Inland Empire vs San Diego

Club Match: Inland Empire Chess Club vs San Diego Chess Club

This event was held on 12/16/12 at the SDCC. We tried to pair the players as fairly as possible with people playing others close to their rating, but it was not always possible with so many players and a few last minute adjustments. San Diego won in a squeeker 8 1/2-7 1/2, but everyone had a great time and we thank the Inland Empire club for making the long journey to visit our club. We promise to do it again sometime, with us visiting their club...

The time control was 40/90, SD/30, d/5....7

Board 1  Roel Yumol (2281) IECC - Bruce Baker (2300) SDCC  0-1
Bd 2 Nikolay Arutyunov (2193) SDCC - Hugo Villanueva (2272)  1-0
Bd 3  David Pensenen (2126) IECC - Leonard Sussman (2080) SDCC  1-0
Bd 4  Alejandrino Baluran (2052) SDCC - Hermognes Ramirez (2092) IECC  1/2-1/2
Bd 5  Jesse Victoria (2068) IECC - Tim McGuiness (2040) SDCC  1-0
Bd 6  Bud Stamper (2037) SDCC - Romeo Reario (1999)  1/2-1/2
It was all tied up on the top six boards!! 2 wins for SDCC, 2 for IECC and 2 draws

Bd 7  Annie Wang (1963) IECC - Aaron Householder (1916) SDCC  1-0
Bd 8  Chuck Ensey (1841) SDCC - Shyam Gandhi (1841) IECC  0-1
Bd 9  Kele Perkins (1781) IECC - Bruce Charnov (1820) SCCC  0-1
Bd 10  William Wijaya (1769) SDCC - Christopher Barnett (1752)  0-1
Bd 11  Joaquin Perkins (1730) IECC - Gary Weeks (1753) SDCC  0-1
Bd 12  Steve Perry (1704) SDCC - Ryan Chen (1614) IECC 0-1
On the next 6 boards IECC pulls ahead with 4 wins to 2

Bd 13  Malik Coleman (1556) IECC - Scott Householder (1627) SDCC  1/2-1/2
Bd 14  Thomas Diem (1547) SDCC - Andrew Mendez (1266) IECC  1-0
Bd 15  Marcos Gonzalez (970) IECC - Glenn Rich (1537) SDCC 0-1
Bd 16  Rachel Hong (1543) SDCC - Charles Clark (1530) IECC  1-0
With 3 wins and one draw on the bottom 4 boards SDCC pulls ahead by 1 point!!
It was a very close match ...

There was also a scholastic section where they played 4 games at G/30, SDCC also won that match by a close margin...
Pictures are posted on our main website page.
      

Gambito #592 12/22/12

Gambito #592  12/22/12

24 players today, here they are in pre-event rating order:

2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala and Bruce Baker
4 Experts: Leonard Sussman, Daniel Grazaian, Jeff Turner and Elkaei Rivera
6 Class A: Buddy Morris, Sridhar Ramanujam, Edgar Lopez, Zechariah Zhu, Chuck Ensey and Jerry Qu
5 Class B: Daniel Zhu, Jason Arbeiter, Eliza Eggert, Gary Weeks and Gurveer Singh
4 Class C: Jesse Wang, Alex Costello, Stephen Zhu and Fred Cleveland
3 Class D: Ganesh Dekate, Matthew Wang and Andrew Sung

We used our usual 3 point McMahon pairing system where M/Exp=3, A=2, B=1 and C/D=0
Cyrus pointed out it was the first time in quite a while he has gone 4-0. His rating finally got back over 2500. He beat the #2, #4, #5 and #6 rated players (Baker, Grazian, Turner and Rivera, but not in that order)... But he wasn't the only one to go 4-0. Daniel Zhu also accomplished the feat, beating the #7, #8, #11 and #12 rated players (Morris, Ramanujam, Ensey and Qu). His rating was boosted by 88 points, putting him well over 1800 (1886 approx) for the first time. Gurveer Singh lost only to Eliza and Alex Costello lost only to Jason Arbeiter. One of the nice points of the MacMahon is it lets you play mostly against your peers and as a consequence more players can go 3-1 or even 4-0, that wouldn't happen in a regular Swiss, you would get paired up too much.  

Here were the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100
Second Place: Bruce Baker (5 1/2), $60
BU2400: Elkaei Rivera (5), $50
BU2200/BU2000: Edgar Lopez (5) and Daniel Zhu (5), $60 each
BU1800: Gurveer Singh (4), $50
BU1600: Alex Costello (3), $50
Total Prizes: $430 

Please note there IS a Gambito next week, as Jeff Turner has offered to direct while Bruce and Chuck are in Las Vegas. Thanks Jeff!

Gambito on 12/29

There IS a Gambito Saturday December 29

Contrary to rumors there is a Gambito Saturday December 29.

I will be the TD while Bruce and Chuck are out of town.

Please spread the word, thanks.

Jeff Turner

Gambito #591

Gambito Open #591  12/15/12

Only 16 players today for some unknown reason. Here they were:
2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawla and Bruce Baker
2 Experts: Leonard Sussman and Bud Stamper (plus Jamieson Pyror was a house player for the first 2 rounds)
4 Class A: Buddy Morris, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi and Jerry Qu
3 Class B: Boris Polonsky, Gurveer Singh, Anthony Harbone (+ John Donahoo, 3 house games)
2 Class C: Shiny Kaur and Fred Cleveland 
3 Class D: Keric Rivas, Cassidy Liu and Andrew Sung

We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system, directed by Jeff Turner. Here were the prize winners:

First/BU2400: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2) and Bruce Baker (6 1/2), $65 each
BU2200: Leonard Sussman (4 1/2) and Bud Stamper (4 1/2), $20 each
BU2000: Jerry Qu (4 1/2), $40
BU1800: Anthony Harbone (3) and Gurveer Singh (3), $20 each
BU1600: Shiny Kaur (3), $30

Total Prizes: $280

Class Championships Rd 6 of 6

Bruce Baker Class Championships  Rd 6 of 6 on 12/19/12  7 PM

Master/Expert Section:
Bd 1  Kyron Griffith (4 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (3)  1-0
Bd 2  George Zeigler (0) - Aaron Wooten (3 1/2)  1-0
Bd 3  Robert Defore (3) - Alejandrino Baluran (2)  0-1 
Bd 4  Jeff Turner (2 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  0-1
Bye: Bud Stamper (2), Withdraw: Raoul Crisologo (2), Peter Hodges (2 1/2)
         Jim Humphrey (3 1/2)?
Kyron Griffith wins Master Trophy + spot in the Club Championship
Aaron Wooten wins Expert (U2200) trophy on tie-breaks

Class A (U2000) Section:
Bd 5  Bruce Charnov (3 1/2) - David Saponara (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2
Bd 6  Guru Gopalakrishnan (3 1/2) - Allan Virtue (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2
Bd 7  Pejman Sagart (3) - Robert Draper (2)  1-0
Bd 8  Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2) - Thomas Fries (2 1/2)  1-0
Bd 9  Luke Neyndorff (1 1/2) - Buddy Morris (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2
David Saponara wins Class A Trophy
 
Class B (U1800) Section:
Bd 11 William Wijaya (4 1/2) - Sam Barboo (3)  1-0
Bd 12  Tom Kuhn (4 1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (3)  1-0
Bd 13  Steve Perry (2) - Anthony Harbone (3)  1/2-1/2 
Bd 14  Mayra Movius (2 1/2) - Donald Klaas (2)  0-1
Bd 10  Chuck Ensey (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2
Bd 15  Gary Weeks (1) - Robert Henderson (1 1/2)  1-0
Bd 19  Mark Lawless (0) - Thomas Webb (0)  1-0
Withdraw: Brian Kelly (2 1/2)
William Wijaya wins Class B trophy on tie-breaks

Class C (U1600) Section:
Bd 16  Rocio Murra (3) - Thomas Webb (4 1/2)  0F-1F
Bd 17  Glenn Rich (4) - Rob Soul (3)  1-0
Bd 18  David Palmer (1) - Morgan Fox (3)  1-0
Bd 19  Mark Lawless (2 1/2) full point bye
Bd 20  Dustin Movius (0) - Arnold Berlin (1)  1/2-1/2
Withdraw: John Huey (1 1/2), Darryl Woodson (2 1/2)
Thomas Webb wins Class C Trophy

Class D/E (U1400) Section:
Bd 21  Karen Kaufman (4 1/2) - Maria Murra (3)  0-1
Bd 22  Patrick Edwards (3) - Keric Rivas (4)  0-1
Bd 23  Ron Stanard (2) - Blake Foster (2 1/2)  1-0
Bd 24  Keith Wetterer (2) - Roger Pedersen (2)  1-0
Bd 25  Stephen Tuba (1/2) - Bill Murray (1 1/2)  0-1
Keric Rivas win U1400 trophy, Maria Murra wins U1200

Gambito #590 12/08/12

Gambito #590  12/08/12

28 players today, including the following in pre-event rating order:
3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith and Bruce Baker
7 Experts: Paul Agron, Aaron Wooten, Alan Sebeckis, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Chris Wonnell and Elkaei Rivera
5 Class A: Buddy Morris, Sridhar Ramanujam, Jay Choi, Jerry Qu and Jerry Cupat
5 Class B: Chuck Ensey, Daniel Zhu, Gary Weeks, Boris Polonsky and Anthony Harbone
4 Class C: Gurveer Singh, Jesse Wang, Stephen Zhu and Fred Cleveland
4 Class D/E: Ganesh Dekate, Andrew Sung, Matthew Wang and Davina Zhu

We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system with M/Exp=3, A=2, B=1 and C/D=0
Here are the prize winners:

First/Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2) and Kyron Griffith (6 1/2), $80 each
BU2400/2200: Elkaei Rivera (5) and Buddy Morris (5), $60 each
BU2000: Sridhar Ramanujam (4 1/2), $60
BU1800: Chuck Ensey (4 1/2), $60
BU1600: Gurveer Singh (3) and Jesse Wang (3), $30 each
BU1400: Matthew Wang (2 1/2), $40

Total Prizes: $500  

Class Championships Rd 5 of 6

Bruce Baker Class Championships  Rd 5 of 6  12/12/12  7 PM
This round was delayed from 12/05/12 due to a power outage that hit a large area of downtown (up to about Robinson St). This has happened before so we knew it wouldn't be fixed quickly. The power went out about 6:45 and we called it a night at 7:15. We will still play the next two rounds, on 12/12 and 12/19, the blitz event for 12/19 will have to be replaced with round 6.

Master/Expert Section:
Bd 1  Jim Humphrey (3 1/2) - Kyron Griffith (3 1/2) 0-1
Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (2 1/2) - Peter Hodges (2 1/2)  1-0
Bd 3  Chris Wonnell (2) - Raoul Crisologo (2)  1-0
Bd 4  Robert Defore (2) - Bud Stamper (2)  1-0
Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2
Bd 6  Jeff Turner (1 1/2) - Chuck Ensey (0)  1-0 
Withdraw: Esteban Escobedo (1/2)

Class A Section:
Bd 7  Guru Gopalakrishan (3 1/2) - David Saponara (3 1/2)  0-1
Bd 9  Allan Virtue (3) - Joel Batchelor (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2
Bd 10  Thomas Fries (2 1/2) - Bruce Charnov (2 1/2)  0-1
Bd 11  Luke Neyndorff (1 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (2)  0-1
Bd 12  Buddy Morris (1 1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)  0-1
Bye: Robert Draper (1 1/2)
Withdraw: David Delgadillo (2), Alfredo Deleon (1 1/2), Ron Rezendes (1)

Class B Section:
Bd 13  Hector Gonzalez (3) - William Wijaya (3 1/2)  0-1
Bd 14  Anthony Harbone (3) - Tom Kuhn (3 1/2)  0-1
Bd 15  Sam Barboo (2) - Mayra Movius (2 1/2) 1-0
Bd 16  Steve Perry (2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2)  0-1
Bd 18  Robert Henderson (1 1/2) - Bryan Kelly (1 1/2)  0-1
Bd 20  Donald Klaas (1) - Gary Weeks (1)  1-0
Withdraw: Jim Krooskos (2), Damani Fair (1/2), Erik Marquis (1/2)

Class C Section:
Bd 22  Tom Webb (3 1/2) - Mark Lawless (2 1/2)  1-0
Bd 23  Morgan Fox (3) - Glenn Rich (3)  0-1
Bd 24  Darryl Woodson (2) - Rob Soul (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2
Bd 25  John Huey (1 1/2) - Rocio Murra (2)  0-1
Bd 26  Arnold Berlin (0) - David Palmer (1)  1-0

Class D/E Section:
Bd 27  Karen Kaufman (3 1/2) - Patrick Edwards (3)  1-0
Bd 28  Keric Rivas (3) - Keith Wetterer (2)  1-0
Bd 29  Maria Murra (2) - Roger Pedersen (2)  1-0
Bd 30  Blake Foster (1 1/2) - Bill Murray (1 1/2)  1-0
Bd 31  Ron Stanard (1) - Stephen Tuba (1/2)  1F-0F
Withdraw: John May (3)

Next week is the last round...

Gambito Open #589

December Gambito Open (#589) 12/01/12

4 rounds of G/40, d/5; Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 & 4:30, all over by 6 PM
$700 in Guaranteed Prizes, prizes increased if totalis 32 or more players
28 players today, a little lighter than usual for some reason.
We played in 2 sections, Open and Reserve (U1800), Here are the players, listed in rating order:

Open Section (12 players):
3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith and Bruce Baker
8 Experts: Aaron Wooten, Venkat Iyer, Peter Hodges, Leonard Sussman, Bud Stamper, Chris Wonnell, Elkaei Rivera and Kiran Yalamanchi
1 Class A: Prisiliano Padilla

Reserve Section (16 players):
10 Class B: Jay Choi, Jerry Qu, David Ross, Gary Weeks, Rolando Ignacio, Sheila Rodriguez, Boris Polonsky, Ben Keltner, David Narevsky and Anthony Harbone
3 Class C: Thomas Diem, Claire Negus and Fred Cleveland
3 ClassD/E: Patrick Edwards, Ganesh Dekate and Mark Negus

Chuck Ensey and Brian Kelly filled in as house players when needed. Chuck directed with an assist from budding new director Jeff Turner, who ably ran the Swiss Sys computer program that does the pairings.

Here are the prize winners:

Open Section:
First/Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2) and Venkat Iyer (3 1/2), $100 each
BU2400: Bruce Baker (2 1/2), $75   BU2200: Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $75
2nd U2400/2nd U2200: Kiran Yalamanchi (2) and Chris Wonnell (2), $25 each
BU2000: Prisiliano Padilla (1), $75 

Reserve Section:
First/Second Place: Jay Choi (3 1/2) and Jerry Qu (3 1/2), $50 each
BU1600: Ganesh Dekate (2 1/2), $50
2nd U1600: Thomas Diem (1 1/2), Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) and Claire Negus (1 1/2), $7 each

Best Game Prizes to be announced here later on....

Kiran Yalamanchi got a nice win over Bruce Baker in Round 1. Venkat battled Kyron in a long game down to the wire in the last round and finally emerged the victor. Venkat also drew with Cy in Rd 2. In the Reserve Section Jay and Jerry drew with each other in Rd 3 and dispatched everyone else. David Ross was a new player visiting from England and won 3 in a row before losing to Jay in the last round. Jerry beat Sheila Rodriguez, visiting from Mexico, in the last round.
   

Report written by Chuck Ensey

Class Championships Rd 4 of 6

Bruce Baker Class Championships  Round 4 of 6  11/28/12  7 PM
Down the homestretch...

Master/Expert Section
Bd 1  Kyron Griffith (2 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (2 1/2)
Bd 2  Raoul Crisologo (2) - Jim Humphrey (2 1/2)
Bd 3  Peter Hodges (1 1/2) - Jeff Turner (1 1/2)
Bd 4  Chris Wonnell (1 1/2) - Robert Defore (1 1/2)
Bd 5  Mario Amodeo (1) - Alejandrino Baluran (1)
Bd 6  Bud Stamper (1) - Esteban Escobedo (1/2)
Bd 7  Lennart Mathe (1/2) - house player

Class A Section
Bd 8  David Saponara (2 1/2) - Allan Virtue (3)
Bd 9  David Delgadillo (2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2 1/2)
Bd 10  Pejman Sagart (2) - Thomas Fries (1 1/2)
Bd 11  Joel Batchelor (1 1/2) - Luke Neyndorff (1 1/2)
Bd 12  Bruce Charnov (1 1/2) - Buddy Morris (1 1/2)
Bd 13  Alfredo Deleon (1) - Ron Rezendes (1)
Bd 14  Robert Draper (1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)

Class B Section
Bd 15  William Wijaya (3) - Tom Kuhn (3)
Bd 16  Hector Gonzalez (2) - Anthony Harbone (2)
Bd 17  Gregory Ingolia (2) - Jim Krooskos (2)
Bd 18  Robert Henderson (1 1/2) - Mayra Movius (1 1/2)
Bd 19  Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2) - Sam Barboo (1)
Bd 20  Gary Weeks (1) - Steve Perry (1)
Bd 21  Brain Kelley (1/2) - Damani Fair (1/2)
Bye: Chuck Ensey (1)

Class C Section
Bd 22  Morgan Fox (2 1/2) - Thomas Webb (3)
Bd 23  Glenn Rich (2) - Darryl Woodson (2)
Bd 24  Mark Lawless (1 1/2) - John Huey (1 1/2)
Bd 25  Rob Soul (1 1/2) - David Palmer (1)
Bd 26  Rocio Murra (1) - Arnold Berlin (0)

Class D/E Section
Bd 27  John May (3) - Karen Kaufman (2 1/2)
Bd 28  Maria Murra (2) - Keric Rivas (2)
Bd 29  Keith Wetterer (2) - Patrick Edwards (2)
Bd 30  Mike Smith (1) - Ron Stanard (1)
Bd 31  Bill Murray (1/2) - Roger Pedersen (1)
Bd 32  Stephen Tuba (1/2) - Blake Foster (1/2)

Class Championships Rd 3 of 6

Bruce Baker Class Championships Rd 3 of 6 on 11/21/12  7 PM

Master/Expert Section
Bd 1  Raoul Crisologo (2) - Kyron Griffith (2)
Bd 2  Jim Humphrey (1 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)
Bd 3  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)
Bd 4  Chris Wonnell (1 1/2) - Peter Hodges (1/2)
Bd 5  Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Jeff Turner (1/2)
Bd 6  Esteban Excobedo (1/2) - Mario Amodeo (0)
Bye: Bob Defore (1), Kyron Griifth (2), whoops we will redo these pairing soon

Class A Section
Bd  7  Allan Virtue (2) - Pejman Sagart (2)
Bd  8  David Saponara (1 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)
Bd 9  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1 1/2) - Luke Neyndorff (1 1/2)
Bd 10  Buddy Morris (1) - Thomas Fries (1)
Bd 11  Shaun Sweitzer (1/2) - David Delgadillo (1)
Bd 12  Bruce Charnov (1/2) - Ron Rezendes (1/2)
Bd 13  Alfredo Deleon (0) - Bob Draper (0)
Withdraw: Jerry Qu (1/2)

Class B Section
Bd 14  Greg Ingolia (2) - William Wijaya (2)
Bd 15  Tom Kuhn (2) - Robert Henderson (2)
Bd 16  Chuck Ensey (1) - Hector Gonzalez (1)
Bd 17  Anthony Harbone (1) - Sam Barboo (1)
Bd 18  Jim Krooskos (1) - Steve Perry (1)
Bd 19  Erik Marquis (1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1/2)
Bd 20  Damani Fair (1/2) - Gary Weeks (0)
Bye: Mayra Movius (1)

Class C Section
Bd 21  Darryl Woodson (2) - Tom Webb (2)
Bd 22  John Huey (1 1/2) - Morgan Fox (1 1/2)
Bd 23  Glenn Rich (1) - Rocio Murra (1)
Bd 24  David Palmer (1) - Rob Soul (1)
Bd 25  Stanford Talcott (1/2) - Mark Lawless (1/2)
Bd 26  Joe Sanna? (0) - Arnold Berlin (0)

Class D/E Section
Bd 27  John May (2) - Maria Murra (2)
Bd 28  Roger Pedersen (1) - Keric Rivas (1)
Bd 29  Patrick Edwards (1) - Mike Smith? (1)
Bd 30  Bill Murray (1/2) - Keith Wetterer (1)
Bd 31  Stephen Tuba (0) - Ron Stanard (0)
Bye: Karen Kaufman (2), Blake Foster (0)

November Gambito Opens

November Gambito Opens #585-588

Nov 4, '12 8:21 AM by Chuck for everyone

Gambito Open #587  11/17/12
$20 Entry Fee, 4 rounds of G/40, d/5, rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30, all over by 6 PM. All entry fees paid out in prizes minus small club and rating fees. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, BU2400, BU2200, BU2000, BU1800 and BU1600. Also BU1400 if we have enough of those players. We may use a McMahon pairing system or split the field into 2 or 3 sections depending on the number of entrants and the discretion of the TD.   
Gambito Open #586  11/10/12
4 Masters (2 bye points): Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Varun Krishnan and Bruce Baker
11 Experts (1 bye point): Raoul Crisologo, Aaron Wooten, Alan Sebeckis, Peter Hodges, Jamieson Pryor, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Elkaei Rivera, Mario Amodeo, Bud Stamper and Chris Wonnell (missing Agron, Barquin and Humphrey from last week or we would have had a record 14 Experts!)
0 Class A: My big chance to be a winner, but I couldn't play today! (Chuck Ensey)
8 Class B: Jerry Qu, Jerry Cupat, Jay Choi, Gary Weeks, Bryan Thayillam, Boris Polonsky, Anthony Harbone and Jesse Wang
5 Class C and below: Fred Cleveland, Matthew Wang, Patrick Edwards, Ganesh Dekate and Rolando Llevares (unr)
Bruce Baker directed and used a 2 point McMahon pairing system. This event is now rated.
Here were the Prize winners:
First Place/BU2400: Cyrus Lakdawala (5) and Kyron Griffith (5), $85 each
2nd Place: Varun Krishnan (4 1/2), $60
BU2200: Aaron Wooten (4), $70
BU2000/BU1800: Jerry Cupat (3) and Gary Weeks (3), $70 each
BU1600: Patrick Edwards (2), $60
Total Prizes $500

Gambito Open #585 November Super 11/03/12
32 players today, here they are in rating order :
2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala and Bruce Baker
11 Experts: Paul Agron, Raoul Crisologo, Aaron Wooten, Jamieson Pryor, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Ben Barquin, Jeff Turner, Elkaei Rivera, Bud Stamper and Chris Wonnell.
A little light on the masters (no Griffith, Aldama or Graves), but I think that was a record number of Experts!
5 Class A: Sridhar Ramanujam, Jason Arbeiter, Jay Choi, Jerry Qu and Chuck Ensey (playing up, currently only 1781 and I lost more points today, sigh; I was up two pieces against Elkaei and lost, groan. I don't mind losing to Experts, but I should have been able to hold that one, but to Elkaei's credit, he hung in there and pulled it out. I used to say never resign against me, I have blown so many games and I guess that bad habit is still haunting me!)
6 Class B: Jerry Cupat, Marco Gonzalez, William Wijaya, Rolando Ignacio, Boris Polonsky and Anthony Harbone
5 Class C: David Narevsky, Alex Costello, Cassidy Liu, David Palmer and Fred Cleveland
3 Class E: Patrick Edwards, Ganesh Dekate and Chase Finch (unr)
We played in 2 sections as usual. John Donahoo (1660) filled in as a house player when needed and won one both games, one in the Open and one in the Reserves. Here are the prize winners:
Open Section (18 players):
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125
2nd Place/U2400/U2200: Bruce Baker (3), Raoul Crisologo (3) and Leonard Sussman (3), $75 each
2nd U2400/2nd U2200: Ben Barquin (2 1/2), Aaron Wooten (2 1/2) and Bud Stamper (2 1/2), $17 each
U2000: Sridhar Ramanujam (2), $75
2nd U2000: Jerry Qu (1) and Chuck Ensey (1), $12 each
Reserve Section (14 players):
First Place: Marco Gonzalez (4), $75
2nd Place: Jerry Cupat (3), $25
BU1600: David Narevsky (2 1/2) and Alex Costello (2 1/2), $50 each
BU1400: Ganesh Dekate (1 1/2), $25
Best Games TBA
Total Prizes: $755

Class Championships

Class Championships 11/07/12 7 PM

Oct 31, '12 4:02 PM by Chuck for everyone

Class Championships start Nov 7th  7 PM 
Round 1 of 6 on 11/07/12  40/90, SD/60, d/5 
6 sections if we have enough players for each, which we usually do...
Winner of the Master/Expert section gets seeded into the 2014 Club Championship  
66 players so far
Master/Expert Section (14 players so far)
Bd 1 Mario Amodeo - Kyron Griffith  0-1
Bd 2  Bruce Baker - Bud Stamper  1-0
Bd 3  Lennart Mathe - Raoul Crisologo  0-1
Bd 4  Aaron Wooten - Chris Wonnell  1/2-1/2
Bd 5  Robert Defore - Peter Hodges  1-0
Bd 6  Alejandrino Baluran - Estebam Escobedo  1-0
Bye: Jim Humphrey, Jeff Turner
Class A (U2000) Section (15 players so far)
Bd 7  Alfredo Deleon - Thomas Fries  0-1
Bd 8  David Saponara - Shaun Sweitzer  1-0
Bd 9  Robert Draper - Joel Batchelor  0-1
Bd 10  Allan Virtue - David Delgadillo  1-0
Bd 11  Pejman Sagart - Buddy Morris  1-0
Bd 12  Guru Gopalakrishnan - Bruce Charnov  1-0
Bd 13  Jerry Qu - Luke Neyndorff  0-1
Bye: Ron Rezendes
Class B (U1800) Section (13 players so far)
Bd 14  Steve Perry - Hector Gonzalez  1-0
Bd 15  Greg Ingolia - Erik Marquis  1-0
Bd 16  Damani Fair - William Wijaya  0-1
Bd 17  Gary Weeks - Tom Kuhn  0-1
Bd 18  Robert Henderson - Fawsi Jose Murra  1-0
Bd 30  Anthony Harbone - Mayra Movius  1-0
Bd 31  Chuck Ensey - Donald Klass  1-0  Don is a house player
Class C (U1600) Section (12 players so far)
Bd 19  Rob Soul - Thomas Webb  0-1
Bd 20  Rocio Murra - David Palmer  1-0
Bd 21  Arnold Berlin - Glenn Rich  0-1
Bd 22  Morgan Fox - Stanford Talcott  1/2-1/2
Bd 23  Joe Sanna - Darryl Woodson  0-1
Bye: Mark Lawless, John Huey
Class D (U1400) Section (4 players so far)
Bd 24  Keric Rivas - Bill Murray  1-0
Bd 25  Karen Kaufman - Ronald Stanard  1-0
Class E (U1200) Section (8 players so far)
Bd 26  Roger Pedersen - John May  0-1
Bd 27  Patrick Edwards - Blake Foster  1-0
Bd 28  Keith Wetterer - Maria Murra  0-1
Bd 29  Michael Smith - Stephen Tuba  1-0
Very nice Trophies for winner of each class.

November Super Gambito

Gambito Open #585 November Super Gambito  11/03/12

Sorry this post got deleted, so I had to reconstruct

32 players today, here they are in rating order :

2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala and Bruce Baker

11 Experts: Paul Agron, Raoul Crisologo, Aaron Wooten, Jamieson Pryor, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Ben Barquin, Jeff Turner, Elkaei Rivera, Bud Stamper and Chris Wonnell.

A little light on the masters (no Griffith, Aldama or Graves), but I think that was a record number of Experts!

5 Class A: Sridhar Ramanujam, Jason Arbeiter, Jay Choi, Jerry Qu and Chuck Ensey

6 Class B: Jerry Cupat, Marco Gonzalez, William Wijaya, Rolando Ignacio and Boris Polonsky

5 Class C: Anthony Harbone, David Narevsky, Alex Costello, Cassidy Liu and David Palmer

3 Class E: Patrick Edwards, Ganesh Dekate and Chase Finch (unr)

We played in 2 sections as usual. Here are the prize winners:

Open Section:

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

2nd Place: Bruce Baker (3), $75

U2400/2200: Raoul Crisologo (3) and Leonard Sussman (3), $75 each

2nd U2400/2200: Ben Barquin (2 1/2), Aaron Wooten (2 1/2) and Bud Stamper (2 1/2), $17 each

U2000: Sridhar Ramanujam (2), $75

2nd U2000: Jerry Qu (1) and Chuck Ensey (1), $12 each

Reserve Section:

First Place: Marco Gonzalez (4), $75

2nd Place: Jerry Cupat (3), $25

BU1600: David Narevsky (2 1/2) and Alex Costello (2 1/2), $50 each

BU1400: Ganesh Dekate (1 1/2), $25

Best Game Open Section goes to Cyrus for win over Kyron
Best Game Reserve Section goes to Claire Negus for win over Gary Weeks

Total Prizes: $755

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament Rd 5 of 5

Last Round of Team Tournament  10/24/12  7 PM
Bd 1  Mario Amodeo - Leonard Sussman
Bd 2  Bud Stamper - David Saponara
Bd 3  Thomas Webb - Hector Gonzalez
Bd 4  Eli Uskokovic - Stanford Talcott

Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran - Jim Humphrey
Bd 6  Butch Aying or other house player - Jerry Qu
Bd 7  Tom Kuhn - Steve Perry
Bd 8  Rob Soul - Karen Kaufman

Bd 9  Peter Hodges - Bruce Baker
Bd 10  Bruce Charnov - Buddy Morris
Bd 11  Gregory Ingolia - Mark Lawless
Bd 12  Joshua Chung - Ron Stanard

Bd 13  Lennart Mathe - Chris Wonnell
Bd 14  Chuck Ensey or other house player - Pejman Sagart
Bd 15  Robert Henderson - John Huey
Bd 16  Roger Pedersen - Aaron Cook

Bd 17  George Zeigler - Fawsi Jose Murra
Bd 18  Mayra Movius - Alfredo Deleon
Bd 19  Phil Skiba or other house player - Rocio Murra
Bd 20  Maria Murra - Patrick Edwards

Bd 21  Allan Virtue - Raoul Crisologo
Bd 22  Shaun Sweitzer - David Delgadillo
Bd 23  Anthony Harbone - Darren Himeles
Bd 24  Bill Murray - Keith Wetterer

10/28 Scholastic Chess Fall Championships

Scholastic Chess

SDCC Fall Championships 2012  Sunday 10/28/12

2225 Sixth Ave (1 block south of Laurel St in Balboa Park)

All Students K-12th grade are invited to play

3 sections: Novice (under 600 USCF or unrated)

                  Intermediate (under 1,000 USCF)

                 Advanced (1,000 or over USCF rated)

Entry Fee: $15

Trophies each section, rest receive medals 

Registration: 9:00 AM to 9:45 AM

Play begins at aproximately 10 AM, ends around 4:00 -4:30 PM

Bring chess sets if possible

email questions to Bruce Baker bakersandiego@cox.net or call 619-239-6177

    

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament Rd 4 of 5

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament Rd 4 of 5  on 10/17/12  7 PM
Here are the results:
Bd 1  Mario Amodeo - Jim Humphrey  0-1
Bd 2  Tom Fries - David Saponara  0-1
Bd 3  Tom Webb - Steve Perry  1-0
Bd 4  Rob Soul - Stanford Talcott  1-0

Bd 5  Leonard Sussman - Lennart Mathe  1/2-1/2
Bd 6  Pejman Sagart - Bud Stamper  1-0
Bd 7  Hector Gonzalez - Phil Skiba (house)  1-0
Bd 8  Aaron Cook - Eli Uskokovic  0-1

Bd 9  Chris Wonnell - Alejandrino Baluran  0-1
Bd 10  Chuck Ensey (house) - Robert Draper  1-0 
Bd 11  John Huey - Tom Kuhn  0-1
Bd 12  Karen Kaufman - Roger Pedersen  1-0

Bd 13  Raoul Crisologo - Peter Hodges  1/2-1/2
Bd 14 Buddy Morris - Shaun Sweitzer  1-0
Bd 15  Darren Himeles - Butch Aying (house)  0-1
Bd 16  Ron Stanard - Bill Murray (house)  1-0

Bd 17  Fawsi Jose Murra - Bruce Baker  0-1
Bd 18  Bruce Charnov - Mayra Murra  1/2-1/2
Bd 19  Rocio Murra - Mark Lawless  0-1
Bd 20  Joshua Chung - Maria Murra  1-0

Bd 21  George Zeigler - Al Virtue  1/2-1/2
Bd 22  David Delgadillo - Alfredo Deleon  1/2-1/2
Bd 23  Erik Marquis - Anthony Harbone  1-0
Bd 24  Keith Wetterer - Patrick Edwards  0-1

Bd 25  Matt Tacheron - Sam Barboo  0-1  house game

October Gambito Opens

Saturday October 27, 2012  Gambito #584

4 rounds of G/40, d/5. Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30, all over by 6 PM. Registration 10 AM to 10:25.  Entryy Fee: $20. One bye available. No memberships needed to play (other than USCF of course).       

Gambito #583 October 20, 2012

24 players today, including:

4 Masters: Dioniso Aldama, Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith and Bruce Baker

7 Experts: Craig Clawitter, Aaron Wooten, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Jamieson Pryor, Jeff Turner and Elkaei Rivera

4 Class A: Aaron Householder, Jason Arbeiter, Yohenis Carillo (house), Pejman Sagart and Jay Choi

6 Class B: Chuck Ensey, Gary Weeks, John Donahoo (house), Jerry Cupat, Scott Householder, Nicholas Wolff and Anthony Harbone

2 Class C: Byran Thayillam and Fred Cleveland

1 Class D: Cassidy Liu 

We used a 2 point McMahon pairings, with M=2, Exp=1, A and below =0. Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (6), $100

2nd Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $60   BU2400: Kyron Griffith (4), $60

BU2200: Jamieson Pryor (3 1/2), Elkaei Rivera (3 1/2), Craig Clawitter (3 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (3 1/2), $15 each

BU2000: Bryan Thayillam (3), $60

BU1800: Jerry Cupat (2 1/2) and Nicholas Wolff (2 1/2), $25 each

BU1600: Fred Cleveland (1 1/2) and Cassidy Liu (1 1/2), $20 each

Total Prizes: $430  

Gambito #582 10/13/12 National Chess Day

30 players, as follows, in pre-event rating order:

4 Masters: Dionisio Aldama, Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith and Bruce Baker

8 Experts: Paul Agron, Aaron Wooten, Leonard Sussman, Alan Sebeckis, Jeff Turner, Ben Barquin, Jamieson Pryor and Bud Stamper

3 Class A: Kiran Yalamanchi, Zechariah Zhu and Chuck Ensey

7 Class B: Marco Gonzalez, John Donahoo, Daniel Zhu, Ildefonso Mamaradlo, Jesse Wang, Jerry Cupat and Anthony Harbone

5 Class C: John Huey, David Narevsky, Nicholas Wolff, David Palmer and Stephen Zhu

3 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Matthew Wang and Patrick Edwards

We used a 4 point McMahon with M=4, Exp=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0

Here are the Prize winners:

1st Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7 1/2), $130

2nd Place: Dionisio Aldama (7), $80

BU2400: Jamieson Pryor (6), $80     2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (5 1/2), $30

BU2200: Ben Barquin (5), Bud Stamper (5) and Paul Agron (5), $37 each

BU2000: Kiran Yalamanchi (5), $80   2nd U2000: Zechariah Zhu (4), $30  

BU1800: Marco Gonzalez (4) and Jerry Cupat (4), $55 each

BU1600: Nicholas Wolff (3), $80

2nd U1600: Stephen Zhu (2 1/2) and David Palmer (2 1/2), $15 each

BU1400: Fred Cleveland (2 1/2), $50    2nd U1400: Patrick Edwards (1), $20

Total Prizes: $830

 

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament Rd 3 of 5

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament Round 3 of 5  10/10/12 

Tentative Pairings for Round 3 (really round 4, but we started over on round 2)

Bd 1  Lennart Mathe - Mario Amodeo  0-1

Bd 2  David Saponara - Pejman Sagart  1-0

Bd 3  Robert Henderson - Thomas Webb  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Stanford Talcott - Aaron Cook  0-1

 

Bd 5  Leonard Sussman - Alejandrino Baluran  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Jerry Qu - Bud Stamper  0-1

Bd 7  Phil Skiba - Tom Kuhn  0-1 

Bd 8  Karen Kaufman - Eli Uskokovic  bye-bye

 

Bd 9  Raoul Crisologo - Jim Humphrey  1-0

Bd 10  Tom Fries - Shaun Sweitzer  1/2-1/2 

Bd 11  Darren Himeles - Steve Perry  0-1

Bd 12  Rob Soul - Wendell Payne  bye-bye

 

Bd 13  Peter Hodges - George Zeigler  1-0

Bd 14  Alfredo Deleon - Buddy Morris  bye-bye

Bd 15  Sam Barboo - Erik Marquis  1/2-1/2 

Bd 16  Patrick Edwards - Ron Stanard  1-0

 

Bd 17  Bruce Baker - Chris Wonnell  1-0

Bd 18  Robert Draper - Bruce Charnov  1-0

Bd 19  Mark Lawless - John Huey  0-1

Bd 20  Roger Pedersen - Joshua Chung  bye-bye

 

Bd 21  Fawsi Jose Murra - Allan Virtue  1-0

Bd 22  David Delgadillo - Mayra Movius  1-0

Bd 23  Rocio Murra - Anthony Harbone  1-0

Bd 24  Bill Murray - Maria Murra  0-1

 

  

  

October Super Gambito

Gambito #581  10/06/12

23 players, light turnout today due to the competition from the LA Open.

Open Section (13 players)

4 Masters: Dionisio Aldama, Cyrus Lakdawala, Ron Bruno and Bruce Baker

5 Experts: Criag Clawitter, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Jamieson Pryor and Elkaei Rivera

4 Class A: Pejman Sagart, Chuck Ensey, Ajay Krishnan and Jerry Qu

Reserve Section (10 players)

2 Class B: Rolando Ignacio and Anthony Harbone

2 Class C: Ben Keltner and Nicholas Wolff

3 Class D: David Palmer, Fred Cleveland and Cassidy Liu

3 Class E: Mark Negus, Patrick Edwards and Rohan Loomba

John Donahoo (Class B) filled in as a house player with one game in Reserve and 3 in Open

Cyrus lost to Dionisio and drew with Elkaei.

Prize winners:

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (4), $125

BU2400: Ron Bruno (3), $75

Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (2 1/2), $75

BU2200: Craig Clawitter (2 1/2): $75

2nd U2400/2nd U2200: Bruce Baker (2), Jamieson Pryor (2), Elkaei Rivera (2), Leonard Sussman (2) and Jeff Turner (2), $10 each

BU2000: Pejman Sagart (1 1/2) and Ajay Krishnan (1 1/2), $50 each

Best Game Open Section: Dioniso Aldama, $15, for win over Bruce Baker

Reserve Section:

First Place/BU1600: Ben Keltner (3) and Nicholas Wolff (3), $62 each

2nd Place: Rolando Ignacio (2 1/2), $22

2nd U1600: Fred Cleveland (2 1/2), $22

Best Game Reserve Section: Fred Cleveland, $15, for win over David Palmer

Total Prizes: $700  

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament Rd 1

Mario Amodeo Team Tournament  Round 1 on 9/19/12  7 PM
Teams were drafted at 7:00 sharp. We ended up with 3 person teams instead of 4 due to a smaller turnout than last year.
Time control is G/120 with 10 second delay. Entry Fee is $25.
Bd 1  Bruce Baker - Alejandrino Baluran  1-0
Bd 2  Jerry Qu - Bruce Charnov  0-1
Bd 3  Tom Kuhn - Glenn Rich  1/2-1/2
Bd 4  Lennart Mathe - Raoul Crisologo  1/2-1/2
Bd 5  Guru Gopalakrishnan - Pejman Sagart  0-1
Bd 6  Aaron Cook - Darren Himeles  1-0
Bd 7  George Zeigler - Thomas Fries  1/2-1/2
Bd 8  Robert Draper - Erik Marquis  1-0
Bd 9  Patrick Edwards - John Huey  0-1
Bd 10  Allan Virtue - Leonard Sussman  0-1
Bd 11  Hector Gonzalez - David Delgadillo  1/2-1/2
Bd 12  Anthony Harbone - Elias Uskokovic  1-0
Bd 13  Jim Humphrey - Buddy Morris  1-0
Bd 14  Shaun Sweitzer - Steve Perry  1-0
Bd 15  Ronald Stanard - Robert Henderson  1/2-1/2
Bd 16  Chris Wonnell - Peter Hodges  0-1
Bd 17  Gregory Ingolia - Alfredo Deleon  1-0
Bd 18  Mark Lawless - Rob Soul  0-1
Bd 19  Keith Wetterer - Roger Pedersen  0-1
Match Play: Joel Batchelor - William Wijaya  1-0
Team results:
Team 1 (Baker) beat Team 7 (Baluran)  1-0
Team 2 (Crisologo) lost to Team 10 (Mathe)  0-1
Team 3 (Zeigler) lost to Team 11 (Fries)  0-1
Team 4 (Sussman) drew with Team 12 (Virtue)  1/2-1/2
Team 5 (Humphrey) drew with Team 13 (Morris)  1/2-1/2
Team 6 (Hodges) beat Team 14 (Wonnell)  1-0
Team 8 (Amodeo) and Team 9 (Murra) took byes 1/2-1/2
as did Team 15 (Saponara) and Team 16 (Gopalakrishnan)
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We really need to have 4 player teams, so we are going down to 12 teams:
Here are the reconstituted teams as of 9/22/12..
Team 1 - Baker (2305), Charnov (1820), Lawless (1585) and Chung (1298)
Team 2 - Crisologo (2166), Sweitzer (1879), Himeles (1730) and Payne (1054)
Team 3 - Zeigler (2107), Deleon (1888), Marquis (1694) and Edwards (1090)
Team 4 - Sussman (2100), Gopalakrishnan (1905), Gonzalez (1742) and Uskokovic (1264)
Team 5 - Hodges (2084), Morris (1905), Ingolia (1721) and Stanard (1311)
Team 6 - Humphrey (2079), Fries (1958), Perry (1720) and Soul (1408)
Team 7 - Baluran (2041), Qu (1820), Kuhn (1650) and Sanna (1415)
Team 8 - Amodeo (2029), Saponara (1905), Webb (1616) and Talcott (1424)
Team 9 - Mathe (2007), Sagart (1827), Henderson (1593) and Cook (1498)
Team 10 - Wonnell (1998), Bob Draper (1859), Huey (1599) and Pedersen (934)
Team 11 - Virtue (1927), Delgadillo (1869), Harbone (1643) and Wetterer (928)
Team 12 - Fawsi Murra (1708), Mayra Movius (1622),  Rocio Murra (1572), Maria (1097)
           
                         

September Gambito Opens

Gambito #580  9/29/12

23 players: 

5 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Varun Krishnan, Bruce Baker and Nikolay Arutyunov

5 Experts: Aaron Wooten, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner and Jamieson Pryor 

4 Class A: Jay Choi, Ajay Krishnan, Albert Dumaran and William Wijaya

2 Class B: Anthony Harbone and Jesse Wang

4 Class C: Nicholas Wolff, Bryan Tangtartharakul, Ben Keltner and Alex Costello 

3 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Matthew Wang and Ganesh Dekate

2 point McMahon Pairing system used M=2, Exp/A=1, B and below=0 

Prize Winners:

First Place/2nd Place/U2400: Cyrus Lakdawala (5), Kyron Griffith (5) and Bruce Baker (5), $70 each

BU2200: Venkat Iyer (3 1/2), $50   BU2000: Jay Choi (3 1/2), $50

BU1800: Bryan Tangtartharakul (3), $50  BU1600: Alex Costello (2 1/2), $50

Total Prizes: $410 

 

Gambito #579  9/22/12

24 players, not bad considering we are still suffering through an oppressive heat wave. Here are the players in pre-event rating order:

2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala and Bruce Baker

6 Experts: Aaron Wooten, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Bud Stamper and Elkaei Rivera

7 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Aaron Householder, Jason Arbeiter, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi, Jerry Qu and Blake Borskey

3 Class B: Scott Householder, Ildefonso Mamaradlo and Jesse Wang (John Donahoo filled in as a house player)

2 Class C: Nicholas Wolff and Ben Keltner    

5 Class D: Alex Householder, Fred Cleveland, David Palmer, Matthew Wang and Ganesh Dekate

We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system with M/Exp=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0. Here were the prize winners: 

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2), $100    Second Place: Bruce Baker (6), $60

BU2400: Aaron Wooten (5 1/2), $60

BU2200: Elkaei Rivera (5) and Leonard Sussman (5), $30 each

BU2000: Chris Wonnell (4 1/2) and Aaron Householder (4 1/2), $30 each

BI1800: Ben Keltner (3 1/2), $50   BU1600: David Palmer (2 1/2), $40

BU1400: Matthew Wang (2) and Alex Householder (2), $10 each

Total Prizes: $450

Gambito #578  9/15/12

This was a Super Gambito since we missed one on Sept 1 due to the So Cal Open. There are 5 Saturdays this month, so it kind of made sense to thrown in a Super here.

35 players, great turnout despite the heat...here the brave players are in pre-event rating order:

Open Section (22 players)

7 Masters: Dionisio Aldama, Cyrus Lakdawala, Jeff Arnold, Kyron Griffith, Ken Arnold, Peter Graves and Nikolay Arutyunov

8 Experts: Paul Agron, Venkat Iyer, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Peter Hodges, Bud Stamper and Mario Vinoya 

4 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Zechariah Zhu, Jay Choi and Albert Dumaran

Plus 3 Class B playing up: Jerry Qu, Daniel Zhu and Gregory Ingolia

Reserve Section (U1800), 13 players

5 Class B: Chuck Ensey, Gary Weeks, Eliza Eggert, Datris Robinson and Anthony Harbone

4 Class C: Bryan Tangtartharakul, Alexander  Costello, Stephen Zhu, Claire Negus   

4 Class D: Cassidy Liu, Mark Negus, Patrick Edwards and Ganesh Dekate

Here are the prize winners:

Open Section

First/Second Place: Dionisio Aldama (3 1/2) and Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $100 each

BU2400/Third Place: Ken Arnold (3) and Peter Graves (3), $57 each

2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (2 1/2) and Nikolay Arutyunov (2 1/2), $12 each

BU2200: Paul Agron (2 1/2), $75

BU2000: Chris Wonnell (2 1/2), $75

2nd U2200: Venkat Iyer (2), Jeff Turner (2), Leonard Sussman (2) and Peter Hodges (2), $6 each

2nd U2000: Jerry Qu (2), $25  

Best Game Open Section: Dionisio Aldama, $15, for win over Kyron Griffith

Reserve Section

First Place: Chuck Ensey (3 1/2), $75

Second Place: Gary Weeks (3) and Datris Robinson (3), $12 each

BU1600: Claire Negus (3), $75

BU1400: Ganesh Dekate (2 1/2), $40

2nd U1600: Bryan Tangtartharakul (2) and Stephen Zhu (2), $12 each

2nd U1400: Mark Negus (1) and Patrick Edwards (1), $10 each

Best Game Reserve Section, Chuck Ensey, $15, for win over Gary Weeks (no other games turned in) 

Total Prizes: $830  

Gambito #577 9/08/12  

Prizes based on number of entries, usually 20 to 30 or more... I stopped by for one house game today and left before it was all over. Here are the players, 27 total, a really good turnout. I thought we would have a lull after the So Cal Open, but the players were out in force anyway!

5 Masters: Dionisio Aldama, Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Bruce Baker and Nikolay Arutyunov

4 Experts: Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner and Bud Stamper   

5 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Bud Morris, Zecharah Zhu, Pejman Sagart and Jay Choi

6 Class B: Gary Weeks, Datris Robinson, Daniel Zhu, Jesse Wang, Andrew Negus and David Narevsky

1 Class C: Claire Negus

6 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Matthew Wang, Mark Negus, Justin Crichfield, Patrick Edwards and Derek Williams

Bruce Baker directed and used a 3 point McMahon pairing system with M=3, Exp/A=2, B=1, C/D=0  Here are the winners... 

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (7), $100  Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (5 1/2), $60

BU2400: Bruce Baker (5), $70

BU2200: Bud Stamper (4 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $35 each

BU2000: Buddy Morris (4), Jay Choi (4) and Chris Wonnell (4), $20 each

BU1800: Gary Weeks (4), $50   BU1600: Claire Negus (2 1/2), $40

BU1400: Matthew Wang (2), Patrick Edwards (2) and Mark Negus (2), $10 each

Total Prizes: $480

 

Saponara Shootout Rd 5 of 5

David Saponara Precision Shootout

Round 5 of 5 on 9/12/12 at 7 PM

Here are the results from the last round...

Gunslinger Section

First/Second/Third Place: Raoul Crisologo (3 1/2), Aaron Wooten (3 1/2), Nikolay Arutyunov (3 1/2), Peter Hodges (3 1/2), $32 each

BU2000: Thomas Fries (3 1/2), $70

2nd/3rd U2000: Guru Gopalakrishan (3), Pejman Sagart (3), Joel Batchelor (3), $20 each

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Bd 1  Thomas Fries (3 1/2) - Nikolay Arutyunov (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (3)  1-0

Bd 3  Allan Virtue (2 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  Lennart Mathe (2 1/2) - Peter Hodges (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 5  Gregory Ingolia (2) - Joel Batchelor (2)  0-1

Bd 6  Pejman Sagart (2) - Sam Barboo (2)  1-0

Bd 7  Mario Amodeo (1 1/2) - David Saponara (1)  1-0

Bd 8  Tim McGuiness (1/2) - Buddy Morris (0)  0-1

Withdraw: Ben Barquin (2)

Sniper Section

First Place: Bruce Charnov (4 1/2), $60      2nd Place: Carl Newell (4), $30

BU1600: Rocio Murra (3), $40

BU1400/2ndU1600: Darryl Woodson (3) and Ronald Stanard (3), $40 each

2nd U1400: David Palmer (2 1/2), $20  

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Bd 10  Bruce Charnov (3 1/2) - Darryl Woodson (3)  1-0

Bd 11  Anthony Harbone (3 1/2) - Carl Newell (3)  0-1

Bd 12  Damani Fair (2 1/2) - Rocio Murra (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  David Palmer (2 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2)  0-1

Bd 14  Glenn Rich (2) - Ronald Standard (2)  0-1

Bd 15  Steve Perry (1 1/2) - Michael Swift (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Brian Sun (0) - Rob Soul (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 17  Arnold Berlin (1 1/2) - Joe Sanna (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Keith Wetterer (1) - Maria Murra (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 20  Roger Pedersen (1/2) - William Wijaya (0)  1-0

Withdraw: Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2), Donald Klaas (1 1/2), Monica McGuiness (1 1/2)

Sharpshooter Section (G/90)

First/Second Place: Shaun Sweitzer (3 1/2) and Chuck Ensey (3 1/2), $45 each

BU1800: Jerry Qu (2 1/2), $60    2nd U1800: Hector Gonzalez (2), $30 

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Bd 21  Chuck Ensey (3 1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Alfredo Deleon (2 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Robert Draper (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Thomas Kuhn (1) - David Delgadillo (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Jerry Qu (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1/2)  1-0

Bd 26  Gary Weeks (0) - John Huey (1/2)  1-0

Withdraw: Santi Pinon (2 1/2)

Bounty Hunter Section (G/90)

First Place: Robert Henderson (4 1/2), $60

2nd Place: Mark Lawless (4), $30

BU1400: Tom Lavoy (3), Tygan Zeng (3), Joshua Chung (3), Daniel Sun (3), $22 each 

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Bd 27  Daniel Sun (3) - Robert Henderson (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  Mark Lawless (3) - Joshua Chung (3)  1-0

Bd 29  Tygan Zeng (2 1/2) - Tom Lavoy (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Daniel Amor (2) - Aaron Cook (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Bill Murray (1 1/2) - Elias Uskokovic (1)  0-1

Bd 32  Blake Foster (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1/2)  0-1

Withdraw: Wendell Payne (1 1/2)

Prizes will be posted Thursday night...     

Southern Calif Open Prize Winners

Southern California Open Prize Winners

Open Section

First Place: John Bryant (5), $2,600

2nd - 6th Place: Kyron Griffith (4 1/2), Tim Taylor (4 1/2), Enrico Sevillano (4 1/2), Zhanibek Amanov (4 1/2) and Varun Krishnan (4 1/2), $1,000 each

7th Place: Dionisio Aldama (4), $400

BU2300/2ndU2300/BU2200/2ndU2200: Vanessa West (4), Marian Nick Nita (4), Shirin Navabi (4) and Romeo Ignacio (4), $700 each  

3rd/4th U2200: Nikolay Arutyunov (3 1/2), Albert Lu (3 1/2) and Raoul Crisologo (3 1/2), $200 each

Premier Section (U2000)

First/2nd Place: Kenneth Xu (5) and Michael Taylor (5), $800 each

3rd Place: Aaron Chang (4 1/2), $400

4th Place: Alfredo Deleon (4), Annie Wang (4), Kiran Yalamanchi (4) and Ashritha Eswaran (4), $50 each

Amateur Section (U1800)

First Place: Boris Kitapszyan (5 1/2), $1,000

2nd/3rd/4th Place: Blake Borskey (4 1/2), Harold May (4 1/2), Jerry Qu (4 1/2) and Matthew Shuben (4 1/2), $300 each

Reserve Section (U1600)

First/2nd Place: Jerry Cupat (5) and Dante Peterson (5), $800 each

3rd Place: Matthew Rittorno (4 1/2), $400

4th Place: Manu Reddy (4), Evan Lee (4) and David Chacon (4), $66 each 

Booster Section (U1400)

First/2nd Place: Kevin Yang (5) and Darryl Woodson (5), $500 each

3rd Place: Mick Peterson (4 1/2), $200

BU1200/2ndU1200: Shirinidhi Jayakumar (4 1/2) and Varvara Okuneva (4 1/2), $225 each

4th Place: Keric Rivas (4), Daniel Sun (4) and Rishik Puranam (4), $33 each

Best Unrated: Ganesh Dekate (2), $100

Best Game Prize: Vanessa West, $75, for win over Varun Krishnan

2nd Best Game goes to Timothy Taylor, $50, for win over Zhanibek Amanov

3rd place, non-Open Section prize, goes to Brett Becker, $25, for win over Shaun Sweitzer 

Total Prizes: $20,000 

                                 

Saponora Shootout Rd 4 of 5

David Saponara Precision Shootout Rd 4 of 5 on 9/05/12 at 7 PM

Gunslinger Section

Bd 1  Thomas Fries (2 1/2) - Raoul Crislologo (2 1/2)  1-0

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

Bd 3  Peter Hodges (2) - Allan Virtue (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Nikolay Arutyunov (1 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Ben Barquin (1 1/2) - Sam Barboo (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  David Saponara (1) - Joel Batchelor (1)  0-1

Bd 7  Buddy Morris (0) - Gregory Ingolia (1)  0-1

Bd 28  Jerry Cupat (0) - Alejandrino Baluran (0)  0-1  house game

Sniper Section

Bd 8  Darryl Woodson (3) - Anthony Harbone (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 9  Bruce Charnov (2 1/2) - David Palmer (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Fawsi Jose Murra (2) - Carl Newell (2)  0-1

Bd 11  Michael Swift (2) - Rocio Murra (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2) - Damani Fair (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 13  Joe Sanna (1) - Maria Murra (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 14  Ronald Stanard (1) - Keith Wetterer (1)  1-0

Bd 15  Steve Perry (1/2) - Roger Pedersen (1/2)  1-0

Bd 16  William Wijaya (0) - Arnold Berlin (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Glenn Rich (1 1/2), Donald Klaas (1)

Sharpshooter Section (G/90), U2000

Bd 18  Chuck Ensey (2 1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Dayne Freitag (1 1/2) - Jerry Qu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 20  David Delgadillo (1 1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 21  Robert Draper (1) - Thomas Kuhn (1)  1-0

Bd 22  John Huey (1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (1)  0-1

Bounty Hunter Section (G/90), U1600

Bd 24  Aaron Cook (1 1/2) - Daniel Sun (2)  0-1

Bd 25  Tom Lavoy (1 1/2) - Wendell Payne (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 26  Eli Uskokovic (1) - Daniel Amor (1)  0-1

Bd 27  Patrick Edwards (1) - Bill Murray (1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  Mark Lawless (2) - full point bye, TD error

Bye: Robert Henderson (3), Joshua Chung (2 1/2), Tygan Zeng (2)   

 

Saponara Shootout Rd 3 of 5

David Saponara Precision Shootout  Rd 3 of 3 on 8/29  7 PM

These are tentative pairings, as of 8/24, people taking byes can change these. Please email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com if you need a bye so we can redo these pairings. Call the club at 619-239-7166 if you don't hear back from me.

Gunslinger Section (40/90, SD/60)

Bd 1  Lennart Mathe (2) - Raoul Crisologo (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  Peter Hodges (1 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Mario Amodeo (1 1/2) - Thomas Fries (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  Ben Barquin (1 1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 5  Allan Virtue (1) - David Saponara (1)  1-0

Bd 6  Pejman Sagart (1) - Gregory Ingolia (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Tim McGuiness (1/2) - Nikolay Arutyunov (1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Joel Batchelor (0) - Buddy Morris (0)  1-0

Bye: Sam Barboo (1), Withdraw: George Zeigler (0) 

Sniper Section (40/90, SD/60), U1800

Bd 10  Anthony Harbone (2) - Bruce Charnov (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Darryl Woodson (2) - Keric Rivas (0)  1-0

Bd 12  David Palmer (1 1/2) - Ronald Stanard (1)  1-0

Bd 13  Carl Newell (1) - Donald Klaas (1)  1-0

Bd 14  Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - Joe Sanna (1)  1-0

Bd 16  Rocio Murra (1) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 17  Rob Soul (1) - Glenn Rich (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Maria Murra (1) - Michael Swift (1) 0-1

Bd 19  Monica McGuiness (1/2) - Keith Wetterer (1)  1-0

Bd 20  Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Phil Skiba (0)  0-1 

Bd 21  Arnold Berlin (0) - Steve Perry (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 9  Blake Borskey (0) - William Wijaya (0)  1-0

Bye: Damani Fair (1), Withdraw: Stanford Talcott (1)

Sharpshooter Section (G/90), U2000

Bd 21  Alfrexo Deleon (1 1/2) - Kenneth Xu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Hector Gonzalez (1) - Chuck Ensey (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Jerry Qu (1) - David Delgadillo (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Tom Kuhn (1) - Dayne Freitag (1/2)  0-1

Bd 25  John Huey (1/2) - Robert Draper (0)  0-1

1/2 pt Bye: Santi Pinon (2), Shaun Sweitzer (1), Erik Marquis (0) 

0 pt bye: Eliza Eggert (1)

Bounty Hunter Section (G/90), U1600

Bd 30  Robert Henderson (2) - Tom Lavoy (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 31  Tygan Zeng (1 1/2) - Daniel Sun (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 32  Wendell Payne (1 1/2) - Joshua Chung (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 33  Daniel Amor (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1

Bd 34  Eli Uskokovic (1) - Aaron Cook (1/2)  0-1

Bd 35  Bill Murray (1/2) - Steve Gordon (0)  0-1

Bye: Patrick Edwards (0)    

 

 

August Gambito Opens

Gambito #576  8/25/12 

Last Gambito Open before the So Cal Open on the following weekend.

24 players, in pre-event rating order:

5 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Varun Krishnan, Bruce Baker and Peter Graves

7 Experts: Nikolay Arutyunov, Paul Agron, Venkat Iyer, Aaron Wooten, Leonard Sussman, Bud Stamper and Paul Choate

6 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Buddy Morris, Jason Arbeiter, Pejman Sagart, Chuck Ensey and Jay Choi

3 Class B: Jerry Qu, Ajay Krishnan and Anthony Harbone  

3 Class C and below: Thomas Diem, Fred Cleveland and Patrick Edwards   

We played in two sections, U2000 (Reserve) and over 2000 (Open).

Prize Winners:

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

BU2400: Kyron Griffith (2 1/2) and Peter Graves (2 1/2), $30 each 

BU2200: Nikolay Arutyunov (2), Paul Choate (2) and Paul Agron (2), $20 each  

Reserve Section:

BU2000: Buddy Morris (3 1/2), $60

BU1800: Thomas Diem (2 1/2), $50

BU 1600: Patrick Edwards (1), $40

Total Prizes: $430 

Gambito #575

29 players, here they are in pre-event rating order:

5 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Bruce Baker, Peter Graves and Nikolay Arutyunov

8 Experts: Shirin Navabi, Aaron Wooten, Venkat Iyer, Jeff Turner, Tim McGuiness, Leonard Sussman, Ben Barquin and Elkaei Rivera

8 Class A: Jason Ma, Santi Pinon, Kenneth Xu, Buddy Morris, Sridhar Ramanujam, Pejman Sagart, Alexander Blank and Chuck Ensey

3 Class B: Jesse Wang, David Narevsky and Anthony Harbone (John Donahoo and Blake Borskey filled in as house players for 2 games each) 

5 Class C or less: Bryan Tangtartharakul, Fred Cleveland, Matthew Wang, Cassidy Liu and Patrick Edwards.

We used a 2 point McMahon Pairing system, where M/E=2, A=1, B/C=0

Here were the prize winners:

Congrats to Venkat, he drew with Cyrus and defeated Shirin Navabi, Aaron Wooten and Peter Graves in that order. Cyrus also drew with Peter Graves and with Kyron, which dropped his rating U2500. Just a month or so ago he was pushing to break 2600, but he has been in a small slump lately.     

First Place: Venkat Iyer (5 1/2), $100

2nd Place (6 way tie!): Cyrus Lakdawala (4 1/2), $35

BU2400: Peter Graves (4 1/2), Kyron Griffith (4 1/2), $35 each

BU2200: Jeff Turner (4 1/2), Aaron Wooten (4 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $35 each

BU2000: Kenneth Xu (3 1/2), $75

BU1800: Jesse Wang (2 1/2), $57  BU1600: Matthew Wang (2 1/2), $57

BU1400: Cassidy Liu (2), $20

Total Prizes: $520  

      

Gambito #574

28 players, report delayed until tomorrow... 

Advance entries So Cal Open

34th Annual Southern California Open  Sept 1-3, 2012

We usually list the advance entries on the SCCF website, but the person who usually does this is on vacation right now, so I am attempting to fill out a list here, it may take me a bit to get all the names on it. Please email chucnglo@aol.com if you think you should be on this list. Ratings are from the September supplement... 

151 players pre-registered so far... As of 9/01/12  (111 three day + 40 two day)

Open Section, 46 players so far (32 three day + 14 two day) 

Enrico Sevillano (2596), John Bryant (2515), Zhanibek Amanov (2457), Ronald Bruno (2369), Timothy Taylor (2357), Varun Krishnan (2347), Kyron Griffith (2288), Daniel Rozovsky (2231, bye Rd 6), Edward Formanek (2211, bye Rd 6), John Funderburg (2207), Romeo Ignacio (2201, bye Rd 6), Craig Clawitter (2196, bye Rd 5), Marian Nick Nita (2191), Vanessa West (2189, bye Rd 5), Paul Agron (2185, bye Rd 1), Alaa-Addin Moussa (2181), Tony Yim (2176, bye Rd 6), Raoul Crisologo (2165), Peter Hodges (2146), Aaron D Jones (2106), Joshua Sheng (2104), Lawrence Stevens (2098), Venkat Iyer (2095), Craig Hilby (2086), Jesus Orozco (2054), Nicky Korba (2039), Scott Radmacher (2028), Randall Hough (2023), Esteban Escobedo (2003), Paul Duncan (1964), Ethan Xie (1902, bye Rd 6), David Delgadillo (1894, bye Rd 1)

2 day players: Dionisio Aldama (2581), Martin Nilsson (2297), Nikolay Arutyunov (2194), Albert Lu (2178), Shirin Navabi (2145), Jeff Turner (2080), Enrico Balmaceda (2058), Elkaei Rivera (2047, bye Rd 1), Bud Stamper (2046), Michael Nagaran (2021), Mario Vinoya (2005), Raymond Wong (1879), Danial Asaria (1862), Ganesh S. Dekate (unr) 

Premier Section (U2000), 29 players so far (18 three day + 11 two day)

Alder Ribaya (1937, bye Rd 3), Kenneth Xu (1928), Leo Creger (1913), Dennis Saccuzzo (1909), Shaun Sweitzer (1886), Zechariah Zhu (1884), Joseph Warhula (1878), Steve Morford (1872), John Badger (1859, bye Rd 6), Daniel Collins (1855), Alfredo Deleon (1826), Rachel Eng (1809), Brett Becker (1807), Ashritha Eswaran (1785), Eliza Eggert (1783, bye Rd 5), Sam Barboo (1771), Datris Robinson (1737, bye Rd 3 and 4), Victor Delgadillo (1649)

2 day players: Kiran Yalamanchi (1996), Annie Wang (1978, bye Rd 6), Aaron Householder (1916), Sridhar Ramanujam (1889), Joselito Quiba (1871), Alex Wang (1868), Mark Ayers (1861), Aaron Chang (1829), Stephanie Shao (1826), Ajay Krishnan (1742), Ronaldo Salenga (1652) 

Amateur Section (U1800), 30 players so far (25 three day + 5 two day)

Harold May (1792), Rolando Ignacio (1788), Raul Bugnosen (1786, bye Rd 6), Matthew Shuben (1769), Kumann Liu (1763), Gary Weeks (1754), Steve Perry (1751), Jerry Qu (1750, bye Rd 3), Gregory Ingolia (1729), James Chaffin (1726), Samuel Katagi (1724, bye Rd 1), Boris Kitapszyan (1712), Fawsi Jose Murra (1694), Ethan Tang (1690, bye Rd 6), Blake Borskey (1679), Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1672, Bye Rd 1), Michael Belleville (1668), Gert Lykke (1665), Daniel Zhu (1665), Steven Dahl (1651), Andrew Negus (1634), Harold Valery (1624, bye Rd 6), Kevin Chor (1621), Anthony Harbone (1600), Evan Hoffman (1353)

2 day players: Robert Oesterlein (1700), Scott Householder (1697), Rick Sun (1691), Namit Guar (1629), Arjun Moorthy (1537)   

Reserve Section (U1600), 20 players so far (16 three day + 4 two day)  

Richard Pugh III (1595), Jerry Cupat (1586), Jesse Wang (1577), Arsenio Caccam (1568), John Huey (1555), Dante Petersen (1510), Rahul Puranam (1508, bye Rd 6), Manu Reddy (1507), Noah Gin (1485), Matthew Rittorno (1463), Claire Negus (1462), James Holder (1447), Stephen Zhu (1446), Gia Petersen (1407), Robert Martin? (1401), Evan Lee (1297) 

2 day players: David Chacon (1582), Aaron Cook (1570), Andrew Liu (1485), Arun Moorthy (1287)

Booster Section (U1400), 26 players so far (20 three day + 6 two day) 

John Carson (1398), Darryl Woodson (1397), Michael Esh (1374), Mick Petersen (1372), David Palmer (1329), Matthew Wang (1252), Mark Negus (1191), Maria Murra (1142), Carlito Lanada (1114), Shrinidhi Jayakumar (1094), Rishik Puranam (1065, bye Rd 6), Varvara Ukuneva (1010), Kevin Yang (958), Roger Pedersen (934), Thomas Hesser (855), Alan Daley (848), Christopher Lane (846), Toren Anderson (791), Paola Hoffman (758), Marquis Taylor (unr)

2 day players: Daniel Sun (1370), Keric Rivas (1324), Vinay Shukla (1284), Cassidy Liu (1223), Kaitlyn Chu (1003), Aksithi Eswaran (971)

There are several more players not listed here who have booked a hotel room, but haven't sent their entry fee or registered online... Please do so ASAP so we can confirm you in the correct section!

 

Grandmaster Simul on 8/19/12 1 PM

GM Dejan Bojkov Simul Exhibition on Sunday 8/19 at 1 PM

The Bulgarian Grandmaster returns to San Diego Chess Club next Sunday at 1 PM for a 40 board simultaneous exhibition. Dejan is rated one of the top 400 active players in the world today, rated 2556 by FIDE and over 2600 by USCF. You can play this star by signing up online with Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com . The entry fee is only $5, the club will cover the rest of the cost. He may give a short lecture afterwards, time permitting...     

20 signs ups so far: Blake Borskey,  Albert Dumaran, Ben Duong, Sabrina Duong, Chuck Ensey, Anthony Harbone, John Huey, Andrew Liu, Cassidy Liu, Stanford Talcott, Bryan Tangtartharakul, David Narevsky, Roger Pedersen, Sridhar Ramanujam, Joe Sanna, Bud Stamper, Jesse Wang, Matthew Wang, Darryl Woodson, Kenneth Xu....  

David Saponara Shootout

David Saponara Precision Shootout  Rd 1 of 5  August 15, 2012  7 PM

There is a Fast Divison in this event (G/90) and a Slow Division (40/90, SD/60, both with 5 second delay. Each is further broken down in to two rating sections.

In the Slow Division:

Gunslinger Section (40/90, SD/60)

Bd 1  George Zeigler - Raoul Crisologo  0-1

Bd 2  Peter Hodges - Tim McGuiness  1-0

Bd 3  Ben Barquin - Mario Amodeo  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Lennart Mathe - David Saponara  1-0

Bd 5  Buddy Morris - Allan Virtue  0-1

Bd 6  Thomas Fries - Joel Batchelor  1-0

Bd 7  Guru Gopalakrishnan - Pejman Sagart  1-0

Bd 8  Sam Barboo - Gregory Ingolia  1-0

Bd 9  Aaron Wooten - Nikolay Arutyunov  1/2-1/2

Sniper Section (40/90, SD/60), U1800

Bd 9  Carl Newell - Bruce Charnov  0-1

Bd 10  Damani Fair - Steve Perry  1-0

Bd 11  Anthony Harbone - Donald Klaas  1-0

Bd 12  Stanford Talcott - Glenn Rich  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Arnold Berlin - Darryl Woodson  0-1

Bd 14  Monica McGuiness - Ronald Stanard  0-1

Bd 15  Michael Swift - Daniel Sun  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Keith Wettter - Roger Pedersen  1-0

Bye: Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1), David Palmer (1/2)   

 

In the Fast Division:

Sharpshooter Section (G/90)

Bd 17  Dayne Freitag - Kenneth Xu  0-1

Bd 18  Robert Draper - David Delgadillo  0-1

Bd 19  Shaun Sweitzer - Alfredo Deleon  0-1

Bd 20  Jerry Qu - Chuck Ensey  1/2-1/2

Bd 21  Hector Gonzalez - Eliza Eggert  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Blake Borskey - Erik Marquis  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  John Huey - Tom Kuhn  1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Phil Skiba - Santi Pinon  0-1  

Bounty Hunter Section (G/90), U1600

Bd 24  Aaron Cook - Mark Lawless  0-1

Bd 25  Robert Henderson - Bill Murray  1-0

Bd 26  Tom Lavoy - Joe Sanna  1/2-1/2

Bd 27  Dan Amor - Tygan Zeng  0-1

Bd 28  Eli Uskokovic - Joshua Chung  0-1

Bd 29  Patrick Edwards - Wendell Payne  0-1

Bye: Andrew Liu (1/2), Bob Soul (1/2)

All pairings will be done with the Precision system where you are paired with the person closest to you in rating, as long as you have the same number of points. The lower rated player will generally get White.

