January Gambito Opens, #499 - 503

Gambito Open #503  1/29/11   

19 players today, we used a McMahon with M/E=2, A/B=1, C/D=0:

4 Masters: Lakdawala, Morshedi, Baker and Griffith

5 Experts: Clawitter, Sussman, Agron, Pryor and Barquin  

5 Class A/B: Wonnell, Morris, Ensey / Kuhn and Harbone

5 Class C/D: Beck, Choi, Cleveland / Talcott and Rivas

Prize Winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $100

BU2400: Bruce Baker (5), $50       BU2200: Paul Agron, $50

Second Place: Kyron Griffith (4), Craig Clawitter (4) and Ben Barquin (4), $7 each

BU2000: Chris Wonnell (4), $50      BU1800: Tom Kuhn (4), $40

BU1600: Jay Choi (4), $30 

Total Prizes: $340        

Gambito Open #502  1/22/11

Good day, 23 players. We used a McMahon pairing sytem where M=3, Exp=2, A/B=1, C/D=0. Here are the players:

5 Masters: Lakdawala, Morshedi, Baker, Griffith and Krishnan

6 Experts: Tsang, Aeria, Hodges, Orlowski, Sussman and Pryor

2 Class A: Wonnell and Ensey;  3 Class B: Ren, Kuhn, Harbone 

3 Class C: Qu, Sanchez, Cleveland; 4 Class D: J. Wang, Blandin, M. Wang, Fellman

Strong field with 5 Masters and 6 Experts. It was good to see Ali Morshedi back at the club. he was on his way to a 4th round money-winning victory against Rick Aeria when a strange thing happened. I was watching the game and could see that Ali's threat was an open rook file against Rick's King and sure enough Ali made some deflecting threats, but ended up doubling his Rooks on the h-file which clearly lead to mate or at least loss of Queen or more. The only problem was that he had only a few seconds left on the clock and even with time delay this can be tricky. Sure enough, somehow Rick dodged a bullet as Ali seemed to take the wrong piece in the time scramble and actually ended up a Rook down! Neither player seemed exactly sure how it all happened as neither was recording the score, but both players knew that the result was a lucky one for Rick. When you run out all your time you take that risk.       

Another interesting game was Cyrus' defeat of Bruce in Round 1. Bruce seemed to be holding his own with a Rook and 2 Knights against a Queen and Knight with lots of pawns on both sides. As Bruce started to run out of time he began to falter a bit, and he had to give up his Rook for a Knight. This left it with a Queen versus 2 Knights and some pawns. Bruce skillfully traded off the last of the pawns and then it was just the lone Queen versus the two lonely Knights. With only seconds left Bruce dropped one of the Knights and it was over. Afterwards, no one seemed to be sure if this was a theoretical win or a draw, but there were lots of opinions. According to my database, it should have been a draw.            

Prize Winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100 

Second Place/U2400 tie: Kyron Griffith (5) and Rick Aeria (5), $55 each

BU2200: Hin Tsang (4 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $25 each

BU2000: Chuck Ensey (4), $50

BU1800: Tom Kuhn (3), $50

BU1600: Jerry Qu (2 1/2) and Jesse Wang (2 1/2), $25 each

Total Prizes: $410   

Gambito Open #501  1/15/11

25 players, very good, especially after the big showing last week of 37 players. McMahon pairings with M/E=2, A=1, B/C=0 

2 Masters: Baker and Griffith

8 Experts: Tsang, Arutyunov, Hodges, Aeria, Wong, Sussman, Wooten and Milton.

7 Class A: Wonnell, Pryor, Morris, Berkman, Souza, Charnov and Pisman      

5 Class B: Rivera, E. Lopez, Polonsky, Kuhn and Harbone 

3 Class C: Sofianos, Cleveland, C. Negus  

Prize Winners:

First Place: Hin Tsang (5 1/2), $100      Second Place: Rick Aeria (5), $60

BU2400/2200: Nikolay Arutyunov (4 1/2), Kyron Griffith (4 1/2) and Peter Hodges (4 1/2), $40 each

BU2000: Buddy Morris (4) and Jamieson Pryor (4), $30 each

BU1800: Edgar Lopez (2 1/2) and Elkaei Rivera (2 1/2), $30 each

BU1600: Fred Cleveland (1 1/2) and James Sofianos (1 1/2), $25 each

Total Prizes: $450 

Gambito Open #500  1/08/11 

This tournament will mark a big milestone for the Gambito Open, which started in late 2000. Ten years later we are still going strong, with some of the same players still competing, plus lots of new ones. Bruce Baker is the founder of the Gambito Open and much of its success can be attributed to his steady hand. The event is named for Ron Gambito, a popular player and a great chess enthusiast back in those times. Ron was a good friend to Bruce and to the club, but passed away way too young, shortly after we named the event for him. His kind and gentle spirit are sorely missed and we like to think that he would be proud of what we have done with his tournament.

4 rounds of G/40 with 5 second delay. Entry fee is $25. A McMahon pairing system was used where M=5, E=4, A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0. If you win money we do make you join the SCCF [$18 a year, $10 for juniors (18 years old or less)], and if you win over $100 during the year or previous year, you do need to join the San Diego Chess Club ($60 a year, $30 for juniors, $48 for seniors or active military).

37 players, great turnout, thanks everybody for a great day...playing today, in rating order, were:

4 Masters: Lakdawala, Baker, Griffith and Krishnan

10 Experts: Kishinevsky, Arutyunov, Crisologo, Hodges, Aeria, Sussman, Wooten, Milton, Vajapeyam and  Antonio Gonzalez.

4 Class A: Pryor, Escobedo, Ensey and Rivera

9 Class B: Arbeiter, Krooskos, McNeely, Blank, Kuhn, Delaney, Harrison, Villaverde and Harbone

4 Class C: Siddiqi, Beck, Choi and Cleveland    

6 Class D and below: Talcott, Blandin, Rivas, Stanard, Liu and Fellman

Prize Winners:

First/Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (8) and Varun Krishnan (8), $125 each

BU2400: Bruce Baker (7), $100    2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (6 1/2), $40

BU2200/2ndU2200: Dimitry Kishinevsky (6 1/2), Rick Aeria (6 1/2), Peter Hodges (6 1/2), Leonard Sussman (6 1/2), $40 each

BU2000: Jamieson Pryor (6), $100     2nd U2000: Jason Arbeiter (5), $50

BU1800: Sean McNeely (5 1/2), $100     2nd U1800: Alexander Blank (5), $50

BU1600: Jay Choi (4), $100      2nd U1600: Jerry Beck (3), $50   

BU1400: Cassidy Liu (3), $50      2nd U1400: Stanford Talcott (2 1/2), $20

Best Game U1800 goes to Jay Choi, $15, for win over Haziq Siddiqi

Best Game over 1800 goes to Jamieson Pryor, $15, for win over Antonio Gonzalez

Total Prizes: $1,100

 

Questions? email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com or call Bruce Baker at 619-239-7166     

Gambito Open #499  1/01/11 

2225 Sixth Avenue (near Ivy St) in beautiful Balboa Park. That's right! A chess tournament on New Year's Day! Will everyone be too tired from the late night festivities to play?? We will have to wait and see...   

Well, the turnout was not too shabby with 27 players showing up on 1/1/11... Contestants in pre-tournament rating order:

2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker 

10 Experts: Dimitry Kishinevsky, Raoul Crisologo, Peter Hodges, Alan Tsoi, Barry Lazarus, Leonard Sussman, Jesse Orlowski, Richard Wong, Ben Barquin and Madhavan Vajapeyam.

