Maryland Chess Assn.
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66th Maryland Open
Major Open Tournaments
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Dec03
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Jan28
Local Open Tournaments
| Sat, Dec 11th - Sat, Dec 11th 4th Annual Black Knights Chess Championship |
| Sat, Dec 11th - Sat, Dec 11th Charm City Chess Club 2021 December Action |
| Sun, Dec 12th - Tysons Corner Weekly Action & Blitz |
| Sun, Dec 19th - Tysons Corner Weekly Action & Blitz |
| Sun, Dec 26th - Tysons Corner Weekly Action & Blitz |
Major Scholastic Tournaments
Major Scholastic Tournaments
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Minor Scholastic Tournaments
Minor Scholastic Tournaments
| Sun, Dec 12th - Tysons Corner Weekly Scholastic |
| Sun, Dec 19th - Tysons Corner Weekly Scholastic |
| Sun, Dec 26th - Tysons Corner Weekly Scholastic |
| Tue, Aug 23rd - TEST 2023 |
Maryland Chess Association
66th Maryland Open Results - Bijan Tahmassebi is 2021 State Champion
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by Chris Y Kim (President)
December 6, 2021
Over-the-board chess run by the Maryland Chess Association (MCA) resumed with the 66th Maryland Open (2021) held at the Marriott North Bethesda over the December 3-5, 2021. This was the first over-the-board tournament run by MCA since March 2021. The tournament was organized and directed by Michael Regan and his team and received very positive feedback. This tournament has differed from those in the past, as all players 12 and older were required to be vaccinated from the COVID-19 virus and the tournament was under a mask mandate from Montgomery County, the hotel and MCA. All players and spectators were required to wear masks for all the games as well as in the playing venue. A total of 170 players played - a very good turnout given difficulties in advertising the event and short preparation time.
Thomas Barthell from PA won the Championship section 4.5/5.
Bijan Tahmassebi was designated the 2021 Maryland State Champion (highest Maryland finisher in the Championship section) with 3.5/5 on tiebreaks over Neel Jay. Both players are still high school students!
Emerson Holcomb was deignated the 2021 Maryland Amateur Champion (highest Maryland finisher in the U2000 section) with 4.5/5.
The next MCA Open event will be the 59th Baltimore Open held from January 28-30, 2022 at the Sheraton BWI.
Have a safe and happy holiday season!
Results of MD's State Representatives at 2021 U.S. Open Invitationals
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by John D. Rockefeller V
Congratulations to the players who represented Maryland at the 2021 U.S. Open Invitationals, held during the U.S. Open:
- IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat, 2380, tied for 4th in the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior (50+) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Irwin Stipend of $750. See the Irwin results.
- NM Bijan Tahmassebi, 2210, tied for 29th in the GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High-School (9-12) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Denker Stipend of $750. See the Denker results.
- Carissa Zheng, 1961, tied for 11th in the WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls (K-12) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Haring Stipend of $750. See the Haring results.
- Chen-chen Ye, 2021, tied for 13th in the Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle-School (6-8) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Barber Stipend of $750. See the Barber results.
- Daniel Udovenko, 1792, tied for 22nd in the John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary-School (K-5) State Champions and will receive MD Chess's Rockefeller Stipend of $750. See the Rockefeller results.
As a team, Maryland’s players placed 15th out of the maximum of 52 state affiliate teams. See the U.S. Open Invitationals’ state team standings.
MD’s state representatives were eligible to play in the FM Sunil Weeramantry National Blitz Tournament of State Champions, held several hours before the U.S. Open Invitationals. Separated into 4 sections by rating, players can compete against players from any of the U.S. Open Invitationals. See the Weeramantry results.
MD's 2021 Irwin, Denker, Haring, Barber, & Rockefeller Representatives BY RATING
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by John D. Rockefeller V
Because the pandemic prevented MD Chess from running MD’s K-12 state championships (HS, MS, ES, & Girl) and the MD Open, Maryland's 2021 Irwin (50+), Denker (HS), Haring (K-12 Girl), Barber (MS), & Rockefeller (ES) Representatives & Alternate Representatives at the U.S. Open in New Jersey from July 31 - August 3 will be the 2 players with the highest of the following 3 ratings: official & established US Chess June Regular rating, June Online Regular rating (based on 4+ games), and June Online Quick rating (based on 4+ games). If you see any errors in the lists below and/or know of a MD resident and/or student who should (but does not yet) appear in 1 of the lists below, then please contact MD Chess IMMEDIATELY at tournaments@mdchess.com. Invitations to represent Maryland will be emailed on approximately June 14. Replies will be due 3 days later on June 17.
John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior (50+) State Champions
- Shelby Getz, 2411
- Tegshsuren Enkhbat, 2388
- William Morrison, 2380
- Lawrence Kaufman, 2329
- Troy Roberts, 2236
- Larry Gilden, 2215
- Philip Collier, 2206
- Allan Savage, 2200
- See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender
GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High-School (9-12) State Champions
- Bijan Tahmassebi, 2210
- Pieter Heesters, 2205
- Jason Daniels, 2154
- Andrew Diep, 2144
- Benjamin Shoykhet, 2101
- Neel Jay, 2075
- Jayant Maheshwari, 2059
- Sean Power, 2032
- Shane Jayasundera, 1992
- Edward Xiao, 1942
- Bradley Guo, 1924
- See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender
WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls (K-12) State Champions
- Carissa Zheng, 1961
- Saniya Savla, 1895
- Rachana Bhanuprasad, 1603
- Vaishnavi Vaijaeepay, 1587
- Emily Xing, 1584
- Anushka Skariah, 1465
- Ashley Zhang, 1404
- Rashi Gupta, 1285
- Vaahini Vaijaeepay, 1220
- Aliya Saldanha-Suri, 1176
- Destiny Dudley, 1165
- Mia Fuller, 1119
- Aishwarya Mekala, 1058
- See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender
Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle-School (6-8) State Champions
- Chen-chen Ye, 2021
- Anish Mariappan, 1863
- Gabriel Joshi, 1785
- Sherlock Grigsby, 1729
- Kevin Zimmer, 1631
- Devesh Cherukuri, 1527
- See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender
John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary-School (K-5) State Champions
- Daniel Udovenko, 1792
- Nitesh Cherukuri, 1725
- Hanchi Yao, 1636
- Youran Wang, 1555
- Siddharth Kurup, 1528
- Arjun Lakshmanan, 1320
- Aundre Dudley Jr., 1218
- Destiny Dudley, 1165
- Zhongee Yao, 902
- See Lists of Top Players by Age & Gender
US Chess's 2021 SuperNationals Online
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US Chess announces the 2021 National Online Scholastic Championships (NOSC). This event is intended as the online replacement for the now-cancelled SuperNationals VII.
The NOSC will feature two Qualification Weekends, with a total of six divisions, and a Championship Weekend, with top finishers from each section meeting to determine a national individual champion in that division. There will be team and individual prizes awarded in each section on the Qualification Weekends; however, the only official national championship titles will be awarded to individuals on Championship Weekend.
The dates for the NOSC are as follows.
Qualification Weekend 1: April 24-25, 2021
- K-12 and K-9 Divisions
Qualification Weekend 2: May 8-9, 2021
- K-6, K-5, K-3, and K-1 Divisions
Championship Weekend: June 12-13, 2021
- Top finishers from each Division (total number in each Division depends on the number of original entries)
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2020 US Chess / ChessKid K-12 Showdown
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