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CalChess Regional Grade Level Championship - May 12, 2007

CalChess Individual Champions

Kindergarten: Tanuj Vasudeva, Leonardo Cardarelli, Alisha Chawla
1st Grade: Yousef Azhar, James Du, Shalin Shah, Ritnaak Tiwari, Cameron Wheeler
2nd Grade: Allan Beilin
3rd Grade: Daniel Ho, John Guiragossian
4th Grade: Muhammed Akhil Mohideen
5th Grade: Aamir Ali Azhar, Steven Hao, Aditya Srinivasan, Hwai-ray Tung
6th Grade: Ted Xiao
Junior HS: Sankash Shankar, Evan Ye
High School: Brandon Lee
Blitz: Aamir

CalChess Team Champions

Kindergarten: N/A
1st Grade: Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara

2nd Grade: None
3rd Grade: Weibel Elementary School, Fremont
4th Grade: Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara
5th Grade: Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara
6th Grade: Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara
Junior HS: Redwood Middle School, Saratoga
High School: None
Blitz: None

PK, KG, 1st Grade

Azhar, Du, Shah, Tiwari, and Wheeler (5-way tie) won the title of Regional Champion (1st grade).
Shah won the blitz playoff for the trophy.
Granada won the title Regional Champion (1st grade TEAM).
Vasudeva, Cardarelli, and Chawla (3-way tie) won the title of Regional Champions (KG).

KG Position	1st Grade Position	#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
	1	1	James Du	677	772	HEARST	1	W21	W13	W6	W2	L3	4.0
	2	2	Shalin Shah	658	798	MSJE	1	W15	W8	W7	L1	W6	4.0
	3	3	Cameron Wheeler	856	861	REGNRT	1	W14	L6	W15	W9	W1	4.0
	4	4	Ritaank Tiwari	331	720	BLOSSM	1	W12	W9	W10	L8	W7	4.0
	5	5	Yousef Azhar	630	717	GRAND	1	W16	L7	W17	W11	W8	4.0
	6	6	Aadeesh Shastry	659	707	FOREST	1	W22	W3	L1	W12	L2	3.0
	7	7	Pranav Nagarajan	814	784	FOREST	1	W20	W5	L2	W15	L4	3.0
	8	8	Aleksander Kozminski	794	766	SILVER	1	W25	L2	W24	W4	L5	3.0
	9	9	Linus Li	754	723	STRATF	1	W18	L4	W19	L3	W17	3.0
1		10	Tanuj Vasudeva (KG)	760	710	BUNKER	0	B---	W11	L4	W16	L13	3.0
2		11	Leonardo Cardarelli (KG )	570	587	STMAR	0	W17	L10	W13	L5	W16	3.0
	10	12	Vignesh Panchanatham	851	793	MURDOC	1	L4	W24	W14	L6	W18	3.0
3		13	Alisha Chawla (KG)	483	508	WEIBEL	0	W23	L1	L11	W24	W10	3.0
	11	14	Rohit Shah	424	431	HARKER	1	L3	W22	L12	H---	W19	2.5
	12	15	Russinov Onik	446	461	STOCKM	1	L2	W18	L3	L7	W24	2.0
	13	16	Abhinav Naikawadi	unr.	383	MURDOC	1	L5	W20	W21	L10	L11	2.0
4		17	Tejes Srivastva (KG)	unr.	421		0	L11	W25	L5	W21	L9	2.0
	15	18	Raymond Fang	unr.	417	DUVENE	1	L9	L15	W25	W20	L12	2.0
5		19	Ramie Salem (PK)	100	100	GRAND	-1	L24	B---	L9	W23	L14	2.0
	16	20	Salman Faris Dazine	178	173	GRAND	1	L7	L16	W22	L18	D21	1.5
	17	21	Nadine Salem	100	117	GRAND	1	L1	W23	L16	L17	D20	1.5
	18	22	David Hou	unr.	168	GOMES	1	L6	L14	L20	W25	D23	1.5
6		23	Rio Popper (KG)	100	100	CLIFF	0	L13	L21	B---	L19	D22	1.5
	20	24	Maram Y Abughosh	100	116	GRAND	1	W19	L12	L8	L13	L15	1.0
	21	25	Steven Yuan	unr.	350	SRVCC	1	L8	L17	L18	L22	B---	1.0

