David Hart Open Round 5

David Hart Open Round 5 of 6  11/03/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections. Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed,   

58 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Gordon, Carson, Arutyunov, Blum and Antonio Gonzalez)

If you need a bye PLEASE email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com and do so before 4 PM on Wednesday. If you don't hear back from me, then please call the club phone at 619-239-7166. Also please don't just post a message on our facebook account, I may not check there, so it is important to email me or to call the club. If it is after 4 PM when you discover you need a bye, then the only option is to call the club because I don't have a smart phone, or even a cell phone (low usage didn't justify the cost, I know, back to the dark ages), so I won't get your email after 4 PM. After 6:30 PM it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye, but still let us know so we can try to find a house player for your opponent.

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  Bob Defore (3) - Bruce Baker (4)  0-1  

Bd 2  Jason Qu (2 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Alejandrino Baluran (1), Aaron Wooten (1), Jim Humphrey (1 1/2), David Hart (1 1/2)

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

Bd 5  William Wijaya (3) - Chris Wonnell (4)  0F-1F

Bd 6  Fred Deleon (2 1/2) - Buddy Morris (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 7  Jim Krooskos (2 1/2) - Matt Souza (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 8  Dayne Freitag (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2 1/2)  1-0  

Bd 14 Jerry Qu (2) - Chuck Ensey (2)  0-1

Bd 10  Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 11  Leonardo Villaverde (1 1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 12  Philip Skiba (1) - Jonathan Centers (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 13  Dan Press (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1 

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

Bd 16  Bill Murray (3) - Santi Pinon (4)  0-1 

Bd 17  Morgan Fox (2 1/2) - Albert Dumaran (3)  0-1 

Bd 18  Tom Lavoy (2) - Daniel Sun (2)  1-0

Bd 19  Tygan Zeng (2) - Patrick Edwards (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 20  Ronald Stanard (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1)  0-1

Bd 9   Greta Duhamel (1) - Monica Ness (1/2)  0-1  

Bye: Harry LaSalle (1 1/2), Darryl Woodson (2)

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 24  Carl Wagner (3) - Mario Amodeo (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  David Saponara (3) - George Zeigler (3)  0-1

Bd 26  Donald Klaas (2) - Tim McGuiness (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 27  Tom Kuhn (2 1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  0-1

Bd 28  Sam Barboo (2) - Fred Cleveland (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Gary Tuttle (1 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Bruce Charnov (1 1/2) - Kirk Branner (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 31  Eric Tuttle (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1)  0-1

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional).     

  

David Hart Open Round 4

David Hart Open Round 4 of 6  10/27/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections.

Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed, so it is not too late to join the fun. Just email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to enter this event or call the club phone at 619-239-7166.   

58 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Gordon, Carson, Arutyunov and Antonio Gonzalez)

If you need a bye PLEASE email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com and do so before 4 PM on Wednesday. If you don't hear back from me, then please call the club phone at 619-239-7166. Also please don't just post a message on our facebook account, I may not check there, so it is important to email me or to call the club. If it is after 4 PM when you discover you need a bye, then the only option is to call the club because I don't have a smart phone, or even a cell phone (low usage didn't justify the cost, I know, back to the dark ages), so I won't get your email after 4 PM. After 6:30 PM it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye, but still let us know so we can try to find a house player for your opponent.

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Bruce Baker (3)  0-1 

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (1) - Bob Defore (2)  0-1 

Bd 3  Jim Humphrey (1 1/2) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  0-1

Bye: David Hart (1), Lennart Mathe (1 1/2)

Withdraw: Bill Whitney (1)

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

Bd 4  Chris Wonnell (3) - Fred Deleon (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Hector Gonzalez (2 1/2) - William Wijaya (2)  0-1

Bd 6  Pejman Sagart (2) - Buddy Morris (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Matt Souza (1 1/2) - Jerry Qu (2)  1-0

Bd 8  Jim Krooskos (1 1/2) - Leonardo Villaverde (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 10  Erik Marquis (1 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (1)  0-1

