Lakdawala Championships Rd 6

Round 6 of 7, played on 4/01/09

Club Championship

Bd 1  Todd Smith (4 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  John Funderburg (3 1/2) - Bruce Baker (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 3  Ignacio Sainz (3) - David Hart (3)  1/2-1/2

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd2 Nge7 9.Nc3 d6 10.a4 Qg6 11.h4 h5 12.Qg5 Nb4 13.Bd3 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Be6 15.a5 Qxg5 16.Bxg5 f6 17.Bd2 d5 18.0-0 0-0 19.Na4 dxe4 20.Bb4 Kf7 21.dxe4 Bd7 22.Nb6 Rad8 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxf8 Nf4 25.Bc5 Bb5 26.Rfd1 Nd3 27.b4 Ke6 28.Ra3 Rd7 29.Rc3 Nxc5 30.Rxd7 Nxd7 31.Rc8 Kf7 32.f3 Bc6 33.Kf2 Nf8 34.Rd8 Ke7 35.Rd2 Ne6 36.g3 g6 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.g4 Ke7 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Rg2 Kf7 41.Rh2 Nf4 42.Rc2 Ng6 43.b5 Bxb5 44.Rc7+ Ne7 45.Rxb7 Ke6 46.f4 exf4+ 47.Kxf4 Ng6+ 48.Ke3 Ne5 49.Rh7 Nc4+ 50.Kd4 Nxa5 51.Rxh5 Kf7 52.e5 1/2-1/2   

Bd 4  Peter Graves (2) - Manuel Herrera (3)  1-0

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 d6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd8 12. b4 e5 13. e4 b6 14. h3 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Rfe1 Bxh3 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxh3 Qf6 19. Re2 Nf7 20. Rae1 Ng5 21.
Bg2 Qh6 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. f4 Nf7 25. fxe5 Qg5 26. Bh3 Nh6 27. Qe3
Qh5 28. Rh2 Qg6 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Ng4+ 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Qe4 Qh3 33. Rh1
Rf8+ 34. Ke2 Qxg3 35. Qxh7+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qh8+ 1-0

Bd 5  Ben Barquin (2) - Brad Salz (2)  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 a6 7.Be2 Bd7 8.Be3 Rc8 9.Nb3 Na5 10.Nxa5 Qxa5 11.0-0 Bc6 12.f3 g6 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Kh1 Bg7 15.Bh6 0-0 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4 Kg8 19.Bd3 e5 20.Qe3 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Re1 Re8 24.Rad1 Bc6 25.Qg5 Kg7 26.h4 Qe7 27.Qg3 Rcd8 28.Re3 Rd4 29.Rde1 Qxh4+ 30.Qxh4 Rxh4+ 31.Kg1 f6 32.c3 Rd8 33.b3 Bd5 34.g3 Rh3 35.Kg2 Rh5 36.c4 Bc6 37.Be4 Bxe4 38.Rxe4 Rd3 39.R4e3 Rd2+ 40.R1e2 Rd1 41.f4 Rb1 42.Rd3 Kh6 43.g4 Rh4 44.g5+ fxg5 45.fxe5 Rg4+ 46.Kf3 Rf4+ 47.Ke3 Rf7 48.e6 Re7 49.Rh2+? (49.Kd4) Kg7 50.Rd7 Re1+ 51.Kd2 R1xe6 52.Rxe7+ Rxe7 53.b4 g4 54.a4 h5 55.Kd3 g3 (55...Kh6-+) 56.Rg2? (56.Rh3-+) h4 57.b5 axb5 58.axb5 b6 59.Kd4 Rc7 0-1     

Bd 6  Thomas Fries (1 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (0)  1/2-1/2

Byes: Carl Wagner (2), Alejandro Garamendi (1), Dimitry Kishinevsky (1)

Withdraw: Ron Bruno, Carey Milton 

Womens Championship

This will be the last round for the women as they have pretty much all played each other now

