2022 North Carolina K-12 Chess Championship with 450+ players

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The K-12 State Championship of North Carolina is happening March 11-13, 2022. This is the first time the event is held in two years. 450+ players participate in the event K-12 chess championship, which is a qualifier for the for Rockefeller, Barber and Denker National Invitational Chess Tournaments.

The event is sponsored by the Charlotte Chess Center, which organizes multiple events, including the annual Charlotte Invitational

The 2022 NC K-12 Chess Championship is being held over-the-board this weekend for the first time in 2 years!

Over 450 players are participating from all over the state. Follow along here:https://t.co/OuxPnIu02V@chessable pic.twitter.com/zizDEYhsFw

— Charlotte Chess Center (@CLTchesscenter) March 12, 2022

Format:​​​

• K-1 Section: 1 day, March 12 
• All other sections: 2 days, March 12-13

Sections:

• K-1 Championship
• K-3 Championship
• K-5 Championship
• K-8 Under 1200
• K-8 Championship
• K-12 Under 1500
• K-12 Championship

Number of Rounds and Time Controls:

K-1 Champ

6 rounds. G/25, increment/5

K-3 Champ, K-5 Champ, K-8 U1200

6 rounds. G/60, increment/5

K-8 Champ, K-12 U1500, K-12 Champ

5 rounds.  Rounds 1-3: G/75, increment/5. Rounds 4-5: G/90, increment/5.

K-12 Chess NC 2022

1	VISHNU VANAPALLI	2325
2	DONALD JOHNSON	2238
3	PRADHYUMNA KOTHAPALLI	2202
4	ADVAITH KARTHIK	2174
5	NAVEEN PRABHU	2160
6	ALEX CHEN	2149
7	JAMES CHIRILOV	2096
8	ARYA KUMAR	2091
9	BENJAMIN YAN	2077
10	MOHAK AGARWALLA	2059
11	PETER CROWLEY	1947
12	ZIYANG QIU	1934
13	ASHA KUMAR	1879
14	SAMUEL INDERMAUR	1835
15	OJAS PANDA	1809
16	RITVIK MARIDI	1791
17	ADITYA RAMKUMAR	1777
18	ANTARA DURBHA	1754
19	YOGYA KONERU	1752
20	KEVAN WANG	1732
21	AASHISH ANANTHARAMAN	1725
22	ANGEL SPIELVOGEL	1683
23	PATRICK KENGSOONTRA	1680
24	NICHOLAS WANG	1664
25	DAVID FLEMING	1652
26	ETHAN WYPER	1641
27	AARUSH CHUGH	1625
28	LALITH CHALLARI	1567
29	DHANUSH KONDABATHINI	1521
30	PARAS SRIVASTAVA	1510
31	ADITYA MUKHERJEE	1506
32	TRIYA VENKATARAJA	1485
33	ZHIYU CAO	1485
34	ANNIKA MOORJANI	1472
35	ISHAN BIYALA	1423
36	MANAN GOYAL	1319
37	SATHVIK CHATTA	1313
38	NOAH TILGHMAN	1189
39	VIKAS SARVASYA	1181
40	HEMADITHYA PUJARI	1092
41	SRIANSH KATTA	1069
42	NATHANAEL LECLERCQ	1049
43	SIDDHARTH CHUKKAYAPALLY	1024
44	SEBASTIAN VERMITSKY	1017
45	SEPANTA POOZESH	914
46	NIKHIL SARDA	582
47	SACHITH VASIREDDY	316
48	NAVEEN RAMASAMY	0
49	SUJAN PATEL	0

