February Gambito Opens #552, #553 & #554

Gambito Open #554  2/25/12  

After a week off for the Recession Buster Open on 2/18-2/20, the Gambito resumed on 2/25 with the usual format, 4 rounds of G/40 with 5 second delay.

24 players vied for prizes, here they are in pre-event rating order:

3 Masters: Peter Graves, Bruce Baker and Kyron Griffith

4 Experts: Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Elkaei Rivera and Paul Choate

7 Class A: Antonio Gonzalez, Madhavan Vajapeyam, Ben Barquin, Buddy Morris, Pejman Sagart, Jay Choi and Jason Arbeiter 

6 Class B: Datris Robinson, Nestor Dagamat, Daniel Cook, Anthony Harbone, Eliza Eggert and Andrew Negus

4 Class C and below: Fred Cleveland, Mark Negus, Carl Dagamat (unr) and Ty Kirk (unr)

Bruce Baker directed and used a 2 point McMahon where M/Exp=2, A=1, B/C=0 

Prize winners of #554:

First Place: Kyron Griffith (5 1/2), $100    BU2400: Bruce Baker (5), $60

Second Place: Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $60

BU2200: Antonio Gonzalez (4), $50

BU2000: Pejman Sagart (3 1/2) and Madhavan Vajapeyam (3 1/2), $30 each

BU1800: Andrew Negus (3), Nestor Dagamat (3) and Eliza Eggert (3), $17 each

BU1600: Fred Cleveland (1 1/2), $50  

Total Prizes: $430

Registration is from 10 AM to 10:25 AM, if you are late you will likely have to take a bye for the first round.  

Gambito Open  #553  2/11/12   

The Gambito Open is played practically every weekend. $20 entry fee, Next weekend is the exception, due to the Recession Buster Open on 2/18-2/20, so there will be no Gambito Open on 2/18, but Gambito #554 will be played on 2/25/12.   

Today there were 28 players and we used a 2 point McMahon with M/Exp=2, A=1, B/C=0. Here are the players in rating order:

4 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Peter Graves, Bruce Baker and Kyron Griffith

4 Experts: Raoul Crisologo, Jamieson Pryor, Leonard Sussman and Elkaei Rivera

8 Class A: Ben Barquin, Sridhar Ramanujam, Bud Stamper, Aaron Householder, Chuck Ensey, Pejman Sagart, Jason Arbeiter and Jay Choi.

7 Class B: Hector Gonzalez, Scott Householder, Albert Dumaran, Eliza Eggert, Tom Kuhn, Anthony Harbone and Jared Weiss.

3 Class C: Kenneth Carter, David Whitten and Fred Cleveland

2 Class D: Alex Householder and Patrick Edwards

Here are the Prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $100 

Second Place: Bruce Baker (5), $70   

BU2400: Raoul Crisologo (4 1/2), $70   

BU2200: Elkaei Rivera (4), $70   

BU2000: Ben Barquin (3 1/2), Pejman Sagart (3 1/2), Bud Stamper (3 1/2) and Aaron Householder (3 1/2), $17 each

BU1800: Albert Dumaran (3), $70   

BU1600: Kenneth Carter (2), $70  

Total Prizes: $500

Gambito # 552   February Super Gambito Chess  2/04/12

38 players, great turnout.  Very strong Open Section with 7 Masters! 

Open Section (22 players): 

7 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Ron Bruno, Peter Graves, Varun Krishnan, Bruce Baker, Kyron Griffith and Romeo Ignacio

6 Experts: Alan Tsoi, Venkat Iyer, Raoul Crisologo, Leonard Sussman, Madhavan Vajapeyam and Esteban Escobedo

9 Class A: Elkaei Rivera, Ben Barquin, Bud Stamper, Aaron Householder, Pejman Sagart, Jerry Qu, Jay Choi, Chuck Ensey and Datris Robinson

Reserve Section (16 players):

5 Class B: Scott Householder, Anthony Harbone, Ajay Krishnan, Sam Barboo and Jerry Kavanau  

4 Class C: Jared Weiss, Carlos Lopez-Tenorio, Fred Cleveland and Daniel Zhu

7 Class D: Thomas Diem, Alex Householder, Stephen Zhu, Patrick Edwards, Cassidy Liu, Joshua Chung and Carol Paden

Here are the Prize winners:

Open Section (22 players): 

First Place: Ron Bruno (4), $125

Second Place/BU2400/2nd U2400: Varun Krishnan (3), Bruce Baker (3), Romeo Ignacio (3) and Peter Graves (3), $50 each

BU2200: Raoul Crisologo (3), $75          2nd U2200: Alan Tsoi (2 1/2), $25

BU2000: Ben Barquin (2), Chuck Ensey (2) and Aaron Householder (2), $40 each

Best Game Prize (one of Cy's books) goes to Ron Bruno for win over Esteban Escobedo.

Reserve Section (16 players):

First Place: Ajay Krishnan (4), $75

Second Place: Jerry Kavanau (3), $25

BU1600: Jared Weiss (3), $75

2nd U1600: Daniel Zhu (2 1/2) and Fred Cleveland (2 1/2), $12 each 

BU1400: Cassidy Liu (2), Joshua Chung (2) and Alex Householder (2), $33 each

Best Game (one of Cy's books) goes to Daniel Zhu for win over Carlos Lopez-Tenorio 

Total Prizes: $845 

4 Rounds of G/40 with 5 second delay; at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM, all over by 6 PM. Registration: from 10 AM to 10:25 AM, please call 619-239-7166 if you are running late, Rd 1 starts at 10:30 sharp, if you aren't registered by 10:25 you will have to take a bye for round 1. You are allowed one bye, but no last round byes, sorry. Entry fee: $25 

USCF membership required (we can sign  you up on the spot, $48 for 1 year). SCCF membership required ($18) for anyone winning over $18, and SDCC membership required ($60) for anyone winning over $100 over the last 12 months.  Any questions?: email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com or call Bruce Baker at 619-239-7166. Club is located at 2225 Sixth Avenue between Ivy and Juniper on the edge of Balboa Park. Free parking usually available, but arrive early for closest spots.  

 

The Markowski Open Rd 5

Rd 5 of 7 Club Championship Qualifier!

7 PM on 2/01/12

85 players, plus a few house players...

Here are the results for Round 5...   

Board 1  Peter Hodges (4) - Todd Smith (4)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 2  Carl Wagner (3 1/2) - Manuel Herrera (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 3  Esteban Escobedo (3 1/2) - David Hart (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Ignacio Sainz (3) - David Pino (3)  0-1

Bd 5  David Delgadillo (3) - Jim Humphrey (3)  0-1

Bd 6  Alejandrino Baluran (3) - Chuck Ensey (3)  1-0

Bd 7  Jerry Qu (3) - Aaron Wooten (3)  0-1

Bd 8  Joel Batchelor (3) - Brian Polka (3)  0-1 

Bd 9  Chris Wonnell (3) - Anthony Harbone (3)  1-0 

Bd 10  Mario Amodeo (2 1/2) - Larry Vikander (2 1/2)  1-0   

Bd 11  Ben Barquin (2 1/2) - Damani Fair (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 12  Jeff Turner (2 1/2) - David Whitten (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 13  Guru Gopalakrishnan (2 1/2) - David Saponara (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Carl Newell (2 1/2) - Allan Virtue (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Lennart Mathe (2) - Erik Marquis (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Chris Jensen (2) - Buddy Morris (2) 0-1 

Bd 17  Darren Himeles (2) - Alfredo Deleon (2)  1-0 

Bd 18  Shaun Sweitzer (2) - Blake Borskey (2)  1-0

Bd 19  Pejman Sagart (2) - Zechariah Zhu (2)  1-0

Bd 20  Sam Barboo (2) -  Bruce Charnov (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 21  Albert Dumaran (2) - Jonathan Patriarca (2)  1-0

Bd 22  Eliza Eggert (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  0-1

Bd 23  Fawsi Jose Murra (2) - Glenn Rich (2)  0-1 

Bd 24  Stanford Talcott (2) - Robert Draper (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 25  William Wijaya (1 1/2) - Jerry Kavanau (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Bill Murray (1 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  Mark Lawless (1 1/2) - Arnold Berlin (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  John Huey (1 1/2) - Tygan Zeng (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  James Coulston (1 1/2) - Maria Murra (1 1/2)  1F-0F 

