2021 Fall Break Blitz
Friday, October 8th @ Klaus 2443

• Non-USCF rated, the following tournament rules apply

  • Clock move - your turn ends once you hit the clock (NOT touch move)

  • Illegal move loses - if you make an illegal move and hit your clock, you lose!

  • Spectators and tournament directors are not allowed to kibitz or call out when a player makes an illegal move or when a player runs out of time

  • If a player loses on time, but the opponent does not have material to mate: the game is declared a draw (ex. Player 1 has 2 knights and Player 2 has just a king, Player 2 running out of time yields a draw)

• Time Control: G/5 d0

• Registration ends at 4:45 (Registration potentially in neighboring 2447)
  Rounds start at 5, games will start ASAP afterwards (estimated to be done around 7:30)

• One or two Sections, depending on entries

  • If two sections, sections will be split according to rating

• FREE Entry, No Prizes (at the moment)

• Current Player Capacity: 75

• Preregistration (fill out the following form by 10/7 @ 11:59): https://forms.gle/p5GVSMeomHy8XDJP7  
  You still have to show up by 4:45 to be paired for Round 1

• No Half Point Byes! If you show up late, you will start the tournament with 0 points

• Please bring your own clocks and boards! Can download a clock app on your phone if you don't have one

• Ratings Used for Pairing Purposes: Chess.com Blitz, Equivalent Lichess Conversion, or Player-Provided Estimate

  • https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/

Questions: Contact Andrew Titus at atitus7@gatech.edu or send a Discord Message to Titus369#0699

Advanced Entries (updated 10/8 @11am)
preregistration closed - you can still sign up onsite at Klaus!

1. NM Andrew Titus (2652)

2. NM Saigautam Bonam (2513)

3. Aleksandr Lutsenko (2374)

4. Lixin Zheng (2016)

5. Arish Virani (1934)

6. Matthew Stadter (1999)

7. Ryan Zhou (1997)

8. Alex Li (1900)

9. Arjun Ramshankar (1900)

10. Noah Caplinger (1800)

11. Daniel Savrasov (1800)

12. Mirabel Reid (1650)

13. Andrew Zhang (1650)

14. Nicklas Pank (1600)

15. Vasistha Singhal Vinod (1600)

16. Matthew Pleskow (1599)

17. Sean Aoki (1478)

18. Kabeer Chawla (1450)

19. Aranya Banerjee (1400)

20. Joseph Ruth (1400)

21. Anand Tsogtjargal (1350)

22. Stefan Talpa (1264)

23. Rajat Mehra (1250)

24. Ammar Ladhani (1240)

25. Satvik Katla (1200)

26. Alejandro Porcella (1000)

27. Arjun Agarwal (1000)

28. Parshad Patel (1000)

29. Injae Cho (950)

30. Diego Alba (906)

31. Varun Agarwal (900)

32. Yaharth Bhargava (900)

33. Trevor McCrary (900)

34. Steve Zakharov (900)

35. Ali AlQatari (800)

36. Noah Joseph (800)

37. Nitin Paul (700)

38. Yu Uchiyama (700)

39. Saniket More (400)