K-8 Chess NC 2022

1	JERRY XUE	1973
2	PULAK AGARWALLA	1917
3	CHASE BELLAMY	1914
4	RAHUL RAMESH	1901
5	KEVIN YANG	1883
6	ETHAN LIU	1854
7	HENRY CHEN	1838
8	MARIUS CUTITARU	1773
9	SMAYAN AMMASANI	1714
10	ENZO RESTELLI	1693
11	SHRAVAN DASH	1688
12	ARAV GOLDSTEIN	1657
13	RISHI JASTI	1644
14	ARJUN RAWAL	1600
15	MATTHEW MARTIN	1585
16	AYUSH KAMATH	1583
17	DHRUV VIVEK	1554
18	SAHASRA RALLABANDI	1551
19	NAMISH KONDABATHINI	1544
20	ARJUN MALIK	1527
21	AKHIL SOMPURAM	1524
22	SAICHARAN VALISEKKAGARI	1475
23	LINGAA VENKATARAJA	1430
24	BONNIE HE	1406
25	TAUSIQTEJA THOKALA	1398
26	AASHRITH TATINENI	1398
27	HARSHIL JAGGA	1392
28	RAAMCHARAN PUTTAGUNTA	1380
29	IAN HELFING	1348
30	EMILYN DOAN	1345
31	KARTHIKEYA MALIREDDY	1323
32	SAMARTH KEDARI	1308
33	AARNAV MUDDULA	1279
34	VIR DATT	1253
35	KRITARTH MISHRA	1232
36	ADIT ZETSH	1221
37	KYLE CAMERON	1152
38	LUKE MANNS	1146
39	SAAHASI UDUPA	1132
40	AKSHAY RAJAGOPAL	1127
41	PAUL DOMINIC	1078
42	RILEY ROBILOTTO	1056
43	AARON ZHU	1008
44	NISHANTH GURRAM	937
45	ANKIT DURBHA	932
46	ESHWAR KOTHAPALLI	904
47	SAICHARAN MUDIUM	894
48	SIDDHARTH MENON	865
49	AAYUSH CHAYAN	848
50	RISHI KANNAN	811
51	LANDON GAREAU	709
52	ADRIAN WINSLEY	684
53	AKSHAR KHANDELWAL	672
54	SHREYAS BODDAPATI	606
55	NIKHIL DORANALA	568
56	ASHER HELFING	566
57	TARUN VEDAM	560
58	TIMOTHY HOOK	470
59	CAROLINE ROWE	353
60	ASHVIK POLI	155
61	SHIVANI HALNUR	0

K-3 Chess NC 2022

1	ALAN CHEN	1584
2	KISHAN KARTHIGEYAN	1359
3	SHIVA SRINIVAS KARTHIK	1276
4	DALTON LAD	1137
5	ADVIK PRASANNA	1112
6	NAITIK RATHI	1109
7	PIERCE JACKSON	1045
8	PRANAV ARUN	1022
9	SOPHIA LI	919
10	LEO LAD	895
11	JAYANTH SARAVANAKUMAR	874
12	EVAN ZHANG	863
13	ADITYA AGARWAL	849
14	ARSH SHARDA	829
15	ARRI RESTELLI	732
16	TOMMY QU	728
17	ZILIN QIN	723
18	SULLIVAN FRIEDMAN	708
19	SHANMUKHI MALIREDDY	699
20	WYATT WASHATKA	672
21	RISHAANK CHANNAD	650
22	ALYSSA CAMERON	648
23	AARYAN MORISETTI	638
24	JULIAN KELLY	630
25	KAI LOWE	615
26	RITVIK CHATURVEDI	600
27	ANVAY MISHRA	571
28	SEYEDMAHDYAR BAGHERNEZHAD	560
29	SIBANI BALAJI	554
30	SEBASTIAN TIWARI	553
31	NEEL SARDA	548
32	WILLIAM WHITTENTON	546
33	ISHAANVII ASHWIN	519
34	SAMANYU AMMASANI	513
35	AKASH MURTHY	456
36	AARON BHOWMICK	452
37	KAIDEN MEADE	433
38	DYLAN MITRA RODGERS	370
39	RICKY LI	334
40	GANNET PARKER	306
41	ANDREW DOUGLAS	305
42	GURUCHARAN RAMKUMAR	290
43	IAN BANERJEE	287
44	HONEY KIRSCHBAUM	282
45	OWEN FREEMAN	270
46	FELIX LOWE	255
47	ASHRITH KARNAM	238
48	AZAAN KHAN	174
49	SMAYAN CHIDAMBARAM	170
50	RAHA ANUM	101
51	RUHANI DHINGRA	0
52	ESHANI VEDAM	0
53	VEERA MUTTURU	0
54	HUDSON ELFERSY	0
55	ANDERSON ELFERSY	0
56	HENRY SERGEANT	0
57	PURAKK VARDHAN	0
58	OLIVER CAMPBELL	0
59	BRIAN ZHANG	0
60	AMRITHA KARTHIK	0
61	AHAAN BHARDWAJ	0
62	OSCAR ORTIZ	0
63	KIERAN O’REILLY	0
64	HARRISON COIRO	0
65	JONAH VOCI	0
66	VINCE BERTANI	0
67	PENELOPE RUTH TEW	0

K-1 Chess NC 2022

1	YANG YU	1285
2	PAUL HUANG	810
3	ASHER KIRSCHBAUM	798
4	KHABIR MUHAMMAD	571
5	MILO FRIEDMAN	431
6	VIAAN BAHL	424
7	IZAIAH FREEMAN	394
8	ADVIKK RASTOGI	380
9	WALTER RUSSO	351
10	SHARVESH SWAMINATHAN	292
11	CHARLIE ZOU	287
12	SOHAM SAHU	282
13	KIERAN CENTRELLI	268
14	EMMA SUN	220
15	HANTIAN LU	177
16	JOHNNY BRAWER	175
17	AHAAN SHARMA	135
18	TANVI TUBATI	121
19	JOHN HUANG	115
20	SRI GUNDALA	110
21	NEET KANTHED	109
22	ISHAAN SETH	101
23	EWEN BORLAND	0
24	VASISHT SRIRAM	0
25	LARY O’REILLY	0
26	PAUL WIELUNSKI	0
27	WILLOW WASHATKA	0
28	MUSTAFIA MUHAMMAD	0
29	MUNISA IRMUKHAMED	0
30	ADAM KHAN	0
31	WILLIAM WANG	0
32	ALEXANDRIA PINTO	0
33	MURALI KONGOT	0
34	MCKENZIE NICHOLS	0
35	JUDE CAMPBELL	0
36	RHEA MITTAL	0
37	ALEX SEDLOCK	0
38	DHRUV LAXETTI	0

Tournament Rules:

• Masks are required for all.
• This is an individual chess tournament – players are not required to be part of a school chess program or team to participate.
• Players must attend school in North Carolina and have NC as their USCF state to be eligible to compete.
• Standard US Chess pairings will be used.  Accelerated Pairings may be used at TD’s discretion.
• Team awards – minimum 2 players from the same school in the same section.
• Top 4 scores contribute to team scores.
• Teammate pairings will be avoided but are possible, particularly in the last 2 rounds.
• US Chess regular ratings used (March 2022 supplement). 
• In some cases, the TD may assign a different rating, including FIDE ratings, US Chess Online ratings or unofficial “live” ratings for any player.
• K-12 Champion (must be in High School) qualifies to 2022 Denker National Invitational tournament with NCCA travel stipend.
• K-8 Champion (must be in Middle School) qualifies to 2022 Barber National Invitational tournament with NCCA travel stipend.
• K-5 Champion qualifies to 2022 Rockefeller National Invitational tournament with NCCA travel stipend.
• USCF standard tiebreaks are used for all prizes except for the national invitational spots.
• Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, Cumulative Opposition
• Tiebreak playoff for national qualifiers: top 2 eligible players on tiebreaks. Pairs of G/3 +2” blitz games until there is a winner.​