Simul with a Grandmaster! 1/27 & 1/28

Two Simuls with GM Dejan Bojkov

1/27 (Thursday) & 1/28 (Friday)  7 PM 

San Diego Chess Club

Try your luck against a Grandmaster from Bulgaria, rated 2544 FIDE. He recently placed first at the Golden State Open in Corcord CA, tying with Daniel Bryant. This is his first trip to the US and we hope he is having fun and will be back soon!   

Thursday night was the first go around for this event and we had 19 participants, a few less than expected but not a bad turnout. It was a small field, but fairly strong, with over one half the players rated over 2000. It started promptly at 7 PM and GM Bojkov got right after it after a few brief announcements. Here were the players in rating order:

2 Masters: Bruce Baker and Kyron Griffith

8 Experts: Dimitry Kishinevsky, Nikolay Arutyunov, Alejandrino Baluran, Alan Tsoi, Jesse Orlowski, Bill Whitney, Antonio Gonzalez and Robert Defore. 

3 Class A: Buddy Morris, Chuck Ensey and Carl Newell.

5 Class B: Edgar Lopez, Jim Krooskos, Frank Arias, Steve Perry and Leonardo Villaverde.

1 Class C: Fred Cleveland 

Buddy Morris was the first to go down in flames - he transposed a move order and blamed it on being tired. Antonio Gonzalez was the next to drop as he tried to replay a blitz game he had had some success with Dejan yesterday. I (Chuck) was the next to drop, but just before I did, Bill Whitney had earned a draw!! I had to leave at that point, but it looked like Alan Tsoi had a won game, up the exchange and a pawn, and Bruce had drawing chances in a Rook and pawn ending, down a pawn, but it was doubled. Update: Yes Alan Tsoi won and Bruce Baker drew, as did Kyron Griffith. So, final score was 1 win, 3 draws and 15 losses for the home team. A repectable showing for both sides.  

So Friday night we did it all over again, but the turnout was much lower, really hardly enough to hold a decent simul. There were a few kids from the Jedi Knights, plus 4 Experts (Arutyunov, Gonzalez Humphrey and Whitney), plus a few Class players (Morris, Perry, Vajapeyam). No one got a win or even a draw under these conditions. 

    

The Markowski Open Rd 5 of 7

The Alina Markowski Open  Round 5 of 7  2/02/11  7 PM

95 Players, not including 7 house players. To request a bye, email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com by 4 PM on Wednesday (and make sure I reply - if I don't, then please call the club), or just leave a message with Bruce Baker on the club telephone at 619-239-7166 by 6:30 PM. After that it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye. Also let us know if you are going to be late, because we try to re-pair players at 7:30 that have no-show opponents by using house players that are standing by to take your place. Always call if you can't make a round, no one wants to sit around with no one to play... 

Results for Rd 5:  

Board 1  Dimitry Kishinevsky (4) - Bill Whitney (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  Al Flore (3 1/2) - Ignacio Sainz (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Rick Aeria (3 1/2) - Carl Wagner (3 1/2)  0-1 

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

Bd 5  Jim Humphrey (3) - Todd Smith (3)  0-1     

Bd 6  Raoul Crisologo (3) - Tim McGuiness (3)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 7  David Saponara (3) - Mario Amodeo (3)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 8  Alejandrino Baluran (3) - Fred Deleon (3)  1-0 

Bd 10  Esteban Escobedo (3) - George Zeigler (3)  0-1   

Bd 11  Marty Lower (3) - Leonard Sussman (3)  1/2-1/2     

Bd 12  Hector Gonzalez (3) - Aaron Wooten (3)  0-1    

Bd 13  Jeff Turner (3) - Robert Draper (3)  0-1 

Bd 14  Fausto Robles (2 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (2 1/2)  0-1   

Bd 15  Kenneth Xu (2 1/2) - Fawsi Murra Jr (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 16  Matt Souza (2 1/2) - Phillip Roth (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Thomas Fries (2 1/2) - Eliza Eggert (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 18  Damani Fair (2 1/2) - Cristhian Garcia (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 19  Jim Krooskos (2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  0-1  

Bd 20  Chris Jensen (2) - Fidel Gonzalez (2)  0-1

Bd 21  Fred Cleveland (2) - Tom Kuhn (2)  1-0   

Bd 22  David Delgadillo (2) - Leonardo Villaverde (2)  1-0

Bd 23  Chuck Ensey (2) - Jonathan Patriarca (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Bruce Charnov (2) - Jerry Qu (2)  1-0

Bd 25  Elkaei Rivera (2) - Andrew Negus (2)  1-0 

Bd 26  Sam Barboo (2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2)  1/2-1/2   

Bd 27  Morgan Fox (2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  0-1

Bd 28  Shaun Sweitzer (2) - Jerry Beck (2)  1-0   

Bd 29  Buddy Morris (2) - William Wijaya (2)  1F-0F      

Bd 30  Ron Rezendes (1 1/2) - Rocio Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 31  Mark Lawless (1 1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 32  Fred Borges (1 1/2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 33  Frank Arias (1 1/2) - Paul Scott (1 1/2)  1-0  

Bd 34  Stanford Talcott (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 35  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Santi Pinon (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 36  Mayra Murra (1) - Jeremy Patton (1)  1-0

Bd 37  Maria Murra (1) - Tom Lavoy (1)  0-1 

Bd 38  Arnold Berlin (1) - Darren Himeles (1)  0-1

Bd 39  Jachin Tyrell (1) - Daniel Sun (1)  0-1 

Bd 40  Dustin Movius (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1)  0-1

Bd 41  Darryl Woodson (1) - Ron Stanard (1)  1-0

Bd 42  Ross Blum (1/2) - Bill Murray (1/2)  0-1

Bd 9  Monica Ness (1/2) - Stefanie Burnham (1/2)  1-0

Bd 43  Dan Press (0) - Brian Sun (0)  0-1

Bd 44  Roger Pedersen (0) - David Palmer (0)  0-1

Bd 45  Danica Hill (0) - Harry LaSalle (0)  1-0   

Bye: Paul Agron (3), Joel Batchelor (2 1/2), Larry Vikander (2), Carl Newell (2), Anthony Harbone (2), Joe Propati (2) and Tygan Zeng (1/2)   

Round 6 tentative pairings are posted...

Scholastic Winter Championships

Sunday January 30, 2011 10:00 AM

San Diego Chess Club 2011 Winter 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. 

The Markowski Open Rd 4 of 7

The Alina Markowski Open  Round 4 of 7  1/26/11  7 PM

Players so far: 95, not including 4 house players. To request a bye, email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com by 4 PM on Wednesday (and make sure I reply - if I don't, then please call the club), or just leave a message with Bruce Baker on the club telephone at 619-239-7166 by 6:30 PM. After that it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye. Also let us know if you are going to be late, because we try to re-pair players at 7:30 that have no-show opponents by using house players that are standing by to take your place. Always call if you can't make a round, no one wants to sit around with no one to play... 

Before this round, there were only 5 players with a perfect score of 3 wins. This round will whittle that down to a number somewhere between 3 and 0, most likely 2.   

Yes that is right, now there are only two (Kishinevsky and Whiting) 

Results for Rd 4:  

Board 1  Bill Whitney (3) - Bruce Baker (3)  1-0  Upset!!

Bd 2  Tim McGuiness (3) - Dimitry Kishinevsky (3)  0-1

Bd 3  Robert Draper (3) - Al Flore (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  Carl Wagner (2 1/2) - Jeff Turner (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Phillip Roth (2 1/2) - Rick Aeria (2 1/2)  0-1   

Bd 6  Ignacio Sainz (2 1/2) - Matt Souza (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 7  Leonard Sussman (2 1/2) - Jim Humphrey (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Todd Smith (2) - David Delgadillo (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Lennart Mathe (2) - Marty Lower (2)  0-1  one more upset  

Bd 11  Raoul Crisologo (2) - Chuck Ensey (2)  1-0   

Bd 12  Mario Amodeo (2) - Bruce Charnov (2)  1-0  

Bd 13  Fawsi Jose Murra (2) - Alejandrino Baluran (2)  0-1  

Bd 14  George Zeigler (2) - Elkaei Rivera (2)  1-0  

Bd 15  Aaron Wooten (2) - Larry Vikander (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Robert Defore (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  1-0  Longest Game of the Night 

Bd 17  Damani Fair (2) - Fausto Robles (2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 18  David Saponara (2) - Jim Krooskos (2)  1-0

Bd 19  Hector Gonzalez (2) - Fidel Gonzalez (2)  1F-0F  no show by Fidel!

Bd 20  Fred Deleon (2) - Morgan Fox (2)  1-0 

Bd 21  Leonardo Villaverde (2) - Esteban Escobedo (2)  0-1  

Bd 22  Rocio Murra (1 1/2) - Thomas Fries (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Fawsi Murra Jr (1 1/2) - Frank Arias (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Dayne Freitag (1 1/2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 25  Joel Batchelor (1 1/2) - Mark Lawless (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 26  Eliza Eggert (1 1/2) - Ron Rezendes (1 1/2)  1-0  Big Upset!!   

Bd 27  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1 1/2) - Sam Barboo (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 28  Edgar Lopez (1 1/2) - Cristhian Garcia (1 1/2)  0-1  Another upset!  

Bd 29  Carl Newell (1) - Patrick Edwards (1 1/2)  1-0    

Bd 30  Daniel Sun (1) - Buddy Morris (1)  0-1

Bd 31  David Palmer (1) - Fred Cleveland (1)  0-1   

Bd 32  Darren Himeles (1) - Chris Jensen (1)  0-1

Bd 33  Tom Lavoy (1) - Tom Kuhn (1)  0-1

Bd 34  Jonathan Patriarca (1) - Jachin Tyrell (1)  1-0 

Bd 35  Irina Nizmutdinova (1) - Anthony Harbone (1)  0-1    

Bd 36  Jerry Qu (1) - Darryl Woodson (1)  1-0 

Bd 37  Joe Propati (1) - Maria Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 38  Andrew Negus (1) - Dustin Movius (1)  1-0

Bd 39  Jerry Beck (1) - Mayra Murra (1)  1-0  

Bd 40  Michael Blandin (1) - William Wijaya (1/2)  0F-1F Michael was a no show...

Bd 9  Erik Marquis (1/2) - Monica Ness (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 41  Paul Scott (1/2) - Ross Blum (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 42  Bill Murray (1/2) - Jeremy Patton (1/2)  0-1

Bd 43  Ronald Stanard (0) - Dan Press (0)  1-0  I'm guessing, no score was reported... 

Bd 44  Brian Sun (0) - Arnold Berlin (0)  0-1

Bye: Paul Agron (2 1/2), Kenneth Xu (2), Santi Pinon (1), Stanford Talcott (1), Tygan Zeng (0), and Stefanie Burnham (0)

SIMUL Thursday 1/27/11 at 7 PM by GM Dejan Bojkov of Bulgaria!!

 

  

The Markowski Open Rd 3 of 7

The Alina Markowski Open  Round 3 of 7  1/19/11  7 PM

Players so far: 95, not including house players Antonio Gonzalez, Phil Skiba, Donald Klaas and Harry LaSalle. Joining us in round 3 were: George Zeigler, Marty Lower and Michael Blandin. We still need 5 more players to get to 100!! Here are some players that might still join us, please give them a nudge if you can: Albert Dumaran, Steve Perry, Jason Qu, Joe Rieker, Pejman Sagart, Gary Tuttle, Keith Wetterer.   

The time control for this event is our standard 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. To register for this event, or to request a bye, please email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com by 4 PM on Wednesday (and make sure I reply - if I don't then call the club), or call the club telephone at 619-239-7166 by 6:30 PM. 

There were 16 players with two wins after two rounds, but then it got tougher for them as they faced much stronger opponents. 3 of the top 8 boards drew, and only two of the higher rated players won (Bruce and Dimitry). Ratings apparently don't mean squat in this event! Now there are only 5 players with 3 wins. Also quite a few lower rated players on the lower boards were able to draw and some even won.   

Results for Rd 3:

Board 1  Bruce Baker (2) - Aaron Wooten (2) 1-0

Bd 2  Bill Whitney (2) - Todd Smith (2)  1-0  upset, this event has seen quite a few

Bd 3  Al Flore (2) - Paul Agron (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Jim Humphrey (2) - Carl Wagner (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 5  Dimitry Kishinevsky (2) - Robert Defore (2)  1-0  The longest game of the night

Bd 6  Tim McGuiness (2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  1-0  upset!

Bd 7  Alejandrino Baluran (2) - Robert Draper (2)  0-1  another upset for Bob!