Bd 30  Aaron Moman (1 1/2) - Stephen Zhu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 31  Steve Perry (1) - Andrew Liu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 32  Rocio Murra (1) - Louis Wonnel (1)  1-0

Bd 33  David Palmer (1) - Morgan Fox (1)  0-1

Bd 34  Daniel Zhu (1) - Keric Rivas (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 35  Ross Blum (1) - Tom Lavoy (1)  0-1

Bd 36  Brandon Lopez (1/2) - Eric Zhou (1) 1/2-1/2

Bd 37  Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Ron Stanard (1/2) 0-1

Bd 38  Joshua Chung (1/2) - Keith Wetterer (1/2) 1/2-1/2

Bd 39  Patrick Edwards (0) - Carl Qu (0)  1-0 

Bye: Datris Robinson (2 1/2), Ron Rezendes (2)

Zero point bye: Koji Louis (3) (already had 2 byes)

Withdraw: Leonard Sussman (2), Bob Defore (2), Kim Krooskos (2), Mark Allen (1), Nicola Davies (1/2)  

Be sure to let us know if you need a bye. Email chucnglo@aol.com or call 619-239-7166

Possible house players: Phil Skiba, Donald Klaas, Jared Weiss, Carl Qu, Jerry Liu

Time Control is our standard 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

The 13 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg. Usually it takes 5 points to get into this select group and often there are a few fives with the worst tie breaks that don't make it in. (here's a tip - taking byes hurts your tie breaks, so try to avoid them if possible). Also the top 16 qualifiers under 1800 will play in the Reserve Championship.

Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each rating class and maybe even 4th or 5th place, depending on the number of players.

January Gambito Opens #548 - #551

Gambito #551 1/28/12  

4 rounds of G/45, d/5. Rounds are at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45, and 4:30. Usually we have 20 to 30 players or so and Prizes for each rating category from First and Second Place, U2400, U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600. If we have enough players we even throw in an U1400. Give it a try, I think you will like it! 

24 players today, here they are:

4 Masters: Bruce Baker, Varun Krishnan, Peter Graves and Avram Zaydenberg 

2 Experts: Leonard Sussman and Paul Agron

9 Class A: Ben Barquin, Elkaei Rivera, Madhavan Vajapeyam, Bud Stamper, Aaron Householder, Koji Louis, Jason Arbeiter, Jay Choi and Chuck Ensey

5 Class B: Scott Householder, Anthony Harbone, Boris Polonsky, David Whitten and Kenneth Carter

4 Class C/D: Fred Cleveland, Thomas Diem, Alex Householder and Benjamin Fellman

We used a 2 point McMahon pairing system with M/E=2, A=1 and B/C/D=0

No Cyrus for 2 weeks in a row?! He did come by for a visit near the end. Peter Graves won First Place - he beat Bruce, Avram, drew w/ Varun and  beat Paul. Varun lost to Avram, but then beat Madhavan, drew with Peter and beat Lenny. We haven't seen Avram for quite a while, it was good to have him back. He beat Varun, lost to Peter, beat Lenny and drew with Aaron Householder, who also had a good day by beating Bud Stamper, and myself (Chuck). Madhavan also impressed with a win over Jason, a loss to Varun, a very close win over Bud Stamper (both players down to a few seconds) and win over Ben Barquin. Boris Polonsky finished up his trip from Canada with a nice winning effort. Fred continues to restore his rating to his more normal 1460 rating.     

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Peter Graves (5 1/2), $100

Second Place/BU2400: Varun Krishnan (4 1/2) and Avram Zaydenberg (4 1/2), $60 each

BU2200: Paul Agron (4), $40

BU2200/2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (4) and Aaron Householder (4), $40 each

BU1800: Boris Polonsky (3), $50

BU1600: Fred Cleveland (2 1/2), $40

Total Prizes: $430

Gambito #550 1/21/12

21 players today, a little lighter than normal, was it the rain? Who knows? Here were the players in rating order:

2 Masters: Bruce Baker and Kyron Griffith

6 Experts: Alan Tsoi, Jamieson Pryor, Paul Agron, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman and Esteban Escobedo

8 Class A: Madhavan Vajapeyam, Chris Wonnell, Bud Stamper, Jason Arbeiter, Pejman Sagart, Chuck Ensey, Datris Robinson and Koji Louis

4 Class B: Anthony Harbone, Tom Kuhn, David Whitten and Kenneth Carter

1 Class C: Jared Weiss

There were also a few house players: Vincent Broman, Phil Skiba and Matt Keith.

Bruce had a rare off day, losing to Venkat once again and then to Paul Agron. In the last round Alan Tsoi looked like he was losing to Kyron Griffith or least just barely hanging on, down to 7 seconds, but Alan played tenaciously while Kyron tried to rattle him and pressed too hard, and eventually Kyron lost in a time scramble. On the next board over, Venkat Iyer got lucky when Paul Agron allowed his flag to fall in a winning position. Paul's clock seemed to be somewhat defective in that the button wasn't responding to anything but a forceful press, but that was his problem...

There was a logjam at 4 points and 3 prizes were pooled and split between 5 players. Tom Kuhn upset Bud Stamper on his way to winning the U1800. Jared Weiss was the only Class C and so collected the prize without too much effort. He did draw with David Whitten and Kenneth Carter, two players who have upped their game recently and show good promise. New player Koji Louis of Hawaii is another one to watch out for, he plays a pretty solid game.

Biggest rating point winners (estimated): Pejman Sagart +59 to 1868, Venkat Iyer +38 to 2133, Kenneth Carter +35 to 1636, Tom Kuhn +30 to 1641.         

Here are the prize winners: We used a 2 point McMahon (M/E=2, A=1, B/C=0) 

First Place/U2400: Venkat Iyer (5) and Alan Tsoi (5), $75 each

2nd Place/BU2200: Kyron Griffith (4), Paul Agron (4) and Leonard Sussman (4), $28 each

U2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (4) and Pejman Sagart (4), $28 each

BU1800: Tom Kuhn (3), $50

BU1600: Jared Weiss (1 1/2), $30

Total Prizes: $370

 Gambito #549 1/14/12

27 players, decent turnout considering competition from MLK tournament in LA. Here are the players in pre-event rating order:

4 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker, Kyron Griffith and Peter Graves

5 Experts: Raoul Crisologo, Paul Agron, Leonard Sussman, Jamieson Pryor and Ben Barquin

6 Class A: Esteban Escobedo, Elkaei Rivera, Buddy Morris, Fernando Villa, Bud Stamper and Chuck Ensey

4 Class B: Boris Polonsky, Anthony Harbone, Zechariah Zhu and Tom Kuhn

2 Class C: David Whitten and Daniel Zhu

6 Class D: Keric Rivas, Jared Weiss, Jesse Wang, Fred Cleveland, Matthew Wang and Patrick Edwards

We used a 2 point McMahon with Masters =2, Experts and A's =1, B's and below =0.

Bruce beat Peter Graves in Rd 1 and drew with Cyrus in Rd 2, but lost to Jamieson in Rd 3 and drew with Kyron in the last round. Jamieson also beat Kryon after beating Bruce, but then lost to Cyrus. 3 Masters in a row, that is tough duty, but scoring 2 is awesome. Bud Stamper also did well, beating Raoul and Ben and barely losing to Peter. Zechariah Zhu beat Expert Ben Barquin in the last round, nice going Zech!

Biggest estimated point gainers: Jared Weiss +62 to 1451, Bud Stamper +55 to 1934, Zechariah Zhu +53 to 1739, Jamieson Pryor +47 to 2130, Fred Cleveland +44 to 1414 and Jesse Wang +41 to 1422.

Here are the Prize Winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (5 1/2), $100

Second Place/U2400: Peter Graves (4) and Bruce Baker (4), $65 each

BU2200: Jamieson Pryor (4): $65 BU2000: Bud Stamper (4): $65

BU1800: Zechariah Zhu (3), $60 BU1600: David Whitten (2 1/2): $40

BU1400: Jared Weiss (2), Keric Rivas (2), Fred Cleveland (2) and Jesse Wang (2), $5 each

Total Prizes: $480

Gambito #548 January Super Gambito 1/07/12

4 rounds of G/40, d/5. Rounds are at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM. Lunch break from 1:45 to 2:45. Some players use this time to play blitz. The Gambito is all over by 6 PM and is usually rated within a day or two.

$25 entry fee, with $700 in Guaranteed Prizes. 2 Sections, Open and Reserve. Possible Booster Section (U1400) if we have enough players. Registration: 10 AM to 10:25 or call 619-239-7166. 1 bye is available in rounds 1-3, no last round byes.

$18 SCCF membership (State organization) required if you win over $18. Players who win over $100 in the previous 12 months at the Gambito Open are required to join the San Diego Chess Club (local club dues are $60 a year). Of course you also need USCF membership (national organization, $46 a year) to play, but we can sign you up on the spot for any or all of these memberships. Cash or check only, no credit cards, sorry.

34 players, nice turnout. Here they were in pre-event rating order:

4 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker, Kyron Griffith and Peter Graves.

5 Experts: Peter Hodges, Raoul Crisologo, Jamieson Pryor, Leonard Sussman and Venkat Iyer.

9 Class A: Elkaei Rivera, Madhavan Vajapeyam, Sridhar Ramanujam, Bud Stamper, Jay Choi, Jerry Qu, Pejman Sagart, Datris Robinson and Chuck Ensey.

7 Class B: Rolando Ignacio, Sean McNeely, Boris Polonsky, Zechariah Zhu, Tom Kuhn, Sam Barboo and Anthony Harbone.

5 Class C: David Whitten, Kenneth Carter, Daniel Zhu, Fred Cleveland and Thomas Diem.

4 Class D: Keric Rivas, Patrick Edwards, Stephen Zhu and Andrew Liu.

Nice day for Venkat Iyer (+45 estimated rating points), he beat Bruce Baker for the 2nd week in a row and also beat Kyron Griffith. He lost only to Cyrus (+7 rating points to 2588). Anthony Harbone was a perfect 4-0 in the Reserve Section (+74 points to 1707), he says that was the first time he has done that. He beat an Expert on Wednesday night too, wow! Way to go Tony! Keric Rivas also gained 51 points, Stephen Zhu was +48 and Andrew Liu +67.

Here are the Prize winners:

Open Section (18 players):

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $125 Second Place: Kyron Griffith (3), $75

BU2400: Peter Graves (3), $75 BU2200: Venkat Iyer (3), $75

2nd U2400/2nd U2200: Peter Hodges (2 1/2), Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $17 each

BU2000: Elkaei Rivera (2) and Madhavan Vajapeyam (2), $50 each

Best Game Open Section: Elkaei Rivera for win over Bruce Baker

Reserve Section (16 players):

BU1800: Anthony Harbone (4), $75 2nd U1800: Tom Kuhn (3), $25

BU1600: Kenneth Carter (2), David Whitten (2) and Daniel Zhu (2), $33 each

BU1400: Keric Rivas (2), $50

Best Game Prize Reserve Section: Stephen Zhu for win over Fred Cleveland

Total Prizes: $780

Plus Best Game Prizes in each Section: One of Cyrus's books, your choice

The Markowski Open Rd 4

Rd 4 of 7 Club Championship Qualifier!

7 PM on 1/25/12

85 players so far, plus 8 house players (Steve Gordon, Donald Klaas, Fawsi Murra Jr, Mayra Murra, Carl Qu, Phil Skiba, Roger Wathen and Jared Weiss). 2 more players joined in Rd 3: Koji Louis and Stanford Talcott.

Here are the results for Round 4...  

Board 1  Todd Smith (3) - Alejandrino Baluran (3)  1-0 

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (3) - Peter Hodges (3)  0-1 

Bd 3  Allan Virtue (2 1/2) - Carl Wagner (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  David Hart (2 1/2) - Ben Barquin (2 1/2)  1-0   

Bd 5  Manuel Herrera (2 1/2) - Jeff Turner (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 6  Esteban Escobedo (2 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 7  Alfredo Deleon (2) - Ignacio Sainz (2)  0-1

Bd 8  Jim Humphrey (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  1-0

Bd 9  David Pino (2) - Leonard Sussman (2)  1-0 upset! 

Bd 10  Bob Defore (2) - Jerry Qu (2)  0-1  upset!   

Bd 11  Chuck Ensey (2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  1-0  upset!   

Bd 12  Brian Polka (2) - Pejman Sagart (2)  1-0 

Bd 13  Buddy Morris (2) - Joel Batchelor (2)  0-1

Bd 14  Bruce Charnov (2) - Chris Wonnell (2)  0-1 

Bd 15  David Saponara (2) - Carl Newell (2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 16  Hector Gonzalez (2) - David Delgadillo (2)  0-1 

Bd 17  Erik Marquis (2) - Koji Louis (2)  0-1 

Bd 18  David Whitten (2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 19  Robert Draper (1 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (2)  0F-1F

Bd 20  Tom Kuhn (1 1/2) - Datris Robinson (1 1/2)  0-1   

Bd 21  Ron Rezendes (1 1/2) - Darren Himeles (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2   

Bd 22  Larry Vikander (1 1/2) - Mark Lawless (1 1/2)  1-0  

Bd 23  Glenn Rich (1 1/2) - Albert Dumaran (1 1/2) 1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Damani Fair (1 1/2) - John Huey (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 25  Morgan Fox (1 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1)  0-1 

Bd 26  Blake Borskey (1) - Daniel Zhu (1)  1-0 

Bd 27  Zechariah Zhu (1) - Louis Wonnell (1)  1-0

Bd 28  Eliza Eggert (1) - David Palmer (1)  1-0

Bd 29  Keric Rivas (1) - Sam Barboo (1)  0-1 

Bd 30  Jonathan Patriarca (1) - Carl Qu (1)  1-0

Bd 31  Andrew Liu (1) - Aaron Moman (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 32  Jerry Liu (0) - Stanford Talcott (1)  0-1

Bd 33  Erik Zhou (1) - James Coulston (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 34  Jerry Kavanau (1/2) - Brandon Lopez (1/2)  1-0

Bd 35  Arnold Berlin (1/2) - Ron Stanard (1/2)  1-0

Bd 36  Tygan Zeng (1/2) - Joshua Chung (1/2)  1-0

Bd 37  Stephen Zhu (1/2) - Nicola Davies (1/2)  1-0

Bd 38  Keith Wetterer (1/2) - Bill Murray (1/2)  0-1

Bd 39  Tom Lavoy (0) - Roger Pedersen (1/2)  1-0

Bd 40  Patrick Edwards (0) - Ross Blum (0)  0-1

Bd 41  Phil Skiba (1) - Jared Weiss (1)  1-0  house game

Bye: Chris Jensen (1 1/2), Jim Krooskos (1 1/2), William Wijaya (1), Maria Murra (1), Steve Perry (1/2), Rocio Murra (1/2)  

Be sure to let us know if you need a bye.  Email chucnglo@aol.com  or call 619-239-7166 

Time Control is our standard 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

The 13 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg. Usually it takes 5 points to get into this select group and often there are a few fives with the worst tie breaks that don't make it in. (here's a tip - taking byes hurts your tie breaks, so try to avoid them if possible). Also the top 16 qualifiers under 1800 will play in the Reserve Championship.

Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each rating class and maybe even 4th or 5th place, depending on the number of players.

Markowski Open Rd 3

Rd 3 of 7 Club Championship Qualifier!

7 PM on 1/18/12

85 players so far, plus 8 house players (Steve Gordon, Donald Klaas, Fawsi Murra Jr, Mayra Murra, Carl Qu, Phil Skiba, Roger Wathen and Jared Weiss). 2 more players joined in Rd 3: Koji Louis and Stanford Talcott.

Here are the results Round 3...