6 Class A: Venkat Iyer, Jason Ma, Chuck Ensey, Reneray Valdez, Sridar Ramanujam, Kenneth Xu (a 1794 playing up)

3 Class B: Boris Polonsky, Tom Kuhn, Anthony Harbone

4 Class C: Haziq Siddiqi, Gene Fernando, Jay Choi, Fred Cleveland 

1 Class D: Keric Rivas, plus 1 unrated: Stephen Harrison. Glenn Rich (1055) filled in for 2 games as a house player.

Prize Winners:

Open Section, 18 players

First/Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2) and Bruce Baker (3 1/2), $100 each

BU2400/2200: Jesse Orlowski (3) and Richard Wong (3), $75 each    

2nd U2400: Madhavan Vajapeyam (2 1/2), $25

BU2000: Jason Ma (2), $75

2nd U2200: Dimitry Kishinevsky (2), Peter Hodges (2), Alan Tsoi (2), Barry Lazarus (2) and Leonard Sussman (2), $5 each

2nd U2000: Chuck Ensey (1 1/2), Venkat Iyer (1 1/2) and Kenneth Xu (1 1/2), $8 each

Best Game Prize, $15, to Venkat Iyer for draw with NM Bruce Baker

Reserve Section (U1800), 9 players  

First/Second Place: Boris Polonsky (3) and Tom Kuhn (3), $50

BU1600: Haziq Siddiqi (3), $50

2ND U1600: Fred Cleveland (2), $20

Best Game Prize, $15 to no one, no game submitted that made any sense 

$700 in Guaranteed Prizes

  

Class Championships Rd 6

The Bruce Baker Class Championships    Round 6 of 6    12/22/10  7 PM

This event is in 5 sections: Master/Expert, Class A, B, C and D. The time control is 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. There will be very nice trophies for the winners in each Class. Plus the winner of "The Masters", the highest section, will get a berth into the 2011 Club Championship without any other qualifications needed.  

If you can't make the last round make sure you let us know by emailing chucnglo@aol.com or by calling the club at 619-239-7166. Please email by 4 PM Wednesday, after that just call the club, but please do so before 6:30 PM so we can post the proper pairings.  

75 players total   

Results for Rd 6:       

The Masters/Expert Section (over 2000 rating), 10 players 

First Place: Bruce Baker (4 1/2), already qualified. Qualifier: Carl Wagner (3) on tie-breaks.

Expert Trophy: Raoul Crisologo (3) on tie-breaks  

Board 1  Carl Wagner (3) - Jason Qu (2)  0-1

Bd 3  Raoul Crisologo (3) - Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2)  0-1

Withdraw: Bruce Baker (4 1/2), Aaron Wooten (1 1/2) 

Class A Section (1800-1999 rating), 19 players 

Class A Trophy: Buddy Morris (5)

Bd 4  Buddy Morris (4) - Robert Defore (4 1/2) 1-0

Bd 5  Chris Wonnell (3 1/2) - William Wijaya (3 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 6  Luke Neyndorff (3) - Tim McGuiness (3)  0-1

Bd 7  David Saponara (3) - Dayne Freitag (3)  1-0

Bd 8  Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2) - Tom Fries (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 11  Phil Skiba (0) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  1-0 

Bd 12  Chuck Ensey (1 1/2) - Bruce Charnov (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Withdraw: Damani Fair (2), David Delgadillo (2),  Matt Souza (1 1/2), Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)

Class B Section (1600-1799 rating), 20 players 

Class B Trophy: Carl Newell (5)

Bd 14  Carl Newell (4) - Larry Vikander (4)  1-0

Bd 15  Ron Rezendes (3 1/2) - Kirk Branner (3)  1-0 

Bd 16  Donald Klaas (3) - Fred Borges (3)  0-1 

Bd 17  Steve Perry (2 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (2)  0-1

Bd 18  Jonathan Patriarca (2) - Rocio Murra (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 19  Jerry Qu (1) - Albert Dumaran (2)  0-1

Bye: Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (2 1/2)  requested before Rd 2

Withdraw: Guru Gopalakrishnan (4), Santi Pinon (3 1/2),Jim Krooskos (3), Edgar Lopez (2), Erik Marquis (2), Anthony Harbone (1 1/2), Joe Rieker (1)   

Class C Section (1400 -1599 rating), 10 players  

Class C Trophy: Leonardo Villaverde (5)

Bd 21  Mark Lawless (4) - Joe Propati (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Eliza Eggert (3) - Leonardo Villaverde (4)  0-1

Bd 23  Mayra Murra (1 1/2) - Jonathan Centers (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 24  Fred Cleveland (2 1/2) - Bill Murray (1/2)  1-0

Withdraw: Paul Scott (1), Cristhian Garcia (3) 

Class D Section (under 1400), 16 players 

Class D Trophy: Tom Lavoy (6)

Bd 26  Tom Lavoy (5) - Arnold Berlin (3)  1-0

Bd 27  Patrick Edwards (3 1/2) - Glenn Rich (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  Jeremy Patton (2 1/2) - Daniel Sun (3)  0-1

Bd 29  Dan Press (2) - Ross Blum (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 30  Monica Ness (11/2) - Maria Murra (2)  0-1

Bd 31  Ronald Stanard (1) - Keith Wetterer (1)  1-0

Withdraw: Irina Nizmutdinova (3 1/2), Darryl Woodson (3), Ryan Quattlebaum (3), Tygan Zeng (1 1/2)

Happy Holidays, Go Chargers!

Next week: Dec 29  Blitz Tournament (G/7 with 2 second delay)

Jan 5: The Alina Markowski Open Round 1 of 7.  40/90, SD/60. Everyone in one big section.

 

Class Championships Rd 5

The Bruce Baker Class Championships    Round 5 of 6    12/15/10  7 PM

This event is in 5 sections: Master/Expert, Class A, B, C and D. The time control is 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. There will be very nice trophies for the winners in each Class. Plus the winner of "The Masters", the highest section, will get a berth into the 2011 Club Championship without any other qualifications needed. Entry Fee is $25 as always, and also 2 byes are allowed. 

It's not too late to join this event, sign up by emailing chucnglo@aol.com or by calling the club at 619-239-7166. For bye requests or to join, please email by 4 PM Wednesday, after that just call the club, but please do so before 6:30 PM or we can't give you the half point bye.  

75 players so far...  

Results Rd 5:     

The Masters/Expert Section (over 2000 rating), 10 players 

Board 1  Brian Polka (2 1/2) - Bruce Baker (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 2  Carl Wagner (2 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Aaron Wooten (1 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (2)  0-1 

Bd 4  Lennart Mathe (1) - Alejandrino Baluran (1)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Jason Qu (1 1/2)

Class A Section (1800-1999 rating), 19 players 

Bd 5  Robert Defore (3 1/2) - David Saponara (3)  1-0

Bd 6  Pejman Sagart (0) - Buddy Morris (3)  0-1 

Bd 7  Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Tom Fries (2 1/2) -  William Wijaya (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 11  Tim McGuiness (2) - Damani Fair (2)  1-0

Bd 12  Luke Neyndorff (2) - David Delgadillo (2)  1-0

Bd 13  Dayne Freitag (2) - Chuck Ensey (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Bruce Charnov (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Cristhian Garcia (1) - Matt Souza (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Joel Batchelor (1), Withdraw: Fred Deleon (1/2) 

Class B Section (1600-1799 rating), 20 players 

Bd 16  Larry Vikander(3) - Ron Rezendes (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Carl Newell (3) - Jim Krooskos (3)  1-0

Bd 18  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (2 1/2) - Santi Pinon (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 19  Fred Borges (2) - Steve Perry (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 20  Donald Klaas (2) - Jonathan Patriarca (2)  1-0 

Bd 21  Erik Marquis (1 1/2) - Kirk Branner (2)  0-1

Bd 22  Anthony Harbone (1 1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1)  0-1 

Bd 23  Tom Kuhn (1) - Joe Rieker (1)  1-0

Bd 24  Jerry Qu (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Guru Gopalakrishnan (3 1/2), Albert Dumaran (1 1/2)

