Daniel Moerner and Daniel Garber are fully qualified and auto-qualified to the Tournament of Champions.  Daniel Moerner received bids by winning the Valley Mid-America Cup (IA) and reaching semifinals of the St. Mark's Heart of TX invitational (TX).  Daniel Garber was a quarterfinalist at the Greenhill Invitational (TX) and semifinalist at the New York City Invitational (NY).  Daniel Khalessi and Jing Wang each have one bid; Khalessi was a semifinalist at St. Mark's, and Jing was an octafinalist.