Bd 7  Maria Elena Villarreal (4) - Maria Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 8  Rocio Murra (3) - Monica Ness (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 9  Carolina Villarreal (3 1/2) - Karen Kaufman (1)  1-0

Bye: Mayra Murra (3 1/2)

Final Standings for Women: Maria Elena Villarreal (5), Monica Ness (4 1/2), Mayra Murra (4), Carolina Villarreal (3 1/2), Rocio Murra (3), Maria Murra (1 1/2), Karen Kaufman (1)

Reserve Championship

Bd 11  William Wijaya (4 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (3)  1-0

Bd 12  Larry Vikander (3 1/2) - Donald Klaas (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Anthony Harbone (3) - Tom Kuhn (3)  0-1

Bd 14  Jerry Soelberg (2 1/2) - Brian Kelly (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Phillip Skiba (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Mike Friedel (1 1/2) - Steve Perry (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Morgan Fox (0) - Michael Ryan (1 1/2)  0-1

Bye: Steve Gordon (3)

Fred Borges Open

Bd 18  Buddy Morris (4) - Jeff Turner (4)  0-1

Bd 19  Alejandrino Baluran (3 1/2) - David Delgadillo (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 20  Lennart Mathe (3) - Paul Agron (3)  0-1

Bd 21  Mario Amodeo (2 1/2) - Saeid Abdoli (3)  1-0

Bd 22  Dayne Freitag (2 1/2) - Fawsi Murra Jr (2 1/2)  1F-0F

Bd 23  Robert Draper (2) - Jason Qu (2)  0-1

Bd 24  Chuck Ensey (2) - Marty Lower (2)  0-1

Bd 25  Damani Fair (1 1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (2)  0-1 

Bd 26  Ron Rezendes(2) - Erik Marquis (0)  0-1

Bye: Joseph McDougall (4)

Withdraw: Fausto Robles

Fred Borges Reserve

Bd 27  James Coultston (4 1/2) - David Tagatac (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Mark Lawless (3) - Fred Borges (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Patrick Edwards (3) - Bryan Harms (3)  0-1

Bd 30  Cristhian Garcia (2 1/2) - Robert Samuel (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 31  Matt Souza (2) - Michael Wang (2)  0-1

Bd 32  Darryl Woodson (1 1/2) - Samuel Odedina (1)  1-0

Bd 33  Russell Bellamy (0) - Tom Lavoy (1)  0-1

Bd 34  David Silva (0) - Mike Herzog (0)  1-0  house game

Bd 35  Bernard Berba (0) - Helmut Keil (0)  1-0  house game  

Bye: Glenn Rose (2), Roger Wathen (2)    

Withdraw: Fausto Robles Jr, Alan Robles 

 

  

Scholastic Chess

SDCC Winter Championships 2009

Sunday March 29th 

All students K-12th Grade are invited to play

3 Sections: Novice (rated under 600 or unrated)

                 Intermediate (rated between 600 and 1000 by USCF)

                 Advanced (rated over 1000)

5 rounds, everyone plays 5 games, win or lose. Clocks are not required, but their use is encouraged, especially in the Advanced section. The time control is Game in 30 minutes. Play begins at 10 AM and ends around 4 or 4:30 PM. There is a lunch break after the second round. 

Entry Fee: $15 if mailed in advance to San Diego Chess Club, 2225 Sixth Ave, San Diego CA 92101. Make check to San Diego Chess Club even if you are including renewals for USCF. Walk up entry fee on day of event is $20 for players who don't pay in advance. Please try to do the advance entry as it makes it much easier for the directors, because then we don't have to try to sign up thirty kids or more all at once! Please try ensure the check will arrive at the club before the day of the event (Saturday at the latest). You can also email the TD, Bruce Baker at bakersandiego@cox.net if you want to see if he got your check yet. Later on we may post the advanced entries here. You can also call the club at 619-239-7166.

