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Tom Fries Open Round 3

Tom Fries Open Round 3 of 5 on 5/02/12    7 PM

77 Players total ...

Time control is 30/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. This is a new time control we are trying out for the first time. It is basically the same 5 hour game we have been playing, just that the first time control is easier to make now, but you may have less time near the end, so budget it wisely... The average time per move is 3 minutes a move for the first 30 moves, but then you are on your own!

If you would like to join in, please email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com

Master Round Robin (6 players)

Board 1  John Funderburg (1 1/2) - Martin Nilsson (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  Bruce Baker (0) - David Hart (1)  1-0

Bd 3  Peter Hodges (1) - Todd Smith (1)  1/2-1/2

McMahon Section, (71 players)

McMahon bye points: Expert=4, A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0

71 total includes 1 Master, 12 Experts, 14 Class A, 16 Class B, 11 Class C, 13 Class D/E and 4 unrated, a nice even mix of players that makes the McMahon work very well.

Results for Round 3:     

Bd 5  George Zeigler (5 1/2) - Carl Wagner (5 1/2)  0-1

Bd 6  Aaron Wooten (5 1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (5)  0-1

Bd 7  Lennart Mathe (5) - Jim Humphrey (5)  1-0

Bd 8  Mario Amodeo (5) - Bud Stamper (5)  0-1

Bd 9  Robert Defore (4 1/2) - Rani Hermiz (4 1/2)  1-0

Bd 10  Pejman Sagart (4 1/2) - Ben Barquin (4 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 11  Albert Dumaran (4 1/2) - Chris Wonnell (4 1/2)  0-1

Bd 12  Guru Gopalakrishnan (4 1/2) - Buddy Morris (4 1/2)  0-1

Bd 13  Alejandrino Baluran (4) - Shaun Sweitzer (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 14  Alfredo Deleon (4) - Allan Virtue (4)  1-0

Bd 15  Bruce Charnov (4) - David Saponara (4)  0-1  

Bd 16  Chuck Ensey (3 1/2) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 17  Damani Fair (3 1/2) - Zoran Cvetkovic (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 18  Joel Batchelor (3 1/2) - Glenn Rich (3 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 19  Eliza Eggert (3 1/2) - William Wijaya (3 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 20  Tom Kuhn (3) - Zechariah Zhu (3)  0-1

Bd 21  Mark Lawless (3) - Steve Perry (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Fawsi Jose Murra (3) - Morgan Fox (3)  1-0 

Bd 23  Anthony Harbone (3) - Jerry Qu (2 1/2)  0-1   

Bd 24  Donald Klaas (3) - Rocio Murra (2 1/2)  1-0

Bd 25  Daniel Zhu (2) - Bill Murray (2)  0-1

Bd 26  Darryl Woodson (2) - Roger Wathen (2)  1-0    

Bd 27  Daniel Amor (2) - Mayra Movius (2)  0-1 

Bd 28  Stephen Zhu (1 1/2) - Ronald Stanard (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  Tygan Zeng (1 1/2) - Aaron Cook (1 1/2)  0-1

Bd 30  Patrick Edwards (1 1/2) - Michael Smith (1 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 31  Ross Blum (1) - Joshua Chung (1)  0-1

Bd 32  Keric Rivas (1/2) - Maria Murra (1/2)  1-0   

Bd 33  Dustin Movius (1/2) - Roger Pedersen (0)  1-0 

Bye: Jeff Turner (6), Hector Gonzalez (3 1/2), Erik Marquis (3), Arnold Berlin (1 1/2), Mike Garvin (1), David Palmer (1/2)

Withdraw: Stanford Talcott, David Whitten 

   

Tom Fries Open Round 2

Tom Fries Open Round 2 of 5  on 4/25/12    7 PM

78 Players total so far...

Time control is 30/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. This is a new time control we are trying out for the first time. It is basically the same 5 hour game we have been playing, just that the first time control is easier to make now, but you may have less time near the end, so budget it wisely... The average time per move is 3 minutes a move for the first 30 moves, but then you are on your own!

If you would like to join in, please email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com

Master Round Robin (6 players)

Board 1  Martin Nilsson (1) - Peter Hodges (1/2)  1/2-1/2

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

Bd 3   John Funderburg (1/2) - Bruce Baker (0)  1-0 

McMahon Section, (72 players so far) 

McMahon bye points: Expert=4, A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0

72 total includes 1 Master, 13 Experts, 14 Class A, 16 Class B, 11 Class C, 13 Class D and 4 unrated, a nice even mix of players that makes the McMahon work very well.

Results for Round 2: Here are some the players who joined this week: Amodeo, Batchelor, Aaron Cook, Dumaran, Fair, Qu, Rivas and Wagner.    

Bd 4  Raoul Crisologo (5) - George Zeigler (5)  0-1 

Bd 5  Carl Wagner (4 1/2) - David Whitten (5)  0-1

Bd 6  Jim Humphrey (4 1/2) - Mario Amodeo (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 7  Ben Barquin (4 1/2) - Aaron Wooten (4 1/2)  0-1

Bd 8  Rani Hermiz (4) - Lennart Mathe (4 1/2)  1/2-1/2  

Bd 9  Bud Stamper (4)  - Alejandrino Baluran (4)  1-0 

Bd 10  Pejman Sagart (4) - Robert Defore (4)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 11  Jeff Turner (4) - Allan Virtue (4)  1-0

Bd 12  Chris Wonnell (4) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Buddy Morris (3 1/2) - Bruce Charnov (4)  1-0

Bd 14  David Delgadillo (3 1/2) - Chuck Ensey (3 1/2)  1-0 

Bd 15  Zoran Cvetkovic (3 1/2) - Albert Dumaran (3 1/2)  0-1

Bd 16  Shaun Sweitzer (3 1/2) - Joel Batchelor (3 1/2)  1-0

Bd 17  David Saponara (3) - Tom Kuhn (3)  1-0 

Bd 18  Hector Gonzalez (3) - Glenn Rich (3)  1/2-1/2 

Bd 19  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (3) - Erik Marquis (3)  1-0 

Bd 20  Jerry Qu (2 1/2) - Eliza Eggert (2 1/2)  0-1 

Bd 21  Zechariah Qu (2 1/2) - Fawsi Jose Murra (2 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Rocio Murra (2 1/2) - Damani Fair (2 1/2)  0-1

Bd 23  Steve Perry (2) - Daniel Zhu (2)  1-0

Bd 24  Anthony Harbone (2) - Donald Klaas (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Roger Wathen (2) - Mark Lawless (2)  0-1

Bd 26  Arnold Berlin (1 1/2) - Morgan Fox (2)  0-1   

Bd 27  Han Kang (1 1/2) - Jerry Kavanau (1 1/2)  0F-0F

Bd 28  Mayra Movius (1) - Stanford Talcott (1 1/2)  1-0

Bd 29  Stephen Zhu (1) - Tygan Zeng (1) 1/2-1/2

Bd 30  Patrick Edwards (1) - Darryl Woodson (1)  0-1    

Bd 31  Bill Murray (1) - Ross Blum (1)  1-0

Bd 32  Daniel Amor (1) - Keric Rivas (1/2)  1-0

Bd 33  Ronald Stanard (1/2) -  David Palmer (1/2)  1-0

Bd 34  Aaron Cook (1/2) - Maria Murra (1/2)  1-0

Bd 35  Joshua Chung (1/2) - Dustin Movius (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 36  Bryce Young (0) - Brandon Lopez (0)  0-1

Bd 37   Mike Garvin (0) - Roger Pedersen (0)  1-0

Bd 38   Brandt Young (0) - Nick Kinzel (0)  0-1

Bye: Alfredo Deleon (3 1/2), William Wijaya (3), Dennis Kruse (2), Louis Wonnell (1), Mike Smith (1)   

No show: William Hammond, Giselle Cuen, please advise ASAP...     

The Tom Fries Open

Tom Fries Open  Round 1 of 5  starts on 4/18/12  7 PM

73 Players total so far...great turnout for first round! 

Time control is 30/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay. This is a new time control we are trying out for the first time. It is basically the same 5 hour game we have been playing, just that the first time control is easier to make now, but you may have less time near the end, so budget it wisely... The average time per move is 3 minutes a move for the first 30 moves, but then you are on your own!  

If you would like to join in, please email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com

Master Round Robin (6 players)  

Board 1  Bruce Baker - Martin Nilsson  0-1

Bd 2  Todd Smith - John Funderburg  1/2-1/2

Bd 3  David Hart - Peter Hodges  1/2-1/2  

McMahon Section, (67 players so far) + Phil Skiba as house player when needed...

McMahon bye points: Expert=4, A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0    

67 total includes 12 Experts, 11 Class A, 14 Class B, 12 Class C, 14 Class D and 5 unrated, a nice even mix of players that makes the McMahon work very well. 

Bd 4  Alejandrino Baluran (4) - Raoul Crisologo (4)  0-1

Bd 5  Jim Humphrey (4) - Ben Barquin (4)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Robert Defore (4) - George Zeigler (4)  0-1

Bd 7  David Whitten (4) - Jeff Turner (4)  1-0

Bd 8  Bud Stamper (3) - Chris Wonnell (4)  1-0

Bd 9  Allan Virtue (3) - Rani Hermiz (4)  1-0

Bd 10  Guru Gopalakrishnan (3) - David Saponara (3)  1-0

Bd 11 Buddy Morris (3) - Alfredo Deleon (3)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  William Wijaya (3) - Pejman Sagart (3)  0-1

Bd 13  Bruce Charnov (3) - Steve Perry (2)  1-0

Bd 14  Eliza Eggert (2) - Zechariah Zhu (2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Erik Marquis (2) - Roger Wathen (2)  1-0

Bd 16  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (2) - Anthony Harbone (2)  1-0

Bd 17  Tom Kuhn (2) - Dennis Kruse (2)  1-0

Bd 18  Daniel Zhu (2) - Hector Gonzalez (2)  0-1

Bd 19  Donald Klaas (2) - Mayra Movius (1)  1-0

Bd 20  Arnold Berlin (1) - Jerry Kavanau (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 21  Glenn Rich (1) - Louis Wonnell (1)  1-0

Bd 22  Darryl Woodson (1) - Mark Lawless (1)  0-1

Bd 23  Morgan Fox (1) - Stephen Zhu (1)  1-0

Bd 24  David Palmer (0) - Han Kang (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 25  Tygan Zeng (0) - Dustin Movius (0)  1-0

Bd 26  Brandon Lopez (0) - Bill Murray (0)  0-1

Bd 27  Roger Pedersen (0) - Daniel Amor (0)  0-1

Bd 28  Joshua Chung (0) - Zoran Cvetkovic (0)  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Michael Smith (0) - Brandt Young (0)  1-0

Bd 30  Bryce Young (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  0-1     

Bd 31  Ross Blum (0) - Mike Garvin (0)  1-0

Bye: Lennart Mathe (4), Aaron Wooten (4), Shaun Sweitzer (3), Chuck Ensey (3), Fawsi Jose Murra (2), Rocio Murra (2), Stanford Talcott (1), William Hammond (0), Maria Murra (0), Ron Stanard (0), Giselle Cuen (0)          

SDCC Senior/Junior Open

 Senior/Junior Open on 4/14 - 4/15/12

San Diego Chess Club at 2225 Sixth Avenue (between Ivy and Juniper) in Balboa Park

$2,420 Prize fund based on 43 players, 5 round Swiss in 2 Sections:

"Senior" Section: 50 years and older and "Junior" Section: Under 50 years old

Rounds: 10 AM, 2 PM and 6 PM on Saturday; 10 AM and 2 PM on Sunday

All games are G/100 minutes with 10 second delay.

