2022 GT Chess Summer Series

Welcome to the 2022 GT Chess Summer Series! Whether you're on campus or not this summer, participate in various tournaments and challenges for a chance to win chess.com premium memberships!

Monthly Grand Prix Series

4 chess.com Arenas / Month
- chess.com premium memberships for winners of each Saturday 1:30 PM tournament
- chess.com premium memberships for the top 3 players at the end of each month
- Potential team battles against other schools
- Collegiate Chess League Arenas on Sunday at 2 PM Eastern with premium memberships for the top teams
- Please note that to join this arena, you MUST be a part of our chess.com club. You can join that using this link (https://www.chess.com/club/georgia-tech-yellowjackets). You should be able to join automatically!

Summer Raffle

chess.com premium memberships given out for each event
Challenges include chess.com rating improvements, puzzle rush milestones, puzzle rating improvements
Other challenges could include Chessable course completion, Chesstempo puzzle streaks, or anything players come up with!
Players submit challenges via Discord server
July 1st - Aug 14th

Chess in Atlanta

In-person meetings at Georgia Tech
Unofficial meetups on campus
Tournaments in the Greater Atlanta area
All in person opportunities will be listed on our Events Calendar

July Schedule and Leaderboard

Past Events and Winners

June 4 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/gt-chess-summer-kickoff-1923203
- Winner: NM Vedic Panda
- Diamond Memberships: Ryan Zhou, Manav Ramprasad
June 11 @ 2:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/2022-gt-chess-summer-series-june-week-2-1925159
- Winner: NM Andrew Titus
- Diamond Membership: Skyler Tunc
June 18 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/june-week-3-grand-prix-arena-1925856
- Winner: Sasha Lutsenko
- Diamond Membership: Sasha Lutsenko
June 25 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/final-june-grand-prix-swiss-3220537
- Winner: NM Andrew Titus
- Diamond Membership: Lixin Zheng
June Grand Prix
- Top 3: NM Andrew Titus, Sasha Lutsenko, Skyler Tunc
- Diamond Memberships: Mirabel Reid, Stefan Talpa, Sanjeev Anand

July 2 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/july-2-weekly-summer-arena-1950596
- Winner: NM Andrew Titus
- Diamond Membership: Shikhar Ahuja
July 3 @ 2 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/summer-week-2-prize-1961451
- Georgia Tech: 1st Place, 64 points
  - Will Fox (25 points, 3rd)
  - Lixin Zheng (14 points, 7th)
  - Aron Cheng (13 points, 8th)
  - Ryan Zhou (12 points, 9th)
  - Arjun Thangaraj Ramshankar (12 points, 11th)
July 9 @ 1:30 PM Eastern:
- Winner: Krish Tibrewala
- Diamond Membership: Krish Tibrewala
July 23 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/gt-summer-series-july-23-grand-prix-1997026
- Winner: Ryan Zhou
- Diamond Memberships: Ryan Zhou, Daniel Shen
July 30 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/gt-chess-summer-series-july-gp-finale-3286758
- Winner: Sasha Lutsenko
- Diamond Membership: Sasha Lutsenko
July Grand Prix
- Top 3: Sasha Lutsenko, Ryan Zhou, Shikhar Ahuja
- Diamond Memberships: James Taylor, Arjun Thangaraj Ramshankar, Stefan Talpa
July CCL Arenas
- 1st Place on July 3rd and July 24th
- 4th Place on July 31st
- Diamond Memberships: Eashaan Godbole, Arjun Thangaraj Ramshankar, Atharva Gorantiwar
July Summer Raffle Challenge: Biggest Upsets
- Diamond Membership: Alejandro Yang
July - August Summer Raffle Challenge: Olympiad Fantasy Challenge
- Diamond Membership: Lixin Zheng

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