Jerry Soelberg Open Rd 1

Six rounds, July 1- August 5     Round 1  July 1st, 2009  7 PM

The 2nd annual Jerry Soelberg Open honors one of our most long standing active members. Jerry may be getting up there in years, but he still plays a mean game and is especially strong in the endgame. His current rating is 1733.

This event is a 6 round McMahon Swiss with Master and Experts starting with 4 bye points, Class A players with 3, Class B players with 2, Class C with 1 and D/E with 0. This ensures that you will play someone reasonably close to your own rating, at least in the first few rounds. As in all swiss events, the more games you win, the tougher and higher rated your opponents will be for the following rounds. There are also 2 byes available if needed, as long as you tell us in advance.       

Time control will be our standard 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay.

Please sign up online by emailing Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com You may play "up" a class only if you are reasonably close to the cutoff (30-50 points) or if you have demonstated a strong ability for that class in the past and are just down in rating temporarily. But remember, if you "play up" and get an "extra" bye point, then you are only eligible for the prizes in the class you are moving up too (or above). See Chuck or Bruce if you have any questions.

Here are the first round entries, players in bold type have signed up, and I have listed a few others I am hoping may still join, but haven't yet confirmed. Some players are off to the Wolrd Open and may take 2 byes and then join...Please email me to confirm participation...

61 Total Players entered so far, good turnout, thanks everyone!! 

Master/Expert (4 bye points), 14 players so far: Bruce Baker (2305), Todd Smith (2215),  David Hart (2206), Carl Wagner (2204), John Funderburg (2163), Lennart Mathe (2036), Raoul Crisologo (2030), Aaron Wooten (2020), Alejandrino Baluran (2018), Paul Agron (2010), Ron Soto (2008), Mariano Lozano (2003), Jason Qu (2000*), Jeff Turner (2000*)  *playing up as rating is close to 2000 

Class A (3 bye points), 15 players so far: Tom Fries (1977), Bill Whitney (1957), Fausto Robles (1938), Chris Wonnell (1907) Buddy Morris (1904), Roberto Aiello (1902), Marty Lower (1891), Joel Batchelor (1857), Saeid Abdoli (1858), Ramin Sinaee (1842), Alfredo Deleon (1806), Damani Fair (1800*), Roger Dooc (1800*), Chuck Ensey (1800*), Fawsi Jose Murra (1800*)

Class B (2 bye points), 12 players so far: Ron Rezendes (1766), Shaun Sweitzer (1758), Larry Vikander (1740), Jerry Soelberg (1733), Brian Kelly (1723), Fred Borges (1700),  Matt Souza (1660), Mike Friedel (1664), James Coulston (1612), Steve Perry (1603), Santaigo Rubio-Fernaz (1602) , Tom Kuhn (1600*)     

Class C (1 bye point), 10 players so far: Chris Calbat (1560), Julian Rodriguez (1560),  Robert Samuel (1514), Michael Ryan (1510), Helmut Keil (1505), Bill Murray (1494), David Peabody (1489), Mark Lawless (1486), Erik Marquis (1484), Steve Gordon (1436)    

Class D/E (0 bye points), 10 players so far: Monica Ness (1390), Jim Krooskos (1388), Libano Rodriguez (1387), Patrick Edwards (1363), Darryl Woodson (1351), Roger Wathen (1326), Cristhian Garcia (1300), Michael Herzog (1297 - house player), Glenn Rose (1044), Maria Murra (905), Samuel Odedina (783)  

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Here are the results for Round 1:

Board 1  Bruce Baker (4) - Raoul Crisologo (4)  1-0

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (4) - David Hart (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Carl Wagner (4) - Alejandrino Baluran (4)  1-0

Bd 4  Paul Agron (4) - John Funderburg (4)  0-1

Bd 5  Lennart Mathe (4) - Ronald Soto (4)  0-1

Bd 6  Bill Whitney (3) - Jason Qu (4)  1-0

Bd 7  Fausto Robles (3) - Joel Batchelor (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Ramin Sinaee (3) - Chris Wonnell (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 10  Buddy Morris (3) - Alfredo Deleon (3)  0-1