Bd 11  Jonathan Centers (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Chuck Ensey (1) - Phil Skiba (1) 1-0 

Bd 14  Edgar Lopez (1/2) - Mark Lawless (1)  1-0

Bd 15  Ross Blum (0) - Dan Press (1)  0-1 

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

Bd 16  Santi Pinon (3) - Morgan Fox (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Albert Dumaran (2) - Tom Lavoy (2)  1-0

Bd 18  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) -  Bill Murray (2)  0-1

Bd 19  Harry LaSalle (1 1/2) - Darryl Woodson (1)  0-1

Bd 20  Irina Nizmutdinova (1) - Tygan Zeng (1)  0-1

Bd 21  Daniel Sun (1) - Greta Duhamel (1)  1-0

Bd 9  Monica Ness (1/2) - Ronald Stanard (0)  0-1 

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 24  George Zeigler (2 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Fred Cleveland (2) - Carl Wagner (2)  0-1

Bd 26  David Saponara (2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  1-0

Bd 27  Tim McGuiness (1 1/2) - Gary Tuttle  (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Fred Borges (1 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 29  Joel Batchelor (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Anthony Harbone (1) - Donald Klaas (1)  0-1

Bye: Sam Barboo (1 1/2)

Withdraw: Joe Rieker (1/2)

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional).     

  

October Gambito Opens 489-491

Gambito Open #491  10/30/10

25 players today, including 2 Masters (Baker, Lakdawala); 5 Experts (Krishnan, Tsang, Arutyunov, Orlowski and Sussman); 7 Class A (Pryor, Defore, A. Householder, Souza, Migoni, Morris and Ensey); 5 Class B (S. Householder, E. Lopez, Arbeiter, Harbone and Klass), 1 Class C (Choi), 5 Class D/E: (Cleveland, A. Negus, C. Negus, Nizmutdinova, Rich).      

Prize winners:

Open Section (14 players)

First/Second Place: Bruce Baker (3 1/2) and Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $80 each

U2400: Buddy Morris (3), $60   U2200: Jesse Orlowski (2 1/2), $60

U2000: Ivan Salazar Migoni (2), Bob Defore (2) and Matt Souza (2), $20 each

Reserve Section (11 players)

First Place: Edgar Lopez (3 1/2), $60

U1600: Irina Nizmutdinova (2 1/2), $50

U1400: Fred Cleveland (2), $20

Total Prizes: $470

Entry Fee is only $20. Registration from 10 AM to 10:25 AM. 4 rounds of G/45 (or G/40 with 5 second delay), rounds are at 10:30, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 (approximately). You can also take a bye if you can't make the first round and want to play just 3 games, just show up around noon to sign up for round 2. You must be a USCF member ($42 a year), but we can sign you up on the spot if you are expired or unrated. Unrated players can only win book prizes, but you will get a rating once you play one event. No other memberships are required. Cash prizes are based on the number of entrants and almost all the entry fees are returned in prizes, minus a small fee for the club, $30 to $50 depending on the number of players. Usually we have well over 20 players, so that means $400 and up in prizes.

But it is not about the money, it's about the fun of playing chess. Chess is an art, a science and a competition all rolled into one glorious package. Each game YOU decide where the pieces move, so it's all about making the right decisions based on an ever changing landscape of material, force, position and time. You create your own style of play and learn technique as you go along from better players and from reading books and studying the games and history of chess. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, it is all here in heart pounding brain teasers. And now with the advent of strong computer programs, you can study your game afterwards and find out where you went wrong in the myriad of possible moves you had to choose from. You learn more from losses than from wins, but oh those wins can be so exciting and satisfying...   

Gambito Open #490  10/23/10 

21 players in two sections, 11 in Open, 10 in Reserve. Bruce Baker directed.    

