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