Dr. Carl Wagner Open Rd 1

9/30/09  Dr. Carl Wagner Open  Round 1 of 6  7 PM

This event is divided into two divisions by time control, then then further subdivided into sections by rating class (5 sections total). 5 second delay for all sections.

This event is named after one of our strongest and longest standing players. Carl Wagner (he is in good health by the way) has been with the club since it's very early days. Bob Samuel recently gave me a rating list of the club from March of 1981. It included 77 players, with 4 Masters: Carl Wagner (2315), Cyrus Lakdawala (2310), Alexander London (2223) and Harold Kehler (2204). Some other names I recognized: Todd Smith (2141), Jimmy Lakdawala (2041), David Delgadillo (1978), Fidel Gonzalez (1837), David Hart (1818), Buddy Morris (1700), James Petranovich (1689), Robert Samuel (1635).             

Entry Fee: $25, two byes available, USCF & SDCC memberships must be current

Not too late to join! Take a bye for round 1 and sign up for round 2- email chucnglo@aol.com to get in this event. Please specify what section you want to be in.

Here are the results from Round 1  55 players Grand Total so far 

Fast and Furious Division (G/90), 36 players so far

Nascar Section  (8 players so far)

Bd 1  Jason Qu - Bruce Baker  0-1

Bd 2  Bassam Shammas - Jim Humphrey  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Bill Whitney - Alejandrino Baluran  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Hin Tsang - Robert Defore  1-0

Street Racer Section (U2000) 16 players so far  

Bd 6  Dayne Freitag - Brian Kelly  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Matt Souza - Chris Wonnell  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Buddy Morris - Kirk Branner  0-1

Bd 9  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz - Hector Gonzalez  1-0

Bd 10  David Delgadillo - Erik Marquis  1-0

Bd 11  Tom Kuhn - Roger Dooc  0-1 ??? results not reported. Roger is a house man

Bd 12  Jerry Soelberg - James Sturtevant  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Patrick Edwards - Shaun Sweitzer  1/2-1/2

Bd 21  Chuck Ensey - Mario Amodeo  0-1 Mario is a house player 

Demolition Derby Section (U1600), 12 players so far

Bd 14  Orrin Olgart - Mark Lawless  0-1

Bd 15  Jim Krooskos - Karl Lindberg  0-1 

Bd 16  Morgan Fox - Michael Ryan  1-0

Bd 17  Cristhian Garcia - Tom Lavoy  1-0

Bd 18  Jerry Qu - David Peabody  1-0

Bd 19  Bill Murray - Edgar Lopez  0-1

Bd 20  Keith Wetterer - Darryl Woodson  0-1  Keith is a house man 

Slow and Steady Division (40/90, SD/60), 17 players so far

Open Section (8 players so far)

Bd 22  Manuel Herrera - Dan Altamirano  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Ronald Soto - Raoul Crisologo 1/2-1/2

Bd 24  George Zeigler - Fausto Robles  1/2-/12

Bd 25  Thomas Fries - Phil Skiba  1/2-1/2  Phil was a house man  

Bye: Saeid Abdoli 

Premier Section (U2000), 9 players so far

Bd 27  Robert Draper - Julian Rodriguez  1-0

Bd 28  Anthony Harbone - Damani Fair  1-0

Bd 29  Donald Klaas - Robert Samuel  1-0

Bd 30  Samuel Odedina - Fred Borges  0-1

Bye: Monica Ness

Match Play (2 players so far)

Bd 31  Joel Batchelor - Alfredo Deleon  1-0 

 

Roger Dooc Blitz Decathalon

Roger Dooc Blitz Decathalon  9/23/09

This is a one night event of Blitz chess (7 minutes a game, 2 second time delay) that turned out to be a real marathon, lasting until about 11:30 PM. There were 3 sections, we were hoping for more with a bigger turnout, but this worked fine with 14 players in the Open, 15 players in the Premier (U2000) and 10 players in the Reserve (U1600). It was unable to be rated as quick ratings must be at least 10 minutes. There werel 10 rounds, except in the Reserve where they played "only" nine rounds, so in their case it was just like a round robin. 

Entry Fee: $5, 100% of all entries werel paid back in prizes. We name this tournament after Roger Dooc because he is the King of the Blitz players, he is there every day at the club playing "risers"... and he rarely has to get up!    

