NorCal Top 20 JHS & High School (Age 12-17)

Local stars FM Josiah Stearman and FM Rayan Taghizadeh squared off at the
US Cadet (U16) Invitational in San Jose last month. (Credit: BayAreaChess)

NorCal Top 100 Lists and NorCal Top 20 Juniors
August 2018

Rank	Age	Name	USCF	Change	FIDE
1	13	FM Hong, Andrew Z	2454	33	2377
2	14	FM Stearman, Josiah P	2416	111	2346
3	16	FM Taghizadeh, Rayan	2402	-41	2302
4	15	NM Ke, Ivan	2351	37	2238
5	13	FM Daggupati, Balaji	2329	57	2226
6	16	NM Wang, Michael	2323	-15	2133
7	17	WIM Eswaran, Ashritha	2256	52	2243
8	12	NM Wu, Rochelle	2252	141	2094
9	17	NM Ravuri, Vinesh	2239	68	2050
10	13	NM Kolay, Alex	2220	141	2115
11	15	NM Wu, Derek S	2220	161	2050
12	15	nm Murugappan, Ganesh	2193	69	2076
13	17	FM Vasudeva, Tanuj	2184	-2	2013
14	15	Wang, Henry	2182	117	1970
15	15	Feng, Justin	2173	43	1987
16	15	Pan, David	2162	67	1979
17	12	Nathan, Krishna	2152	188	1894
18	17	Wei, Jeffrey	2150	19	1965
19	12	Pan, Kevin	2148	92	2040
20	17	nm Pan, Christopher	2145	-61	2045

• Derived from August 2018 US Chess Top 100 Lists.
• Age as of August 1, 2018.
• Rating Change from August 2017.

NorCal Top 20 Elementary (Age 11 & Under)

11 year old FM Christopher Yoo won a brilliancy against GM Conrad Holt to
complete his second IM norm this month in Berkeley. (Credit: Chessdryad)

NorCal Top 100 Lists and NorCal Top 20 Juniors
August 2018

Rank	Age	Name	USCF	Change	FIDE
1	11	FM Yoo, Christopher W	2414	140	2378
2	10	NM Li, Eric Y	2207	158	2008
3	11	Yan, Rui Y	2133	167	1852
4	11	Vidyarthi, Vyom	2105	132	1912
5	10	Kondakov, Adrian	2057	133	1948
6	11	Boldi, Ethan K	2011	139	1879
7	10	CM Krishnakumar, Sriram	1978	22	1675
8	10	Shivakumar, Shawnak	1919	131	1713
9	11	CM Nachiappan, Aghilan	1911	94	1631
10	11	Sairam, Pranav	1866	57
11	11	Kamath, Atul R	1832	66	1478
12	9	CM Nath, Nitish	1811	187	1506
13	9	Sivakumar, Shaaketh	1792	109	1522
14	11	WCM Wong, Allyson	1746	107	1479
15	10	Le, Nikko D	1745	96
16	11	Zhou, Nolan Y	1742	128
17	10	Weng, Nicholas	1737	138
18	7	Rajaram, Rohan	1718	505	1321
19	9	WCM Rajaram, Anika	1706	181	1371
20	11	Kou, Daniel	1703	-71	1444

• Derived from August 2018 US Chess Top 100 Lists.
• Age as of August 1, 2018.
• Rating Change from August 2017.

NorCal Top 20 Girls

Rui Yang Yan also played at the
Women's Western Regional in
Berkeley. (Credit: Chessdryad)

NM Rochelle Wu took first place
at the Women's Western Regional
in Berkeley. (Credit: Chessdryad)

