The 2024 March Tournament was another successful event with almost 80 players! Fun Fact: The biggest section this time was not Section C, but Section A with over 30 people! The fun fact is that there were 4 major scholastic chess tournaments in the Portland metro area on this day and we estimate more than 400 kids were playing chess tournaments! That’s a great sign for the future of Oregon Scholastic Chess.
Congratulations to our tournament winners:
SECTION C
- Even score medals: Ridhaan Saraswat, Liam O’Brien, Johann Marko, Lipiao Olea, Jayden Chen, Siddhi Veeramani, Corina Maokhampio
- Plus score medals: Lucy Teichroew
- Trophy winners:
- 3rd place: Harshini Dasari
- 2nd place: Will Kanarek
- 1st place: Cillian O’Brien
SECTION B
- Even score medals: Riya Bala, Nate Smith, Emilia Smith, August Khan, Logan Babian, Tanisha Jain
- Plus score medals: Claire Chou, Rajvi Das, Nathan Lu
- Trophy winners:
- 3rd place: Ben Smith
- 2nd place: Vincent Xie
- 1st place: Jack Bogle
SECTION A
- Even score medals: Beatrix Khan, Olivia Maokhampio, Jai Kolavennu, Chenhao Zhang, Ivy Chen, Garud Shah, Virinchi Vyas Kollepara
- Plus score medals: Saanvi Shah, Dylan Randall, Neha Bijlani, Ray Samuel Brenner-Kelley, Atharva V Raje, Benjamin Burnett, Joseph Schwindt, Weg Shukla, Joseph Matthew Lancaster, Mukundhan Gokul
- Trophy winners:
- 3rd place: Ekam S Sardar
- 2nd place: Abigail Hall (ALSO THE WINNER OF BEST OVERALL FEMALE)
- 1st place: Simon Randall
OPEN SECTION
- Even score medals: David Dandy, Sohrab Sabet, Lucas Maokhampio, Aksh Singhal
- Plus score medals: Yian Lin, Anson Pfeiffer, William Ho
- Trophy winners:
- 3rd place: Neha Narendran
- 2nd place: Nikita Zakharov
- 1st place: Elijah Schaal
The full USCF report can be found here: https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202403020062.0
Pictures from the event:
(More pictures from the tournament in our Google Drive: March 2024 tournament photos )