Bd 8  Matt Souza (2) - Leonard Sussman (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 9  Rick Aeria (1 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 10  Ron Rezendes (1 1/2) - Ignacio Sainz (1 1/2)  0-1  

Bd 11  Fidel Gonzalez (1 1/2) - Chuck Ensey (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 12  Phil Roth (1 1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 13  Larry Vikander (1 1/2) - David Delgadillo (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 14  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (1)  0-1 

Bd 15  Chris Jensen (1) - Mario Amodeo (1)  0-1

Bd 16  Tom Kuhn (1) - Fausto Robles (1)  0-1

Bd 17  Santi Pinon (1) - David Saponara (1)  0-1

Bd 18  Buddy Morris (1) - Leonardo Villaverde (1)  0-1  big upset!!

Bd 19  Anthony Harbone (1) - Fred Deleon (1)  0-1 

Bd 20  Esteban Escobedo (1) - Jerry Qu (1)  1-0 

Bd 21  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1) - Tom Fries (1)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 22  Marty Lower (1) - Andrew Negus (1)  1-0 

Bd 23  Sam Barboo (1) - Joel Batchelor (1)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 24  Bruce Charnov (1) - Jerry Beck (1)  1-0

Bd 25  Morgan Fox (1) - Carl Newell (1)  1-0  big upset!

Bd 26  Mayra Murra (1) - Kenneth Xu (1)  0-1 

Bd 27  Elkaei Rivera (0) - Darren Himeles (1)  1-0 

Bd 28  Darryl Woodson (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1)  0-1 

Bd 29  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Stanford Talcott (1)  1-0

Bd 30  Maria Murra (1) - Damani Fair (1)  0-1  

Bd 31  Jim Krooskos (1) - Dustin Movius (1)  1-0

Bd 32  Daniel Sun (1) - Hector Gonzalez (1)  0-1  

Bd 33  Fawsi Murra Jr (1/2) - Michael Blandin (1)  1-0 

Bd 34  Cristhian Garcia (1/2) - Phil Skiba (0)  1-0  upset! 

Bd 35  Bill Murray (1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1/2)  0-1

Bd 36  Ross Blum (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1/2)  0-1   

Bd 37  Jeremy Patton (1/2) - Eliza Eggert (1/2)  0-1

Bd 38  Dan Press (0) - Fred Borges (0)  0-1 

Bd 39  Arnold Berlin (0) - Jonathan Patriarca (0)  0-1 

Bd 40  Tygan Zeng (0) - Joe Propati (0)  0-1

Bd 41  Stefanie Burnham (0) - Tom Lavoy (0)  0-1

Bd 42  Fred Cleveland (0) - Ron Stanard (0)  1-0

Bd 43  Jachin Tyrell (0) - Harry LaSalle (0)  1-0

Bd 44  Brian Sun (0) - Irina Nizmutdinova (0)  0-1

Bye: Jeff Turner (2), Frank Arias (1), Mark Lawless (1), Erik Marquis (0), Paul Scott (0) and Monica Ness (0)

Tentative Round 4 pairings will be posted Thursday night.

 

The Markowski Open Rd 2 of 7

The Alina Markowski Open  Round 2 of 7  1/12/11  7 PM

This 7 round event kicks off our club championship cycle. Rounds 1 through 7 of the Markowski are every Wednesday night for the next 7 weeks. This event also qualifies 16 players for the Reserve Championship, which is for players U1800. A Women's Championship will also start on 2/23.  The time control for this event is our standard 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. To register for this event, or to request a bye, please email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com by 4 PM on Wednesday (and make sure I reply), or call the club telephone at 619-239-7166 by 6:30 PM. 

Players so far: 92, not including house players Antonio Gonzalez, Donald Klaas and Harry LaSalle 

Joining us this week were 5 more players: William Wijaya, Fidel Gonzalez, Fawsi Murra Jr, Larry Vikander and Guru Gopalakrishnan 

Board 1  David Saponara (1) - Bruce Baker (1)  0-1 

Bd 2  Todd Smith (1) - Buddy Morris (1)  1-0

Bd 3  Fred DeLeon (1) -  Al Flore (1)  0-1

Bd 4  Carl Wagner (1) - Esteban Escobedo (1)  1-0

Bd 5  Tom Fries (1) - Dimitry Kishinevsky (1)  0-1

Bd 6  Lennart Mathe (1) - Fawsi Murra Jr (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 7  Robert Draper (1) - Raoul Crisologo (1)  1-0  big upset!

