History was made at the November Quads! For the first time ever (in more than 10 years), we had a 4-way tie in a quad! There were a total of 5 quads and a Swiss 6 to provide the action for November. Quad 6 pictured above with the view from the Swiss 6 shown below.
The quad winners were: Q1: Steven Van Enk; Q2: Tony Zicchino; Q3: Jayden Yu; Q4 (Swiss6): Saian Akhmetov; Q5 (4-way tie): Shaurya Narreddy, Emerson Sosa, Bailey McCartney and Benjamin Thompson; Q6: Haveesh Lingampally.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
6 quads and a Swiss 6 were cued up for October. I had to jump in to the Swiss 6 to keep the numbers even and came away 0-3. Quad 2 and below pictured above. 4 of the swiss 6 is shown below.
The quad winners were: Q1: Steven Van Enk; Q2: Owen Young-Flynn; Q3: Liam Sliwinski; Q4 (Swiss6, 4-way tie): Yufei Su, Jayden Yu, Tony Zicchino and Revel Trammel; Q5: Kiran Narreddy; Q6: Nick Edwards and Q7 (3-way tie): Emerson Sosa, Bailey McCartney and Benjamin Scharf.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
7 quads kicked off the new school year with players rated from 200 to 2200! Quad 3 action pictured above. The view of the room from quad 1 is captured below.
The quad winners were: Q1: Steven Van Enk; Q2: Hung Le; Q3: Liam Sliwinski; Q4 Jayden Yu; Q5: Saian Akhmetov; Q6: Nick Edwards and Brent McCartney (2-way tie) and Q7: Shaurya Narreddy.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
26 players were placed into 5 quads and a Swiss 6 at the last quads of the school year. Quads 5 & 6 are pictured above with quads 2-6 shown below.
The quad winners were: Q1: Noah Houston; Q2: DeWayne Derryberry; Q3: Jayden Yu; Q4 Sarah Ostrovsky; Q5: Nick Edwards; and Q6: Haveesh Lingampally.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
24 players were placed into 6 quads at the May quads. New this month and continuing onward, we used a 5 second increment on the clocks instead of delay. The view from quad 6 pictured above. Below, quad 3 action between former #1 boards at WHS ('15' vs '12).
The quad winners were: Q1: Noah Houston; Q2: Jiro Plaunty; Q3: Owen Young-Flynn; Q4 Revel Trammel; Q5: Bailey McCartney; and Q6: Roger Thompson.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
24 players showed up in April which made the math easy to split into 6 quads! Ties were the order of the day with two 2-way and one 3-way tie.
The quad winners were: Q1: Ben Himmelman; Q2 (2-way tie): Sean Alexander and Ben Kurtz; Q3 (2-way tie): Jayden Yu and Henry Strid; Q4 (3-way tie): Brandt Howland, Brent McCartney and Noah Palmer; Q5: Saian Akhmetov; and Q6: Bailey McCartney.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
25 players showed up for a nice rainy March day. Ed Battistella travelled the furthest from Medford and won the top quad with a score of 2.5/3. The view from quad 3 pictured above and quad 1 pictured below.
The quad winners were: Q1: Ed Battistella; Q2: Dwayne Derryberry; Q3: Bryce Johnson; Q4 (3-way tie) Ayden Ransom, Elias Mirabal and Sandoval Van Brunt Salazar; Q5 (2-way tie): Brent McCartney and Caleb Riley; Q6: Onking Dorje.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
Seven quads again in February with too many repeat winners to mention from the last quads because 4 of the 7 quads ended in ties! All but one quad split the prize. Q6 played a blitz-off where Sarah outlasted Tristan (pictured below). The view from quad 7 pictured above.
The quad winners were: Q1: Ben Himmelman; Q2 (3-way tie): Owen Young-Flynn, Dewayne Derryberry and Sean Alexander; Q3: Joseph Breslin; Q4 (2-way tie): Santiago Alvarez-Garibay and Ayden Ransom; Q5: Bryce Johnson; Q6 (2-way tie): Sarah Ostrovsky and Tristan Bailey and Q7 (2-way tie): Bailey McCartney and Lawrence Watson.
Quad details: USCF Ratings
Seven quads in January with Ben, Ayden and Bailey as repeat winners from the last quads. This was Ben's first win at the top quad. Tristan Bailey, Bailey McCartney and Holden Fraser Smith all completed their 26th USCF matches to establish regular USCF ratings (no longer provisional). The view from quad 7 pictured above. The top quad finishing their final round pictured below.
The quad winners were: Q1: Ben Himmelman; Q2: Owen Young-Flynn; Q3 (3-way tie): Alex Parthemer, Tony Zicchino and Ayden Ransom; Q4: Santiago Alvarez-Garibay; Q5: Brent McCartney; Q6: Tristan Bailey and Q7: Bailey McCartney.
Quad details: USCF Ratings Quad 1 Round 3