Class Championships Rd 4

2009 Class Championships Round 4 of 6 

on 12/02/09  7:00 PM  30/60, SD/60, 5 sec delay  

These are 4 hour games, all of them should be over by 11:15 PM and many games are done by 10:30. I have noticed that this allows extra time for players to go over their games and socialize more with other players. So far most players are adapting well to the new time control, although there is always a vocal minority who want either longer or shorter time controls. We can't please everyone, which is why we try to mix it up a bit, rather than always play the same time control as some players have suggested (so they can stay in their "rhythm"). Also it is good for players to learn how to set their clocks, an essential skill that many players overlook. One reason we prefer the black Excaliber clocks is that they are much easier to set than many of the other brands. We have them on sale at the club.

I would love to see some comments on the message board about your preferred time control. As a chessplayer, I think you have to be adaptable, just like on the chessboard where things are constantly changing and you have to adjust to the new conditions. Change is good and healthy for you, I don't want to get stuck in a rut. If you want really high quality chess with lots of time then why not play in the Southern California Open where there were 6 hour games? Some of these players asking for longer time controls were conspicuously absent from that event, so I don't have a lot of sympathy for their position.          

Entry Fee: $25. Two byes allowed, except no byes allowed for the last round. Call the club phone at 619-239-7166 or just email TD Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to request a bye. Please get email requests in by 4 PM on Wednesday and phone requests in by 6:30 PM. 

There are 5 Sections with a total of 67 players so far, including 3 players who have already withdrawn from the event.     

Here are the Results for Round 4:

"The Masters" (15 players) 

Remember the winner of this section gets a berth into the 2010 Club Championship without having to qualify through the arduous 7 round Markowski Open... 

Bd 1  Jason Qu (2 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 2  Mario Amodeo (2 1/2) - Paul Agron (2)  1-0  

Bd 3  Ben Barquin (2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 4  Jim Humphrey (1 1/2) - Erik Kuniholm (0)  1/2-1/2    Erik filled in for Fausto 

Bd 5  George Zeigler (1 1/2) - Jamieson Pryor (1 1/2)  1-0   

Bd 6  Fawsi Murra Jr (1) - Roberto Aiello (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bye: Fausto Robles (1 1/2)

Withdraw: Manuel Herrera (1/2)      

Class A (17 players) 

Bd 10  Phillip Roth (2 1/2) - Esteban Escobedo (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 11  Chris Wonnell (2) - Thomas Fries (2)  0-1 

Bd 12  Bob Defore (1 1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (2)  0-1 

Bd 13  David Saponara (1 1/2) - Chuck Ensey (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Buddy Morris (1 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  David Delgadillo (1 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Robert Draper (1) - Damani Fair (1)  0-1

Bd 17  Fawsi Jose Murra (1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)  1-0 

Bye: Dayne Freitag (2) 

Class B (15 players) 

Bd 20  Erik Marquis  (2 1/2) - Matt Souza (3)  0-1

Bd 21  Brian Kelly (2) - Ron Rezendes (2)  0-1

Bd 22  Mayra Murra (2) - James Coulston (0)  1/2-1/2 Jim filled in for Julian who was AWOL

Bd 23  Jerry Soelberg (1 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 24  Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 25  Fred Borges (1) - Daniel Barone (1)  1-0  

Bd 26  Mark Lawless (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1)  No score reported!! Chio emails me that Mark won. This is like the umpeenth time he has failed to report his score, I think a fine is in order here. Any suggestions? Maybe we should make him mop the floor or something! 

Bye: Steve Perry (0) 

Class C (10 players)

Bd 28  Robert Henderson (2 1/2) - James Sturtevant (2)  1-0

Bd 29  Patrick Edwards (2) - Roger Wathen (2)  0-1

Bd 30  Karl Lindberg (1) - James Coulston (2)  0F-1F

Bd 31  Jim Krooskos (1/2) - Jerry Qu (2)  1-0

Bye: Cristhian Garcia (1/2) 

Class D and below (10 players)

Bd 33  Tom Lavoy (2 1/2) - Monica Ness (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 34  Bill Murray (2) - Maria Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 35  Edgar Lopez (2) - Vaishnavi Rao (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 36  Keith Wetterer (0) - Samuel Odedina (1)

Bye: Arnold Berlin (1) 

Also don't forget about the Fischer Random (Chess 960) tournament on Thursday nights for those players who like to try something new...

Gambito #445 and #446

Gambito #446   11/28/09

Yes, there was a Gambito Open today, as always. The only day we ever miss is the Saturday after Christmas, but other than that we are here pretty much every Saturday of the year, unless we are hosting a weekend event here like the Senior/Junior Open (April 17-18th, 2010) or the San Diego County Championships (August 14 -15, 2010). 

22 players today, pretty good considering we lost quite a few to the American Open in Los Angeles this weekend. We played in two sections of 11 players each. Here were the prize winners:

Open Section:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $100    Second Place: Nikolay Arutyunov (3), $50 

BU2400: Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2), $50       BU2200: Lennart Mathe (2 1/2), $50

BU2000: Aaron Householder (2), $50

Reserve Section:

BU1800: Charlie Berkman (3 1/2) and Matt Souza (3 1/2), $25 each

BU1600: Scott Householder (3), $50

Total Prizes: $400

Next week is the December Super Gambito. 

Gambito #445   11/21/09

24 players, good turnout. A heartfelt Welcome Back to long time Gambito player James "Mitch" Mitchell, he missed the last 200 Gambito Opens, but he's back! Mitch was one of the original players; his second rated event was Gambito #24 and he was very active in the first 200 Gambito Opens. It appears he studied a bit while he was away, he beat Charlie Berkman (1783) and Chris Wonnell (1906) plus he earned a draw with near Expert Jamieson Pryor (1968), while losing only to Eric Smith (1969). Very impressive for a player rated 1648, but now after this event he is 1730!    

McMahon pairings with M/E=2, A/B=1, C/D=0

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $100         BU2400: Bruce Baker (5), $60

BU2200: Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $60       2nd Place: Carey Milton (4), $50

BU2000: Charlie Berkman (4), $60               BU1800: James Mitchell (3 1/2), $50

BU1600: Michael Ferguson (2 1/2), $50

Total Prizes: $430

 

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Class Championships Rd 3

2009 Class Championships Round 3 of 6 

on 11/25/09  7:00 PM  30/60, SD/60, 5 sec delay  

Four hour game, all games should be over by 11:15 PM.   

Entry Fee: $25, must be paid by round 3 or you won't be paired for round 4. Two byes allowed, except no byes allowed for the last round. It's easy to enter this event and still get two half point byes for the first two rounds. Please call the club phone at 619-239-7166 or just email TD Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to join in the fun.

There are 5 Sections with a total of 67 players so far.     

Here are the Results for Round 3:

"The Masters" (15 players so far) 

Remember the winner of this section gets a berth into the 2010 Club Championship without having to qualify through the arduous 7 round Markowski Open... 

Bd 1  Raoul Crisologo (1 1/2) - Paul Agron (2)  1-0 

Bd 2  Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 3  Jamieson Pryor (1 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (1 1/2)  0-1  

Bd 4  Dimitry Kishinevsky (1/2) - Ben Barquin (1)  0-1 

Bd 5  Manuel Herrera (1/2) - Fausto Robles (1/2)  0F-1F

Bd 6  Fawsi Murra Jr (1/2) - George Zeigler (1/2)  0-1  

Bd 7  Roberto Aiello (1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (0)  1-0 

Withdraw:  Mariano Lozano (0)      

Class A (17 players so far) 

Bd 8  Joel Batchelor (1 1/2) - Phillip Roth (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 9  Chuck Ensey (1 1/2) - Esteban Escobedo (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 10  Thomas Fries (1) - David Delgadillo (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 11  Pejman Sagart (1) - Buddy Morris (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Alfredo Deleon (1) (Full Point Bye) 

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

Bd 14  Damani Fair (0) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Chris Wonnell (1 1/2), Dayne Freitag (1 1/2), Bob Defore (1) 

Class B (15 players so far) 

Bd 16  Ron Rezendes (2) - Matt Souza (2)  0-1

Bd 17  Anthony Harbone (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 18  Tom Kuhn (1) - Jerry Soelberg (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 19  Daniel Barone (1) - Mayra Murra (1)  0-1 

Bd 20  Rocio Murra (1) - Brian Kelly (1)  0-1

Bd 21  Hector Gonzalez (1/2) - Mark Lawless (1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Fred Borges (0) - Steve Perry (0)  1-0

Bye: Julian Rodriguez (1)    

Class C (10 players so far)

Bd 23  James Coulston (1 1/2) - Robert Henderson (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Jerry Qu (1 1/2) - James Sturtevant (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Karl Lindberg (1) - Roger Wathen (1)  0-1

Bd 26  Patrick Edwards (1) - Cristhian Garcia (1/2)  1-0

Withdraw:  Robert Samuel (0)??

Bye: Jim Krooskos (0)

Class D and below (10 players so far)

Bd 30  Vaishnavi Rao (1 1/2) - Bill Murray (1)  0-1 

Bd 31  Arnold Berlin (1) -  Edgar Lopez (1)  0-1

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

Bye: Tom Lavoy (2), Monica Ness (2), Samuel Odedina (1/2)  

Withdraw: Darryl Woodson (0)

Also don't forget about the Fischer Random (Chess 960) tournament on Thursday nights for those players who like to try something new...

Scholastic Fall Championships

Scholastic Chess SDCC Fall Championships

Sunday November 22, 2009

2225 Sixth Avenue in Balboa Park (1 block south of Laurel St)

All students K-12th Grade are invited to play

3 Sections: Novice (Under 600 USCF rating or unrated)

                 Intermediate (Under 1000 USCF rating)

                Advanced (1000 or over USCF rating)

Entry Fee: $15 if mailed in advance, or $20 on site

Trophies each section, plus medals for others

Registration: 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM; Play begins about 10 AM, goes until about 4 to 4:30 PM.

Bring Chess sets if you have them

Mail entries to San Diego Chess Club, 2225 Sixth Avenue San Diego CA 92101, or contact TD Bruce Baker at bakersandiego@cox.net (619-770-1994) or call SD Chess Club at 619-239-7166.                

 

Class Championships Rd 2

2009 Class Championships Round 2 of 6 

on 11/18/09  7:00 PM  30/60, SD/60, 5 sec delay  

Four hour game, all games should be over by 11:15 PM.   

Entry Fee: $25, must be paid by round 2 or there is a $5 fine. Two byes allowed, last round bye (on 12/16/09) must be requested before the start of round 2. It's easy to enter this event and get a half point bye for the first round. Please call the club phone at 619-239-7166 or just email TD Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to join in the fun.

There are 5 Sections with a total of 67 players so far.  Good turnout, but we are still missing a few of our regular players. We had a net addition of 5 players as 7 new players joined this week: Dimitry Kishinevsky, George Zeigler, Manuel Herrera, Phillip Roth, Anthony Harbone, Hector Gonzalez and Vaishnavi Rao, but two players players cancelled: John Funderburg and Rob Dieringer.

Here are the Results from Round 2:

"The Masters" (15 players so far) 

The question is where are the Masters?? Only Experts and high rated Class A players so far...Remember the winner of this section gets a berth into the 2010 Club Championship without having to qualify through the arduous 7 round Markowski Open... 

Bd 1  Raoul Crisologo (1) - Jamieson Pryor (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  Paul Agron (1) - Jim Humphrey (1)  1-0

Bd 3  Jason Qu (1/2) - Dimitry Kishinevsky (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 4  Mario Amodeo (1/2) - Manuel Herrera (1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  George Zeigler (1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1/2)  0-1

Bd 6  Ben Barquin (0) -  Fawsi Murra Jr (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Roberto Aiello (0), Fausto Robles (0), Mariano Lozano (0)         

Class A (17 players so far) 

Bd 10  Esteban Escobedo (1) - Dayne Freitag (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Chuck Ensey (1) - Chris Wonnell (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Phillip Roth (1/2) - Pejman Sagart (1)  1-0

Bd 13  David Saponara (1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1/2)  0-1

Bd 14  Alfredo Deleon (1/2) - Thomas Fries (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Bob Defore (0) Fawsi Jose Murra (1/2)  1-0

Bd 16  Buddy Morris (0) - Damani Fair (0)  1-0

Bd 17  Shaun Sweitzer (0) - Philip Skiba (0)  1/2-1/2

Bye: David Delgadillo (1), Robert Draper (0) 

Class B (15 players so far) 

Bd 20  Rocio Murra (1) - Ron Rezendes (1)  0-1

Bd 21  Matt Souza (1) - Julian Rodriguez (1)  1-0

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

Bd 23  Mark Lawless (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1/2)  0-1

Bd 24  Jerry Soelberg (0) - Hector Gonzalez (1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Mayra Murra (0) - Fred Borges (0)  1-0

Bd 26  Brian Kelly (0) - Steve Perry (0)  1-0

Bye: Daniel Barone (1/2) 

Class C (10 players so far)

Bd 28  Roger Wathen (1) - Robert Henderson (1)  0-1

Bd 29  James Sturtevant (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1/2)  1-0

Bd 30  Cristhian Garcia (1/2) - Jerry Qu (1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Jim Krooskos (0) - Karl Lindberg (0)  0-1

No show: Robert Samuel (0), Rob Dieringer (0)  0F-0F

Bye: James Coulston (1)

Class D and below (10 players so far)

Bd 33  Tom Lavoy (1) - Bill Murray (1)  1-0

Bd 34  Monica Ness (1) - Arnold Berlin (1)  1-0

Bd 35  Samuel Odedina (1/2) - Vaishnavi Rao (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 33  Darryl Woodson (0) - Maria Murra (0)  0-1

Bd 34  Edgar Lopez (0) - Keith Wetterer (0)  1-0

Bd 35  Mike Herzog (0) - Chris Kuttruff (0)  1/2-1/2  house game

Also don't forget about the Fischer Random (Chess 960) tournament on Thursday nights for those players who like to try something new...

 

Super Double Gambito Nov 14-15th

9th Annual Super Double Gambito Open    November 14th - 15th, 2009

8 rounds of G/40 with 5 second delay over two days, Saturday and Sunday.

Rds 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM each day. Lunch Break 1:45 to 2:45 PM

2 byes available in first 6 rounds only, no byes in the last two rounds.     

$2,000 in guaranteed prizes    2 Sections, Open and Reserve (U1800)

Unrated players eligible for book prize only. Most up to date unofficial USCF website ratings will be used. $5 fine for cell phone violations and for noisy or rude behavior. Respect your fellow chessplayers, no analysis in playing hall, post-mortems must be conducted in the skittles room.     

Previous Champions:

2001: Cyrus Lakdawala    2002: Bruce Baker    

2003: Cyrus Lakdawala    2004: Dimitry Kishinevsky

2005: Joel Banawa            2006: Enrico Sevillano

2007: Enrico Sevillano      2008: Ron Bruno & Show Kitagami

2009: Raoul Crisologo   

Last year was the first time there was a tie for First Place. With 8 rounds you would think that would be enough to get a clear first place, but not last year. But it was nice to get two new names to add to the list. Who will it be this year? A new name like Peter Graves? Avram Zaydenburg? Romeo Ignacio? Jorge Balares? John Funderburg? Eric Montany? Any of these could easily win. Or maybe one of the fast rising young players like Kyron Griffith, Alan Tsoi, Jesse Orlowski, Jason Qu or Varun Krishnan. Or maybe an "old" guy like Ed Baluran, Carey Milton, Raoul Crisologo or Leonard Sussman. We'll have to wait and see, but I am really looking forward to this one...    

But it's not all about first place, there are plenty of prizes for every rating class. We view this event as the Gambito Open Championship for the year, so bragging rights come with winning first place in your rating class.  

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Open Section (16 players): Roberto Aiello (1972), Nikolay Arutyunov (1974), Bruce Baker (2280), Alejandrino Baluran (2044), Ben Barquin (2007), Raoul Crisologo (2062), David Delgadillo (1846), Chuck Ensey (1844), Aaron Householder (1807), Jamieson Pryor (1972), Eric Smith (1966), Phil Roth (1966), Alan Tsoi (2102), Mahhavan Vajapeyam (1932), Chris Wonnell (1910), Avram Zaydenberg (2209)    

Reserve Section (16 players): Ray Aquitania (1073), Gene Arnaiz (1503), Fred Cleveland (1387), Nestor Dagamat (1795), Abhijeet Gijare (1772), Anthony Harbone (1616), Scott Householder (1595), Tom Kuhn (1668), Edgar Lopez (932), Reyes Lopez (unr), Mayra Murra (1671), Rocio Murra (1592), Keric Rivas (1108), Ronaldo Salenga (1731), James Sturtevant (1510)   

32 Players Total

Open Section

First Place: Raoul Crisologo (6 1/2), $300       2nd Place: Avram Zaydenberg (5 1/2), $200

BU2200: Ben Barquin (5), $200                     BU2000: Nikolay Arutyunov (5), $200

3rd Place: Alan Tsoi (4 1/2), $100                 2nd U2200: Erik Smith (4), $100

3rd U2200: Alejandrino Baluran (3 1/2), $50    2nd U2000: Chris Wonnell (3 1/2), $100

3rd U2000: David Delgadillo (3), Aaron Householder (3) and Phillip Roth (3), $17 each

Reserve Section

First Place: Reyes Lopez (6), book prize (unrated) and Ronaldo Salenga (6), $200

2nd Place: Abhijeet Gijare (5 1/2), $100

3rd Place: Mayra Murra (5) and Nestor Dagamat (5), $25 each

BU1600: James Sturtevant (4), Rocio Murra (4), Michael Ferguson (4) and Scott Householder (4), $62 each

BU1400: Fred Cleveland (4), $50

2nd U1400: Ray Aquitania (2) and Egdar Lopez (2), $10 each

Best Game Prize Open Section, $15, Aaron Householder for win over Eric Smith 

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 dxe4 9.Ne5 h5 10.h4 g4 11.0-0 Be7 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bb3 Na6 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Rf8 17.Rf4 Bxh4? 18.Bxe6! Bxg3 (if fxe6 19.Bxh4 and if Qxh4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Ng6+) 19.Bxf7+ Ke7? (Rxf7) 20. Nxc6+! Bxc6 21.Qe2+ Kd6?? (Kd7) 22.Qe5+ Kd7 23.Be6+ Ke7 24.Bf5+ Kf7 25.Qe6+ mate in two, black resigns (Kg7 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Qh7#) 1-0      

Best Game Prize Reserve Section, $15, Nestor Dagamat for win over Scott Householder

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.d4 0-0 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 Bc6 12.Nbd2 Qd6 13.Nb3 Ne4 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.Be3 Qd6 16.Nd4 f5 17.f4 f4 18.fxe4 fxe3 19.Nf5 Qe5 20.Qd4 Qxd4?? 21.Ne7+ 1-0      

 

 

Class Championships Rd 1

2009 Class Championships Round 1 of 6 

on 11/11/09  7:00 PM  30/60, SD/60, 5 sec delay  

This popular annual event awards trophies to the winners and bragging rights for the whole year! This year since there has been such great interest in the shorter time control of G/90 versus our normal 40/90, SD/60, (in fact the last tournament had twice as many players in the G/90 section) we are trying out an intermediate time control of 30/60, SD/60. This is a 4 hour game, half way between the 3 hour G/90 and the 5 hour 40/90, SD/60.  So those players who like to get home early will be streched a little bit, but we should be done just after 11 PM instead of the very tough after midnight that the full time control permits. So I hope this compromise will work out, but we will see, it is just an experiment.  

Entry Fee: $25, must be paid by round 2 or there is a $5 fine. Two byes allowed, last round bye (on 12/16/09) must be requested before the start of round 2.

There are 5 Sections with a total of 62 players so far :

"The Masters" (12 players so far) 

Bd 1  Fausto Robles - Raoul Crisologo  0-1

Bd 2  Alejandrino Baluran - Mario Amodeo  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Jamieson Pryor - Ben Barquin  1-0

Bd 4  Jim Humphrey - Roberto Aiello  1-0

Bd 5  Paul Agron - Mariano Lozano  1-0

Bye: John Funderburg, Jason Qu      

Class A (16 players so far) 

Bd 10  David Delgadillo - Bob Defore  1-0

Bd 11  Dayne Freitag - Buddy Morris  1-0

Bd 12  Tom Fries - David Saponara  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Chris Wonnell - Robert Draper  1-0

Bd 14  Fawsi Jose Murra - Esteban Escobedo  0F-1F

Bd 15  Pejman Sagart - Damani Fair  1-0

Bd 16  Shaun Sweitzer - Chuck Ensey  0-1

Bye: Joel Batchelor, Alfredo Deleon 

Class B (13 players so far) 

Bd 18  Ron Rezendes - Mayra Murra  1-0

Bd 19  Julian Rodriguez - Jerry Soelberg  1-0

Bd 20  Philip Skiba - Tom Kuhn  1/2-1/2       Phil is a house player

Bd 21  Steve Perry - Matt Souza  0-1

Bd 22  Fred Borges - Rocio Murra  0-1

Bd 23  Erik Marquis - Brian Kelly  1-0

Bye: Daniel Barone, Mark Lawless

Class C (11 players so far)

Bd 25  Robert Samuel - James Coulston  0-1

Bd 26  Robert Henderson - Karl Lindberg  1-0

Bd 27  Roger Wathen - Jim Krooskos  1-0

Bd 28  James Sturtevant - Cristhian Garcia  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Patrick Edwards - Rob Dieringer  1-0

Bye: Jerry Qu  

Class D and below (10 players so far)

Bd 30  Arnold Berlin - Darryl Woodson  1-0

Bd 31  Bill Murray - Shaun Sullivan  1-0

Bd 32  Maria Murra - Monica Ness  0-1 

Bd 33  Michael Herzog - Edgar Lopez  1-0         Mike is a house player

Bd 34  Keith Wetterer - Tom Lavoy  0-1

Bye: Samuel Odedina  

Please email chucnglo@aol.com to join this event or request a bye.

Tentative Pairings for Round 2 will be posted on Thursday night. 

November Super Gambito (#443)

November Super Gambito (#443)  11/07/09

36 players total, great turnout, especially in the Reserve Section. The Open Section was lacking many of our regular players, maybe they are resting up for next weeks's big Super Double Gambito. Today Madhavan Vajapeyam scored an upset against NM Bruce Baker in Round 2. Kyron Griffith scored an impressive Best Game Prize winner against Leonard Sussman in Round 3 and then took a quick draw with IM Cyrus Lakdawala in Round 4.

In the Reserve Section, Aaron Householder once again managed a perfect 4-0 score against the large field. In the last round he defeated fellow youngster Jason Ma, who had won 3 in row up to that point. Aaron's rating is now 1807, congratulations Aaron for making it to Class A at such a young age. 

We were glad to see the Helix Charter School players back in action again and Ryan Valley, one of their more jolly and boisterous players, tied for BU1600 with 3 others, including new player Paul Woo, a young military man who hasn't played for a while but is anxious to get back into the swing of things in the chess world. Paul also won the Best Game Prize in this section.      

Here are the prize winners: 

Open Section, 12 players:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125

2nd Place/U2400: Kyron Griffith (3) and Chris Wonnell (3), $75 each

U2200/U2000: Nikolay Arutyunov (2 1/2) and Madhavan Vajapeyam (2 1/2), $75 each

2nd U2400/2nd U2200: Jamieson Pryor (2) and Leonard Sussman (2), $25 each

2nd U2000: Chuck Ensey (1 1/2), $25     

Players: 1. Cyrus Lakdawala (2535) 2. Bruce Baker (2302) 3. Leonard Sussman (2136) 4. Kyron Griffith (2135) 5. Jesse Orlowski (2005) 6. Roberto Aiello (1980) 7. Paul Agron (1978) 8. Jamieson Pryor (1967) 9. Nikolay Arutyunov (1947) 10. Madhavan Vajapeyam (1901) 11. Chris Wonnell (1881) 12. Chuck Ensey (1849)     

Reserve Section (U1800), 24 players

First Place: Aaron Householder (4), $80 

2nd Place: William Delaney (3 1/2), $40  3rd Place: Jason Ma (3), $30

BU1600: Scott Householder (3), Gene Fernando (3), Paul Woo (3) and Ryan Valley (3), $37 each

But it is not all about the kids - Gene Fernando is 83 and still plays a mean game. Anthony Harbone is also an otcogenarian and maintains a Class B rating. Gene got a win over Anthony in Round 2 today.   

Players: William Delaney (1781) 2. Aaron Householder (1777) 3. Jeff Tellman (1765) 4.Jason Ma (1714) 5. Anthony Harbone (1623) 6.Scott Householder (1583) 7. Eusy Ancheta (1550) 8. Jim Krooskos (1546) 9. Armando Garcia (1417) 10. Fred Cleveland (1406) 11. Gene Fernando (1400) 12. Jonathan Centers (1364) 13. Sam Deck (1349) 14.Michael Ferguson (1332) 15.Claire Negus (1309) 16.Ray Aquitania (1211) 17,Ryan Valley (1171) 18. Keric Rivas (1141) 19.Paul Woo (1056) 20. David Smith (1038) 21.Nicolas Oviedo (983) 22. Andrew Negus (894) 23. John Vanderpot (800) 24. Nicholas McDonald (unr)

Best Game Prize Open Section, Kyron Griffith, $15, for Rd 3 win over Leonard Sussman

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.Nge2 c6 10.0-0-0 cxd5 11.cxd5 Bd7 12.Kb1 b5 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.g4 b4 15.Nd1 b3 16.a3 (not 16.Qxa5? Nc5 17.Qc3 bxa2+ 18.Ka1 Nb3+!) Nb4! 17.Ndc3 Nc2 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Bxg4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Qh4 Nge3 22.Bh3 Qb6 23.Na4? Qa6! 24.Nec3 Qd3 25.Rxc2 Nxc2 26.Kc1 Nb4! 27.Qf2 Na2+ 0-1     

Best Game Prize Reserve Section, Paul Woo, $15, for Rd 4 win over Jonathan Centers  

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bd3 e6 6.0-0 Nge7 7.Nc3 g6 8.Re1 Bg7 9.Bd2 0-0 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Bh6 Nb4 12.Qf4 Bxh6?? (...Nxd3 13.cxd3 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Nf5 and Black can fight on) 13.Qxh6 Nxd3 14.Ng5  1-0

Total Prizes $830