Team Roster and Scores: 1st Grade

(PK, KG don't count toward the team total)

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	GRAND	Granada School - Santa Clara (302.7) - Cnt: 5	7.0	19.5
		Yousef Azhar (630) 4.0
		Nadine Salem (100) 1.5
		Salman Faris Dazine (178) 1.5
		Maram Y Abughosh (100) 1.0
2	FOREST	Forest Park Elementary (736.5) - Cnt: 2	6.0	22
		Pranav Nagarajan (814) 3.0
		Aadeesh Shastry (659) 3.0
3	MURDOC	Murdock Portal (851.0) - Cnt: 2	5.0	15
		Vignesh Panchanatham (851) 3.0
		Abhinav Naikawadi (unr.) 2.0

2nd Grade

Beilin won the title of Regional Champion (2nd grade).
No team won the title of Regional Champion (2nd grade TEAM).

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Allan Beilin	1036	1066	BAYWOD	2	W7	W3	W6	W2	W5	5.0
2	Kevin M Tang	unr.	964	CHERRY	2	W8	W4	W5	L1	W6	4.0
3	William Weber	305	528	NIXON	2	B---	L1	W8	W6	W7	4.0
4	Richard Yi	649	663	MONTIC	2	X11	L2	W7	D5	W10	3.5
5	Aneesh Samineni	782	761	HARKER	2	W9	W8	L2	D4	L1	2.5
6	Varun Subramanyan	548	522	LEITCH	2	W10	W9	L1	L3	L2	2.0
7	Akhil Ravoori	457	437	ARDEN	2	L1	W10	L4	W9	L3	2.0
8	Saisiddarth Domala	496	471	QUAIL	2	L2	L5	L3	W10	W9	2.0
9	Stan Luo	unr.	176	HACIEN	2	L5	L6	W10	L7	L8	1.0
10	Christian [CJ] Berdhal	unr.	100		2	L6	L7	L9	L8	L4	0.0
11	Rahul Ram Mohan	unr.	266	STRATS	2	F4	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Team Roster and Scores: 2nd Grade

There were no qualifying teams for 2nd grade as there was no school with more than player.

3rd Grade

Ho and Guiragossian won the title of Regional Champion (3rd grade).
Guiragossian won the blitz for the biggest trophy and Ho won the hearts of the crowd with his sportsmanship.
Weibel won the title of Regional Champion (3rd grade TEAM).

