Georgia Tech February Open 2024
Tournament Information
  • Prizes: ($420 b/30 Entries)
    • Premier (1600+, b/15): $100-60-40, U2100: $25, U1900: $25
    • U1600 (b/15): $60-40-25, U1000: $25
    • U1000: 20 for 1st, 1st through 5th Chess.com Gold Memberships and Merch
  • Sign Up Link: https://forms.gle/wDj5RGxkQijqYKGh8
  • Entry Fee:
    • USCF Premier (1600+): $20 by 2/2, $30 by 2/4
    • USCF U1600: $10 by 2/2, $20 by 2/4
    • Non-USCF Unrated: FREE
      • NO ONSITE REGISTRATION FOR U1000
      • Please Fill Out Form by Saturday 2/3 at 11:59 pm
  • Pay Entry Fee to: Aron Cheng (Venmo: @lemonyhead, Zelle: 904-572-5904)
  • When: Sunday, Feb 4, 2024
  • Where: Instructional Center Room 105
    • Tournament Venue: Instructional Center, 759 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318
    • Parking (3-5 Minute Walk): Student Center Parking Deck - Visitor Area 3/W02, Ferst Drive Northwest, Atlanta, GA
  • Check-in Time: 9:30 am
  • Time Control: G/45 + 10
  • Round Times:
    • Round 1: 10am
    • Round 2: 12pm (Lunch after Rd2)
    • Round 3: 2:30pm
    • Round 4: 4:30pm
  • Contact: Jason Li (Discord: jli56, Email: jasonli04@gatech.edu, Phone: 516-884-0528)
  • Contact: Vedic Panda (Discord: Dragonmatez, Email: vpanda6@gatech.edu, Phone: 404-903-6215)
  • Contact: Andrew Titus (Discord: Titus369, Email: atitus7@gatech.edu, Phone: 612-801-2327)
  • Average Rating (As of February 1st, 12:38 am, excludes unrateds)
    • Premier: 2013
    • U1600: 115
    • U1000: 663
Premier Section Advanced Entries
  1. NM Andrew Titus (Rating: 2350)
  2. NM Nicholas Karas (Rating: 2265)
  3. NM Vedic Panda (Rating: 2228)
  4. NM Kagan Uz (Rating: 2224)
  5. Damian Krotov (Rating: 2185)
  6. NM Saigautam Bonam (Rating: 2175)
  7. Vineeth Nareddy (Rating: 2063)
  8. Jason Li (Rating: 2046)
  9. William Fox (Rating: 2033)
  10. David Schmitz (Rating: 2016)
  11. Jacky Wang (Rating: 1949)
  12. Saketh Budideti (Rating: 1940)
  13. Kevin Rojas (Rating: 1930)
  14. Eric Wang (Rating: 1906)
  15. Vic Wang (Rating: 1811)
  16. Jesse Dill (Rating: 1772)
  17. James Taylor (Rating: 1738)
  18. Aiden Gan (Rating: 1619)
U1600 Section Advanced Entries
  1. Ifaz Howlader (Rating: 1589)
  2. Mathew Liang (Rating: 1383)
  3. Atharva Gujrathi (Rating: 1283)
  4. Aayush Shrivastava (Rating: 1335)
  5. Lucas Yiwen Xi (Rating: 1260)
  6. Nitya Daram (Rating: 1250)
  7. Jairaj Desai (Rating: 1246)
  8. Daniel Li (Rating: 1240)
  9. Brian Chen (Rating: 1230)
  10. Sutirth Mellachervu (Rating: 1190)
  11. Ansel Erol (Rating: 1177)
  12. Benjamin Xia (Rating: 1155)
  13. Vihaan Boddula Jr. (Rating: 1119)
  14. Miles Wang (Rating: 1104)
  15. Joshua Chelladorai (Rating: 1092)
  16. Samuel Zhang (Rating: 1023)
  17. Saahas Swaroop (Rating: 1013)
  18. Isabelle Chelladorai (Rating: 966)
  19. Harmonii McGhee (Rating: 965)
  20. Srivibhav Mangipudi (Rating: 834)
  21. Vihan Merugu (Rating: 757)
  22. Anish Merugu (Rating: 725)
  23. Nikhil Sathisha (Rating: 703)
  24. Declan Campbell (Unrated)
U1000 Section Advanced Entries
  1. Brandon Moore (Rating: 972)
  2. Kushagra Singh (Rating: 957)
  3. Corey Session (Rating: 919)
  4. Mohammad Sazegarnejad (Rating: 774)
  5. Nandha Thiruvengadam (Rating: 446)
  6. Denis Chen (Rating: 651)
  7. Milo Shih (Rating: 564)
  8. Viraj Daram (Rating: 398)
  9. Patrick Chen (Rating: 286)
  10. Eashaan Godbole (Unrated)
  11. Christoper Griffith (Unrated)
  12. Keerthi Kaashyap (Unrated)
  13. Jasmine LeBean (Unrated)
  14. Michael Moore (Unrated)
  15. Quinn O'Keefe (Unrated)
  16. Ronak Rana (Unrated)
  17. Rhea Saravanan (Unrated)
  18. Evan Sunny (Unrated)