You can join in nad get a first round 1/2 point bye by emailing Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com , please specify the section you want to be in, thanks! 

 

Funderburg Open Rd 5

John Funderburg Open Rd 5 of 5 on 8/08/12 at 7 PM 

G/100, d/19

Open Section

First Place: Nikolay Arutyunov (3 1/2) and Kyron Griffith (3 1/2), $65 each

BU2200: George Zeigler (3 1/2), $70

2nd U2200: Raoul Crisologo (3) and Aaron Wooten (3), $30 each

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Bd 1  Nikolay Arutyunov (3 1/2) - George Zeigler (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (2) - Ben Barquin (2)  1-0

Bd 3  Bud Stamper (2) - Raoul Crisologo (2)  0-1

Bd 4  David Saponara (2) - Peter Hodges (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 6  Tim McGuiness (1 1/2) - Jim Humphrey (1)  0-1

Bd 7  Lennart Mathe (1) - Mario Amodeo (0)  1/2-1/2

Premier Section

First Place: Santi Pinon (5), $70

Second Place: Joel Batchelor (4), $50

BU1800: Gregory Ingolia (4), $70

3rd - 4th Place: Allan Virtue (3 1/2) and Alfredo Deleon (3 1/2), $35

2nd - 3rd U1800: Jonathan Patriarca (3) and Donald Klaas (3), $45 each

4th U1800: Tom Kuhn (2 1/2), $30

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Bd 7  Gregory Ingolia (4) - Santi Pinon (4)  0-1

Bd 8  Steve Perry (3) - Joel Batchelor (3)  0-1

Bd 9  Harold May (3) - Phil Skiba (3)  1-0

Bd 10  Allan Virtue (2 1/2) - Jonathan Patriarca (3)  1-0

Bd 11  Charles Berkman (2 1/2) - Fred Deleon (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Donald Klaas (2) - Buddy Morris (2)  1-0

Bd 13  Pejman Sagart (2) - Eliza Eggert (2)  1-0

Bd 14  Chuck Ensey (1 1/2) - Kenneth Xu (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 15  Dayne Freitag (1 1/2) - William Wijaya (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 16  Kirk Branner (1 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1 1/2)  1/2 -1/2

Bd 17  Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2) - Bruce Charnov (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Rocio Murra (1) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 19  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1/2) - Mayra Movius (1/2)  1-0     

Reserve Section

First Place: John Huey (5), $70

2nd-3rd Place: Aaron Cook (3 1/2) and Andrew Liu (3 1/2), $40 each

BU1400: Tom Lavoy (3 1/2) and Joe Sanna, $60 each

3rd U1400: Arnold Berlin (3), $30

BU1200: Mike Smith (2), $60

2nd U1200: Maria Murra (1 1/2), $40

Total Prizes: $1,100 

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Bd 20  John Huey (4) - Mark Lawless (3)  1-0

Bd 21  Aaron Cook (2 1/2) - Bill Murray (3)  1-0

Bd 22  Robert Henderson (2 1/2) - Joe Sanna (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Andrew Liu (2 1/2) - Daniel Amor (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Tom Lavoy (2 1/2) - Stanford Talcott (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Arnold Berlin (2) - Joshua Chung (2)  1-0

Bd 26  Ron Stanard (2) - David Palmer (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 27  Monica McGuiness (1 1/2) - Keric Rivas (2)  1-0

Bd 28  Dustin Movius (1 1/2) - Mike Smith (1)  0-1

Bd 29  Michael Swift (1) - Patrick Edwards (1)  1-0

Bd 30  Maria Murra (1/2) - Roger Pedersen (0)  1-0

Bd 31  Wendell Payne (0) - Eli Uskokovid (0)  0-1

Next week is the 5 round David Saponara Precision Shootout, where you are paired agains tthe player who is closest to you in rating... 

  

 

Funderburg Open Rd 4

John Funderburg Open Rd 4 of 5 on 8/01/12  7 PM

G/100, d/19 seconds   Somehow this page got deleted, I am reconstructing...

Open Section

Bd 1  Kyron Griffith (2 1/2) - David Saponara (2)  1-0

Bd 2  Ben Barquin (2) - Nikolay Arutyunov (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 3  Peter Hodges (1) - George Zeigler (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Raoul Crisologo (1) - Lennart Mathe (1)  1-0

Bd 5  Bud Stamper (1) - Jim Humphrey (1)  1-0

Bd 6  Mario Amodeo (0) - Tim McGuiness (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Aaron Wooten (1 1/2), Shirin Navabi (1) 

Premier Section

Bd 7  Joel Batchelor (3) - Santi Pinon (3)  0-1

Bd 8  Gregory Ingolia (3) - Pejman Sagart (2)  1-0

Bd 9  Buddy Morris (2) - Steve Perry (2)  0-1

Bd 10  Phil Skiba (2) - Donald Klaas (2)  1-0

Bd 11  Erik Marquis (2) - Harold May (2)  0-1

Bd 12  Kenneth Xu (1 1/2) - Jonathan Patriarca (2)  0-1

Bd 13  Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2) - Allan Virtue (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 14  Alfredo Deleon (1 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 15  David Delgadillo (1/2) - Chuck Ensey (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Bruce Charnov (1) - Kirk Branner (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 17  Eliza Eggert (1) - Rocio Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 18  Dayne Freitag (1/2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Mayra Movius (1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (1/2)  0-1

Bd 20  Damani Fair (0) - Anthony Harbone (1/2)  0-1

Withdraw: Guru Gopalakrishnan, Shaun Sweitzer, Jim Krooskos  

Reserve Section

Bd 21  Aaron Moman (3) - John Huey (3)  0-1

Bd 22  Joe Sanna (2 1/2) - Mark Lawless (2)  0-1

Bd 23  Bill Murray (2) - Joshua Chung (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Daniel Amor (2) - Tom Lavoy (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Keric Rivas (2) - Aaron Cook (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Robert Henderson (1 1/2) - Monica McGuiness (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 27  Blake Foster (1 1/2) - Andrew Liu (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 28 Roger Pedersen (0) - Arnold Berlin (1)  0-1 

Bd 29  David Palmer (1) - Michael Swift (1)  1-0

Bd 30  Mike Smith (1) - Ron Stanard (1)  0-1

Bd 31  Maria Murra (1/2) - Dustin Movius (1/2)  0-1

Bd 32  Patrick Edwards (0) - Keith Wetterer (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Stanford Talcott (2), Tygan Zeng (1 1/2)

No show?!! Nick Kinzel (1 1/2)

Match: Ron Rezendes (1) - Sam Barboo (1)  1/2-1/2

       

San Diego County Championships 8/04-8/05/12

San Diego County Championships  8/04/12 - 8/05/12 at the

San Diego Chess Club, 2225 Sixth Avenue San Diego CA 92101 

$3,500 Prize Fund 

3 Sections: Open, U2000 and U1600, Time control: Game in 100 minutes, with 5 second delay per move; same for all rounds. SCCF membership required ($18 adult, $10 junior). This is the state organization (Southern California Chess Federation) that publishes Rank and File magazine with great articles by Cyrus Lakdawala, Jack Peters and others.   

Here are the players in rating order:  Thanks to everyone for joining this annual event! 

Open Section (19 players):

6 Masters: IM Dionisio Aldama, Ronald Bruno, Varun Krishnan, Martin Nilsson, Bruce Baker, Peter Graves

10 Experts: Nikolay Arutyunov, Alaa-Addin Moussa, Raoul Crisologo, Peter Hodges, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Ben Barquin, Bud Stamper and Michael Nagaran.

3 Class players playing up: Luke Cheng, Phil Roth and Victor Delgadillo  

Premier (U2000) Section (22 players):

11 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Kenneth Xu, Edgar Lopez, William Wijaya, Santi Pinon, Zechariah Zhu, John Badger, Daniel Collins, Chuck Ensey, Albert Dumaran and Jay Choi 

11 Class B: Harold May, Eliza Eggert, Steve Perry, Ajay Krishnan, Daniel Shevelev, Todd Arone, Bart Lancaster, Fawsi Jose Murra, Daniel Zhu, Anthony Harbone and Gregory Ingolia

Reserve (U1600) Section (16 players):

6 Class C: Jesse Wang, Alex Costello, Salvador Rangel, Andrew Liu, Fred Cleveland, and Stephen Zhu    

5 Class D: Richard Hatch, Joe Sanna, David Kim, Matthew Wang and Cassidy Liu

5 Class E: Mike Smith, Daniel Sun, Patrick Edwards, Kevin Yang and Roger Pedersen 

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Prize Winners:

Open Section:

First Place: Dioniso Aldama (4), $500

Second Place/U2400/U2300/2nd U2400: Varun Krishnan (3 1/2), Ronald Bruno (3 1/2), Martin Nilsson (3 1/2) and Bruce Baker (3 1/2), $175 each

2nd U2300: Peter Graves (3), $50

BU2200/2ndU2200: Alaa-Addin Moussa (3) and Jim Humphrey (3), $125 each

BU2100: Ben Barquin (2 1/2), $200

2nd U2100: Michael Nagaran (2), Jeff Turner (2), Bud Stamper (2) and Phillip Roth (2), $12 each

Premier Section:

First Place: Santi Pinon (4 1/2), $300

BU1900: Harold May (3 1/2), $200

Second Place/2nd U1900: Albert Dumaran (3), Kenneth Xu (3), Jay Choi (3), Daniel Collins (3), Zechariah Zhu (3) and Edgar Lopez (3), $33 each

BU1800/2ndU1800: Eliza Eggert (3), Ajay Krishnan (3) and Daniel Shevelev (3), $83 each

BU1700/2ndU1700: Daniel Zhu (2 1/2) and Gregory Ingolia (2 1/2), $125 each 

Reserve Section:

First Place: Alex Costello (4 1/2), $180

BU1500: Andrew Liu (4), $100

2nd Place: Stephen Zhu (3 1/2), $75

BU1400: Kevin Yang (3 1/2), $75

2nd U1500: David Kim (3), $50

2nd U1400: Cassidy Liu (2 1/2) and Matthew Wang (2 1/2), $12 each

Best games will be announced after careful study...