Dabaeva to Represent Iowa in Rockefeller Championship
By Bill Broich, IA, NTD
The Rockefeller qualifier was held in conjunction with the Denker and Rockefeller qualifiers on February 10, 2024, at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines, Iowa. Nadezhda Dabaeva will represent Iowa in the 2024 Tournament of Champions held in conjunction with the U.S. Open in Norfolk, Virginia beginning in late July. She attends Southdale School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and is in fourth grade. Dabaeva earned the honors by defeating Arron Singh in a tense fourth-round win. Congratulations to all who competed.
Nadezhda Davaeva vs Arron Singh in the final round of the 2024 Rockefeller Qualifier. Photo by Bill Broich
ROCKEFELLER QUALIFIER
1 | NADEZHDA DABAEVA |4.0 |W 7|W 8|W 9|W 3|
IA | 31393452 / R: 1131 ->1179 | |B |W |B |W |
| Q: 1041P22->1107 | | | | | |
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2 | KELTON HOLM |3.0 |W 4|W 9|L 3|W 5|
IA | 30017685 / R: 1461 ->1429 | |B |W |B |W |
| Q: 1224 ->1203 | | | | | |
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3 | ARRON SINGH |3.0 |W 6|W 11|W 2|L 1|
IA | 30167452 / R: 1166 ->1183 | |W |B |W |B |
| Q: 1115 ->1123 | | | | | |
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4 | LEVIATHAN FREERKSEN |3.0 |L 2|W 12|W 8|W 9|
IA | 17142757 / R: 565 -> 703 | |W |B |W |B |
| Q: 562 -> 709 | | | | | |
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5 | ADVAITH REDDY SAMA |2.0 |L 8|W 7|W 6|L 2|
IA | 31320329 / R: 626P19-> 616P23 | |B |W |B |B |
| Q: 848 -> 806 | | | | | |
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6 | BENJAMIN GUO |2.0 |L 3|W 10|L 5|W 11|
IA | 30015842 / R: 424P6 -> 470P10 | |B |W |W |B |
| Q: 428P6 -> 504P10 | | | | | |
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7 | DARYA GURTOVAYA |2.0 |L 1|L 5|W 11|W 12|
IA | 30198499 / R: 422 -> 447 | |W |B |W |B |
| Q: 427 -> 492 | | | | | |
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8 | NOLAN BENN |2.0 |W 5|L 1|L 4|W 10|
IA | 31324242 / R: 256P13-> 436P17 | |W |B |B |W |
| Q: 257P13-> 450P17 | | | | | |
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9 | AARON H WONG |1.0 |W 12|L 2|L 1|L 4|
IA | 30063754 / R: 857 -> 811 | |W |B |W |W |
| Q: 862 -> 809 | | | | | |
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10 | RITHVIK SEETHARAMAN |1.0 |L 11|L 6|W 12|L 8|
NE | 30749535 / R: 541 -> 429 | |W |B |W |B |
| Q: 555 -> 452 | | | | | |
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11 | GUGAN BALASUBRAMANIAN |1.0 |W 10|L 3|L 7|L 6|
IA | 31019047 / R: 246P9 -> 266P13 | |B |W |B |W |
| Q: 333P18-> 341P22 | | | | | |
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12 | NOAH ANDREW KOTALIK |0.0 |L 9|L 4|L 10|L 7|
IA | 31331687 / R: 399P12-> 326P16 | |B |W |B |W |
| Q: 482P24-> 395 | | | | | |
Kelton Holm vs Advaith Reddy Sama in the background and Aaron Wong vs Leviathan Freerksen in the foreground compete in the 2024 Rockefeller Qualifier. Photo by Bill Broich
Chief TD Ben Bratz, Rockefeller representative Nadezhda Dabaeva, Barber representative runner-up Arina Dabaeva, and their father Vadim Davaev. Photo by Bill Broich
