The Alina Markowski Open Rd 1

Club Championship Qualifier! 1/04/12  7 PM

Happy New Year! It is time to start the Club Championship cycle once again. That means the most popular tournament of the year is about to start...don't miss out! It is 7 rounds with only a $25 entry fee. Open to all players, and all will compete in 1 huge section so this is your chance to possibly play a Master even if you are an average Class B player. For the first few rounds you will be paired either way up or way down, but either way you can learn something new. Often there is at least one upset in the first round, or at least a few draws. Now is your chance to shine! 

Two byes are allowed, but last round byes must be requested before Round 2 and are irrevocable.  

Time Control is our standard 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Registration is from 5:30 to 6:45, or pre-register online by emailing Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com or by calling 619-239-7166.

The 12 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker, John Funderburg and Jim Humphrey. Usually it takes 5 points to get into this select group and often there are a few fives with the worst tie breaks that don't make it in. (here's a tip - taking byes hurts your tie breaks, so try to avoid them if possible). Also the top 16 qualifiers under 1800 will play in the Reserve Championship. 

Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each rating class and maybe even 4th or 5th place, depending on the number of players. Often we have 90 or more! Here we go!

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71 players so far, plus 2 house players. Here are the results from round 1. As predicted, there were a few upsets and a draw. Tom Kuhn drew with Expert Jim Humphrey, who decided to give up his place in the Club Championship and play in the Markowski . The two upsets were Anthony Harbone over Expert Robert Defore and Daniel Zhu over Class A William Wijaya. The rating differentials were about 500 points for most of the games. 

Board 1  Philip Skiba - Todd Smith  0-1

Bd 2  Carl Wagner - Blake Borskey  1-0

Bd 3  Damani Fair - David Hart  0-1

Bd 4  Peter Hodges - Zechariah Zhu  1-0    

Bd 5  Thomas Kuhn - Jim Humphrey  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Leonard Sussman - Eliza Eggert  1-0

Bd 7  Sam Barboo - Mario Amodeo  0-1

Bd 8  Alejandrino Baluran - Mark Lawless  1-0

Bd 9  Jonathan Patricarca - Esteban Escobedo  0-1

Bd 10  Aaron Wooten - Steve Perry  1-0  The Longest Game of the Night

Bd 11  Anthony Harbone - Robert Defore  1-0  Big upset

Bd 12  Lennart Mathe - David Whitten  1-0

Bd 13  Aaron Moman - Ben Barquin  0-1

Bd 14  Jeff Turner - Jerry Kavanau  1-0

Bd 15  Rocio Murra - Brian Polka  0-1

Bd 16  Fawsi Murra Jr - Mark Allen  1-0

Bd 17  Steve Gordon - Buddy Morris  0-1

Bd 18  David Saponara - Morgan Fox  1-0

Bd 19  Daniel Zhu - William Wijaya  1-0  The other big upset

Bd 20  Robert Draper - Tom Lavoy  1-0

Bd 21  Louis Wonnell - Alfredo Deleon  0-1

Bd 22  Datris Robinson - Arnold Berlin  1-0

Bd 23  Keric Rivas - Guru Gopalakrishnan  1F-0F

Bd 24  Shaun Sweitzer - Tygan Zeng  1-0

Bd 25  Bill Murray - David Pino  0-1

Bd 26  Jerry Qu - Maria Murra  1-0

Bd 27  David Palmer - Pejman Sagart  0-1

Bd 28  Joel Batchelor - Patrick Edwards  1-0

Bd 29  Stephen Zhu - Chuck Ensey  0-1

Bd 30  Ron Rezendes - Ross Blum  1-0

Bd 31  Ronald Stanard - Bruce Charnov  0-1

Bd 32  Jim Krooskos - Eric Zhou  1-0

Bd 33  Keith Wetterer - Albert Dumaran  0-1

Bd 34  Fawsi Jose Murra - Roger Pedersen  1-0

Bd 35  Nicola Davies - Erik Marquis  0-1

Bye: Carl Newell, Darren Himeles and Andrew Liu

  

 

Blitz Tournament 12/28/11

Blitz Tournament on 12/28/11   7 PM

G/7 with 2 second delay, Not rated. $5 entry fee. We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system with Exp = 3, A = 2, B = 1, C/D = 0. We enforced touch move and also loss of game for an illegal move.   

We had a good turnout of 24 players and played 8 rounds. Here are the players in rating order, along with their final scores (including McMahon points) 

5 Experts: Raoul Crisologo (8 1/2) , Jim Humphrey (8 1/2), Alejandrino Baluran (8), Ben Barquin (9) and Bob Defore (7).

4 Class A: Brian Polka (6), Buddy Morris (5 1/2), Madhavan Vajapeyam (6) and David Pino (3).

6 Class B: Chuck Ensey (5), Hector Gonzalez (5), Manuel Mayo (5 1/2), Zechariah Zhu (5), Mark Lawless (4) and Sam Barboo (5).

3 Class C: Tom Webb (2 1/2), Roger Wathen (4 1/2) and Daniel Zhu (4).

6 Class D/E: Karl Lindberg (3), David Palmer (3), Stephen Zhu (4), Justin Webb (3), Ross Blum (2) and Andrew Liu (5).

Also Phil Skiba (5) filled in as a house player for David Pino who left after four games.

Everybody had fun and I think it went quite well. Maybe we should do this more often! All entry fees were returned in prizes. Here were the Prize Winners:

First Place: Ben Barquin (9), $30

BU2000: Brian Polka (6) and Madhavan Vajapeyam (6), $12 each

BU1800: Manuel Mayo (5 1/2), $25

BU1600: Andrew Liu (5), $20

BU1400: Stephen Zhu (4), $20

Total Prizes: $120          

Next week: Round 1 of the Alina Markowski Open. 7 rounds, 40/90, SD/60, d/5. $25 entry fee. New club memberships are also due ($60 adult, $48 Senior, $30 Junior). This will be in one big open section, so for the first few rounds you will play someone much higher or lower rated. We expect about 90 players total.   

Class Championships Rd 6

2011 SDCC Class Championships

Round 6 of 6 on 12/14/2011 at 7 PM. 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Please let us know if you need a bye... email chucnglo@aol.com

Very nice trophies for the winner of each Class.The winner of the Masters also qualifies for the 2012 Club Championship (16 players).

Here are the results:

79 players total...(not including house players)

"The Masters" (and Experts), 12 players

Jim Humphrey (4 1/2) wins trophy and spot in Club Championship

Bd 1  Robert Defore (3 1/2) - Jim Humphrey (3 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 2  Peter Hodges (3) - Carl Wagner (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 3  Ben Barquin (2 1/2) - George Zeigler (2)  0-1

Bd 4  Jeff Turner (2 1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 5  Aaron Wooten (1 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (2)  1/2-1/2

Withdraw: Mario Amodeo (2 1/2), Ron Soto (1 1/2)     

Class A (U2000), 23 players

Esteban Escobedo (5 1/2) wins trophy 

Bd 7  Santi Pinon (4) - Esteban Escobedo (5)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Chris Wonnell (2 1/2) - David Delgadillo (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 9  Buddy Morris (3) - Edgar Lopez (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 10  David Saponara (2 1/2) - Phillip Roth (3)  1-0

Bd 11  Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2) - Allan Virtue (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Marty Lower (2 1/2) - Chuck Ensey (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  William Wijaya (2 1/2) - David Pino (2 1/2)  0F-1F 

Bd 15  Chris Calvin (2) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 16  Shaun Sweitzer (1 1/2) - Brian Polka (1)  0-1

Bd 17  Albert Dumaran (1) - Damani Fair (1 1/2)  1-0

Withdraw: Dayne Freitag (2), Pejman Sagart (1), Joel Batchelor (1/2), Fidel Gonzalez (1)

Class B (U1800), 18 players

Jerry Qu (4 1/2) wins trophy on tie breaks over Bruce Charnov (4 1/2) and Jim Krooskos (4 1/2) 

Bd 18  Jerry Qu (3 1/2) - Jim Krooskos (4 1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Tom Kuhn (3) - Bruce Charnov (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 20  Larry Vikander (3) - Zechariah Zhu (3)  1-0

Bd 21  Chris Jensen (2 1/2) - Mark Lawless (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Carl Newell (2 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Alfredo Deleon (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  0-1

Bd 24  Steve Perry (1 1/2) - Sam Barboo (2)  0-1

Withdraw: Erik Marquis (3 1/2), Julian Rodriguez (1 1/2), Eliza Eggert (1)

Class C (U1600), 9 players

Roger Wathen (4 1/2) wins trophy

Bd 26  Aaron Moman (3 1/2) - Tom Lavoy (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  Roger Wathen (3 1/2) - Karl Lindberg (0)  1-0

Bd 28  Daniel Zhu (3) - Glenn Rich (2)  1-0  

Withdraw: James Coulston (3 1/2), Irina Nizmutdinova (2)

Class D (U1400), 8 players

Louis Wonnell (5) wins trophy

Bd 30  Louis Wonnell (4 1/2) - John Fountas (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 31  Bill Murray (2) - Patrick Edwards (2 1/2) 

Bd 32  Jachin Tyrell (2) - Jerry Liu (0)  1/2-1/2

Withdraw: Tygan Zeng (3), Darryl Woodson (1 1/2)

Class E (U1200), 7 players so far

Ross Blum (4 1/2) wins trophy

Bd 33  Eric Zhou (2 1/2) -  Stephen Zhu (4)  1-0

Bd 34  Ross Blum (3 1/2) - Keith Wetterer (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 34  Joshua Chung (2) - Andrew Liu (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 35  Roger Pedersen (2) - Ronald Stanard (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Next week: Blitz tournament, probably G/7 with 2 second delay

  

     

Gambito #544, #545, #546, #547

Gambito #547   12/31/11    

$20 Entry Fee, 4 rounds G/40 d/5, Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM 

Yes there is a Gambito Open on New Year's Eve!  Special Surprise Prizes included!

28 players, 16 in Open, 12 in Reserve.

3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker and Kyron Griffith.

4 Experts: Peter Hodges, Leonard Sussman, Aaron Wooten and Lennart Mathe. 

9 Class A: Venkat Iyer, Elkaei Rivera, Jason Ma, Bud Stamper, Datris Robinson, Jay Choi, Pejman Sagart, Jason Arbeiter and Chuck Ensey.

2 Class B: Boris Polonsky and Tom Kuhn

3 Class C: Andrew Negus, David Whitten, David Narevsky

7 Class D: Fred Clevland, Claire Negus, Jesse Wang, Matthew Wang, Mark Negus, Patrick Edwards and Michael Brady (unr). Glenn Rich filled in as a house player.

Here were the Prize winners:

Open Section

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $100    2nd Place: Venkat Iyer (3 1/2), $75

BU2400: Peter Hodges (3), $75   2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (2 1/2), $25

BU2200: Leonard Sussman (2 1/2), $75  

BU2000/2nd U2200/2ndU2000: Jason Ma (2), Elkaei Rivera (2), Jay Choi (2) and Bud Stamper (2), $31 each

Reserve Section

BU1800: Andrew Negus (3 1/2), $75

U1600/2nd U1800: David Whitten (3) and Fred Cleveland (3), $75 each

2nd U1600: David Narevsky (2 1/2), $25

BU1400: Jesse Wang (2 1/2), $30   2nd U1400: Claire Negus (2), $20

Total Prizes $700

 

Gambito #546   12/24/11

Gambito Open on Christmas Eve drew only 12 hardy players. We used a 1 point McMahon, with M/Exp/A=1, B/C/D=0. 2 Masters (Lakdawala & Baker), 3 Experts (Crisologo, Wooten and Sussman), 2 Class A (Morris, Rivera) 2 Class B (Ensey, Moman), 3 C and below (Cleveland, Lizanich and Liu).  Prize Winners were:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (5), $80      BU2200: Raoul Crisologo (3 1/2), $40

BU2000: Buddy Morris (3), $35    BU1800: Aaron Moman (3), $35

BU1600: Matthew Lizanich (2), $20

Total Prizes $210     

Gambito #545   12/17/11  

$20 Entry Fee, 4 rounds G/40 d/5, Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM

29 players in 2 sections, good turnout. We used a two section format. Here are the players:

6 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker, Kyron Griffith, Peter Graves, Varun Krishnan, Martin Nilsson.

4 Experts: Aaron Wooten, Jamieson Pryor, Ben Barquin, Leonard Sussman.

5 Class A: Buddy Morris, Sridhar Ramanujam, Pejman Sagart, Jason Arbeiter, Chuck Ensey (playing up)

Reserves:

7 Class B: Jay Choi, Boris Polonsky, Tim Loperfido, Tom Kuhn, Ajay Krishnan, Aaron Moman and Anthony Harbone.

1 Class C: Thomas Diem

3 Class D: Jesse Wang, Fred Cleveland and Patrick Edwards

3 Class E: Matthew Wang, Ray Roark and Matt Keith (unr).

Cyrus beat Pryor, Nilsson and Baker before drawing with Varun in the last round. Varun had also drawn with Peter Graves, who lost to Sussman in the last round. Kyron drew with Bruce, Leonard and Martin in the last round. Jay Choi won 4 in the Reserve Section and now will be booted upstairs to the Open, as he earned a Class A rating. Congrats to Jay!  

Biggest rating point gainers (est): +85 Fred Cleveland to 1397, +75 Matthew Wang to 1182, +52 Jay Choi to 1836 

Here are the Prize Winners:

Open Section, 15 players

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

BU2400: Varun Krishnan (3), $75      BU2200: Leonard Sussman (3), $75

2nd Place: Kyron Griffith (2 1/2), Bruce Baker (2 1/2) and Martin Nilsson (2 1/2), $20 each 

BU2000: Buddy Morris (2), $75

Reserve Section (U1800), 14 players

First Place: Jay Choi (4), $75

BU1600: Matthew Wang (2 1/2), $40

BU1400: Fred Cleveland (2), $20

Total Prizes: $520

   

Gambito #544   12/10/11

$20 Entry Fee, 4 rounds G/40 d/5, Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM

Pretty good turnout of 30 players, a drop from the Super Gambito's 42 players, but still quite nice. I was pleasantly surprised. We had a few visitors to go along with the usual suspects.

Here are the players in rating order:

3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker and Peter Graves.

8 Experts: Craig Clawitter, Raoul Crisologo, Paul Agron, Aaron Wooten, Jamieson Pryor, Leonard Sussman, Ben Barquin and Elkaei Rivera (playing up).

6 Class A: Pejman Sagart, William Wijaya, Ernesto Alvarez, Jason Arbeiter, Matt Souza and Edgar Lopez.  

8 Class B: Boris Polonsky, Hector Gonzalez, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi, Tom Kuhn, Blake Borskey, Aaron Moman and Anthony Harbone.

2 Class C: Richard Gams and Eusy Ancheta.

3 Class D/E: Fred Cleveland, Patrick Edwards and Mark Negus

We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system where M/E=3, A=2, B=1 and C/D=0.  We also had a few house players: Bud Stamper (1 game), David Whitten (1 game) and Andrew Negus (2 games).

Cyrus won all four games as he is wont to do after a slightly sub-par performance last week. Jamieson Pryor upset Bruce Baker in round 1 and Bruce then bowed out as he usually does after a first round loss. Graves lost to Cy, beat Barquin, drew with Rivera and beat Clawitter. Jamieson lost to Cy, but then beat Agron and drew with Wooten. Aaron Wooten had taken a bye and then drew with Crisologo and beat Sussman before his last round draw with Jamieson.

This event is now rated, and there were some pretty big rating gains: +73 for Jay Choi to 1784, +55 for William Wijaya to 1917, +49 for Matt Souza to 1864, +33 for Elkaei Rivera to 1978 and +33 for Jamieson Pryor to 2095.   

Here are the Prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100

Second Place: Peter Graves (5 1/2), $56  BU2400: Jamieson Pryor (5 1/2), $56

BU2200: Elkaei Rivera (5 1/2) and Aaron Wooten (5 1/2), $56 each 

BU2000: William Wijaya (5) and Matt Souza (5), $37 each

BU1800: Jay Choi (4 1/2), $75

BU1600: Eusy Ancheta (3), $50

BU1400: Fred Cleveland (2), $25

Total Prizes $550

Class Championships Rd 5

2011 SDCC Class Championships

Round 5 of 6 on 12/14/2011 at 7 PM. 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Please let us know if you need a bye... email chucnglo@aol.com

Very nice trophies for the winner of each Class.The winner of the Masters also qualifies for the 2012 Club Championship (16 players).

Here are the results....

79 players total...(not including house players)

"The Masters" (and Experts), 12 players 

Bd 1  Carl Wagner (3) - Jim Humphrey (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  Ben Barquin (2 1/2) - Robert Defore (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 3  Peter Hodges (2 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Jeff Turner (1 1/2) - Ron Soto (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Aaron Wooten (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 6  Brian Polka (0) - Lennart Mathe (1)  0-1   

Bye: George Zeigler (1 1/2)

Class A (U2000), 23 players

Bd 7  Esteban Escobedo (4) - Buddy Morris (3)  1-0

Bd 8  Santi Pinon (3) - David Saponara (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 9  Chuck Ensey (2 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 10  Guru Gopalakrishnan (2 1/2) - David Delgadillo (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 11  Edgar Lopez (2 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 12  Dayne Freitag (2) - Phillip Roth (2)  0-1

Bd 13  Allan Virtue (2) - David Pino (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 14  Damani Fair (1 1/2) - William Wijaya (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Albert Dumaran (1) - Chris Calvin (1)  0-1

Bye:  Marty Lower (2), Pejman Sagart (1), Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)

Withdraw: Joel Batchelor (1/2), Fidel Gonzalez (1)?