Trophies in each section, medals for most of the participants  

Registration: 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM   

Rated event: All players must be current USCF members or they can join or renew at the event (Usually $19 a year).

Bring chess sets and clocks if possible, but we do have equipment for sale on site if need be.  

 

Lakdawala Championships Round 5

Round 5   3/25/09  7 PM

Club Championship

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (3 1/2) - Todd Smith (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  David Hart (2 1/2) - John Funderburg (3)  1/2-1/2

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Nxc5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.a3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 a6 13.Ne2 b5 14.Ned4 0-0 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.c3 Rc4 17.Be3 a5 18.Bd4 Qb8 19.h3 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.Ra7 Rc7 22.Rea1 Bb5 23.Qe3 Rfc8 24.Bb6 Rxa7 25.Rxa7 Bf8 26.Bd4 bxc3 27.bxc3 Bc4 28.Qf4 Rc7 1/2-1/2  

Bd 3  Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2) - Peter Graves (2)  1-0

Bd 4  Carl Wagner (2) - Manuel Herrera (2)  0-1

Bd 5  Ignacio Sainz (2) - Dimitry Kishinevsky (1)  1-0

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Nf3 c6 7.Be2 Qa5 8.0-0 Ngf6 9.h3 0-0 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Bc4 Qb4 12.Bb3 c5 13.a5 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Nf8 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 e5 18.Rfe1 Bf5 19.Bc3 Bf6 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.g4 Bd7 22.Nc4 Be7 23.Bb4 h5 24.f3 Bb5 25.Nxd6 hxg4 26.hxg4 Nd7 27.Nxc8 Bxb4 28.Nb6 Nc5 29.Bc4 Bxe1 30.Bxb5 Bxa5?! (30..axb5 31.Rxe1 f6+-) 31.Rxa5 axb5 32.Rxb5 Na6 33.Nd7 Rc8 34.c3 Nc7 35.Rc5 b6 36.Rc6 Kg7 37.d6  1-0 

Bd 6  Brad Salz (1) - Alejandro Garamendi (1)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 0-0 9.Qd2 Be6 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.cxd5 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nb3 d5 15.Bd4 Qc7 16.Qa5 Qb8 17.Nc5 Re8 18.Na6 Qd8 19.Qc3 Ned7 20.Kb1 c5 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.Qxc5 Rc8 23.Qxa7 dxe4 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Qa3 Nd5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.fxe4 Rxe4 28.Qd3 Re5  1-0

Half point bye: Ron Bruno (2 1/2), Carey Milton (1 1/2), Tom Fries (1) ;  Zero point bye: Ben Barquin (2)

Womens Championship

Bd 7  Mayra Murra (3) - Rocio Murra (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Karen Kaufman (1) - Maria Elena Villarreal (3)  0-1

Bd 9  Maria Murra (1 1/2) - Monica Ness (2 1/2)  0-1

Full Point Bye: Carolina Villarreal (1 1/2)

Reserve Championship

Bd 12  William Wijaya (3 1/2) - Larry Vikander (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 13  Donald Klaas (3) - Anthony Harbone (3)  1-0

Bd 14  Tom Kuhn (2 1/2) - Jerry Soelberg (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Fawsi Jose Murra (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Steve Perry (1 1/2) - Steve Gordon (2)  0-1

Bd 17  Michael Ryan (1 1/2) - Phil Skiba (1)  0-1  

Bd 18  Brian Kelly (1) - Morgan Fox (0)  1-0

Zero Point Bye: Mike Friedel (1 1/2)  called in too late for a half point bye

Fred Borges Open

Bd 19  Joseph McDougall (3 1/2) - Buddy Morris (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 20  Fausto Robles (3) - Jeff Turner (3)  0F-1F

Bd 21  Fawsi Murra Jr (3) - Alejandrino Baluran (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Jason Qu (2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  0-1