Class C Section (1400 -1599 rating), 10 players  

Bd 25  Joe Propati (3) - Leonardo Villaverde (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Mayra Murra (1 1/2) - Mark Lawless (3)  0-1

Bd 27  Jonathan Centers (2) - Fred Cleveland (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 28  Paul Scott (1) - Eliza Eggert (2)  0-1

Bye: Cristhian Garcia (2), Bill Murray (0)

Class D Section (under 1400), 16 players so far

Bd 30  Irina Nizmutdinova (3 1/2) - Tom Lavoy (4)  0-1 

Bd 31  Arnold Berlin (3) - Patrick Edwards (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 32  Maria Murra (2) - Ryan Quattlebaum (2)  0-1

Bd 33  Daniel Sun (2) - Dan Press (2)  1-0

Bd 34  Ross Blum (1 1/2) - Monica Ness (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 35  Tygan Zeng (1 1/2) - Glenn Rich (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 36  Keith Wetterer (1) - Jeremy Patton (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 37  Ronald Stanard (0) - Harry LaSalle (0)  1-0

Bye: Darryl Woodson (2 1/2)

 

December Gambito Opens #496 - 498

Note: No Gambito on 12/25/10, Christmas Day. However there will be a Super Gambito on 01/01/11 New Year's Day... don't stay up too late on 12/31!! see you next year! 

Gambito #498  12/18/10

19 players, McMahon pairings with M/E=3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0.

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100    U2400: Daniel Grazian (6), $50

2nd Place: Kyron Griffith (5), $20

U2200: Nikolay Arutyunov (4 1/2), $50

U2000: Jamieson Pryor (4), $50   U1800: Kenneth Xu (4), $50

U1600: Haziq Siddiqi (3), $40

Total Prizes: $360

Gambito #497  12/11/10

16 players, bit of a light turnout, but understandable with the holiday season upon us. McMahon pairings with M/E = 2, A/B = 1, C/D = 0. Bruce Baker directed. Cyrus drew with Varun. Varun skipped the last round to lock in his newly attained master rating of 2200.  Congratulation to Varun, we knew this day would come...but it is amazing how fast he did it.

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (5 1/2), $80  U2400: Kyron Griffith (4 1/2), $50

U2200: Varun Krishnan (4), Leonard Sussman (4), Peter Hodges (4), $13 each

U2000: Venkat Iyer (3 1/2), $40  U1800: Elkaei Rivera (3), $40

U1600: Jay Choi (2) and Joe Propati (2), $15 each    

Total Prizes: $281 

Gambito #496 (December Super Gambito)  12/04/10

33 players today, good turnout, enough to pay out even more than the Guaranteed Prize Fund of $700; we paid out $750 today. Here are the players in pre-tournament rating order:

2 Masters: Lakdawala, Baker

6 Experts: Arutyunov, Wooten, Milton, Agron, Sussman, Gonzalez

8 Class A: Pryor, Vinoya, Souza, Quiba, A. Householder, Rivera, Padilla, Ensey

8 Class B: S. Householder, Sweitzer, Arbeiter, E. Lopez, Ibarra, Narevsky, Qu, Harbone

1 Class C: Choi

8 Class D/E: C. Negus, Cleveland, A. Negus, Nizmutdinova, Edwards, Zeng, Stanard, Quattlebaum. Mark Negus filled in as a house player for 3 games.      

Here were the prize winners:

Open Section, 16 players

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $125

Second Place/BU2400: Bruce Baker (3) and Nikolay Arutyunov (3), $75 each

BU2200/2nd U2200: Leonard Sussman (2 1/2) and Aaron Wooten (2 1/2), $50 each   

2nd U2400: Carey Milton (2), Antonio Gonzalez (2) and Paul Agron (2), $8 each

BU2000/2nd U2000: Mario Vinoya (2) and Chuck Ensey (2), $50 each

Best Game: Aaron Wooten, $15, for win over Prisciliano Padilla

Reserve Section (U1800), 17 players 

First Place: Edgar Lopez (3 1/2), $62     BU1600: Andrew Negus (3 1/2), $62

Second Place: Aaron Ibarra (3), Anthony Harbone (3) and David Narevsky (3), $8 each 

2nd U1600/BU1400: Jay Choi (2), Claire Negus (2) and Fred Cleveland (2), $23 each

Best Game: Andrew Negus, $15, for win over Scott Householder

Total Prizes: $750

 

Class Championships Rd 4

The Bruce Baker Class Championships    Round 4 of 6    12/08/10  7 PM

This event is in 5 sections: Master/Expert, Class A, B, C and D. The time control is 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. There will be very nice trophies for the winners in each Class. Plus the winner of "The Masters", the highest section, will get a berth into the 2011 Club Championship without any other qualifications needed. Entry Fee is $25 as always, and also 2 byes are allowed. 

It's not too late to join this event, sign up by emailing chucnglo@aol.com or by calling the club at 619-239-7166. For bye requests or to join, please email by 4 PM Wednesday, after that just call the club, but please do so before 6:30 PM or we can't give you the half point bye.  

Note: SDCC Board meeting is this week (12/08/10, 6 PM) 

75 players so far...  

Results for Rd 4:   

The Masters/Expert Section (over 2000 rating), 10 players 

Board 1  Bruce Baker (2 1/2) - Carl Wagner (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 2  Raoul Crisologo (1 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 3  Jason Qu (1 1/2) - Brian Polka (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 4  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Mario Amodeo (1)  0-1 

Bd 5  John Funderburg (1) - Lennart Mathe (0)  0-1 

Class A Section (1800-1999 rating), 19 players 

Bd 6  William Wijaya (2 1/2) - Robert Defore (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 7  David Saponara (2) - Thomas Fries (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 8  Buddy Morris (2) - David Delgadillo (2)  1-0

Bd 11 Chris Wonnell (1 1/2) -  Dayne Freitag (2)  1-0

Bd 12  Chuck Ensey (1 1/2) - Mario Vinoya (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 13  Matt Souza (0) - Luke Neyndorff (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 14  Bruce Charnov (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Joel Batchelor (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Alfredo Deleon (1/2) - Damani Fair (1)  0-1 

Class B Section (1600-1799 rating), 20 players 

Bd 18  Ron Rezendes (3) - Carl Newell (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 19  Steve Perry (2 1/2) - Larry Vikander (2)  0-1

Bd 20  Jim Krooskos (2) - Erik Marquis ( 1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Albert Dumaran (1 1/2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 22  Edgar Lopez (1) - Santi Pinon (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Jonathan Patriarca (1) - Tom Kuhn (1)  1-0 

Bd 24  Rocio Murra (1) - Anthony Harbone (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 25  Joe Rieker (1/2) - Jerry Qu (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Kirk Branner (1) - Phil Skiba (1)  1-0

Bye: Guru Gopalakrishnan (3), Donald Klaas   

Class C Section (1400 -1599 rating), 10 players  

Bd 27  Leonardo Villaverde (2 1/2) - Mark Lawless (3)  1-0 

Bd 28  Fred Cleveland (2) - Joe Propati (2)  0-1

Bd 29  Eliza Eggert (1) - Mayra Murra (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 30  Paul Scott (1) - Cristhian Garcia (1)  0-1 

Bd 31  Jonathan Centers (1) - Bill Murray (0)  1-0 

Class D Section (under 1400), 16 players so far

Bd 32  Tom Lavoy (3) - Darryl Woodson (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 33  Irina Nizmutdinova (2 1/2) - Maria Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 34  Arnold Berlin (2) - Dan Press (2)  1-0

Bd 35  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Jeremy Patton (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 36  Ross Blum (1 1/2) - Daniel Sun (1)  0-1 

Bd 37  Ryan Quattlebaum (1) - Ronald Stanard (0)  1-0

Bye:  Glenn Rich (1), Monica Ness (1), Tygan Zeng (1), Keith Wetterer (1/2)

Round 5 pairings will be posted Thursday night

Class Championships Rd 3

The Bruce Baker Class Championships    Round 3 of 6    12/01/10  7 PM

This event is in 5 sections: Master/Expert, Class A, B, C and D. The time control is 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. There will be very nice trophies for the winners in each Class. Plus the winner of "The Masters", the highest section, will get a berth into the 2011 Club Championship without any other qualifications needed. Entry Fee is $25 as always, and also 2 byes are allowed. 

It's not too late to join this event, sign up by emailing chucnglo@aol.com or by calling the club at 619-239-7166. For bye requests or to join, please email by 4 PM Wednesday, after that just call the club, but please do so before 6:30 PM or we can't give you the half point bye.  

Note: SDCC Board meeting has been put off until next week (12/08/10, 6 PM) 

74 players so far... Joining us in Rd 3 was Class A player David Delgadillo and new member Ryan Quattlebaum in the Class D section. 

Results for Rd 3:  

The Masters/Expert Section (over 2000 rating), 10 players so far

Board 1  Bruce Baker (1 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 2  Carl Wagner (1 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 3  Jason Qu (1/2) - John Funderburg (1)  1-0

Bd 4  Brian Polka (1/2) - Mario Amodeo (1)  1-0

Bd 5  Lennart Mathe (0) - Jim Humphrey (0)  0-1  Jim filled in as a house player

Bye: Alejandrino Baluran (1/2)

Class A Section (1800-1999 rating), 19 players so far

Bd 6  Robert Defore (1 1/2) - Chuck Ensey (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 7  Mario Vinoya (1 1/2) - William Wijaya (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Thomas Fries (1 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Damani Fair (1) - David Saponara (1)  0-1

Bd 11  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Buddy Morris (1)  0-1

Bd 12  Dayne Freitag (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  1-0

Bd 13  Alfredo Deleon (1/2) - Luke Neyndorff (1/2)  0-1

Bd 14  Joel Batchelor (1/2) - Tim McGuiness (1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Matt Souza (0) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1/2)  0-1

Bd 16  David Delgadillo (1) - Pejman Sagart (0) 1-0  Pejman filled in as a house player  

Class B Section (1600-1799 rating), 20 players so far

Bd 17  Carl Newell (2) - Ron Rezendes (2) 

I didn't notice that Carl had asked for a bye, TD error, Ron gets 1 point, Carl gets 1/2...

Bd 18  Erik Marquis (1 1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  0-1

Bd 19  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1 1/2) - Steve Perry (1)  0-1

Bd 20  Larry Vikander (1) - Edgar Lopez (1)  1-0

Bd 21  Tom Kuhn (1) - Jim Krooskos (1)  0-1

Bd 22  Phil Skiba (0) - Rocio Murra (1)  1-0  Phil filled in for Fred Borges 

Bd 23  Santi Pinon (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Jerry Qu (0) - Jonathan Patriarca (0)  0-1 

Bye: Donald Klaas (1) Albert Dumaran (1), Joe Rieker (0);  Withdraw? Kirk Brannner??   

Class C Section (1400 -1599 rating), 9 players so far 

Bd 26  Mark Lawless (2) - Fred Cleveland (2)  1-0

Bd 27  Leonardo Villaverde (1 1/2) - Paul Scott (1)  1-0

Bd 28  Joe Propati (1) - Eliza Eggert (1)  1-0

Bd 29  Bill Murray (0) - Mayra Murra (1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Cristhian Garcia (0) full point bye 

Class D Section (under 1400), 16 players so far

Bd 31  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Tom Lavoy (2)  0-1 

Bd 32  Darryl Woodson (1 1/2) - Ross Blum (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 33  Monica Ness (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 34  Maria Murra (1) - Daniel Sun (1) 1-0

Bd 35  Dan Press (1) - Keith Wetterer (1/2)  1-0

Bd 36  Tygan Zeng (0) - Ronald Stanard (0)  1-0

Bd 37  Glenn Rich (0) - Ryan Quattlebaum (1)  1-0

Bye: Jeremy Patton (1), Arnold Berlin (1 1/2)

Next week's tentative pairings will be posted Thursday night

Class Championships Rd 2

The Bruce Baker Class Championships    Round 2 of 6    11/24/10  7 PM

This event is in 5 sections: Master/Expert, Class A, B, C and D. The time control is 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. There will be very nice trophies for the winners in each Class. Plus the winner of "The Masters", the highest section, will get a berth into the 2011 Club Championship without any other qualifications needed. Entry Fee is $25 as always, and also 2 byes are allowed. 

It's not too late to join this event, sign up by emailing chucnglo@aol.com or by calling the club at 619-239-7166. For bye requests or to join, please email by 4 PM Wednesday, after that just call the club, but please do so before 6:30 PM or we can't give you the half point bye.  

72 players so far... it's not too late to join, take a two byes and start in Round 3. Joining us in Rd 2 were Expert Brian Polka, Class A players Mario Vinoya and Dayne Freitag, plus Class B player Steve Perry. We could still use a few more so don't be shy, join us now! 

Results from Rd 2: 

The Masters/Expert Section (over 2000 rating), 10 players so far

Board 1  Mario Amodeo (1/2) - Carl Wagner (1)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (1/2) - Lennart Mathe (0)  1-0

Bd 3  Alejandrino Baluran (0) -   Jason Qu (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Nikolay Arutyunov (0) - Brian Polka (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Raoul Crisologo (1), Bruce Baker (1), John Funderburg (1/2)

Class A Section (1800-1999 rating), 18 players so far

Bd 5  David Saponara (1) - Robert Defore (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Chris Wonnell (1) - Mario Vinoya (1)  0-1

Bd 7  Chuck Ensey (1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (1/2)  1-0

Bd 8  Joel Batchelor (1/2) - Thomas Fries (1/2)  0-1

Bd 11  Bruce Charnov (1/2) - Buddy Morris (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Damani Fair (1/2) - Dayne Freitag (1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 13  Tim McGuiness (0) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Matt Souza (0) - Philip Skiba (0)  0-1   Phil is a house player

Byes: Fawsi Jose Murra (0), Luke Neyndorff (0), William Wijaya (1)

Class B Section (1600-1799 rating), 20 players so far

Bd 16  Ron Rezendes (1) - Fred Borges (1)  1-0

Bd 17  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1) - Donald Klaas (1)  1-0

Bd 18  Albert Dumaran (1) - Carl Newell (1)  0-1

Bd 19  Tom Kuhn (1/2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 20  Steve Perry (0) - Santi Pinon (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 21  Jim Krooskos (0) - Jonathan Patriarca (0)  1-0

Bd 22  Rocio Murra (0) - Joe Rieker (0)  1-0

Bd 23  Luis Montoya (0) - Jerry Qu (0)  1-0   Luis was a house player 

Bd 24  Kirk Branner (0)  no show

Bye: Anthony Harbone (0), Larry Vikander (1/2), Edgar Lopez (1/2), Erik Marquis (1)

Class C Section (1400 -1599 rating), 9 players so far 

Bd 24  Paul Scott (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1

Bd 25  Mayra Murra (1/2) - Fred Cleveland (1)  0-1

Bd 26  Cristhian Garcia (0) - Joe Propati (0)  0-1 

Bd 27  Eliza Eggert (0) - Bill Murray (0)  1-0

Bye: Leonardo Villaverde (1)

Class D Section (under 1400), 15 players so far

Bd 28  Tom Lavoy (1) - Dan Press (1)  1-0 

Bd 29  Irina Nizmutdinova (1) - Darryl Woodson (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Daniel Sun (1) - Patrick Edwards (1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Ronald Stanard (0) - Ross Blum (1/2)  0-1

Bd 9    Glenn Rich (0) - Monica Ness (0)  0-1

Bd 32  Jeremy Patton (0) - Tygan Zeng (0)  1-0   

Bye: Keith Wetterer (0), Maria Murra (1/2), Arnold Berlin (1)

    

Bruce Baker Class Championships

The Bruce Baker Class Championships    Round 1 of 6    11/17/10  7 PM

This month we honor our club manager Bruce Baker. I will say more about him later, but for now let me just point out that he is one of the best human beings I have ever known: honest, kind and trustworthy are a few of the adjectives that come to mind. His years of service to our club and to the royal game should never be taken lightly. Please wish him well when you next see him.

