Class Championships Round 4 of 6 on 12/04/13 7 PM
Here are the results:
Open Section
Bd 1 Scott Roods (2 1/2) - Peter Hodges (2 1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 2 Jeff Turner (2) - Chris Wonnell (2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 3 George Zeigler (1 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 4 Raoul Crisologo (1/2) - Mario Amodeo (1/2) 1-0
Bye: Jim Humphrey (1 1/2), Alejandrino Baluran (1), Miguel Ceballos (1)
Full point Bye: Esteban Escobedo (1 1/2)
Class A
Bd 7 Fidel Gonzalez (2 1/2) - Alfredo De Leon (3) 1-0
Bd 8 Chuck Ensey (2) - Joel Batchelor (2) 0-1
Bd 9 Ben Keltner (1 1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (2) 1-0
Bd 10 David Saponara (1 1/2) - Datris Robinson (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 11 Tom Fries (1 1/2) - Buddy Morris (1 1/2) 0-1
Bd 12 Pejman Sagart (1) - Bruce Charnov (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 13 Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Allan Virtue (1) 0-1
Bd 14 Eliza Eggert (1/2) - Keric Rivas (0) 1/2-1/2
Bye: William Wijaya (1 1/2)
Class B
Bd 15 Damani Fair (3) - Sam Barboo (2 1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 16 Thomas Kuhn (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (2) 1-0
Bd 17 Fawsi Jose Murra (2) - Anthony Harbone (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 18 Thomas Webb (1) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 19 Steve Perry (1) - Robert Henderson (1/2) 1-0
Bye: Mark Lawless (1 1/2), Irina Nizmutdinova (1/2)
Class C
Bd 21 Rocio Murra (2) - Karen Kaufman (2) 1-0
Bd 22 Ken Green (1 1/2) - Darryl Woodson (2) 1-0
Bd 23 Michael Blandin (1) - Morgan Fox (1) 1-0
Class D
Bd 24 Dwayne Matheny (2 1/2) - Mark De Yoe (3) 1-0
Bd 25 Jim Harrell (1 1/2) - Roger Pedersen (2) 0-1
Bd 26 Patrick Edwards (1) - Maria Murra (1) 1-0
Bd 27 Bill Murray (1/2) - Joshua Chung (0) 0-1
Bye: Keith Wetterer (1 1/2)
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Gambito #634
Gambito Open #634 on 11/13/13
34 players today, great turnout! Here they are in pre-event rating order:
3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kevin Trujillo and Bruce Baker
5 Experts: Braulio Cuarta, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Chris Wonnell and Gurveer Singh
11 Class A: Richard Skinnell, Ajay Krishnan, Aaron Householder, Sridhar Ramanujam, Alex Costello, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi, Jack Manata, Datris Robinson, Pejman Sagart and Justin Kang
4 Class B: Ben Duong, Ramil Macaspac, Renato Conducto and Anthony Harbone
6 Class C: Sabrina Duong, David Narevsky, Ken Green, Tygan Zeng, Chris Mitchell and Alex Householder
5 Class D: Michael Blandin, Anthony Liu, Fred Cleveland, David Terr and Andruw Householder
We used our usual 3 point McMahon pairing system (M/Exp=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0). Bruce Charnov directed with help from Bruce Baker, Jeff Turner and Chuck Ensey.
Cyrus beat the #3,4,5 and 6 seeded players, he didn't have to face #2 Kevin Trujillo (2368), who had an off day, losing to Venkat in Rd 1 and then drawing with Lenny Sussman. Kevin then beat Aaron Householder, but in the last round he lost to his friend Braulio! I am sure he will get used to the Gambito time control (G/40, d/5) and do better in the future. Bruce lost to Cyrus after two wins and then drew with Venkat. The big rating point gainers (estimated) were Michael Blandin +141 (1397 to 1538) and David Terr +107 (998 to 1105). David upset Renato in the last round. Another big upset was David Narevsky beating Jay Choi in the last round. Ken Green also gained 81 points and Alex Householder 65.
Here are the prize winners:
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $125 Second Place: Bruce Baker (5 1/2), $75
BU2400: Braulio Cuarta (5 1/2), $75 BU2200: Venkat Iyer (5 1/2), $75
BU2000: Alex Costello (5) and Richard Skinnell (5), $50 each
BU1800: Ben Duong (4), $60
BU1600: Ken Green (3) and David Narevsky (3), $25 each
BU1400: Michael Blandin (3), $50
Total Prizes: $610
34 players today, great turnout! Here they are in pre-event rating order:
3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kevin Trujillo and Bruce Baker
5 Experts: Braulio Cuarta, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Chris Wonnell and Gurveer Singh
11 Class A: Richard Skinnell, Ajay Krishnan, Aaron Householder, Sridhar Ramanujam, Alex Costello, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi, Jack Manata, Datris Robinson, Pejman Sagart and Justin Kang
4 Class B: Ben Duong, Ramil Macaspac, Renato Conducto and Anthony Harbone
6 Class C: Sabrina Duong, David Narevsky, Ken Green, Tygan Zeng, Chris Mitchell and Alex Householder
5 Class D: Michael Blandin, Anthony Liu, Fred Cleveland, David Terr and Andruw Householder
We used our usual 3 point McMahon pairing system (M/Exp=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0). Bruce Charnov directed with help from Bruce Baker, Jeff Turner and Chuck Ensey.
Cyrus beat the #3,4,5 and 6 seeded players, he didn't have to face #2 Kevin Trujillo (2368), who had an off day, losing to Venkat in Rd 1 and then drawing with Lenny Sussman. Kevin then beat Aaron Householder, but in the last round he lost to his friend Braulio! I am sure he will get used to the Gambito time control (G/40, d/5) and do better in the future. Bruce lost to Cyrus after two wins and then drew with Venkat. The big rating point gainers (estimated) were Michael Blandin +141 (1397 to 1538) and David Terr +107 (998 to 1105). David upset Renato in the last round. Another big upset was David Narevsky beating Jay Choi in the last round. Ken Green also gained 81 points and Alex Householder 65.
Here are the prize winners:
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $125 Second Place: Bruce Baker (5 1/2), $75
BU2400: Braulio Cuarta (5 1/2), $75 BU2200: Venkat Iyer (5 1/2), $75
BU2000: Alex Costello (5) and Richard Skinnell (5), $50 each
BU1800: Ben Duong (4), $60
BU1600: Ken Green (3) and David Narevsky (3), $25 each
BU1400: Michael Blandin (3), $50
Total Prizes: $610
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Class Championships Round 3 of 6
Class Championships Round 3 of 6 on 11/127/13 at 7 PM
Please let us know if you need a bye for this round.
40/90, SD/60, d/5 Trophies to the winners of each section.
54 players total so far, Here are the results:
Open Section (12 players)
Bd 1 Chris Wonnell (2) - Scott Roods (1 1/2) 0-1
Bd 2 Peter Hodges (1 1/2) - George Zeigler (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 3 Jeff Turner (1) - Mario Amodeo (1) 1F-0F
Bd 4 Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1) 1-0
Bd 5 Esteban Escobedo (1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (1/2) 1-0
Bd 6 Ben Barquin (0) - Miguel Ceballos (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bye: Jim Humphrey (1)
Class A (16 players)
Bd 7 Alfredo Deleon (2) - Chuck Ensey (2) 1-0
Bd 8 Fidel Gonzalez (1 1/2) - David Saponara (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 9 Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2) - Tom Fries (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 10 Buddy Morris (1) - Datris Robinson (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 11 Eliza Eggert (1/2) - William Wijaya (1/2) 0-1
Bd 12 Allan Virtue (1/2) - Pejman Sagart (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 13 Bruce Charnov (0) - Phil Skiba (0) 1-0
Bye: Joel Batchelor (1 1/2), Ben Keltner (1) and Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)
Class B (12 players)
Bd 15 Erik Marquis (2) - Damani Fair (2) 0-1
Bd 16 Sam Barboo (1 1/2) - Thomas Kuhn (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 17 Thomas Webb (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1) 0-1
Bd 18 Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1) - Steve Perry (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 19 Robert Henderson (1/2) - Mark Lawless (1/2) 0-1
Bye: Anthony Harbone (1), Irina Nizmutdinova (0)
Class C (6 players)
Bd 21 Darryl Woodson (1) - Rocio Murra (2) 1-0
Bd 22 Morgan Fox (1/2) - Ken Green (1) 1/2-1/2
Bye: Michael Blandin (1/2) and Karen Kaufman (1 1/2)
Class D (8 players)
Bd 23 Mark De Yoe (2) - Patrick Edwards (1) 1-0
Bd 24 Bill Murray (1/2) - Dwayne Matheny (1 1/2) 0-1
1/2 Pt Bye: Roger Pedersen (1 1/2), Keith Wetterer (1), Jim Harrell (1)
Full Point bye: Maria Murra (0)
Please let us know if you need a bye for this round.
40/90, SD/60, d/5 Trophies to the winners of each section.
