to-Head
2. Modified Median
3. Solkoff
4. Cumulative
5. Cumulative of Opposition
6. Coin Toss
Players should be at tournament site by 9:30am on Saturday.
Info: gssc@georgiachess.org