Open Section

First Place: Bruce Baker (3 1/2), $100

U2400/2200: Varun Krishnan (3) and Nikolay Arutyunov (3), $50 each

2nd Place: Carey Milton (2 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $15 each

U2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (2) and Matt Souza (2), $25 each

Reserve Section

U1800: Tom Kuhn (3 1/2), $50

U1600: Alexander Blank (3) and Jay Choi (3), $20 each

Total Prizes: $370

  

Note: Coming up on Nov 6 & 7 is the once a year Super Double Gambito, a two day event with 8 rounds total and tons of prizes. $50 entry fee, $2,000 in prizes...

And here we have the sentiments of a one Mr. Tom Petty:

It's good to be King, if just for a while. To be there in velvet, yeah, to give 'em a smile.

It's good to get high and never come down. It's good to be King of your own little town.

Yeah the world would swing if I were King. Can I help it if I still dream from time to time...

It's good to be King and have your own way. Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day

And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings, You're out there with winners

It's good to be King.  Yeah I'll be King when dogs get wings

Can I help it if I still dream from time to time...

It's good to be King and have your own world. It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls. 

A sweet little Queen who can't run away. It's good to be King, whatever it pays...

Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go from time to time... 

Gambito Open #289  10/16/10

22 players, including 2 Masters (Lakdawala & Baker), 4 Experts (Tsang, Hodges, Sussman, and John Wright), 5 Class A (Defore, Wonnell, Aaron Householder, Migoni and Rivera), 6 Class B (Arbeiter, Edgar Lopez, Scott Householder, Kuhn, Harbone and Jerry Qu), 2 Class C (Sturtevant and Siddiqi), 3 Class D (Cleveland, Rivas and Rich). Bruce Baker directed and used a 2 point McMahon pairing system (M/E/A=2, B=1, C/D=0).

Prize winners: First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $100    BU2400: Bruce Baker (5), $50

BU2200/2nd Place: Peter Hodges (4 1/2), Hin Tsang (4 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $30 each

BU2000: Chris Wonnell (4) and Ivan Salazar Migoni (4), $25 each

BU1800: Scott Householder (4), $50   BU1600: Haziq Siddiqi (2 1/2), $50

Total Prizes: $390          

 

 

 

 

 

  

Fall Scholastic Championships

Sunday October 24, 2010 10:00 AM

San Diego Chess Club 2010 Fall Scholastic Championships

2225 Sixth Avenue (1 block south of Laurel Street in Balboa Park)

All students K-12th Grade are invited to play

3 Sections: Novice (under 600 USCF rating or unrated)

                    Intermediate (under 1000 USCF rating)

                    Advanced (1000 or over USCF rating)

All players play 5 games, win or lose

Rated event, USCF membership required, may join or renew at site (usually $19/year) or sign up in advance at USChess.org

Entry fee: $15 if mailed in advance, or $20 at site on day of event. Mail entry to SDCC, 2225 6th Ave, San Diego CA 92101. You can also see Bruce Baker at the club and pay in advance to get the $15 rate. He teaches the Jedi Knights Club on Friday night from 7 to 9 PM, so that is a good time to see him, he is also at the club most afternoons. Please call the club at 619-239-7166 if you have any questions, or email Bruce at bakersandiego@cox.net . If mailing in entry, please list the players name, section (adv, int or nov), USCF ID number and expiration date, address, email and phone number (last two are optional, but appreciated). None of this information is shared beyond what is needed to rate the event with the USCF.          

Trophies each section, and medals for participation     

Registration: 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM, play begins at 10 AM and ends about 4 to 4:30 PM

Bring chess sets if you have them. We also have them for sale on site.

Bring chess sets if possible. 

David Hart Open Round 3

David Hart Open Round 3 of 6  10/20/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections.

Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed, so it is not too late to join the fun. Just email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to enter this event or call the club phone at 619-239-7166.   

58 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Carson, Arutyunov and Antonio Gonzalez)

If you need a bye PLEASE email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com and do so before 4 PM on Wednesday. If you don't hear back from me, then please call the club phone at 619-239-7166. Also please don't just post a message on our facebook account, I may not check there, so it is important to email me or to call the club. If it is after 4 PM when you discover you need a bye, then the only option is to call the club because I don't have a smart phone, or even a cell phone (low usage didn't justify the cost, I know, back to the dark ages), so I won't get your email after 4 PM. After 6:30 PM it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye, but still let us know so we can try to find a house player for your opponent.

