Chuck Ensey Doubleheader Rd 2

Round 2     6/03/09        7 PM

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The Hares  - two games at G/45 with 5 second delay

Bd 1  Jeff Turner (2) - Bruce Baker (2)  Bruce won boths games 

Bd 2  Todd Smith (2) - Bill Whitney (2)  Todd drew the first game, but won the 2nd

Bd 3  Robert Defore (2) - David Hart (2)  David won both games

Bd 4  Ignacio Sainz (2) - Pejman Sagart (2)  Ignacio won both games

Bd 5  Lennart Mathe (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  Lennart won both games

Bd 6  Ron Rezendes (2) - Matt Souza (1)  Ron lost the first game, but won the 2nd 

Bd 7  Mariano Lozano (2) - Mike Friedel (2)  Mariano won the first, but drew the 2nd

Bd 8  Dayne Freitag (1) - Jim Krooskos (1)  Dayne won both games

Bd 9  Jerry Soelberg (1) - Samuel Odedina (1)  Jerry won both games

Bd 10  Aaron Wooten (1) - Darryl Woodson (1)  Aaron won both games

Bd 11  Tom Kuhn (0) - Mark Lawless (0)  Tom won both games

Bd 10  Karen Kaufman (0) - James Coulston (0)  James won both games

Bd 12  Michael Ryan (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  Mike won both games 

Bd 13  Glenn Rose (0) - Phil Skiba (0)  Phil won both

Bd 14  Orrin Olgart (0) - Erik Marquis (0)  Orrin won the 1st and drew the 2nd

Bd 15  Tom Lavoy (0) - David Peabody (0) Tom won the 1st, but lost the 2nd

Byes: Manuel Herrera (2), Julian Rodriguez (0), Chris Calbat (0), Roger Wathen (0)

The Tortoises     G/120 with 10 second delay

Bd 20  George Zeigler (1) - Alfredo Deleon (1)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 21  Buddy Morris (1) - Rocio Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 22  Ramin Sinaee (1) - Helmut Keil (1)  1-0

Bd 23  Paul Agron (1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1/2)  0-1

Bd 24  Damani Fair (1/2) - Mario Amodeo (0)  0-1

Bd 25  Fawsi Jose Murra (0) - Steve Perry (0)  1-0

Bd 26  Robert Samuel (0) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 27  Bill Murray (0) - Brian Kelly (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 28  Anthony Harbone (0) - Maria Murra (0)  1-0

Bd 29  Roger Dooc (0) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1/2)  1-0

Bd 30  David Delgadillo (1/2) - Brad Salz (0)  0-1

Byes: Vincent Broman (0), Russell Bellamy (0), Chuck Ensey (0)   

Match Play

Bd 30  William Wijaya (1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1/2)  1-0        

 

Chuck Ensey Doubleheader Rd 1

Wednesday 5/27/09 at 7 PM, 5 rounds in three sections

This round was like round 1 of the Markoswki, it featured large rating point differentials. Despite the mismatches (slaughter of the lambs?) there were 2 upset wins in the Fast Section and 1 in the Slow. Some players detest playing someone much higher rated, but others love it. To me it is a low risk learning opportunity. Even if you get beat badly, you are not going to lose many rating points, maybe two or three, and you can pick up some pointers from the higher rated player. I saw lots of players going over the games afterwards, and maybe some new friendships were made. Also this round gave players a chance to get used to the different time controls without too much stress...         

1) The Hares - 2 games at G/45 on the same night against the same opponent, one as White, one as Black 

Bd 1  Julian Rodriguez - Bruce Baker, Bruce won both games

Bd 2  Todd Smith - James Coulston, Todd won both games

Bd 3  Tom Kuhn - David Hart, David won both games

Bd 4  Ignacio Sainz - Erik Marquis, Ignacio won both games

Bd 5  Chris Calbat - Manuel Herrera, Manuel won both games

Bd 6  Lennart Mathe - David Peabody, Lennart won both games

Bd 7  Michael Ryan - Ronald Soto, Ron won both games

Bd 8  Mariano Lozano - Mark Lawless, Mariano won both games

Bd 9  Karen Kaufman - Jeff Turner, Jeff won both games

Bd 10  Dayne Freitag - Matt Souza, Dayne won the first, Matt the second

finally an upset! I hope the scores were reported correctly...

