2024 Quads

Six quads again in December with only Hung Le as a repeat winner from November. Quad 5 had an exciting finish to a 3-way tie. All 3 winners in that quad will get in free at their next Bethel quads event. Santa Elias (pictured above) three win performance landed him in the 4-digit ratings for the first time in his chess career reaching 1021.

The quad winners were: Q1: Hung Le; Q2: Ben Himmelman; Q3: Henry Strid; Q4: Elias Mirabal; Q5 (3-way tie): Bailey McCartney, Saian Akhmetov and Caleb Riley and Q6: Leo Shalchon.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

Six quads in November with only Ayden Ransom as a repeat winner from October. We nearly had our first ever 4-way tie in quad 5 before Nick Edwards came out on top in the final round. If the final game had drawn, all players would have been at 1.5. Henry Strid and Ayden Ransom completed their 26th USCF matches to establish regular USCF ratings (no longer provisional).

The quad winners were: Q1: Hung Le; Q2: Revel Trammel; Q3: Jayden Yu; Q4: Ayden Ransom; Q5: Nick Edwards and Q6: Julian Forrest.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

38 players showed up on Oct. 20th including a three new players. All the quads were competitive with ratings ranging from the 100's to the 2000's. Congrats to Tunahan on winning Quad 1 while completing his 26th USCF match to establish a regular USCF rating! Fewer than 26 rated games is considered a provisional rating.

The quad winners were: Q1: Tunahan Monkul; Q2: Ben Himmelman; Q3: Leo Kuhl; Q4: Luca Hurd; Q5: Ryan Alberti; Q6: Ayden Ransom; Q7: Brent McCartney; Q8: Dallas Samson and Swiss6: Bailey McCartney.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

The first quads of the new school year had 30 players including a few playing in their first tournament ever! Ratings ranged from the 100's to the 1800's.

The quad winners were: Q1: Neil Natarajan; Q2: Arin Jander; Q3: Ruhaan Natarajan; Q4: Ardash Makina; Q5: Ryan Alberti; Q6: Brent McCartney and Swiss6: August Khan.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

The May edition of the Bethel Quads had 36 participants with ratings from the 100's to the 1800's. Competitive quads all around with only 3 of the 9 quads having winners with perfect 3.0 scores and two ending in ties.

The quad winners were: Q1: Neil Natarajan; Q2: Isaiah Fattel and Kenneth Lamm (2-way tie); Q3: Henry Strid; Q4: Sandoval Van Brunt Salazar and Brad Hegland (2-way tie); Q5: Santiago Alvarez-Garibay; Q6: Brandt Howland; Q7: Elias Mirabal; Q8: Nick Edwards and Q9: Sebastian Alvarez-Garibay.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

Twas the quads gathering before Seaside, so there was no surprise we had 44 players in 11 quads in April! Three players managed to get their required number of games in to qualify for the OSCF Scholastic Championships in Seaside later this month.

The quad winners were: Q1: Rob Fisett; Q2: Christopher Jachowicz; Q3: Banyan Girroir; Q4: Seth Dillow; Q5: Kiran Narreddy; Q6: Sandoval Van Brunt Salazar; Q7: Brad Hegland; Q8: Oscar Scharf, Saian Akhmetov and Nick Edwards (3-way tie); Q9: Elias Mirabal; Q10 Cameron Shelley and Q11: Luke Dillow.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

We filled up all 8 tables with 32 players in March. The quad winners were: Q1: Ben Dixon; Q2: Jiro Plaunty; Q3: Seth Dillow; Q4: Sandoval Van Brunt Salazar and Bryce Johnson (2-way tie); Q5: Kiran Narreddy; Q6: Ayden Ransom; Q7: Amen Ashine and Q8: Aurora Stacy.

Quad details: USCF Ratings

The February quads competed with that other sporting event on Super Bowl Sunday but 24 players had a good time and some even made it home in time for the halftime show. A view from quad 5 above and quad 1 below.

The quad winners were: Q1: Hung Le; Q2: Chris Jachowicz; Q3: Henry Strid; Q4: Santiago Alvarez-Garibay; Q5: Nick Edwards and Q6: Skylar High, Julian Forrest and Emerson Larwick (3-way tie!).

Quad details: USCF Ratings

The first quads of the new year got pushed back a week due to the ice storm but still had 8 quads with 32 players participating. A view from quad 8 above and quad 1 below.

The quad winners were: Q1: Neil Natarajan; Q2: Jiro Plaunty; Q3: Adamend Freda; Q4: Valerie Ostrovsky; Q5: Henry Strid and Ryan Alberti (2-way tie with Henry winning the blitz off); Q6: Santiago Alvarez-Garibay; Q7: Brent McCartney and Q8: Nick Edwards and Saian Akhmetov (2-way tie).

Quad details: USCF Ratings