Class B (U1800), 18 players

Bd 19  Tom Kuhn (3) - Jim Krooskos (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 20  Larry Vikander (2 1/2) - Jerry Qu (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 21  Bruce Charnov (2 1/2) - Carl Newell (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 22  Erik Marquis (2 1/2) - Alfredo Deleon (2)  1-0

Bd 23  Zechariah Zhu (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Anthony Harbone (2) - Chris Jensen (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Mark Lawless (1 1/2) - Steve Perry (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 26  Julian Rodriguez (1/2) - Eliza Eggert (1)  1-0

Bd 27  Sam Barboo (1) - Phillip Skiba (0)  1-0

Class C (U1600), 9 players

Bd 28  Aaron Moman (2 1/2) - Roger Wathen (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  Tom Lavoy (2 1/2) - James Coulston (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Irina Nizmutdinova (2) - Evan Fredericksen (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Arnold Berlin (1 1/2) - Daniel Zhu (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Glenn Rich (1 1/2) 

Class D (U1400), 8 players

Bd 33  Patrick Edwards (2 1/2) - Louis Wonnell (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 35  Tygan Zeng (2 1/2) - David Palmer (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 36  Bill Murray (2) - Jachin Tyrell (1)  0-1

Withdraw: Darryl Woodson (1 1/2)

Class E (U1200), 7 players so far

Bd 37  Stephen Zhu (3) - Joshua Chung (2)  1-0

Bd 38  Ronald Stanard (1 1/2) - Ross Blum (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 39  Eric Zhou (1 1/2) - Roger Pedersen (2)  1-0

Bye: Keith Wetterer (1/2)

Match Play:

Bd 39 Todd Smith (1) - Martin Nilsson (1)  no game

December Super Gambito

Gambito #543  December Super Gambito   12/03/11

$700 Guaranteed Prize Fund, which was increased to $965 due to big turnout. 

$25 Entry Fee, 4 rounds G/40 d/5, Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30 PM

Great turnout of 42 players, split into 3 sections. 7 Masters and if Kyron Griffith, Varun Krishnan and Ali Morshedi had happened to be here we would have had 10! Frequent Gambito Champion and book author IM Cyrus Lakdawala drew with fellow IM Dionisio Aldama in round two and it was no GM draw, but a hard fought battle. Cyrus had the edge most of the game and was way ahead on time, but the crafty Dionisio found a simple way to draw by steering the game to a Bishops of opposite color endgame. Cyrus then drew the next round with surging NM Jeff Arnold (rated 2451), while Dionisio grabbed wins from Ken Arnold and then Jeff Arnold. Ron Bruno lost to Cy in round 1 but then reeled off 3 wins from Ben Barquin, Leonard Sussman and Craig Clawitter. Paul Agron upset Ken Arnold in the last round to claim BU2200.

In the Reserve Section Elkaei Rivera has been winning lots of U2000 prizes over the last few months, but this time he drew with new Gambito player Bud Stamper in round 1 and lost to William Wijaya in round 2. The "other" Bud (and where was Bud Morris today??) went on to win 3 in a row. Canadian Boris Polonsky, who will be here for a few months (he says he loves our club! "One of the best anywhere") started of with 3 wins to clinch BU1800, losing only in round 4 to Bud Stamper. Stamper The Stomper!! New player Chris Calvin also did well, winning 2nd U2000, he wasn't sure of his playing strength just a few weeks ago, being unrated, but now we can say he is definitely Class A caliber! Rolando Ignacio scored 2 1/2 for 2nd U1800. It was fun to have the A's and B's playing together as usually they don't play in the two section format where the A's are in the Open and the B's in the Reserve.  

In the Booster Section, Aaron Moman scored a perfect 4-0, but he was fortunate in the last round when playing the #1 seed Andrew Negus. They played a pretty equal game for over 40 moves, but then Andrew suddenly surged ahead after a few mistakes by Aaron. They were probably both in time trouble at this point, and then in one of those tricky King and pawn endgames, Andrew made a misstep with a bad King move and allowed Aaron to go from -8 on Fritz to +8 with one mistake. Ouch, I've been there done that, Andrew, just learn from it and move on, but keep it in your memory banks.              

Here are the players in rating order:

7 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Dionisio Aldama, Jeff Arnold, Bruce Baker, Ken Arnold, Ron Bruno, Peter Graves. 

8 Experts: Craig Clawitter, Hin Tsang, Raoul Crisologo, Paul Agron, Aaron Wooten, Leonard Sussman, Ben Barquin and Jamieson Pryor.

6 Class A: Francisco Hirata, Elkaei Rivera, Pejman Sagart, William Wijaya, Chris Calvin, Sheila Rodriguez. 

9 Class B: Boris Polonsky, Rolando Ignacio, Bud Stamper, Jerry Qu, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi, Zechariah Zhu, Anthony Harbone, Tim Loperfido (unr).

5 Class C: Andrew Negus, Aaron Moman, Daniel Zhu, Octavio Rodriguez, David Narevsky.

7 Class D/E: Claire Negus, Thomas Diem, Fred Cleveland, Mark Negus, Stephen Zhu, Luis Valencia (unr), Caros Guillen (unr)

Here are the Prize winners;

Open Section, 15 players

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (3 1/2), $130

Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3), $80    BU2400: Ron Bruno (3), $80

BU2200: Paul Agron (2 1/2), $80

2nd U2400: Peter Graves (2), $20, tied with the 3 below

2nd U2200: Jamieson Pryor (2), Craig Clawitter (2) and Raoul Crisologo (2), $20 each  

Best Game Open Section, $15, goes to Paul Agron for win over Ken Arnold.

Reserve Section (U2000), 15 players

BU2000: Bud Stamper (3 1/2), $80

2nd U2000: Chris Calvin (3), $40

BU1800: Boris Polonsky (3), $80

2nd U1800: Rolando Ignacio (2 1/2), $40

Best Game Reserve Section goes to Bud Stamper, $15, for win over William Wijaya

Booster Section (U1600), 12 players

BU1600: Aaron Moman (4), $80

2nd U1600: Octavio Rodriguez (3) and David Narevsky (3), $15 each

BU1400: Thomas Diem (2 1/2), $80

2nd U1400: Claire Negus (2) and Mark Negus (2), $15 each 

Best Game Prize Booster Section goes to Andrew Negus, $15, for win over Luis Valencia.

Total Prizes $965

 

 

 

Class Championships Rd 4

2011 SDCC Class Championships

Round 4 of 6 on 12/07/2011 at 7 PM. 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Please let us know if you need a bye... email chucnglo@aol.com

Very nice trophies for the winner of each Class.The winner of the Masters also qualifies for the 2012 Club Championship (16 players).

79 players total...(not including house players)

"The Masters" (and Experts), 12 players so far

Bd 1  Carl Wagner (2) - Bob Defore (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 2  Jim Humphrey (2) - Mario Amodeo (2)  1-0

Bd 3  Ron Soto (1 1/2) - Peter Hodges (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  Aaron Wooten (1 1/2) - Ben Barquin (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 5  George Zeigler (1) - Jeff Turner (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Alejandrino Baluran (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Class A (U2000), 23 players

Bd 7  David Saponara (2 1/2) - Esteban Escobedo (3)  0-1 

Bd 8  Buddy Morris (2) - Chris Wonnell (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 9  Phillip Roth (2) - Santi Pinon (2)  0-1

Bd 10  David Delgadillo (2) - Chuck Ensey (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 11  Guru Gopalakrishnan (2) - Allan Virtue (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 12  William Wijaya (1 1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 13  Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (1)  1-0

Bd 14  Shaun Sweitzer (1) - Marty Lower (1)  0-1

Bd 15  David Pino (1) - Chris Calvin (1)  1-0 

Bd 16  Brian Polka (0) - Albert Dumaran (1)  1-0  Brian is a house player 

Bd 17  Joel Batchelor (1/2) - Damani Fair (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Dyane Freitag (2), Fidel Gonzalez (1/2)

Class B (U1800), 18 players

Bd 18  Jim Krooskos (2 1/2) - Bruce Charnov (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Jerry Qu (2) - Erik Marquis (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 20  Chris Jensen (2) - Tom Kuhn (2)  0-1 