Board 1 Lennart Mathe (2) -  Todd Smith (2)  0-1 

Bd 2  Carl Wagner (2) - Esteban Escobedo (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Jeff Turner (2) - David Hart (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Peter Hodges (2) - Brian Polka (2)  1-0   

Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran (2) - Buddy Morris (2)  1-0

Bd 6  Aaron Wooten (2) - David Saponara (2)  1-0

Bd 7  Pejman Sagart (1 1/2) - Ignacio Sainz (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Manuel Herrera (1 1/2) - Bob Draper (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 9  Leonard Sussman (1 1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 10  Mario Amodeo (1 1/2) - Ron Rezendez (1 1/2)  1-0   

Bd 11  Ben Barquin (1 1/2) - Glenn Rich (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 12  Joel Batchelor (1 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 13  Jim Krooskos (1 1/2) - Allan Virtue (1 1/2)  0-1  

Bd 14  Sam Barboo (1) - Jim Humphrey (1)  0-1

Bd 15  Jonathan Patriarca (1) - Bob Defore (1)  0-1

Bd 16  Anthony Harbone (1) - William Wijaya (1)  1-0 

Bd 17  Koji Louis (1) - Blake Borskey (1)  1-0

Bd 18  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1) - Zechariah Zhu (1)  1-0  

Bd 19  Aaron Moman (1) - Alfredo Deleon (1)  0-1   

Bd 20  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Eliza Eggert (1)  1-0 

Bd 21  Daniel Zhu (1) - David Pino (1)  0-1 

Bd 22  Jerry Qu (1) - Mark Allan (1)  1-0 

Bd 23  Keric Rivas (1) - Chuck Ensey (1)  0-1

Bd 24  Stanford Talcott (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  0-1 

Bd 25  Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - David Whitten (1)  0-1 

Bd 26  Carl Newell (1) - Andrew Liu (1)  1-0

Bd 27  David Palmer (1) - Erik Marquis (1)  0-1

Bd 28  Larry Vikander (1/2) - James Coulston (1/2) 1-0

Bd 29  Joshua Chung (1/2) - Chris Jensen (1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Darren Himeles (1/2) - Jerry Kavanau (1/2)  1-0

Bd 31  Brandon Lopez (1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 32  Mark Lawless (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1/2)  1-0

Bd 33  John Huey (1/2) - Stephen Zhu (1/2)  1-0

Bd 34  Morgan Fox (0) - Keith Wetterer (1/2)  1-0

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

Bd 36  Maria Murra (0) - Tom Lavoy (0)  1-0

Bd 37  Louis Wonnell (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  1-0

Bd 38  Roger Pedersen (0) - Arnold Berlin (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 39  Ron Stanard (0) - Tygan Zeng (0)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 40  Carl Qu (0) - Ross Blum (0)  1-0

Bd 41  Jared Weiss (0) - Donald Klaas (1)  1-0  house game

Bye: David Delgadillo (1 1/2), Albert Dumaran (1),Damani Fair (1), Datris Robinson (1), Erik Zhou (0), Nicola Davies (0) 

Two byes are allowed, but last round byes must be requested before Round 2 and are irrevocable.

Time Control is our standard 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Registration is from 5:30 to 6:45, or pre-register online by emailing Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com or by calling 619-239-7166.

The 13 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg. Usually it takes 5 points to get into this select group and often there are a few fives with the worst tie breaks that don't make it in. (here's a tip - taking byes hurts your tie breaks, so try to avoid them if possible). Also the top 16 qualifiers under 1800 will play in the Reserve Championship.

Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each rating class and maybe even 4th or 5th place, depending on the number of players.

Markowski Open Rd 2

Club Championship Qualifier! 7 PM on 1/11/12

7 rounds, Open to all players, Now is your chance to shine! $25 Entry fee.  

83 players so far, plus 6 house players (Steve Gordon, Donald Klaas, Fawsi Murra Jr, Mayra Murra, Phil Skiba, and Roger Wathen). 13 more players joined in Rd 2: Joshua Chung, James Coulston, David Delgadillo, Hector Gonzalez, Manuel Herrera, John Huey, Chris Jensen, Brandon Lopez, Glenn Rich, Ignacio Sainz, Larry Vikander, Allen Virtue and Chris Wonnell.     

