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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.
From coast to coast, a chess-full summer for Oklahoma players
Oklahoma scholastic chess players participated in events all over the nation during the summer of 2024—from L.A. and Las Vegas to Norfolk, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, with plenty of action in Kansas, Texas, and at home in Oklahoma. Here are a few of the top stories from this summer.
Kansas Open & Championship
In the Open, William Lin finished just a half point off the overall winner. His 4.0 score landed him in a second-place tie and earned him the Open section’s Top Scholastic award and a 55-point rating jump.
Top scholastic player in the Reserve was Liam Applegate, who scored 3.5. A half point behind him was Ryan Samadder, whose decision to play up paid off with an astonishing 111-point rating jump.
US Open National Invitationals
Elizabeth Braddy, Oscar Wang, Lafayette Chen, and Aayush Praveen represented Oklahoma at the national Tournaments of State Champions event, which was held during the US Open in Norfolk, Virginia.
Chen tied for first in the U2100 at the Weeramantry Blitz, held in conjunction with the national scholastic invitationals. And Braddy was presented with a special recognition for being a five-time competitor at this prestigious event.
Jerry Spann Memorial Oklahoma Open & Championship
Lafayette Chen and Kelvin Xie both scored 3.5 in a very strong Open section at this year's state championship. In the same section, William Lin and Joe Zacharias scored 3.0.
In the Reserve, Liam Applegate turned in a stunning performance. He'd been the 24th seed out of 31 players, but he finished at the top—first place with a perfect 5 out of 5 (and an astonishing 275-point jump in rating)!
Maxwell Xie tied for second place in the same section. Also scoring well in the Reserve with 3.0 points each were Aayush Praveen, Roshan Valentine, Kirthika Duggisetty, Kiara Pavithran, and Zion Wright.
Surprisingly, the Amateur section had more adults than youths. Aryan Karn and Paarth Jain tied for third with 4.0 points each. Tristan Zhai and Dexter Gray both scored 3.5, with Aaron Lu, Charley Qiu, and Lorenzo Folsom just behind them with 3.0 points each.
Middle School Nationals
Angelique Chen, Cooper Nuckolls, and Kiara Pavithran represented Oklahoma at the national Middle School Championships, held in Atlanta in May. Nuckolls turned in an outstanding performance, tying for third in his division and gaining 160 rating points.
Other tournaments
Anurag Roy Choudhury took third place and enjoyed a 46-point ratings jump at the Dallas Summer Open.
Maxwell Barnes tied for third in the U2100 at the National Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was also among the Oklahoma scholastic players who participated in the inaugural Universal Open, a tournament that featured a special match section for NFL players and other sports celebrities. Ryan Samadder, Mason Berryman, and William Lin also played in the event. Oklahoma kids also played in the Western Class Championships and the World Open.
