On February 13th we held the first USTA Blitz Tournament of 2021. Since this event was a success we will be running blitz tournaments every other month for the rest of 2021, so keep an eye out on Discord or Reddit for when we announce the April tournament!
The tournament was won by NohatCoder and PlutoTheBrave in a tie. They split both the first and second place prizes, for $25 each. This is the first tournament victory for PlutoTheBrave, so special congratulations are in order. The full results, with links to games, are given in the table below.
| Name | Pts | R.1 | R.2 | R.3 | R.4 | R.5 | R.6 | R.7 | R.8 | R.9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NohatCoder | 8 | +B12 | +W5 | +B2 | +W6 | ‑B3 | +W4 | +B11 | +W9 | +W10 |
| 2 | PlutoTheBrave | 8 | +W13 | +B4 | ‑W1 | +B7 | +B5 | +W6 | +B3 | +W14 | +B9 |
| 3 | applemonkeyman | 6 | +W9 | ‑B7 | +W11 | ‑B4 | +W1 | +B8 | ‑W2 | +B5 | +W6 |
| 4 | Ally | 6 | +B10 | ‑W2 | ‑B5 | +W3 | +B8 | ‑B1 | +W13 | +B6 | +W11 |
| 5 | Simmon | 5 | +W11 | ‑B1 | +W4 | +B9 | ‑W2 | +B7 | ‑W6 | ‑W3 | +B13 |
| 6 | ManaT | 5 | +B14 | +W12 | +W7 | ‑B1 | +W9 | ‑B2 | +B5 | ‑W4 | ‑B3 |
| 7 | Morten | 5 | +B8 | +W3 | ‑B6 | ‑W2 | +B12 | ‑W5 | ‑B10 | +W13 | +B14 |
| 8 | EVRNjayhawker | 5 | ‑W7 | ‑B9 | +W13 | +B10 | ‑W4 | ‑W3 | +B14 | +W11 | +B12 |
| 9 | nitzel | 4 | ‑B3 | +W8 | +B10 | ‑W5 | ‑B6 | +W14 | +B12 | ‑B1 | ‑W2 |
| 10 | Reimen | 3½ | ‑W4 | =B13 | ‑W9 | ‑W8 | +B14 | ‑B11 | +W7 | +W12 | ‑B1 |
| 11 | Ineria | 3 | ‑B5 | +W14 | ‑B3 | ‑W12 | +B13 | +W10 | ‑W1 | ‑B8 | ‑B4 |
| 12 | Reid | 3 | ‑W1 | ‑B6 | +W14 | +B11 | ‑W7 | +B13 | ‑W9 | ‑B10 | ‑W8 |
| 13 | pwhaug | 1½ | ‑B2 | =W10 | ‑B8 | +B14 | ‑W11 | ‑W12 | ‑B4 | ‑B7 | ‑W5 |
| 14 | T0afer | 0 | ‑W6 | ‑B11 | ‑B12 | ‑W13 | ‑W10 | ‑B9 | ‑W8 | ‑B2 | ‑W7 |
Simmon did live commentary for his games, as well as some bits of other games when he wasn’t playing. This can be viewed here, and his YouTube channel contains commentary on many other tournament games.