We would like to get 10 more players, so we can surpass last year's total. Please encourage a friend or someone you know that hasn't joined in yet.

Here are the results:  Quite a few draws and 2 upsets...

Board 1  Todd Smith (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1-0 

Bd 2  Alfredo Deleon (1) - Carl Wagner (1)  0-1

Bd 3  David Hart (1) - Jerry Qu (1)  1-0

Bd 4  David Pino (1) -  Peter Hodges (1)  0-1   

Bd 5  Pejman Sagart (1) - Leonard Sussman (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Mario Amodeo (1) - Joel Batchelor (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Datris Robinson (1) - Alejandrino Baluran (1)  0-1

Bd 8  Chuck Ensey (1) - Aaron Wooten (1)  0-1

Bd 9  Bruce Charnov (1) - Lennart Mathe (1)  0-1    

Bd 10  Ben Barquin (1) - Jim Krooskos (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Esteban Escobedo (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 12  Albert Dumaran (1) - Jeff Turner (1)  0-1

Bd 13  Brian Polka (1) - Anthony Harbone (1)  1-0

Bd 14  Buddy Morris (1) - Daniel Zhu (1)  1-0

Bd 15  Erik Marquis (1) - David Saponara (1)  0-1

Bd 16  Ignacio Sainz (1/2) - Keric Rivas (1)  1-0   

Bd 17  Jim Humphrey (1/2) - Carl Newell (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Chris Jensen (1/2) - Manuel Herrera (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 19  Chris Wonnell (1/2) - Darren Himeles (1/2)  1-0

Bd 20  Allan Virtue (1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1/2)  1-0

Bd 21  David Delgadillo (1/2) - John Huey (1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Glenn Rich (1/2) - Larry Vikander (1/2)  1-0   Upset!

Bd 23  Hector Gonzalez (1/2) - Brandon Lopez (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 24  Bob Defore (0) - Joshua Chung (1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  William Wijaya (0) - Morgan Fox (0)  1-0

Bd 26  Tom Lavoy (0) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (0)  0-1

Bd 27  Arnold Berlin (0) - Phil Skiba (0)  0-1

Bd 28  Blake Borskey (0) - Louis Wonnell (0)  1-0

Bd 29  Tygan Zeng (0) - Damani Fair (0)  0-1 

Bd 30  Zechariah Zhu (0) - Nicola Davies (0)  1-0

Bd 31  Eliza Eggert (0) - Bill Murray (0)  1-0

Bd 32  Maria Murra (0) - Sam Barboo (0)  0-1

Bd 33  Patrick Edwards (0) - Jonathan Patriarca (0)  0-1

Bd 34  Steve Perry (0) - David Palmer (0)  0-1   another upset!

Bd 35  Ross Blum (0) - Aaron Moman (0)  0-1

Bd 36  Jerry Kavanau (0) - Stephen Zhu (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 37  Eric Zhou (0) - Rocio Murra (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 38  Mark Allen (0) - Ronald Stanard (0)  1-0

Bd 39  David Whitten (0) - Roger Pedersen (0)  1-0 

Bd 40  James Coulston (1/2) - Donald Klaas (0)  0-1  Donald filled in as a house player

Bd 41  Roger Wathen (0) - Mayra Murra (0)  1-0  house game 

Bye: Robert Draper (1), Ron Rezendes (1), Andrew Liu (1/2),  Mark Lawless (0), Keith Wetterer (0) 

Two byes are allowed, but last round byes must be requested before Round 2 and are irrevocable.

Time Control is our standard 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Registration is from 5:30 to 6:45, or pre-register online by emailing Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com or by calling 619-239-7166.

The 13 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg. Usually it takes 5 points to get into this select group and often there are a few fives with the worst tie breaks that don't make it in. (here's a tip - taking byes hurts your tie breaks, so try to avoid them if possible). Also the top 16 qualifiers under 1800 will play in the Reserve Championship.

Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each rating class and maybe even 4th or 5th place, depending on the number of players. Often we have 90 or more! Here we go!