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (2) - Lennart Mathe (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 2  Robert Defore (1) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 3  Alejandrino Baluran (1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Jim Humphrey (1), David Hart (1/2), Bill Whitney (1/2)  

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

Bd 5  Buddy Morris (2) - Chris Wonnell (2)  0-1

Bd 6  Fred Deleon (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 7  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Jonathan Centers (1) - William Wijaya (1)  0-1

Bd 9  Philip Skiba (1) - Jerry Qu (1)  0-1

Bd 10  Mark Lawless (1) - Matt Souza (1/2)  0-1

Bd 11  Edgar Lopez (1/2) - Jim Krooskos (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 12  Leonardo Villaverde (1/2) - Dan Press (0)  1-0

Bye: Pejman Sagart (1 1/2), Dayne Freitag (1/2), Chuck Ensey (1/2)  

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

Bd 14  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Santi Pinon (2)  0-1

Bd 15  Tom Lavoy (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1)  1-0 

Bd 16  Bill Murray (1) - Tygan Zeng (1)  1-0

Bd 17  Darryl Woodson (1) - Albert Dumaran (1)  0-1

Bd 18  Greta Duhamel (1) - Harry LaSalle (1/2)  0-1

Bd 19  Daniel Sun (0) - Ronald Stanard (0)  1-0

Bye: Morgan Fox (2), Monica Ness (0) 

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 20  Mario Amodeo (2) - Fred Cleveland (2)  1-0

Bd 21  George Zeigler (1 1/2) - Tim McGuiness (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Tom Kuhn (1 1/2) - David Saponara (1)  0-1

Bd 23  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  1-0  

Bd 24  Gary Tuttle (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1)  1-0

Bd 25  Joe Rieker (1/2) - Sam Barboo (1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Eric Tuttle (1/2) - Fred Borges (1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  Steve Gordon (0) - Donald Klaas (0)  0-1  two house players

Bye: Carl Wagner (1 1/2), Joel Batchelor 

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional).     

  

David Hart Open Round 2

David Hart Open Round 2 of 6  10/13/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Back then he was just a Class B player, but with hard work and diligence he rose up through the ranks to become one of the best players at the club, and certainly one of the most well liked. Although many people have felt the sharp bite of his acerbic wit and you can say he doesn't suffer fools gladly, still there isn't a mean bone in his body and he is friends with just about everyone at the club. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections.

Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed, so it is not too late to join the fun. Just email Chuck Ensey at chucnlgo@aol.com to enter this event or call the club phone at 619-239-7166.   

56 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Carson)

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  David Hart (1) - Bruce Baker (1)  0-1

Bd 2  Jason Qu (1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1/2)  1-0

Bd 4  Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Jim Humphrey (1/2) - Bob Defore (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Bill Whitney (0)

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1600 - 1999 rating), 16 players so far:

Bd 10  Chris Wonnell (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1-0

Bd 11 Hector Gonzalez (1) - Alfredo Deleon (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Buddy Morris (1) - Philip Skiba (1)  1-0

Bd 13  Pejman Sagart (1/2) - Jim Krooskos (1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Erik Marquis (1/2) - Leonardo Villaverde (1/2)  1-0

Bd 15  Dayne Freitag (0) - Edgar Lopez (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Mark Lawless (0) - Chuck Ensey (1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Dan Press (0) - Donald Klaas (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Matt Souza (0)

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 15 players so far:

Bd 20  Jerry Qu (1) - Tom Lavoy (1)  1-0

Bd 21  Irina Nizmutdinova (1) - Morgan Fox (1)  0-1

Bd 22  Albert Duman (1) - Santi Pinon (1)  0-1

Bd 23  Harry LaSalle (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1/2)  0-1

