2026 January ICEA Chess @ West LA Tournament Results

  • Congratulations to Oak Khant, Mark Bucior, Abhir Chintakunta, Michael Scully, Parthiv Nair, Sky She, Gautam Nair, Eli Baker, Li Mai, John Dover, Matthew Purtu, Jason Huang, Alex Ambrose, Vrinda Anil Timbe, Ahana Shenoy, Gagik Hakobyan, Narek Harutyunyan, Alen Harutyunyan, Caspian Sternberg and Minh Nguyen on participating in their first-ever OTB USCF-rated tournament and earning their initial ratings!
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Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers—Jin Lee, William Lin, Violet Le, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiayao Yu, Oak Soe Khant, Logan Kim, Sophia Berry, Sophia Wen, and Harry Furst—for helping with setup and keeping the tournament running smoothly!

2000+ Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Winner
1 NM FELIX GUO 2280 W9 (b) W14 (w) D6 (b) W4 (w) 3.5 1st
2 ELAD LEVINE 2155 W5 (b) W3 (w) L4 (b) W6 (w) 3 2nd–4th (3-way tie)
3 JACKSON SCAMEHORN 1940 W16 (b) L2 (b) W7 (w) W8 (b) 3 2nd–4th (3-way tie)
4 SEAN JURA 1907 W8 (w) W7 (b) W2 (w) L1 (b) 3 2nd–4th (3-way tie)
5 TERRENCE LY 1922 L2 (w) D12 (b) W15 (w) W9 (b) 2.5
6 BONNIE HE 1920 W13 (b) W10 (w) D1 (w) L2 (b) 2.5
7 MARAT ZARGARYAN 2043 W11 (b) L4 (w) L3 (b) W14 (w) 2
8 ASHLEY LIN 1964 L4 (b) W16 (w) W13 (b) L3 (w) 2
9 RYAN MCCLOSKEY 1821 L1 (w) W11 (w) W14 (b) L5 (w) 2
10 TONY CHEN 1973 D15 (w) L6 (b) D12 (w) D11 (b) 1.5
11 ROHAN DAFTUAR 1910 L7 (w) L9 (b) W16 (w) D10 (w) 1.5
12 CHLOE ME ZAMOJSKI 1901 L14 (b) D5 (w) D10 (b) D15 (w) 1.5
13 ERIK KHACHATURYAN 2080 L6 (w) W15 (b) L8 (w) U--- 1
14 SANTHO SRINIVASAN 1963 W12 (w) L1 (b) L9 (w) L7 (b) 1
15 SAI KRISHNA 1909 D10 (b) L13 (w) L5 (b) D12 (b) 1
16 EVAN HAN 1890 L3 (w) L8 (b) L11 (b) U--- 0

1600+ Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Winner
1LOGAN KIM1620 H---W6 (b)W12 (w)W5 (b) 3.51st
2JIREH SY1608 D20 (w)W8 (b)W14 (b)D3 (w) 32nd–6th (5-way tie)
3TIGRAN SUKIASYAN1608 W23 (b)D14 (w)W13 (b)D2 (b) 32nd–6th (5-way tie)
4ROY HUANG1568 L15 (w)W21 (b)W10 (w)W9 (b) 32nd–6th (5-way tie)
5ROBINS RUTHERFORD1543 W10 (w)W19 (b)X---L1 (w) 32nd–6th (5-way tie)
6OJAS DAFTUAR1507 W18 (b)L1 (w)W19 (w)W11 (b) 32nd–6th (5-way tie)
7DANIEL SONG1479 L19 (w)W18 (w)W17 (b)D12 (b) 2.5
8SY MAI1470 D12 (b)L2 (w)W20 (w)W17 (b) 2.5
9YOUNGJUN CHOI1676 W16 (b)D13 (w)D11 (b)L4 (w) 2
10OSKAR TIANMING HU1651 L5 (b)W16 (w)L4 (b)W18 (w) 2
11CHETAN SOMYSETTY1599 W21 (b)D15 (b)D9 (w)L6 (w) 2
12CHARLIE REZ1599 D8 (w)W20 (b)L1 (b)D7 (w) 2
13YASHVEER JASHNANI1560 X---D9 (b)L3 (w)D14 (b) 2
14BRYCE MCINTYRE1556 W17 (b)D3 (b)L2 (w)D13 (w) 2
15AARON L SIMO1749 W4 (b)D11 (w)F---L21 (b) 1.5
16WENYI YANG1560 L9 (w)L10 (b)W21 (w)D20 (b) 1.5
22MICHAEL JOH QUIST1683 F---U---U---U--- 0
23REYNALDO D CRUZ1500 L3 (w)L17 (w)L18 (b)U--- 0

