2026 West Orange Chess Club Winter Rapids
Participants (With Ratings)
Advanced Section
- Mark Kernighan – 2055
- Lev Zilbermintz – 1900
- William Culbertson – 1727
- Alberto Martinez – 1700
- Jaron Bernard – 1613
- Adam Darack – 1604
Intermediate Section
- Dharsha Rupasinghe – 1246
- Lily Xing – 1240
- Michael Kot – 1233
- Ryan Martin – 1223
- Zander Venutolo – 1169
- Udeg Ahuja – 1161
- Patrick Conti – 1117
- Pranshu Khandelwal – 1034
- Ezra Yarmush – 1007
- Tanishka Shah – 971
- Himansh Rathod – 963
- Lucas Chi – 907
Beginner Section
- Arya Gupta – 792
- Robert Wachtel – 750
- Daniel Ogden – 722
- Aarav Sharma – 693
- Caden Reinman – 683
- Naitik Patel – 550
- Reya Gupta – 547
- Nikhil Gupta – 536
- Hitarth Mistry – 257
- 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