Nearly 140 players joined us for our November Turkey Tactics tournament (try saying that ten times fast!). The turnout was almost as large as our anniversary tournament. More than a third of the entries were provided for free: 34 for female players and 24 for low-income/rural players. Thirty players participated in their first USCF-rated tournament, 80% of whom received free USCF memberships through Puddletown.
Several afterschool chess clubs attended the tournament as teams: Sherman County School, Rose City Park, Roseway Heights, and Orenco chess clubs. The latter three teams received funding from Puddletown.
John Hart donated $100 to fund a special new prize: perfect scorers in the under (A, B, C) sections received $20 each. Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Hart!
Congratulations to our following winners:
Section C2 (U400)
- Even score medalists: Jayden Chen, Vardaan Sharma, Kennan Cranston, Janelle Nguyen, Zach Lamadrid, Sahir Huda, Ava Meadors, Timothy Zhang, Khai Quach, August Peri
- Plus score medalists: Isaiah Burbank, Colton Holliday, Sebastian Burbank, William Surface, Aadya Kadali
- 5th place: Shaarav Khetan
- 4th place: Colton Edwards
- 3rd place: Emery Dietrich
- 2nd place (perfect score): Long Tran
- 1st place (perfect score): Corina Maokhampio
Section C1 (U400)
- Even score medalists: Lilia Gardner, Olivia Burbank, Dhruvan Muppalla, Pragnya Vemprala, Ronan Brandon, Rudhav Lokhande, Madelynn Merritt, Simon Burbank, Roper Ingram
- Plus score medalists: Stephen Chen, Sophia Nguyen, Erin Burbank, Eithyn Spadt, Zarina Lamadrid, Kepler Peskin
- 5th place: Liam Pham
- 4th place: Ezra Sung
- 3rd place: Jason Zhang
- 2nd place (perfect score): Carsen Sigler
- 1st place (perfect score): Jayden Katayama
Section B (U700)
- Even score medalists: Henry Wark, Ayden Merritt, Mukundhan Gokul, Jocelyn Cattone, August Khan, Rajvi Das, Benjamin Pierce, Pavan Pydi
- Plus score medalists: Isaac Waldemer, Beowulf Laughlin-Koch, Harshith Dasari, Saanvi Shah, Dennis Zhang, Liem Quach, Logan Nguyen, Raina Paul
- 5th place: Alicia Le
- 4th place: Harish Ramesh
- 3rd place: Nicole Zhi Yi Lee
- 2nd place: Hriday Kothari
- 1st place (perfect score): Emilia Smith (BEST FEMALE PLAYER)
Section A (U1000)
- Even score medalists: Vinh Quach, Arlo Martin, Brady Callahan, Andrew To, Prakrithi Balasubramanian, James Okamoto
- Plus score medalists: Olivia Maokhampio, Pranav Balasubramanian, Riana Paul, Ivy Chen
- 5th place: Jensen Yu
- 4th place: Tristan Hao
- 3rd place: Arnav Aggarwal
- 2nd place: Achyut Balaji
- 1st place (perfect score): Weg Shukla
Open (1000+)
- Even score medalists: Lucas Maokhampio, Felix Kayser
- Plus score medalists: Arjun Shetty, Luca Hurd, John Hart, Tyler Cheng, Sohrab Sabet, Adarsh Makina, David Dandy
- Tied 2nd place ($40): Dash Brier
- Tied 2nd place ($40): Elliott Kayser
- 1st place ($70): Jiro Plaunty
The USCF rating report can be found here.
Below are some photos from this tournament. More photos can be found here.