This event is in 5 sections: Master/Expert, Class A, B, C and D. The time control is 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. There will be very nice trophies for the winners in each Class. Plus the winner of "The Masters", the highest section, will get a berth into the 2011 Club Championship without any other qualifications needed. Peter Hodges, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg are already seeded in, so if one of them wins the Masters, then whoever places second would get the berth. Tiebreaks will be used if needed.

Entry Fee is $25 as always, and also 2 byes are allowed. Please sign up in advance by emailing chucnglo@aol.com or by calling the club at 619-239-7166. For bye requests or to join, please email by 4 PM Wednesday, after that just call the club, please do so before 6:30 PM or we can't give you a half point bye.  

67 players so far, but it is not too late to join, take a 1st round bye and join us in Round 2

The Masters/Expert Section (over 2000 rating), 8 players so far

Board 1  Lennart Mathe - Bruce Baker  0-1

Bd 2  Carl Wagner - Alejandrino Baluran  1-0

Bd 3  Mario Amodeo - John Funderburg  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Raoul Crisologo - Jason Qu  1-0

Class A Section (1800-1999 rating), 16 players so far

Bd 5  Robert Defore - Matt Souza  1-0

Bd 6  Luke Neyndorff - Chris Wonnell  0-1

Bd 7  Alfredo Deleon - Joel Batchelor  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  William Wijaya - Tim McGuiness  1-0

Bd 10  Thomas Fries - Bruce Charnov  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Fawsi Jose Murra - David Saponara  0-1

Bd 12  Buddy Morris - Damani Fair  1/2-1/2

Bye: Chuck Ensey, Shaun Sweitzer

Class B Section (1600-1799 rating), 19 players so far

Bd 14  Jerry Qu - Ron Rezendes  0-1

Bd 15  Edgar Lopez - Tom Kuhn  1/2 -1/2

Bd 16  Jonathan Patriarca - Guru Gopalakrishnan  0-1

Bd 17  Carl Newell - Rocio Murra  1-0

Bd 18  Donald Klaas - Jim Krooskos  1-0

Bd 19  Joe Rieker - Albert Dumaran  0-1

Bd 20  Anthony Harbone - Erik Marquis  0-1

Bd 21  Fred Borges - Kirk Branner  1-0

Bd 22  Santi Pinon - Larry Vikander  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz - Harry LaSalle  1-0  Harry filled in as a house player 

Class C Section (1400 -1599 rating), 9 players so far 

Bd 38  Joe Propati - Paul Scott  0-1

Bd 25  Bill Murray - Leonardo Villaverde  0-1

Bd 26  Mark Lawless - Cristhian Garcia  1-0

Bd 27  Fred Cleveland - Eliza Eggert  1-0

Bye: Mayra Murra   

Class D Section (under 1400), 15 players so far

Bd 28  Tygan Zeng - Daniel Sun  0-1

Bd 29  Monica Ness - Tom Lavoy  0-1

Bd 30  Ross Blum - Patrick Edwards  1/2-1/2

Bd 31  Darryl Woodson - Ronald Stanard  1-0

Bd 32  Keith Wetterer - Irina Nizmutdinova  0-1

Bd 33  Dan Press - Glenn Rich  1-0

Bd 34  Jeremy Patton - Arnold Berlin  0-1

Bye: Maria Murra   

Please email chucnglo@aol.com to join this event, tentative pairings will be posted Thursday night....  

   

 

     

November Gambito Opens #492-495

Gambito #495  11/27/10 

4 rounds of G/40 with 5 second delay. Entry Fee: $20. Must be USCF member ($42), but we can sign you up up on the spot (cash preferred but checks accepted, sorry no credit cards). No other memberships required (although eventually we will get you to join our club!) Almost all entry fees are paid back out in prizes, minus the rating fee. Usually we have 20 or more players so the prize fund ranges from $400 to $800, depending on the number of players. The more players, the bigger the prize fund! 

Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, BU2400, BU2200, BU2000, BU1800, BU1600 and sometimes even BU1400 if we have enough Class D players  participating. Players range in rating from 2550 to 1000 or less, so don't be afraid to try it; we try to pair players of similar strengths so everyone has fun. It's a great way to learn and improve your chess by rubbing shoulders with the likes of IM Cyrus Lakdawala and NM Bruce Baker, both of whom share their vast knowledge of the game freely in friendly post-mortems after they crush the Class A players like me. There are also many young kids who play, some of them are only around 1000 rating, but others have worked their way higher by playing in this event, for instance 16 year old Kyron Griffith even became a Master after lots of hard work. So give it try!

Registration is from 10 AM to 10:25, the rounds are at 10:30, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30. You can take a bye (a free 1/2 point) if you don't want to play the first round, just show up around noon to register or call the club at 619-239-7166 and tell us you are on the way. Any questions? email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com               

Gambito #494  11/20/10

30 players today, a really great turnout. Sometimes the rain brings out players who might otherwise being doing something else. I don't know, maybe that had nothing to do with it, it is hard to tell what motivates people. At any rate I was just thrilled to see so many great friends. We were able to use a full McMahon with M/E=4, A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0. If we had had a few more masters we could have a 5 point McMahon, but we only had 2. Bruce took the day off... Hin Tsang and Chris Wonnell came by just to watch today and did not play... 

Here were the players, in rating order:

Masters (2): Lakdawala and Griffith

Experts (7): V. Krishnan, Arutyunov, Milton, Agron, Sussman, Damasco, Wooten

Class A (6): Vinoya, Pryor, Wijaya, Morris, Quiba, Ensey

Class B (4): Arbeiter, Blank, Kuhn, Harbone        

Class C (4): Choi, Siddiqi, Whitten, Cleveland

Class D (7): A. Negus, Edwards, C. Negus, A. Krishnan, Press, Stanard, Rich

Irina Nizmutdinova and Mark Negus also filled in for 2 house games each. There were quite a few notable upsets today: Glenn Rich over Ajay Krishnan (491 point differential), Claire Negus over Anthony Harbone (335 points), Ron Stanard over Pat Edwards (329 points), Tom Kuhn over William Wijaya (272 points), Aaron Wooten over Kyron Griffith (246 points), Dan Press over Andrew Negus (241 points) and Haziq Siddiqi over Alexander Blank (236 points). Other minor upsets were Quiba over Vinoya, Pryor over Agron and Ensey over Morris.

Usually we only have 2nd place prizes at a Super Gambito, not at regular Gambito Opens, but we threw them today in because there were so many players - I wanted to reward them with lots of prizes for coming out...    

Here is an interesting game, sort of a "bad beat", as in a surprising river card winner in poker. You can never relax in chess and I made that mistake against the resourceful Joel Quiba 

Joselito Quiba (1861) - Chuck Ensey (1842) Gambito #494, Round 3 

1.e4 Nf6 2.f3 e5 3.c3 Nxe4!? 4.fxe4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 Qxe4+ 6.Kf2 Bc5+ 7.d4 exd4 8.Bb5? (much better was 8.Bd3 dxc3+ 9.Kf1 cxb2 10.Bxb2) dxc3+ 9.Kf1 Bxg1? (a cheapo that works, but much better was 9...c2!) 10.Rxg1? (10.Nc3 Qe5 11.Kxg1) Qf5+ 11.Ke1 Qxb5 (regaining the piece and 3 pawns to the good) 12.Nxc3 Qe5+ 13.Kf2 0-0 14.Nd5?! Qf5+? (c6! if 15.Bf4 Qxd5) 15.Qf3 Qxf3+?? ("an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win" says Fritz. I foolishly thought, hey, I am up 3 pawns, why not trade queens, Better was 15...Qc2+ 16.Kg3 Nc6) 16.gxf3 (that's why not, now White has a strong attack on Black's King, plus the threat of Nxc7) Na6? (this is not the answer, but I am going to lose anyway) 17.Bh6 Re8? (or g6 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Bxf8) 18.Rxg7+ Kh8 19.Nf6 Re6 20.Rxh7# 1-0 A mistake filled game, but at least it was entertaining. How NOT to play chess perhaps!              

Here were the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (8), $100

U2400: Aaron Wooten (6 1/2)  U2200: Varun Krishnan (6 1/2)  2nd Place: Nikolay Arutyunov (6 1/2), $43 each

2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (6), $25  2nd U2200: Paul Agron (6), $25

U2000: Jamieson Pryor (6), $100

2nd U2000: Chuck Ensey (5), Joselito Quiba (5) and Mario Vinoya (5), $8 each

U1800: Tom Kuhn (5), $50  2nd U1800: Jason Arbeiter (4 1/2), $25

U1600/2nd U1600: David Whitten (3 1/2) and Haziq Siddiqi (3 1/2), $37 each

U1400: Claire Negus (3 1/2), $50

2nd U1400: Dan Press (2), Andrew Negus (2) and Ronald Stanard (2), $8 each

Total Prizes: $580      

Gambito #493  11/13/10

21 players today, including a few new ones. We used a McMahon pairing system with M=2, Expert/A=1 and B/C=0. We had 4 masters today: Cyrus Lakdawala, Ken Arnold, Jeff Arnold and Bruce Baker; 4 Experts: Arutyunov, Wooten, Sussman and Agron -all but Nikolay took a first round bye; 7 Class A: Pryor, Migoni, Wonnell, Reyes Lopez, Quiba, Ensey and Bill Arnold; 3 Class B: Ken Borghese- visiting from Washington DC, Kuhn and Harbone; 3 Class C: Choi, Eggert and Cleveland. Whitten and Nizmutdinova filled in as house players.   

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Jeff Arnold (6), $100   Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (5), $30

BU2400: Bruce Baker (4) and Ken Arnold (4), $25 each

BU2200: Nikolay Arutyunov (4), $50

BU2000: Bill Arnold (3), Chris Wonnell (3) and Chuck Ensey (3), $17

BU1800: Jay Choi (3), $50

BU1600: Fred Cleveland (2) and Eliza Eggert (2), $20 each 

10th Annual Super Double Gambito Open    November 6th - 7th, 2010

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     

Entry Fee: $60 on site, or save $10 by registering early (email chucnglo@aol.com). 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/or whining about pairings.

 

SCCF membership required for all players ($18 adult, $10 junior)  We can sign you up on site for USCF ($42) or SCCF if you are expired or brand new. San Diego Club membership is NOT required.     

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      2010: Hermene Duhaylungsod

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28 Players: we were hoping for 40 players 

Open Section (16 players):

2 Masters: Bruce Baker and Giovanni Carreto

7 Experts: Varun Krishnan, Hin Tsang, Nikolay Arutyunov, Alan Tsoi, Paul Agron, Gil Damasco and Hermene Duhaylungsod

7 Class A: Jamieson Pryor, Madhavan Vajapeyam, Chris Wonnell, Felipe Perez Blanco, Matt Souza, Aaron Householder and Chuck Ensey   

Reserve Section (12 players):

5 Class B: Edgar Lopez, Scott Householder, Ronaldo Salenga, Jerry Qu and Anthony Harbone

3 Class C: Arsenio Caccam, Alexander Blank and Alonzo Sanchez 

4 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Patrick Edwards, Ajay Krishnan and Marcos Reyna (unrated)    

Joselito Quiba, Donald Klaas and Irina Nizmutdinova filled in as house players when needed.  

Prizes:

Open Section

First Place: Hermene Duhaylungsod (6 1/2), $300

Second Place: Giovanni Carreto (5 1/2), $200

U2200: Hin Tsang (5 1/2), $200

Third Place: Bruce Baker (5), $100  2nd U2200: Alan Tsoi (5), $100 

U2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (4 1/2), $200

2nd U2000: Chuck Ensey (4), $100

3rd U2000: Matt Souza (3 1/2), $50

3rd U2200: Nikolay Arutyunov (3 1/2), Varun Krishnan (3 1/2) and Gil Damasco (3 1/2), $17 each

Reserve Section:  

Best Unrated: Marcos Reyna (7), book prize

First Place: Edgar Lopez (5 1/2), $200

Second Place: Scott Householder (5), $100  Third Place: Jerry Qu (4 1/2), $50

BU1600: Arsenio Caccam (5), $150 

2nd U1600: Alonzo Sanchez (3 1/2), $62  BU1400/2nd U1600: Patrick Edwards (3 1/2), $62

3rd U1600: Ajay Krishnan (2), $25

2nd U1400: Fred Cleveland (1), $20

Best Game Prize: Alonzo Sanchez, $15

David Hart Open Round 6

David Hart Open Round 6 of 6  11/10/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections. Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed,   

58 players total so far, not including house players 

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

First Place: Bruce Baker (6), $60 Second Place: Leonard Mathe (3 1/2), $40

Third Place: Jason Qu (3) and Robert Defore (3), $10 each 

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (5) - Jason Qu (3)  1-0

Bd 2  Lennart Mathe (2 1/2) - Robert Defore (3)  1-0

Bd 3  Nikolay Arutyunov (1) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 4  David Hart (1 1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1 1/2)  1-0

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

First Place: Chris Wonnell (6), $60  2nd Place: Fred Deleon (4 1/2), $40

3rd Place: Buddy Morris (3 1/2), $20

BU1800: Jim Krookos (3 1/2) and Chuck Ensey (3 1/2), $50 each

3rd U1800: Philip Skiba (3) and Shaun Sweitzer (3), $10 each

Bd 5  Chris Wonnell (5) - Jim Krooskos (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 6  Fred Deleon (3 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (3)  1-0 

Bd 7  Chuck Ensey (3) - Dayne Freitag (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Matt Souza (2 1/2) - Leonardo Villaverde (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Buddy Morris (2 1/2) - Hector Gonzalez (2 1/2)  1-0  

Bd 11 Jerry Qu (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2)  0-1 

Bd 12  Erik Marquis (2) - Philip Skiba (2)  0-1

Bd 13  Mark Lawless (2) - Jonathan Centers (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Edgar Lopez (1 1/2) - Dan Press (1)  1-0

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

First Place: Santi Pinon (6), $60   BU1400: Bill Murray (4), $60

 2nd Place: Tom Lavoy (3), $30

3rd Place: Darryl Woodson (2 1/2) and Morgan Fox (2 1/2), $10 each

2nd/3rd U1400: Patrick Edwards (3) and Harry LaSalle (3), $30 each  

Bd 16  Santi Pinon (5) - Tom Lavoy (3)  1-0

Bd 17  Albert Dumaran (4) - Patrick Edwards (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Darryl Woodson (2 1/2) - Bill Murray (3)  0-1

Bd 19  Tygan Zeng (2) - Ron Stanard (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 20  Harry LaSalle (2) - Daniel Sun (2) 1F-0F

Bd 21  Irina Nizmutdinova (2) - Kirk Branner (0)  0-1 

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

First/Second Place: George Zeigler (4 1/2) and Carl Wagner (4 1/2), $50 each

BU2000: Tim McGuiness (4 1/2), $50

2nd U2000: David Saponara (4), $30

BU1800: Guru Gopalakrishnan (4), $50

2nd U1800: Sam Barboo (3 1/2), $20  3rd U1800:  Anthony Harbone (3), $10

Bd 24  George Zeigler (4) - Carl Wagner (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Mario Amodeo (3 1/2) - Tim McGuiness (3 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 26  Joel Batchelor (2 1/2) - David Saponara (3)  0-1 

Bd 27  Guru Gopalakrishnan (3) - Fred Cleveland (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Bruce Charnov (2 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  Donald Klaas (2) - Sam Barboo (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 30  Anthony Harbone (2) - Fred Borges (1 1/2)  1-0

For once almost every pairing held up to what was predicted last week...

