Top Players List
Last Updated: January 2nd, 2010 by Daniel Rensch
The American Chess Events, LLC Top Player’s List is designed to acknowledge the “Top Players” throughout the state of Arizona whom consistently participate in ACE Chess Tournaments. Other than the ACE Staff, we do not recognize adult players here. For a full list of Arizona’s highest rated active players, click here. A Player must have competed in at least 3 or more events during the 2009-2010 Grand Prix Cup Season in order to be eligible for our list. Thank you. (January 2010 USCF Ratings)
| ACE Staff |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
IM Dionisio Aldama |
2519 |
N/A |
| 2 |
IM Daniel Rensch |
2448 |
American Chess Events LLC |
| 3 |
FM Pedram Atoufi |
2333 |
Unity Chess Club |
| 4 |
NM Leo Martinez |
2261 |
University of Arizona |
| 5 |
NM Joel Johnson |
2249 |
Valley Chess |
| 6 |
Jeffrey Mulcahey |
1868 |
ASU |
| 7 |
Fitch (Tiger) Rensch |
1809 |
American Chess Events LLC |
| College |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Jeff Green |
1794 |
ASU |
| 2 |
Stephen Sprague |
1495 |
ASU |
| 3 |
Joe Blidy |
1370 |
ASU |
| High School |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Kevin Zhang |
2199 |
Catalina Foothills |
| 2 |
Eric Qi |
2097 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 3 |
Jon Dussik |
2087 |
Barry Goldwater |
| 4 |
Randel Eng |
2079 |
Pinnacle |
| 5 |
Joshua Zhu |
2071 |
Chandler Prep |
| 6 |
John Williams |
2071 |
Mountain Pointe |
| 7 |
John Gurczak |
2059 |
Notre Dame High |
| 8 |
Daniel Bryant |
1919 |
Verrado |
| 9 |
Chris Dussik |
1902 |
Barry Goldwater |
| 10 |
Vincent Nguyen |
1827 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 11 |
Richard Cowan |
1800 |
Barry Goldwater |
| 12 |
Noah Raskin |
1741 |
Horizon |
| 13 |
Trevor Whitaker |
1669 |
Corona del Sol |
| 14 |
David Godfrey |
1647 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 15 |
Michael Prem |
1629 |
Pinnacle |
| 16 |
Jeffrey Poppell |
1576 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 17 |
Daniel Harmonick |
1529 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 18 |
Philip Godfrey |
1516 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 19 |
Prescott Ogden |
1380 |
McClintock |
| Junior High |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
David Adelberg |
2216 |
Zuni |
| 2 |
Bryan Hu |
2069 |
Orange Grove |
| 3 |
Dipro Chakraborty |
2012 |
Desert Shadows |
| 4 |
Peter Fenger |
1874 |
Home School |
| 5 |
Daniel Pecherski |
1867 |
Abraham Lincoln Trad. |
| 6 |
Kinsleigh Wong |
1824 |
Orange Grove |
| 7 |
Soren Aletheia-Zomlefer |
1682 |
Horizon Community LC |
| 8 |
Shunta Hashimoto |
1678 |
Rancho Solano Greenway |
| 9 |
Derek Chen |
1615 |
Orange Grove |
| 10 |
Neil Talanki |
1607 |
Estrella |
| 11 |
Luc LaLonde |
1579 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 12 |
Jarod Coulter |
1540 |
Sanborn |
| 13 |
Joseph Hoffman |
1500 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 14 |
Vedant Lahoti |
1500 |
Basis |
| 15 |
Nick Desmarais |
1440 |
Cheyene |
| 16 |
Matthew Worley |
1416 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 17 |
Adam Nehmeh |
1371 |
Montessori |
| 18 |
A.J. Anthony |
1262 |
Chevalier Noir |
| K-6 |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Alec Andersen |
1765 |
Copper Creek |
| 2 |
Kendrick Nguyen |
1611 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 3 |
Tony Yim |
1598 |
Basis |
| 4 |
Thomas Mathine |
1523 |
Greenfield Country Day |
| 5 |
Jonathan Booher |
1518 |
Summit |
| 6 |
Cortez Schenck |
1424 |
World Champion Chess Acadmey |
| 7 |
Michael Sauer |
1401 |
New Vistas |
| 8 |
Rachael Eng |
1375 |
Desert Trails |
| 9 |
Joshua Burchard |
1209 |
N/A |
| 10 |
Thayer Aletheia-Zomlefer |
1158 |
Horizon Community LC |
| 11 |
Austen Fletcher |
1102 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 12 |
Kevin Poppell |
1076 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 13 |
Kalyan Chaliki |
1005 |
Zuni |
| 14 |
Nandna Lahoti |
942 |
Basis |
| 15 |
Paul Nehmeh |
867 |
Montessori |
| 16 |
Dustin Freeman |
831 |
Heritage |
| K-3 |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Richard Qi |
1427 |
Copper Canyon Elementary |
| 2 |
Daniel Shevelev |
1306 |
N/A |
| 3 |
Zac Smith |
1169 |
Eduprize |
| 4 |
Stanley Wang |
982 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 5 |
Nathaniel Schmidt |
968 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
4 Comments »
November 30th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Is there going to be another Copper STate INternational and when?
Thanks, Fedor
December 1st, 2009 at 9:29 am
Fedor,
Yes, the details have been posted. Who are you asking for? You must act quickly, as I am almost out of spots. Here is the link:
CSI 2010 Tournament.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Hi Danny ~ I think your Top Player lists in the K-6 and Junior High section are a bit mixed up. David, Daniel, Luc, Jarod, Vedant and Nick are all in Jr. High – Alec, Tony and Jonathan are all still in grade school. Just thought you may want to know . . .
January 4th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Steve,
Yes, we definitely want to know those things. Every one of those changes will be made right now.
ACE Chess