Bd 11  Orrin Olgart - Bill Whitney, Bill won both games       

Bd 12  Robert Defore - Roger Wathen, Bob won both games

Bd 13  Fred Borges - Pejman Sagart, Perry won both games

Bd 14  Ron Rezendes - Patrick Edwards, Ron won both games

Bd 15  Tom Lavoy - Shaun Sweitzer, Shaun won both games

Bd 16  Jerry Soelberg - Jim Krooskos, Jerry lost the first game, won the second

Bd 17  Glenn Rose - Mike Friedel, Mike won both games

Bye: Darryl Woodson     

2) The Tortoises - just 1 game at G/120, with 10 second delay.

Bd 19  John Rinaldo - Fawsi Jose Murra  1-0

Bd 20  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz - George Zeigler  0-1

Bd 21  Thomas Fries - Chuck Ensey  1-0 

Bd 22  Brian Kelly - Jamieson Pryor  0-1

Bd 23  Jason Qu - Anthony Harbone  1-0

Bd 24  Steve Perry - Buddy Morris  0-1

Bd 25  Vincent Broman - Robert Samuel  1-0

Bd 26  Russell Bellamy - Ramin Sinaee  0-1

Bd 27  Alfredo Deleon - Maria Murra 1-0

Bd 28  Helmut Keil - William Murray  1-0

Bd 29  Rocio Murra - Philip Skiba  1-0    

3) Match Play

If you want to play a 5 game match against the same opponent, arrange it yourself and let us know, or you can ask us to try to find someone suitable. 

Bd 30  Joel Batchelor - William Wijaya  1/2-1/2

email chucnglo@aol.com  to join this event, thanks, Chuck Ensey 

 

Robert Samuel Open Rd 5

Here are the prize winners and the last round results from 5/20/09

See bottom of this post for info on the next event... 

Open Section

First Place: Carl Wagner (4), $80       2nd Place: David Hart (3 1/2), $40

BU2200: Jason Qu (3 1/2) and Mariano Lozano (3 1/2), $50 each  

Third Place: Todd Smith (3), $15        Third U2200: Ron Soto (3), $15

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Bd 1  Carl Wagner (3) - Jason Qu (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 2  David Hart (2 1/2) - Todd Smith (3)  1-0

Bd 3  Mariano Lozano (2 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  1-0

Bd 4  Jamieson Pryor (2) - Ron Soto (2)  0-1

Bd 5  Mario Amodeo (1) - Donald Klaas (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 31  Pejman Sagart (0) - Maria Elena Villarreal (0)  0-1

Match Play:

Bd 8  James Mahooti (0) - Bruce Baker (3)  0-1

Premier Section

First Place: William Wijaya (4 1/2), $80      Second Place: David Delgadillo (4), $40

Third Place: Dayne Frietag (3 1/2), Bill Whitney (3 1/2), Saeid Abdoli (3 1/2) and Shaun Sweitzer (3 1/2), $8 each  

BU1800: Fawsi Jose Murra (3 1/2), $75       Second U1800: Brian Kelly (3), $40

Third U1800: Chuck Ensey (2 1/2), Mike Friedel (2 1/2), Rocio Murra (2 1/2), Jerry Soelberg (2 1/2), $8 each

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Bd 6  David Delgadillo (3 1/2) - William Wijaya (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Jose Fawsi Murra (3 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Joel Batchelor (2 1/2) - Bill Whitney (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 10  Robert Defore (2 1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2 1/2)  0F-1F

Bd 11  Chuck Ensey (2 1/2) - Saeid Abdoli (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Brian Kelly (2 1/2) - Ramin Sinaee (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Philip Skiba (2) - Jerry Soelberg (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 14  Fred Borges (2) - Buddy Morris (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Mike Friedel (1 1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 16  Julian Rodriguez (1 1/2) - Rocio Murra (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 17  Mayra Murra (1) - Anthony Harbone (1)  0-1

Bd 18  James Couslton (1) - Tom Kuhn (1)  1-0

Bd 19  Erik Marquis (1/2) - Larry Vikander (1/2)  0-1

Reserve Section

First Place: Steve Perry (4 1/2), $60    BU1400: Michael Thomas (4), $50

Second Place: David Peabody (3 1/2), Mark Lawless (3 1/2), Michael Ryan (3 1/2), Karen Kaufman (3 1/2), $13 each

2nd U1400: Roger Wathen (3) and Mike Souza (3), $25

BU1200: Darryl Woodson (2 1/2), $30    2nd U1200: Glenn Rose: book prize

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Bd 20  David Peabody (3 1/2) - Steve Perry (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 21  Roger Wathen (3) - Michael Thomas (3)  0-1