NorCal Top 100 Lists and NorCal Top 20 Juniors
August 2018

Rank	Age	Name	USCF	Change	FIDE
1	17	WIM Eswaran, Ashritha	2256	52	2243
2	12	NM Wu, Rochelle	2252	141	2094
3	11	Yan, Rui Y	2133	167	1852
4	15	WFM Liu, Kimberly	2012	33	1877
5	15	Nayberg, Simona	1954	114	1880
6	17	Chatterjee, Trina	1913	53	1748
7	12	WCM Eswaran, Aksithi	1876	86	1757
8	13	WFM Meiyappan, Annapoorni	1843	-25	1631
9	16	Show, Serafina	1836	23	1550
10	14	WCM Garai, Antara	1826	-40	1556
11	17	Hasteer, Divija	1775	-35	1544
12	11	WCM Wong, Allyson	1746	107	1479
13	12	Zhou, Chelsea	1733	343
14	15	Gomboluudev, Enkhjin C	1720	55	1676
15	9	WCM Rajaram, Anika	1706	181	1371
16	8	WCM Vidyarthi, Omya	1679	351	1145
17	10	WCM Pang, Ashley	1666	80	1604
18	14	Chen, Ashleann	1616	-66
19	13	Wang, Agnes Z	1592	85
20	11	Lee, Yesun	1591	214

• Derived from August 2018 US Chess Top 100 Lists.
• Age as of August 1, 2018.
• Rating Change from August 2017.

Berkeley GM Norm RR

The front desk and chess library. (Credit: Chessdryad)

Berkeley Summer GM Norm Invitational

August 17 to 21

Hosted by the Berkeley Chess School

Watch the games live at the Follow Chess app!

Time control = G/90 + inc/30
Average rating =  2433
Required score = 6.5 for GM norm, 5.0 for IM norm
Participants:

• GM Conrad Holt (2592)
• GM Priyadarshan Kannappan (2554) from India THIRD PLACE
• GM Mark Paragua (2506) from Philippines
• IM Joshua Sheng (2415) FIRST PLACE - GM NORM!!
• IM Bryce Tiglon (2392)
• NM Gabriel Bick (2391)
• IM Ahuja Rohan (2387) from India 
• FM Christopher Yoo (2378) IM NORM!!
• IM Kim Yap (2366) from Philippines SECOND PLACE - GM NORM!!
• FM Josiah Stearman (2346)

Crosstable:

GM Conrad Holt  | X | = | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = |   3.5
GM Kannappan    | = | X | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | 1 |   6.0
GM M. Paragua   | 0 | = | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 |   5.0
IM Josh Sheng   | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 |   7.0
IM B. Tiglon    | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | = | 1 | = | 0 | = |   3.0
NM Gabe Bick    | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | = | X | 0 | = | 0 | = |   3.0
IM Ahuja Rohan  | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | = | 0 |   3.5
FM Chris Yoo    | 1 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | X | 1 | 1 |   5.0
IM Kim Yap      | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | X | 1 |   6.5
FM J. Stearman  | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | X |   2.5

Berkeley IM Norm RR

The new Berkeley Chess School building opened in May. (Credit: Chessdryad)

Berkeley Summer IM Norm Invitational

August 11 to 15

Hosted by the Berkeley Chess School

Watch the games live at the Follow Chess app!

Time control = G/90 + inc/30
Average rating = 2298
Required score = 6.5 for IM norm, 6.0 for WGM norm
Participants:

• IM Ahuja Rohan (2387) from India FIRST PLACE TIE
• IM Kim Yap (2366) from Philippines FIRST PLACE TIE    
• IM Vincent McCambridge (2359)
• FM Josiah Stearman (2346)
• FM Teemu Virtanen (2309) from Finland THIRD PLACE TIE
• FM Rawle Allicock (2236) from England
• WIM Annie Wang (2288) 
• NM Ivan Ke (2238)   
• FM Ezra Chambers (2233) from Burundi
• FM Ladia Jirasek (2222) THIRD PLACE TIE

Crosstable:

IM Ahuja Rohan  | X | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 |   6.5
IM Kim Yap      | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |   6.5
IM McCambridge  | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |   1.5
FM J. Stearman  | = | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 |   4.0
FM T. Virtanen  | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |   5.5
FM R. Allicock  | = | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |   3.0
WIM Annie Wang  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | = |   4.5
NM Ivan Ke      | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 0 | 0 |   4.0
FM E. Chambers  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 |   4.0
FM L. Jirasek   | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | X |   5.5