Bd 23  Marty Lower (2) - Paul Agron (2)  0-1

Bd 24  Alfredo Deleon (1.5) - Mario Amodeo (2)  1/2-1/2  (Longest Game)

Bd 25  Damani Fair (1) - Ron Rezendes (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 (Shortest Game)

Bd 26  Eric Marquis (0) - Chuck Ensey (1)  0-1

Bd 38  Soheil Karbassi (0) - Pejman Sagart (0) 1/2-1/2  house game

Byes: Robert Draper (1 1/2), Dayne Freitag (2), Saeid Abdoli (2 1/2), David Delgadillo (3)

Fred Borges Reserve

Bd 27  Robert Samuel (2 1/2) - James Coulston (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  Fred Borges (3) - Bryan Harms (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 29  David Tagatac (2 1/2) - Cristhian Garcia (2 1/2)  1-0           

Bd 30  Roger Wathen (2) - Mark Lawless (2)  0-1

Bd 31  Michael Wang (2) - Patrick Edwards (2)  0-1

Bd 32  Glenn Rose (2) - Mike Herzog (1)  0-1

Bd 33  Carolina Villarreal (1) - Alan Robles (1)  1F-0F

Bd 34  Tom Lavoy (1) - Matt Souza (1)  0-1

Bd 35  Samuel Odedina (0) - Russell Bellany (0)  1-0   house game

Bye: Darryl Woodson (1), zero point bye: Fausto Robles Jr    

Match Play

Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Joel Batchelor (3)  0-1  

Joel wins the match with a 4-1 score... 

March Gambito Opens #414, 413, 412 & 411

Gambito #414  3/28/09

17 players today, no McMahon used because there were only ten players present for the first round. Cyrus took the day off. Bruce drew with Peter Graves, but still tied for first with Paul Agron, who took a first round bye and then won 3 in a row, including a last round win over Peter Graves. There was a 3-way tie for BU2200/2000, but Fred Cleveland won the U1800 prize all for himself with a big upset win over Norlino Tagalog (it is good to see Norlino back in action, but I guess he is a little rusty, not to take anything away from Fred's win). Fred also beat Mike Herzog for the second week in a row.  Here are the prizes winners:

First Place: Bruce Baker (3 1/2), $70   U2400/1st Place: Paul Agron (3 1/2), $70

2nd Place: Peter Graves (2 1/2), $10 

U2200/U2000 tie: Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2), Varun Krishan (2 1/2) and Pejman Sagart (2 1/2), $30 each

U1800: Fred Cleveland (2), $40     U1600: Michael Herzog (1/2), $30        

Total Prizes: $300  Next week: April Super Gambito, don't miss it!!

Gambito #413  3/21/09

Twenty players today. We used a "mini" McMahon where Masters, Experts and Class A players started with 1 point, Class B and C with zero. Welcome to 3 new players: Mark Cass (1857), Jorge Gonzalez (1399) and Mike Herzog (unrated house player). Mark Cass (3) is a solid Class A player, but hasn't played since 1985. He is a fan of Fischer Random chess, as is Paul Agron. Mike Herzog has been hanging around the club for months and has been thinking about playing, but we pushed him into action today when we needed a house player. So he joined the USCF and lost his first rated game to Fred Cleveland (1), although I think he was winning at one point. Fred was low on time as usual, but managed to checkmate with about a minute left on his clock. Mike then won his 2nd game against newcomer Jorge Gonzalez, who unfortunately went 0-4. But cheer up Jorge, it is a learning curve and you will soon be climbing up that gentle slope (it only gets steep around 2000). It was also nice to see Ali Morshedi (2284), back in action at the Gambito Open, we haven't seen this very strong player for a while. Also back pushing pawns was Daniel Grazian, who tells us that he was recently accepted to the college of his choice, MIT. Congratulations, Daniel! Now Daniel will be able to play more frequently, at least until college starts. Finally, we should take note that Class C players can now rejoice, Mike Friedel, who has won most of the U1600 money this year, has finally crossed that fine line and is now, yes, officially a Class B player!          

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4 1/2), $75   U24000: Ali Morshedi (4 1/2), $75

U2200: Daniel Grazian (4), $50

2nd Place: Paul Agron (3 1/2) and Raoul Crisologo (3 1/2), $10 each                          

U2000: Roberto Aiello (3 1/2), $50

U1800: Nestor Dagamat (3), $45    U1600: Mike Friedel (3), $45

Total Prizes: $360

 

 

Gambito #412  3/14/09

The St Patricks Day Parade and festivities made parking difficult and only a few brave souls ventured forth to fight the crowds and the noise. I have heard from several players who tried to find parking, but couldn't and just gave up. Getting someone to drive and drop you off seems to be the best solution, but not everyone can do that... Seven players in all - I think that might be a record for low attendance! Congrats to Ken Hopper whose rating went over 1800 for the first time, thanks to his stellar performance in this event. I almost went 0-4, but managed a nice lucky win against Leonard Sussman in the last round.  

Here are the prize winners;

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $40

Second Place: Ken Hopper (2), $30

Third Place: Leonard Sussman (1 1/2), Chris Wonnell (1 1/2), Paul Agron (1 1/2), $7 each

BU1800: Chuck Ensey (1), $20

Total Prizes: $110    

 

 

Gambito #411  3/07/09  March Super Gambito

This was one of those rare Super Gambito Opens that I had to miss. I try to plan things so I am there for my favorite event, but I just couldn't make it this time. Bruce Baker did a fine job as usual and the turnout was pretty good at 32 players, plus a few house players. Congrats to Madhavan Vajapeyam who went over 1800 for the first time.

The prize winners were:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125

2nd Place/U2400/2nd U2400/U2200: Alan Tsoi (3), Ron Bruno (3), Bruce Baker (3) and Leonard Sussman (3), $62 each

2nd U2200: Rick Aeria (2 1/2), $25

U2000: Nikolay Arutyunov (2), $75

2nd U2000: Jesse Orlowski (1 1/2), Madhavan Vajapeyam (1 1/2) and Jason Qu (1 1/2), $8 each

Reserve Section

First Place/2nd Place: Aaron Ibarra (3), Anthony Harbone (3), Kimberly Ogden (3), $33 each

U1600/2nd U1600: Scott Householder (2 1/2) and Mike Friedel (2 1/2), $35 each

Best Game Prize Open Section: Cyrus Lakdawala, $20

Best Game Prize Reserve Section: Aaron Householder, $20

Total Prizes: $700

   

Lakdawala Championships Round 4

3/18/09  7 PM

Club Championship

Bd 1  Ronald Bruno (2 1/2) - Bruce Baker (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  Todd Smith (2 1/2) - Peter Graves (2)  1-0

Bd 3  John Funderburg (2) - Carl Wagner (2)  1-0

Bd 4  Manuel Herrera (1 1/2) - Ignacio Sainz (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2   Notes by Ignacio

