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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
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Championship (1600+) 3-Day
USCF and FIDE rated · Ratings 1600 and up · G/90;+15 · 5 rounds · 31 registered
2 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 2 rounds
# Player Rating Pts W-D-L 1 NMNM Aaron Wang 2265 2 2-0-0 2 NMNM Jason Marshal 2234 2 2-0-0 3 NMNM Sam Copeland 2226 2 2-0-0 4 NMNM Benjamin Caiello 2174 2 2-0-0 5 Jacob Stoll 2140 2 2-0-0 6 Will Snyder 2111 2 2-0-0 7 IMIM Alexander Matros 2363 1.5 1-1-0 8 NMNM Patrick Sciacca 2000 1.5 1-1-0 9 Dane Stevens 1668 1.5 1-1-0 10 FMFM Kelvin Sanchez 2285 1 1-0-1 11 NMNM Mike Sailer 2167 1 1-0-1 12 Andrii Zirka 2044 1 1-0-1 13 Tamaghna Roy 2006 1 1-0-1 14 Samuel Paukovitz 1946 1 1-0-1 15 Paul Tinkler 1900 1 0-2-0 16 Bradley Marts 1886 1 0-2-0 17 Luna Boucher 1853 1 1-0-1 18 Alexander Moreno 1850 1 1-0-1 19 Paul Copeland 1777 1 1-0-1 20 Jason Carr 1749 1 1-0-1 21 Adam Schoonveld 1729 1 1-0-1 22 Aarush Panda 1699 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 23 Mason Sharpe 1440 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 24 Aayansh Bhakta 1870 0.5 0-1-1 25 Dylan Wong 1763 0.5 0-1-1 26 Daniel Sheaf 1649 0.5 0-1-1 27 Thomas Kemp Jr. 1830 0 0-0-2 28 Samvit Reddy 1811 0 0-0-2 29 Tyler Murrah 1802 0 0-0-2 30 Simon Kubrynski 1751 0 0-0-2 31 Chace Nguyen 1712 0 0-0-2 Championship (1600+) 2-Day
USCF and FIDE rated · Ratings 1600 and up · G/45;+5 · 5 rounds · 7 registered
2 of 5 rounds completed
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 thereafter
Standings after 2 rounds
# Player Rating Pts W-D-L 1 Brian Jerauld 1852 2 2-0-0 2 Jason Cheng 1805 2 2-0-0 3 Andrew Duren 2109 1 1-0-1 4 Ryan Roberge 1652 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 5 Mihir Sharma 1569 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 6 Edsel Peña 2079 0.5 0-1-1 7 Johann Jayabarath 1758 0.5 0-1-1 U1600 3-Day
USCF rated · G/90;+15 · 5 rounds · 11 registered
2 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 2 rounds
# Player Rating Pts W-D-L 1 Luke Bryant 1498 2 2-0-0 2 Ravindra Pathakota 1317 2 2-0-0 3 Edward Gize 1219 2 2-0-0 4 Larry Feng 1496 1 1-0-1 5 Brandon Wenner 1311 1 1-0-1 6 Owen Lovingood 1080 1 1-0-1 7 Benjamin Black 880 1 1-0-1 8 Amit Bhakta 658 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 9 Lydia Nimmich 630 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 10 Boyd Bruce 957 0 0-0-2 11 Mitch Nimmich 693 0 0-0-2 U1600 2-Day
USCF rated · G/45;+5 · 5 rounds · 16 registered
2 of 5 rounds completed
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 thereafter
Standings after 2 rounds
# Player Rating Pts W-D-L 1 Advaith Balaji 1446 2 2-0-0 2 Tai Xue 1388 2 2-0-0 3 Roman Gardner 1282 2 2-0-0 4 Manokaran Ramanathan 1346 1.5 1-0-0 (+1 bye) 5 Isaac Tone 1343 1.5 1-1-0 6 Goutham Adireddygari 921 1.5 1-1-0 7 Abhiram Tallapragada 1438 1 1-0-1 8 Matt Grubb 1170 1 1-0-1 9 Rex Sun 894 1 1-0-1 10 Daniel DeJesus 806 1 0-0-1 (+1 bye) 11 Jarrett Roman Unr. 1 1-0-1 12 Alexander Arkhipov 1433 0.5 0-1-1 13 Simon Nelson 1161 0.5 0-1-1 14 Sakthi Rajasekar 1208 0 0-0-2 15 Mark Harman 1200 0 0-0-2 16 Austin O'Neal 1046 0 0-0-2
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