Next event is the Class Championships... very  nice Trophies for Class D, Class C, Class B, Class A, Experts and Masters... sign up in advance with an email to chucnglo@aol.com  

 

       

  

David Hart Open Round 5

David Hart Open Round 5 of 6  11/03/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections. Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed,   

58 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Gordon, Carson, Arutyunov, Blum and Antonio Gonzalez)

If you need a bye PLEASE email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com and do so before 4 PM on Wednesday. If you don't hear back from me, then please call the club phone at 619-239-7166. Also please don't just post a message on our facebook account, I may not check there, so it is important to email me or to call the club. If it is after 4 PM when you discover you need a bye, then the only option is to call the club because I don't have a smart phone, or even a cell phone (low usage didn't justify the cost, I know, back to the dark ages), so I won't get your email after 4 PM. After 6:30 PM it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye, but still let us know so we can try to find a house player for your opponent.

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  Bob Defore (3) - Bruce Baker (4)  0-1  

Bd 2  Jason Qu (2 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Alejandrino Baluran (1), Aaron Wooten (1), Jim Humphrey (1 1/2), David Hart (1 1/2)

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

Bd 5  William Wijaya (3) - Chris Wonnell (4)  0F-1F

Bd 6  Fred Deleon (2 1/2) - Buddy Morris (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 7  Jim Krooskos (2 1/2) - Matt Souza (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 8  Dayne Freitag (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2 1/2)  1-0  

Bd 14 Jerry Qu (2) - Chuck Ensey (2)  0-1

Bd 10  Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 11  Leonardo Villaverde (1 1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 12  Philip Skiba (1) - Jonathan Centers (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 13  Dan Press (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1 

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

Bd 16  Bill Murray (3) - Santi Pinon (4)  0-1 

Bd 17  Morgan Fox (2 1/2) - Albert Dumaran (3)  0-1 

Bd 18  Tom Lavoy (2) - Daniel Sun (2)  1-0

Bd 19  Tygan Zeng (2) - Patrick Edwards (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 20  Ronald Stanard (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1)  0-1

Bd 9   Greta Duhamel (1) - Monica Ness (1/2)  0-1  

Bye: Harry LaSalle (1 1/2), Darryl Woodson (2)

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 24  Carl Wagner (3) - Mario Amodeo (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  David Saponara (3) - George Zeigler (3)  0-1

Bd 26  Donald Klaas (2) - Tim McGuiness (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 27  Tom Kuhn (2 1/2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  0-1

Bd 28  Sam Barboo (2) - Fred Cleveland (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Gary Tuttle (1 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Bruce Charnov (1 1/2) - Kirk Branner (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 31  Eric Tuttle (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1)  0-1

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional).     

  

David Hart Open Round 4

David Hart Open Round 4 of 6  10/27/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections.

Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed, so it is not too late to join the fun. Just email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to enter this event or call the club phone at 619-239-7166.   

58 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Gordon, Carson, Arutyunov and Antonio Gonzalez)

If you need a bye PLEASE email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com and do so before 4 PM on Wednesday. If you don't hear back from me, then please call the club phone at 619-239-7166. Also please don't just post a message on our facebook account, I may not check there, so it is important to email me or to call the club. If it is after 4 PM when you discover you need a bye, then the only option is to call the club because I don't have a smart phone, or even a cell phone (low usage didn't justify the cost, I know, back to the dark ages), so I won't get your email after 4 PM. After 6:30 PM it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye, but still let us know so we can try to find a house player for your opponent.

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Bruce Baker (3)  0-1 

Bd 2  Aaron Wooten (1) - Bob Defore (2)  0-1 

Bd 3  Jim Humphrey (1 1/2) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  0-1

Bye: David Hart (1), Lennart Mathe (1 1/2)

Withdraw: Bill Whitney (1)

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

Bd 4  Chris Wonnell (3) - Fred Deleon (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Hector Gonzalez (2 1/2) - William Wijaya (2)  0-1

Bd 6  Pejman Sagart (2) - Buddy Morris (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Matt Souza (1 1/2) - Jerry Qu (2)  1-0

Bd 8  Jim Krooskos (1 1/2) - Leonardo Villaverde (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 10  Erik Marquis (1 1/2) - Dayne Freitag (1)  0-1

Bd 11  Jonathan Centers (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Chuck Ensey (1) - Phil Skiba (1) 1-0 

Bd 14  Edgar Lopez (1/2) - Mark Lawless (1)  1-0

Bd 15  Ross Blum (0) - Dan Press (1)  0-1 

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

Bd 16  Santi Pinon (3) - Morgan Fox (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Albert Dumaran (2) - Tom Lavoy (2)  1-0

Bd 18  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) -  Bill Murray (2)  0-1

Bd 19  Harry LaSalle (1 1/2) - Darryl Woodson (1)  0-1

Bd 20  Irina Nizmutdinova (1) - Tygan Zeng (1)  0-1

Bd 21  Daniel Sun (1) - Greta Duhamel (1)  1-0

Bd 9  Monica Ness (1/2) - Ronald Stanard (0)  0-1 

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 24  George Zeigler (2 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Fred Cleveland (2) - Carl Wagner (2)  0-1

Bd 26  David Saponara (2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2)  1-0

Bd 27  Tim McGuiness (1 1/2) - Gary Tuttle  (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Fred Borges (1 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 29  Joel Batchelor (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Anthony Harbone (1) - Donald Klaas (1)  0-1

Bye: Sam Barboo (1 1/2)

Withdraw: Joe Rieker (1/2)

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional).     

  

October Gambito Opens 489-491

Gambito Open #491  10/30/10

25 players today, including 2 Masters (Baker, Lakdawala); 5 Experts (Krishnan, Tsang, Arutyunov, Orlowski and Sussman); 7 Class A (Pryor, Defore, A. Householder, Souza, Migoni, Morris and Ensey); 5 Class B (S. Householder, E. Lopez, Arbeiter, Harbone and Klass), 1 Class C (Choi), 5 Class D/E: (Cleveland, A. Negus, C. Negus, Nizmutdinova, Rich).      

Prize winners:

Open Section (14 players)

First/Second Place: Bruce Baker (3 1/2) and Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $80 each

U2400: Buddy Morris (3), $60   U2200: Jesse Orlowski (2 1/2), $60

U2000: Ivan Salazar Migoni (2), Bob Defore (2) and Matt Souza (2), $20 each

Reserve Section (11 players)

First Place: Edgar Lopez (3 1/2), $60

U1600: Irina Nizmutdinova (2 1/2), $50

U1400: Fred Cleveland (2), $20

Total Prizes: $470

Entry Fee is only $20. Registration from 10 AM to 10:25 AM. 4 rounds of G/45 (or G/40 with 5 second delay), rounds are at 10:30, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 (approximately). You can also take a bye if you can't make the first round and want to play just 3 games, just show up around noon to sign up for round 2. You must be a USCF member ($42 a year), but we can sign you up on the spot if you are expired or unrated. Unrated players can only win book prizes, but you will get a rating once you play one event. No other memberships are required. Cash prizes are based on the number of entrants and almost all the entry fees are returned in prizes, minus a small fee for the club, $30 to $50 depending on the number of players. Usually we have well over 20 players, so that means $400 and up in prizes.

