Most points scored in the Open section earns the CSC Series Champion trophy.
Best five scores out of six tournaments count. Only those players who played at least three times in the Open section are listed below.
Player Tournaments
Scored Points Maximum Possible
Improvement*
Mark Kholodenko 5 36.0
Benjamin Yin 5 35.5
David Janson 5 31.5
Aditya Anand 5 30.5
Edward Zha 5 30.5
Nathanael Moore 5 30.5
Ameya Saraf 5 30.0
Saketh Kalikiri 5 30.0
*Maximum possible improvement equals the number of additional points a player can score if he scores a perfect 8.0 points (tournament score plus games played) in the March tournament.
2016-17 CSCS CHAMPION
Player Tournaments Net Rating Change
Janson, David 6 298
Neev Gupta 4 274
Hari Nadathur 6 272
Peter Zeng 5 261
Saketh Kalikiri 5 189
James Baur 6 184
Charlton Li 6 171
Kyle Brackenridge 5 130
Kushal Kothapalli 3 129
Connor Seper 5 126
Nathanael Moore 5 107
Nikil Prabhakar 6 107
2016-17 RON GIFFIN MEMORIAL TROPHY STANDINGS
Only tournaments played after the player's rating was established (meaning that it is no longer
provisional) are counted. A player must have played in at least three tournaments after his or her
rating was established in order to be eligible for this trophy. Only eligible players whose net rating
change is currently 100 or more are listed.
Player
Tourna- ments
Scored Points Player
Tourna- ments
Scored Points
Andrew Zhou 5 37.0 Sushanth Koppula 5 33.5
Jason Zhou 5 36.0 Benjamin Liu 5 33.5
Tarun Balrajsatheeshkumar 5 35.5 Nikil Prabhakar 5 33.5
Benjamin Yin 5 35.5 Kunal Ponkshe 5 33.0
James Baur 5 35.0 Monica Simon Thomas 5 33.0
William Dewey 5 35.0 Drew Brown 5 32.5
Peter Zeng 5 34.5 Aidan Brunner 5 32.5
David Janson 5 34.0 Kyle Brackenridge 5 32.0
Charlton Li 5 34.0 Isabel Dougherty 5 32.0
Colin Seper 5 34.0 Zachary Hamant 5 31.0
Palash Kapoor 5 31.0
Hari Nadathur 5 31.0
Aditya Anand 5 30.5 Rajdeep Roy 5 31.0
Kenneth Cao 5 30.5
Adithya Deepak 5 30.5
Ashish Kothapalli 5 30.5 Adam Hicks 4 25.5
Nathanael Moore 5 30.5 Pradyun Kamaraju 5 25.5
Edward Zha 5 30.5 Hiral Kotecha 5 25.5
Cole Brown 5 30.0 Akshita Sharma 5 25.5
Saketh Kalikiri 5 30.0 Andrew Hagerman 4 25.0
Ameya Saraf 5 30.0 David Cull 4 24.5
Neev Gupta 4 29.0 Kennedy Brown 4 24.0
Akash Anand 5 28.5 Jay Ou 5 23.0
Cameron Brown 5 28.5 Michael Ritschel 4 23.0
Surya Keerthi 5 28.0 Benjamin Franks 4 22.0
Paul Rutherford 5 28.0 Aversa Prentosito 5 22.0
Nico Prentosito 5 27.5 Dogen Foster 4 21.5
Connor Seper 5 27.5 Dishita Jathar 4 21.0
Noah Visconti 5 27.5 Kevin Wen 3 21.0
Luke Hagerman 4 27.0
Ryan Everding 4 26.0
Ziah Lin 5 26.0
Arushi Sharma 5 26.0
Mark Kholodenko
2016-17 Class Trophy Winners 2016-17 CSCS TROPHY WINNERS
Points Required for Class Trophy: Gold Class: 34 — Silver Class: 31 — Bronze Class: 26 2016-17 Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series Champion
Gold Level Silver Level
Bronze Level
Honorable Mention
K-12 Open K-12 U1000 K-6 U700 K-6 Non-Rated October 8, 2016
