2011 U.S. JUNIOR OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Date

Start: Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:30 PM
End: Sunday, July 24, 2011 @ 5:30 PM

Address

HILTON HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT
8181 AIRPORT BLVD. HOUSTON, TX

Fees

$35 until 7/11, $50 after 7/11 or on site.

Registration Closing Date

Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:59 PM PST

Brief Description

6SS, G/120. 4 Sections: U21, U15, U11, U8 (age as of 1/1/11). One 1/2-pt bye avail, except Rd 6, if req before Rd 1. Individual and Team Awards. Winner of U21 is seeded into the 2012 US Junior Closed, if still elig by age. All Sections USCF rated. U21 Section is also FIDE rated.

SCHEDULE

Friday: Round 1 at 1pm and Round 2 at 6pm. Saturday: Round 3 at 9:30am and Round 4 at 2:15pm. Sunday: Round 5 at 9am and Round 6 at 1:30pm. Awards Ceremony at 6pm Sunday (approx)

Pre-Registrations U21 (41 Players)

FM HARPER,WARREN 2412, JAYAKUMAR,ADARSH 2260, NG,ANDREW 2257, SHAO,BOB 2228, PAMATMAT,JAROD 2214, ALTSCHULER,JASON 2213, MICHAELIDES,MATTHEW 2182, CHAKRABORTY,DIPRO 2175, RAMACHANDRAN,KARTHIK 2171, JIA,JASON 2136, VISWANADHA,KESAV 2113, CHANG,DEREK 2065, BALAKRISHNAN,NAVEEN 2045, LIU,MATTHEW 2043, CHANDRA,KEVIN 2012, TREIMAN,SCOTT 2012, UKOLI,JAMES 2010, BRYANT,DANIEL 2010,

Pre-Registrations U21 (Cont.)

THANGIRALA,AVINAS 1983, JIANG,ALEXANDER 1979, LIU,BOVEY 1967, JIANG,AUSTIN 1967, LU,TOMMY 1954, FANG,ZHOU 1953, KALYAN,SUCHINDER 1935, HAN,CURRAN 1930, VASQUEZ III,SIMON 1921, VAIDYA,ATULYA 1913, CHEN,DANNY 1913, NG, DANIEL 1867, BAKER,SAMUEL 1828, COLDEWEY,ERIC 1790, VENKATARAMAN,SID 1692, HE,JASON 1665, CHEN,ERIC 1652, GUERRA,GABRIEL 1590, RAJAVEL,RAHUL 1532, SUBRAMANIAN,SIVA 1388, KRISHNAMURTHY,ADHITYA 1054, PATTERSON,ADRIAN 791, GATLIN,HARRISON 679,

Pre-Registrations U15 (55 Players)

CHEN,STEVEN 1991, SHAO,ANDY 1988, JOHNSON,PERRY 1846, JACOB,ANDREW 1844, NGUYEN,DUY 1834, VENKATARAMAN,MADHUMITHA 1824, CHEN,JONATHAN 1816, BEAMS,ANDY 1768, BHATTA,ROHIT 1711, MATHESH,VIVEK 1705, ZHAO,ANNIE 1647, BRANNON,JOSHUA 1642, ROSCOE,TRUMAN 1619, SHAN,DEVAN 1614, LIU,WILLIAM 1609, CHIU,ERIC 1602, HU,KEVIN 1591, OBILI,ABHISHEK 1576, RIDDELL,WESLEY 1571, WANG,WEIYI 1550, HIRANI,ZOHEB 1508,

Pre-Registrations U15 (cont.)

VASQUEZ,MIGUEL 1497, ALTSCHULER,DYLAN 1474, BALAKRISHNAN,HARINI 1468, CHIU,CHRIS 1429, VENKATARAMAN,SARA 1403, TIAN,MICHAEL 1403, PASAPULETI,MUKUND 1397, CHAU,BRIAN 1366, VASQUEZ,ELIAS 1359, SHAW,JORDAN 1238, LUDINGTON,FOSTER 1221, SMITH,NATHAN 1200, HE,JEVIN 1182, HUDSON,ANDY 1175, KAIEDA,SHOTA 1110, VALLEE,SAMUEL 1064, MILLER,DAVID 1058, INGRAM,JARED 1025, CHAU,ALAN 1020, MCCALEB,BRADLEY 972, DELEON JR,DANIEL 949, KENDRICK,CALEB 948,

Pre-Registrations U15 (cont.)

YIN,ANNIE 899, DELEON,ANDREW 843, LEONE,TERILYN 840, YU,NATHAN 795, KARMAKAR,AYAN 791, WU,FELIX 791, WU,ALEX 731, SALEH,ADAM 580, CHAVEZ, JORGE unr, AMERINENI,SATVIK unr, CHAVEZ, GRACE unr, LONG, WILLIAM unr,

Pre-Registrations U11 (68 Players)

CHEN,CHRISTOPHER 1883, CAO,ALVIN 1784, WEBSTER,DEX 1774, TAO,JEFFREY 1773, NGUYEN,ANTHONY 1766, XIE,TIANMING 1704, NGUYEN,KHOA 1667, NGUYEN,EMILY 1625, JAGADEESHI,SUDARSHANA 1615, VERMA,RITIK 1602, KUEHNLE,TORIN 1574, ARUNACHALAM,PALANIAPPAN 1561, WEBSTER,DON 1541, NGUYEN,BRITTANY 1513, LAI,VICTOR 1461, BIHN,ALEX 1455, LIU,GLEN 1435, BLAKEMAN,COLE 1410, PAO,LUCAS 1397, SUN,JACKIE 1380, KAO,CAMILLE 1363,

Pre-Registrations U11 (Cont.)

SRINIVASAN,VISHWA 1346, HAN,PATRICK 1337, FRUTOS,CHASE 1326, SERRATO III,IGNACIO 1299, YANG,ROBERT 1282, WANG,ANDREW 1269, PREMKUMAR,HIREN 1265, BORKAR,OM 1258, HEMMAT,ALEXANDER 1193, HUO,RANNON 1184, PARTHASARATHY,ABINAND 1136, LE,COLLIN 1124, ZHONG,HOWARD 1106, SUN,FAVIAN 1101, RAO,ROHIT 1093, LAI,PIERCE 1090, QI,KEVIN 1061, KAIEDA,GENTA 1047, SARNA,ESHAN 1034, WANG,OLIVER 1014, GOPALAKRISHNAN,PRANAV 997, RAO,ROHAN 976, CONNELLY,TREZURE 902,

Pre-Registrations U11 (cont.)

WEBSTER,DAVID 857, CHENG,RAYMOND 829, TIAN,JUSTIN 814, BEILSTEIN,CHRISTOPHER 806, SRIDHAR,ASHWIN 776, CHAU,ANDRE 766, GRABOIS,JAMES 746, JOHNSON,CALEB 725, REDDY,NATHAN 713, MING,JERRY 699, BHATTA,AMIT 676, CHANDRASHEKHAR,NEERAJ 673, PATIL,SIDDHANT 653, UPPULURI,ANUJA 646, ALLALA,SATHVIK 638, PERRY,PATRICK 616, CHEN,ALEX 594, JOHNSON,JADRIAN 583, UPPULURI,SINDHUJA 574, MCCALEB,RILEY 457, MCCANN,JAMES unr, KRISHNA, RAM unr, PADMANABHAN, SHANKAR unr, OCA, JUSTIN unr,

Pre-Registrations U8 (53 Players)

METPALLY,JASON 1474 NGUYEN,DANG 1459 MA,TRISTAN 1432 GUO,ZACHARY 1386 VAIDYA,ATREYA 1328 HAWTHORN,CHARLES 1302 JIA,ANDY 1201 LU,ANDREW 1049 HAWTHORN,HENRY 1030 GONZALEZ,LUIS 1019 NI,MAGGIE 1016 BAYARAA,CHINGUUN 959 NGUYEN,ANH 943 TIAN,SAMUEL 918 BALDERAS JR,ADOLFO 903 BRESLAV,NIKITA 870 ZHU,HARVEY 838 SMUDA,MAX 831 POLAVARAM,ROHAN 800 TANG,ANDREW 800 HUNG,DANIEL 796 FRUTOS,COLE 774 BEILSTEIN,CATHERINE 764

Pre-Registrations U8 (Cont.)

HUNG,JUSTIN 751 BEAMS,CHASE 740 WILSON,EVAN 737 CAVDAR,ALI 716 XIA,JOSEPH 708 RAJARAM,RUDRANSH 655 POLAVARAM,RITHIK 589 SINGH,SHREYASH 539 PATIL,VEDANT 513 CHEN,ABBY 472 MCMULLEN,LEILA 448 KAO,SIMONA 440 SCHOWALTER,JONATHAN 421 ZENG,SHEENA 412 BLAKEMAN,CADE 411 OBILI,YATIN 399 LEITE,ROBERT 359 LE,HELEN 340 RODRIGUEZ,ROY 304 OSOINACH,JOHN 260 GORANTLA,KUSUM 242

Pre-Registrations U8 (Cont.)

BALDERAS,ANA 200 MCCALEB,PATRICK 188 LU,MICHELLE 146 SCHNEIDER,DARCY 121 CHANDRASHEKHAR,MAALINI 109 TANG, ALVIN unr YANG,VINCENT unr ANANDULA,ANIRUDH unr OCA, JADEN unr

TOTAL REGISTERED SO FAR

217

Additional Information

Prizes: U21: $500+entry to 2012 US Junior Closed - $250-$125-$75-$50. Individual plaques to top five overall, plaques for best player age 18, 17, 16, 15, Under 15, and for ratings U1600, U 1400, U1200. U15: Individual trophies to top ten overall, trophies for best player age 14, 13, 12, 11, Under 11, and for ratings U1400, U1200, U1000. U11: Individual trophies to ten overall, trophies to best player age 10, 9, 8, 7, Under 7, and for ratings U1200, U1000, U800. U8: Individual trophies to top ten overall, best player 7, 6 & Under, and for ratings U1000, U800, U600 ; honorable mention trophies for all others U8. Commemorative medals for all participants. Teams: Trophies to top three school teams and top club team in each of the four sections. Top four scores, minimum of three, count towards team score in each section.

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