But it is not about the money, it's about the fun of playing chess. Chess is an art, a science and a competition all rolled into one glorious package. Each game YOU decide where the pieces move, so it's all about making the right decisions based on an ever changing landscape of material, force, position and time. You create your own style of play and learn technique as you go along from better players and from reading books and studying the games and history of chess. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, it is all here in heart pounding brain teasers. And now with the advent of strong computer programs, you can study your game afterwards and find out where you went wrong in the myriad of possible moves you had to choose from. You learn more from losses than from wins, but oh those wins can be so exciting and satisfying...   

Gambito Open #490  10/23/10 

21 players in two sections, 11 in Open, 10 in Reserve. Bruce Baker directed.    

Open Section

First Place: Bruce Baker (3 1/2), $100

U2400/2200: Varun Krishnan (3) and Nikolay Arutyunov (3), $50 each

2nd Place: Carey Milton (2 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $15 each

U2000: Madhavan Vajapeyam (2) and Matt Souza (2), $25 each

Reserve Section

U1800: Tom Kuhn (3 1/2), $50

U1600: Alexander Blank (3) and Jay Choi (3), $20 each

Total Prizes: $370

  

Note: Coming up on Nov 6 & 7 is the once a year Super Double Gambito, a two day event with 8 rounds total and tons of prizes. $50 entry fee, $2,000 in prizes...

And here we have the sentiments of a one Mr. Tom Petty:

It's good to be King, if just for a while. To be there in velvet, yeah, to give 'em a smile.

It's good to get high and never come down. It's good to be King of your own little town.

Yeah the world would swing if I were King. Can I help it if I still dream from time to time...

It's good to be King and have your own way. Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day

And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings, You're out there with winners

It's good to be King.  Yeah I'll be King when dogs get wings

Can I help it if I still dream from time to time...

It's good to be King and have your own world. It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls. 

A sweet little Queen who can't run away. It's good to be King, whatever it pays...

Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go from time to time... 

Gambito Open #289  10/16/10

22 players, including 2 Masters (Lakdawala & Baker), 4 Experts (Tsang, Hodges, Sussman, and John Wright), 5 Class A (Defore, Wonnell, Aaron Householder, Migoni and Rivera), 6 Class B (Arbeiter, Edgar Lopez, Scott Householder, Kuhn, Harbone and Jerry Qu), 2 Class C (Sturtevant and Siddiqi), 3 Class D (Cleveland, Rivas and Rich). Bruce Baker directed and used a 2 point McMahon pairing system (M/E/A=2, B=1, C/D=0).

Prize winners: First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $100    BU2400: Bruce Baker (5), $50

BU2200/2nd Place: Peter Hodges (4 1/2), Hin Tsang (4 1/2) and Leonard Sussman (4 1/2), $30 each

BU2000: Chris Wonnell (4) and Ivan Salazar Migoni (4), $25 each

BU1800: Scott Householder (4), $50   BU1600: Haziq Siddiqi (2 1/2), $50

Total Prizes: $390          

 

 

 

 

 

  

Fall Scholastic Championships

Sunday October 24, 2010 10:00 AM

San Diego Chess Club 2010 Fall Scholastic Championships

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

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)

All players play 5 games, win or lose

Rated event, USCF membership required, may join or renew at site (usually $19/year) or sign up in advance at USChess.org

Entry fee: $15 if mailed in advance, or $20 at site on day of event. Mail entry to SDCC, 2225 6th Ave, San Diego CA 92101. You can also see Bruce Baker at the club and pay in advance to get the $15 rate. He teaches the Jedi Knights Club on Friday night from 7 to 9 PM, so that is a good time to see him, he is also at the club most afternoons. Please call the club at 619-239-7166 if you have any questions, or email Bruce at bakersandiego@cox.net . If mailing in entry, please list the players name, section (adv, int or nov), USCF ID number and expiration date, address, email and phone number (last two are optional, but appreciated). None of this information is shared beyond what is needed to rate the event with the USCF.          

Trophies each section, and medals for participation     

Registration: 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM, play begins at 10 AM and ends about 4 to 4:30 PM

Bring chess sets if you have them. We also have them for sale on site.

Bring chess sets if possible. 

David Hart Open Round 3

David Hart Open Round 3 of 6  10/20/10  7 PM

This month we honor NM David Hart, one of our players who harks back to the earliest days of the club in the 1960's and 70's. Wish him well the next time you see him...     

In this event you can choose to play in a Fast Division (G/90, a 3 hour game) or a Slow Division at our usual time control of 40/90, SD/60 (a 5 hour game). Time delay is 5 seconds for all sections.

Entry Fee is $25, two byes are allowed, so it is not too late to join the fun. Just email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com to enter this event or call the club phone at 619-239-7166.   

58 players total so far, not including house players (Klaas, Carson, Arutyunov and Antonio Gonzalez)

If you need a bye PLEASE email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com and do so before 4 PM on Wednesday. If you don't hear back from me, then please call the club phone at 619-239-7166. Also please don't just post a message on our facebook account, I may not check there, so it is important to email me or to call the club. If it is after 4 PM when you discover you need a bye, then the only option is to call the club because I don't have a smart phone, or even a cell phone (low usage didn't justify the cost, I know, back to the dark ages), so I won't get your email after 4 PM. After 6:30 PM it is too late to get a 1/2 point bye, but still let us know so we can try to find a house player for your opponent.

The Nascar Section, G/90 (over 2000 rating), 9 players so far:

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (2) - Lennart Mathe (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 2  Robert Defore (1) - Jason Qu (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 3  Alejandrino Baluran (1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Jim Humphrey (1), David Hart (1/2), Bill Whitney (1/2)  

The Street Racer Section, G/90 (1999 and under rating), 19 players so far:

Bd 5  Buddy Morris (2) - Chris Wonnell (2)  0-1

Bd 6  Fred Deleon (1 1/2) - Erik Marquis (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 7  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Jonathan Centers (1) - William Wijaya (1)  0-1

Bd 9  Philip Skiba (1) - Jerry Qu (1)  0-1

Bd 10  Mark Lawless (1) - Matt Souza (1/2)  0-1

Bd 11  Edgar Lopez (1/2) - Jim Krooskos (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 12  Leonardo Villaverde (1/2) - Dan Press (0)  1-0

Bye: Pejman Sagart (1 1/2), Dayne Freitag (1/2), Chuck Ensey (1/2)  

The Demolition Derby Section, G/90 (U1600), 14 players so far:

Bd 14  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Santi Pinon (2)  0-1

Bd 15  Tom Lavoy (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1)  1-0 

Bd 16  Bill Murray (1) - Tygan Zeng (1)  1-0

Bd 17  Darryl Woodson (1) - Albert Dumaran (1)  0-1

Bd 18  Greta Duhamel (1) - Harry LaSalle (1/2)  0-1

Bd 19  Daniel Sun (0) - Ronald Stanard (0)  1-0

Bye: Morgan Fox (2), Monica Ness (0) 

Time Guzzler Jalopy Open Section (40/90, SD/60), 16 players so far:

Bd 20  Mario Amodeo (2) - Fred Cleveland (2)  1-0

Bd 21  George Zeigler (1 1/2) - Tim McGuiness (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Tom Kuhn (1 1/2) - David Saponara (1)  0-1

Bd 23  Guru Gopalakrishnan (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  1-0  

Bd 24  Gary Tuttle (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1)  1-0

Bd 25  Joe Rieker (1/2) - Sam Barboo (1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Eric Tuttle (1/2) - Fred Borges (1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  Steve Gordon (0) - Donald Klaas (0)  0-1  two house players

Bye: Carl Wagner (1 1/2), Joel Batchelor 

This section is open to players of all rating backgrounds, regardless of upbringing (tactical or positional).