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Daniel Ho	1275	1284	WEIBEL	3	W7	W16	W5	D3	W8	4.5
2	John Guiragossian	1167	1199	OAKKNO	3	W15	W20	W4	W6	D3	4.5
3	Neel Apte	1297	1295	LINCOL	3	W10	W11	W8	D1	D2	4.0
4	Justin Wang	758	922	WEIBEL	3	W14	W6	L2	W7	W5	4.0
5	Vikram Vasan	980	962	HARKER	3	W13	W9	L1	W11	L4	3.0
6	Anthony Luo	1148	1101	ALMOND	3	W17	L4	W16	L2	W12	3.0
7	Naveen Janarthanan	502	591	ROCK	3	L1	W13	W9	L4	W19	3.0
8	Brian Chan	789	802	ALISAL	3	W23	W21	L3	W10	L1	3.0
9	Vasu Gupta	unr.	648	FARIA	3	W12	L5	L7	W16	W15	3.0
10	Vedaank Tiwari	632	649	BLOSSM	3	L3	W18	W14	L8	W13	3.0
11	Steele Langland	705	708	AF	3	W18	L3	W19	L5	W14	3.0
12	Nikhil Jaha	695	670	WEIBEL	3	L9	W22	W20	W15	L6	3.0
13	Sergey Gasparyan	unr.	467	WALDOR	3	L5	L7	W18	W17	L10	2.0
14	Alexander Zeng	unr.	446	NIXON	3	L4	W17	L10	W22	L11	2.0
15	Jeno Michael Oclarit	370	372	WARMSP	3	L2	W23	W21	L12	L9	2.0
16	Mariam Yousef Abughosh	100	190	GRAND	3	W22	L1	L6	L9	W21	2.0
17	Caitlin Harbison	321	306	LAMESA	3	L6	L14	W23	L13	W20	2.0
18	Nikhil Ramesh	unr.	270	WARWIC	3	L11	L10	L13	B---	W22	2.0
19	Noor Dahbour	100	100	GRAND	3	L21	B---	L11	W23	L7	2.0
20	Saidel Halol	unr.	100	STED	3	B---	L2	L12	D21	L17	1.5
21	Eashan Garg	unr.	100	FOREST	3	W19	L8	L15	D20	L16	1.5
22	Sinan Bayati	100	100	GRAND	3	L16	L12	B---	L14	L18	1.0
23	Bradley Debo	unr.	100	AF	3	L8	L15	L17	L19	B---	1.0

Team Roster and Scores: 3rd Grade

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	WEIBEL	Weibel Elementary School (909.3) - Cnt: 3	11.5	35
		Daniel Ho (1275) 4.5
		Justin Wang (758) 4.0
		Nikhil Jaha (695) 3.0
2	GRAND	Granada School - Santa Clara (100.0) - Cnt: 3	5.0	13
		Mariam Yousef Abughosh (100) 2.0
		Noor Dahbour (100) 2.0
		Sinan Bayati (100) 1.0
3	AF	ART FREILER (705.0) - Cnt: 2	4.0	9
		Steele Langland (705) 3.0
		Bradley Debo (unr.) 1.0

4th Grade

Mohideen won the title of Regional Champion (4th grade).
Granada won the title of Regional Team Champion (4th grade TEAM).

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Muhammed Akhil Mohideen	1132	1172	GRAND	4	W3	W12	W5	W2	D4	4.5
2	Anthony Chen	1073	1099	QUAIL	4	W8	W15	W4	L1	W9	4.0
3	Hershel Shah	604	769	PONDER	4	L1	W13	W18	W6	W5	4.0
4	Vikram Ganesh	1051	1052	FOREST	4	W10	W6	L2	W14	D1	3.5
5	Victor Chen	1043	1016	DILWOR	4	W16	W7	L1	W9	L3	3.0
6	Max Chen	806	790	DUVENE	4	W21	L4	W16	L3	W8	3.0
7	Roy Lo	787	775	GOMES	4	W11	L5	W10	L8	W16	3.0
8	Samuel Saldinger	513	644	SRVCC	4	L2	W22	W15	W7	L6	3.0
9	Jasper Lee	918	913	PARKMO	4	W17	W14	W12	L5	L2	3.0
10	Karim Helmy	491	529	NIXON	4	L4	W21	L7	W22	W14	3.0
11	Andrew Peng	unr.	651	BALDWN	4	L7	W19	L14	W17	W15	3.0
12	Sudip Domala	845	799	QUAIL	4	W19	L1	L9	D20	B---	2.5
13	Ian Gordon	100	122	BLOSSM	4	H---	L3	L17	W23	B---	2.5
14	Akaash Kannan	622	616	LINCOL	4	W18	L9	W11	L4	L10	2.0
15	Jacqueline E Garbe	834	759	ARGONT	4	W20	L2	L8	W19	L11	2.0
16	Ibrahim Yousef Abughosh	432	457	GRAND	4	L5	W20	L6	W18	L7	2.0
17	Neel Kattumadam	431	407	STRATD	4	L9	L18	W13	L11	W20	2.0
18	Ryan Chen	unr.	392	ALMADN	4	L14	W17	L3	L16	W22	2.0
19	Muaz Al-hanif Amir	318	330	GRAND	4	L12	L11	W23	L15	W21	2.0
20	Shikhar Dhar	306	303	FOREST	4	L15	L16	W21	D12	L17	1.5
21	Jesse Tai	unr.	100	BLUEHI	4	L6	L10	L20	B---	L19	1.0
22	Hiba Dahbour	100	100	GRAND	4	U---	L8	B---	L10	L18	1.0
23	Hadi Itani	unr.	100		4	U---	U---	L19	L13	B---	1.0