Bd 24  Monica Ness (0) - Bill Murray (0)  0-1

Bd 25  Tygan Zeng (0) - Daniel Sun (0)  1-0

Bd 26  Ronald Stanard (0) - Darryl Woodson (0)  0-1

Bye: Greta Duhamel (1)

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 28  Bruce Charnov (1) - Mario Amodeo (1)  0-1

Bd 29  Tim McGuiness (1) - Tom Kuhn (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Fred Cleveland (1) - David Saponara (1)  1-0

Bd 31  Carl Wagner (1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 32  Fred Borges (1/2) - George Zeigler (1/2)  0-1

Bd 33  Sam Barboo (1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (0)  0-1

Bd 34  Anthony Harbone (0) - John Carson (0)  1-0

Bye: Joe Rieker (0), Gary Tuttle (0), Eric Tuttle (0)

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional). Country or Western!    

  

 

David Hart Open Round 1

David Hart Open Round 1 of 6  10/06/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Back then he was just a Class B player, but with hard work and diligence he rose up through the ranks to become one of the best players at the club, and certainly one of the most well liked. Although many people have felt the sharp bite of his acerbic wit and you can say he doesn't suffer fools gladly, still there isn't a mean bone in his body and he is friends with just about everyone at the club. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). 

Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed, so it is not too late to join the fun. Just email Chuck Ensey at chucnlgo@aol.com to enter this event or call the club phone at 619-239-7166.   

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating)

Bd 1  Bruce Baker - Bill Whitney  1-0

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten - David Hart  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Alejandrino Baluran - Jim Humphrey  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Nikolay Arutyunov - Antonio Gonzalez  1-0

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1600 - 1999 rating)

Bd 5  Alfredo Deleon - Edgar Lopez  1-0

Bd 6  Philip Skiba - Dayne Freitag  1-0

Bd 7  Matt Souza - Hector Gonzalez  0-1

Bd 8  Sam Barboo - Buddy Morris  0-1

Bd 9  Shaun Sweitzer - Mark Lawless  1-0

Bd 10  Dan Press - Chris Wonnell  0-1

Bd 11  Chuck Ensey - Donald Klaas  1/2-1/2

Bye: Jim Krooskos, Leonardo Villaverde

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600)

Bd 12  Darryl Woodson - Jerry Qu  0-1

Bd 13  Morgan Fox - Monica Ness  1-0

Bd 14  Daniel Sun - Irina Nizmutdinova  0-1

Bd 15  Santi Pinon - Tygan Zeng  1-0

Bd 16  Ronald Stanard - Tom Lavoy  0-1

Bd 17  Bill Murray - Albert Duman  0-1

Time Guzzler Jalopy Section (40/90, SD/60):

Bd 20  Mario Amodeo - Joe Rieker  1-0

Bd 21  Guru Gopalakrishan - Tim McGuiness  0-1

Bd 22  David Saponara - Eric Tuttle  1-0

Bd 23  Tom Kuhn - Gary Tuttle  1-0

Bd 24  Bruce Charnov - Anthony Harbone  1-0

Bd 25  Fred Cleveland - Greta Duhamel  1-0

Bye: Lennart Mathe, Joel Batchelor, Jonathan Centers

 Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections...  

 

 

    

National Chess Day Gambito 10/09/10

National Chess Day Gambito Open #488  10/09/10

$1,000 in Guaranteed Prizes!!

29 players, 15 in the Open, 14 in the Reserve

Open Section:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $140

Second Place: Kyron Griffith (3), $90  also tied for second were:

U2400/2200: Aaron Householder (3) and Varun Krishnan (3), $90 each

2nd U2400: Bruce Baker (2 1/2), $40     2nd U2200: Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2), $40

U2000/2nd U2000: Jamiseon Pryor (2), Matt Souza (2) and Chuck Ensey (2), $43 each

Best Game: $15, goes to Bruce Baker for win over Leonard Sussman

Bruce Baker (2263) - Leonard Sussman (2036) Round 3 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nc6 8.h3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Ng4 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.b3 Rb8 13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Rad1 a6 15.c5 dxc5?! 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qxd7 Bd4+ 18.Rxd4 Nxd4 19.Nd5 Nxe2+ 20.Kh2 Nd4 21.Rd1 Re8? 22.Qex8! 1-0  One nice variation Bruce pointed out was 21...c6 22.Ne7+ Kg7 23.Rxd4 cxd4 24.Bxd4+ Kh6 25.g4! Qxd7 26.g5+ Kh5 27.Kg3 with mate to follow.      

