Monthly Tri-Valley Open Tournaments

300 players and 40+ K-12 teams competed in the 5th Annual East Bay Open and Youth Team Championship on Oct 17th.

Tri-Valley GM Christopher Yoo tied with Dublin FM Advay Bansal for first at 4-0 in the 1500+ Championship.

In the Experts (U1500), Anika Prasad of Fallon Middle School went a perfect 5-0. 

Other section champions in the 300-player tournament included:

Premier (U1000): Anika Aravind

Challenger (U500): Kade Jax Pascal and Arthur Yang

Novices: Anish Manegari and Adrian Panaciuc

Berkeley Chess School topped 40+ other schools and clubs to win the youth team competition. Summer Chess Club Team 2 was the top Junior Varsity (U1000) team, while Amador Elementary of Dublin was the top Novices team

Read the recap with full list of cash & trophy winners, USCF-rated results, and view the pictures.