90 players joined us in our February Winter Wonderland tournament (which would have been a more suitable name for last month’s tournament, but oh well). Of these players, 19 were playing their first-ever tournament, 22 received free entries as female players, and 9 others received free entries as low-income/rural-area players.
Congratulations to our following prize winners! Even score medals were given to players who got 2 points, plus score medals for people with 2.5 points or more, and trophies to the top 3 in each section by tiebreaks. Our special top female player trophy went to the highest-scoring female player out of all sections, with ties broken by section difficulty (with higher sections being better).
Section C (U200/Unrated):
- Even score medalists: Nicole L, Lux A, Benjamin Q, Kennan C, Henry H, Thomas J, Julia H, Isabel S, Tejashree V
- Plus score medalists: Nikolai S, Eevie T, Dhruv Y, Nate S, Andrew H, Chenhao Z, Irene W
- 3rd place: Joseph Lancaster
- 2nd place: Dax Johnson
- 1st place: Brayden Zinsli
Section B (U500):
- Even score medalists: Jack B, Namish V, Emilia S, Logan C, Rajvi D, Isaiah B
- Plus score medalists: David D, Bbhuvan P, Vincent X, Erin B
- 3rd place: Ishaan Shah
- 2nd place: Aarush Shah
- 1st place: Dhruv Barve
Section A (U900):
- Even score medalists: Joseph A, Ray B, Brady C, Ivy C, Blade T, Kyle Y, Dylan R, Mukundhan G, Benjamin B, Cohen B
- Plus score medalists: Lucas M, James C, Saanvi S, Simon R, Achyut B
- 3rd place: Aditya Sharma
- 2nd place: Jason Ladue
- 1st place: Aksh Singhal
Open (900+):
- Even score medalists: Ezra W, William H, Dash B
- Plus score medalist: Tianyi Z
- 3rd place: Ethan Zhang
- 2nd place: Vedant Sharma
- 1st place: Neha Narendran (also top female player overall)
The USCF rating report can be found here.
To view all the photos, please go to our Google Photos Drive for 2024 February Photos.
Photos from the event: