Tournament Results

2026 West Orange Chess Club Winter Rapids

Participants (With Ratings)

Advanced Section

  1. Mark Kernighan – 2055
  2. Lev Zilbermintz – 1900
  3. William Culbertson – 1727
  4. Alberto Martinez – 1700
  5. Jaron Bernard – 1613
  6. Adam Darack – 1604

Intermediate Section

  1. Dharsha Rupasinghe – 1246
  2. Lily Xing – 1240
  3. Michael Kot – 1233
  4. Ryan Martin – 1223
  5. Zander Venutolo – 1169
  6. Udeg Ahuja – 1161
  7. Patrick Conti – 1117
  8. Pranshu Khandelwal – 1034
  9. Ezra Yarmush – 1007
  10. Tanishka Shah – 971
  11. Himansh Rathod – 963
  12. Lucas Chi – 907

Beginner Section

  1. Arya Gupta – 792
  2. Robert Wachtel – 750
  3. Daniel Ogden – 722
  4. Aarav Sharma – 693
  5. Caden Reinman – 683
  6. Naitik Patel – 550
  7. Reya Gupta – 547
  8. Nikhil Gupta – 536
  9. Hitarth Mistry – 257
  10. Nati Tropper – unrated

Round One Results

Advanced Section

Martinez 0-1 Kernighan
Zilbermintz 1/2-1/2 Bernard
Darack 1-0 Culbertson

Intermediate Section

Conti 0-1 Rupasinghe
Xing 1-0 Khandelwal
Yarmush 1-0 Kot
Martin 0-1 Shah
Rathod 1-0 Venutolo
Ahuja 1-0 Chi

Beginner Section

Patel 1-0 A. Gupta
Wachtel 0-1 R. Gupta
N. Gupta 0-1 Ogden
Sharma 1-0 Mistry
Tropper 0-1 Reinman

Round Two Results

Advanced Section

Kernighan 0-1 Darack
Culbertson 1-0 Zilbermintz
Bernard 1-0 Martinez

Intermediate Section

Rupasinghe 1-0 Yarmush
Shah 0-1 Xing
Rathod 0-1 Ahuja
Kot 0-1 Conti
Khandelwal 0-1 Martin
Venutolo 1-0 Chi

Beginner Section

Ogden 1-0 Patel
R. Gupta 0-1 Sharma
Reinman 1-0 Wachtel
A. Gupta 1-0 Tropper
Mistry 0-1 N. Gupta

Round Three Results

Advanced Section

Culbertson 1-0 Bernard
Zilbermintz 0F-1F Kernighan

1 point bye – Martinez

1/2 point bye – Darack

Intermediate Section

Xing 0-1 Rupasinghe
Ahuja 0-1 Venutolo
Martin 1-0 Rathod
Conti 0-1 Shah
Yarmush 1/2-1/2 Khandelwal

1/2 point bye – Chi

0 point bye – Kot

Beginner Section

Sharma 1/2-1/2 Ogden
A. Gupta 1-0 Reinman
Patel 1-0 R. Gupta
N. Gupta 1-0 Wachtel
Tropper 1-0 Mistry

Round Four Results

Advanced Section

Bernard 0-1 Kernighan
Martinez 0-1 Culbertson

1 point bye – Zilbermintz

1/2 point bye – Darack

Intermediate Section

Rupasinghe 0-1 Martin
Venutolo 0-1 Xing
Shah 0-1 Ahuja
Conti 0-1 Yarmush
Khandelwal 1-0 Rathod

1 point bye – Kot

1/2 point bye – Chi

Beginner Section

Ogden 1-0 A. Gupta
Reinman 1-0 Sharma
N. Gupta 0-1 Patel
R. Gupta 0-1 Tropper
Wachtel 1-0 Mistry

Final Standings (with colors)

Advanced Section

Kernighan – 3 BWB
Culbertson – 3 BWWB
Darack – 3 WB
Zilbermintz – 1 1/2 WB
Bernard – 1 1/2 BWBW
Martinez – 1 WBW

Intermediate Section

Rupasinghe – 3 BWBW
Xing – 3 WBWB
Martin – 3 WBWB
Ahuja – 3 WBWB
Yarmush – 2 1/2 WBWB
Venutolo – 2 BWBW
Shah – 2 BWBW
Khandelwal – 1 1/2 BWBW
Kot – 1 BW
Conti – 1 WBWW
Rathod – 1 WWBB
Chi – 1 BB

Beginner Section

Ogden – 3 1/2 BWBW
Reinman – 3 BWBW
Patel – 3 WBWB
Sharma – 2 1/2 WBWB
A. Gupta – 2 BWWB
N. Gupta – 2 WBWW
Tropper – 2 WBWB
Wachtel – 1 WBBW
R. Gupta – 1 BWBW
Mistry – 0 BWBB

Official United States Chess Federation Tournament Report: https://ratings.uschess.org/event/202601270093?section=0