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 Nb6 7.Bb3 Nbxd5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5 9.d3 e6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Qe2 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Nf4 13.Qf2 Qe7 [ 13...Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qf6 15.0-0-0] 14.0-0-0 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Qd6 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.fxe4 Ng6 18.Rdf1 f6 19.Qa5 c6 20.g3 b6 21.Qa6 0-0 22.Qc4 Rfe8 23.Rhg1 Ne5 [ 23...b5 24.Qc3 c5 25.a4 a6 26.h4] 24.Qc3 c5 25.g4 Qd4(+) 26.Qxd4 cxd4 27.g5 Kf7 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Rg5! Ke7? [ 29...Nd7 30.Rh5 Kg7] 30.Rg7+ Nf7 31.Rfg1?! [ 31.e5! f5 32.Rxf5!] 31...Rh8 32.h4 Raf8 33.c3 dxc3 34.bxc3 Kd6 35.Kd2 Ne5 36.Ke3 a5 37.d4 Nf7 38.Rf1 Nh6 39.Rxf6?! Nf5+?! [ 39...Rxf6 40.e5+ Kc6 41.exf6 Nf5+ 42.Ke4 Nxg7 43.fxg7 Rg8 44.Bxe6 Rxg7-/+] 40.exf5 Rxf6 41.fxe6 b5 42.Rd7+ Kc6 43.d5+ Kc5 44.Rc7+?! [ 44.Ke4] 44...Kd6 45.Rc6+ Ke5 46.a3 a4 [ 46...Rg8 47.d6 a4 48.d7 axb3 49.e7 Rg3+ 50.Ke2 Rg2+ 51.Ke3 Rg3+=] 47.Bc2! Rg8 [ 47...Kxd5 48.Be4+ Ke5~~] 48.e7 Rxc6? [ 48...Re8 49.Rxf6 Kxf6 50.Bxh7 Rxe7+ 51.Be4 Ke5=] 49.dxc6 Kd6 50.Bxh7 Re8 51.Be4 Rxe7 52.h5 Re6 53.Kf4 Kc7 54.Kf5 Kd6 55.Kf4 Kc7 56.Kf5 Kd6 57.c7 Re5+ 58.Kf4 Rc5 59.h6 Rxc7 60.h7 Rc8 61.Kg5 Ke5 62.Bd3 Rd8 63.Kg6 Rd6+ 64.Kf7 Rd7+ 65.Ke8 Rxd3 66.h8Q+ Kd5 67.Qf6 Kc5 68.Qf8+ Rd6 69.Qf2+ Kc4 70.Qb2 Rd5 71.Qb4+ Kd3(+) 72.Ke7 Re5+ 73.Kd6 Rg5 74.Kc6 Rh5 75.Qd4+ Kc2 76.c4 b4 77.axb4 a3 78.b5 a2 79.Qa1 Kb3 80.Qxa2+?? Kxa2 81.Kd6 Kb3 82.c5 Kb4 1/2-1/2

Bd 5  Carey Milton (1 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 6  Brad Salz (1) - David Hart (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 7  Dimitry Kishinevsky (0) - Thomas Fries (1)  1-0

Bd 8  Alejandro Garamendi (0) - Rick Aeria (house)  1-0

Bye: Ben Barquin (1 1/2)

Womens Championship

Bd 9  Monica Ness (2 1/2) - Mayra Murra (2)  0-1

Bd 10  Carolina Villarreal (1 1/2) - Maria Elena Villarreal (2)  0-1

Bd 11  Maria Murra (1 1/2) - Rocio Murra (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Karen Kaufman (0)  bye 

Reserve Championship

Bd 13  Donald Klaas (3) - William Wijaya (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 14  Larry Vikander (2 1/2) - Jerry Soelberg (2)  1-0

Bd 15  Anthony Harbone (2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Mike Friedel (1 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 17  Steve Gordon (1 1/2) - Michael Ryan (1)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 18  Hector Gonzalez (1) - Brian Kelly (1)  1-0

Bd 19  Steve Perry (1/2) - Morgan Fox (0)  1-0

Fred Borges Open

Bd 21  Pejman Sagart (1/2) - Joseph McDougall (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Lennart Mathe (2) - Buddy Morris (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Paul Agron (2) - David Delgadillo (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Jeff Turner (2) - Marty Lower (2)  1-0

Bd 25  Fausto Robles (2) - Dayne Freitag (2)  1-0

Bd 26  Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2) - Ron Rezendes (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 27  Saeid Abdoli (1 1/2) - Robert Draper (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Mario Amodeo (1) - Damani Fair (1)  1-0