Team Roster and Scores: 4th Grade

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	GRAND	Granada School - Santa Clara (627.3) - Cnt: 4	8.5	24.5
		Muhammed Akhil Mohideen (1132) 4.5
		Ibrahim Yousef Abughosh (432) 2.0
		Muaz Al-hanif Amir (318) 2.0
		Hiba Dahbour (100) 1.0
2	QUAIL	QUAIL RUN ELEMENTARY (959.0) - Cnt: 2	6.5	19
		Anthony Chen (1073) 4.0
		Sudip Domala (845) 2.5
3	FOREST	Forest Park Elementary (678.5) - Cnt: 2	5.0	15.5
		Vikram Ganesh (1051) 3.5
		Shikhar Dhar (306) 1.5

5th Grade

Azhar, Hao, Srinivasan, and Tung (4-way tie) won the title of Regional Champion (5th grade).
Hao won the blitz for the biggest trophy.
Granada won the title of Regional Team Champion (5th grade TEAM).

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Aamir Ali Azhar	1417	1408	GRAND	5	W17	W6	W2	W4	L3	4.0
2	Aditya Srinivasan	1144	1158	MURDOC	5	W8	W3	L1	W12	W5	4.0
3	Hwai-ray Tung	697	956	JENSEN	5	W14	L2	W9	W7	W1	4.0
4	Steven Hao	1367	1357	MURDOC	5	W13	W5	W11	L1	W6	4.0
5	Ankit Sharma	825	837	LOYOLA	5	W10	L4	W17	W8	L2	3.0
6	Anton Whaley	871	934	RENAIS	5	W16	L1	W7	W11	L4	3.0
7	Suraj Nair	1203	1144	STALB	5	W9	W12	L6	L3	W11	3.0
8	Yusuf Fateen	384	564	GRAND	5	L2	W19	W14	L5	W12	3.0
9	Alvin Han	586	588	SRVCC	5	L7	W18	L3	D16	W13	2.5
10	Zackary Debo	185	281	AF	5	L5	L13	W18	D15	W16	2.5
11	Kevin Dong	683	705	MONTEV	5	W19	W14	L4	L6	L7	2.0
12	Jordan Langland	698	673	AF	5	W18	L7	W13	L2	L8	2.0
13	Justin Ryan Muegge	588	572	GOODSH	5	L4	W10	L12	W17	L9	2.0
14	Tavor Baharav	918	821	FAIRMD	5	L3	L11	L8	W19	W18	2.0
15	Muhammad Kaddoura	288	353	GRAND	5	H---	U---	U---	D10	W17	2.0
16	Noor Hakim	253	255	GRAND	5	L6	L17	W19	D9	L10	1.5
17	Tracy Chen	672	581	WEIBEL	5	L1	W16	L5	L13	L15	1.0
18	Somiya Husna Dazine	100	100	GRAND	5	L12	L9	L10	B---	L14	1.0
19	Charles Li	unr.	100		5	L11	L8	L16	L14	B---	1.0

