The May Flowers Open II tournament was great! 141 players played in the tournament, nearly making a full tournament. 50 entries were provided for free: 40 female players and 10 low income/rural players. 11 people played in their first USCF rated tournament.
Shoutout to John Hart. The kids are always happy to see John around—his generosity in donating his prize money to the next winner never goes unnoticed. A heartfelt thank you to Weg for donating $100 on his birthday, showing his belief in Puddletown’s mission, and to Arjun for his $100 donation in support of our open section players.
Section C (U400)
Even score medalists: Ruhi Patel, Simon Burbank, James Ball, Nora Saha, Mark Susi, Micah Earl, Sharvi Dian, Varenya Kanadhibhotla, Jonah Goodman, Trapper Malcolm, Sumanjali Mannam
Plus score medalists: Zane Moore, Evan Lancaster, Sebastian Burbank, Aarav Vats, Saaz Shah, Roger Thompson, August Holly, Saharsh Ballamudi, Arian Burnett, Colton Holliday, Vinisha Bestha
5th place: Daniel Burbank
4th place: Olivia Burbank
3rd place: Siddhartha Berkey
2nd place: Mason Molina
1st place: Sushrith Soora (with a perfect score)
Section B (U700)
Even score medalists: Evangeline Yeh, Dev Patnam, Srithan Madina, Isabel Smith, Vishruth Mudgalmath, Evan Snyder, Benjamin Thompson
Plus score medalists: Yunhan Xiao, Elise Gordon, Rajvi Das, Jocelyn Cattone, Miles Okamoto, Tanisha Jain, Erin Burbank
5th place: Matthew Alappat
4th place: Evan Chien
3rd place: Akshara Annamareddy (Best female player!)
2nd place: Isaiah Burbank
1st place: Ekansh Salvi (with a perfect score)
Section C (U1000)
Even score medalists: Vishnu Chethan, Nikhil Astekar, Amartya Kadali, Shaarav Khetan, Anisha Jain, Aabha Khanolkar, Shashin Dian, Vihaan Sharma, Namish Vikaskiran, Ruthwikksai Madhan
Plus score medalists: Dhruv Yellambalase, Jack Bogle, Corina Maokhampio, Tristan Hao, Nimay Ranjit, Anay Sathaye
5th place: Ethan Yashar
4th place: Akash Aradhya
3rd place: Vijval Jupudi
2nd place: Luke Dandy (with a perfect score)
1st place: Benedetto Sirtori (with a perfect score)
Open I
Even score medalists: Lucas Maokhampio, Bbhuvan Peddireddy, Kavish Dhar, Krish Patel, Ezra Wise
Tied 3rd: Maanika Singh, Raymond Zhao, Larry Ball, David Dandy ($5 cash prize each)
2nd place: Eesha Juneja
1st place: Weg Shukla (with a perfect score)
Open II
Even score medalists: Vihaan Kesavan, Aditya Alok, Aarna Dhar
Plus score medalists: Parth Juneja, Bohan Li (who won $12.5 because of John’s generosity!)
Tied 2nd: Arnav Aggarwal, John Hart, Tyler Cheng, Elijah Barish
1st place: Arjun Shetty (with a perfect score)
The USCF rating report can be found here.
Below are some photos from this tournament. More photos can be found here.