Bd 29  Chuck Ensey (1) - Alfredo Deleon (1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Erik Marquis (0) - Phil Skiba (0)  0-1 

Bye: Jason Qu (1 1/2)

Withdraw: James Mahooti (1), Jens Lundell (1)

Fred Borges Reserve

Bd 32  James Coulston (2 1/2) - Fred Borges (3)  1-0

Bd 33  Bryan Harms (2) - David Tagatac (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 34  Robert Samuel (1 1/2) - Glenn Rose (2)  1-0

Bd 35  Karen Kaufman (1 1/2) - Roger Wathen (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 36  Matt Souza (1) - Cristhian Garcia (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 37  Tom Lavoy (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1

Bd 28  Patrick Edwards (1) - Darryl Woodson (1)  1-0

Bd 38  Alan Robles (1/2) - Fausto Robles Jr (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Michael Wang (1 1/2)

Match Play

Joel Batchelor (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1-0                          

Impromptu Basketball at the Chess Club

With the sun and fresh air, there is nothing like an impromptu game of pickup basketball at the San Diego Chess Club. Thee were scenes taken at the Super Gambito # 411 while waiting for the second round pairings to be posted. Lots of fun for all!

Lakdawala Championships Rd 3

Here are the results from Round 3 on 3/11/09:    

Club Championship

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (1 1/2) - Carl Wagner (2)  1-0 

A great game by Bruce and Carl...Carl's favorite Najdorf Sicilian gets severely tested by Bruce's Fischer-style attack...1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bf4 Kf7 18.Rxe7+ Kxe7 19.Qxg7+ Ke6 20.Re1+ Kf5 21.f3 Qd4+ 22.Be3 Qc4 23.g4+ Ke6 24.Bf2+ Be4 25.Rxe4+ Qxe4 26.fxe4 Rag8 27.Qb7 Rxg4+ 28.Bg3 h5 29.Qxa6 h4 30.Qxd6+ Kf7 31.Qd7+ 1-0     

Bd 2  David Hart (1 1/2) - Ronald Bruno (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 3  Peter Graves (1 1/2) - John Funderburg (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Ignacio Sainz (1 1/2) - Todd Smith (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 5  Raoul Crisologo (1) - Manuel Herrera (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Dimitry Kishinevsky (0) - Brad Salz (0)  0-1

Bd 7  Thomas Fries (0) - Alejandro Garamendi (0)  1-0  

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Bd6 8.e3 0-0 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.0-0 Na6 12.a3 Rae8 13.b4 Ne4 14.Bf4 Qc7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne5 Nc7 17.f4 a6 18.Rac1 Bc8 19.Qa2 Kh8 20.Rc2 h5 21.Rfc1 h4 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Nxc6! hxg3 24.hxg3 Bd7 25.Ne5 26.Ng6+ Kh7 27.Nxf8+ Qxf8 28.Qxd5 Bc6 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Bh3 1-0   

Bye: Ben Barquin (1), Carey Milton (1)

Womens Championship

Bd 9  Maria Elena Villarreal (2) - Monica Ness (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 10  Rocio Murra (1) - Carolina Villarreal (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Mayra Murra (1) - Karen Kaufman (0)  1-0

Bye: Maria Murra (1)  

Reserve Championship

Bd 12  Jerry Soelberg (2) - Donald Klaas (2)  0-1

Bd 13  Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Brian Kelly (1) - Larry Vikanker (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Michael Ryan (1) - Anthony Harbone (1)  0-1

Bd 16  Mike Friedel (1) - Caley Anderson (1/2)  1F-0F 

Bd 17  Morgan Fox (0) - Hector Gonzalez (0)  0-1 

Byes: William Wijaya (2), Steve Gordon (1), Steve Perry (0)ed Borges Open

Fred Borges Open

Bd 20  Joseph McDougall (1 1/2) - Fausto Robles (2)  1-0

Bd 21  Marty Lower (1 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Robert Draper (1 12) - Fawsi Murra Jr (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Dayne Freitag (1 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Buddy Morris (1 1/2) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Paul Agron (1) - Mario Amodeo (1)  1-0

