Joaquin K Perkins

Game and tournament history | Rating history/progression | Record vs other members

USCF Rating: 2076

Highest USCF Rating: 2076 (on 7/18/2016)
Lowest USCF Rating: 1140 (on 8/10/2009)

Active at Arcadia Chess Club?: No
USCF ID: 13732183

View Joaquin K Perkins at the USCF website

Bio

Hi. My name is Joaquin and I am 18 years old. My peak USCF rating is 2200 (NM) and my peak US Chess age-ranking is #1 (Age 6 on February 2011 Top 100 list).

I have won nine (9) individual national scholastic championships:
clear 1st at the Kindergarten section at the 2009 K-12 Nationals (7.0/7, Dallas TX);
clear 1st in the Grade 1 section at the 2010 K-12 Nationals (6.5/7, Orlando FL -- I was the only player to repeat as champion there);
clear 1st in the K-3 section at the 2011 National Youth Action West (8.0/9 @ Irvine CA);
clear 1st in the 8 & Under section at the 2012 National Junior Congress,
repeating there in 2013 (5.0/5 both times @ Burlingame/San Francisco CA);
tied for 1st in the Under 8 section of the 2012 ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship (5.0/7 @ Chess.com);
clear 1st in the 4th Grade section at the 2013 K-12 Grade Nationals (6.5/7 @ Orlando FL);
clear 1st in the 10 & Under section of the 2015 ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship (4.0/5 @ Chess.com);
tied for 1st in the 16 & Under section of the 2019 National Junior Congress (3.5/5 @ Cypress, CA).

In April 2012, I became the 7th youngest player to beat a USCF master in a regular rated game (4/13/2012).

In international competition, I won clear 1st and the gold medal in the Under 8 section of the North American Youth Championships (6.5/7, Mexico City) in June 2012, which got me the FIDE Candidate Master title. In November 2012, I came back from 103rd place after 5 rounds to win my last 6 games and tie for 4th at the 2012 World Youth Championships (8.0/11, 10th on tiebreaks, Maribor Slovenia). In my last game there, I won against India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, who later became the second-youngest GM of all time.

I qualified for the World Youth Chess Championships in 2011 (U8), 2012 (U8), 2014 (U10), and 2015 (U12). I also made the Trophies Plus All-American teams for 2014 and 2015.

I plan to attend MIT in the fall of 2022.

Tournament & Game Data

Tournaments Entered: 5
Games Played: 23 (8 wins / 9 losses / 6 draws)
Win Percentage: 47.8%
Most Recent Tournament: Fred Brock Open - Fred Brock Open (7/18/2016)

Top 5 Tournaments

4/6 (=4th) at Fred Brock Open - Fred Brock Open on 7/18/2016

3.5/6 (=6th) at Summer Challenge - Sc on 8/16/2015

2.5/6 (=21st) at Summer Challenge - Open on 8/18/2014

3/6 (=23rd) at Arcadia Bill Smith Memorial on 8/13/2012

1/6 (=49th) at Arcadia Oak Tree on 8/10/2009

Best Wins & Draws, Worst Losses

Best Win (By Highest Rating)¹: vs David A Bassett (2346) on 7/27/2015 at the Summer Challenge - Sc tournament

Best Win (By Rating Difference)²: Rated 2032 vs David A Bassett (2346) on 7/27/2015 at the Summer Challenge - Sc tournament

Best Draw (By Highest Rating)¹: vs Matthew J Hayes (2100) on 8/17/2015 at the Summer Challenge - Sc tournament

Best Draw (By Rating Difference)²: Rated 2032 vs Matthew J Hayes (2100) on 8/17/2015 at the Summer Challenge - Sc tournament

Worst Loss (By Lowest Rating)¹: vs James Fraser Marshall (963) on 8/17/2009 at the Arcadia Oak Tree tournament

Worst Loss (By Rating Difference)²: Rated 1184 vs James Fraser Marshall (963) on 8/17/2009 at the Arcadia Oak Tree tournament

¹ Does not include results where opponent had a provisional rating
² Does not include results where either player had a provisional rating

Selected Games

Perkins, J. (usa) 1-0 Rodriguez-Marquez, L. (mex)

Covera Choi, K. (mex) 1/2-1/2 Perkins, J. (usa)

Studemann, M. (mex) 0-1 Perkins, J. (usa)

Karman, Allan 1/2-1/2 Perkins, Joaquin

Perkins, Joaquin K. 1/2-1/2 Nagarajan, Prakash

Perkins, Joaquin 1-0 Lytton, Alva

Dennis 0-1 Perkins, Joaquin

Perkins, Joaquin 1-0 Dennis

Nn (unrated) 0-1 Perkins, Joaquin

Perkins, Joaquin K. 1-0 Bassett, David

Perkins, Joaquin K (usa) 1-0 Praggnanandhaa, R. (ind)

USCF ratings are based on the member's post tournament rating(s) in their tournaments at Arcadia Chess Club. They may not reflect tournaments played outside of Arcadia Chess Club.