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The 2025 Deer Creek K-12 Open:
Perfect Scores Shine
by William Lin
The Deer Creek K-12 Open was held Saturday, January 18th, at the Deer Creek 4th and 5th grade center.
As the first scholastic tournament in 2025, it is fair to say that the chess did not disappoint.
Of the five sections, four were won with perfect scores.
Shoutout to Evan Brown at Deer Creek and Debasish Roy Choudhury for allowing us to return to such a wonderful venue!
Section 1: K-3rd U600
Individual Results:
1st (tie) - Riyanshi Kamble and Case Bryan (4.5/5)
2nd (tie) - Nathan Ly, Krisha Karthi (AR), and Reyansh Srivastava (4/5)
Team Results:
1st - Wilson Elementary (12)
2nd - Moore Chess Club (10.5)
3rd - Search (6.5)
Section 2: 4th-6th U600
Individual Results:
1st (tie) - William Bui and Campbell Hall (5/5)
2nd - Akshaj Chellaboina (4.5/5)
Team Results:
1st - Moore Chess Club (12.5)
2nd - Search (10)
3rd - Classen SAS (9)
Section 3: U900
Individual Results:
1st - Eli Mooney (5/5)
2nd (tie) -Zhioian Zhu, Adhiraj Sukhdial, Krishna Lolla, Daniel Mohanna,
Ramesh Naram, Ang Steele, and Aarav Meharwade (4/5)
Team Results:
1st - Moore Chess Club (11)
2nd - Stillwater Pioneers (7)
Section 4: U1300
Individual Results:
1st - Treysen Burton (4/4)
2nd - Mason Richard Berryman (3.5/4)
Team Results:
1st - Moore Chess Club (6.5)
Section 5: Premier
Individual Results:
1st - William Lin (4/4)
2nd (tie) - Max Barnes and Joseph Zacharias (3/4)
Team Results:
1st - Deer Creek High School (4.5)
Changes to the Invitational Standings
Denker: After a perfect score, William Lin has skyrocketed up the standings to 1st
with a season score of 7.5 points; additionally, Max Barnes joins Lafayette Chen and Viraj Singh in second with 6 points.
Fun Facts
Highest Rating Jump:
S1: Emma Huang (U => 403) S2: Oliver Rubin (U => 575) S3: Ethan Rathke (U => 639)
S4: Finnley Combs (900 => 1113) S5: Zion Wright (1327 => 1404)
Strongest Rating Performance:
S1: Case Bryan (657) S2: Campbell Hall (983) S3: Eli Mooney (1250)
S4: Treysen Burton (1521) S5: William Lin (2435)
Outstanding Overall Club Performance: Moore Chess Club
Once again, Moore Chess Club displays its outstanding chess across all the sections.
Honorable mention to Deer Creek High School for winning the Premier.
Bonus Puzzle:
White to move and win:
Lin vs Barnes in Round 4; Premier
You can view the tournament crosstables here. More photos coming soon!
OSCO player sets state record
November 18, 2024 With a tremendous performance in the Texas Chess Center's Winter FIDE, third grader Arya Roy Choudhury achieved a rating of 1808. This made him the youngest Class A player in Oklahoma chess history. Congratulations, Arya!
PHOTO: Arya Roy Choudhury at the Frank K. Berry FIDE Open in Oklahoma City in December 2024
2024 GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2024 Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championships were held Saturday, November 9 at the University of Tulsa's Allen Chapman Memorial Student Union. We are so grateful to Ashley Sipe, Tara Dye, and the wonderful team of University School parent volunteers for working so hard to make this a fun and memorable day for the kids.
Grade tournaments are unique in that kids only play opponents in the same school grade. A champion was named in each section. These are listed below. In cases where two players tied for first in their grade, a blitz tiebreak round was played to determine the champion. These are indicated below with the name of the player who ultimately placed second in parentheses.
To view the crosstables from this tournament, click here.
The 2024 champions for each grade are:
12th
Roman Miller
11th
Joe Zacharias
10th
Josh Li
9th
Roshan Valentine
8th
Aryan Karn
7th
Liam Applegate
6th
Jack Xue
5th
Kiara Pavithran
4th
Prish Raut
3rd
Arya Roy Choudhury
2nd
Leo Zhao
K-1st
Reyansh Srivastava
The Wilson K-12 Open: Tiebreaks Galore
by William Lin
The 2024 Wilson K-12 Open was held Saturday, October 5 at Wilson Elementary in Oklahoma City. 176 players competed in five sections, four of which reached blitz tiebreaks and three of those went to Armageddon!
Here are some event highlights:
Section 1: K-3rd U600
Individual Results:
1st (tie) - Craig Huntersmith and Selvamithra Vaithilingam (4.5/5)
2nd (tie) - Trishitha Abburi, Leo Zhao, and Aleksei Tsetsura (4/5)
Team Results:
1st - Moore Chess Club (11)
2nd - Wilson Elementary School (10.5)
Section 2: 4th-6th U600
Individual Results:
1st - Ramesh Naram (5/5)
2nd (tie) - Elias Kirkpatrick and Joshua Winters (4.5/5)
Team Results:
1st - Moore Chess Club (13.5)
2nd - Classen SAS (11.5)
Section 3: U900
Individual Results:
1st (tie) - Jonathan Fan (4.5/5) and Quentin Noble (4.5/5)
2nd (tie) - Ethan Van Do, Vaibhav Thaduri, Dylan Hedges, Santos Valencia,
Andrew Alexander, Benjamin Kasperek, Adhiraj Sukhidial (4/5)
Team Results:
1st - Stillwater Pioneers (11.5)
2nd - Moore Chess Club (11)
Section 4: U1300
Individual Results:
1st (tie) - Zion Wright and Elise Huang (3.5/4)
2nd (tie) - Kanishk Malli and Liam Bond (3/4)
Team Results:
1st - Norman Scholastic Chess Club (6.5)
2nd - Jenks Chess Club (5.5)
Section 5: Premier
Individual Results:
1st (tie) - Elizabeth Braddy and William Lin (3.5/4)
2nd (tie) - Viraj Singh, Ivan Ding, and Angelique Chen (3/4)
Team Results:
1st - Moore Chess Club (4.5)
Changes to the Invitational Standings
Denker: Viraj Singh has now joined Lafayette Chen
as the joint 1st-place leader with 6 points.
Barber: With a phenomenal performance and two upsets,
Ivan Ding has moved into sole first place with 5 points.
Rockefeller: After a solid event with an even score of 2/4,
Kiara Pavithran is now the leading contender with 3 points.
Fun Facts
Highest Rating Jump:
S1: Christian Spurlock (U => 475) S2: William Bui (U => 564) S3: Dylan Hedges (U => 1016)
S4: Elise Huang (845 => 1063) S5: Angelique Chen (1387 => 1558)
Strongest Rating Performance:
S1: Selvamithra Vaithilingam (645) S2: Ramesh Naram (968) S3: Jonathan Fan (1050)
S4: Elise Huang (1359) S5: William Lin (2039)
Outstanding Overall Club Performance: Moore Chess Club
Three first-place finishes, one second place, and one third?
Congrats to the members of Moore Chess Club and keep up the good work!
You can view the tournament crosstables here.