Bd 26  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Damani Fair (1)  1-0

Bd 27  Saeid Abdoli (1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Marlon Icban (1/2) - Ron Rezendes (1/2)  0F-1F 

Bd 29 Jens Lundell (0) - Erik Marquis (0)  1-0

Bye: Jeff Turner (1 1/2), Chuck Ensey (1/2), James Mahooti (1/2)

Fred Borge Reserve

Bd 31  Fred Borges (2) - David Tagatac (2)  1-0

Bd 32  Roger Wathen (1 1/2) - James Coulston (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 33  Cristhian Garcia (1 1/2) - Bryan Harms (1)  0-1 

Bd 34  Mark Lawless (1) - Glenn Rose (1)  0-1

Bd 35  Darryl Woodson (1) - Robert Samuel (1/2)  0-1

Bd 36  Alan Robles (1/2) -  Arnold Berlin (1/2)  0-1

Bd 37  Fausto Robles Jr (1/2) - Tom Lavoy (0)  0-1 

Bd 38  Keith Wetterer (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  0-1 

Bye: Michael Wang (1), Matt Souza (1)

Match Play 

Bd 39  Joel Batchelor (1)  - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1-0

                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                     

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Bruce Baker: Player of the Month February `09

Bruce probably needs this award like a sixth finger but when you out-perform your peers, you also get recognized.  Please join me in congratulating Master Bruce Baker on an outstanding month of February and earning the appellation of San Diego Chess Club "Player of the Month".

Bruce Baker's heroic achievements this February included winning the 90-plus player Alina Markowski Open with a fine score of 6-1.  Bruce went undefeated in this mammoth event, only shedding draws to experts Mario Amodeo and Lennart Mathe.

On the Gambito front, Bruce held off perrennial winner IM Cyrus Lakdawala twice in February to earn a tie tie for first but his biggest achievement was his high second place finish at the Special Super Gambito # 407 where Bruce finished behind grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan but ahead of luminaries like IM's Enrico Sevillano and Cyrus Lakdawala.  Oh, on the way to his second place finish, Bruce collected Enrico Sevillano's "scalp" with a fine win as a war trophy!

On the scholastic end where Bruce Baker is earning recognition as a fine chess instructor and chess mentor, Bruce's students are starting to make themselves felt in the chess arena with Jesse Orlowski achieving expert ranking (at the tender age of 14) and Daniel Grazian threatening to break through the expert barrier anytime now.  In fact, the junior SDCC Team of JAK'D Up consisting of Alan Tsoi, Daniel Grazian, Kyron Griffith and Jesse Orlowski made a creditable debut at the 26th US Amateur Team West Regionals in Woodland Hills, CA on February 14-16.  JAK'D Up scored 3 1/2 - 2 1/2 against very strong competition.  In essence, this was Bruce's proteges and team that performed so well.

Bruce is a very strong master, the last time I recall Bruce winning this award was a few years ago where Bruce won the award not on his chess performance but on his fighting spirit and "heart".  This time the recognition is for an all-round performance!

It must be noted that there were other candidates for this honor this month. Surprisingly, they were all seniors! 

Master Carl Wagner, holder of the U.S. Senior title and many-time holder of the Southern California Senior title started the Markowski with a shocking loss.  Nonetheless, Carl came back with machine-like precision winning game after game to qualify for the finals!

Expert Carey Milton rebounded miraculously from his November heart attack to lead the Markowski only to be taken down by Bruce in the final round.

Former expert Thomas Fries produced a strong finish sweeping aside Rick Aeria and Ed Baluran in the sixth and seventh rounds to qualify at the really tender age of 74!

Congratulations all around are in order for these fine gentlemen!