Puddletown had another amazing turnout to the October Tournament with over 60 players! Huge shoutout to the Sherman County School chess team, who had to wake up at 5 a.m. (again!) to drive for almost 3 hours just to play in this tournament.
Of the 60 players, 3 played their first tournament, 19 were girls who received free entry for the event, and 1 free entry to a player with low-income.
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 almost 30 players, and our winners are:
- Even score medalists: Elias P, Liang S, Kevin Q, Stephen C, Sophia L, Nirvaan C, Ben S, and August K
- Plus score medalists: Sreshtav G, Xiao S, Aarna D, Nathan L, Chenfan Z, and Arian R
- 3rd Place: Matisse J
- 2nd Place: Ishaan S
- 1st place: Gabriel G
U800 has the following winners:
- Even score medalists: Avery H, Lucas M, Kavish D, Cohen B, Ivy C, Lasya V, Ray B, and Gage S
- Plus score medalists: Jeffrey Z, Beatrix K, Roman D, and Abigail H
- 3rd place: Eesha J
- 2nd place: Lucas T
- 1st place: Aksh S
Congratulations to the Open section winners:
- Even score medalists: Sacchal K, Ezra W, Connor W, Eshan A, Anthony C
- Plus score medalists: Vedant S
- 3rd place: Yian L
- 2nd place: William H
- 1st place: Neha N (She was also the best female player and took home yet another 2 tropies!)
The USCF rating report can be found here
And photos from the event:
