Prize winners for Gambito #607

Prize winners for Gambito #607

See the Wallchart in the next post.

Name	Prize	Amount
IM Cyrus Lakdawala	1st Place	$100
Raad Hamad	2nd Place	$35
Kyron Griffith	U2400	$35
Ben Barquin	U2200	$40
Alex Costello	U2000	$40
Ben Keltner	U1800	$35
Anthony Harbone	U1600	$35

SwissSys Wall Chart. 607th Gambito: Open (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	IM Cyrus Lakdawala	bye	W 5	B 3	B 2	W 8
	2521 11486738	1	2	2½	3½	4½
3	Raad Hamad	bye	B 8	W 1	B 4	W 2
	2313 14368114	1	2	2½	3½	3½
2	Kyron Griffith	bye	bye	B 6	W 1	B 3
	2402 12860484	1	1½	2½	2½	3½
6	Ben Barquin	bye	bye	W 2	B 9	W 13
	2085 12682476	1	1½	1½	2½	3½
11	Alex Costello	----	bye	W 17	B 14	B 7
	1873 14702870	U 0	½	1½	2½	3½
8	Elkaei Rivera	bye	W 3	B 9	W 10	B 1
	2027 14470201	1	1	2	3	3
13	Ajay Krishnan	----	W 16	B 5	W 7	B 6
	1812 14375346	U 0	1	2	2½	2½
9	Jeff Turner	bye	B 4	W 8	W 6	B 10
	2013 11457525	1	1½	1½	1½	2½
7	Lenny Sussman	bye	bye	W 4	B 13	W 11
	2080 10113814	1	1½	2	2½	2½
10	Buddy Morris	----	B 15	W 14	B 8	W 9
	1913 12425168	U 0	1	2	2	2
4	Bruce Baker	bye	W 9	B 7	W 3	----
	2286 11323634	1	1½	2	2	U 2
16	Ben Keltner	----	B 13	B 12	W 18	W 15
	1591 14005153	U 0	0	0	1	2
15	Anthony Harbone	----	W 10	B 18	W 12	B 16
	1698 10468086	U 0	0	1	2	2
12	Pejman Sagart	----	B 17	W 16	B 15	W 14
	1825 12536658	U 0	0	1	1	1½
14	Gurveer Singh	----	W 18	B 10	W 11	B 12
	1794 12921902	U 0	1	1	1	1½
17	Jesse Wang	----	W 12	B 11	----	----
	1491 13739762	U 0	1	1	U 1	U 1
5	Venkat Iyer	bye	B 1	W 13	----	----
	2142 12907690	1	1	1	U 1	U 1
18	Matthew Wang	----	B 14	W 15	B 16	----
	1252 13739777	U 0	0	0	0	U 0

Senior-Junior Open

Senior-Junior Open  4/13 - 4/14/2013

Two Sections in this event "Senior" (50 years old or more) and "Junior" (Under 50 years old).

$3,600 Prize Fund (based on 70 entries), 60% of all prizes are guaranteed.
5 Round Swiss.  $50 Entry fee if signed up by 4/12. Email chucnglo@aol.com

Prizes For Both Sections:
1st Place $300, 2nd Place $150, 3rd $50
U2300 $150/50, U2100 $150/50, U1900 $150/50, U1700 $150/50, U1500 $150/50

Plus $100 for Best Over 60 years old, $100 for BU 20 years old
        $100 for Best Over 70 years old, $100 for BU 16 years old
        $100 for Best Over 80 years old, $100 for BU 12 years old
Each player can win only one of the above prizes

Registration: 9 AM - 9:45 AM, arrive early for best parking on the street (mostly free)
Rounds: 10 AM, 2 PM and 6 PM on Saturday; 10 AM and 2 PM on Sunday
Time Control: All games are at G/100, d/10.
Byes: One bye allowed in rounds 1 through 4, no last round byes.
Entry Fee: $50 ($10 late fee on day of event, so sign up in advance by emailing chucnglo@aol.com )  Special rate of only $25 if U1300 or unrated and signed up in advance, Unrated are eligilbe for a book prize only. Forfeit any game means no prizes at all.
SCCF membership required, $18 adults, or $13 for under 18 years old.
Call 619-239-7166 for any questions, ask for Bruce Baker.

43 Total Players: 60% of prizes will be paid.

Senior Section (24 players):
Raad Hamad (2356), Bruce Baker (2282), Raoul Crisologo (2135), Leonard Sussman (2079), Ben Barquin (2068), Aaron Wooten (2061), Alejandrino Baluran (2041), Jeff Turner (2020), Michael Nagaran (2011), Chris Wonnell (2001), Dennis Saccuzzo (1920), Daniel Collins (1855), John Badger (1849, bye Rd 3), William Wijaya (1788), Chuck Ensey (1785), Brian Kelly (1687), Anthony Harbone (1684), Gary Weeks (1664), Steve Perry (1663), Ronaldo Salenga (1657), Morgan Fox (1556), Steve Dahl (1511), Michael W Brown (1453), David Terr (1041)

Revised Prizes:
First/Second Place: Bruce Baker (4) and Ben Barquin (4), $135
Third Place: Raad Hamad (3 1/2), $30
BU2300: Raoul Crisologo (3 1/2), $90
BU2100: Chris Wonnell (3 1/2), $90
2nd U2300: Jeff Turner (3), $30 
70 years or older: Leonard Sussman (3), $60
60 years or older: Dennis Saccuzzo (3), $60
U1900: Chuck Ensey (3), $90  
U1700: Brian Kelly (2 1/2) and Ronaldo Salenga (2 1/2), $60 each
2nd U2100: Michael Nagaran (2 1/2) and Alejandrino Baluran (2 1/2), $15 each
2nd U1900: William Wijaya (2 1/2) and Daniel Collins (2 1/2), $15 each
80 years or older: Anthony Harbone (2), $60
U1500: David Terr (1 1/2), $90
2nd U1500: Michael Brown (1/2), $30

Junior Section (19 players):
Peter Hodges (2145), Venkat Iyer (2141), Bud Stamper (2064), Zechariah Zhu (1923), Alex Costello (1897), Sridhar Ramanujam (1895), Miguel Ceballos (1864), Pejman Sagart (1855), Daniel Zhu (1848), Jay Choi (1831), Gurveer Singh (1803), Jerry Qu (1778), Tom Kuhn (1752), Eliza Eggert (1736), Ben Keltner (1563), Stephen Zhu (1496), Ben Duong (1438), Raul Carranza (1321), Sabrina Duong (1266), plus House Player: John Donahoo (1772) when needed

Prizes:
First/Second Place/BU2300: Venkat Iyer (4), Bud Stamper (4) and Miguel Ceballos (4), $120 each
BU2100: Zechariah Zhu (3 1/2), $90
BU1900: Sridhar Ramanujam (3 1/2), $90
BU 20 years old: Jay Choi (3), $60
BU 16 years old: Gurveer Singh (3), $60
Third Place: Peter Hodges (2 1/2), $30
BU1700: Ben Duong (2 1/2), $90
BU1500: Raul Carranza (2 1/2), $90
BU 12 years old: Alex Costello (2 1/2), $60
2nd U2300: Pejman Sagart (2 1/2), $30
2nd U2100: Daniel Zhu (2), $30
2nd U1900: Ben Keltner (2), $30
2nd U1700: Sabrina Duong (1 1/2), $30
2nd U1500: Stephen Zhu (1/2), $30

Total Prizes: $2,160

Bruce Baker Simul/Open House

SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION BY CLUB CHAMPION/OPEN HOUSE on 4/10/13

This Wednesday April 10 our Open house begins at 6 PM. This mean there will be free munchies for club members followed by an entertaining simul by new Club Champion Bruce Baker. He promises to make it fun and let people talk a bit amongst themselves about possible moves etc. The simul will likely start around 7:15, but if you show up a little late, he still might let you join in, depending on the number of players already playing.

This weekend April 4/13 - 4/14 is the Senior/Junior Open. "Seniors" (players 50 years old or more) will be in one section, and "Juniors" (age 49 or less) in the other. 5 rounds or G/100, d/10.  Rounds at 10 AM,  2 PM and 6 PM on Saturday and 10 AM and 2 PM on Sunday. Entry fee $50 if signed up by Friday night (email chucnglo@aol.com ), special rate of only $25 if U1300. $3,600 in prizes based on 70 players (60% guaranteed).   

