2013 Invitational Championship - Main Page
This is the main information page for the 2013 U.S. Invitational Championships, which is being played on Chess.com from June 14 through June 17, 2013. The tournament is a 4 section round-robin (everyone plays everyone else once) with 8 players in each section -- 32 total players. It is USCF-rated, and a national championship! The participants were invited based on their positions on the USCF top-100 lists of February 2013.
Each round will be broadcast live on ChessKid TV, so make sure to tune in!
This page includes:
Schedule ............ starting times of each round / ChessKid TV broadcast
Rounds ..............all games can be found here, as well as the pairings
Standings ............updated after each round.
Video Recordings ...all live broadcasts will be viewable here after the fact.
All round times given in EST (Easten Standard Time, GMT -5)
Friday, June 14........6pm [Round 1]
Saturday, June 15.....11am [Round 2], 5pm [Round 3]
Sunday, June 16.......11am [Round 4], 5pm [Round 5]
Monday, June 17.......11am [Round 6], 5pm [Round 7]
Click the links below for each round to see all the games played that round, and the Pairings going into each round.
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7
Click Here for the Crosstables
Under 8 Section - Final Standings
| Name | State | Rating | Pts |
| Daggupati, Balaji | CA | 1549 | 6 |
| Chor, Kevin | AZ | 1822 | 5 |
| Vaidya, Atreya | TX | 1684 | 4 |
| Ni, Maggie | TX | 1738 | 3½ |
| Rishith, Susarla | CA | 1739 | 3½ |
| Wu, Logan | TN | 1749 | 2½ |
| Zhu, Harvey | TX | 1668 | 2½ |
| Hawthorn, Henry | TX | 1630 | 1 |
Under 10 Section - Final Standings
| Name | State | Rating | Pts |
| Yip, Carissa | MA | 1908 | 5 |
| Stearman, Josiah | CA | 1927 | 4½ |
| Ge, Anthony | CA | 1869 | 4½ |
| Paul, Justin | VA | 1893 | 4 |
| Krishnan, Ajay | CA | 1853 | 3½ |
| Gu, Brian | TX | 1928 | 2½ |
| Hawthorn, Charles | TX | 1795 | 2 |
| Perkins, Joaquin | CA | 1770 | 2 |
Under 12 Section - Final Standings
| Name | State | Rating | Pts |
| Checa, Nicolas | NY | 2241 | 5½ |
| Vasudeva, Tanuj | CA | 2117 | 5 |
| Liu, Bovey | TX | 2181 | 4 |
| Zheng, Andrew | MD | 2171 | 3½ |
| Lu, Albert | CA | 2151 | 3 |
| Szabo, Marcell | WA | 2058 | 3 |
| Naguleswaran, Annorjan | OH | 2063 | 2 |
| Xie, Luke | OH | 2076 | 2 |
Girls Under 13 Section - Final Standings
| Name | State | Rating | Pts |
| Eswaran, Ashritha | CA | 2121 | 6 |
| Wang, Annie | CA | 2070 | 5 |
| Ulrich, Rachel | WI | 2010 | 4 |
| Feng, Maggie | OH | 2020 | 3 |
| Yu, Jennifer | VA | 1934 | 3 |
| Arab, Kiana | AZ | 1956 | 2½ |
| Devagharan, Devina | TX | 1880 | 2½ |
| Nguyen, Emily | TX | 1904 | 2 |
Video coverage will be done for each round, and can be found below.
Round 1 - June 14, 2013
Round 2 - June 15, 2013
Round 3 - June 15, 2013
Round 4 - June 16, 2013
Round 5 - June 16, 2013
Round 6 - June 17, 2013
Round 7 - June 17, 2013