Bd 21  Anthony Harbone (2) - Larry Vikander (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Alfredo Deleon (1) - Mark Lawless (1/2)  1-0

Bd 23  Julian Rodriguez (1/2) - Zechariah Zhu (1)  0-1 

Bd 24  Eliza Eggert (1/2) - Sam Barboo (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Carl Newell (2), Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2) and Steve Perry (1)

Withdraw: Darren Himeles (1/2)

Class C (U1600), 9 players

Bd 27  Evan Fredericksen (2 1/2) - Roger Wathen (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 28  Irina Nizmutdinova (2) - Aaron Moman (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 29  James Coulston (1 1/2) - Daniel Zhu (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 30  Tom Lavoy (1 1/2) - Arnold Berlin (1)  1-0

Bye: Glenn Rich (1)  

Class D (U1400), 8 players

Bd 32  Louis Wonnell (2 1/2) - Stanford Talcott (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 33  Tygan Zeng (2) - Bill Murray (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 34  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Jachin Tyrell (1)  1-0

Bd 35  David Palmer (1/2) - Darryl Woodson (1 1/2)  1-0

Class E (U1200), 7 players so far

Bd 36  Ron Stanard (1 1/2) - Stephen Zhu (2)  0-1

Bd 37  Roger Pedersen (2) - Joshua Chung (1)  0-1

Bd 38  Ross Blum (2) - Eric Zhou (0)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Keith Wetterer (1/2) 

Match Play:

Bd 39  Todd Smith (1) - Martin Nilsson (1)  no game tonight

 

Class Championships Rd 3

2011 SDCC Class Championships

Round 3 of 6 on 11/30/2011 at 7 PM. 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Please let us know if you need a bye... email chucnglo@aol.com

Very nice trophies for the winner of each Class.The winner of the Masters also qualifies for the 2012 Club Championship (16 players).

78 players total...(not including house players) 

"The Masters" (and Experts), 12 players so far

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

Bd 2  Ron Soto (1 1/2) - Carl Wagner (1)  0-1

Bd 3  Mario Amodeo (1) - Jeff Turner (1)  1-0

Bd 4  Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Peter Hodges (1/2)  0-1

Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran (1/2) - Ben Barquin (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Jim Humphrey (1 1/2), George Zeigler (1/2)

Class A (U2000), 22 players

Bd 7  Chris Wonnell (2) - David Saponara (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Esteban Escobedo (2) - William Wijaya (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 9   Santi Pinon (1 1/2) - David Delgadillo (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 10  Buddy Morris (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 11  Phillip Roth (1) - David Pino (1)  1-0 

Bd 12  Marty Lower (1) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1)  0-1

Bd 13  Chuck Ensey (1) - Shaun Sweitzer (1)  1-0 

Bd 14  Allan Virtue  (1/2) - Joel Batchelor (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 15 Edgar Lopez (1/2) - Fidel Gonzalez (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 16  Pejman Sagart (0) - Damani Fair (1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  Albert Dumaran (0) - Robert Draper (house)  1-0

Bye: Dayne Freitag (1 1/2)

Class B (U1800), 18 players

Bd 18  Hector Gonzalez (1 1/2) - Jim Krooskos (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 19  Carl Newell (1 1/2) - Jerry Qu (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 20  Bruce Charnov (1 1/2) - Larry Vikander (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 21  Tom Kuhn (1) - Alfredo Deleon (1)  1-0

Bd 22  Steve Perry (1) - Chris Jensen (1)  0-1 

Bd 23  Darren Himeles (1/2) - Anthony Harbone (1)  0-1

Bd 24  Mark Lawless (1/2) - Julian Rodriguez (1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Zechariah Zhu (0) - Eliza Eggert (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Erik Marquis (2), Sam Barboo (0)  

Class C (U1600), 9 players 

Bd 27  Roger Wathen (1 1/2) - Tom Lavoy (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 28  Daniel Zhu (1 1/2) - Evan Fredericksen (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 29  Arnold Berlin (1) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1)  0-1

Bd 30  Aaron Moman (1/2) - Glenn Rich (1)  1-0

Bd 31  Chris Calvin (0) - James Coulston (1/2)  0-1

Bd 32  Blake Borskey (0) - Louis Wonnell (0)  1-0  house game 

Class D (U1400), 8 players

Bd 32  Stanford Talcott (1 1/2) - Eriv Zhou (0)  1-0 

Bd 33  Darryl Woodson (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 34  David Palmer (1/2) - Bill Murray (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Tygan Zeng (1 1/2), Jachin Tyrell (1/2)

Class E (U1200), 7 players so far

Bd 36  Stephen Zhu (2) - Roger Pedersen (1)  0-1

Bd 37  Joshua Chung (1) - Ross Blum (1)  0-1

Bd 38  Keith Wetterer (1/2) - Ron Stanard (1/2)  0-1

 

Match Play:

Bd 39  Martin Nilsson (1/2) - Todd Smith (1/2)  1/2-1/2 

 

Class Championships Rd 2

2011 SDCC Class Championships

Round 2 of 6 on 11/23/2011 at 7 PM. 40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Please let us know if you need a bye... 

Beautiful Trophies for the winner of each Class.The winner of the Masters also qualifies for the 2012 Club Championship (16 players).

78 players total so far...

"The Masters" (and Experts), 12 players so far

Bd 1  Aaron Wooten (1) -  Ron Soto (1)  1/2-1/2

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

Bd 3  Ben Barquin (1/2) - Jim Humphrey (1)  0-1

Bd 4  Jeff Turner (0) - Lennart Mathe (1/2) 1-0

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

Bye: Bob Defore (1), Peter Hodges (0)

Class A (U2000), 22 players so far

Bd 6  Chris Wonnell (1) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1)  1-0

Bd 7  Esteban Escobedo (1) - Phillip Roth (1)  1-0 

Bd 8  David Saponara (1) - Chuck Ensey (1)  1-0

Bd 9  David Pino (1/2) - Marty Lower (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 10  Santi Pinon (1/2) - Edgar Lopez (1/2)  1-0 

Bd 11  Buddy Morris (0) - Fidel Gonzalez 1F-0F 

Bd 12  Shawn Sweitzer  (0) - Pejman Sagart (0)  1-0

Bd 13  Fawsi Jose Murra (1/2) - Albert Dumaran (0)  1-0

Bye: David Delgadillo (1), Dayne Freitag (1), William Wijaya (1), Allan Virtue (0), Joel Batchelor (0),  Damani Fair (0) 

Class B (U1800), 18 players so far

Bd 14  Carl Newell (1) - Hector Gonzalez (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Jerry Qu (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Eliza Eggert (1/2) - Erik Marquis (1)  0-1

Bd 17  Julian Rodriguez (0) -  Steve Perry (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Anthony Harbone (0) - Mark Lawless (1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Sam Barboo (0) - Tom Kuhn (0)  0-1

Bd 20  Chris Jensen (0) - Zechariah Zhu (0)  1-0

Bye: Larry Vikander (1), Jim Krooskos (1), Fred Delon (1/2), Darren Himeles (0) 

Class C (U1600), 9 players so far 

Bd 21  Irina Nizmutdinova (1/2) - Daniel Zhu (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  James Coulston (1/2) - Roger Wathen (1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Glenn Rich (1/2) - Arnold Berlin (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Tom Lavoy (1/2) - no one  1-0

Bye: Evan Frederickson (1) and Aaron Moman (0) 

Class D (U1400), 8 players so far

Bd 25  Louis Wonnell (1) - Roger Pederson (0)  1-0  Roger played up from Class E

Bd 26  Patrick Edwards (1) - David Palmer (1/2)  1-0

Bd 27  Bill Murray (1/2) - Darryl Woodson (0)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Stanford Talcott (1), Tygan Zeng (1), Jachin Tyrell (0)

Class E (U1200), 7 players so far

Bd 28  Ross Blum (1) - Stephen Zhu (1)  0-1

Bd 29  Ronald Stanard (1/2) - Christopher Calvin (1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Keith Wetterer (0) - Joshua Chung (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Roger Pedersen (0)

Match Play:

Bd 34  Martin Nilsson (1/2) - Todd Smith (1/2) no game this week

                                       

Recession Buster Open

The Recession Buster Open   2/18/12 - 2/20/12

At the Sheraton San Diego Mission Valley Hotel over Presidents' Day weekend 2012

Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Presidents' Day holiday) or play optional 2 day schedule on Sunday and Monday

1433 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego CA 92108          Great Central Location  

$20,000 Guaranteed Prizes

6 round Swiss in 5 Sections, 40/2,SD/1, d/5 (5 second delay per move) 

or for 2 day option, first 3 games are G/60, then merge with 3 day in round 4.

Open Section: $2,600/1,800/1,200/900/600/500/400  BU2300 $800/400

BU2200 $1,000/600/400/200

Premier Section (U2000): $1,000/600/400/200

Amateur Section (U1800): $1,000/600/400/200

Reserve Section (U1600): $1,000/600/400/200

Booster Section (U1400): $600/400/200/100, BU1200 $300/150, Best Unr $100

Plus Best Game Prizes of $75, $50 and $25, one reserved for non-Open Section

Entry Fee: $100 if received by 2/12/12, or $120 after that date or at door. Special rate for U1400 or unrated is only $75 if received by 2/12/12, or $90 after that. Also special reduced rate for GMs or IMs is only $20 if received by 2/12, or $60 after that or at door. Unrated players can play any section but can only win $100 in Booster or $200 in other sections, except in the Open where they can win place prices only (not U2300 or U2200).   

SCCF membership required for all Southern  California residents ($18 adult, $10 junior) 

February USCF offical rating list will be used for pairings.

Re-entry Fee for going from 3 day to 2 day is $75, not available in Open Section.  

Mail entries to: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego CA 92112, make check to San Diego Chess Club. Starting probably in January a link will be provided to join this event online via credit card or PayPal at the SCCF website www.scchess.com

Onsite Registration: 3 day: 9 AM  to 10:30 on Saturday.  2-day: 9 AM to 10 AM on Sunday 

Rounds: 11 AM and 6 PM on Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM and 4:30 PM on Monday

2 Day schedule: 10:30 AM, 12:15, 3 PM (3 games at G/60), then merge with others and play regular time control (40/2,SD/1) at 6 PM on Sunday, 10 AM and 4:30 Monday   

High Quality 6 hour chess games with 5 second delay for those who love classical chess at this traditional time control, or three quick 2 hour games to start off if you are tough enough to handle that grueling schedule. Directed by Bruce Baker with assistance from Chuck Ensey, we hope this event will be as successful as the recent Southern California Open which drew 180 players to a nearby location. By the way that event will repeat at the same location, Crowne Plaza Hotel, over Labor Day weekend in 2012 (Sept 1,2 and 3)      

Bye policy: Two byes allowed, but byes in rounds 5 and 6 MUST be requested before round two and are irrevocable. Byes in rounds 1-4 can be requested anytime up to 1 hour before the round. Of course if you are going to withdraw, also notify the TD, it is very rude not to and leave someone else waiting for an opponent.

Hotel Info: Special rate of only $110, call 619-260-0111 and mention chess tournament rate. Rate is only guaranteed until 1/19/12, so book early to insure you get this rate, as it may go up or rooms could be completely sold out if you wait too long. You can look at the hotel at www.sheraton.com/sandiegomv . San Diego is a great vacation spot so bring the family and let them visit the world famous San Diego Zoo, Sea World and Legoland while you play chess.

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

State Championship Qualifier, 150 Grand Prix Points (enhanced)            

 

  

Class Championships Rd 1

2011 SDCC Class Championships 

Round 1 of 6 starts on 11/16/2011 at 7 PM.  40/90, SD/60, d/5.

Registration: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM on Wednesday, or sign up online...

Entry Fee: $25 PLEASE TRY TO PAY PROMPTLY, it makes it so much easier on our overworked staff if you just pay when you enter and we don't have to keep trying to track you down to pay. Thanks everybody for your cooperation! 

Beautiful Trophies for the winner of each Class.The winner of the Masters also qualifies for the 2012 Club Championship (16 players).

"The Masters" (and Experts)

Bd 1  Bruce Baker - George Zeigler  1-0

Bd 2  Lennart Mathe - Carl Wagner  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Peter Hodges - Robert Defore  0-1

Bd 4  Jeff Turner - Aaron Wooten  0-1

Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran - Ron Soto  0-1  

Class A (U2000)

Bd 6  David Delgadillo - Buddy Morris  1-0

Bd 7  Pejman Sagart - Esteban Escobedo  0-1

Bd 8  Joel Batchelor - Chris Wonnell  0-1

Bd 9  Phillip Roth - Shawn Sweitzer  1-0

Bd 10  Alfredo Deleon - David Saponara  0F-1F

Bd 11  Marty Lower - Santi Pinon  1/2-1/2 

Bd 12  Guru Gopalakrishnan - Fidel Gonzalez  1-0

Bd 13  William Wijaya - Albert Dumaran  1-0 

Bd 14  Damani Fair - Dayne Freitag  0-1

Bd 34  Chuck Ensey - Allan Virtue  1-0   

Class B (U1800)

Bd 15  Hector Gonzalez - Darren Himeles  1-0

Bd 16  Tom Kuhn - Jerry Qu  0-1

Bd 17  Larry Vikander - Chris Jensen  1-0

Bd 18  Erik Marquis - Julian Rodriguez  1-0

Bd 19  Bruce Charnov - Anthony Harbone  1-0

Bd 20  Zechariah Zhu - Carl Newell  0-1

Bd 21  Jim Krooskos - Sam Barboo  1-0

Bye: Mark Lawless and Steve Perry

Class C (U1600) 

Bd 24  Daniel Zhu - Aaron Moman  1-0

Bd 25  Roger Wathen - Glenn Rich  1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Tom Lavoy - Irina Nizmutdinova  1/2-1/2

Bd 27  Evan Fredericksen - Karl Lindberg  1-0

Bye: Arnold Berlin 

Class D (U1400)

Bd 28  Bill Murray - Louis Wonnell  0-1

Bd 29  Darryl Woodson - Tygan Zeng  0-1

Bd 30  Jachin Tyrell - Stanford Talcott  0-1

Bye: Patrick Edwards and David Palmer 

Class E (U1200) 

Bd 31  Joshua Chung - Ron Stanard  1/2-1/2

Bd 32  Stephen Zhu - Keith Wetterer  1-0

Bd 33  Roger Pedersen - Ross Blum  0-1

Match Play: 

Bd 38  Todd Smith - Martin Nilsson  1/2-1/2

  

                                 

Fall Scholastic Championships

Scholastic Chess

SDCC Fall Championships 2011

Sunday, November 20th

Sponsored by the San Diego Chess Club

2225 6th Ave (1 block south of Laurel Street in Balboa Park)

All students K-12th Grade are invited to play

3 Sections: Novice (under 600 USCF or unrated)

Intermediate (under 1000 USCF)

Advanced (1000 or over USCF)

Note: All players play 5 games, win or lose

Rated event, United States Chess Federation (USCF) membership required

May join or renew at site (usually $19/year) or sign up in advance at USChess.org

Entry Fee $15 by email, payable at site on Sunday

Trophies each section, rest reveive medals

Registration 8:30am - 9:45am

Play begins at approximately 10:00am. Ends 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Bring chess sets if possible

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Information needed to register in advance by email

Player's Name

Section: Advanced, Intermediate or Novice

USCF membership ID # and Expiration Date

(If joining through the San Diego Chess Club, please include mailing address and date of birth)

[Please note: No information beyond what is needed to rate the event with the USCF is shared]

If any questions, contact the tournament director bakersandiego@cox.net

or call the San Diego Chess Club (619-239-7166)

Gambito Open #539 November Super Gambito

Gambito #539 November Super Gambito  

4 rounds of G/40 with 5 second delay, Rounds are at 10:30 AM, 12:15, 2:45 & 4:30 

Entry Fee: $25 One bye allowed, but not in the last round. Unrated players eligible for book prize only, but get free entry. USCF membership ($42) required but we can sign you up on the spot. SCCF membership ($18) required if you win a prize of over $18, SDCC membership ($60) required if you win more than $100 during the trailing 12 months.  

33 players today, good turnout. Here are the players in pre-event rating order:

5 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Bruce Baker, Varun Krishnan and Peter Graves

4 Experts: Paul Agron, Leonard Sussman, Aaron Wooten and Jamieson Pryor

6 Class A: Ben Barquin, Chris Wonnell, Elkaei Rivera, Jerry Qu, Aaron Householder and Chuck Ensey

7 Class B: Scott Householder, Rolando Ignacio, Jay Choi, Ajay Krishnan, Sam Barboo, Anthony Harbone and Zechariah Zhu  

2 Class C: Andrew Negus and Daniel Zhu

4 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Thomas Diem, Patrick Edwards, Cassidy Liu

5 Class E: Mark Negus, Matthew Lizanich, Alex Householder, Stephen Zhu and Roger Pedersen.  

Ben Barquin won the event with 3 wins over Kyron Griffith, Paul Agron and Leonard Sussman, plus a strategic round 3 bye. That raised a few eyebrows as it is rare for players to take a third round bye, but it is legal. However you could several players flapping their arms and squawking like a certain well known bird. Cyrus drew with Varun and with Bruce. Peter Graves drew with Bruce and lost to Cyrus.       

Open Section (15 players)

First Place: Ben Barquin (3 1/2), $125

Second Place/U2400/2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (3), Cyrus Lakdawala (3) and Bruce Baker (3), $58 each

BU2200: Aaron Wooten (2 1/2), $75  2nd U2200: Leonard Sussman (2), $25 

BU2000/2nd U2000: Elkaei Rivera (2) and Aaron Householder (2), $50 each

Best Game Open Section goes to Bruce Baker, $15, for win over Varun Krishnan

Reserve Section (U1800), 18 players

First Place/2nd Place: Jay Choi (3 1/2) and Rolando Ignacio (3 1/2), $50 each

BU1600: Andrew Negus (3), $75    2nd U1600: Daniel Zhu (2 1/2), $25 

BU1400: Thomas Diem (2), $30

2nd U1400: Fred Cleveland (1 1/2), Stephen Zhu (1 1/2), Cassidy Liu (1 1/2), Alex Householder (1 1/2), Mark Negus (1 1/2), $3 each

Best Game Reserve Section goes to Zechariah Zhu, $15, for win over Andrew Negus

Total Prizes: $745 

 

       

Murra Family Team Tournament Rd 6

Murra Family Team Tournament Rd 6 of 6    7 PM     11/09/11

The time control is G/120 with 10 second delay. There are 16 teams, plus a few house players to fill in when someone takes a bye. 

Rd 6 Pairings for teams: Note these are team captains and team scores, not individual scores

Team 7 Mathe (4) - Team 6 Humphrey (4)  1/2-1/2

Team 11 Turner (3) - Team 13 Saponara (3)  1/2-1/2

 Team 12 Wonnell (3) vs Team 9 Morris (3)  0-1            

Team 10 Defore (2 1/2) - Team Zeigler (3)  0-1

Team 8 Murra (2 1/2) vs Team 4 Funderberg (2)  0-1  

Team 14 Amodeo (2) vs Team 1 Baker (2)  0-1       

Team 3 Nilsson (2) vs Team 2 Smith (2)  1-0

Team 16 Hodges (1 1/2)  - Team 15 Virtue (1/2)  0-1    

Here are the final standings: 

Two Teams tied for First/Second Place with 4 1/2 points: Team 6 (Humphrey) and Team 7 (Mathe), they win $180 per team, or $45 per player    

Two Teams tied for 3rd/4th Place with 4 points: Team 5 (Zeigler) and Team 9 (Morris), they win $110 per team, or $27 per player 

Two Teams tied for 5th Place with 3 1/2 points: Team 11 (Turner) and Team 13 (Saponara), they win $40 per team, or $10 per player 

Four Teams had 3 points: Team 1 (Baker, Team 3 (Nilsson), Team 4 (Funderberg) and  Team 12 (Wonnell)

Two Teams had 2 1/2 points: Team 8 (Murra) and Team 2 (Smith)

Two Teams had 2 points: Team 2 (Smith) and Team 14 (Amodeo)

Two Teams had 1 1/2 points: Team 15 (Virtue) and Team 16 Hodges

Best Board 1: Jim Humphrey (5) and Bruce Baker (5), $30 each

Best Board 2: Pejman Sagart (6), $60  The only player with a perfect score!

Best Board 3: David Pino (5 1/2), $60

Best Board 3: Daniel Zhu (4 1/2), $60

Here are the Individual results for Rd 6:

Team Mathe vs Team Humphrey: drawn match

Bd 1  Lennart Mathe (3 1/2) - Jim Humphrey (4) 0-1

Bd 2  Shaun Sweitzer (4 1/2) - Pejman Sagart (5) 0-1 

Bd 3  Tom Kuhn (2 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (3) 1-0

Bd 4  Dustin Movius (2) - Stephen Zhu (2) 1-0

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Team Turner vs Team Saponara: drawn match

Bd 5  Jeff Turner (2 1/2) - David Saponara (1) 1-0

Bd 6  Bob Draper (1) - Ron Rezendes (1/2) 1-0 Draper filled in for Santi Pinon

Bd 7  Sam Barboo (2 1/2) - David Pino (5) 1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Arnold Berlin (3 1/2) - Daniel Zhu (4) 1/2-1/2

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Team Wonnell vs Team Morris, Team Morris wins

Bd 9  Chris Wonnell (2 1/2) - Buddy Morris (1 1/2) 0-1

Bd 10  Chuck Ensey (2) - Jerry Qu (1) 1-0

Bd 11  Darren Himeles (3 1/2) - Erik Marquis (2) 1/2-1/2

Bd 12  David Palmer (4) - Louis Wonnell (2) 0-1

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Team Defore vs Team Zeigler, Team Zeigler wins

Bd 13  Bob Defore (2 1/2) - George Zeigler (2 1/2) 1/2-1/2

Bd 14  Fred Deleon (2) - Edgar Lopez (2 1/2) 1-0

Bd 15  Steve Perry (3) - Mark Lawless (4) 1-0

Bd 16  Darryl Woodson (3) - Bill Murray (3) 1-0

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Team Murra vs Team Funderberg, Team Funderberg wins

Bd 17  Fawsi Murra Jr (1) - Alejandrino Baluran (2) 1/2-1/2 Baluran filled in for Funderberg

Bd 18  Guru Gopalakrishnan (3) - Fawsi Jose Murra (3 1/2) 1-0

Bd 19  Rocio Murra (2 1/2) - Zechariah Zhu (3) 0-1

Bd 20  Ross Blum (2) - Mayra Murra (3) 0-1

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Team Amodeo vs Team Baker, Team Baker wins

Bd 21  Mario Amodeo (4) - Bruce Baker 4) 0-1

Bd 22  Bruce Charnov (2 1/2) - Eliza Eggert (3) 1/2-1/2

Bd 23  John Huey (3 1/2) - Irina Nizmutdinova (2 1/2) 1-0

Bd 24  Joshua Chung (1/2) - Ron Stanard (1) 1-0

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Team Nilsson vs Team Smith, Team Nilsson won

Bd 25  Martin Nilsson (3 1/2) - Todd Smith (4) 1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Hector Gonzalez (3) - Jim Krooskos (2 1/2) 0-1

Bd 27  Aaron Moman (3) - Karl Lindberg (1 1/2) 1-0

Bd 28  Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Keith Wetterer (1/2) 0F-1F

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Team Hodges vs Team Virtue, Team Virtue won

Bd 29  Peter Hodges (1 1/2) - Allan Virtue (1) 1-0

Bd 30  David Delgadillo (2) - Fred Borges (1) 1-0

Bd 31  Maria Murra (2) - Evan Fredericksen (0) 0-1 Evan filled in for Morgan Fox (1)

Bd 32  Tom Lavoy (3) - Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) 1/2-1/2

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House game: Albert Dumaran (1 1/2) - Carl Newell (1/2) 1-0     

Here are the updated teams with class rating in parentheses. (M)= Master, (Exp)=Expert, E= U1200

Average Team Rating shown last

Team 1: Bruce Baker (M), Bruce Charnov (B), Irina Nizmutdinova (C), Joshua Chung (E), 1612 avg

Team 2: Todd Smith (M), Hector Gonzalez (B), Karl Lindberg (C), Roger Pedersen (E), 1601 avg

Team 3: Martin Nilsson (M), Jim Krooskos (B), Aaron Moman (C), Keith Wetterer (E), 1616 avg

Team 4: John Funderberg (M), Guru Gopalakrishnan (B), Zech Zhu (C), Ross Blum (E), 1652 avg

Team 5: George Zeigler (Exp), Fred Deleon (B), Mark Lawless (C), Darryl Woodson (D), 1659 avg

Team 6: Jim Humphrey (Exp), Shaun Sweitzer (B), Anthony Harbone (B), Dustin Movius (E), 1627 avg

Team 7: Lennart Mathe (Exp), Pejman Sagart (A), Tom Kuhn (B), Stephen Zhu (E), 1653 avg

Team 8: Fawsi Murra Jr (Exp), Fawsi Jose Murra (B), Rocio Murra (C), Mayra Murra (C), 1696 avg

Team 9: Buddy Morris (A), Chuck Ensey (A), Erik Marquis (B), David Palmer (D), 1702 avg

Team 10: Bob Defore (A), Edgar Lopez (A), Steve Perry (B), Bill Murray (D), 1699 avg

Team 11: Jeff Turner (A), Ron Rezendes (A), Sam Barboo (B), Daniel Zhu (D), 1717 avg

Team 12: Chris Wonnell (A), Jerry Qu (A), Darren Himeles (B), Louis Wonnell (D), 1724 avg

Team 13: David Saponara (A), Santi Pinon (A), David Pino (B), Arnold Berlin (D), 1734 avg

Team 14: Mario Amodeo (Exp), Eliza Eggert (B), John Huey (C), Ron Stanard (D), 1627 avg

Team 15: Al Virtue (A), David Delgadillo (A), Morgan Fox (C) Tom Lavoy (D) 1693 avg

Team 16: Peter Hodges (M), Fred Borges (B), Patrick Edwards (D), Maria Murra (D), 1620 avg

              Next week: Class Championships!!  Trophies!   

 

Gambito #538

Gambito #528   10/29/11

26 players, good turnout. Here are the players in pre-event rating order. It was a well diversified field. 

4 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker, Kyron Griffith and Peter Graves

5 Experts: Leonard Sussman, Jamieson Pryor, Aaron Wooten, Ben Barquin and Buddy Morris

5 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Elkaei Rivera, Aaron Householder, Pejman Sagart and Scott Householder

5 Class B: Jay Choi, Chuck Ensey, Albert Dumaran, Jim Krooskos and Anthony Harbone

5 Class C: Ajay Krishnan, Aaron Moman, David Whitten, Glenn Rich and Fred Cleveland 

2 Class D: Patrick Edwards and Matthew Lizanich. Roger Pedersen filled in as a house player     

We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system (M/Exp =3, A=2, B=1, C/D=0).

Pejman Sagart had a particularly good day, winning over the resurgent Jay Choi, then Expert Jamieson Pryor and to top it off, defeating NM Peter Graves in a very nice game. His reward? He got to play Cyrus in the last round...but maybe that helped him gain over 80 points, we'll see when the event is rated. Ajay Krishnan also gained over 80 points, putting him well over 1600 for the first time. The kid is on his way, look out world...  

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (7), $100

2nd Place: Kyron Griffith (6), $60

BU2400: Aaron Wooten (5 1/2), $60

BU2200: Leonard Sussman (5), $60   BU2000: Pejman Sagart (5), $60

BU1800: Chuck Ensey (4), $60

BU1600: Ajay Krishnan (3) and Matt Lizanich (3), $30 each

Total Prizes: $460    

Next Week: Super Gambito on November 5. That means $700 in guaranteed prizes with only a $25 entry fee, 4 rounds of G/40 starting at 10:30 AM sharp. Registration from 10 AM to 10:25. Please call in if you are running late, otherwise you have to take a first round bye...  

Murra Family Team Tournament Rd 5

Murra Family Team Tournament Rd 5 of 6    7 PM    11/02/11

The time control is G/120 with 10 second delay. There are 16 teams. If you plan to join us, please email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com as soon as possible, we might be able to use a few house players.

Beside team prizes there will also be prizes for Top Bd 1, Top Bd 2, Bd 3 & 4...

Rd 5 Pairings for teams: Note these are team captains and team scores, not individual scores

Team 11 Turner (3) - Team 6 Humphrey (3)  0-1 

Team 9 Morris (3) - Team 7 Mathe (3)  0-1  

Team 13 Saponara (2) vs Team 8 Murra (2 1/2)  1-0          

Team 1 Baker (2) - Team 12 Wonnell (2)  0-1 

Team 5 Zeigler (2) vs Team 3 Nilsson (2)  1-0  

Team 10 Defore (1 1/2) vs Team 16 Hodges (1 1/2)  1-0     

Team 14 Amodeo (1 1/2) vs Team 4 Funderberg (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Team 2 Smith (1) - Team 15 Virtue (1/2)  1-0  

After 5 rounds,  

Two Teams are tied for First Place with 4 points: Team 6 (Humphrey) and Team 7 (Mathe) 

Five Team are tied with 3 points: Team 5 (Zeigler), Team 9 (Morris), Team 11 (Turner), Team 12 (Wonnell) and Team 13 (Saponara)

Two Teams have 2 1/2 points: Team 8 (Murra), Team 10 (Defore)

Five Teams have 2 points: Team 1 (Baker), Team 2 (Smith), Team 3 (Nilsson), Team 4 (Funderberg) and Team 14 (Amodeo)

Team 16 (Hodges) has 1 1/2 and Team 15 (Virtue) has 1/2 

Here are the Individual pairings for Rd 5:

Team 11 Turner vs Team 6 Humphrey  (Team Humphrey won) 

Bd 1  Jeff Turner (2) - Jim Humphrey (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 2  Shaun Sweitzer (3 1/2) - Ron Rezendes (1/2)  1-0    

Bd 3  Sam Barboo (2 1/2) - Anthony Harbone (2)  0-1 

Bd 4  Dustin Movius (1) - Daniel Zhu (4)  1-0   

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Team 9 Morris vs Team 7 Mathe  (Team Mathe won) 

Bd 5  Buddy Morris (1 1/2) - Lennart Mathe (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 6  Pejman Sagart (4) - Chuck Ensey (2)  1-0

Bd 7  Erik Marquis (2) - Tom Kuhn (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Stephen Zhu (1) - David Palmer (4)  1-0 

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Team 13 Saponara vs Team 8 Murra  (Team Saponara won)

Bd 9  David Saponara (0) - Fawsi Murra Jr (1)  1-0 

Bd 10  Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2) - Albert Dumaran (1 1/2) 1-0 Al filled in for Santi Pinon (1) 

Bd 11  David Pino (4) - Rocio Murra (2 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 12  Mayra Murra (3) - Arnold Berlin (2 1/2)  1-0 

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Team 1 Baker vs Team 12 Wonnell  (Team Wonnell won)

Bd 13  Bruce Baker (3 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 14  Robert Draper (0) - Bruce Charnov (2 1/2) 1-0  Bob filled in for Jerry Qu (1/2) 

Bd 15  Irina Nizmutdinova (1 1/2) - Phil Skiba (2)  1-0  Phil fill in for Darren Himeles (3) 

Bd 16  Louis Wonnell (1) - Joshua Chung (1/2)  1-0

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Team 5 Zeigler vs Team 3 Nilsson  (Team Zeiger won) 

Bd 17  George Zeigler (1 1/2) - Carl Wagner (1)  1-0  Carl filled in for Martin Nilsson (3) 

Bd 18  Jim Krooskos (1 1/2) - Fred Deleon (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Mark Lawless (3) - Aaron Moman (3)  1-0 

Bd 20  Keith Wetterer (1/2) - Darryl Woodson (2)  0-1

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Team 10 Defore vs Team 16 Hodges  (Team Defore won)

Bd 21  Bob Defore (1 1/2) - Peter Hodges (1 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 22  Fred Borges (1) - Edgar Lopez (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 23  Steve Perry (2) - Maria Murra (2)  1-0 

Bd 24  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Bill Murray (2)  0-1 

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Team 14 Amodeo vs Team 4 Funderberg (drawn match)

Bd 25  Mario Amodeo (3 1/2) - Ed Baluran (1/2)  1/2-1/2 Ed filled in for John Funderberg (1 1/2) 

Bd 26  Guru Gopalakrishnan (2 1/2) - Eliza Eggert (2 1/2)  both players took a bye  

Bd 27  John Huey (2) - Zechariah Zhu (3)  1-0

Bd 28  Ross Blum (1) - Ron Stanard (1)  1-0 

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Team 2 Smith vs Team 15 Virtue  (Team Smith won) 

Bd 29  Todd Smith (3) - Allan Virtue (1)  1-0

Bd 30  David Delgadillo (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2    

Bd 31  Karl Lindberg (1/2) - Morgan Fox (1)  1-0

Bd 32  Tom Lavoy (2) - Roger Pedersen (1/2)  1-0 

 

Here are the updated teams with class rating in parentheses. (M)= Master, (Exp)=Expert, E= U1200

Average Team Rating shown last

Team 1: Bruce Baker (M), Bruce Charnov (B), Irina Nizmutdinova (C), Joshua Chung (E), 1612 avg

Team 2: Todd Smith (M), Hector Gonzalez (B), Karl Lindberg (C), Roger Pedersen (E), 1601 avg

Team 3: Martin Nilsson (M), Jim Krooskos (B), Aaron Moman (C), Keith Wetterer (E), 1616 avg

Team 4: John Funderberg (M), Guru Gopalakrishnan (B), Zech Zhu (C), Ross Blum (E), 1652 avg

Team 5: George Zeigler (Exp), Fred Deleon (B), Mark Lawless (C), Darryl Woodson (D), 1659 avg

Team 6: Jim Humphrey (Exp), Shaun Sweitzer (B), Anthony Harbone (B), Dustin Movius (E), 1627 avg

Team 7: Lennart Mathe (Exp), Pejman Sagart (A), Tom Kuhn (B), Stephen Zhu (E), 1653 avg

Team 8: Fawsi Murra Jr (Exp), Fawsi Jose Murra (B), Rocio Murra (C), Mayra Murra (C), 1696 avg

Team 9: Buddy Morris (A), Chuck Ensey (A), Erik Marquis (B), David Palmer (D), 1702 avg

Team 10: Bob Defore (A), Edgar Lopez (A), Steve Perry (B), Bill Murray (D), 1699 avg

Team 11: Jeff Turner (A), Ron Rezendes (A), Sam Barboo (B), Daniel Zhu (D), 1717 avg

Team 12: Chris Wonnell (A), Jerry Qu (A), Darren Himeles (B), Louis Wonnell (D), 1724 avg

Team 13: David Saponara (A), Santi Pinon (A), David Pino (B), Arnold Berlin (D), 1734 avg

Team 14: Mario Amodeo (Exp), Eliza Eggert (B), John Huey (C), Ron Stanard (D), 1627 avg

Team 15: Al Virtue (A), David Delgadillo (A), Morgan Fox (C) Tom Lavoy (D) 1693 avg

Team 16: Peter Hodges (M), Fred Borges (B), Patrick Edwards (D), Maria Murra (D), 1620 avg

Several house players are standing by to fill in when needed, but remember if you take a bye, it may hurt your team if we don't have a good replacement for you...

Murra Family Team Tournament Rd 4

Murra Family Team Tournament Rd 4 of 6 7 PM 10/26/11

The time control will be G/120 with 10 second delay. There are now 16 teams. If you plan to join us, please email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com as soon as possible, we might be able to use a few house players.

Beside team prizes there will also be prizes for Top Bd 1, Top Bd 2, Bd 3 & 4...

Rd 4 results for teams: Note these are team captains and team scores, not individual scores

Team 7 Mathe (2 1/2) vs Team 11 Turner (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2   

Team 13 Saponara (2) vs Team 9 Morris  (2)  0-1  

Team 6 Humphrey (2) vs Team 5 Zeigler (2)  1-0       

Team 8 Murra (1 1/2) vs Team 10 Defore (1 1/2)   1-0  

Team 3  Nilsson (1 1/2) vs Team 1 Baker (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Team 12 Wonnell (1) vs Team 2 Smith (1)  1-0 

Team 4 Funderburg (1) vs Team 16 Hodges (1)  1/2-1/2   

Team 15 Virute (1/2) vs Team 14 Amodeo (1/2)  0-1  

So after Rd 4,

Four Teams are tied for First Place with 3 points: Team 6 (Humphrey), Team 7 (Mathe), Team 9 (Morris) and Team 11 (Turner)

One Team with 2 1/2 points: Team 8 (Murra)

Five Teams have 2 points: Team 1 (Baker), Team 3 (Nilsson), Team 5 (Zeigler), Team 12 (Wonnell) and Team 13 (Saponara) 

Four Teams have 1 1/2 points: Team 4 (Funderberg), Team 10 (Defore), Team 14 (Amodeo) and Team 16 (Hodges)

Plus Team 2 (Smith) has 1 point and Team 15 (Virtue) has 1/2 a point.   

Here are the Individual results for Rd 4:

Team 7 Mathe vs Team 11 Turner;  drawn match

Bd 1  Carl Wagner (0) - Jeff Turner (2)  1-0  Carl replaced Lennart Mathe (bye) 

Bd 2  Ron Rezendes (1/2) - Pejman Sagart (2)  0-1   

Bd 3  Tom Kuhn (1 12) - Sam Barboo (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 4  Daniel Zhu  (3) - Stephen Zhu (1)  1-0 

 

Team 13 Saponara vs Team 9 Morris; Morris Team won 

Bd 5  David Saponara (0) - Buddy Morris (1/2)  0-1 

Bd 6  Chuck Ensey (1) - Santi Pinon (1)  1-0

Bd 7  David Pino (3) - Erik Marquis (2)  1-0

Bd 8  David Palmer (3) - Arnold Berlin (2 1/2)  1-0

 

Team 6 Humphrey vs Team 5 Zeigler; Humphrey Team won

Bd 9  Jim Humphrey (2 1/2) - George Zeigler (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Phil Skiba (2) - Shaun Sweitzer (2 1/2)  0-1  Phil filled in for Deleon (bye) 

Bd 11  Anthony Harbone (2) - Mark Lawless (2)  0-1

Bd 12  Darryl Woodson (2) - Dustin Movius (0)  0-1

 

Team 8 Murra vs Team 10 Defore; Murra Team won

Bd 13  Fawsi Murra Jr (0) - Bob Defore (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 14  Edgar Lopez (1 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 15  Rocio Murra (2) - Steve Perry (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16  Bill Murray (2) - Mayra Murra (2)  0-1

 

Team 3 Nilsson vs Team 1 Baker; drawn

Bd 17  Martin Nilsson (2 1/2) - Bruce Baker (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  Bruce Charnov (1 1/2) - Jim Krooskos (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Aaron Moman (2) - Irina Nizmutdinova (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 20  Joshua Chung (0) - Keith Wetterer (0)  1/2-1/2

 

Team 12 Wonnell vs Team 2 Smith; Wonnell Team won

Bd 21  Chris Wonnell (1 1/2) - Todd Smith (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Hector Gonzalez (2) - Jerry Qu (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Darren Himeles (2) - Karl Lindberg (1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Roger Pedersen (0) - Harry LaSalle (1)  1/2-1/2  Harry filled in for Louis Wonnell 

 

Team 4 Funderberg vs Team 16 Hodges; drawn

Bd 25  John Funderberg (1 1/2) - Peter Hodges (1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Fred Borges (1) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 27  Zechariah Zhu (2) - Maria Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 28  Patrick Edwards (1/2) - Ross Blum (1)  1-0

 

Team 15 Virtue vs Team 14 Amodeo; Amodeo Team won

Bd 29  Allan Virtue (1) - Mario Amodeo (2 1/2)   0-1

Bd 30  Eliza Eggert (2) - Carl Newell (0)  1/2-1/2  Carl filled in for David Delgadillo (bye) 

Bd 31  Morgan Fox (1) - John Huey (1)  0-1

Bd 32  Ron Stanard (1) - Tom Lavoy (1)  0-1

 

 

Withdraw: Yury Kolesnikov (1/2) and Rodney Mills (1/2)

House players will fill in for byes or play each other: 

Bd 33  Phil Skiba (2) - Albert Dumaran (1 1/2)

Bd 34  Harry LaSalle (0) - Booker T Hobbs (1/2)     

Here are the updated teams with class rating in parentheses. (M)= Master, (Exp)=Expert, E= U1200

Average Team Rating shown last

Team 1: Bruce Baker (M), Bruce Charnov (B), Irina Nizmutdinova (C), Joshua Chung (E), 1612 avg

Team 2: Todd Smith (M), Hector Gonzalez (B), Karl Lindberg (C), Roger Pedersen (E), 1601 avg

Team 3: Martin Nilsson (M), Jim Krooskos (B), Aaron Moman (C), Keith Wetterer (E), 1616 avg

Team 4: John Funderberg (M), Guru Gopalakrishnan (B), Zech Zhu (C), Ross Blum (E), 1652 avg

Team 5: George Zeigler (Exp), Fred Deleon (B), Mark Lawless (C), Darryl Woodson (D), 1659 avg

Team 6: Jim Humphrey (Exp), Shaun Sweitzer (B), Anthony Harbone (B), Dustin Movius (E), 1627 avg

Team 7: Lennart Mathe (Exp), Pejman Sagart (A), Tom Kuhn (B), Stephen Zhu (E), 1653 avg

Team 8: Fawsi Murra Jr (Exp), Fawsi Jose Murra (B), Rocio Murra (C), Mayra Murra (C), 1696 avg

Team 9: Buddy Morris (A), Chuck Ensey (A), Erik Marquis (B), David Palmer (D), 1702 avg

Team 10: Bob Defore (A), Edgar Lopez (A), Steve Perry (B), Bill Murray (D), 1699 avg

Team 11: Jeff Turner (A), Ron Rezendes (A), Sam Barboo (B), Daniel Zhu (D), 1717 avg

Team 12: Chris Wonnell (A), Jerry Qu (A), Darren Himeles (B), Louis Wonnell (D), 1724 avg

Team 13: David Saponara (A), Santi Pinon (A), David Pino (B), Arnold Berlin (D), 1734 avg

Team 14: Mario Amodeo (Exp), Eliza Eggert (B), John Huey (C), Ron Stanard (D), 1627 avg

Team 15: Al Virtue (A), David Delgadillo (A), Morgan Fox (C) Tom Lavoy (D) 1693 avg

Team 16: Peter Hodges (M), Fred Borges (B), Patrick Edwards (D), Maria Murra (D), 1620 avg

Several house players are standing by to fill in when needed, but remember if you take a bye, it may hurt your team if we don't have a good replacement for you...