2023 New Mexico State Championship
Format
The event will be a 5-round closed round robin event. All players will play each other once and the player with the highest score at the end of the event will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the players with the highest score will play a tie-breaking round for the title. Only one player may be declared the winner.
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Round Schedule
December 1st -
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Round 1 - 1pm
December 2nd -​
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Round 2 - 10am
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Round 3 - 3pm
December 3rd -​
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Round 4 - 10am
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Round 5 - 3pm
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Tie breaks (if necessary) after round 5​
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Awards
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The Field
The following players received invites to participate based on their performance at our events throughout the year:
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Abhishek Mallela (2077) (winner of Albuquerque/Rio Rancho Open)
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Corbin Gustafson (2257) (winner of New Mexico Class Championship - Expert/Master section)
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Ben Coraretti (2212) (winner of New Mexico Open)
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Valerie Barker (2004) (2nd place - New Mexico Open)
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Harshin Jagirapu (2072) (2nd place - New Mexico Open)
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Brad Langer (1885) (2nd place - New Mexico Open)