1000+ Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Winner
1 AARUSH S NATHAN 1419 W25 (b) D15 (w) W8 (b) W7 (w) 3.5 1st–3rd (3-way tie)
2 ALEXANDER CHEN 1391 X--- W19 (w) D3 (b) W10 (w) 3.5 1st–3rd (3-way tie)
3 KAV GOPAL SENTHIL 1385 W26 (w) W20 (b) D2 (w) W11 (b) 3.5 1st–3rd (3-way tie)
4 BRANDON CHIEN 1374 D22 (b) D17 (w) W13 (b) W15 (w) 3 4th–7th (4-way tie)
5 ISABELLA YU 1284 L19 (b) W26 (w) W12 (b) W18 (w) 3 4th–7th (4-way tie)
6 WARREN CHANG 1281 X--- W11 (w) L7 (b) W14 (w) 3 4th–7th (4-way tie)
7 OAK KHANT U W24 (b) W12 (w) W6 (w) L1 (b) 3 4th–7th (4-way tie)
8 PRANAV RAJESH 1506 W16 (w) D14 (b) L1 (w) W19 (b) 2.5
9 TAMILI PADMANABAN 1469 D17 (b) W22 (w) L10 (b) W23 (w) 2.5
10 SAMIR DANIYAR 1400 W30 (w) D23 (b) W9 (w) L2 (b) 2.5
11 HARINANDH NAIR 1420 W29 (w) L6 (b) W23 (w) L3 (w) 2
12 ARJUN S WARRIER 1355 W27 (w) L7 (b) L5 (w) W25 (b) 2
13 MICHAEL ZHANG 1351 L23 (b) W30 (w) L4 (w) W26 (b) 2
14 REYANSH VARMA 1337 W18 (w) D8 (w) D15 (b) L6 (b) 2
15 KAVICH PADMANABAN 1269 W28 (w) D1 (b) D14 (w) L4 (b) 2
16 BENJAMIN LEWIS 1247 L8 (b) L18 (w) W30 (b) W27 (w) 2
17 JEREMY YU 1230 D9 (w) D4 (b) L18 (b) W28 (w) 2
18 LEO TSENG 1096 L14 (b) W16 (b) W17 (w) L5 (b) 2
19 ANGIE ZHENG 1090 W5 (w) L2 (b) W25 (b) L8 (w) 2
20 CALEB LUIS 994 W21 (w) L3 (w) W29 (b) U--- 2
21 AUSTIN JAE- CHUNG 1280 L20 (b) W27 (w) H--- U--- 1.5
22 NOLAN TRUONG 1108 D4 (w) L9 (b) L26 (b) W29 (w) 1.5
23 EASON GE 1103 W13 (w) D10 (w) L11 (b) L9 (b) 1.5
24 RAJVEER JASHNANI 907 L7 (w) D29 (b) L27 (b) W30 (w) 1.5
25 YAN CHEN 1178 L1 (w) W28 (b) L19 (w) L12 (w) 1
26 ROY ZHANHONG LIU 1130 L3 (b) L5 (b) W22 (w) L13 (w) 1
27 MEGAN NGUYEN 1106 L12 (b) L21 (b) W24 (w) L16 (b) 1
28 KALKI VINITH 955 L15 (b) L25 (w) B--- L17 (b) 1
29 ETHAN CHEN 1222 L11 (b) D24 (w) L20 (w) L22 (b) 0.5
30 YUTUNG TAI 1170 L10 (b) L13 (b) L16 (w) L24 (b) 0
31 ANDREW TH DEUTSCH 1165 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0
32 ADAM PAN 1054 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0

U1000 Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total Winner
1 WESLEY ZANDPOUR 899 X--- WW34 WW25 6 1st–2nd (2-way tie)
2 MINH NGUYEN U WW32 WW20 WW11 6 1st–2nd (2-way tie)
3 HARI PALANI VIMAL 938 WW43 WW18 WD9 5.5 3rd–4th (2-way tie)
4 FELIX RYAN 897 WW28 WD27 WW13 5.5 3rd–4th (2-way tie)
5 KHAI MAI 685 WW24 WL6 WW27 5 5th–8th (4-way tie)
6 ALEN HARUTYUNYAN U WW15 LW5 WW21 5 5th–8th (4-way tie)
7 JOHN DOVER U WW12 WW26 LW10 5 5th–8th (4-way tie)
8 MARK BUCIOR U X--- LW14 WW30 5 5th–8th (4-way tie)
9 NAREK HARUTYUNYAN U WW42 WW23 LD3 4.5
10 ELI BAKER U WW16 WD17 WL7 4.5
11 ROBIN SUBASH 994 WW38 WW31 LL2 4
12 BAO LE 920 LL7 WW33 WW31 4
13 ABHIRAAM JOGINAPALLY 906 X--- WW22 LL4 4
14 THANUS VIJAYANAND 543 LW34 WL8 WW35 4
15 INIYAAL RAJKUMAR 426 LL6 WW39 WW36 4
16 AUSTIN ZHANG 713 LL10 WW43 WD28 3.5
17 CARLOS ANDRE LIMA 610 WW35 LD10 WL20 3.5
18 ALEX AMBROSE U WW30 LL3 WD26 3.5
19 KALKI VINITH 836 U--- H--- WW40 3
20 SREER SIVAPRAKASH 961 WW33 LL2 LW17 3
21 SHUOYANG TAN 779 WW37 WL25 LL6 3
22 NICHOLAS RESCORLA 499 X--- LL13 LW34 3
23 LUCAS NI ROCHELLI 478 WW39 LL9 LW24 3
24 LI MAI U LL5 WW29 WL23 3
25 GAGIK HAKOBYAN U WW36 LW21 LL1 3
26 MARCO CAMPOS 791 WW40 LL7 LD18 2.5
27 MATTHEW PURTU U WW29 LD4 LL5 2.5
28 PARTHIV NAIR U LL4 WW38 LD16 2.5
29 ANDY JUNDA ZHAO 599 LL27 LL24 WW43 2
30 RYUICHIRO IWASAKI 560 LL18 WW46 LL8 2
31 ARIEL CHAN 461 WW46 LL11 LL12 2
32 KEITH TOKUHARA 382 LL2 LW40 WL37 2
33 BLAISE BROWNSTEIN 347 LL20 LL12 WW46 2
34 VRINDA ANIL TIMBE U WL14 LL1 WL22 2
35 JASON HUANG U LL17 WW42 LL14 2
36 BENJAMIN RIVERA 431 LL25 WD37 LL15 1.5
37 GAUTAM NAIR U LL21 LD36 LW32 1.5
38 ANN CHEN 360 LL11 LL28 WL39 1
39 CASPIAN STERNBERG U LL23 LL15 LW38 1
40 SKY SHE U LL26 WL32 LL19 1
41 ANDREW LU 907 F--- U--- U--- 0
42 KINGSTON LIU 386 LL9 LL35 U--- 0
43 BENSON BERRY 101 LL3 LL16 LL29 0
44 ALEXANDER X WANG 101 F--- U--- U--- 0
45 MICHAEL SCULLY U F--- U--- U--- 0
46 AHANA SHENOY U LL31 LL30 LL33 0
47 ABHIR CHINTAKUNTA U F--- U--- U--- 0

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