2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship

The 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship was a 16-player event consisting of two eight-player round robins followed by a two-game “Championship Match” between the winners of each. 

Players were ordered by rating (March USCF rating supplement) and seeded into the round robins as follows:

ROUND ROBIN 1
No. Title Last Name First Name March Rating
1 IM Holt Conrad 2580
2 IM Yang Darwin 2523
3 FM Shen Victor 2510
4 FM Getz Alec 2412
5 NM Fisher Will 2405
6 FM Xiong Jeffrey 2369
7 NM Shetty Atulya 2323
8 NM  Michaelides Matthew 2179



Average 2412.6





ROUND ROBIN 2
No. Title Last Name First Name March Rating
1 IM Arnold Marc 2560
2 IM Naroditsky Daniel 2548
3 NM Perez Robert 2483
4 FM Rosen Eric 2425
5 NM Sturt Raven 2401
6 FM Troff Kayden 2392
7 NM Williams Justus 2314
8 NM Cao Kevin 2233



Average 2419.5

 

ITiebreaks to determine which player would advance to the Championship Match were as follows: 1. Direct Encounter, 2. Most Blacks, 3. Koya System, 4. Sonneborn-Berger, 5. Won Games

 

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