Forest Chess Challenge Results 2025

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**Prizes were only awarded for first and second place.

***Per USCF rules, in case of ties, cash prizes are split.

Quick Open - 5 rounds, Swiss; g/15

James Dove won first place and the $116 prize. 

William Skipper and Caleb Hinton tied for second place and split $62 prize.  

Quick U1000 - 5 rounds, Swiss; g/15

Hetansh Reddy Maraska won first place and the $62 prize. 

Stephen Higgins won second place and the $34 prize.

Blitz Open - 5 rounds, Swiss; g/5

James Dove, Kevin Harvey, and Caleb Hinton tied for first place and split the $116 prize. 

* By USCF rules, in this case all prize money is added and divided among the tied winners which includes second place.

Blitz U1000 - 5 rounds, Swiss; g/5

Jackson Noel won first place and the $62 prize. 

Aadhyanth Sivaraman won second place and the $34 prize.

The U.S. Chess Federation provides crosstables for rated tournaments  to show complete results.

Quick Open - 5 rounds, Swiss; g/15+3 

James Dove won first place and the $75 prize. 

Patrick Tabor won second place and the $50 prize.  

*Prizes were only awarded to the top two winners.

Johnny Hicks won third place by computer tiebreak. 

Quick U1000 - 5 rounds, Swiss; g/15+3

Neil Witherow won first place and the $75 prize. 

Jess Hinton won second place and the $50 prize.

* Anna Knight won third place following a tiebreak game.

*Prizes were only awarded to the top two winners 

Blitz Open - 6 rounds, Swiss; g/5+3

Yadvinder Singh Ahi first place and the $75 prize. 

Johnny Hicks won second place and the $50 prize. 

*Prizes were only awarded to the top two winners.

James Dove won third place.

Blitz U1000 - 6 rounds, Swiss; g/5+3

Caleb Hinton won first place and the $75 prize. 

Ryan Athiban and Nathan Knight tied for second place and split the $50 prize.

*Prizes were only awarded to the top two winners.

A tiebreaker game could not be held due to the venue becoming unavailable. Another party had reserved the venue. to follow the tournament.  

Tiebreaker process

Only one tiebreaker game was played. Jess Hinton and Anna Knight played a sudden death g/5+0 game to settle second place in Quick U1000.

The U.S. Chess Federation provides crosstables for rated tournaments  to show complete results.

The U.S. Chess Federation provides crosstables for rated tournaments  to show complete results.

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