2026 Pennsylvania State Scholastic Championships

Open & Collegiate - Open

Players

#	Name	Grade	School	Club	Gender	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Bartell, Thomas				Male	2454	W23	W18	W7	W6	W4	5	$350 + PA State Champion
2	Dehmelt, Karl				Male	2200	W20	W19	L4	W10	W9	4	$138
3	Kumbharathi, Vedansh				Male	2152	L15	W21	W11	W8	W6	4	$138
4	Mucerino, Joseph J Jr				Male	2057	W28	W9	W2	D5	L1	3½
5	Chabris, Christopher F				Male	2186	W13	D8	H-	D4	W16	3½
6	O'Brien, Matthew J				Male	2327	W34	W12	W10	L1	L3	3
7	Gottehrer, Jonathan				Male	2086	W33	W16	L1	L9	W23	3
8	Berkley, Darrin K				Male	1948	W31	D5	D17	L3	W22	3	$17
9	Fleming, Andrew J				Male	1933	W32	L4	W26	W7	L2	3	$17
10	Clark, Michael A	C	SHIPU	SHP	Male	2044	W22	W15	L6	L2	W21	3	1st Place Collegiate
11	Usner, Joel T				Male	1932	W26	D17	L3	W25	D12	3	$17
12	Corbellini, Nicola				Male	1982	W27	L6	D15	W21	D11	3	$17
13	Thompson, Zachary P				Male	1838	L5	W31	D18	W19	H-	3	$17
14	Collier, Zane	C	HACC	YCC	Male	1930	L21	L22	W29	W28	W24	3	$17 + 2nd Place Collegiate
15	Nallapareddygari, Premsai				Male	1820	W3	L10	D12	L18	W26	2½
16	Chu, Leon				Male	1940	W29	L7	W22	D17	L5	2½
17	Markov, Denis				Male	2064	W30	D11	D8	D16	U-	2½
18	Ray Chaudhuri, Niloy			SJI	Male	2000	W25	L1	D13	W15	U-	2½
19	Henninger, Austin				Male	1959	W24	L2	D25	L13	W28	2½
20	Quantin, Alexandre M				Male	1846	L2	D24	D27	D26	W25	2½
21	Stoute, Emanuel				Male	1305	W14	L3	W34	L12	L10	2
22	Waters, Vincent G Sr				Male	1804	L10	W14	L16	W27	L8	2
23	Painter, Jacob D				Male	1918	L1	L25	W31	W33	L7	2
24	Kula, John S				Male	1667	L19	D20	D33	X34	L14	2
25	Conner, Stephen J				Male	1802	L18	W23	D19	L11	L20	1½
26	Ma, Jianqiang	C	PSU		Male	1371	L11	W30	L9	D20	L15	1½
27	Thapliyal, Atharva				Male	1700	L12	D34	D20	L22	D29	1½
28	Zelinski, Paul B				Male	1804	L4	W32	H-	L14	L19	1½
29	Ferguson, Rob C III			BRK	Male	1607	L16	D33	L14	D32	D27	1½
30	Demetruk, David E				Male	1810	L17	L26	D32	W31	U-	1½
31	Bhattacharyya, Rishik			SJI	Male	1633	L8	L13	L23	L30	W32	1
32	Richards, Jerry				Male	1497	L9	L28	D30	D29	L31	1
33	Pierson, Kenneth L Jr				Male	1813	L7	D29	D24	L23	U-	1
34	Kravitz, Simon	C	NCCU		Male	1865	L6	D27	L21	F24	U-	½

Open & Collegiate - U1800

Players

#	Name	Grade	School	Club	Gender	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Rebisz, Matthew				Male	1610	W15	W2	W6	W9	D4	4½	$200
2	Williams, Evan				Male	1538	W5	L1	W10	W6	W8	4	$150
3	Ishler, Mark P				Male	1491	D4	D7	D5	W11	W14	3½	$125
4	Flaherty, James M				Male	1758	D3	W11	W17	H-	D1	3½
5	Couch, Christopher D				Male	1763	L2	W15	D3	W17	D9	3
6	Le, Vu H				Male	1584	W16	W12	L1	L2	W13	3
7	Khrulev, Oleg D				Male	1772	D11	D3	D13	D14	W12	3
8	Misra, Aritra K			SJI	Male	1676	L12	W16	W19	W13	L2	3
9	Walsh, David	C	NCCU		Male	1592	W20	W19	H-	L1	D5	3	1st Place Collegiate
10	Lawrence, Jeffrey A				Male	1757	L19	W20	L2	D18	W15	2½
11	Hoffman, William F				Male	1549	D7	L4	D18	L3	W17	2
12	Kennedy, David I			SHP	Male	1440	W8	L6	L14	W16	L7	2	$34
13	Cassidy, Jeremiah J				Male	1576	D17	W18	D7	L8	L6	2
14	Graham, Robert E				Male	1694	D18	L17	W12	D7	L3	2
15	Gusic, Kenneth				Male	1438	L1	L5	W20	W19	L10	2	$34
16	Bhattacharyya, Joydeep			SJI	Male	1261	L6	L8	B-	L12	W19	2	$34
17	Badran, Hashem				Male	Unr	D13	W14	L4	L5	L11	1½
18	Lalbahadur, Riaan				Male	1455	D14	L13	D11	D10	U-	1½
19	Ciarlante, Anthony B III				Male	1465	W10	L9	L8	L15	L16	1
20	Forsythe, Samuel L				Male	1415	L9	L10	L15	L21	B-	1
21	Green, William J				Male	1300	U-	U-	U-	W20	U-	1

