20th PA State Game / 29 Minutes Championship - West

April 4, 2026

Championship

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Grouette, Jeremy B		1826	W14	W8	W4	W3	D2	4½	$200 + PA Game/29 Co-Champion
2	Mo, Jack	KOTST	1941	W17	D9	W10	W5	D1	4	$90
3	Opaska, Michael P	PITT	1904	W18	W7	W21	L1	W6	4	$90
4	Garg, Ryan		1629	W25	W16	L1	W10	W9	4	$90
5	Pius, Kebish	PITT	1808	W20	W24	D6	L2	W16	3½
6	Hart, Theodore	KOTST	1674	W29	W15	D5	W21	L3	3½
7	Zhao, Lawrence		1535	W32	L3	W23	W17	D11	3½	$65
8	Zhao, Jerry		1369	X37	L1	D14	W18	W21	3½	$65 + 1st Place U1400
9	Lutz, Aaron	PITT	1564	W26	D2	D11	W15	L4	3
10	Pleso, Joseph F	PITT	1512	W33	W11	L2	L4	W23	3
11	Moore, Johnson S		1900	W23	L10	D9	W22	D7	3
12	Bryla, Benjamin Q	PITT	1332	W28	L21	D19	D14	W25	3	2nd Place U1400
13	Xin, Kyle	PITFR	1009	L21	W28	L15	W33	W24	3	$50 + 1st Place U1200
14	Sharan, Aarav	KOTST	1062	L1	X37	D8	D12	D15	2½	2nd Place U1200
15	Von Ronne-Kim, Jamie		1224	W27	L6	W13	L9	D14	2½	3rd Place U1400
16	Chen, Richard		1248	W22	L4	D18	W29	L5	2½
17	Dutt, Riyaan		1151	L2	W30	W26	L7	D19	2½	3rd Place U1200
18	Vasanth, Vishanth	MFDHT	1104	L3	W32	D16	L8	W22	2½
19	Pradeep, Riya	MFDHT	1035	D30	D20	D12	D24	D17	2½
20	Bhargava, Pranshul		1045	L5	D19	L22	W28	W29	2½
21	Kumar, Yuvaan		1698	W13	W12	L3	L6	L8	2
22	McCoy, Miles V	PCC	531	L16	W25	W20	L11	L18	2	$14 + 1st Place U1000
23	Vasanth, Sanjith	MFDHT	1096	L11	W33	L7	W26	L10	2
24	Unico, Mark D	KOTST	1300	W31	L5	D29	D19	L13	2
25	Xin, Vick	PITFR	964	L4	L22	W30	W32	L12	2	$14 + 2nd Place U1000
26	Xu, Charlene		925	L9	W27	L17	L23	W33	2	$14 + 3rd Place U1000
27	Rivera, Daniel		Unr	L15	L26	D28	D30	W32	2
28	Risbon, Cole	PCC	777	L12	L13	D27	L20	W34	1½
29	Rawson, Gary L		979	L6	W31	D24	L16	L20	1½
30	Mullen, Sean	PCC	1725	D19	L17	L25	D27	D31	1½
31	Bredel, Christopher R	PITT	734	L24	L29	L33	W35	D30	1½
32	Wismer, Richard III		901	L7	L18	W36	L25	L27	1
33	Barron, Patrick D	PCC	889	L10	L23	W31	L13	L26	1
34	Jyothinagaram, Ritvikkrishna		Unr	U-	U-	U-	U-	L28	0
35	Zhao, Axel		Unr	U-	U-	U-	L31	U-	0
36	Li, Traiden		471	U-	U-	L32	U-	U-	0
37	Shames, Jackson		856	F8	F14	U-	U-	U-	0

Scholastic

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Aggarwal, Anjaneya		855	L5	W11	W10	W7	W2	4	1st Place
2	Chen, Gerald		616	W15	W6	W9	W4	L1	4	2nd Place
3	Bharathi, Jeshvan S	MFDHT	796	W11	W5	L4	W6	W8	4	3rd Place
4	Smith, Christian J		Unr	W7	W8	W3	L2	L6	3	4th Place
5	Wei, Alex		480	W1	L3	L7	W10	W11	3	5th Place
6	Maheshkumar, Manvith	PITFR	837	W13	L2	W14	L3	W4	3	6th Place
7	Shaik, Hisham	MFDHT	704	L4	W16	W5	L1	W13	3	7th Place
8	Asher, Shyam N		772	W14	L4	W12	W9	L3	3
9	Mayurnath, Avyukth		768	W16	D10	L2	L8	W14	2½
10	Hariharan, Anirudh	PITFR	429	W12	D9	L1	L5	W15	2½	1st Place U600
11	Kadambala, Sai Tanish		Unr	L3	L1	W15	W12	L5	2	1st Place Unrated
12	Jyothinagaram, Ritvikkrishna	MFDHT	Unr	L10	W13	L8	L11	B-	2
13	Li, Traiden		471	L6	L12	B-	W14	L7	2	2nd Place U600
14	Jyothinagaram, Raghavkrishna	MFDHT	Unr	L8	W15	L6	L13	L9	1
15	Zhao, Axel		Unr	L2	L14	L11	B-	L10	1
16	Gundgurthi, Ramkishan		Unr	L9	L7	U-	U-	U-	0
17	Huang, Hansi		608	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	0

Teams

#	Team Code	Team Name	Team Type	Score	Prize
1	PITT	University of Pittsburgh Chess Club	Club	13½	1st Place Club
3	KOTST	Knights of the Square Table	Club	12	2nd Place Club
2	MFDHT	Mayfield Heights Chess	Club	12
4	PITFR	Pittsburgh Friends	Club	10½
5	PCC	Pittsburgh Chess Club	Club	6

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Last Revised: April 5, 2026