
North American Youth Chess Championship
Aug 7 - 11, 2016. Windsor, Ontario.
The 2016 NAYCC took place August 7-11 at the Caesars Windsor Casino in Windsor Ontario.
345 players competed in one of eleven sections, divided in age groups from U8 to U18, and in sections for girls and Open. The U18G (with 9 girls) and U16G sections (13 girls) were combined. Format was a 9-round swiss, with games in 90+30.
Trophies and FIDE titles were the prizes. In addition to the many FIDE CM titles given out, winners of age groups 12 and up got higher FIDE titles:
Open
FM Michael Song (CAN) 1st U18 - IM title
Zhaozhi Li (USA) 1st U16 - FM title & IM norm
Aaron Shlionsky (USA) 1st U14 - FM title
Nicholas Vettese (CAN) 1st U12 - FM title
Girls
Maili-Jade Ouellet (CAN) 1st U18G - WIM title
Svitlana Demchenko (CAN) 1st U16G - WFM title & WIM norm
Sasha Konovalenko (USA) 1st U14G - WFM title
Claire Cao (USA) 1st U12G - WFM title
Partial crosstables from all sections are below.
Links
photos (CFC facebook albums. Thanks to Victoria Jung-Doknjas for pix and posts!)
https://www.facebook.com/Chess-Federation-of-Canada-163031117086480/photos/?tab=albums
info
http://windsorchess.org/naycc.php
| # U8G | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Sophie Velea | W9 (b) | W7 (w) | W2 (b) | W3 (w) | D8 (b) | D5 (w) | W4 (b) | W10 (w) | W11 (w) | 8 |
| 2 | Chance Nguyen | W4 (w) | W11 (b) | L1 (w) | W8 (b) | W7 (w) | W3 (b) | D5 (w) | W9 (b) | B--- (-) | 7.5 |
| 3 | Anika Rajaram | D8 (w) | W6 (b) | W4 (w) | L1 (b) | W9 (w) | L2 (w) | W10 (b) | D5 (b) | W7 (w) | 6 |
| 4 | Greta Qu | L2 (b) | W9 (w) | L3 (b) | W11 (w) | W6 (b) | W7 (b) | L1 (w) | B--- (-) | W10 (b) | 6 |
| U8 | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Kevin Zhong | L15 (w) | W10 (b) | W23 (w) | W3 (b) | W6 (w) | W2 (w) | W7 (b) | W11 (b) | W9 (w) | 8 |
| 2 | Anthony Atanasov | W24 (w) | W3 (b) | W4 (w) | W6 (b) | D9 (w) | L1 (b) | D5 (b) | W7 (w) | W10 (b) | 7 |
| 3 | Sriram Krishnakumar | W14 (b) | L2 (w) | W20 (b) | L1 (w) | W24 (b) | W19 (b) | W15 (w) | W5 (w) | D6 (b) | 6.5 |
| U10G | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Atmika Gorti | W12 (w) | L4 (b) | W13 (w) | L7 (b) | W17 (w) | W15 (b) | W3 (w) | W2 (w) | W6 (b) | 7 |
| 2 | Ashley Pang | W6 (w) | W12 (b) | W4 (w) | D3 (b) | W7 (w) | W9 (b) | D5 (w) | L1 (b) | W11 (w) | 7 |
| 3 | Natalie Wisniowski | W18 (b) | W10 (w) | W14 (b) | D2 (w) | D6 (b) | W7 (w) | L1 (b) | W8 (w) | D4 (w) | 6.5 |