Open & Collegiate - U1400

Players

#	Name	Grade	School	Club	Gender	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Canfield, Michael				Male	1354	W21	W6	W16	W3	W4	5	$200
2	Sahay, Sourav				Male	1364	W33	L15	W30	W20	W5	4	$150
3	Bancos, Claudiu D				Male	Unr	W20	W26	W10	L1	D7	3½	$60
4	Neiderhiser, Alex				Male	1147	D25	W27	W12	W8	L1	3½	$42
5	Falk, Zachary				Male	948	W24	D17	W18	W15	L2	3½	$42
6	Firlik, David P				Male	987	W22	L1	D23	W18	W15	3½	$42
7	Kelly, Ben	C	SHIPU	SHP	Male	1287	W29	L16	W13	W11	D3	3½	1st Place Collegiate
8	Ayyappasamy, Hariharasudhan				Male	1357	W11	W30	D15	L4	W16	3½
9	Bramble, Ryan				Male	1197	L16	W31	D17	W25	W19	3½	$42
10	Neilson, Russell				Male	1298	W28	W13	L3	D19	D12	3
11	Mc Vay, Griffin				Male	1077	L8	W14	X24	L7	W20	3
12	Cavallo, JohnPaul	C	JCCU	BRK	Male	Unr	D18	W23	L4	W17	D10	3	2nd Place Collegiate
13	Sliker, Alexander J			BKH	Male	1045	W14	L10	L7	W22	W23	3
14	Zeiset, Brendan L				Male	1332	L13	L11	W31	W29	W21	3
15	Aravindakumar, Dakshinbarath				Male	1162	W19	W2	D8	L5	L6	2½
16	Dupler, Aiden				Male	Unr	W9	W7	L1	H-	L8	2½
17	Sackey, Israel I				Male	1300	D27	D5	D9	L12	W25	2½
18	Park, Ethan Y				Male	1162	D12	W25	L5	L6	W27	2½
19	Mc Vay, Kevin				Male	Unr	L15	W33	W26	D10	L9	2½
20	Elias, Bradley J			BKH	Male	1201	L3	W32	W22	L2	L11	2
21	Wertz, Mark	C	SHIPU	SHP	Male	1048	L1	L22	W28	W26	L14	2
22	Natarajan, Mohankumar				Male	1321	L6	W21	L20	L13	W29	2
23	Gamble, James S Sr				Male	1198	H-	L12	D6	W32	L13	2
24	Green, William J				Male	1300	L5	W28	F11	U-	W32	2
25	Govindu, Suresh R				Male	Unr	D4	L18	W27	L9	L17	1½
26	Weaver, Andrew P				Male	1241	W32	L3	L19	L21	D28	1½
27	Pugh, Nicholas M			BKH	Male	971	D17	L4	L25	W33	L18	1½
28	Sperazza, Joseph J				Male	922	L10	L24	L21	W31	D26	1½
29	Michael, Ann Marie L				Male	316	L7	B-	H-	L14	L22	1½
30	Mahmood, Samar S				Male	1219	W31	L8	L2	H-	U-	1½
31	McAllister, Liam F	C	SHIPU	SHP	Male	341	L30	L9	L14	L28	X33	1
32	Browning, Vladimeer M	C	SHIPU		Male	573	L26	L20	W33	L23	L24	1
33	Gentry, Melvin L				Male	1094	L2	L19	L32	L27	F31	0

School Teams

Score	School Code	School Name	Prize
9½	SHIPU	Shippensburg University	1st Place
3½	NCCU	Northampton Community College	2nd Place

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Last Revised: March 10, 2026
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