54 players total so far, Here are the results:
Open Section (12 players)
Bd 1 Chris Wonnell (2) - Scott Roods (1 1/2) 0-1
Bd 2 Peter Hodges (1 1/2) - George Zeigler (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 3 Jeff Turner (1) - Mario Amodeo (1) 1F-0F
Bd 4 Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1) 1-0
Bd 5 Esteban Escobedo (1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (1/2) 1-0
Bd 6 Ben Barquin (0) - Miguel Ceballos (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bye: Jim Humphrey (1)
Class A (16 players)
Bd 7 Alfredo Deleon (2) - Chuck Ensey (2) 1-0
Bd 8 Fidel Gonzalez (1 1/2) - David Saponara (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 9 Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2) - Tom Fries (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 10 Buddy Morris (1) - Datris Robinson (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 11 Eliza Eggert (1/2) - William Wijaya (1/2) 0-1
Bd 12 Allan Virtue (1/2) - Pejman Sagart (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 13 Bruce Charnov (0) - Phil Skiba (0) 1-0
Bye: Joel Batchelor (1 1/2), Ben Keltner (1) and Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)
Class B (12 players)
Bd 15 Erik Marquis (2) - Damani Fair (2) 0-1
Bd 16 Sam Barboo (1 1/2) - Thomas Kuhn (1 1/2) 1-0
Bd 17 Thomas Webb (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1) 0-1
Bd 18 Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1) - Steve Perry (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 19 Robert Henderson (1/2) - Mark Lawless (1/2) 0-1
Bye: Anthony Harbone (1), Irina Nizmutdinova (0)
Class C (6 players)
Bd 21 Darryl Woodson (1) - Rocio Murra (2) 1-0
Bd 22 Morgan Fox (1/2) - Ken Green (1) 1/2-1/2
Bye: Michael Blandin (1/2) and Karen Kaufman (1 1/2)
Class D (8 players)
Bd 23 Mark De Yoe (2) - Patrick Edwards (1) 1-0
Bd 24 Bill Murray (1/2) - Dwayne Matheny (1 1/2) 0-1
1/2 Pt Bye: Roger Pedersen (1 1/2), Keith Wetterer (1), Jim Harrell (1)
Full Point bye: Maria Murra (0)
Class Championships Rd 2 of 6
Class Championships Round 2 of 6 on 11/20/13 7 PM
Open Section
Bd 1 Scott Roods (1) - George Zeigler (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 2 Jim Humphrey (1) - Chris Wonnell (1) 0-1
Bd 3 Mario Amodeo (1/2) - Peter Hodges (1/2) 0-1
Bd 4 Alejandrino Baluran (1/2) - Jeff Turner (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 5 Raoul Crisologo (0) - Lennart Mathe (0) 1/2-1/2
Bd 6 Miguel Ceballos (0) - Esteban Escobedo (0) 1/2-1/2
Class A
Bd 7 Chuck Ensey (1) - Buddy Morris (1) 1-0
Bd 8 Datris Robinson (1) - Alfredo De Leon (1) 0-1
Bd 9 Joel Batchelor (1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2) 1-0
Bd 10 David Saponara (1/2) - Allan Virtue (1/2) 1-0
Bd 11 Pejman Sagart (1/2) - Fidel Gonzalez (1/2) 0-1
Bd 12 William Wijaya (1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (1/2) 0-1
Bd 13 Ben Keltner (0) - Bruce Charnov (0) 1-0
Bd 14 Thomas Fries (0) - Anthony Habone (0) 1-0
Bye: Eliza Eggert (0)
Class B
Bd 15 Damani Fair (1) - Thomas Webb (1) 1-0
Bd 16 Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - Erik Marquis (1) 0-1
Bd 17 Steve Perry (1/2) - Sam Barboo (1/2) 0-1
Bd 18 Tom Kuhn (1/2) - Robert Henderson (1/2) 1-0
Bd 19 Mark Lawless (0) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 20 Phil Skiba (0) - Irina Nizmutdinova (0) 1-0
Bd 20 Anthony Harobne (0) full point bye
Class C
Bd 22 Rocio Murra (1) - Michael Blandin (1/2) 1-0
Bd 23 Karen Kaufman (1/2) - Morgan Fox (1/2) 1-0
Bd 24 Ken Green (0) - Dwayne Matheny (0) 1-0
Bye: Darryl Woodson (1/2)
Class D
Bd 26 Keith Wetterer (1) - Mark De Yoe (1) 0-1
Bd 27 Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1) 1-0
Bd 28 Jim Harrell (0) - Maria Murra (0) 1-0
Bye: Bull Murray (0), Dwayne Matheny (1/2)
Open Section
Bd 1 Scott Roods (1) - George Zeigler (1) 1/2-1/2
Bd 2 Jim Humphrey (1) - Chris Wonnell (1) 0-1
Bd 3 Mario Amodeo (1/2) - Peter Hodges (1/2) 0-1
Bd 4 Alejandrino Baluran (1/2) - Jeff Turner (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 5 Raoul Crisologo (0) - Lennart Mathe (0) 1/2-1/2
Bd 6 Miguel Ceballos (0) - Esteban Escobedo (0) 1/2-1/2
Class A
Bd 7 Chuck Ensey (1) - Buddy Morris (1) 1-0
Bd 8 Datris Robinson (1) - Alfredo De Leon (1) 0-1
Bd 9 Joel Batchelor (1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2) 1-0
Bd 10 David Saponara (1/2) - Allan Virtue (1/2) 1-0
Bd 11 Pejman Sagart (1/2) - Fidel Gonzalez (1/2) 0-1
Bd 12 William Wijaya (1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (1/2) 0-1
Bd 13 Ben Keltner (0) - Bruce Charnov (0) 1-0
Bd 14 Thomas Fries (0) - Anthony Habone (0) 1-0
Bye: Eliza Eggert (0)
Class B
Bd 15 Damani Fair (1) - Thomas Webb (1) 1-0
Bd 16 Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - Erik Marquis (1) 0-1
Bd 17 Steve Perry (1/2) - Sam Barboo (1/2) 0-1
Bd 18 Tom Kuhn (1/2) - Robert Henderson (1/2) 1-0
Bd 19 Mark Lawless (0) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1/2) 1/2-1/2
Bd 20 Phil Skiba (0) - Irina Nizmutdinova (0) 1-0
Bd 20 Anthony Harobne (0) full point bye
Class C
Bd 22 Rocio Murra (1) - Michael Blandin (1/2) 1-0
Bd 23 Karen Kaufman (1/2) - Morgan Fox (1/2) 1-0
Bd 24 Ken Green (0) - Dwayne Matheny (0) 1-0
Bye: Darryl Woodson (1/2)
Class D
Bd 26 Keith Wetterer (1) - Mark De Yoe (1) 0-1
Bd 27 Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1) 1-0
Bd 28 Jim Harrell (0) - Maria Murra (0) 1-0
Bye: Bull Murray (0), Dwayne Matheny (1/2)
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Gambito #633
Gambito Open #633 10/16/13
36 players, wonderful turnout. Here they are in pre-event rating order:
4 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kevin Trujillo, Bruce Baker and Nikolay Arutyunov
6 Experts: Braulio Cuarta, Venkat Iyer, Ron Gutman, Elkaei Rivera, Gurveer Singh and Leonard Sussman
11 Class A: Aaron Householder, Thomas Diem, Buddy Morris, Jay Choi, Jason Arbeiter, Chuck Ensey, Jerry Qu, Jack Manata, Datris Robinson, Pejman Sagart and Ben Keltner
5 Class B: Ben Duong, Keric Rivas, Renato Conducto, Sabrina Duong and Anthony Harbone
4 Class C: Chris Mitchell, Ken Green, Torrey Duan and Diego Draguicevich
6 Class D and below: Anthony Liu, Jason Duan, Dwayne Matheny, Patrick Edwards, David Terr and Andruw Householder
We also had 6 house players: John Donahoo (2 games, he is our "go to" house player in the first 3 rounds), David Palmer (1 game), both Class B; plus Karl Lindberg (1 game, trying to get back into chess), Sue Duong (1 game) and Henry Duong (2 games) and Jim Harrell (1 game, he is often available in the last round which is nice for us). I am trying to get the Duong parents to gain more experience and they seem more than willing to learn. Sue almost drew with Dwayne Matheny.
We used the usual 3 point McMahon pairing system: (M/Ex=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0)
Several new players added to the mix: Cyrus drew in the last round with 2310 rated Kevin Trujillo (and that is his FIDE rating!), who lost the first round to Ron Gutman, provisionally rated 2107 based on only 4 games in Gambito #631. Gutman also beat Bruce Baker in round 2 but then lost to Cyrus and drew with Venkat Iyer. Braulio Cuarta (2168, also provisional) lost to Cyrus and Nikolay, but beat myself and Jason Arbeiter and I get the feeling he will be a master soon. Buddy Morris beat me (Chuck Ensey) in the last round to win U2000, Bud didn't miss the mate in 1 that I didn't see on move 34. I also missed a winning move for me versus Bud on move 26 - such is life at the Gambito Open where you have to be not only good but fast! Ben Duong lost to Ben Keltner in round 1, but then won 3 in row to win BU1800. Fairly new player Diego Draguicevich won BU1600 with 3 wins and a loss to Ben Duong, but he was tied with 2 U1400 players, Dwayne Matheny (3 wins) and Anthony Liu (2 wins, 2 draws). Jack Manata and Chris Mitchell were also new players from North County, great to see new "blood"! 42 players in all including the house players makes for a full playing hall and lots of excitement. It was also Anthony Liu's first Gambito Open and he won $50! Come join us and make some new friends!! We play every Saturday with registration from 10 AM to 10:25, please call if you are running late so we can get started on time... The club number is 619-239-7166. You can also take a bye in round 1 and play only 3 games, the second round starts at 12:15, but please show up a little before that to make sure you get in the pairings. Thanks everyone from your friendly TD, Chuck Ensey. The 2 Bruce's (Baker and Charnov) also direct at times, and Jeff Turner is available on occasion, along with Eliza Eggert and Bud Stamper.
Here are the prize winners:
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2), $100 Second Place: Nikolay Arutyunov (6), $75
BU2400: Kevin Trujillo (5 1/2): $50
BU2200: Ron Gutman (5 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (5 1/2), $50 each
BU2000: Buddy Morris (5), $75
2nd U2000: Jason Arbeiter (4 1/2) and Aaron Householder (4 1/2), $12 each
BU1800: Ben Duong (4), $75
BU1600: Diego Draguicevich (3), $50
BU1400: Anthony Liu (3) and Dwayne Matheny (3), $50 each
Total Prizes: $650
36 players, wonderful turnout. Here they are in pre-event rating order:
4 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kevin Trujillo, Bruce Baker and Nikolay Arutyunov
6 Experts: Braulio Cuarta, Venkat Iyer, Ron Gutman, Elkaei Rivera, Gurveer Singh and Leonard Sussman
11 Class A: Aaron Householder, Thomas Diem, Buddy Morris, Jay Choi, Jason Arbeiter, Chuck Ensey, Jerry Qu, Jack Manata, Datris Robinson, Pejman Sagart and Ben Keltner
5 Class B: Ben Duong, Keric Rivas, Renato Conducto, Sabrina Duong and Anthony Harbone
4 Class C: Chris Mitchell, Ken Green, Torrey Duan and Diego Draguicevich
6 Class D and below: Anthony Liu, Jason Duan, Dwayne Matheny, Patrick Edwards, David Terr and Andruw Householder
We also had 6 house players: John Donahoo (2 games, he is our "go to" house player in the first 3 rounds), David Palmer (1 game), both Class B; plus Karl Lindberg (1 game, trying to get back into chess), Sue Duong (1 game) and Henry Duong (2 games) and Jim Harrell (1 game, he is often available in the last round which is nice for us). I am trying to get the Duong parents to gain more experience and they seem more than willing to learn. Sue almost drew with Dwayne Matheny.
We used the usual 3 point McMahon pairing system: (M/Ex=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0)
Several new players added to the mix: Cyrus drew in the last round with 2310 rated Kevin Trujillo (and that is his FIDE rating!), who lost the first round to Ron Gutman, provisionally rated 2107 based on only 4 games in Gambito #631. Gutman also beat Bruce Baker in round 2 but then lost to Cyrus and drew with Venkat Iyer. Braulio Cuarta (2168, also provisional) lost to Cyrus and Nikolay, but beat myself and Jason Arbeiter and I get the feeling he will be a master soon. Buddy Morris beat me (Chuck Ensey) in the last round to win U2000, Bud didn't miss the mate in 1 that I didn't see on move 34. I also missed a winning move for me versus Bud on move 26 - such is life at the Gambito Open where you have to be not only good but fast! Ben Duong lost to Ben Keltner in round 1, but then won 3 in row to win BU1800. Fairly new player Diego Draguicevich won BU1600 with 3 wins and a loss to Ben Duong, but he was tied with 2 U1400 players, Dwayne Matheny (3 wins) and Anthony Liu (2 wins, 2 draws). Jack Manata and Chris Mitchell were also new players from North County, great to see new "blood"! 42 players in all including the house players makes for a full playing hall and lots of excitement. It was also Anthony Liu's first Gambito Open and he won $50! Come join us and make some new friends!! We play every Saturday with registration from 10 AM to 10:25, please call if you are running late so we can get started on time... The club number is 619-239-7166. You can also take a bye in round 1 and play only 3 games, the second round starts at 12:15, but please show up a little before that to make sure you get in the pairings. Thanks everyone from your friendly TD, Chuck Ensey. The 2 Bruce's (Baker and Charnov) also direct at times, and Jeff Turner is available on occasion, along with Eliza Eggert and Bud Stamper.
Here are the prize winners:
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2), $100 Second Place: Nikolay Arutyunov (6), $75
BU2400: Kevin Trujillo (5 1/2): $50
BU2200: Ron Gutman (5 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (5 1/2), $50 each
BU2000: Buddy Morris (5), $75
2nd U2000: Jason Arbeiter (4 1/2) and Aaron Householder (4 1/2), $12 each
BU1800: Ben Duong (4), $75
BU1600: Diego Draguicevich (3), $50
BU1400: Anthony Liu (3) and Dwayne Matheny (3), $50 each
Total Prizes: $650
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Class Championships Round 1
2013 SDCC Class Championships, Round 1 of 6 on 11/13/13
40/90, SD/60, d/5; starts at 7 PM, 2 byes allowed, not too late to join! Email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com or call the club at 619-239-7166
Master/Expert
Bd 1 Lennart Mathe (2076) - Scott Roods (2144) 0-1
Bd 2 Peter Hodges (2119) - Alejandrino Baluran (2050) 1/2-1/2
Bd 3 Esteban Escobedo (2015) - Jim Humphrey (2096) 0-1
Bd 4 George Zeigler (2090) - Raoul Crisologo (2011) 1-0
Bd 5 Miguel Ceballos (2002) - Chris Wonnell (2008) 0-1
Class A
Bd 6 Bruce Charnov (1996) - Chuck Ensey (1859) 0-1
Bd 7 Hector Gonzalez (1812) - David Saponara (1959) 1/2-1/2
Bd 8 Buddy Morris (1905) - Eliza Eggert (1806) 1-0
Bd 9 Datris Robinson (1801) - Thomas Fries (1900) 1-0
Bd 10 Alfredo De Leon (1902) - Ben Keltner (1800) 1-0
Bye: Joel Batchelor (1899), Al Virtue (1866)
Class B
Bd 12 Mark Lawless (1649) - Damani Fair (1757) 0-1
Bd 13 Erik Marquis (1724) - David Palmer (1647) 1-0
Bd 14 Irina Nizmutdinova (1642) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1705) 0-1
Bd 15 Thomas Webb (1684) - Anthony Harbone (1633) 1-0
Bd 16 Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1625) - Tom Kuhn (1666) 1/2-1/2
Class C
Bd 17 Ken Green (1454) - Rocio Murra (1552) 0-1
Bd 18 Michael Blandin (1397) - Karen Kaufman (1389) 1/2-1/2
Class D
Bd 20 Mark De Yoe (1330) - Jim Harrell (1092) 1-0
Bd 21 Patrick Edwards (1084) - Bill Murray (1283) 1-0
Bd 22 Maria Murra (1257) - Keith Wetterer (1081) 0-1
Bye: Roger Pedersen (1119)
40/90, SD/60, d/5; starts at 7 PM, 2 byes allowed, not too late to join! Email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com or call the club at 619-239-7166
Master/Expert
Bd 1 Lennart Mathe (2076) - Scott Roods (2144) 0-1
Bd 2 Peter Hodges (2119) - Alejandrino Baluran (2050) 1/2-1/2
Bd 3 Esteban Escobedo (2015) - Jim Humphrey (2096) 0-1
Bd 4 George Zeigler (2090) - Raoul Crisologo (2011) 1-0
Bd 5 Miguel Ceballos (2002) - Chris Wonnell (2008) 0-1
Class A
Bd 6 Bruce Charnov (1996) - Chuck Ensey (1859) 0-1
Bd 7 Hector Gonzalez (1812) - David Saponara (1959) 1/2-1/2
Bd 8 Buddy Morris (1905) - Eliza Eggert (1806) 1-0
Bd 9 Datris Robinson (1801) - Thomas Fries (1900) 1-0
Bd 10 Alfredo De Leon (1902) - Ben Keltner (1800) 1-0
Bye: Joel Batchelor (1899), Al Virtue (1866)
Class B
Bd 12 Mark Lawless (1649) - Damani Fair (1757) 0-1
Bd 13 Erik Marquis (1724) - David Palmer (1647) 1-0
Bd 14 Irina Nizmutdinova (1642) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1705) 0-1
Bd 15 Thomas Webb (1684) - Anthony Harbone (1633) 1-0
Bd 16 Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1625) - Tom Kuhn (1666) 1/2-1/2
Class C
Bd 17 Ken Green (1454) - Rocio Murra (1552) 0-1
Bd 18 Michael Blandin (1397) - Karen Kaufman (1389) 1/2-1/2
Class D
Bd 20 Mark De Yoe (1330) - Jim Harrell (1092) 1-0
Bd 21 Patrick Edwards (1084) - Bill Murray (1283) 1-0
Bd 22 Maria Murra (1257) - Keith Wetterer (1081) 0-1
Bye: Roger Pedersen (1119)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
YES, there is a Gambito Sat 10/09/13
Gambito #632 on 10/09/13 at 10:30 AM
Registration: 10 AM to 10:25 Entry Fee: $20 4 Rounds: 10:30, 12:30, 3:00 and 4:30
We played in the skittles room due to a Horseshoe Club National Meeting in the main playing hall. They provided us with free grilled hamburgers, hot dogs chips and drinks; it was a fair trade!
