Puddletown had another amazing turnout to the November Tournament with over 60 players! Unfortunately we had a smaller play venue this time and have to set a limit to total number of players.
Of the 60 players, 8 played their first tournament, 20 were girls who received free entry for the event, and 2 free entries to player with low-income or from the rural area.
Now, for our prizes (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).
The U400 section was the biggest with 28 players, and our winners are:
- Even score medalists: August K, Christian F, Benjamin P, Miles O, Emily M, Monisha K, Quinn R, Rajita S, and Sophia L
- Plus score medalists: Claire C, Levi M, Xiao S, Jack B, Nirvaan C, Rajvi D, and Benjamin B
- 3rd Place: Ben Smith
- 2nd Place: Evelyn Mott (also best female players overall)
- 1st place: Prahlada Saripalli
U800 has the following winners:
- Even score medalists: Jocelyn C, Lucas T, Dylan R, Brady C, William H, Sreshtav G, Lasya V, and Saanvi S
- Plus score medalists: Abigail H, Neha B, James O, Beatrix K, and Lucas M
- 3rd place: Soumya Salapati
- 2nd place: Artem Nickolas Janson-Kovalev
- 1st place: Oliver Chen
Congratulations to the Open section winners:
- Even score medalists: Prisha A, Sriteja S, Aksh S
- Plus score medalists: Sebastian S
- 3rd place: Owen Ni
- 2nd place: Matthew Hui
- 1st place: William Ho
The USCF rating report can be found here
And photos from the event:
