2026 Spring ICEA Chess @ The Wende Tournament Results

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♟️ICEA Chess @ The Wende, held in Glorya Kaufman Cultural Center at The Wende Museum, located at Culver City, quarterly hosts an one-day chess tournament that is free and open to everyone. This event invites players of all ages and skill levels to enjoy a competitive and friendly chess experience in a unique and inspiring venue.

Whether you're a seasoned tournament player or new to competitive chess, this is the perfect opportunity to sharpen your skills, connect with the community, and celebrate the timeless game of chess—all at no cost. Join us for an exciting day of strategy, learning, and fun!

🏆♟️ See you at the next event!

Next Free Chess Tournament @ The Wende

June 28th, 2026

Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers—Jin Lee, Peiyun Lu, Oaksoe Khant, and Logan Kim—for helping with setup and keeping the tournament running smoothly!

Open Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Modified Median Winner
1ROY HUANG1672 W15 (b)W7 (w)W5 (w)W3 (b) 46.51st Place
2OJAS DAFTUAR1572 W12 (w)L5 (b)W14 (w)W6 (b) 35.52nd Place
3JACOB E TAN1508 W4 (b)W8 (b)D6 (w)L1 (w) 2.58.53rd Place
4ROBINS RUTHERFORD1592 L3 (w)D14 (b)W12 (w)W11 (b) 2.55.5
5ZIWEI XIAO1883 W11 (b)W2 (w)L1 (b)U--- 24.5
6AARON L SIMO1730 D14 (w)W13 (w)D3 (b)L2 (w) 24
7EDIRA XIAO1876 W10 (w)L1 (b)W9 (w)U--- 24
8ERIC XIAO1822 W9 (b)L3 (w)W15 (b)U--- 23
9SY MAI1533 L8 (w)W17 (b)L7 (b)W15 (w) 23
10ALBERT BAO1536 L7 (b)L15 (w)W17 (w)W14 (b) 22
11YASHVEER JASHNANI1551 L5 (w)D12 (b)W13 (b)L4 (w) 1.55
12TAMILI PADMANABAN1422 L2 (b)D11 (w)L4 (b)W17 (w) 1.54
13HARINANDH NAIR1467 W17 (w)L6 (b)L11 (w)D16 (b) 1.53.5
14BRYCE MCINTYRE1532 D6 (b)D4 (w)L2 (b)L10 (w) 16.5
15OAK KHANT1518 L1 (w)W10 (b)L8 (w)L9 (b) 16
16LOGAN GAWON KIM1719 H---U---U---D13 (w) 10
17DANIEL SONG1573 L13 (b)L9 (w)L10 (b)L12 (b) 05
Congratulations to Roy Huang for an outstanding performance, achieving a perfect 4 out of 4 score and winning the 1st Place of the Open Section! Roy has also secured a free entry to next ICEA Chess Monthly Tournament.
2nd Place: Ojas Daftuar

1000+ Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Modified Median Winner
1AARUSH S NATHAN1420 W19 (b)W10 (w)W8 (b)W3 (w) 471st Place
2ISABELLA YU1312 W12 (b)W18 (w)W9 (b)W8 (w) 462nd Place
3KAVICH PADMANABAN1355 W6 (w)W15 (b)W4 (w)L1 (b) 39.53rd Place
4APOLLO CAPINPIN1241 W20 (b)W14 (w)L3 (b)W9 (w) 36.5
5ANGIE ZHENG1210 L14 (b)X---W7 (w)W11 (b) 35.5
6AROKIAXAV JESURAJ1108 L3 (b)W16 (w)W13 (b)D7 (w) 2.57
7KALKI VINITH913 B---W17 (w)L5 (b)D6 (b) 2.56.5
8MAXWELL SORENSON1277 X---W11 (b)L1 (w)L2 (b) 26
9RAJVEER JASHNANI964 W18 (b)W12 (w)L2 (w)L4 (b) 25
10IAN JUNG1205 W13 (w)L1 (b)L11 (w)W15 (b) 24
11ADRIEL DENIS1037 W17 (b)L8 (w)W10 (b)L5 (w) 24
12AYUSH SRIVATSAN1100 L2 (w)L9 (b)W18 (b)W14 (w) 23.5
13RAYMOND PARK1002 L10 (b)W19 (w)L6 (w)W16 (b) 22.5
14AARON YAM1029 W5 (w)L4 (b)D15 (w)L12 (b) 1.56.5
15ROY ZHANHONG LIU1175 W16 (b)L3 (w)D14 (b)L10 (w) 1.54
16ROBIN SUBASH996 L15 (w)L6 (b)B---L13 (w) 13.5
17KAITLYN OTEY1239 L11 (w)L7 (b)W19 (w)U--- 12
18AZARAH CHEN1149 L9 (w)L2 (b)L12 (w)U--- 04
19EMILIO ORTIZ1123 L1 (w)L13 (b)L17 (b)U--- 03
20SHERAZ RIYAZ1045 L4 (w)F---U---U--- 00
21ELI BAKER1092 F---U---U---U--- 00
Congratulations to Aarush S. Nathan and Isabella Yu on their outstanding performances—each achieving a perfect 4 out of 4 score in the 1000+ Section! Aarush won 1st Place by tiebreak, and as the champion, he has earned a free entry to the next ICEA Chess Monthly Tournament.
(Left: Aarush S. Nathan (1st Place), Right: Isabella Yu (2nd Place))
(3rd Place: Kavich Padmanaban)