Team Roster and Scores: 5th Grade

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	GRAND	Granada School - Santa Clara (696.3) - Cnt: 5	9.0	26
		Aamir Ali Azhar (1417) 4.0
		Yusuf Fateen (384) 3.0
		Muhammad Kaddoura (288) 2.0
		Noor Hakim (253) 1.5
		Somiya Husna Dazine (100) 1.0
2	MURDOC	Murdock Portal (1255.5) - Cnt: 2	8.0	25
		Steven Hao (1367) 4.0
		Aditya Srinivasan (1144) 4.0
3	AF	ART FREILER (441.5) - Cnt: 2	4.5	13
		Zackary Debo (185) 2.5
		Jordan Langland (698) 2.0

6th Grade

Xiao won the title of Regional Champion (6th grade).
Granada won the title of Regional Team Champion (6th grade TEAM).

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Ted Xiao	1426	1440	VO	6	W7	W15	W3	D2	W5	4.5
2	Eric Xu	1345	1337	MILLER	6	W11	D6	W4	D1	D3	3.5
3	Andrei Whaley	1256	1253	RENAIS	6	W12	W9	L1	W11	D2	3.5
4	Ulric Chia	816	949	WEIBEL	6	W10	D5	L2	W7	W6	3.5
5	Gabriel W Lee	1252	1220	SRVCC	6	W18	D4	D6	W12	L1	3.0
6	Aditya Kumar	1068	1067	WARMSP	6	W16	D2	D5	W8	L4	3.0
7	Zachary Michael Guertin	697	734	WILL	6	L1	W8	W16	L4	W13	3.0
8	Edward Neumann	761	749	CHAL-A	6	W17	L7	W13	L6	W12	3.0
9	Malik Khalil	unr.	638	GRAND	6	L13	L3	W17	W14	W11	3.0
10	Eric Bonilla	270	492	CARDEN	6	L4	W18	L11	W16	W15	3.0
11	Praveena Motupalli	650	638	WEIBEL	6	L2	W17	W10	L3	L9	2.0
12	Ashraf Ali	517	581	GRAND	6	L3	W14	W15	L5	L8	2.0
13	Aymen Bedri	336	436	GRAND	6	W9	L16	L8	W15	L7	2.0
14	Trevor Cai	441	430	PINEVA	6	L15	L12	W18	L9	W17	2.0
15	Raghav Rajvanshy	845	722	MISVAL	6	W14	L1	L12	L13	L10	1.0
16	Winston Shu	470	423	SRVCC	6	L6	W13	L7	L10	L18	1.0
17	Hamsa Egal	100	138	GRAND	6	L8	L11	L9	W18	L14	1.0
18	Farris Al-manaseer	462	381	GRAND	6	L5	L10	L14	L17	W16	1.0
19	Anthony Chan	759	759	ALISAL	6	F20	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0
20	Maryam Labib	157	157	GRAND	6	F19	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Team Roster and Scores: 6th Grade

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	GRAND	Granada School - Santa Clara (438.3) - Cnt: 6	7.0	20
		Malik Khalil (unr.) 3.0
		Ashraf Ali (517) 2.0
		Aymen Bedri (336) 2.0
		Hamsa Egal (100) 1.0
		Farris Al-manaseer (462) 1.0
		Maryam Labib (157) 0.0
2	WEIBEL	Weibel Elementary School (733.0) - Cnt: 2	5.5	17
		Ulric Chia (816) 3.5
		Praveena Motupalli (650) 2.0

7-12th Grade

Shankar and Ye won the title of Regional Champion (Junior HS).
Redwood won the title of Regional Team Champion (Junior HS TEAM).
Lee won the title of Regional Champion (High School)
No team won the title of Regional Champion (High School TEAM).

