Updated 22 February 2014 - Chris Kim
The final 2014 MD Sweet 16 standings have now been released after the last scheduled MD Sweet 16 Qualifier: MCA McDuffie Memorial rescheduled for 22 Feb. The MD Sweet 16 tournament will be held next weekend as a separate section of the UMBC Open on March 1-2, 2014.
Congratulations to those on the list of the 16 qualifiers for the field is as follows pending acceptance to play!:
The top 8 qualifiers by USCF rating (03/2014) are Bendguz Offertaler, Sahil Sinha, Alexander Davydov, Jerry Wu, Ronald Best Jr, David Snyder, Pieter Heesters, and Andrew Mao.
The next 8 qualifiers by MD Sweet 16 Varsity Points are Douglas Malcolm, Nathan Janus, Phillip Wang, Ali Merchant, Zachary Jablow, Benjamin Hung, Bijan Tahmassebi, and Bradley Guo.
Any qualifier who does not intend to participate should contact MCA at tournaments@mdchess.com.
The next five alternates based on 3/2014 USCF ratings: Robert Pekarek Jr, Jeffrey Du, Quil Kibak, Jordan Best, and Justin Hung.
The new standings are at the end of this article (click below to read more).
Welcome to the 2013-2014 qualifying season for the 2014 Maryland Sweet 16.
The MCA scholastic season is underway, and one of the featured competitions is the Varsity section qualification to the MD Sweet 16, where 16 of the top Maryland scholastic players will compete in a separate section of the UMBC Open on March 1-2, 2014.
The Maryland Sweet 16 Champion will receive a 4-year Maryland Sweet 16 Scholarship to UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County). The fixed-dollar scholarship covers tuition and fees, but not room and board (valued at $39,056 over 4 years in 2012-2013).
The rules for qualification and scoring have changed this season. The number of MD Sweet 16 Varsity Points is weighted by the strength of the field: the number of VP = # of players + 1 - (place finished), rather than # of players / (place finished). In order to provide the opportunity for longer games akin to those at the MD Sweet 16, the Denker High School National Championship, & the Barber Middle School National Championship, MCA schedules only 2 rounds of Game 90/inc 30 games at its MD Sweet 16 Qualifiers. To keep the sections reasonably sized and competitive, MCA has raised the floor of the Varsity section from 1100 to 1400. More details can be found by clicking here.
Top 8 MD Sweet 16 Qualifiers by Rating (Final - 2/22/2014)
| Place | Name | USCF Rating (03/14) | Total Varsity Points | Number of Tournaments |
| 1 | Offertaler, Bendeguz | 2120 | 19.0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sinha, Sahil | 2066 | 29.0 | 1 |
| 3 | Davydov, Alexander | 1967 | 14.5 | 1 |
| 4 | Wu, Jerry | 1944 | 30.5 | 1 |
| 5 | Best, Ronald | 1901 | 36.5 | 3 |
| 6 | Snyder, David | 1809 | 40.5 | 2 |
| 7 | Heesters, Pieter | 1805 | 19.5 | 1 |
| 8 | Mao, Andrew | 1764 | 33.5 | 2 |
| 9 | Jablow, Zachary | 1752 | 67.0 | 5 |
| 10 | Pekarek, Robert | 1689 | 42.5 | 4 |
| 11 | Du, Jeffrey | 1653 | 36.5 | 3 |
| 12 | Kibak, Quil | 1644 | 41.5 | 3 |
| 13 | Malcolm, Douglas | 1642 | 111.0 | 9 |
| 14 | Wang, Philip | 1621 | 74.0 | 6 |
| 15 | Janus, Nathan | 1610 | 76.5 | 6 |
| 16 | Best, Jordan | 1586 | 34.0 | 4 |
| 17 | Hung, Justin | 1532 | 52.0 | 4 |
| 18 | Liu, Elvin | 1528 | 23.5 | 1 |
| 19 | Merchant, Ali | 1525 | 69.5 | 6 |
| 20 | Hung, Benjamin | 1510 | 67.0 | 5 |
| 21 | Campbell, Devon | 1489 | 25.0 | 2 |
| 22 | Guo, Bradley | 1469 | 56.0 | 4 |
| 23 | Kim, Charlotte | 1421 | 7.0 | 1 |
| 24 | Tahmassebi, Bijan | 1408 | 64.5 | 5 |
| 25 | Dipetro, Joseph | 1390 | 33.5 | 4 |
| 26 | Kokilepersaud, Kiran | 1373 | 6.0 | 1 |
| 27 | Tan, Richard | 1367 | 11.0 | 1 |
| 28 | Regan, Christopher | 1304 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 29 | Tarantin, Joseph | 1231 | 16.5 | 1 |
MD Sweet 16 Qualifying Standings by Varsity Points (Final - 2/22/2014)
| Place | Name | USCF Rating (03/14) | Total Varsity Points | Number of Tournaments |
| 1 | Malcolm, Douglas | 1642 | 111.0 | 9 |
| 2 | Janus, Nathan | 1610 | 76.5 | 6 |
| 3 | Wang, Philip | 1621 | 74.0 | 6 |
| 4 | Merchant, Ali | 1525 | 69.5 | 6 |
| 5 | Jablow, Zachary | 1752 | 67.0 | 5 |
| 6 | Hung, Benjamin | 1510 | 67.0 | 5 |
| 7 | Tahmassebi, Bijan | 1408 | 64.5 | 5 |
| 8 | Guo, Bradley | 1469 | 56.0 | 4 |
| 9 | Hung, Justin | 1532 | 52.0 | 4 |
| 10 | Pekarek, Robert | 1689 | 42.5 | 4 |
| 11 | Kibak, Quil | 1644 | 41.5 | 3 |
| 12 | Snyder, David | 1809 | 40.5 | 2 |
| 13 | Best, Ronald | 1901 | 36.5 | 3 |
| 14 | Du, Jeffrey | 1653 | 36.5 | 3 |
| 15 | Best, Jordan | 1586 | 34.0 | 4 |
| 16 | Dipetro, Joseph | 1390 | 33.5 | 4 |
| 17 | Mao, Andrew | 1764 | 33.5 | 2 |
| 18 | Wu, Jerry | 1944 | 30.5 | 1 |
| 19 | Sinha, Sahil | 2066 | 29.0 | 1 |
| 20 | Campbell, Devon | 1489 | 25.0 | 2 |
| 21 | Liu, Elvin | 1528 | 23.5 | 1 |
| 22 | Heesters, Pieter | 1805 | 19.5 | 1 |
| 23 | Offertaler, Bendeguz | 2120 | 19.0 | 1 |
| 24 | Tarantin, Joseph | 1231 | 16.5 | 1 |
| 25 | Davydov, Alexander | 1967 | 14.5 | 1 |
| 26 | Tan, Richard | 1367 | 11.0 | 1 |
| 27 | Kim, Charlotte | 1421 | 7.0 | 1 |
| 28 | Kokilepersaud, Kiran | 1373 | 6.0 | 1 |
| 29 | Regan, Christopher | 1304 | 5.5 | 1 |