21 players today, plus 3 house players:
1 Master: Cyrus Lakdawala
8 Experts: Venkat Iyer, Elkaei Rivera, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Antonio Gonzalez, Gurveer Singh, Bryan Tantartharakul and Chris Wonnell
5 Class A: Ajay Krishnan, Jay Choi, Chuck Ensey, Pejman Sagart and Datris Robinson
1 Class B: Anthony Harbone, plus house players John Donahoo and David Palmer
3 Class C: Renato Conducto, Ken Green and Tygan Zeng
3 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Dwayne Matheny and Robert Sulzen, plus house player Karl Lindberg
We used our usual 3 point McMahon pairing system. Here were the prize winners:
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100
Second Place/BU2400: Venkat Iyer (5 1/2) and Chris Wonnell (5 1/2), $50 each
BU2200: Gurveer Singh (5), Jim Humphrey (5), Antonio Gonzalez (5), Byran Tangtartharakul (5), $12 each
BU2000: Ajay Krishnan (5), $50
BU1800: Renato Conducto (3 1/2), $50
BU1600: Tygan Zeng (3), $40
Total Prizes: $390
Registration: 10 AM to 10:25 Entry Fee: $20 4 Rounds: 10:30, 12:30, 3:00 and 4:30
We played in the skittles room due to a Horseshoe Club National Meeting in the main playing hall. They provided us with free grilled hamburgers, hot dogs chips and drinks; it was a fair trade!
21 players today, plus 3 house players:
1 Master: Cyrus Lakdawala
8 Experts: Venkat Iyer, Elkaei Rivera, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Antonio Gonzalez, Gurveer Singh, Bryan Tantartharakul and Chris Wonnell
5 Class A: Ajay Krishnan, Jay Choi, Chuck Ensey, Pejman Sagart and Datris Robinson
1 Class B: Anthony Harbone, plus house players John Donahoo and David Palmer
3 Class C: Renato Conducto, Ken Green and Tygan Zeng
3 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Dwayne Matheny and Robert Sulzen, plus house player Karl Lindberg
We used our usual 3 point McMahon pairing system. Here were the prize winners:
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100
Second Place/BU2400: Venkat Iyer (5 1/2) and Chris Wonnell (5 1/2), $50 each
BU2200: Gurveer Singh (5), Jim Humphrey (5), Antonio Gonzalez (5), Byran Tangtartharakul (5), $12 each
BU2000: Ajay Krishnan (5), $50
BU1800: Renato Conducto (3 1/2), $50
BU1600: Tygan Zeng (3), $40
Total Prizes: $390
Saturday, November 2, 2013
November Super Gambito Open (#631)
November Super Gambito Open (#631) on 11/02/13
33 players today, pretty good turnout, including a couple of new players. Here they are in pre-event rating order:
Open Section (20 players)
3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker and Braulio Cuarta Garcia (2150 FIDE)
4 Experts: Jim Humphrey, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman and Gurveer Singh
14 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Richard Skinnell, Ajay Krishnan, Aaron Householder, Thomas Diem, Kevin Yang, Zechariah Zhu, Jerry Qu, Pejman Sagart, Daniel Zhu, Ben Duong, Chuck Ensey and Ron Gutman (unr)
Reserve Section (13 players)
7 Class B: Justin Yang, Rolando Ignacio, (John Donahoo, house player), Datris Robinson, Claire Negus, Andrew Negus, Scott Householder and Anthony Harbone
4 Class C: Sabrina Duong, Renato Conducto, Stephen Zhu and Mark Negus
2 Class D: Ken Green and David Terr
The 2 new players were Braulio Cuarta Garcia from Cuba and Ron Gutman. We don't use a McMahon pairing system for the Super Gambito, just the normal Swiss system and there weren't enough Masters and Experts to put them in their own section, so in the first two rounds the masters had it pretty easy. Cyrus disposed of Ajay Krishnan and Chris Wonnell before having to face Braulio Garcia, a new player, whom he also beat without too much trouble. He then drew quickly with Bruce Baker to clinch first place. Bruce took a bye, then beat Kevin Yang and Venkat Iyer. Venkat beat Jerry Qu, Ron Gutman and Jim Humphrey to win BU2400. Gurveer Singh continued his run of successes with wins over Ben Duong, a loss to Braulio, but then a draw with Ajay and a crushing win over Leonard Sussman to taken BU2200.
In the Reserve Section, Datris went 4-0 and his rating just might break 1800, but we will have to wait, unofficially he gained 54 points to 1793. With the new k factor recently installed by USCF, he is probably over. Justin Kang, the number 1 seed at 1789 going in, won 3 in a row but lost to Datris in the last round, still putting him at an estimated 1799, but likely over 1800 when rated. Sabrina Duong lost her first game with Rolando Ignacio, but then piled up 3 wins over David Terr, Claire Negus and Renato Conducto to win BU1600. Renato is a new player who played his first event last week. Ben Duong, Sabrina's brother went over 1800 last week and so was thrown to the wolves in the Open section and went 0-4, probably dropping him back under 1800, although the estimated rating came out 1801.
