GT Chess Speaks for Itself Open

2022 GT Chess Speaks for Itself Open
Sunday, November 13, 2022 @ Love Manufacturing Building

Our second open tournament of the semester will serve as our second qualifier for the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship in January 2023 in Seattle. You must play at least one of the events to have a chance of qualifying. Qualified players will be chosen based on your results in these tournaments and is dependent on how many teams we choose to send.

Location:

771 Ferst Drive
J. Erskine Love Building
Atlanta, GA 30332-0245

Parking:

• CRC (may need apass to get in?)

• Area 4 Visitor Parking (Hourly Rates)

  • https://www.pts.gatech.edu/parking/parking-zones/

Food Options:

• Student Center - Panda Express and CFA (tournament held on a Sunday though)

• Firehouse Subs, CM Chicken (off West Campus)

• Midtown / Tech Square

  • Tin Drum

  • Subway

  • Moes

  • etc.

Qualifier (4 round USCF Rated Swiss)

Schedule:

• Round 1: 10 am

• Round 2: 12:30 pm

• Round 3: 2:30 pm

• Round 4: 4:30 pm

Time Control: G/45 d10

Entry Fee:

• $20 by Nov 6 Nov 9

• $30 by Nov 13 @ 9:30 am

• $10 discount for GT students

• FREE for FM, IM, GM, WIM, WGM (entry fee deducted from prize)

Prizes (b/30):

• 1st: $100

• 2nd: $50

• U1800: $25

• U1300: $25

Other:

• If you show up more than 30 minutes late, your game will be forfeited and you will be removed from the tournament.

• If your phone rings during the game, you will get a time penalty for your first warning. For your second warning, you will be forfeited.

• You are allowed up to one half point bye (must request before the tournament - will be considered a 0 point bye if requested after round one starts).

• You must be eligible for Pan-Ams to qualify for our Pan-Ams team.

Registration:

https://forms.gle/USmxxsPek6Mc9ZiVA

Advanced Entries (updated 11/11)

1. NM Andrew Titus (2317)

2. NM Saigautam Bonam (2179)

3. NM Ganesh Murugappan (2178)

4. NM Vedic Panda (2149)

5. **NM Kapish Potula** (2135, UNPAID ENTRY, USCF EXPIRED)

6. WFM Aasa Dommalapati (2075)

7. Jason Li (2029)

8. CM Diego De Dios Suarez (2005)

9. William Fox (1997)

10. **Atharva Gorantiwar** (1941, UNPAID ENTRY)

11. **Shikhar Ahuja** (1925, USCF EXPIRED)

12. **Matthew Stadter** (1918, UNPAID ENTRY)

13. Alex Li (1896)

14. Eric Song (1872)

15. Ryan Zhou (1835, 1/2 point bye: Round 1)

16. Aron Cheng (1830)

17. Sanjeev Anand (1822)

18. Vignesh Sekar (1822)

19. Ben Nemelka (1815)

20. Manav Ramprasad (1768)

21. James Taylor (1745)

22. Aleksandr Lutsenko (1636)

23. Daniel Shen (1520)

24. Abhinav Govindaraju (1498)

25. **Jesse Dill** (1495, UNPAID ENTRY)

26. **Suchet Sapre** (1461, USCF EXPIRED)

27. **Nihar Shah** (1320, UNPAID ENTRY)

28. **Blake Rodgers** (1200, UNPAID ENTRY)

29. Atharva Gujrathi (1146)

30. Zach Simmons (1135)

31. Stefan Talpa (1067)

32. **Jared Jordan** (1064, UNPAID ENTRY)

33. **Ammar Ladhani** (1057, UNPAID ENTRY)

34. Beckett Gordon (996)

35. **Anish Kanduri** (995, UNPAID ENTRY)

36. Mathew Liang (990, 1/2 point bye: Round 1)

37. **Alan Tao** (854, UNPAID ENTRY)

38. Daniel Lamprea (627)

39. Justin Dai (unr)