Club Championships Rd 2

San Diego Chess Club Championships

Rd 2 of 7 is on 2/29/12 7 PM Time control: 40/90, SD/60, d/5

Results of round 2:

Club Championship Section

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (1) - John Funderburg (1)  0-1

Bd 2  Raoul Crisologo (1) - Todd Smith (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Buddy Morris (1) - David Hart (1)  0-1

Bd 4  Carl Wagner (1/2) - David Whitten (1/2)  1-0

Bd 5  Peter Hodges (1/2) - Aaron Wooten (1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 6  Ben Barquin (0) - Alejandrino Baluran (0)  1/2-1/2  Ben filled in for Jim Humphrey 

Bd 7  Mario Amodeo (0) - David Pino (0)  1-0 

Bd 8  Lennart Mathe (0) - Joel Batchelor (0)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Jim Humphrey (0)

Reserve (U1800) Championship Section

Bd 9  Ron Rezendes (1) - Larry Vikander (1)  0-1

Bd 10  Carl Newell (1) - Bruce Charnov (1)  0-1  

Bd 11 Hector Gonzalez (1) - Erik Marquis (1)  0-1 

Bd 12  Damani Fair (1/2) - Tom Kuhn (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Jerry Kavanau (1/2) - John Huey (0)  1-0 

Bd 14  Anthony Harbone (0) - Glenn Rich (0)  1-0 

Bd 15  Arnold Berlin (0) - Jonathan Patriarca (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 16: Eliza Eggert (1/2) - Roger Wathen (0)  1/2-1/2  Roger filled in as a house player

Withdraw: Zechariah Zhu and Darren Himeles; Eliza replaces Zechariah 

Cyrus Lakdawala Open

Bd 17  George Zeigler (1) - Allan Virtue (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 18  David Saponara (1) - Jeff Turner (1)  1-0

Bd 19  Chris Wonnell (1) - Fawsi Jose Murra (1)  1-0

Bd 20  Datris Robinson (1/2) - David Delgadillo (1/2)  0-1

Bd 21  Jerry Qu (1/2) - Dayne Freitag (0)  0-1

Bd 22 Guru Gopalakrishnan (0) - Pejman Sagart (0)  1-0

Bye: Koji Louis (0), Alfredo Deleon (0) full point bye; Ben Barquin (1/2) full point bye     

Fred Borges Open

Bd 23  Thomas Webb (1) - Phil Skiba (1)  0-1

Bd 24  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  1-0 

Bd 25  Morgan Fox (1) - Steve Perry (1/2)  0-1

Bd 26  Rocio Murra (1/2) - Daniel Zhu (0)  1-0   

Bd 27  Tom Lavoy (0) - Donald Klaas (0)  0-1

Bd 28  Louis Wonnell (0) - Jerry Liu (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bye: Mayra Murra (0), Stanford Talcott (0) 

Patrick Edwards Open

Bd 31  Bill Murray (1) - Stephen Zhu (1)  0-1 

Bd 32  Tygan Zeng (1/2) - Patrick Edwards (1)  1-0

Bd 33  David Palmer (1/2) - Andrew Liu (1/2)  1-0

Bd 34  Maria Murra (1/2) - Darryl Woodson (1/2)  0-1

Bd 35  Ross Blum (0) - Joshua Chung (1/2)  0-1

Bd 35  Roger Pedersen (0) - Ron Stanard (1/2)  0-1

Bye: Keith Wetterer (1), Dustin Movius (0) 

Matches:

Bd 36  Shaun Sweitzer (0) - Chuck Ensey (0)  0-1   

email chucnglo@aol.com to join or call 619-239-7166

The 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

$20,000 Guaranteed Prizes

6 round Swiss in 5 Sections, 40/2,SD/1, d/5. This is the classical 6 hour game that is the gold standard for QUALITY CHESS. It works out to an average of 3 minutes per move (120 minutes/40 moves), which goes by pretty fast when you are trying to find a saving move!!

Or for those who like a faster pace, there is the 2 day option, where the first 3 games are G/60, also with the 5 second delay, then the 2 day and the 3 day players merge in round 4.

Total entries came to 142 players. We were hoping for about 150 or more, but considering this was a brand new event at a new location, 142 wasn't too bad. The Open Section was very robust with 2 GMs, 7 IMs and 15 other Masters. No surprise that the two GMs tied for first, but would any of the IMs be able to match their score? Only 11th ranked Raymond Kaufman and he did it with a last round bye, which had to be declared before round 2 and was irrevocable. Several other players from out of town choose this option to make the weekend a bit shorter and to get back home at a reasonable hour.

Open Section, 48 players:

First/Second/Third Place: Gregory Kaidanov (5), Melikset Khachiyan (5) and Raymond Kaufman (5), $1,866 each

4th - 5th Place: Enrico Sevillano (4 1/2) and Alexandre Kretchetov (4 1/2), $750 each

BU2300: Michael Brown (4 1/2), $800

6th - 7th Place: Zhanibek Amanov (4), Jack Peters (4), Dionisio Aldama (4), Timothy Taylor (4), Luke Harmon-Vellotti (4), $180 each

BU2200: Alexander King (4), $1,000

2nd U2300: Vadim Kudryavtsev (3 1/2), $400

2nd/3rd U2200: Daniel Diskin (3 1/2) and Raoul Crisologo (4), $500 each

4th U2200: Craig Clawitter (3), Alaa-addin Moussa (3), Vanessa West (3) and Jamieson Pryor (3), $50 each

Premier (U2000) Section: 33 players

First Place: Chris Roberts (5), $1,000

2nd - 4th Place: Agata Bykovtsev (4 1/2), Justin Arnold (4 1/2) and Michael Taylor (4 1/2), $400 each

Amateur (U1800) Section: 26 players

First Place: William Li (5), $1,000

2nd - 4th Place: Fridha Melissa Becerra (4 1/2), Steve Perry (4 1/2) and Gert Lykke (4 1/2), $400 each

Reserve (U1600) Section: 18 players

First Place: David Whitten (5 1/2), $1,000

2nd Place: Theodore Pringle (5), $600

3rd - 4th Place: Kenneth Carter (4) and Louis Wonnell (4), $300 each

Booster (U1400) Section: 17 players

First Place: Stanford Talcott (5), $600

Second Place: Cassidy Liu (4 1/2), $400

Third Place: Keric Rivas (4), $200

BU1200: Stephen Zhu (4) and Walter Greismeyer (4), $225 each

Best Unrated: Carlito Lanada (3 1/2), $100

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

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.

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.

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

State Championship Qualifier, 150 Grand Prix Points (enhanced)

Club Championships Rd 1

San Diego Chess Club Championships 

Rd 1 of 7 is on 2/22/12  7 PM   Time control: 40/90, SD/60, d/5

Club Championship Section  

Here are the players in rating order. Parings will be posted soon, after we flip for colors. Ratings here are estimates, the Markowski has not yet been rated but will be soon.

OK the coin flip came up that the top board will be Black...

Bd 1  Alejandrino Baluran (2085) - Bruce Baker (2287)  0-1

Bd 2  Todd Smith (2249) - Mario Amodeo (2071)  1-0

Bd 3  Aaron Wooten (2054) - Carl Wagner (2209)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  David Hart (2200) - Lennart Mathe (2029)  1-0

Bd 5  Buddy Morris (1954) - Jim Humphrey (2120)  1-0 

Bd 6  John Funderburg (2192) - David Pino (1898)  1-0

Bd 7  Joel Batchelor (1845) - Raoul Crisologo (2164)  0-1

Bye:. Jim Humphrey,  David Whitten

2 byes allowed, house players will fill in when needed...

Reserve (U1800) Championship Section 

Bd 8  John Huey (1608) - Ron Rezendes (1797)  0-1 

Bd 9  Bruce Charnov (1783) - Anthony Harbone (1693)  1-0 

Bd 10 Tom Kuhn (1655) - Hector Gonzalez (1765)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 11  Jonathan Patriarca (1602) - Larry Vikander (1769)  0-1 

Bd 12  Darren Himeles (1737) - Jerry Kavanau (1601)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 13  Glenn Rich (1577) - Carl Newell (1736)  0-1

Bd 14   Erik Marquis (1719) - Arnold Berlin (1441)  1-0

Bye: Zechariah Zhu, Damani Fair 

Cyrus Lakdawala Open 

Bd 15  Dayne Freitag (1907) - George Zeigler (2073)  0-1

Bd 16  Jeff Turner (2005) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1879)  1-0

Bd 17  Pejman Sagart (1866) - Chris Wonnell (1935)  0-1

Bd 18  Allan Virtue (1923) - Koji Louis (1850)

Bd 19  Alfredo De Leon (1820) - David Saponara (1912)  0-1

Bd 20  Fawsi Jose Murra (1706) - Shaun Sweitzer (1820)  1-0     

Bye: David Delgadillo (1887) and Datris Robinson (1810) 

Fred Borges Open

Bd 21  Phil Skiba (1720) - Eliza Eggert (1585)  1-0

Bd 22  Daniel Zhu (1498) - Steve Perry (1726)  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Donald Klaas (1652) - Morgan Fox (1492)  0-1

Bd 24  Mayra Murra (1471) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (1637)  0-1

Bd 25  Mark Lawless (1596) - Tom Lavoy (1424)  1-0

Bd 26  Stanford Talcott (1414) - Sam Barboo (1691)  0-1

Bd 27  Louis Wonnell (1514) - Thomas Webb (1577)  0-1

Byes: Rocio Murra (1540) and James Coulston (1565)

 Patrick Edwards Open

Bd 28  Stephen Zhu (1294) - Ross Blum (1134)  1-0

Bd 29  Joshua Chung (1112) - David Palmer (1287)  1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Bill Murray (1281) - Ronald Stanard (1077)  1F-0F

Bd 31  Keith Wetterer (967) - Dustin Movius (1205)  1-0

Bd 32  Patrick Edwards (1154) - Roger Pedersen (866)  1-0

Bye: Maria Murra (1279)  

 

Matches:

Bd 17  Shaun Sweitzer (1820) - Chuck Ensey (1851)   delayed until next week

email  chucnglo@aol.com  to join in or call 619-239-7166

 

 

 

Prizes for the Markowski Open

The 2012 Alina Markowski Open  7 rounds, 1/04/12 - 2/15/12 

85 players, plus 10 house players who filled in when needed (thanks everyone!)

Here are the Prize Winners:

First Place: Alejandrino Baluran (6), $120

2nd Place: Todd Smith (5 1/2) and Carl Wagner (5 1/2), $60

BU2200: Peter Hodges (5 1/2), $80    BU2000: David Whitten (5 1/2), $80 

4th Place: David Hart (5), $30

2nd U2200: Lennart Mathe (5), Aaron Wooten (5), Mario Amodeo (5), Jim Humphrey (5), $30 each   

2nd U2000: David Pino (5) and Buddy Morris (5), $50 each

4th U2000: Joel Batchelor (4 1/2), Chuck Ensey (4 1/2), Chris Wonnell (4 1/2), Guru Gopalakrishnan (4 1/2), Koji Louis (4 1/2), $10 each 

BU1800: Ron Rezendes (4 1/2), $80

2nd U1800: Darren Himeles (4), Sam Barboo (4), Erik Marquis (4), Anthony Harbone (4), Albert Dumaran (4) and Hector Gonzalez (4), $25 each

BU1600: Jerry Kavanau (3 1/2), Glenn Rich (3 1/2) and James Coulston (3 1/2), $40 each

4th U1600: Morgan Fox (3) and Rocio Murra (3), $10 each

BU1400: Arnold Berlin (3 1/2), $60

2nd U1400: Keric Rivas (3) and Stanford Talcott (3), $30 each

BU1200: Stephen Zhu (2 1/2) and Ross Blum (2 1/2): $30 each

Upset Prizes: David Whitten, Anthony Harbone, Daniel Zhu and Stanford Talcott, $15,  or one of Cyrus' books ($20 value), your choice. All 4 of these players upset someone 400 points higher than them!!  

Total Prizes: $1,100

 

    

 

  

The Markowski Open Rd 7

Rd 7 of 7 Club Championship Qualifier!

7 PM on 2/15/12

85 players, plus a few house players...

Prizes will be posted tomorrow night. Here are the players who qualified for the 2 Championships. Other players will start a new event next week.

Club Championship: these are in tie break order, not rating order:

Alejandrino Baluran (6), Todd Smith (5 1/2), Peter Hodges (5 1/2), Carl Wagner (5 1/2), David Whitten (5 1/2), Lennart Mathe (5), David Hart (5), Aaron Wooten (5), Mario Amodeo (5), David Pino (5), Jim Humphrey (5), Buddy Morris (5) and Joel Batchelor (4 1/2) on tie breaks over Jeff Turner, Chuck Ensey, Chris Wonnell, Guru Gopalakrishnan, Manuel Herrera, Ron Rezendes and Koji Louis, all with 4 1/2. These 13 players will join Bruce Baker, Raoul Crisologo and John Funderburg. I will post pairings tomorrow night. 

For the Reserve Championship U1800): Ron Rezendes (4 1/2), Darren Himeles (4), Sam Barboo (4), Erik Marquis (4), Anthony Harbone (4), Hector Gonzalez (4), Bruce Charnov (3 1/2), Carl Newell (3 1/2), Damani Fair (3 1/2), Arnold Berlin (3 1/2), Jerry Kavanau (3 1/2), Glenn Rich (3 1/2), John Huey (3 1/2), Larry Vikander (3 1/2), and on tie breaks: Tom Kuhn (3) and Zechariah Zhu (3)     

Here are the Results for Round 7...     

Board 1  Carl Wagner (5) - Peter Hodges (5)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  David Hart (4 1/2) - Todd Smith (5)  1/2 -1/2

Bd 3  Alejandrino Baluran (5) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (4 1/2)  1-0

Bd 4  Aaron Wooten (4 1/2) - Jim Humphrey (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 5  Esteban Escobedo (4 1/2) - David Whitten (4 1/2)  0-1

Bd 6  Mario Amodeo (4 1/2) - David Pino (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 8  Lennart Mathe (4) - Hector Gonzalez (4)  1-0

Bd 9  Buddy Morris (4) - Darren Himeles (4)  1-0 

Bd 10  Chris Wonnell (4) - Chuck Ensey (4)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 11  Jeff Turner (3 1/2) - Bruce Charnov (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 12  Sam Barboo (3 1/2) - David Saponara (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2     

Bd 13  Carl Newell (3 1/2) - Koji Louis (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 14  Joel Batchelor (3 1/2) - Glenn Rich (3 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 15  Ron Rezendes (3 1/2) - Arnold Berlin (3 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 16  Jerry Qu (3) - Albert Dumaran (3)  0-1

Bd 17  David Delgadillo (3) - Erik Marquis (3)  0-1

Bd 18  Shaun Sweitzer (3) - Steve Perry (3)  1-0

Bd 20  Donald Klaas (3) - Anthony Harbone (3)  0-1

Bd 21  Damani Fair (2 1/2) - Stanford Talcott (3)  1-0  

Bd 22  Morgan Fox (2 1/2) - Tom Kuhn (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 23  Keric Rivas (2 1/2) - Eliza Eggert (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 24  Mark Lawless (2 1/2) - Jerry Kavanau (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 25  John Huey (2 1/2) - Daniel Zhu (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 26  Tygan Zeng (2 1/2) - James Coulston  (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 27  Fawsi Jose Murra (2) - Tom Lavoy (2)  1-0

Bd 28  Bill Murray (2) - Zechariah Zhu (2)  0-1

Bd 29  Jonathan Patriarca (2) - Louis Wonnell (2)  1-0 

Bd 30  Rocio Murra (2) - Ron Stanard  (2)  1-0  

Bd 31  David Palmer (2) - Keith Wetterer (2)  1-0

Bd 32  Joshua Chung (1 1/2) - Andrew Liu (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

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

Bd 34  Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Ross Blum (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 35  Patrick Edwards (1) - Jared Weiss (1)  0-1  

Withdraw: Brian Polka (4), Ben Barquin (3 1/2), Allen Virtue (3 1/2), Larry Vikander (3 1/2), Pejman Sagart (3), Blake Borskey (3), Alfredo Deleon (3), Ignacio Sainz (3), Aaron Moman (2 1/2), Robert Draper (2 1/2), Chris Jensen (2), Maria Murra (1 1/2), Brandon Lopez (1 1/2)

Be sure to let us know if you need to withdraw chucnglo@aol.com or call 619-239-7166

Possible house players: Phil Skiba, Donald Klaas, Jared Weiss, Carl Qu, Jerry Liu

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

The 13 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg. 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.

The Markowski Open Rd 6

Rd 6 of 7 Club Championship Qualifier!

7 PM on 2/08/12

85 players, plus a few house players...

Here are the results for Round 5...   

There were many upsets this round and the rating mismatches aren't quite as wide as they were in the beginning, so I haven't been highlighting the upsets. One does deserve special mention; Stanford Talcott upset the the fast rising Zechariah Zhu. Stan has been applying himself hard lately with lots of study and he deserves extra credit! 

Board 1  Todd Smith (4 1/2) - Carl Wagner (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  David Hart (4) - Peter Hodges (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  Jim Humphrey (4) Esteban Escobedo (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 4  Brian Polka (4) - Alejandrino Baluran (4)  0-1

Bd 5  David Pino (4) - Aaron Wooten (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Manuel Herrera (3 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (4)  1-0

Bd 7  Allan Virtue (3 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Guru Gopalakrishnan (3 1/2) - Ben Barquin (3 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 9  David Whitten (3 1/2) - Ignacio Sainz (3)  1-0 

Bd 10  Albert Dumaran (3) - Lennart Mathe (3)  0-1 

Bd 11  Buddy Morris (3) - Pejman Sagart (3)  1-0

Bd 12  Chuck Ensey (3) - David Delgadillo (3)  1-0    

Bd 13  Koji Louis (3) - Joel Batchelor (3)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 14  Hector Gonzalez (3) - Shaun Sweitzer (3)  1-0 

Bd 15  Darren Himeles (3) - Jerry Qu (3) 1-0

Bd 16  Anthony Harbone (3) - Jeff Turner (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 17  David Saponara (2 1/2) - Aaron Moman (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 18  Robert Draper (2 1/2) - Sam Barboo (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 19  James Coulston (2 1/2) - Ron Rezendes (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 20  Bruce Charnov (2 1/2) - John Huey (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 21  Tom Kuhn (2 1/2) - Larry Vikander (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 22  Jerry Kavanau (2 1/2) - Carl Newell (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Arnold Berlin (2 1/2) - Damani Fair (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 24  Alfredo Deleon (2) - Chris Jensen (2)  1-0

Bd 25  Steve Perry (2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 26  Erik Marquis (2) - Jonathan Patriarca (2)  1-0

Bd 27  Blake Borskey (2) - Rocio Murra (2)  1-0

Bd 28  Zechariah Zhu (2) - Stanford Talcott (2)  0-1 

Bd 29  Tom Lavoy (2) - Mark Lawless (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Andrew Liu (1 1/2) - Daniel Zhu (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 31  Stephen Zhu (1 1/2) - Keric Rivas (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 32  Tygan Zeng (1 1/2) - Maria Murra (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 33  Ron Stanard (1 1/2) - Bill Murray (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 34  Louis Wonnell (1 1/2) - Eric Zhou  (1)  1-0 

Bd 35  Brandon Lopez (1) - David Palmer (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 36  Keith Wetterer (1) - Patrick Edwards (1)  1-0 

Bd 37  Ross Blum (1) - Joshua Chung (1)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 38  Roger Pedersen (1/2) - Jerry Liu (0)  0-1  

Bd 39  Steve Gordon (0) - Donald Klaas (1) 1-0 house game 

Bye: Glenn Rich (3), Eliza Eggert (2), Morgan Fox (2)

Withdraw: Datris Robinson (3), William Wijaya (1 1/2)

Be sure to let us know if you need a bye. Email chucnglo@aol.com or call 619-239-7166

Possible house players: Phil Skiba, Donald Klaas, Jared Weiss, Carl Qu, Jerry Liu

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

The 13 players with the highest score at the end of 7 rounds will qualify to join the Club Championship with Raoul Crisologo, Bruce Baker and John Funderburg. 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.