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About this tournament
S.C. Residents Only
2- or 3-day options
Early registration exclusively for Top 75 Players, U1600 section opens on July 4, 2026!
$5000 b/70
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Winner Crowned S.C. Champion
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S.C. Blitz Champion Crowned Saturday Evening
5-Round Swiss, G/90;+15 (2-Day Rounds 1 and 2 are G/45;+5)
Three-day section with a Friday start or Two-day section with start on Saturday morning are offered. 2-day Rounds 1 and 2 will be G/45;+5. All other rounds G/90;+15. 2-day and 3-day sections will merge to a single section beginning with Round 3.
3-day Format:
Round 1 (3-Day): 7:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 (G/90;+15)
Round 2 (3-Day): 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (G/90;+15)
2-day Format:
Round 1 (2-Day): 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (G/45;+5)
Round 2 (2-Day): 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (G/45+5)
Merged:
Round 3 (Merged): 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (G/90;+15)
Round 4 (Merged): 10:00 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 (G/90;+15)
SCCA Annual Meeting from 2:15-3:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026
Round 5 (Merged): 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 (G/90;+15)
Estimated tournament completion by 7:00 p.m. Sunday.
Full Tournament Details at www.scchampionship.com
Sections
Championship (1600+)
USCF and FIDE rated · Ratings 1600 and up · G/90;+15 · 5 rounds · 38 registered
5 of 5 rounds completed
Round 1 (3-Day): 7:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 (G/90;+15)
Round 2 (3-Day): 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (G/90;+15) .... merged thereafter
Standings after 5 rounds
# Player Rating Pts W-D-L 1 IMIM Alexander Matros 2363 4.5 4-1-0 2 NMNM Benjamin Caiello 2174 4.5 4-0-0 (+1 bye) 3 Jacob Stoll 2140 4 4-0-1 4 NMNM Aaron Wang 2265 3.5 3-1-1 5 NMNM Jason Marshal 2234 3.5 3-1-1 6 Edsel Peña 2079 3.5 3-1-1 7 Bradley Marts 1886 3.5 2-3-0 8 Dane Stevens 1668 3.5 3-1-1 9 NMNM Sam Copeland 2226 3 3-0-2 10 Will Snyder 2111 3 3-0-2 11 Andrew Duren 2109 3 3-0-2 12 Tamaghna Roy 2006 3 2-1-1 (+1 bye) 13 Jason Cheng 1805 3 2-2-1 14 Ryan Roberge 1652 3 1-2-1 (+1 bye) 15 NMNM Mike Sailer 2167 2.5 2-1-1 (+1 bye) 16 Samuel Paukovitz 1946 2.5 2-1-1 (+1 bye) 17 Brian Jerauld 1852 2.5 2-1-2 18 Alexander Moreno 1850 2.5 2-0-2 (+1 bye) 19 Paul Copeland 1777 2.5 2-1-2 20 Johann Jayabarath 1758 2.5 1-3-1 21 Adam Schoonveld 1729 2.5 2-1-2 22 Aarush Panda 1699 2.5 1-1-2 (+1 bye) 23 NMNM Patrick Sciacca 2000 2 1-1-1 (+2 byes) 24 Thomas Kemp Jr. 1830 2 2-0-3 25 Dylan Wong 1763 2 1-2-2 26 Aayansh Bhakta 1870 1.5 0-3-2 27 Luna Boucher 1853 1.5 1-1-2 (+1 bye) 28 Tyler Murrah 1802 1.5 1-1-3 29 Jason Carr 1749 1.5 1-1-2 (+1 bye) 30 Chace Nguyen 1712 1.5 0-1-3 (+1 bye) 31 Mason Sharpe 1440 1.5 0-1-3 (+1 bye) 32 FMFM Kelvin Sanchez 2285 1 1-0-2 (+2 byes) 33 Andrii Zirka 2044 1 1-0-2 (+2 byes) 34 Paul Tinkler 1900 1 0-2-2 (+1 bye) 35 Samvit Reddy 1811 1 1-0-4 36 Simon Kubrynski 1751 1 1-0-3 (+1 bye) 37 Mihir Sharma 1569 1 0-0-1 (+4 byes) 38 Daniel Sheaf 1649 0.5 0-1-3 (+1 bye) U1600
USCF rated · G/90;+15 · 5 rounds · 27 registered
5 of 5 rounds completed
Round 1 (3-Day): 7:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 (G/90;+15)
Round 2 (3-Day): 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (G/90;+15) .... merged thereafter
Standings after 5 rounds
# Player Rating Pts W-D-L 1 Luke Bryant 1498 4.5 4-1-0 2 Tai Xue 1388 4 4-0-1 3 Ravindra Pathakota 1317 4 4-0-1 4 Abhiram Tallapragada 1438 3.5 3-1-1 5 Alexander Arkhipov 1433 3.5 3-1-1 6 Manokaran Ramanathan 1346 3.5 3-0-1 (+1 bye) 7 Roman Gardner 1282 3.5 3-1-1 8 Edward Gize 1219 3.5 3-1-1 9 Advaith Balaji 1446 3 3-0-2 10 Brandon Wenner 1311 3 3-0-2 11 Matt Grubb 1170 3 3-0-2 12 Owen Lovingood 1080 3 3-0-2 13 Lydia Nimmich 630 3 2-0-2 (+1 bye) 14 Isaac Tone 1343 2.5 2-1-2 15 Goutham Adireddygari 921 2.5 2-1-2 16 Larry Feng 1496 2 2-0-3 17 Sakthi Rajasekar 1208 2 2-0-3 18 Mark Harman 1200 2 2-0-3 19 Boyd Bruce 957 2 2-0-3 20 Rex Sun 894 2 2-0-3 21 Mitch Nimmich 693 2 1-0-3 (+1 bye) 22 Benjamin Black 880 1.5 1-1-3 23 Jarrett Roman Unr. 1.5 1-0-3 (+1 bye) 24 Simon Nelson 1161 1 0-2-3 25 Austin O'Neal 1046 1 1-0-4 26 Daniel DeJesus 806 1 0-0-3 (+2 byes) 27 Amit Bhakta 658 1 0-0-4 (+1 bye)
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