Bd 11  Chuck Ensey (3) - Roberto Aiello (3)  0-1

Bd 12  Marty Lower (3) - Roger Dooc (3)  1-0

Bd 13  Damani Fair (3) - Saeid Abdoli (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 14  Fawsi Jose Murra (3) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  1-0

Bd 15  Matt Souza (2) - Larry Vikander (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Jerry Soelberg (2) - James Coulston (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 17  Steve Perry (2) - Brian Kelly (2)  0-1

Bd 18  Fred Borges (2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (2)  0-1

Bd 19  Chris Calbat (1) - Tom Kuhn (2)  1-0

Bd 20  Julian Rodriguez (1) - Bill Murray (1)  0-1

Bd 21  David Peabody (1) - Robert Samuel (1)  0-1

Bd 22  Michael Ryan (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1

Bd 23  Erik Marquis (1) - Helmut Keil (1)  1-0

Bd 24  Steve Gordon (1) - Monica Ness (0)  1-0

Bd 25  Cristhian Garcia (0) - Jim Krosskos (0)  0-1

Bd 26  Libano Rodriguez (0) - Michael Herzog (0)  1-0

Bd 27  Maria Murra (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  0-1

Bd 28  Roger Wathen (0) - Samuel Odedina (0)  1-0

Byes: Todd Smith (4), Mariano Lozano (4),  Jeff Turner (4), Thomas Fries (3), Ron Rezendes (2), Mike Friedel (2), Darryl Woodson (0), Glenn Rose (0)

Not too late to join! Take a bye for round 1, sign up now...call club at 619-239-7166 or email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com        

Chuck Ensey Doubleheader Rd 5

Round 5  6/24/09   See Prize winners at bottom of this blog

The Hares

2 games at G/45, The player listed first is White in the first game, Black in the second game

Bd 1  David Hart (6 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (6)  David won both games

Bd 2  Lennart Mathe (6 1/2) - Bruce Baker (6)  Bruce won both games

Bd 3  Ignacio Sainz (5 1/2) - Jeff Turner (6)  Ignacio drew the 1st, won the 2nd

Bd 4  Mariano Lozano (5 1/2) - Bill Whitney (5 1/2)  Mariano won the 1st, lost the 2nd

Bd 5  Manuel Herrera (5) - Matt Souza (5)  Manuel won both games

Bd 6  Ron Rezendes (5) - Ron Soto (5)  Soto won both games      

Bd 7  Jerry Soelberg (4 1/2) - Mike Friedel (4 1/2)  Jerry won the 1st, drew the 2nd

Bd 8  Chris Calbat (4 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (4)  Dayne won both games

Bd 9  Robert Defore (4) - James Coulston (4)  Bob won both games

Bd 10  Tom Kuhn (4) - Shaun Sweitzer (3 1/2)  Shaun won the 1st, drew the 2nd

Bd 11  David Peabody (3) - Darryl Woodson (3)  Darryl won the first, lost the 2nd (I think) 

Bd 12  Tom Lavoy (3) - Patrick Edwards (3)  Tom drew the 1st, won the 2nd

Bd 13  Michael Ryan (2 1/2) - Orrin Olgart (2 1/2)  Mike won both 

Bd 14  Julian Rodriguez (2) - Jim Krooskos (2 1/2)  Jim won both  

Bd 15  Mark Lawless (2) - Glenn Rose (0)  Mark won both

(I think, score was NOT POSTED...AGAIN!!)

Bd 16  Keith Wetterer (0) - Samuel Odedina (1)  Keith won both games (I think)

Bd 17  Chris Wonnell - Donald Klaas, Chris won both of these rated house games (house games are always rated, otherwise they would be called casual or practice games.  

The Tortoises

Just 1 game at G/120 with 10 second delay 

Bd 20  George Zeigler (3 1/2) - Vincent Broman (3)  1-0

Bd 21  Jamieson Pryor (3) - Alfredo Deleon (3)  1-0

Bd 22  Brian Kelly (2 1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Ramin Sinaee (2 1/2) - Thomas Fries (2 1/2)  1-0

The Longest Game of the Night and a real nail-biter!

