2017 SPFGI Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/evO2vwT2IbfW8GHb2
SPFGI Champion: WFM Nastassja Matus (Approximately $110,000 in scholarship and cash prizes)
SPFGI Runner Ups: WCM Thalia Cervantes (Approximately $104,000 scholarship as past champion + $834), WFM Anahi Ortiz (Approximately $56,000 scholarship + $834), Julia Sevilla (Approximately $48,000 scholarship + $834)
Bughouse Champions: WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet (CAN) – Saey Kamtekar (UT)
Puzzle Solving Champion: WFM Anahi Ortiz (Ecuador) 20/20 in 9’27”
Blitz Champion: WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet (Canada)
Best written essay about the SPFGI experience = Charity Farell (OK) – $100 gift certificate
Best dressed player = Carolina Hau Loo (Panama) – $100 gift certificate
Ms. Congeniality: Charity Farell (OK) – Special jewelry
Brilliancy prize: Linda Shi (Canada) won against Miyasaka – Special prize
Top under 13 = Iris Zhou – $500
Top under 10 = Stephanie Velea & Kelsey Liu – $250 each
Upset prizes: Biggest upset prize (each round) = $50 each winner x 6 rounds
Round 1: Sophia Yu (1270) vs 1907 Draw -318
Round 2: Marianna Castellanos Miguel (559) vs. 1305 -559
Round 3: Peishanika Arnold (1588) vs 1901 -313
Round 4: Rebecca Griffin (982) vs 1305 -323
Round 5: Rebecca Griffin (982) vs 1686 -704
Round 6: Olivia Hop Cooper (1054) vs 1333 -139
2017 SPFGI Qualifiers:
1 FM QIYU ZHO, Quebec, Canada, 2337
2 WIM MAILI-JADE OUELLET, Quebec, Canada, 2316
3 WIM DANITZA VAZQUEZ MACCARINI, Puerto Rico, 2253
4 WIM THANH THUY NGUYEN, Vietnam/Arizona, 2193
5 WCM THALIA CERVANTES, Missouri, 2188
6 WFM ANAHI ORTIZ VERDEZOTO, Ecuador, 2094
7 WIM NASTASSJA MATUS, Minnesota, 2088
8 VERONIKA ZILAJEVA, Latvia/Oklahoma, 2070
9 CINDY ZHANG, California, 2059
10 JULIA SEVILLA, California,2047
11 WFM SVILTLANA DEMCHENKO, Ontario, Canada, 2016
12 ANGELICA CHIN, New Jersey, 1958
13 WFM SASHA KONOVALENKO, Michigan, 1956
14 ELLEN WANG, New York, 1939
15 SHEENA ZENG, Kansas, 1936
16 LING YUN SHI, Quebec, Canada, 1927
17 WFM RACHEL MILLER, Jamaica, 1907
18 IRIS YI-XIAN ZHOU, Missouri, 1904
19 WFM MELANIE SALAZAR, Costa Rica, 1901
20 WCM MINDA CHEN, Washington, 1864
21 YASSAMIN EHSANI, New York, 1823
22 KIANA HAJIARBABI, Iran/Kansa, 1815
23 GLORIA FRIEDMAN, Minnesota, 1799
24 ANDREA CECI BOTEZ, Canada/Oregon 1796
25 ANNE-MARIE VELEA, Washington, 1774
26 INGRID GUO, Georgia, 1765
27 AMBICA YELLAMRAJU, Texas, 1762
28 SARVAG VELIDANDLA, Alabama 1745
29 APARNA YELLAMRAJU, Texas, 1728
30 WCM ADANI CLARKE, Jamaica, 1719
31 JULIA KA MIYASAKA, New York, 1706
32 ARIA HOESLEY, Illinois, 1690
33 WCM STEPHANIE VELEA, Washington, 1689
34 KELSEY LIU, Massachusetts, 1686
35 VERONIKA VANCSA, Hungary/Kansa, 1660
36 WCM SOPHIE VELEA, Washington, 1642
37 SYDNEY KONG, Tennessee, 1637
38 VICTORIA BAKER, Ohio, 1597
39 PEISHANIKA ARNOLD, Indiana, 1588
40 WCM ASHLEY PANG, California, 1586
41 WCM CAROLINA HAU, Panama, 1566
42 NIGINA ARIPOVA, Missouri, 1521
43 RACHEL ZIHAN WANG, Quebec, Canada, 1422
44 CASSANDRA M ROSHU, Oregon, 1375
45 LUCY CHAO, Alberta, Canada, 1356
46 TIARRA BENJAMIN, Pennsylvania, 1351
47 CHRISTIN SCHEIBLE, Virginia, 1333
48 SHANNON ROBERTSON, Kentucky, 1317
49 HRIS ROYCHOUDHURY, North Carolina, 1305
50 SANMATI THANGAVEL, Iowa, 1271
51 SOPHIA YU, British Columbia, Canada, 1270
52 CHARITY FARELL, Oklahoma, 1252
53 EMMA MILNER, California, 1250
54 CRYSTAL JIUZHO GU, California, 1240
55 DYLAN PORTH, Idaho, 1203
56 CELINA ZHOU, Missouri, 1183
57 ANJALI MIRMIRA, Indiana, 1178
58 VICTORIJA ZILAJEVA, Oklahoma, 1131
59 OLIVIA HOP COOPER, Oregon, 1054
60 KATHERIN EISENMAN, Missouri, 1043
61 LINDSEY FERRELL, Mississippi, 1025
62 REBEKAH GRIFFIN, Mississippi, 982
63 SAEY KAMTEKAR, Utah, 982
64 JORDAN ALYS PEMBO, Louisiana, 857
65 ANGEL LARSON, South Dakota, 755
66 MARIANA CASTELLANOS MIGUEL, Mexico, 746
67 ABIGAIL SORGARD, Saskatchewan, 699
68 LEFAN XUAN, South Carolina, 617
69 SYMPHONY RICHARDS, Arkansas, 542
2017 SPFGI Puzzle Solving Champion (all who scored perfect 20/20):
Ortiz, Anahi 20 9:27 / Ecuador 2096 2002 (winner of tiebreaks)
Sevilla, Julia 20 9:42 / S-CA 2047 1651
Cervantes, Thalia 20 9:47 / MO 2188 2032
Matus, Nastassja 20 9:51 / MN 2088 1865
Vazquez, Danitza 20 10:00 / Puerto Rico 2132 2203
Zhou, Iris 20 10:57 / MO 1904 1570
Nguyen, Tien 20 11:02 / AZ/VIE 2193 2034
Konovalenko, Sasha 20 11:19 / MI 1956 1882
Shi, Ling Yun 20 12:50 / QB – CAN 1839 1836
Hoesley, Aria 20 16:11 / IL 1690 1543
Friedman, Gloria 20 17:53 / MN 1819 1704
Demchenko, Svitlana 20 17:55 / ON-CAN UNR 1966
Yellamraju, Ambica 20 29:58 / TX 1762 1478
2017 SPFGI Bughouse Champions:
WIM Ouellet (CAN) – Kamtekar (UT)
2017 SPFGI Blitz Champion:
WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet