SCCF Senior/Junior Open

April 18th and 19th at the San Diego Chess Club (2225 Sixth Avenue)

$2,880 in prizes

5 Rounds, 2 Sections: "Senior" Section - 50 years & older, "Junior" Section - Under 50 years old. Everyone can play!

Senior Section: 1st Place: Bruce Baker (4 1/2), $300

2nd/3rd Place tie: Avram Zaydenberg (3 1/2), Peter Graves (3 1/2), $100 each

U2300/2nd U2300 tie: Carl Wagner (3 1/2), Craig Faber (3 1/2), $100 each

U2100/2nd U2100 tie: Dennis Saccuzzo (3 1/2), Leonard Sussman (3 1/2), $100 each

U1900: Daniel Collins (3): $150, 2nd U1900: Tony Pabon (2 1/2), $50

U1700: Steven Dahl (2 1/2): $150

2nd U1700: Nestor Dagamat (2), Ronaldo Salenga (2) and David Peabody (2), $17 each

Best Over 60 years old (tie): Michael Nagaran (3), Best Over 70 (tie): John Rinaldo (3) and Thomas Fries 93),  $66 each

Biggest rating point gainers (estimated): Dennis Saccuzzo +51 to 1951, Steven Dahl +41 to 1473, Fred Cleveland +38 to 1281

Junior Section:

First Place: Varun Krishnan (4 1/2), $240

Second Place/U2300 tie: Ignacio Sainz (3 1/2) and Adam Corper (3 1/2), $120 each, U2100: Hin Tsang (3 1/2), $120

Third Place: James Mahooti (3), $40

U1900: Maria Elena Villarreal (3), $120

U1700 tie: Aaron Ibarra (2 1/2), $93 

U 20 years old/U1700 tie: Carolina Villarreal (2 1/2), $93

U12 years old/U1700 tie: Yash Pershad (2 1/2), $93

2nd U2300: Roberto Aiello (2 1/2), $40

2nd U2100: Nathaniel Lagemann (2), $40

2nd U1900: Mike Friedel (2), $40

2nd U1700: Tom Kuhn (2), $40

U 16 years old: Alexander Blank (1), $80

Biggest Rating point gainers (est): Maria Elena Villarreal +54 to 1614, Yash Pershad +30 to 1679, Carolina Villarreal +29 to 1629, Matt Souza +27 to 1233 

Players: 50 Total

Senior Section (32 players): Rick Aeria, Bruce Baker, Jorge Balares, Alejandrino Baluran, Fred Cleveland, Daniel Collins, Bill Conrad, Nestor Dagamat, Steven Dahl, Robert Defore, Rick Dyberg, Chuck Ensey, Craig Faber, Gene Fernando, Morgan Fox, Thomas Fries, Peter Graves, James Hillard, Romeo Ignacio, Bill Murray, Michael Nagaran, Tony Pabon, David Peabody, John Rinaldo, Chris Roberts, Dennis Saccuzzo, Ronaldo Salenga, Leonard Sussman, Michael Thomas, Daniel Voje, Carl Wagner, Avram Zaydenberg

Junior Section (18 players so far): Roberto Aiello, John Badger, Alexander Blank, Adam Corper, Chris Creighton, Victor Delgadillo, Mike Friedel, Aaron Ibarra, Varun Krishnan, Tom Kuhn, Nathaniel Lagemann,  James Mahooti, Yash Pershad, Ignacio Sainz, Matt Souza, Hin Tsang, Carolina Villarreal, Maria Elena Villarreal