Cyrus drew with Varun in the last round. Kyron lost to Cy in Rd 3, but beat Bruce in the last round. Aaron Householder beat 3 higher rated players, Ben Barquin in Rd 1, lost to Kyron, but then beat Jamieson Pryor and Matt Souza. Nice day for the Householders as Scott went 4-0 in the Reserve section. Andrew Negus beat Haziq Siddiqi in the last round to win BU1400.    

Reserve Section:

First Place: Scott Householder (4), $90

Second Place: Anthony Harbone (3), $40

U1600: John Carson (3), $90

2nd U1600: Jerry Qu (2 1/2), $30

U1400: Andrew Negus (2 1/2), $70

2nd U1400: Fred Cleveland (2), Eliza Eggert (2), and Keric Rivas (2), $10 each

Best Game: $15, goes to Eliza Eggert for a win over John Carson 

Eliza Eggert (1389) - John Carson (1470) Round 2  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6?! 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 b5 6.f3 b4 7.Na4 Bd6 8.d4 0-0 9.e5 Re8 10.Be2 Bxe5? (10...Nd5 11.exd6? Ba6! was worth a try!) 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Rxe5 13.Bf4 Rd5+ 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Kd2 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Rad8 17.Rae1 Rxd3+ 18. Kc1 R8d4 19.Be5 Rc4+ 20.Kb1 b3 21.Nc3 bxa2+ 22.Kxa2 Rd2 23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Rd1 Nf8 26.Bxc7 Rc5 27.Ne4 Rc2 28.Rd2 Rc1 29.Rd8 f6 30.Bd6 Kf7 31.Rxf8+ and White went on to checkmate on move 45. 1-0

John was moaning about the beating he took in this game, but he bounced back to win his next two.

 

 

October Special Super Gambito

Gambito #487 (October Special Super Gambito) 10/02/10 

Twice a year (February and October) we have a "Special" Super Gambito. This is a 5 round event; it starts early at 10 AM instead of the usual 10:30, so that we can squeeze in the 5 rounds. The entry fee is $50 if paid in advance (or at least pre-registered), or $60 if you wait until the day of the event to let us know you are playing.      

The Guaranteed Prize Fund is $2,000. Rounds are at 10:00, 11:45, 2:15 and 4:00 and 5:30. The lunch break is from 1:15 to 2:15. Time control is G/40 with 5 second delay. SCCF membership is required, $18 adult, $10 junior (18 or under). The SCCF publishes the "Rank and File" magazine that covers Southern California chess activity.  Here were the Prize winners: 

Open Section

First Place/ 2nd/U2400: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), Giovanni Carreto (4) and Kyron Griffith (4), $233 each

2nd U2400: Jeff Arnold (3 1/2), $75

BU2200: Carey Milton (3 1/2) and Peter Hodges (3 1/2), $112 each 

 BU2000: Robert Defore (2 1/2), $150

2nd U2000: Joselito Quiba (2), Ivan Salazar Migoni (2) and Chris Wonnell (2), $25 each

Plus Best Game Prize, $15  to Bruce Baker for win for Romeo Ignacio

Bruce Baker (2265) - Romeo Ignacio (2200), Round 2  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5! The Marshall Attack 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Qg2 Qh5 18.f3 this has all been played before, Black has good compensation for his sacrified pawn Rae8 19.Be3 Bh3 20.Qf2 f5 21.f4 g5 22.Nd2 Re4!? 23.fxg5 Rg4 24.Kh1? (24.Qf3 was better, but Kh1 seems natural in a scary position) f4 25.gxf4 Bg2+ 26.Qxg2 Rxg2 27.Kxg2 Bxf4 28.Nf3? Qg4+ 0-1 (If 29.Kf2 Bxg5 and the Knight is lost)    