The following Wednesday 4/17/13 at 7PM we start a new tournament, the Kyron Griffith McMahon, all players will be in one section with Masters and Experts starting with 4 bye points, Class A with 3, Class B with 2, Class C with 1 and Class D and below with 0. Time control will be Game/2 hours with 10 second delay.     

Gambito Open #604 on 3/30/13

Gambito Open #604 on 3/30/13

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

6 Masters: ,IM Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Varun Krishnan, Peter Graves, Ali Moreshedi, Raad Haman
3 Experts:  Venkat Iyer, Lenny Sussman, Ben Barquin
3 Class A:  Bud Morris, Jason Arbeiter, Ajay Krishnan
5 Class B:  John Donahoo (House), Gurveer Singh, Chuck Ensey, Miguel Ceballos, Anthony Harbone
2 Class C: Ben Keltner, Jesse Wang
3 Class D/E: Matt Wang, David Ingram, Chris Lane

Jeff Turner directed and wrote this post. We used a 2 point McMahon pairing system, where M=2, Exp & A=1, B/C/D=0

Here were the prize winners:
First/Second Place: IM Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith  (5), $70 each
BU2400: Ali Morshedi, Raad Hamad (4 1/2), $25 each
BU2200: Venkat Iyer, Ben Barquin (3 1/2), $25 each
BU2000: Jason Arbeiter (3), $50
BU1800: Miguel Ceballos (3), $50
BU1600: Jesse Wang (2), $50

Total Prizes: $390

Super GM Timur Gareev Lecture

Super GM Lecture  2 PM Sunday 4/07/13 at SDCC

$5 donation requested. Timur Gareev is one of the highest rated players in the US and he is now hanging out in San Diego! Only Kamsky and Nakamura are rated higher! Attend this group lesson and learn more about the royal game.  Lecture will from 2 to about 3:30.

April Super Gambito (#605) on 4/06/13

Gambito Open #605 (April Super Gambito)

2225 Sixth Avenue, San Diego Chess Club  $700 in Guaranteed Prizes
$25 Entry Fee, Registration from 10 AM to 10:25 AM
4 rounds of G/40, d/5 (5 second delay)
Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15 PM, 2:45 PM and 4:30 PM, all over by 6 PM
Lunch Break 1:45-2:45
2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1800). Round 1 starts at 10:30 sharp so don't be late or you will have to take a first round bye. One bye allowed in rounds 1 through 3, but no last round byes, sorry.

Great turnout today, 38 players total. Here they are in rating order:

Open Section (21 players)
6 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Bruce Baker, Peter Graves, Ali Morshedi and Craig Clawitter
10 Experts: Paul Agron, Venkat Iyer, Peter Hodges, Raoul Crisologo, Bud Stamper, Aaron Wooten, Ben Barquin, Leonard Sussman, Elkaei Rivera and Jeff Turner
5 Class A: Pejman Sagart, Jay Choi, Greg Ingolia, Jerry Qu and Chuck Ensey (last two are playing up)

Prize winners:
1st Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125
2nd Place/U2400/2ndU2400: Peter Graves (3), Ali Morshedi (3) and Bruce Baker (3), $63 each
U2200: Peter Hodges (2 1/2), $80
2ndU2200: Raoul Crisologo (2), Jeff Turner (2), Ben Barquin (2), Elkaei Rivera (2) and Bud Stamper (2), $6 each
U2000: Chuck Ensey (2), $80
2nd U2000: Greg Ingolia (1 1/2) and Jerry Qu (1 1/2), $17 each
Best Games, Open and Reserve to be announced here later on

Reserve Section (17 players)
5 Class B: John Donahoo, Gary Weeks, Rolando Ignacio, Thomas Diem and Claire Negus
4 Class C: Andrew Negus, Eusy Ancheta, Ben Duong and Fred Cleveland
4 Class D: Rex Pimentel, Luis Valencia, Raul Carranza and Sabrina Duong
4 Class E: Patrick Edwards, Mark Negus, David Terr and Jim Harrell

Prize winners:
BU1800: Claire Negus (4), $75
2nd U1800: Thomas Diem (3), Gary Weeks (3) and John Donahoo (3), $8 each
BU1600: Mark Negus (3), $75
2nd U1600: Eusy Ancheta (2) and Andrew Negus (2), $12 each
BU1400: Raul Carranza (2), Luis Valencia (2) and Jim Harrell (2), $23 each

Total Prizes $875