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)
******************************************************************************************************
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

******************************************************************************************************* 

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  

*******************************************************************************************************

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 

*******************************************************************************************************

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 

*******************************************************************************************************

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