Biggest Upset: Joselito Quiba, $15, for win over Peter Hodges 

Reserve Section

First Place: Kimberly Ogden (4 1/2), $200

BU1600: Jerry Qu (4), $150

Second/Third Place: Haziq Siddiqi (3 1/2) and Rex Pimentel (3 1/2), $97 each

2nd U1600: Alexander Blank (3), $70

BU1400: Ajay Krishnan (3), $75

2nd U1400: Jesse Wang (2) and Irina Nizmutdinova (2), $12 each

Best Game Prize, $15 to Haziq Siddiqi for win over Edgar Lopez

Haziq Siddiqi (1286) - Edgar Lopez (1747) Round 1 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Be7 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.c3 c5 8.Qc2 cxd4 9.cxd4 h6 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Qb1 Nh5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 d5 15.Ne5 Bd7 16.Rxc8 Bxc8 17.b4 Nb7 18.Ne5 Bd7 19.f4 Be8 20.g5 f6 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Ng6+ Bxg6 24.Qxg6 Qe8 25.Qd3 Nd6 26.g4 Nc4 27.g5! Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Kxh7 29.gxf6 1-0  I think Black ran out of time here...  

Biggest Upset: Jesse Wang, $15, for win over Alexander Blank 

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36 players total

Open Section, 21 players: including 7 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Jeff Arnold, Ken Arnold, Bruce Baker, Giovanni Carreto, Kyron Griffith, Romeo Ignacio; 7 Experts: Varun Krishnan, Raoul Crisologo, Peter Hodges, Ben Barquin, Aaron Wooten, Carey Milton, Jamieson Pryor; 7 Class A: Madhavan Vajapeyam, Robert Defore, Chris Wonnell, Ivan Salazar Migoni, Pejman Sagart, Joselito Quiba, Chuck Ensey

Reserve Section, 15 players: 3 Class B: Kimberly Ogden, Edgar Lopez, Anthony Harbone; 3 Class C: Jerry Qu, Alexander Blank, Fred Cleveland; 9 Class D/E: Rex Pimentel, James Hillard, Keric Rivas, Haziq Siddiqi, Irina Nizmutdinova, Jesse Wang, Ajay Krishnan, Matthew Wang, Issac Vega (unrated)  

4 players called in sick (Scott Householder and James Mitchell) or otherwise couldn't make it (Aaron Householder and Tom Kuhn), so with them we would have had the hoped-for 40 players. It was surprising to me that only 3 Class B players showed up, plus only 3 C's, but lots of D/E's. Haziq had a good showing, I think his rating should now go over 1400. He defeated Edgar Lopez in the first round which won the best game prize for the Reserve Section. (I will post it later). Ajay Krishnan also did well, winning $75 in his first ever Gambito Open! Following in his brother's footsteps I suppose. Ajay defeated house player Andrew Negus in round 2 when in a dead drawn position Andrew, instead of repeating the position and blocking Ajay's King, went for a win with an ill-fated plan to advance on the Kingside, but Ajay was able to thereby penetrate with a faster attack on the Queenside and win. I just happened to be watching that one from the side. Another upset was won by Irina Nizmutdinova, fresh from a tour of Europe, who came back to defeat strong Class B player Anthony Harbone in round 3, however she lost to Ajay in the fourth round, the young kid was on fire...although he needs to learn to stop talking during the games!        

Cyrus said his back was acting up, even before the first round, but he managed to win 3 in a row to start, including wins over Bruce Baker and Giovanni Carreto, but then ran into the Arnold brothers, who always give him trouble and he settled for two draws. Giovanni beat Bruce and Ken Arnold. Kyron lost only to Ken Arnold and beat Romeo and Raoul in the last rwo rounds.     

Note: Next Saturday, 10/09/10 is National Chess Day, so we will celebrate by having a Super Gambito with $1,000 in guaranteed prizes ($25 entry fee, 4 rounds starting at 10:30)