Bd 8  Mario Amodeo (1) - Matt Souza (1)  0-1  another upset!

Bd 9  Joel Batchelor (1) - Alejandrino Baluran (1)  0-1

Bd 10  Rick Aeria (1) - Ron Rezendes (1)  1/2-1/2  upset!

Bd 11  Carl Newell (1) - Antonio Gonzalez (0)  0-1 

Bd 12  Leonard Sussman (1) - Elkaei Rivera (1)  1-0

Bd 13  Kenneth Xu (1) - Bill Whitney (1)  0-1

Bd 14  Aaron Wooten (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1-0

Bd 15  Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - Jim Humphrey (1)  0-1

Bd 16  Paul Agron (1) - Jim Krooskos (1)  1-0

Bd 17  Damani Fair (1) - Robert Defore (1)  0-1

Bd 18  Jeff Turner (1) - Maria Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 19  Dustin Movius (1) - Tim McGuiness (1)  0-1

Bd 20  Fausto Robles (1/2) - Sam Barboo (1/2)  1/2-1/2  another upset!

Bd 21  Eliza Eggert (1/2) - Phillip Roth (1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Edgar Lopez (1/2) - Bill Murray (1/2)  1-0

Bd 23  Jeremy Patton (1/2) - Bruce Charnov (0)  0-1

Bd 24  Fred Borges (0) - Mayra Murra (0)  0-1  upset, Fred lost on time (again!)

Bd 25  Frank Arias (0) - Donald Klaas (0)  1-0 

Bd 26  Hector Gonzalez (0) - Fred Cleveland (0)  1-0

Bd 27  Tom Lavoy (0) - Chris Jensen (0)  0-1  0-1

Bd 28  Darren Himeles (0) - Erik Marquis (0)  1-0  upset!

Bd 29  Tom Kuhn (0) - Jachin Tyrell (0)  1-0

Bd 30  Paul Scott (0) - Santi Pinon (0)  0-1

Bd 31  Leonardo Villaverde (0) - Irina Nizmutdinova (0)  1-0

Bd 32  Stanford Talcott (0) - Jonathan Centers (0)  1-0 

Bd 33  Jonathan Patriarca (0) - Darryl Woodson (0)  0-1  upset!

Bd 34   Monica Ness (0) - Anthony Harbone (0)  0-1

Bd 35  Jerry Qu (0) - Dan Press (0)  1-0

Bd 36  Arnold Berlin (0) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (0)  0-1

Bd 37  Joe Propati (0) - Daniel Sun (0)  0-1  upset!

Bd 38  William Wijaya (1/2) - Fidel Gonzalez (1/2)  0-1

Bd 39  Andrew Negus (0) - Tygan Zeng (0)  1-0

Bd 40  Ronald Stanard (0) - Mark Lawless (0)  0-1

Bd 41  Jerry Beck (0) - Stefanie Burnham (0)  1-0

Bd 42  Morgan Fox (0) - Brian Sun (0)   1-0

Bd 43  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1/2) - Larry Vikander (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Chuck Ensey (1), Ignacio Sainz (1), Dayne Freitag (1), David Delgadillo (1), Patrick Edwards (1), Cristhian Garcia (0), Rocio Murra (0), Ross Blum (0) 

 

The Markowski Open Rd 1 of 7

The Alina Markowski Open  Round 1 of 7  1/05/11  7 PM

This 7 round event kicks off our club championship cycle. Already seeded in for the Club Championship are John Funderburg, Peter Hodges, Bruce Baker and Carl Wagner. The top 12 players with the highest scores in this event will qualify for the 7 round Club Championship (starts on 2/23/11). Rounds 1 through 7 of the Markowski are every Wednesday night for the next 7 weeks. This event also qualifies 16 players for the Reserve Championship, which is for players U1800. A Women's Championship will also start on 2/23.

Two byes are available if requested in time (before 6:30 PM the night of the round), but last round byes must be requested before the start of round 2. Entry Fee is $25, and everyone must renew their SDCC membership if they haven't already done so. Club Membership runs on a calendar year basis, so everyone expires on 12/31. Dues are $60 a year, $48 for seniors or for active mililtary, $30 for juniors. There are generous cash prizes throughout the year, so you will have plenty of chances to win that money back and then plenty more.  