Jr. HS Position	HS Position	#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1		1	Evan Ye	1399	1418	REDWOD	7	W16	W11	W3	D4	W6	4.5
2		2	Sankash Shankar	1308	1377	REDWOD	7	W14	D5	W19	W7	W4	4.5
3		3	Rohan Mahajan	1294	1313	HOLLEN	8	W18	W6	L1	W11	W8	4.0
4		4	Alexander Radermacher	1215	1286	PINEVA	8	W15	W19	W8	D1	L2	3.5
5		5	Jason H Park	789	938	PETER		W17	D2	L12	W14	W11	3.5
6		6	Niraj R Punjya	916	1060	WILLIA	8	W7	L3	W16	W9	L1	3.0
	1	7	Brandon Lee (HS)	1327	1294	SRVCC	9	L6	W18	W14	L2	W12	3.0
7		8	Amol Aggarwal	1201	1189	REDWOD	8	W20	W13	L4	W12	L3	3.0
8		9	Justin Tu	1134	1078	PIEDMO	7	L13	W20	W10	L6	W15	3.0
9		10	Boaz Heller	535	684	TBDBCS	7	L11	W16	L9	W13	W17	3.0
10		11	Arun V Pingali	1142	1097	CHL-AR	7	W10	L1	W13	L3	L5	2.0
	2	12	Howard Siu (HS)	1132	1113	CHINCH	10	L19	W15	W5	L8	L7	2.0
11		13	Matthew Tang	519	651	SRVCC	7	W9	L8	L11	L10	W16	2.0
12		14	Jason Zhao	881	869	WINDEM	8	L2	W17	L7	L5	W18	2.0
13		15	HS Ryan Shu	672	683	SRVCC	9	L4	L12	W20	X19	L9	2.0
14		16	Rahul Samir Patel	999	899	BLACH	7	L1	L10	L6	W17	L13	1.0
15		17	Alex Stetson	253	313	SRVCC	7	L5	L14	W18	L16	L10	1.0
	3	18	Malika Rajvanshy (HS)	766	710	MSJHS	9	L3	L7	L17	W20	L14	1.0
	4	19	Zachary B McDiarmid (HS)	1609	1564	ACALAN	10	W12	L4	L2	F15	U---	1.0
	5	20	Jawahar Chigurupati (HS)	656	603	SILVCR	9	L8	L9	L15	L18	B---	1.0

Team Roster and Scores: Jr. High School

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	REDWOD	Redwood Middle School (1302.7) - Cnt: 3	12.0	38
		Evan Ye (1399) 4.5
		Sankash Shankar (1308) 4.5
		Amol Aggarwal (1201) 3.0

Xtra Rated

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Tot
1	Sudip Domala	845	846	QUAIL	4	W6	1.0
2	Farris Al-manaseer	462	471	GRAND	6	W5	1.0
3	Hiba Dahbour	100	101	GRAND	4	D4	0.5
4	Saidel Halol	unr.	101	STEDWA	3	D3	0.5
5	Hamsa Egal	100	100	GRAND	6	L2	0.0
6	Ian Gordon	100	100	BLOSSM	4	L1	0.0

CalChess Blitz

Gasparyan and Z Baharav passed their trophies to the top children!
Azhar won the Blitz Championship
Linder and Guiragossian won the 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

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Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

Rd 8

Rd 9

Rd 10

Tot

Grigor Gasparyan*

unr.

1582

8.0

Zachi Baharav*

1756

1724

W10

7.5

Aamir Ali Azhar

1396

1401

W13

6.5

Canaan M Linder

1040

1139

W12

W10

6.0

John Guiragossian

1214

1220

W10

6.0

Tavor Baharav

918

877

W12

D10

5.0

Andrew Peng

unr.

759

W11

D12

5.0

Yousef Azhar

661

674

B---

U---

B---

U---

D11

5.0

Ankit Sharma

825

802

W11

4.0

Aneesh Samineni

781

794

W12

3.0

Sergay Gasparyan

unr.

398

L13

D12

2.0

Alexander Zeng

unr.

515

L10

D11

2.0

William Weber

305

363

W11

U---

2.0

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