Top Players List
Last Updated: March 30th, 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. For a full list of Arizona’s highest rated active players, click here. A Player must have competed in at least 4 or more events during the 2009-2010 Grand Prix Cup Season in order to be eligible for the ACE Chess Top Player’s List. Thank you for your support. (April 2010 USCF Ratings)
NOTE: Any mistakes regarding age, school, or grade can be reported to Info@AmericanChess.net…
| ACE Staff |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
IM Dionisio Aldama |
2446 |
N/A |
| 2 |
IM Daniel Rensch |
2443 |
American Chess Events LLC |
| 3 |
FM Pedram Atoufi |
2305 |
Unity Chess Club |
| 4 |
NM Leo Martinez |
2256 |
University of Arizona |
| 5 |
Jeffrey Mulcahey |
1868 |
ASU |
| 6 |
Fitch (Tiger) Rensch |
1809 |
American Chess Events LLC |
| College |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Benjamin Marmont |
2086 |
U of A |
| 2 |
Amanda Mateer |
2014 |
U of A |
| 3 |
Jeff Green |
1856 |
ASU |
| High School |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Kevin Zhang |
2204 |
Catalina Foothills |
| 2 |
Jon Dussik |
2179 |
Barry Goldwater |
| 3 |
Randel Eng |
2091 |
Pinnacle |
| 4 |
John Williams |
2085 |
Mountain Pointe |
| 5 |
Joshua Zhu |
2066 |
Chandler Prep |
| 6 |
Eric Qi |
2054 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 7 |
John Gurczak |
2052 |
Notre Dame High |
| 8 |
Daniel Bryant |
1982 |
Verrado |
| 9 |
Noah Raskin |
1843 |
Horizon |
| 10 |
Justin Arnold |
1823 |
Catalina Foothills |
| 11 |
Michael Prem |
1684 |
Pinnacle |
| 12 |
Ryan Harmonick |
1644 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 13 |
David Godfrey |
1612 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 14 |
Jeffrey Poppell |
1584 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 15 |
Daniel Harmonick |
1531 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 16 |
Philip Godfrey |
1466 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 17 |
Casper Mulholland-London |
1375 |
Catalina Foothills |
| Junior High |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
David Adelberg |
2244 |
Zuni |
| 2 |
Bryan Hu |
2168 |
Orange Grove |
| 3 |
Dipro Chakraborty |
2091 |
Desert Shadows |
| 4 |
Daniel Pecherski |
1914 |
Abraham Lincoln Trad. |
| 5 |
Peter Fenger |
1912 |
Home School |
| 6 |
Kinsleigh Wong |
1866 |
Orange Grove |
| 7 |
Luc LaLonde |
1721 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 8 |
Soren Aletheia-Zomlefer |
1697 |
Horizon Community LC |
| 9 |
Derek Chen |
1653 |
Orange Grove |
| 10 |
Jarod Coulter |
1651 |
Sanborn |
| 11 |
Neil Talanki |
1627 |
Estrella |
| 12 |
Joseph Hoffman |
1614 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 13 |
Shunta Hashimoto |
1613 |
Rancho Solano Greenway |
| 14 |
Nick Desmarais |
1587 |
Cheyene |
| 15 |
Adam Nehmeh |
1474 |
Montessori |
| 16 |
Vedant Lahoti |
1474 |
Basis |
| 17 |
Aradhyula Sumith |
1426 |
Orange Grove Middle School |
| 18 |
A.J. Anthony |
1244 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 19 |
Seth Harris |
1141 |
Madison Park |
| K-6 |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Tony Yim |
1826 |
Basis |
| 2 |
Jonathan Booher |
1690 |
Summit |
| 3 |
Bohan Li |
1639 |
N/A |
| 4 |
Cortez Schenck |
1575 |
World Champion Chess Acadmey |
| 5 |
Xiexin Wang |
1563 |
N/A |
| 6 |
Rachael Eng |
1483 |
Desert Trails |
| 7 |
Sreekar Bommireddy |
1481 |
N/A |
| 8 |
Michael Sauer |
1413 |
New Vistas |
| 9 |
Martin Kuhnel |
1389 |
Cochise |
| 10 |
Eric Hao |
1328 |
Basis |
| 11 |
Joshua Burchard |
1190 |
N/A |
| 12 |
Thayer Aletheia-Zomlefer |
1174 |
Horizon Community LC |
| 13 |
Kevin Poppell |
1103 |
Chevalier Noir |
| 14 |
Austen Fletcher |
1053 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
| 15 |
Paul Nehmeh |
991 |
Montessori |
| 16 |
Nandna Lahoti |
754 |
Basis |
| K-3 |
|---|
| Rank | Name | Rating | School |
|---|
| 1 |
Richard Qi |
1578 |
Copper Canyon Elementary |
| 2 |
Daniel Shevelev |
1342 |
N/A |
| 3 |
Zac Smith |
1169 |
Eduprize |
| 4 |
Evan Hao |
1041 |
Basis |
| 5 |
Stanley Wang |
835 |
World Champion Chess Academy |
7 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
March 30th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Just curious…you’ve got at least one player who’s only played in one tournament this year (k-6)….I thought the guidelines stated that in order to be on the list you had to play in four tournaments???
March 31st, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Martha,
Who are the players? Some times they slip by us… not a perfect science, we just try to keep it up to date…
Email Info@AmericanChess.net
ACE Chess Staff
April 1st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
No worries..I’ll talk to you Sat…I certainly do not want these kids taken off the list, but curious about others, who have played in the same number of tournaments who might be added to the list…that’s all…..