Division IA

Round 8 Team Pairings

Sunday April 12, 2026 at 2PM
University of Pittsburgh
William Pitt Union

Match #White on Boards 1 & 3White on Boards 2 & 4
1Folkvang Thor (4:13½)Pittsburgh Chess Club White (6:19½)
2Carnegie Mellon University A (4:17½)Pitt I (4½:19)

Team Standings

#Team NameRatingFeb 22Mar 29Apr 12Match:Game
1Pittsburgh Chess Club White1911B3W4B22:5½
W:2½W:3 
2Folkvang Thor1949B4B3W10:1½
L:1L:½ 
3Pitt I2161W1W2B41:5
L:1½W:3½ 
4Carnegie Mellon University A2139W2B1W31:4
W:3L:1 

Team Rosters

  1. Pittsburgh Chess Club White 1911 6:19½

    1. Balleisen, Aaron S 2331 3-1
    2. Des Ruisseau, Nathaniel J 1889 5-2
    3. Arabia, Joshua 1729 3-2
    4. Weis, Andrew P 1696 5-1
    5. Howery, Dylan 1656 0-0
    6. Warner, William 1393 2½-½
    7. Arabia, Owen Unr 1-1

    Captain: Joshua Arabia 862-324-3887

  2. Folkvang Thor 1949 4:13½

    1. Jansen, Peter J 2118 2-2
    2. Blokhin, Ilya 1891 0-0
    3. Cheek, Charlie S 1821 ½-2½
    4. Steiner-Malumphy, Robin 1913 3½-2½
    5. Timmons, Sam 1872 4-3
    6. Schragin, Jeffrey G 1815 0-0
    7. Lackner, Jordan L 1637 3½-3½
    8. Provins, James Roy 1586 0-0

    Captain: Peter J Jansen 412-682-7972

  3. Pitt I 2161 4½:19

    1. Riccardi, Thomas H 2310 0-0
    2. Martinak, Tom M 2210 4½-1½
    3. Lin, Benjamin G 2100 1-0
    4. Renk, Robert M 2023 2-2
    5. Opaska, Michael P 1914 1½-2½
    6. Thompson, Zachary P 1832 2½-1½
    7. Pius, Kebish 1894 6½-½
    8. Yoest, Greg 1698 0-0
    9. Zhang, Vincent 1513 0-0
    10. Lee, Austin 823 1-1

    Captain: Tom M Martinak 412-908-0286

  4. Carnegie Mellon University A 2139 4:17½

    1. Guha, Eshan 2313 4-0
    2. Niu, Baron T 2223 1-1
    3. Kowshik, Gautam 2032 2½-½
    4. Siegel, Henry 1945 2-0
    5. Kumar, Ayush 1986 4-3
    6. Nichols, Joshua A 1903 1-1
    7. Yan, Kevin C 1646 2-2
    8. Huang, Yinuo 1522 1-0

    Captain: Baron T Niu 346-434-7992

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