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IM Sam Schmakel dominates at the 15th annual Chicago Class 2022

18 Jul, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 took place 15-17 July at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, Illinois., featuring 7 tournaments: Master (for players rated 2100+), Expert (for players rated 1900-2199), Class A (for players rated 1700-1999), Class B (for players rated 1500-1799), Class C (for players rated 1300-1599), Class D (for players rated 1100-1399) and Class E (for players rated U1200).

International Master Sam Schmakel dominated in the Masters event, clinching the sole first place with 4.5/5 points thus pocketing the money prize of 3100$. GM Elshan Moradiabadi and GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista tied for the second place with 4 points each.

The Winners of other sections are: Anthony Parker (Expert tournament), Austin T Earsley and Aitegin Akmatbekov (Class A tournament), Ethan Emanuelson (Class B tournament), Ryan A Santoro (Class C tournament), Rohan Menon and Ray Mingye Sun (Class D tournament), and Austen Johnson, Franklin Godinho, Alex Zhou, Alexander Woo and Braedyn Mulcahy (Class E tournament). Scroll down for final rankings of all sections

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IM Sam Schmakel; Photo from Facebook/Eric Rosen

Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Masters:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 IM Sam Schmakel 2504 4.5 3100
2 GM Elshan Moradiabadi 2614 4 1150
3 GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2694 4 1150
4 Matias Shundi 2135 3.5 900
5 Nicholas Ladan 2270 3.5 900
6 Rohit Guha 2135 3 125
7 Andrew Lewis Titus 2340 3 125
8 Elijah Samuel Platnick 2132 3 125
9 Avi Harrison Kaplan 2090 3 125
10 James L Nguyen 2180 2.5  
11 Jonathan Sterling Kogen 2343 2.5  
12 Nicholas Bruha 2161 2.5  
13 WFM Nastassja A Matus 2068 2.5  
14 Aiden Reiss 2125 2.5  
15 Steven J Szpisjak 2200 2  
16 Luke Sicong Ye 2116 2  
17 Frederick S Rhine 2113 2  
18 Steven Cooklev 2199 2  
19 Daniel Bronfeyn 2182 2  
20 Kevin Ho 2087 2  
21 Aidan M Carey 2137 2  
22 Jesse Ren 2114 1.5  
23 Rishi T Narayanan 2155 1.5  
24 Okechukwu Anele Nnej Iwu 2230 1.5  
25 Ankush Moolky 2216 1.5  
26 Deniz Alp Gulecyuz 2191 1.5  
27 Yuta Kakutani 2125 1

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Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Expert:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 Anthony Parker 2145 5 2000
2 Gregory Revesz 2037 4.5 1000
3 Patrick Rao 2004 4 600
4 Deshawn L Kelley 2184 3.5 133.33
5 Ariunbold Batchuluun 2178 3.5 133.33
6 WCM Anh Nhu Nguyen 2012 3.5 133.33
7 Eric Starkman 2068 3  
8 Anuj Dahiya 2058 3  
9 WCM Shreya Mangalam 2131 3  
10 Joshua Meng 1920 3  
11 Daniel Lee 2078 3  
12 WCM Natalie Wisniowski 1961 3  
13 Jack Heller 2065 3  
14 Michael Chiflikyan 2009 3  
15 Isaac George 2068 3  
16 Timothy Chien En Lim 2001 3  
17 Naren S Prasanna 2000 3  
18 Eduard Danilyan 2048 3  
19 Grant Mu 2034 3  
20 Anjaneya Sripathy Rao 1958 2.5  
21 Amgalanbaatar Ravdanlkhumbuu 2086 2.5  
22 Nathan Ping-ying Wu 1950 2.5  
23 Alex Li 1870 2.5  
24 Ryan Murphy 2063 2.5  
25 Aidan P Kaczanowski 2003 2.5  
26 Ethan Guo 2008 2.5  
27 Ethan Y Liang 1914 2  
28 Ruoyu Guo 1996 2  
29 Bryce Mc Clanahan 1965 2  
30 Michael R S Williams 1923 2  
31 Rene E Ancheta 2048 2  
32 Gauri Menon 1912 2  
33 Vedant Ameya Talwalkar 1950 1.5  
34 Florentino Inumerable 2027 1.5  
35 Ethan A Gagliano 1965 1.5  
36 Derek Paitrick 2075 1.5  
37 Daniel Phipps 2023 1.5  
38 Mark Hamilton 1941 1.5  
39 Ekansh Mehrotra 1930 1  
40 Alex Cheng 1912 1  
41 Robert D Sax 2000 0.5  
42 Ethan Toby Lyu 1950 0  
43 Arendal Markovic 2000 0

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Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Class A:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 Austin T Earsley 1870 4.5 1500
2 Aitegin Akmatbekov 1833 4.5 1500
3 Sean McCarter 1730 4 250
4 Sohan Anup Bendre 1710 4 250
5 Zvonko Juric 1855 4 250
6 Jay Feng 1635 4 250
7 Alex Kong 1813 3.5  
8 Jon Douglas Phillips 1860 3.5  
9 Ayden Huang 1831 3.5  
10 Yohan Ghosh 1646 3.5  
11 Charles H H Craigmile 1723 3.5  
12 Danilo Quizol Bucal 1789 3.5  
13 Michael Li 1775 3.5  
14 Sanjith Prabhu 1792 3  
15 Lemuel Barrido 1841 3  
16 Vidyuth Kamesh 1767 3  
17 Ahmed Ilyasov 1790 3  
18 Arjun Raman 1770 3  
19 Margarita Tsyganova 1750 3  
20 Brian Peterson 1888 3  
21 Ian Broihier 1761 3  
22 Yash S Bhargava 1701 3  
23 Amarsaikhan Dashtogtokh 1900 2.5  
24 Tyler Rutherford 1883 2.5  
25 Vincent Springer 1812 2.5  
26 Vincent J Hart 1902 2.5  
27 Tony Thompson 1813 2.5  
28 Rishav Bhattacharyya 1766 2.5  
29 Srinath Goli 1944 2.5  
30 Paul D Lubinski 1738 2.5  
31 Megan Chen 1826 2.5  
32 Evan D Spiegel 1798 2.5  
33 Peishanika Rose Arnold 1852 2.5  
34 Arjun Bajaj 1688 2.5  
35 Scott Peterson 1956 2  
36 Ella Guo 1830 2  
37 Bret Thomas Obrien 1802 2  
38 Zach Nudo 1737 2  
39 Hector R Hernandez 1800 2  
40 Dharani Sree Ravi 1800 2  
41 Adil Dzelilovic 1790 2  
42 Christopher Cheng 1701 2  
43 Harvey Steven Hanke 1812 2  
44 Ria Raj 1723 2  
45 Chris Wainscott 1766 2  
46 Dimitri Kosteris 1688 2  
47 Mason Jin Li 1605 2  
48 Mike A Cronin 1751 1.5  
49 Vishwaa Kannan 1745 1.5  
50 Ethan Brown 1821 1.5  
51 Newman Shen 1864 1.5  
52 Senthil Sundaram 1857 1.5  
53 Alan Xu 1773 1  
54 George Trbojevic 1798 1  
55 Niklas C Heglin 1722 1  
56 Ella Sharpe Papanek 1996 1  
57 Sam Ford 1925 0.5  
58 Engin Katipoglu 1890 0.5  
59 Louisa Zhang 1693 0  
60 Mohammed H* Zafar 1790 0  
61 Matthew Kent Pikus 1827 0  
62 Mohammed H Zafar 1790 0

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Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Class B:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 Ethan Emanuelson 1740 4.5 2000
2 Rebecca Phillips 1629 4 666.67
3 Lorenzo Anagnost 1526 4 666.67
4 Celina Zhou 1644 4 666.67
5 Justin Zhang 1710 3.5  
6 Andy Dong 1458 3.5  
7 Rakshana Walker* Sundara 1592 3.5  
8 Advaith G Kodipparambil 1585 3.5  
9 Felix Zhang 1630 3.5  
10 Dario Pjevic 1628 3.5  
11 Oliver Rana 1365 3.5  
12 Ryan Zhang 1664 3  
13 Calvin Roach 1659 3  
14 Chengxi Li 1624 3  
15 Joshua Flores 1602 3  
16 Gaayathri Binoj 1615 3  
17 Samuel Lu 1609 3  
18 Stuart Yee 1550 3  
19 Ryan Jacob Wandsnider 1647 2.5  
20 Rahul Rajeshkumar 1622 2.5  
21 Vamsi Munaganuri 1603 2.5  
22 Adarsh Girish 1613 2.5  
23 Julian Wang 1569 2.5  
24 Joshua Gingerich 1552 2.5  
25 John Nguyen 1499 2.5  
26 Michael Nadair Daley 1556 2.5  
27 Amar Gupta 1567 2  
28 Francis Michael Sheehy 1673 2  
29 Keoni Frederick Osborne 1605 2  
30 Juan Bosco Ayala 1524 2  
31 Julius Cromartie 1600 2  
32 Jermaine Howlett 1636 2  
33 Justin Weinzweig 1679 2  
34 Cesaer Enverga 1741 1.5  
35 Jay Smalls 1575 1.5  
36 Andrew Stappenbeck 1768 1.5  
37 Stefan Benjamin Schaffer 1427 1.5  
38 Stephen James Scala 1508 1.5  
39 Abinoam Riji 1615 1  
40 Vijay Kannan 1587 1  
41 Bat Uya Molomjamts 1568 1  
42 Linda Chang 1547 1  
43 Thomas Walker 1571 0  
44 Alexandre Therrien 1590 0  
45 Isaac Daniel Adams 1638 0  
46 Rakshana Walker Sundara 1592 0

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Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Class C:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 Ryan A Santoro 1498 4.5 1700
2 Aayush Thakkar 1425 4 340
3 Boaz Lieberman 1411 4 340
4 Aidan Baker 1303 4 340
5 Aethelred Magni Hild Templin 1464 4 340
6 Eric Saxe 1469 4 340
7 Aron Amram 1452 3.5  
8 Jacob Joseph Plotnick 1448 3.5  
9 Asa Lieberman 1300 3.5  
10 Malik Brewley 1586 3  
11 Whitman Kosak 1366 3  
12 Mason Qiao 1354 3  
13 Everardo Gamino 1427 3  
14 Tyler Allen Hansen 1348 3  
15 Angella Zhang 1424 3  
16 Thor Heidrek Heidrek Templin 1529 3  
17 Manoj Rudraboina unr. 3  
18 Monish Bhasin 1420 3  
19 Thomas A Doggett 1461 2.5  
20 Rudy Padilla 1500 2.5  
21 Jacob Buchanan Wang 1442 2.5  
22 Kavin Anup Bendre 1312 2.5  
23 Vinay Sridhar 1485 2.5  
24 Brooks Sonethongkham 1381 2.5  
25 Lokruth Patil 1518 2  
26 Stanley Ren 1463 2  
27 Millan Luke Whittier 1308 2  
28 Eskandar Saraie 1315 2  
29 Linda Pham 1493 2  
30 Luke Choi-mcfarlane 1373 2  
31 Agastya Vanama 1364 2  
32 Rebecca Cortez 1256 2  
33 Pauline Yang 1513 1.5  
34 Scott Stapel 1346 1.5  
35 Lev Reyzin 1498 1.5  
36 David J White 1400 1.5  
37 Sarah Renee Dalby unr. 1  
38 Edwin Walker 1555 1  
39 Gopal Swaminathan 1500 1  
40 Aarush Rudraraju unr. 0.5  
41 Malte Johannes Meindertsma 1457 0  
42 Joshua Johnson 1402 0

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Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Class D:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 Rohan Menon 1146 4.5 1050
2 Ray Mingye Sun 1206 4.5 1050
3 Ethan F. Boley 1235 4 400
4 Benjamin B Johnson 1206 4 400
5 Colton Mcglynn 1341 3.5  
6 Nathaniel Merrick Miller 1376 3.5  
7 David L Bradley 1309 3.5  
8 Hemanth Samayamantri 1134 3  
9 Aiden Linyuan Li 1190 3  
10 Jeffrey Hill 1231 3  
11 Matthew Vincent* Malicki 1244 3  
12 Carl Kash 1184 3  
13 Ksenija A Matus 902 3  
14 Eddy Li 1259 3  
15 Ojas Arohan Sahoo 1234 3  
16 Leonardo Dou 1166 2.5  
17 Robert James Scott 1266 2.5  
18 Harry Prasad 1125 2.5  
19 Tchenly Laguerre 1300 2.5  
20 Anish P P Deshpande 1143 2.5  
21 James Reszler 1232 2.5  
22 Sridhar Balas 1118 2.5  
23 Vishmi T Rajapaksha 1095 2  
24 Andrew Ticao unr. 2  
25 Alexander Pan 1113 2  
26 Kaylee Zheng 1229 2  
27 Paul Sco Hanrahan 1227 2  
28 George J Ford 1220 2  
29 Elias Matsakis unr. 1.5  
30 Sanjay Kumar Malisetty 1220 1  
31 Emmanuel Pabustan 1309 1  
32 Timothy A Lund 1211 1  
33 Lucas Dou 1209 0.5  
34 Mark David Sheft 1319 0  
35 Manuel Solorzano 1242 0  
36 Matthew Vincent Malicki 1244 0  
37 Jack Serafin 101 0  
38 Aaditya Khatod unr. 0  
39 Braedyn Mulcahy unr. 0

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Final rankings – 15th annual Chicago Class 2022 Class E:


# Name Rating Total Prize
1 Austen Johnson 981 4.5 400
2 Franklin Godinho 1011 4.5 400
3 Alex Zhou 924 4.5 400
4 Alexander Woo 870 4.5 400
5 Braedyn Mulcahy unr. 4.5 100
6 Srinivas Rao 1175 4  
7 Luke Andrew Koelikamp 1165 4  
8 Junho Park 1073 4  
9 Lucas Quintos 478 4  
10 Kaleigh King 1079 4  
11 Jared Dong 1023 3.5  
12 Ridhima Bembey 975 3.5  
13 Philip Ross 631 3.5  
14 Heming Liu 802 3.5  
15 Andrew Zhu 678 3.5  
16 Akshay Bharadwaj 821 3.5  
17 Jamie Woodard 665 3.5  
18 Nayan Mathrani 649 3.5  
19 Joyce J Zheng 1012 3  
20 Grant Heitman 916 3  
21 Sebastian Bishoy Aziz 947 3  
22 Robert Jamar Polite 945 3  
23 Matthew Lucas Hough 818 3  
24 Anup Ashok Bendre 932 3  
25 Jacob Lyke 847 3  
26 Elizabeth Xia 689 3  
27 Victoria Chen 814 3  
28 Ian Wan 539 3  
29 Genesis Ines Richardson 828 3  
30 Anthony Codrea 818 3  
31 Siddhartha Govilkar 1083 2.5  
32 Jaylen Marshall 612 2.5  
33 Megan Gansukh 1054 2.5  
34 Jian Wu 757 2.5  
35 Roman Kash 1080 2.5  
36 Jashith Charvik Dadibattina 1063 2.5  
37 Srimathy Sridher 869 2.5  
38 Yegna Sairam Jandhyala 823 2.5  
39 Dylan William Mitchell 714 2.5  
40 Suhana Sharad 980 2.5  
41 Louis Chen 805 2.5  
42 Ishaanaditya Karthik 843 2.5  
43 Nysa Ranjan 790 2.5  
44 Vasanth Thirunavukkarasu 728 2.5  
45 Omjas Tripathi 666 2.5  
46 Sri Krishav Gopal 942 2.5  
47 Walter Pituc 955 2.5  
48 Gaofei Wang 1016 2  
49 Parker Myers 925 2  
50 Ethan Zhihao Jiao 754 2  
51 Temuulen Turbat 988 2  
52 Connor S Manning 1018 2  
53 Advait Kamath 686 2  
54 Sanjana Prabhu 663 2  
55 Jasmine Rao 601 2  
56 Siddharth Sanchula 964 2  
57 Purvi Swapna Menon 698 2  
58 Dona Wilston 1013 2  
59 Sri Akshika Gopal 930 2  
60 Avidha Biswas 522 2  
61 Rishi Suresh 377 2  
62 Jack Serafin 101 2  
63 Andrew Mccray Koch unr. 1.5  
64 Aaditya Khatod unr. 1.5  
65 Aaditya Khanna 380 1.5  
66 Joseph A Temple unr. 1.5  
67 Lucas Kuang 238 1.5  
68 Bren Odom 413 1  
69 Isgender Saparov 445 1  
70 Caleb T Razdolsky 290 1  
71 Aishwarya Samantaray unr. 1  
72 William Gansukh 436 1  
73 Misheel Gankhuyag 391 1  
74 Simon R Lu 101 1  
75 Anna Jiao 634 1  
76 Yuhan Liu 290 1  
77 Darsh Mehta 449 0  
78 Arthur Zarellas 1014 0  

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