Bd 24  Paul Agron (2) - Buddy Morris (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 25  Chuck Ensey (2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Damani Fair (1 1/2) - Bill Murray (2)  0-1 

Bd 27  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2) - Helmut Keil (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 28  Monica Ness (1) - Robert Samuel (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 29  Karl Lindberg (0) - Steve Gordon (0)  0-1

Withdrew: Pejman Sagart (5), Erik Marquis (1/2), Karen Kaufman (1 1/2)      

Match Play

Bd 32  Joel Batchelor (2 1/2) - William Wijaya (1 1/2) game delayed

Prizes Awarded 

The Hares 

First Place: David Hart (8 1/2), $80   Second Place: Bruce Baker (8), $40

BU2200: Ignacio Sainz (7), Ronald Soto (7) and Manuel Herrera (7), $40 each

BU2000: Jeff Turner (6 1/2) and Bill Whitney (6 1/2), $40 each

BU1800: Jerry Soelberg (6), $50

2nd U1800: Mike Friedel (5), Shaun Sweitzer (5) and Ron Rezendes (5), $10 each

BU1600: Matt Souza (5), $50

2nd U1600: Tom Kuhn (4 1/2), Michael Ryan (4 1/2) and Chris Calbat (4 1/2), $10 each

BU1400: Jim Krooskos (4 1/2), $20   2nd U1400: Tom Lavoy (4 1/2), $20        

The Tortoises

First Place: George Zeigler (4 1/2), $80  

BU2000: Jamieson Pryor (4), $60

Second Place: Alejandrino Baluran (3 1/2), $30

2nd U2000: Buddy Morris (3 1/2) and Ramin Sinaee (3 1/2), $30 each

BU1800: Alfredo Deleon (3), $40

BU1600: Bill Murray (3), $40

Total Prizes: $830 based on 61 players

Next week: New event, The Jerry Soelberg Open, 6 rounds, sign up online by emailing Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com   Advanced entries will be posted soon   

 

June Gambito Opens

Gambito #426  6/27/09

28 players today, great turnout. We played in two sections today: An OpenSection for Masters, Experts and Class A players and a Reserve Section for Class B & C players. There were 14 players in each Section, including 3 Masters (Lakdawala, Baker and Giovanni Carreto), 7 Experts (Montany, Griffith, Sussman, Milton, Pryor, Gerardo, Grazian) and 4 Class A (Eric Smith, Aiello, Vajapeyam, Ensey), 9 Class B (Victoria, Rhoads, Arbeiter, Dagamat, Delaney, Souza, Friedel, Reed, Kuhn) and finally 5 Class C (Guy, Ancheta, Cleveland,Edwards). Here are the Prize winners:  

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

U2400: Bruce Baker (3), $70   U2200: Leonard Sussman (3), $70

Second Place: Jamieson Pryor (2 1/2), Giovanni Carreto (2 1/2) and Eric Montany (2 1/2), $20 each

U2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (2), $70

First Place Reserve Section: Bill Rhoads (3 1/2) and Robert Reed (3 1/2), $35 each

U1600: Caleb Guy (2 1/2), $60 

Cyrus had a quick drew with Bruce after winning 3 in a row over Pryor, Milton and Grazian. Bruce took a first round bye and then beat Ariel Gerardo and Giovanni Carreto, two of our strong players that visit occasionally from Mexico. Antonio Gonzalez was here today too, but he didn't play. I think I heard some congratulate him about being a new father! Richard Jensen also dropped by, he is busy trying to find a good paying job and hasn't had any time for chess lately. He watched his friend Bill Rhoads for a while and Bill ended up tying for first in the Reserves.

Next Week: Super Gambito Open on the 4th of July!!     

Gambito #424   6/13/09

21 players today, plus one house player. We used a McMahon pairing system where Master and Experts started with 3 points, Class A with 2, B's with 1 and C's with 0. There were 2 Masters (Lakdawala and Baker), 7 Experts (Eric Montany, John Rinaldo, Leonard Sussman, Raoul Crisologo, Carey Milton, Alexandre Tolotovitski and Jamieson Pryor), 5 Class A (Hin Tsang, Kyron Griffith, Jason Qu, Chris Wonnell, Roberto Aiello), 4 Class B (Ernesto Victoria, Nestor Dagamat, Chuck Ensey, Mike Friedel) and 3 Class C (Jason Ma, Tom Kuhn, Fred Cleveland, plus Helmut Keil as a house player). Of course it was great to see Carey Milton back in action after a long layoff, plus we got a surprise visit from Ernesto Victoria, who hasn't played here in a while. It should also be noted that Jamieson Pryor played as an Expert for the first time, having earned that rank with a great performance in Las Vegas at the National Open last week. Also, after today's event, Kyron Griffith has earned his Expert rank too, 2018 (!!!), way to go Kyron, we all knew you were good enough and golly gee (or whatever Al Franken used to say!), you deserved it! 

Please note that I made a mistake in the intial pay out of the prizes that effected 4 players. These players won Second Place ($30 split 4 ways or $7.50 each), not U2200/2nd (which would have been $50 +$30 =$80 split 4 ways or $20 each).  Kryron Griffith took the U2200 prize, not the U2000 prize, he had the best score for a player rated under 2200, even though he is also U2000, he takes the highest prize available to him. Also I paid both Roberto Aiello and Kyron Griffith for BU2000, but in fact they both did win $50, so that was OK. As always prizes are subject to review, sometimes in the haste to pay out so players can get home, I make a blunder.

Here are today's prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2), $100

BU2400: Bruce Baker (6), $50    BU2200: Kyron Griffith (5 1/2), $50

Second Place: John Rinaldo (5), Carey Milton (5), Eric Montany (5), Alexandre Zoltovitski (5), $7 each

BU2000: Roberto Aiello (4 1/2), $50    BU1800: Chuck Ensey (4), $50

BU1600: Jason Ma (3), $40

           

Chuck Ensey Doubleheader Rd 4

Round 4  6/17/09   7 PM

The Hares

2 games at G/45, The player listed first is White in the first game, Black in the second game

Bd 1  David Hart (5) - Bruce Baker (5 1/2)  David drew 1st game, won the 2nd

Bd 2  Lennart Mathe (5) - Mariano Lozano (5) Lennart drew the 1st game, won the 2nd

Bd 3  Ignacio Sainz (4 1/2) - Bill Whitney (4 1/2)  both games were drawn

Bd 4  Dayne Freitag (4) - Aaron Wooten (4) Aaron won both 

Bd 5  Robert Defore (4) - Jeff Turner (4)  Jeff won both

Bd 6  Jerry Soelberg (4) - Ron Soto (3 1/2)  Ron won 1st, drew 2nd

Bd 7  Manuel Herrera (3) - Shaun Sweitzer (3 1/2  Manuel won both   

Bd 8  Pejman Sagart (3) - David Peabody (3) Pejman won both  

Bd 9  Tom Lavoy (3) - Mike Friedel (2 1/2)  Mike won both  

Bd 10  Mike Ryan (2 1/2) - Chris Calbat (2 1/2) Chris won both

Bd 11  Julian Rodriguez (2) - Tom Kuhn (2)  Tom won both

Bd 12  Mark Lawless (2) - James Coulston (2)  James won both

Bd 13  Darryl Woodson (2) - Jim Krooskos (1 1/2) Jim won 1st, lost 2nd 

Bd 14  Karen Kaufman (1) - Phil Skiba (2)  Karen drew 1st, lost 2nd 

Bd 15  Glenn Rose (0)  - Patrick Edwards (1) Pat won both  

Withdrew: Todd Smith (4 1/2) 

Byes: Ron Rezendes (4), Matt Souza (4), Orrin Olgart (1 1/2)

No Show: Samuel Odedina (1), Erik Marquis (1/2)

