17th PA State Action Chess Championship

October 24, 2026

Championship

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Score	Prize
1	Samanta, Aayansh		2186	W15	W14	W4	W9	W6	D3	5½	$200 + PA Action Co-Champion
2	Giannaras, Christopher		2128	W20	D7	D10	W4	W9	W5	5	$100
3	Thompson, Zachary P	PITTA	1900	W23	L10	W20	W7	W16	D1	4½	$90
4	Grouette, Jeremy B		1830	W17	W28	L1	L2	W12	W10	4
5	Pius, Kebish	PITTA	1856	W18	D6	D7	W24	W13	L2	4
6	Thyvalappil, Atul	CMU	1613	W21	D5	W28	W10	L1	D9	4	$27
7	Yan, Kevin C	CMU	1689	W26	D2	D5	L3	W24	W16	4	$27
8	Lutz, Aaron	PITTA	1602	L28	W25	W22	L13	W23	W14	4	$27
9	Nadig, Rahul J	PITTA	1627	W22	W11	W13	L1	L2	D6	3½
10	Merchia, Dev P	CMU	1648	W30	W3	D2	L6	W11	L4	3½
11	Garg, Ryan		1887	W19	L9	W15	D12	L10	W20	3½
12	Autade, Shourya		1679	W29	L13	W21	D11	L4	W19	3½
13	Moore, Johnson S		1949	W24	W12	L9	W8	L5	U-	3
14	Nichols, Joshua A	CMU	1821	W27	L1	L16	W15	W20	L8	3
15	Xu, Lejun	PITT	1601	L1	W18	L11	L14	W25	W23	3
16	Peng, Aaron	PITT	1461	H-	H-	W14	W25	L3	L7	3	$65
17	Lee, Austin		1069	L4	L22	W27	L20	W26	W21	3	$65 + 1st Place U1400
18	Kinney, Kendrick		1094	L5	L15	W31	W21	L19	D25	2½	$50 + 1st Place U1200
19	Crowley, Daniel		1206	L11	D29	L24	W27	W18	L12	2½	2nd Place U1400
20	Gong, William		1435	L2	W26	L3	W17	L14	L11	2
21	Bhadra, Anish	PITT	Unr	L6	W23	L12	L18	W22	L17	2
22	Bhakta, Jaydev		Unr	L9	W17	L8	L23	L21	W32	2
23	Chen, Richard		1243	L3	L21	W26	W22	L8	L15	2	3rd Place U1400
24	Dutt, Riyaan	PITFR	1326	L13	W27	W19	L5	L7	U-	2
25	Maheshkumar, Manvith	PITFR	877	H-	L8	W29	L16	L15	D18	2	$40 + 1st Place U1000
26	Rawson, Gary L		904	L7	L20	L23	D29	L17	W27	1½	2nd Place U1200
27	Amstone, Craig		938	L14	L24	L17	L19	W33	L26	1	2nd Place U1000
28	Feliachi, Nabil		2203	W8	L4	L6	U-	U-	U-	1
29	Feliachi, Ramzy	PITT	778	L12	D19	L25	D26	U-	U-	1
30	Eswaran, Sarveshsivan		308	L10	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	0
31	Mulaveesala, Ved		Unr	U-	U-	L18	U-	U-	U-	0
32	Dineshraam, Vedha		Unr	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	L22	0
33	Shaviss, Isaiah		Unr	U-	U-	U-	U-	L27	U-	0

Scholastic

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Score	Prize
1	Wei, Alex		493	W23	W10	W12	W11	W2	W4	6	1st Place
2	Takahashi, Ayato		628	W7	W21	W3	W4	L1	W6	5	2nd Place
3	Shawley, Cameron	TNA	Unr	W20	W9	L2	W15	W10	W14	5	3rd Place
4	Jacob, Nathan		768	W5	W8	W11	L2	W13	L1	4	4th Place
5	Salmon, Keith	TNA	Unr	L4	W7	W9	L10	W11	W15	4	5th Place
6	Nowe, Ziah	TNA	Unr	W17	L12	W14	W20	W8	L2	4	6th Place
7	Jonnalagadda, Viyaan		Unr	L2	L5	W24	W16	W20	W13	4	7th Place
8	Eswaran, Sarveshsivan		308	B-	L4	W18	W19	L6	W10	4	1st Place U600
9	Ni, Boer		711	W24	L3	L5	W21	D17	W18	3½
10	Mayurnath, Avyukth		764	W13	L1	W22	W5	L3	L8	3
11	Chen, Gerald		617	W22	W16	L4	L1	L5	W20	3
12	Huang, Hansi		646	W25	W6	L1	L13	L14	W17	3
13	Smalls, Ziyon	TNA	Unr	L10	W23	W17	W12	L4	L7	3
14	Hariharan, Anirudh	PITFR	419	L16	W25	L6	W23	W12	L3	3	2nd Place U600
15	Orsay, Daniel		348	L21	B-	W16	L3	W19	L5	3	3rd Place U600
16	Benitez Preciado, Mario S		Unr	W14	L11	L15	L7	W22	W21	3
17	Rao, Kiran		539	L6	W18	L13	W22	D9	L12	2½
18	Orsay, Perpetua		Unr	D19	L17	L8	W24	W25	L9	2½
19	Trozzo, Dominic		Unr	D18	L20	W25	L8	L15	W24	2½
20	Rao, Lev		582	L3	W19	W21	L6	L7	L11	2
21	Phillips, Darwin	TNA	Unr	W15	L2	L20	L9	W23	L16	2
22	Dineshraam, Vedha	PITFR	Unr	L11	W24	L10	L17	L16	B-	2
23	Mulaveesala, Ved		Unr	L1	L13	B-	L14	L21	W25	2
24	Shaviss, Isaiah	TNA	Unr	L9	L22	L7	L18	B-	L19	1
25	Dacha, Himansh		Unr	L12	L14	L19	B-	L18	L23	1

Teams

#	Team Code	Team Name	Team Type	Score	Prize
1	PITTA	University of Pittsburgh Chess Club Associates	Club	16	1st Place Club
2	TNA	The Neighborhood Academy	School	16	1st Place School
3	CMU	Carnegie Mellon University Tartans	Club	14½	2nd Place Club
4	PITFR	Pittsburgh Friends	Club	9
5	PITT	University of Pittsburgh Chess Club	Club	9

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