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Updated on 2015.02.25 by John Rockefeller & Chris Kim

Welcome to the 2014-2015 qualifying season for the 2015 Maryland Sweet 16 on 2015.03.07-08. Since 1995 this annual invitational tournament has featured 16 of the top K-12 Maryland residents competing in a separate section of the UMBC Open at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. For more information, click on the MD-Sweet-16 tournament-announcement page on MCA's home page. The MD-Sweet-16 Champion will receive a MD-Sweet-16 UMBC Chess Scholarship: a fixed-dollar scholarship valued at $41,536, spread over 4 years. (The scholarship covers tuition & fees, but not room & board.) Incidentally, there are 2 other types of UMBC Chess Scholarships for high-school seniors who reside either inside, or outside Maryland.

 

Because the final scheduled MD-Sweet-16 Qualifier in this qualifying season (MCA McDuffie Memorial 2015, originally scheduled for 2015.02.21) could not be rescheduled before the MD Sweet 16, the unplayed final scheduled MD-Sweet-16 Qualifier cannot count toward Varsity Points. Nonetheless, according to the MD-Sweet-16 qualification rules, all players who registered for the Varsity section of the final scheduled MD-Sweet-16 Qualifier as originally scheduled, are considered to have fulfilled the MD-Sweet-16’s tournament-participation requirement and may qualify by rating for the MD Sweet 16, even though they did not earn any Varsity Points from the final scheduled MD-Sweet-16 Qualifier. The FINAL STANDINGS have been updated according to the March, 2015 USCF ratings.

Click below for the MD-Sweet-16 qualification rules, scoring rules, current Qualifiers & Alternates, & full standings.

MCA schedules only 2 rounds of G/90, inc/30 games in the Varsity section at MD-Sweet-16 Qualifiers (a.k.a. Local Scholastic Tournaments), to give elite scholastic players the opportunity to compete in games with the same control used at the MD Sweet 16, the Denker High-School National Championship, the Barber Middle-School National Championship, & the National Girls Invitational Tournament. MCA sets the Varsity floor at 1400 to keep the sections reasonably sized & competitive.

Qualification Rules

Scoring Rules

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Current MD-Sweet-16 Qualifiers

2015 Top 8 MD-Sweet-16 Qualifiers by USCF rating (March, 2015 Supplement) (FINAL)

Place Name USCF Rating (3/15) Total Varsity Points Number of Tournaments
1 Sinha, Sahil 2285 25.0 1
2 Tang, Arthur 2099 25.5 1
3 Davydov, Alexander 2087 18.0 1
4 Heesters, Pieter 1988 25.5 1
5 Mao, Andrew 1960 19.0 1
6 Malcolm, Douglas 1957 58.0 4
7 Best, Ronald 1911 39.5 2
8 Bhanuprasad, Meghana 1829 0.0 0
         
9 Norman, Dennis 1811 51.0 3
10 Du, Jeffrey 1785 54.0 4
11 Jablow, Zachary 1784 21.0 1
12 Tan, Richard 1760 72.0 4
13 Hontz, Justin 1758 105.5 7
14 Janus, Nathan 1740 101.5 7
15 Kibak, Quil 1714 24.0 2
16 Hung, Justin 1712 60.5 4
17 Veluvolu, Vinay 1696 58.5 3
18 Shendy, Bishoy 1689 28.5 2
19 Tahmassebi, Bijan 1676 100.0 5
20 Kim, Madeline 1651 14.0 1
21 Mrozek, Tad 1646 11.0 1
22 Hung, Benjamin 1596 91.5 6
23 Koerner, Kathleen 1590 26.0 2
24 Zheng, Zhi 1553 19.0 1
25 Merchant, Ali 1538 79.5 5
26 Best, Jordan 1491 31.0 2
27 Tarantin, Joseph 1482 51.5 3
28 Amata, Dexter 1472 17.5 1
29 Kokilepersaud, Kiran 1470 24.5 1
30 Campbell, Devon 1464 40.5 3
31 Gingles, Julius 1459 47.5 3
32 Grant, Joseph 1438 31.0 2
33 Carr, Nate 1431 0.0 0
34 Xiao, Alan 1408 11.0 1
35 Booth, Dylan 1350 7.5 1
36 Sekiya, Ryoh-suke 1331 14.0 1

 


2015 MD-Sweet-16 Qualifying Standings by Varsity Points (FINAL) 

Place Name USCF Rating (3/15) Total Varsity Points Number of Tournaments
1 Hontz, Justin 1758 105.5 7
2 Janus, Nathan 1740 101.5 7
3 Tahmassebi, Bijan 1676 100.0 5
4 Hung, Benjamin 1596 91.5 6
5 Merchant, Ali 1538 79.5 5
6 Tan, Richard 1760 72.0 4
7 Hung, Justin 1712 60.5 4
8 Veluvolu, Vinay 1696 58.5 3
9 Malcolm, Douglas 1957 58.0 4
10 Du, Jeffrey 1785 54.0 4
11 Tarantin, Joseph 1482 51.5 3
12 Norman, Dennis 1811 51.0 3
13 Gingles, Julius 1459 47.5 3
14 Campbell, Devon 1464 40.5 3
15 Best, Ronald 1911 39.5 2
16 Best, Jordan 1491 31.0 2
17 Grant, Joseph 1438 31.0 2
18 Shendy, Bishoy 1689 28.5 2
19 Koerner, Kathleen 1590 26.0 2
20 Tang, Arthur 2099 25.5 1
21 Heesters, Pieter 1988 25.5 1
22 Sinha, Sahil 2285 25.0 1
23 Kokilepersaud, Kiran 1470 24.5 1
24 Kibak, Quil 1714 24.0 2
25 Jablow, Zachary 1784 21.0 1
26 Mao, Andrew 1960 19.0 1
27 Zheng, Zhi 1553 19.0 1
28 Davydov, Alexander 2087 18.0 1
29 Amata, Dexter 1472 17.5 1
30 Kim, Madeline 1651 14.0 1
31 Sekiya, Ryoh-suke 1331 14.0 1
32 Mrozek, Tad 1646 11.0 1
33 Xiao, Alan 1408 11.0 1
34 Booth, Dylan 1350 7.5 1
35 Carr, Nate 1431 0.0 0
36 Bhanuprasad, Meghana 1829 0.0 0