Bd 22  Orrin Olgart (2 1/2) - Michael Ryan (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 9  Mark Lawless (2 1/2) - Monica Ness (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 23  Karen Kaufman (2 1/2) - Darryl Woodson (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Tom Lavoy (2) - Matt Souza (2)  0-1

Bd 25  Glenn Rose (2) - Yair Soto (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Maria Murra (1 1/2) - Robert Samuel (1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Michael Wang (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Cristhian Garcia (1) - Russell Bellamy (1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  Samuel Odedina (1/2) - Keith Wetterer (1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Steve Gordon (0) - Helmut Keil (1)  1/2-1/2

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The Next Event is the Chuck Ensey Doubleheader

   

Robert Samuel Open Rd 4

Round 4  5/13/09  7 PM

Here are the results for Rd 4

Open Section

Bd 1  Jason Qu (3) - Todd Smith (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  Carl Wagner (2 1/2) - David Hart (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Ronald Soto (2) - Mariano Lozano (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  Lennart Mathe (1) - Mario Amodeo (1)  1-0 

Bd 5  Donald Klaas (1/2) - Jamieson Pryor (1)  0-1

Bye: Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2)

Premier Section

Bd 10  William Wijaya (3) - Robert Defore (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 11  Ramin Sinaee (2 1/2) - David Delgadillo (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Dayne Freitag (2) - Chuck Ensey (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Jose Fawsi Murra (2) - Jerry Soelberg (2) 1F-0F 

Bd 14  Bill Whitney (1 1/2) - Fred Borges (2)  1-0

Bd 15  Alfredo Deleon (1 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 16  Saeid Abdoli (1 1/2) - Mike Friedel (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2) - Julian Rodriguez (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 18  Anthony Harbone (1) - Brian Kelly (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 19  Mayra Murra (1) - Philip Skiba (1)  0-1

Bd 20  Buddy Morris (1/2) - James Coulston (1)  1-0

Bd 21  Larry Vikander (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1/2)  0-1  This was the Longest Game of the Night

Bd 22  Tom Kuhn (1/2) - Erik Marquis (0)  1/2-1/2

Reserve Section

Bd 23  Steve Perry (2 1/2) - Orrin Olgart (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Monica Ness (2 1/2) - David Peabody (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 25  Michael Thomas (2 1/2) - Mark Lawless (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Matt Souza (2) - Roger Wathen (2)  0-1

Bd 27  Michael Ryan (1 1/2) - Maria Murra (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Karen Kaufman (1 1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  Darryl Woodson (1 1/2) - Yair Soto (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 30  Robert Samuel (1/2) - Glenn Rose (1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Tom Lavoy (1) - Russell Bellamy (1/2)  1-0

Bd 33  Michael Wang (1/2) - Samuel Odedina (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Keith Wetterer (0) 

      

May Gambito Opens, #418, #419, #420, #421, #422

Gambito #422

25 players, played in 2 sections, no McMahon this time, Open Section had 2 Masters, 5 Experts, 6 Class A, 2 B's playing up; Reserves had 5 B's, 5 C's. 

Prize winners were:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $100 

Second Place: Eric Montany (3), $60   BU2400: Jamieson Pryor (3), $60  

BU2200: Varun Krishnan (2 1/2) and Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2), $30 each

BU2000: William Wijaya (2 1/2), $60

Reserve Section (U1800)

First Place: Anthony Harbone (3 1/2), $60   BU1600: Matt Souza (3), $50

 

   

Gambito #421  5/23/09

24 players, including  2 Masters, 5 Experts, 5 Class A, 8 Class B and 4 Class C. McMahon pairings were M/E=3, A=2, B=1, C=0. New player Makaio Krienke (2020) from Florida did well. Also it was good to see Rob Dolan, who only plays once a year or so. Alan Tsoi had a nice day with a draw vs Cyrus Lakdawala, a win over Paul Agron, a loss to Peter Graves and a draw with Leonard Sussman. Nestor Dagamat upset Chris Wonnell in the last round, thereby clinching the U1800 prize with 3 wins. Nestor may soon be headed over 1800, his game has been in great form lately. His only loss was to Madhavan Vajapeyam in the first round. Madhavan tied with Jamieson Pryor for BU2000. Once again Jason Ma finished in the money, although he had to split the U1600 with Tom Kuhn...The event is now rated (see USCF website for updated ratings) and Jason has earned a Class B rating of 1628, congratulations Jason!! At the rate these young players progress, we may see him earn his Class A within two years or less. It is amazing to watch them grow.    

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2), $100   Second Place: Peter Graves (6), $60

U2400/2200: Makaio Krienke (5), Alan Tsoi (5), Raoul Crisologo (5), $40 each 

U2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (4 1/2) and Jamieson Pryor (4 1/2), $30 each

U1800: Nestor Dagamat (4), $60

U1600: Jason Ma (3) and Tom Kuhn (3), $30 each

Next week: June Super Gambito

Gambito #420  5/16/09

22 players, including 5 Masters. We used a McMahon pairing with a slight twist due to a shortage of Experts where M=2, Exp/A=1, B/C=0. Ali Morshedi ruled the day with a perfect 4 wins in a row. New player Quan Bui from the UC San Diego chess club placed well in his first event at our club and raised his rating quite a bit. Jason Ma impressed us all once again by winning the U1600 (four out of the last 5 weeks), but today was special as he upset Expert Daniel Grazian with a very well played game. The kid is on fire and so watch out, you have been warned!   

Here were the prize winners.

First Place: Ali Morshedi (6), $100    Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (5), $40

U2400: Peter Graves (4), $50  U2200: Leonard Sussman (4), $50

U2000: Chris Wonnell (3 1/2), $50   U1800: Quan Bui (3), $50 

U1600: Jason Ma (2 1/2), $50 

Total Prizes: $390

 

Gambito #419   5/09/09

25 players, very good turnout. McMahon pairings used with M=3, Exp=2, A=1, B/C=0. Ali Morshedi drew with Cyrus Lakdawala in Rd 1, beat Peter Graves In Rd 2, but lost to Bruce Baker in Rd 3 and also lost to Jorge Balares in Rd 4. So it seems like our hot new master is not invincible after all (however see Gambito #420). Jorge pushed his rating up to 2204, congratulation to Jorge. He says he was also a master in the 1980's, but that was a LONG time ago. (Don't date your self Jorge!). Another rating breakthrough was made by Fred Cleveland who broke through the 1400 barrier to 1407. Fred has been persistently cheerful through all his tough losses and deserves his honor greatly, way to go Fred! Alan Tsoi had a great day: drew Jorge Balares, beat Leonard Sussman, beat Peter Graves and drew with Cyrus. Wow! Here are all the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $100  Second Place: Alan Tsoi (5), $60

U2400: Bruce Baker (5), $60    U2200: Jorge Balares (5), $60

U2000: Nikolay Arutyunov (4), Chris Wonnell (4) and Roberto Aiello (4), $20 each

U1800: Anthony Harbone (3) and Nestor Dagamat (3), $30 each

U1600: Matt Souza (2) and Fred Cleveland (2), $25 each

Total Prizes: $450

       

Gambito #418   MAY SUPER GAMBITO 5/02/09

28 players, with 17 in the Open and 11 in the Reserve. Ali Morshedi won the Open with 3 1/2 points, drawing with Bruce Baker in Round 2, but winning against Cyrus Lakdawala in Round 4. Four players ended up with 3 points, tying for 2nd/BU2400/2nd U2400/BU2200. Here are the winners:

Open Section

First Place: Ali Morshedi (3 1/2), $125

Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3), $62   BU2400: Varun Krishnan (3), $62    

2nd U2400: Ben Barquin (3), $62  BU2200: Leonard Sussman (3), $62

BU2000: Alexandre Zolotovitski (2) and Roberto Aiello (2), $50 each

Reserve Section

First Place: Charlie Berkman (4), $75   Second Place: Nestor Dagamat (3), $25

BU1600: Jason Ma (2 1/2), $70   2nd U1600: Gene Fernando (2) and Tom Kuhn (2), $10 each    

Best Game Reserve Section ($15) goes to Jason Ma for win over Aaron Householder

Best Game Open Section ($15) goes to Ali Morshedi for win over Cyrus Lakdawala 

Total Prizes: $700

Robert Samuel Swiss Rd 5

Start:	May 20, '09 7:00p
Location:	2225 Sixth Avenue, San Diego

Gambito # 420

Start:	May 16, '09 10:30a
Location:	2225 Sixth Avenue, San Diego

Gambito # 419

Start:	May 9, '09 10:30a
Location:	2225 Sixth Avenue, San Diego

Robert Samuel Swiss Rd 4

Start:	May 13, '09 7:00p
Location:	2225 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CA