| U10 | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Rohun Trakru | W30 (b) | W2 (w) | W10 (b) | W23 (w) | W4 (b) | D9 (w) | W12 (b) | W14 (w) | D7 (b) | 8 |
| 2 | Dorian Kang | W43 (w) | L1 (b) | W11 (w) | W27 (b) | W6 (w) | W7 (b) | D5 (w) | D4 (w) | W10 (b) | 7 |
| 3 | Max Chen | W32 (b) | L9 (w) | W30 (b) | W8 (w) | D14 (b) | L12 (b) | W21 (w) | W13 (w) | W4 (b) | 6.5 |
| 4 | CM Nameer Issani | W15 (w) | W29 (b) | W27 (w) | W12 (b) | L1 (w) | W10 (b) | W9 (w) | D2 (b) | L3 (w) | 6.5 |
| 5 | Max Rusonik | W34 (b) | L10 (w) | D17 (b) | W18 (w) | D13 (b) | W28 (w) | D2 (b) | W12 (w) | W9 (b) | 6.5 |
| U12G | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Claire Cao | W6 (w) | W2 (b) | W5 (w) | W3 (b) | W12 (w) | W8 (w) | L4 (b) | W10 (b) | D13 (w) | 7.5 |
| 2 | Yassamin L Ehsani | W10 (b) | L1 (w) | W18 (b) | W4 (w) | D5 (b) | D3 (b) | W9 (w) | W11 (w) | D6 (b) | 6.5 |
| 3 | Aasa Dommalapati | W14 (b) | W17 (w) | W4 (b) | L1 (w) | W13 (b) | D2 (w) | W5 (w) | L6 (b) | D12 (w) | 6 |
| 4 | WCM Antara Garai | W20 (b) | W18 (w) | L3 (w) | L2 (b) | W15 (w) | W12 (b) | W1 (w) | W7 (b) | L5 (w) | 6 |
| 5 | Emma He | B--- (-) | W21 (w) | L1 (b) | D16 (b) | D2 (w) | W13 (w) | L3 (b) | W8 (w) | W4 (b) | 6 |
| 6 | WCM Kylie Tan | L1 (b) | D10 (w) | L7 (b) | W21 (w) | W19 (b) | W16 (b) | W12 (w) | W3 (w) | D2 (w) | 6 |
| U12 | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Nicholas Vettese | W28 (w) | D25 (b) | W7 (w) | W17 (b) | W13 (w) | W2 (b) | W19 (w) | W5 (b) | D4 (w) | 8 |
| 2 | Wesley Wang | W35 (b) | W8 (w) | W10 (b) | W19 (w) | D5 (b) | L1 (w) | W4 (b) | W18 (w) | D3 (b) | 7 |
| 3 | CM Taran Idnani | W38 (w) | W21 (b) | L6 (w) | W7 (b) | D9 (w) | D12 (b) | W13 (w) | W8 (b) | D2 (w) | 6.5 |
| 4 | Christopher Y Shen | L7 (w) | W24 (b) | W26 (w) | W14 (b) | W6 (w) | W8 (b) | L2 (w) | W19 (b) | D1 (b) | 6.5 |
| 5 | Daniel Hung | W24 (w) | W51 (b) | W20 (w) | W6 (b) | D2 (w) | L19 (b) | W9 (w) | L1 (w) | W17 (b) | 6.5 |
| U14G | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Sasha Konovalenko | W11 (w) | W15 (b) | W3 (w) | W8 (b) | W2 (w) | W7 (b) | L4 (w) | W5 (w) | D6 (b) | 7.5 |
| 2 | Camille Y Kao | W10 (b) | W4 (w) | L8 (b) | W6 (w) | L1 (b) | W13 (w) | W3 (w) | W9 (b) | W7 (b) | 7 |
| 3 | Marissa Li | W9 (b) | W7 (w) | L1 (b) | L13 (w) | W6 (b) | W10 (w) | L2 (b) | W8 (w) | W4 (b) | 6 |
| 4 | Angelica Chin | W13 (w) | L2 (b) | D6 (w) | W12 (b) | W8 (w) | W5 (b) | W1 (b) | D7 (w) | L3 (w) | 6 |
