♜  "Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed.
It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played by the leading masters during the last 15-20 years." -Jose Raul Capablanca  ♜

♕ 2015 US Junior Girls' Invitational Championship ♕

In the summer of 2014, Alex Relya & Nita Patel organized a national event called the US Junior Girls' Invitational Closed Championship. This year, this same tournament was organized sponsored & directed by Frank Berry in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2014 WCC Champion, Carissa Yip competed in both of these events.

This year's event will be a qualifier for the World U-20 Girls' Championship as well as for the 2016 U.S. Women's Championship, plus $10,000 guaranteed cash prizes of $3000 - 2000 - 1500 - 500 - 500 - 500 - 500 - 500 - 500 - 500.

Coming into this tournament, Ashritha Eswaran had the lowest rating of the ten contestants. By Friday evening, she had won clear first prize with a score of 6.5 out of nine rounds, a full point over her nearest rival, Annie Wang, as reported on Chess-Results.con. 

Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
Rk.	Title	Name			Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1 	TB2    TB3 

1		Eswaran Ashritha	2143	*	1	1	0	0	1/2	1	1	1	1	6.5	27.25	0.0	6

2	WIM	Wang Annie		2264	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1/2	5.5	23.75	0.0	5
3	WCM	Feng Maggie		2209	0	0	*	1	1/2	1	1/2	1	1	0	5.0	21.25	0.0	4
4	WFM	Chiang Sarah		2282	1	0	0	*	1	1/2	1/2	0	1	1/2	4.5	20.50	0.0	3
5	WFM	Bykovtsev Agata		2143	1	0	1/2	0	*	1	0	1	0	1	4.5	20.00	0.0	4
6	WIM	Liao Simone		2203	1/2	0	0	1/2	0	*	1/2	1	1	1	4.5	18.00	0.0	3
7	WCM	Virkud Apurva		2233	0	0	1/2	1/2	1	1/2	*	1	0	1/2	4.0	16.75	0.0	2
8		Yip Carissa		2257	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	*	1	1	4.0	16.50	1.0	4
9	WFM	Yu Jennifer		2285	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	*	1	4.0	16.50	0.0	4
10	WFM	Regam Jessica		2159	0	1/2	1	1/2	0	0	1/2	0	0	*	2.5	12.00	0.0	1

Annotation:
Tie Break1: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break variable
Tie Break2: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point group)
Tie Break3: The greater number of victories

♕ 2015 US Junior Girls' Championship Standings After Round 6 ♕
Name ▼ Jennifer Yu Sarah Chiang Annie Wang Carissa Yip Apurva Virkud Maggie Feng Simone Liao Jessica Regam Agata Bykovtsev Ashritha Eswaran Score ▼
  Jennifer       Yu       2285 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
Sarah Chiang 2282 1 0 1/2 1/2 1 1 4
Annie Wang 2264 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
  Carissa       Yip     2257 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Apurva Virkud 2233 0 0 1 1/2 1 0 2.5
  Maggie       Feng     2209 1 0 1 1/2 0 1/2 3
  Simone     Liao     2203 1 1/2 0 1 1 0 3.5
Jessica Regam 2159 0 1/2 1 0 0 0 1.5
Agata Bykovtsev 2143 0 0 1/2 1 1 1 3.5
Ashritha Eswaran 2143 0 1 1 1 1 0 4