1st Yogeshwar Sridhar David Janson Palash Kapoor Ryan Everding
2nd Mark Kholodenko James Baur Joshua Bentley Mason Wu
3rd Joseph Winkler Neev Gupta Aurora Wibowo Kevin Zhou
4th Benjamin Yin Nikil Prabhakar Jason Zhou Jefferey Lin
5th Nathanael Mooore Ashton Mason Nikolas Wibowo Karthik Prabhakar
Honorable Mention Michael Ritschel Tarun Balrajsatheeshkumar
Honorable Mention Andrew Zhou
November 5, 2016
1st Yogeshwar Sridhar Kenneth Cao Andrew Zhou Arwin Xu
2nd Benjamin Yin Naga Sai Sankula William Dewey Aidan Brunner
3rd David Janson Michael Ritschel Aarush Gupta Matthew McMullen
4th Nathanael Mooore Sushanth Koppula Peter Zeng Frank Stanard
5th Mark Kholodenko Nikil Prabhakar Jason Zhou Lincoln Pape
Honorable Mention Neev Gupta
Honorable Mention Zachary Hamant
Honorable Mention Isabel Dougherty
December 3, 2016
1st Mark Kholodenko Nikil Prabhakar Tarun Balrajsatheeshkumar Lincoln Pape
2nd Benjamin Yin Colin Seper Aidan Brunner Carl Fischer
3rd David Janson James Baur Peter Zeng Joshua Saperstein
4th Kushal Kothapalli Lucas Pedersen William Dewey Devon Konopka
5th Adam Hicks Kunal Ponkshe Jason Zhou Hagerman, Luke
Honorable Mention Vikram Deepak Lucas Moody Victoria Holes
Honorable Mention Andrew Zhou Charlton Li Hagerman, Andrew
Honorable Mention Joseph Pannapara Eashan Vytla
Honorable Mention Harshita Nune
January 14, 2017
1st Trenton Rothan Neev Gupta Charlton Li Luke Hagerman
2nd Aditya Anand Kyle Brackenridge Peter Zeng Sophia Suwiryo
3rd Ameya Saraf Andrew Zhou Monica Simon Thomas Kevin Wen
4th Mark Kholodenko Sushanth Koppula Jason Zhou Lincoln Pape
5th Adam Hicks Benjamin Liu Tarun Balrajsatheeshkumar Victoria Holes
Honorable Mention Rajdeep Roy Matthew McMullen
Honorable Mention Isabel Dougherty Andrew Hagerman
Honorable Mention Drew Brown
Honorable Mention James Baur
Honorable Mention Nikolai Smith
2016-17 SERIES TOURNAMENT MEDAL WINNERS
February 4, 2017
1st Benjamin Yin Kyle Brackenridge Jason Zhou Kevin Wen
2nd Saketh Kalikiri Benjamin Liu Daniel Fisher Ethan Perriman
3rd Mark Kholodenko Andrew Zhou Tarun Balrajsatheeshkumar Louis-Michael Konopka
4th Adam Hicks Eli Dropic David Cull William Murphy
5th Palash Kapoor Nikolai Smith William Dewey Andriy Misyura
Honorable Mention Adithya Deepak William Stinson Lincoln Pape
Honorable Mention Kunal Ponkshe Hari Nadhatur
Honorable Mention Charlton Li Monica Simon Thomas
Honorable Mention Colin Seper Connor Seper
Honorable Mention Kennedy Brown
March 4, 2017
1st Benjamin Yin James Baur Jacob Hunter Ethan Perriman
2nd Andrew Zhou Noah Lin William Dewey Kevin Zhou
3rd Joseph Winkler Sushanth Koppula William Stinson Joshua Saperstein
4th Mark Kholodenko Benjamin Liu Peter Zeng Simon Richesson
5th Neev Gupta Dennis Kruglov Nicholas Wright Harshita Nune
Honorable Mention Colin Seper Christopher Richesson Gavin Papes
Honorable Mention Ashsih Kothapalli Karthik Prabhakar
Honorable Mention Hari Nadathur Lincoln Pape
Honorable Mention Monica Simon Thomas Trevor Brown