| U14 | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Aaron Shlionsky | D26 (w) | W14 (b) | W33 (w) | W18 (b) | D3 (w) | W17 (b) | D6 (w) | W5 (b) | W4 (w) | 7.5 |
| 2 | CM Eugene Hua | W13 (w) | W23 (b) | L10 (w) | D20 (w) | W33 (b) | W21 (b) | W7 (w) | W19 (b) | D3 (w) | 7 |
| 3 | CM Joshua Doknjas | W38 (b) | W27 (w) | D22 (b) | W5 (w) | D1 (b) | D7 (w) | D4 (b) | W8 (w) | D2 (b) | 6.5 |
| 4 | CM Rohan Talukdar | W36 (w) | D18 (b) | W26 (w) | D17 (b) | W10 (w) | W13 (b) | D3 (w) | W6 (b) | L1 (b) | 6.5 |
| 5 | Akira W Nakada | W42 (w) | W54 (b) | D6 (w) | L3 (b) | W18 (w) | W10 (b) | W17 (w) | L1 (w) | W11 (b) | 6.5 |
| U16G & 18G | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | WCM Maili-Jade Ouellet [U18] | W8 (b) | W9 (w) | W3 (b) | W11 (w) | W12 (b) | W2 (w) | W6 (b) | D5 (w) | L7 (b) | 7.5 |
| 2 | WFM Martha Samadashvili [U18] | W16 (b) | W7 (w) | D6 (b) | L3 (w) | W22 (b) | L1 (b) | W11 (w) | W4 (b) | D8 (w) | 6 |
| 3 | Svitlana Demchenko | W21 (w) | W23 (b) | L1 (w) | W2 (b) | W5 (w) | L4 (b) | W12 (w) | D9 (b) | D6 (w) | 6 |
| 4 | WFM Kimberly Ding [U18] | L22 (b) | W14 (w) | D9 (b) | W8 (w) | D11 (b) | W3 (w) | D5 (b) | L2 (w) | W16 (b) | 5.5 |
| 5 | WCM Priya Trakru | D14 (b) | D10 (w) | W17 (b) | W15 (w) | L3 (b) | W7 (w) | D4 (w) | D1 (b) | D9 (w) | 5.5 |
| 6 | WFM Emily Nguyen [U18] | W20 (w) | D11 (b) | D2 (w) | L12 (b) | W15 (w) | W18 (b) | L1 (w) | W13 (b) | D3 (b) | 5.5 |
| 7 | Miranda Liu | W18 (w) | L2 (b) | W23 (w) | L9 (b) | W14 (w) | L5 (b) | D13 (w) | W15 (b) | W1 (w) | 5.5 |
| 8 | WFM Sanjana Vittal | L1 (w) | D19 (b) | W20 (w) | L4 (b) | W21 (w) | D11 (b) | W18 (w) | W12 (b) | D2 (b) | 5.5 |
| U16 | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | Zhaozhi Li | W28 (w) | W27 (b) | W17 (w) | W7 (b) | L5 (w) | W8 (b) | D2 (w) | D3 (b) | W10 (w) | 7 |
| 2 | Albert Lu | W25 (b) | D13 (w) | W6 (b) | L5 (w) | W15 (b) | W4 (w) | D1 (b) | W12 (w) | D3 (b) | 6.5 |
| 3 | Sahil Sinha | D26 (b) | W39 (w) | D13 (b) | W15 (w) | D4 (b) | W9 (w) | W5 (b) | D1 (w) | D2 (w) | 6.5 |
| 4 | Adnan Habib | W14 (w) | L8 (b) | W31 (w) | W24 (b) | D3 (w) | L2 (b) | W17 (w) | W11 (b) | W12 (w) | 6.5 |
| U18 | Name | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Tot |
| 1 | FM Michael Song | W5 (b) | D6 (w) | D10 (w) | W18 (b) | W27 (w) | W14 (b) | W4 (b) | D3 (w) | D2 (w) | 7 |
| 2 | FM Christopher Wu | L13 (w) | W28 (b) | W16 (w) | W20 (w) | D3 (b) | W6 (b) | W10 (w) | W8 (w) | D1 (b) | 7 |
| 3 | FM Hans M Niemann | W16 (w) | D13 (b) | W26 (w) | D10 (b) | D2 (w) | W27 (b) | W14 (w) | D1 (b) | W4 (b) | 7 |