Here were the Prize winners:
Open Section
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125
2nd Place/BU2400: Bruce Baker (3) and Venkat Iyer (3), $75 each
2nd U2400: Braulio Cuarta Garcia (2 1/2), $25
BU2200: Gurveer Singh (2 1/2), $60
BU2000/2nd U2000: Chris Wonnell (2 1/2) and Richard Skinnell (2 1/2), $60 each
2nd U2200: Jim Humphrey (2) and Leonard Sussman (2), $7 each
3rd U2000: Ajay Krishnan (2), Thomas Diem (2), Daniel Zhu (2), Zechariah Zhu (2) and Chuck Ensey (2), $7 each
Best Game, $15, to Bruce Baker for win over Venkat Iyer
Reserve Section
First Place: Datris Robinson (4), $75
Second Place: Justin Kang (3), $30
Third Place: Scott Householder (2 1/2), $20
BU1600: Sabrina Duong (3), $50
2nd U1600: Ken Green (2) and Mark Negus (2), $10 each
Best Game to Datris Robinson, $15, for win over Renato Conducto
Total Prizes: $755
33 players today, pretty good turnout, including a couple of new players. Here they are in pre-event rating order:
Open Section (20 players)
3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker and Braulio Cuarta Garcia (2150 FIDE)
4 Experts: Jim Humphrey, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman and Gurveer Singh
14 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Richard Skinnell, Ajay Krishnan, Aaron Householder, Thomas Diem, Kevin Yang, Zechariah Zhu, Jerry Qu, Pejman Sagart, Daniel Zhu, Ben Duong, Chuck Ensey and Ron Gutman (unr)
Reserve Section (13 players)
7 Class B: Justin Yang, Rolando Ignacio, (John Donahoo, house player), Datris Robinson, Claire Negus, Andrew Negus, Scott Householder and Anthony Harbone
4 Class C: Sabrina Duong, Renato Conducto, Stephen Zhu and Mark Negus
2 Class D: Ken Green and David Terr
The 2 new players were Braulio Cuarta Garcia from Cuba and Ron Gutman. We don't use a McMahon pairing system for the Super Gambito, just the normal Swiss system and there weren't enough Masters and Experts to put them in their own section, so in the first two rounds the masters had it pretty easy. Cyrus disposed of Ajay Krishnan and Chris Wonnell before having to face Braulio Garcia, a new player, whom he also beat without too much trouble. He then drew quickly with Bruce Baker to clinch first place. Bruce took a bye, then beat Kevin Yang and Venkat Iyer. Venkat beat Jerry Qu, Ron Gutman and Jim Humphrey to win BU2400. Gurveer Singh continued his run of successes with wins over Ben Duong, a loss to Braulio, but then a draw with Ajay and a crushing win over Leonard Sussman to taken BU2200.
In the Reserve Section, Datris went 4-0 and his rating just might break 1800, but we will have to wait, unofficially he gained 54 points to 1793. With the new k factor recently installed by USCF, he is probably over. Justin Kang, the number 1 seed at 1789 going in, won 3 in a row but lost to Datris in the last round, still putting him at an estimated 1799, but likely over 1800 when rated. Sabrina Duong lost her first game with Rolando Ignacio, but then piled up 3 wins over David Terr, Claire Negus and Renato Conducto to win BU1600. Renato is a new player who played his first event last week. Ben Duong, Sabrina's brother went over 1800 last week and so was thrown to the wolves in the Open section and went 0-4, probably dropping him back under 1800, although the estimated rating came out 1801.
Here were the Prize winners:
Open Section
First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125
2nd Place/BU2400: Bruce Baker (3) and Venkat Iyer (3), $75 each
2nd U2400: Braulio Cuarta Garcia (2 1/2), $25
BU2200: Gurveer Singh (2 1/2), $60
BU2000/2nd U2000: Chris Wonnell (2 1/2) and Richard Skinnell (2 1/2), $60 each
2nd U2200: Jim Humphrey (2) and Leonard Sussman (2), $7 each
3rd U2000: Ajay Krishnan (2), Thomas Diem (2), Daniel Zhu (2), Zechariah Zhu (2) and Chuck Ensey (2), $7 each
Best Game, $15, to Bruce Baker for win over Venkat Iyer
Reserve Section
First Place: Datris Robinson (4), $75
Second Place: Justin Kang (3), $30
Third Place: Scott Householder (2 1/2), $20
BU1600: Sabrina Duong (3), $50
2nd U1600: Ken Green (2) and Mark Negus (2), $10 each
Best Game to Datris Robinson, $15, for win over Renato Conducto
Total Prizes: $755
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