Open Section, 14 players:  1. Bruce Baker (2286), 2. John Funderburg (2160), 3.Dimitry Kishinevsky (2139), 4. Alejandrino Baluran (2078), 5. Ignacio Sainz (2074), 6. Raoul Crisologo (2071), 7. Jim Humphrey (2027) 8. Carey Milton (2010), 9. Ronald Soto (1979) 10. Paul Agron (1978) 11. Bill Whitney (1968) 12. Nikolay Arutyunov (1955) 13. Madhavan Vajapeyam (1907) 14. Nathanael Plapp (1879)

Prize Winners: First Place: Jim Humphrey (8 1/2), $40; 2nd Place: Paul Agron (8), $20; 3rd Place: Dimitry Kishinevsky (7), $10. Just out of the money were Carey Milton (6) and Raoul Crisologo (5). Jim lead the event with five wins in a row to start, but Paul was right behind him with 4 (Paul lost to Jim in Rd 4), but in Round 7 Jim lost to Dimitry and Paul took the lead with five wins in row of his own from rounds 5 through 9. So Paul was ahead by half a point going into the last round, but he lost to Ed Baluran, while Jim defeated Ron Soto.

Bruce Baker, who is not known for his blitz skills, was the only master in the event, but he won only 1 game out of the first 5 and then withdrew. His only win was against Baluran, and it looked to me like Bruce was dead lost in that game, but somehow he pulled it out. Club Champion John Funderburg, the #2 rated, did a bit better, losing the first two games, then winning three in a row, but finally quitting after a loss to Agron in round 6. Speed chess is a whole different game than slow chess, but it is fun to do this kind of event. Next time I think we will do fewer games, probably 5 or 6 games at 10 minutes per side with 3 second delay. That would be on 12/30/09 and it would be quick rated this time.  Also on 12/23 we have a Quick Championship of G/15 scheduled.                  

Premier Section (U2000), 15 players: 1. Robert Belenzon (1985), 2. Dayne Freitag (1920), 3. Saeid Abdoli (1904), 4. Robert Defore (1899), 5. Chris Wonnell (1888), 6. Maria Elena Villarreal (1798), 7. Ron Rezendes (1766), 8.William Delaney (1756), 9. Shaun Sweitzer (1755), 10. Roger Dooc (1733), 11. Phil Skiba (1714 - house player), 12. Donald Klaas (1709), 13. Julian Rodriguez (1676), 14. Matt Souza (1607), 15. Hector Gonzalez (1592), 16. Marco Zirino (unr) 

Prize winners: First Place: Chris Wonnell (9), $30; 2nd Place: Robert Belezon (7 1/2), $10; BU1800: Ron Rezendes (6), $25; 2nd U1800: Maria Elena Villarreal (5 1/2), $10. Also scoring well, but out of the money were Saeid Abdoli (7), Robert Defore (5 1/2) and Phil Skiba (5 1/2). Phil was a house player and played round 1 in the Open Section. Impressive performance by Chris Wonnell, he lost only to the highest rated player Robert Belenzon. Robert B. started slow allowing a draw with Shaun and a loss to Maria Elena, but then won 6 in a row, before finally losing to Ron Rezendes and finishing up with a win over Roger Dooc.   

Reserve Section (U1800), 10 players: 1. Steve Gordon (1570), 2. James Coulston (1553), 3. Jim Krooskos (1535), 4.James Sturtevant (1525), 5. Robert Samuel (1518), 6. David Peabody (1439), 7. Bill Murray (1433), 8. Fred Clevelad (1383), 9. Tom Lavoy (1288) 10. Edgar Lopez (1200?)

Prize Winners: First Place: Jim Krooskos (8), $25; 2nd Place (tie): James Coulston (6) and David Peabody (6), $5 each; BU1400: Edgar Lopez (6), $10   

Next event: 6 round Dr. Carl Wagner Open starting on 9/30 through 11/04. There will be a Fast Section (G/90) and a Slow Section (40/90, SD/60), both with 5 second delay. There will be an Open and Reserve (U1800) sections in both time controls, and probably more sections depending on the turn out. Sign up in advance by emailing chucnglo@aol.com  I will put up advanced entries soon. Thanks, Chuck   

September Gambito Opens: #437, #436, #435

Gambito #437  9/26/30 

Only 10 players, very unusual. Bruce Baker scored 4 points but declined to take any prize money, passing it on to BU2200: Kyron Griffith (2 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $40 each; BU2000: Roberto Aiello (2 1/2), $60; BU1800: Fred Cleveland (2), $0     

Gambito #436   9/19/09

We are suffering low turnout this month due to several factors. The big Labor Day weekend event used up a lot of players time and money, but by next week this effect should be waning. Also this week we had to deal with a power outtage and loud construction noises as SDGE replaced a transformer right next to the club, 14 players braved the tough conditions and here are the prize winners (we used McMahon pairings with M/E=2, A=1, B/C=0). Oddly, there were no Class B players in this event.

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $80    U2400: Bruce Baker (5), $40

U2200 Carey Milton (4), $40     2nd Place: Hin Tsang (3 1/2), $20

U2000: Mahdavan Vajapeyam (3 1/2), $40

U1800/1600: Tom Kuhn (2) and Alexander Blank (2), $20 each  

Total Prizes: $240 

Gambito #435  9/12/07

14 players, low turnout due to big So Cal Open last weekend.

Prize Winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawla (4), $75

2nd Place: Hin Tsang (2 1/2), $25      U2400: Bruce Baker (2 1/2), $25

U2200: Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $25  U2000: Chris Wonnell (2 1/2), $35  

U1800: Jason Arbeiter (2) and Aaron Householder (2), $15 each

U1600: Eusy Ancheta (1), $25

Total Prizes: $240

San Diego Shootout Rd 6

San Diego Shootout  Rd 6 of 6   9/16/09  7 PM

This is a 6 round Swiss played at G/90 with 10 second delay. Entry fee is $25. Two half point byes are available, but only IF you notify the tournament director in advance,before 6:30 PM on Wednesday, please call the club phone at 619-239-7166 to enter, withdraw or for byes. The winner of the top section will earn a berth into the 2010 Club Championship without having to go through the normal qualifying 7 round Markowski Open. Cash prizes will be paid. 

Please email chucnglo@aol.com with any questions or call the club phone.  

Here are the results for Round 6:

62 players in 5 sections

Gunslingers (20 players): 

First Place: Felix Villarreal (5 1/2), $100

2nd - 3rd Place: Alejandrino Baluran (4 1/2) and Roberto Aiello (4 1/2), $60 each

4th Place: Jason Qu (4), $20 

Last round results:

Bd 1  Felix Villarreal (4 1/2) - Jason Qu (4)  1-0

Bd 2  Jim Humphrey (3) - Alejandrino Baluran (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 3  Bassam Shammas (3) - Roberto Aiello (3 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 4  Bruce Baker (2) - Antionio Gonzalez (3) 1-0 

Bd 5  Robert Defore (0) - Paul Agron (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 6  Carey Milton (1) - George Zeigler (2)  1-0 

Bd 7  Fawsi Murra Jr (1) - Jamieson Pryor (1)  1-0

Bd 8  Ron Soto (1) - Daniel Altamirano (0)  1-0

Withdraw: Fausto Robles(2), Raoul Crisologo (2)  

Sharpshooters (13 players): 

First Place: Marty Lower (5), $70  Second Place: Chuck Ensey (4 1/2), $50

Third Place: Chris Wonnell (4), $40

Bd 10  Chris Wonnell (4) - Marty Lower (4)  0-1

Bd 11  Chuck Ensey (3 1/2) - Ramin Sinaee (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 12  Joel Batchelor (2 1/2) - Thomas Fries (3) 1-0 

Bd 13  David Delgadillo (2 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 15  Robert Draper (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Donald Klaas (0) - Pejman Sagart (0)  0-1  house game

Withdraw: Bill Whitney (3 1/2), Alfredo De Leon (1 1/2) 

Snipers (14 players): 

First Place: Maria Elena Villarreal (6), $70

2nd - 4th Place: Jerry Soelberg (4), Julian Rodriguez (4) and Carolina Villarreal (4), $30 each 

Bd 17  Maria Elena Villarreal (5) - Steve Perry (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 18  Jerry Soelberg (4) - Julian Rodriguez (3)  0-1

Bd 19  Carolina Villarreal (3) -  Marco Zirino (0)  1-0

Bd 20  Matt Souza (2 1/2) - Brian Kelly (2)  0-1

Bd 21  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (2) - Tom Kuhn (0)  0-1

Bd 22  Erik Marquis (1) - Rocio Murra (1 1/2)  0-1

Withdraw: Anthony Harbone (2 1/2)

 Bounty Hunters (9 players): 

First Place: Mark Lawless (4 1/2), $60

2nd - 3rd Place: Jim Krooskos (4) and Michael Ryan (4), $30 each

Bd 23  Robert Samuel (2 1/2) - Mark Lawless (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 24  Darryl Woodson (2 1/2) - Cristhian Garcia (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Michael Ryan (3) - Tom Lavoy (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 26  Jim Krooskos (3) - Bill Murray (1)  1-0 

Bd 27  David Peabody (2) - James Coulston (0)  0-1

Bd 28  Hector Gonzalez (0) - David Silva (0)  1/2-1/2  house game 

Withdraw: Patrick Edwards (1/2) 

Greenhorns (6 players): 

First Place: Jerry Qu (5), $50  Second Place: Maria Murra (4), $20

Third Place: Morgan Fox (3), $10

Bd 28  Jerry Qu (4) - Keith Wetterer (2)  1-0  

Bd 29  Morgan Fox (3) - James Sturtevant (1)  0-1

Bd 31 Karl Lindberg (1) - Maria Murra (3)  0F-1F 

Withdraw: Monica Ness (2), Samuel Odedina (1/2)

Next week: Blitz Tournament, Game in 7 minutes, no time delay, 10 rounds, 4 sections: Open, Class A, Class B, Class C/D, entry fee $5, quick rated only  

San Diego Shootout Rd 5

San Diego Shootout  Rd 5 of 6   9/09/09  7 PM

This is a 6 round Swiss played at G/90 with 10 second delay. Entry fee is $25. Two half point byes are available, but only IF you notify the tournament director in advance,before 6:30 PM on Wednesday, please call the club phone at 619-239-7166 to enter, withdraw or for byes. The winner of the top section will earn a berth into the 2010 Club Championship without having to go through the normal qualifying 7 round Markowski Open. Cash prizes will be paid. 

Please email chucnglo@aol.com to join this event or call the club phone.  

Here are the results for Round 5:

62 players in 5 sections

Gunslingers (20 players): 

Bd 1  Felix Villarreal (3 1/2) - Jim Humphrey (3)  1-0

Bd 2  Alejandrino Baluran (2 1/2) - Antionio Gonzalez (3)  1-0

Bd 3  Raoul Crisologo (1 1/2) - Roberto Aiello (2 1/2)  0-1   

Bd 4  George Zeigler (2) - Bassam Shammas (2)  0-1 

Bd 6  Paul Agron (1 1/2) - Jamieson Pryor (1)  1-0

Bd 7  David Silva (0) - Carey Milton (1/2)  0-1

Bye:  Fawsi Murra Jr (1), Jason Qu (3 1/2), Fausto Robles (2), Withdraw: Jorge Balares (1), David Hart (2), Bruce Baker (2) 

Sharpshooters (13 players): 

Bd 10  Bill Whitney (3) - Marty Lower (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Thomas Fries (3) - Chris Wonnell (3)  0-1

Bd 12  Shaun Sweitzer (2) - Chuck Ensey (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 13  Ramin Sinaee (1 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Joel Batchelor (1 1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 15  Robert Draper (1) - David Delgadillo (1 1/2)  0-1

Withdraw: Damani Fair (0)   

Snipers (14 players): 

Bd 18  Maria Elena Villarreal (4) - Julian Rodriguez (3)  1-0

Bd 19  Fred Borges (2 1/2) - Jerry Soelberg (3)  0-1

Bd 20  Steve Perry (2 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (2 1/2)  1-0  

Bd 21  Carolina Villarreal (2) - Brian Kelly (2)  1-0

Bd 22  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (2) - Matt Souza (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Rocio Murra (1 1/2) - Donald Klaas (1)  0-1

Bd 24  Tom Kuhn (0) - Erik Marquis (0)  0-1

 Bounty Hunters (9 players): 

Bd 25  Cristhian Garcia (2 1/2) - Jim Krooskos (3)  1-0 

Bd 26  Darryl Woodson (2 1/2) -Mark Lawless (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  David Peabody (2) - Michael Ryan (2)  0-1

Bd 28  Tom Lavoy (1 1/2) - Robert Samuel (1)  0-1

Bd 29  Patrick Edwards (1/2) - William Murray (1/2)  0-1 

Greenhorns (6 players): 

Bd 30  Monica Ness (1) - Keith Wetterer (2)  1-0

Bd 31  James Sturtevant (0) - Karl Lindberg (1)  1-0

Bd 32  Samuel Odedina (1/2) - Maria Murra (2)  0-1

Bye: Jerry Qu (3 1/2) 

 

Southern Cal Open 2009

Rocio Murra from the San Diego Chess Club welcomes all to the Southern California Open 2009

The Southern California Open held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in 2009