U1000 Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Modified Median Winner
1ASHTON DO837 W4 (w)W8 (b)W17 (w)W11 (b) 48.51st Place
2MHER SATCHYAN982 W9 (w)W21 (b)W6 (w)D3 (b) 3.59.52nd Place
3KHAI MAI892 W25 (b)W18 (w)W14 (b)D2 (w) 3.57.53rd Place
4EVAN SO550 L1 (b)W36 (w)W23 (b)W14 (w) 38
5SREER SIVAPRAKASH936 W20 (b)L14 (w)W7 (b)W12 (b) 37.5
6PATRICK WANG788 W15 (b)W29 (w)L2 (b)W18 (w) 37.5
7DEV SHARMA784 W22 (w)W30 (b)L5 (w)W19 (b) 37
8THANUS VIJAYANAND627 W36 (b)L1 (w)W29 (b)W15 (w) 37
9ECHO FANG603 L2 (b)W27 (w)W25 (b)W16 (b) 36.5
10VIAAN SRIVASTAVA581 L35 (b)W37 (w)W24 (b)W17 (b) 36
11ZHOU FANGU W19 (w)W16 (b)D12 (w)L1 (w) 2.58.5
12AYAN TIWARI781 W31 (b)W26 (w)D11 (b)L5 (w) 2.56.5
13RYLAN HELLAS174 L26 (b)W25 (w)W32 (b)D24 (w) 2.53.5
14SEUNGWOO JAMES JU657 W33 (w)W5 (b)L3 (w)L4 (b) 26
15RYAN LOU529 L6 (w)W34 (b)W21 (w)L8 (b) 25
16SHUOYANG TAN719 W28 (b)L11 (w)W20 (b)L9 (w) 24.5
17DHRUVAA PUGALARASU699 W27 (b)W32 (w)L1 (b)L10 (w) 24
18PARTHIV NAIR608 W34 (w)L3 (b)W30 (w)L6 (b) 24
19JASPER JIAHUA ZHU606 L11 (b)W28 (w)W26 (b)L7 (w) 23.5
20AKASH ARISE595 L5 (w)W33 (b)L16 (w)W27 (b) 23
21DANIEL ALEJANDRO PAZ635 W37 (b)L2 (w)L15 (b)W31 (w) 23
22INIYAAL RAJKUMAR500 L7 (b)L24 (w)W36 (b)W28 (w) 22.5
23AUSTIN ZHANG714 L30 (w)W31 (b)L4 (w)W32 (b) 22
24TZOVINAR SATCHYAN762 L29 (w)W22 (b)L10 (w)D13 (b) 1.55.5
25JINGYU REN580 L3 (w)L13 (b)L9 (w)W26 (w) 16.5
26GAUTAM NAIR279 W13 (w)L12 (b)L19 (w)L25 (b) 15.5
27KINGSTON LIU315 L17 (w)L9 (b)W34 (w)L20 (w) 15
28AADHIRA BALAJI417 L16 (w)L19 (b)W33 (w)L22 (b) 15
29LEA KOLAR470 W24 (b)L6 (b)L8 (w)U--- 14.5
30SOFIA KOLAR397 W23 (b)L7 (w)L18 (b)U--- 14
31NICHOLAS RESCORLA488 L12 (w)L23 (w)W37 (b)L21 (b) 14
32ORION CAPINPINU X---L17 (b)L13 (w)L23 (w) 14
33LEONARDO DIESELDORFF307 L14 (b)L20 (w)L28 (b)W36 (w) 13
34MILES QINU L18 (b)L15 (w)L27 (b)W37 (w) 13
35KALKI VINITH913 W10 (w)U---U---U--- 10
36ZOR SIDHUU L8 (w)L4 (b)L22 (w)L33 (b) 06
37BENSON BERRY102 L21 (w)L10 (b)L31 (w)L34 (b) 04
38LEVI ORTEGA633 F---U---U---U--- 00
Congratulations to Ashton Do on an exceptional performance—earning a perfect 4 out of 4 score and securing 1st Place in the U1000 Section! As the section champion, Ashton has also received a free entry to the next ICEA Chess Monthly Tournament.
(from left to right: Khai Mai (3rd Place), Mher Satchyan (2nd Place) and Ashton Do (1st Place))

Rising Stars

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Modified Median Winner
1CHARLES DAROYU W6 (b)W3 (b)W5 (w)W2 (w) 481st Place
2ARYA THOTAU W10 (w)W4 (b)W6 (w)L1 (b) 392nd Place
3RAFA DE AZTLANU W8 (b)L1 (w)W7 (b)W5 (b) 383rd Place
4MILES TIONGCOU W12 (w)L2 (w)W9 (b)W8 (w) 35.5
5ROMAN DUGARU W9 (b)W7 (w)L1 (b)L3 (w) 25
6NATHANIEL FAITHFULLU L1 (w)W12 (b)L2 (b)W10 (w) 24
7AKSHA TIWARIU W11 (w)L5 (b)L3 (w)W9 (w) 23
8STELLA HALLU L3 (w)D10 (b)W11 (w)L4 (b) 1.55
9VIKRAM SIDHUU L5 (w)W11 (b)L4 (w)L7 (b) 15
10YUNSEONG JAYDEN JUU L2 (b)D8 (w)D12 (b)L6 (b) 14
11AARINI SRIVASTAVAU L7 (b)L9 (w)L8 (b)W12 (w) 13
12ALEXANDER XIUQIN WANGU L4 (b)L6 (w)D10 (w)L11 (b) 0.54
Congratulations to Charles Daroy on an outstanding performance—achieving a perfect 4 out of 4 score and capturing 1st Place in the Rising Stars Section! As the section champion, Charles has also earned a free entry to the next ICEA Chess Monthly Tournament.
(from left to right: Charles Daroy (1st Place),  Rafa De Aztlan (2nd Place) and Arya Thota (3rd Place))

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