I have adapted this name from the US Chess Federations system of having some adult tournaments provide points that are added together for bigger prizes. To be clear--this is not related to the US Chess Federations Grand Prix, but I wanted to tie the Weibel Fall tournaments into a group for further awards.

The following points will be awarded at the Weibel Fall Scholastic Quads (10/14, 11/4, 12/9):logo

First Place in a Quad = 25 points
3 wins = 30 points
2.5 pts = 25 points
2 pts = 20 points
1.5 pts = 15 points
1 pt = 10 points
.5 = 5 points

The individual(s) with the most points after the December 9 Quads will receive a much larger trophy than awarded at the single Quads plus a free entry to any three tournaments that Dr. Kirshner organizes. 

Other large place trophies will be awarded for the next highest points received along with free entries into the CalNorth Youth Age Chess Championships on February 4, 2018. 

I hope to present these awards when all the games are completed on December 9. There will be three places in each of the two sections--Under 900 and Over 900.  This will avoid players from the Under 900 section from having to wait around for the results of the Over 900 section.  Players tied for places will win near identical awards. If trophies are not exactly the same size, the individual with the highest rating will obtain the larger trophy.

Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D.
Tournament Organizer

THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS ARE IN CONTENTION FOR THE GRAND PRIX AWARDS ON DECEMBER 9. THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST SUB-TOTAL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THE LARGER TROPHIES.  PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FINAL RESULTS WILL DEPEND ON THE POINTS RECEIVED IN THE DECEMBER 9 QUADS.  NOTE: As noted above, there are two sections: Over a 900  USCF Rating and Under a 900 USCF Rating.  If a player in the Under 900 list goes over 900 in the December USCF ratings that are used in the December 9 Quads that player must be considered for the Over 900 trophies. The reverse will also be true. A player who drops below 900 in December will be moved to the Under 900 list. 

GRAND PRIX OVER 900 SECTION
NAME RATING DATES OCT PTS NOV PTS Subtotal DEC PTS TOTAL PTS
Arakkal, Kevin 902 ALL 0 55 55    
Balamurugan, Tanish 975 ALL 55 55 110    
Bandaru, Aashrith 1021 ALL 55 0 55    
Evans, Sean 1056 ALL 50 10 60    
Gangal, Krish 1040 ALL 20 50 70    
Gangal, Reyansh 1013 ALL 45 50 95    
Jain, Hiresh 1289 ALL 45 20 65    
Lou, Patrick 1255 ALL 50 10 60    
Lum, Kai 959 ALL 20 45 65    
Miu, Edward 939 ALL 10 45 55    
Mopuri, Advaith 956 ALL  45 45 90    
Parekh, Jash-Piam 1169 ALL 45 20 65    
Yang, Vincent 1301 ALL 15 55 70    
GRAND PRIX UNDER 900 SECTION
NAME RATING DATES OCT PTS NOV PTS Subtotal DEC PTS TOTAL PTS
Behl, Krish 341 ALL 55 45 100    
Bhardwaj, Avyukt 885 ALL 20 55 75    
Chen, Ryan 706 ALL 10 55 65    
Chirreddy, Akshaj 338 ALL 10 45 55    
Dudani, Vivaan 223 ALL 10 45 55    
Dudani, Yohaan 260 ALL 20 55 75    
Ghose, Viraj 387 ALL 10 45 55    
Gupta, Eshan 866 ALL 15 45 60    
Gupta, Parul 673 ALL 55 0 55    
Jain, Ansh 355 ALL 45 20 65    
Kfoury, Lucian 232 NOV 20 45 65    
Kfoury, Rafael 412 NOV 55 0 55    
Khare, Arush 880 ALL  55 10 65    
Miu, Matthew 454 ALL 55 50 105    
Motahari, Darius 219 ALL 20 45 65    
Pandhare, Parth 748 ALL 50 20 70    
Patel, Rohan 396 NOV 10 45 55    
Patil, Mihir 771 ALL 55 55 110    
Peter, Aaron 293 ALL 10 45 55    
Pradhan, Arnav 609 NOV 55 55 110    
Puri, Sonia 630 ALL 55 0 55    
Shankar, Anish 364 All 55 50 105    
Sheth, Anuj 842 ALL 5 45 50    
Suraparaju, Shreyansh 672 ALL 55 20 75    
Ye, Mintai 876 NOV 55 20 75    
Yim, Cayden 534 ALL 10 55 65