The Tortoises

Just 1 game at G/120 with 10 second delay 

Bd 20  Buddy Morris (2 1/2) - George Zeigler (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 21  Vincent Broman (2 1/2) - Jamieson Pryor (21/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Alfredo Deleon (2) - Ramin Sinaee (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 23  Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2) - Bill Murray (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Thomas Fries (1 1/2) -  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Jason Qu (1 1/2) - Brian Kelly (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Steve Perry (0) - Damani Fair (1 1/2)  1-0   

Bd 27  David Delgadillo (1) - Paul Agron (1)  0-1

Bd 28  Anthony Harbone (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1)  0-1

Bd 29  Rocio Murra (1) - Chuck Ensey (1) 0-1

Bd 30  Robert Samuel (1) - Helmut Keil (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 31  Steve Gordon (0) - Mayra Murra (0)  0-1    

Bd 32  Maria Murra (0) - Keith Wetterer (0)  1-0 

Bd 33  Mario Amodeo (2 1/2) - John Rinaldo (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2  extra house game

No Show: Monica Ness (1 1/2), Russell Bellamy (1/2) 

Match Play

Bd 32  William Wijaya (1 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)  0-1

Chuck Ensey Doubleheader Rd 3

Round 3  6/10/09   7 PM

The Hares

2 games at G/45, The player listed first is White in the first game, Black in the second game

Bd 1  Ignacio Sainz (4) - Bruce Baker (4)  Bruce won first game, drew second

Bd 2  Lennart Mathe (4) - David Hart (4)  David won first game, lost second

Bd 3  Mariano Lozano (3 1/2) - Ron Soto (3)  Mariano drew first game, won 2nd

Bd 4  Ron Rezendes (3) - Jerry Soelberg (3)  Ron won 1st, lost 2nd

Bd 5  Mike Friedel (2 1/2) - Bill Whitney (2 1/2)  Bill won both games

Bd 6  Jeff Turner (2) - James Coulston (2)  Jeff won both games

Bd 7  Robert Defore (2) - Tom Kuhn (2)  Bob won both games

Bd 8  Michael Ryan (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  Shaun drew the 1st game and won the 2nd

Bd 9  Orrin Olgart (1 1/2) - Matt Souza (2)  Matt won both games

Bd 10  Tom Lavoy (1) - Glenn Rose (0)  Tom won both games

Bd 11  Julian Rodriguez (1) - Darryl Woodson (1)  Julian lost 1st, but won 2nd

Bd 12  Chris Calbat (1) - Jim Krosskos (1)  Chris won 1st, drew 2nd

Bd 13  Samuel Odedina (1) - David Peabody (1)  David won both games

Bd 14  Mark Lawless (0) - Erik Marquis (1/2)  Mark won both games

Bd 15  Karen Kaufman (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  Karen won 1st, lost 2nd

Byes: Todd Smith (3 1/2), Dayne Freitag (3), Aaron Wooten (3), Manuel Herrera (3), Pejman Sagart (2)   Withdraw - Roger Wathen (0)     

The Tortoises

Just 1 game at G/120 with 10 second delay 

Bd 20  Ramin Sinaee (2) - Buddy Morris (2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 21  George Zeigler (1 1/2) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2) - Vincent Broman (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Jamieson Pryor (1 1/2) - Thomas Fries (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Fawsi Jose Murra (1) - Brad Salz (1)  0-1

Bd 25  Bill Murray (1) - Anthony Harbone (1)  1-0

Bd 26  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 27  Helmut Keil (1) - Damani Fair (1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  Chuck Ensey (1/2) - David Delgadillo (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Brian Kelly (1/2) - Steve Perry (0)  1-0

Bd 30  Maria Murra (0) - Monica Ness (1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Soheil Karbassi (0) - Mario Amodeo (1)  0-1  house game

Byes: Alfredo Deleon (1 1/2), Robert Samuel (1/2), Russell Bellmay (1/2)

No Shows: Paul Agron, Fausto Robles

Match Play

Bd 32  Joel Batchelor (1/2) - William Wijaya (1 1/2)  1-0