After a pause in Puddletown tournaments due to our busy summer schedules, we were finally back for another in-person event today. 65 players joined us at Village Church to battle it out in their respective sections. We had many new players this time: shoutout to Stellan B., Elliot S., Bryan W., Oliver C., Lucas M., Blade T., Kyle Y., Olivia M., Thijs N., Nathan L., Revansh B., Sophia L., Corina M., and Riya B. for competing in their first-ever USCF-rated tournament!
Section C (U400) was our biggest section, with the following winners:
- Even-score medalists: Kyle Yang, Ryan Xie, Andrew Oliphant, Olivia Maokhampio, Thijs Nguyen, Sharanya Pingale, Ruzgar Tekoglu, Parth Juneja, Christian Frias
- Plus-score medalists: Bryan Wu, Lucas Maokhampio, Blade Thomsen, Nathan Hall, Vincent Xie
- 3rd place (tiebreaks): Oliver Chen
- 2nd place: Stellan Blomberg
- 1st place (tiebreaks): Elliot Schwartz
Congrats to the following Section B (U700) winners:
- Even-score medalists: Ray Brenner-Kelley, James Okamoto, Neha Bijlani, Shreya Bala, Ivy Chen
- Plus-score medalists: Atharva Raje, Cody Blodgett, Jai Kolavennu, Henry Mai, Jeffrey Zhou
- 3rd place (tiebreaks): Jack Tyler
- 2nd place (tiebreaks): Luke Oliphant
- 1st place + best female player: Abigail Hall
Finally, congratulations to the following Open (700+) winners:
- Even-score medalists: Vedant Sharma, Marcus Le, Benedetto Sirtori, Emir Tekoglu, Eshan Aravind, Aditya Sharma
- Plus-score medalists: William Ho, Henry Rodgers, Bohan Li, Riaan Deharia, Derek Zhao
- 3rd place (tiebreaks): Anthony Cheng
- 2nd place (tiebreaks): Aadi Walimbe
- 1st place: Bob Liu
For the full tournament report, visit the USCF site here.
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