The time control for this event is our standard 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. To register for this event, please email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com or call the club telephone at 619-239-7166. In this event, we all play in one huge section, so the first few rounds will feature large rating differences. Despite this, there is almost always a few upsets, or at least a few draws in the first few rounds. It is your chance to upset a much higher rated player, and if not, at least to learn something from the experience, A loss to a much higher rated player means you will probably only lose only 1 or 2 rating points, so there is practically nothing to lose and a lot to gain. Some people complain about the rating mismatches, but still this event seems to be very popular because we usually have 90 players or so. If you don't want to play a much higher or lower rated player (you will either get paired way up or way down for the first few rounds), then take a bye for the first round or even the first two rounds. Personally, I think it is fun and a good way to get to know the best players in our club.

Players so far: 87

There were 3 upsets tonight, no draws. Biggest upset was Patrick Edwards (1203) over Bruce Charnov (1803), a 600 point rating differential. Bruce misplayed a mating attack by overlooking an intermezzo move. Most of the games had 500 to 600 point spreads. Another upset was Dustin Movius (unr) over Fred Borges (1733) when Fred lost on time, but with an unrated player, we don't really know how good they are yet. Finally there was me, Chuck Ensey (1815), over house player Antonio Gonzalez (2031). I was going to take a bye, but decided to play Antonio and got a bit lucky.    

Board 1  Bruce Baker - Hector Gonzalez  1-0

Bd 2  Chris Jensen - Todd Smith  0-1

Bd 3  Al Flore - Frank Arias  1-0

Bd 4  Erik Marquis - Carl Wagner  0-1

Bd 5  Dimitry Kishinevsky - Tom Kuhn  1-0

Bd 6  Santi Pinon - Lennart Mathe  0-1

Bd 7  Raoul Crisologo - Leonardo Villaverde  1-0

Bd 8  Rocio Murra - Mario Amodeo  0-1

Bd 10  Alejandrino Baluran - Jonathan Patriarca  1-0

Bd 11  Anthony Harbone - Rick Aeria  0-1

Bd 12  Ignacio Sainz - Jerry Qu  1-0

Bd 13  Santaigo Rubio-Fernaz - Leonard Sussman  0-1

Bd 14  Bill Whitney - Joe Propati  1-0

Bd 15  Jonathan Centers - Aaron Wooten  0-1

Bd 16  Jim Humphrey - Andrew Negus  1-0

Bd 17  Mark Lawless - Paul Agron  0-1

Bd 18  Robert Defore - Jerry Beck  1-0

Bd 19  Jachin Tyrell - Jeff Turner  0-1

Bd 20  Tim McGuiness - Morgan Fox  1-0

Bd 21  Mayra Murra - David Saponara  0-1

Bd 22  Buddy Morris - Tom Lavoy  1-0

Bd 23  Fred Cleveland - Fred Deleon  0-1

Bd 24  Esteban Escobedo - Darren Himeles  1-0

Bd 25  Cristhian Garcia - Thomas Fries  0-1

Bd 26  David Delgadillo - Paul Scott  1-0

Bd 27  Irina Nizmutdinova - Robert Draper  0-1

Bd 28  Dayne Freitag - Stanford Talcott  1-0

Bd 29  Darryl Woodson - Joel Batchelor  0-1

Bd 9  Matt Souza - Monica Ness  1-0 

Bd 31  Chuck Ensey - Antonio Gonzalez  1-0

Bd 32  Bruce Charnov - Patrick Edwards  0-1 

Bd 33  Dan Press - Carl Newell  0-1

Bd 34  Ron Rezendes - Arnold Berlin  1-0

Bd 35  Daniel Sun - Kenneth Xu  0-1

Bd 36  Elkaei Rivera - Ross Blum  1-0

Bd 37  Tygan Zeng - Fawsi Jose Murra  0-1

Bd 38  Shaun Sweitzer - Ronald Stanard  1-0

Bd 39  Harry LaSalle - Damani Fair  0-1

Bd 40  Maria Murra - Stefanie Burnham  1-0

Bd 41  Dustin Movius - Fred Borges  1-0

Bd 42  Jim Krooskos - Brian Sun  1-0

Bye: Fausto Robles, Phillip Roth, Edgar Lopez, Eliza Eggert, Sam Barboo, Bill Murray, Jeremy Patton