Southern California Chess Federation State Championship Qualifiers

Below is a list of players who will be invited to the 2019 Candidates Tournament, and of upcoming qualifying tournaments. Each of the events below qualifies two players (highest scoring southern California residents not previously qualified) except that for the following: (1) In the event of a tie, all tied players will qualify; (2) A score of 60 percent is required to qualify; and (3) The SCCF Amateur, SCCF High School, SCCF Senior, and any one-day event will each have one qualifying spot. Round robin events other than the State Championship are not qualifiers. Events must have TLAs and require, or offer discounts for, SCCF membership.

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Events for the 2018-2019 Cycle

2018 Events
Date	Event	Qualifiers
	Memorial Day Classic	Nicky Korba
	Pacific Southwest Open	Robert Shlyakhtenko
	Pacific Coast Open	Cameron Wheeler
	SoCal Open Championship	Gabriel Sam
	San Diego County Championship	Stevan Djordjevic
	SLO County Championship	Chris Roberts
	SCCF State Championship	Anthony Ge
	American Open	Danial Asaria
2019 Events
	Dreaming King Open	Alexander John Costello
	San Diego Open	Annie Wang Alexandre Kretchetov
	State High School Championship	Brandon Xia
	Western Class Championships	Juan A Santacruz
	SCCF Senior/Junior Open	Bruce Baker George Ziegler
	Western Pacific Open	None
	Memorial Day Classic	TBD
N/A	Buy-in Candidates	TBD