♗  "In the endgame I'll be one piece up or down, so there is no need to study the endgame!" -Mikhail Tal  ♗

♕ 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