Entry Fee: $50 if paid by 4/13/12 (or $60 on day of event). SCCF membership required ($18 adult, $10 junior)  

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Entries (43 total):

Senior Section (24 players): In rating order:

2 Masters: Bruce Baker 2298, Peter Graves 2294

7 Experts: Avram Zaydenberg 2189, Raoul Crisologo 2131, Jim Humphrey 2116, Aaron Wooten 2071, Leonard Sussman 2042, Alejandrino Baluran 2028, Chris Wonnell 2015   

6 Class A: Ben Barquin 1988, Dennis Saccuzzo 1945, Phillip Roth 1939, John Badger 1866, Daniel Collins 1850, Chuck Ensey 1830 

3 Class B: Steve Perry 1756, John Goddard 1725, Anthony Harbone 1653

6 Class C and below: Glenn Rich 1571, Steven Dahl 1544, Fred Cleveland 1391, Michael Smith 1046, Carol Paden 1005, Roger Pedersen 859   

Almost everyone won a prize in this event - pretty much all you had to do was show up because there are so many prizes. We had 43 players, up one from last year, but the three previous years we had over 53, 50 and 53, so apparently we need to do a better promo job.

Bruce Baker lost only to Ben Barquin while Ben took a bye in Rd 3 and drew the last round with Alejandrino. Mike Smith scored a huge upset (899 points) and I (Chuck Ensey) had a good run on the first day, winning 3 in a row, including a win over Master Peter Graves (464 points).

In the Junior Section, David Whitten was once again the talk of the town, as he racked up 4 wins in a row, including over NM Kyron Griffith in round 2, NM Varun Krishnan (2307) in rd 3 and strong Expert and recent Master Peter Hodges. Finally it was up to IM Dionisio Aldama to put a stop to this incredible run...he wouldn't have any problems, right?  Hmmm, actually he went down two pawns right off the bat and was clearly losing badly, but it is very hard to face down an IM and David finally slipped up in the end and lost. No one seems to be able to explain David's fantastic run of wins. Speculation is that he has somehow managed to have a super high rated computer program implanted in his brain, but we can't see any scars from the surgery, so we are still at a loss to explain how this can be...

Prize winners: (note slightly corrected from before)

First/Second Place: Bruce Baker (4) and Ben Barquin (4), $175 each

BU2400/2200: Alejandrino Baluran (3 1/2) and Aaron Wooten (3 1/2), $90 each

BU2000: Chuck Ensey (3), $90

Third Place/2ndU2400: Peter Graves (3), $22

Third Place/2nd U2200: Raoul Crisologo (3), Leonard Sussman (3), Raoul Crisologo (3), Jim Humphrey (3) and Chris Wonnell (3), $22 each    

2nd U2000: Phillip Roth (2 1/2) and John Badger (2 1/2), $15 each 

Best Over 70 years old: Avram Zaydenberg (2 1/2): $60

Best Over 60 years old: Daniel Collins (2), $30

Best U1800: Anthony Harbone (2 1/2) and John Goddard (2 1/2), $60 each 

BU1600: Glenn Rich (2), Steven Dahl (2) and Fred Cleveland (2), $40 each

Biggest Upset: Michael Smith (1 1/2), $15, for a win over player rated 899 points higher!

Best GameSenior Section: Chuck Ensey, $15 

Junior Section (19 so far): in rating order:

3 masters: Dionisio Aldama 2510, Varun Krishnan 2307, Kyron Griffith 2278

5 Experts: Peter Hodges 2167, Paul Agron 2136, Jamieson Pryor 2110, Venkat Iyer 2108, David Whitten 2014  

3 Class A: Bud Stamper 1966, Sridhar Ramanujam 1905, Charlie Berkman 1817 

5 Class B: Jerry Qu 1786, Ajay Krishnan 1744, Zechariah Zhu 1726, Jay Choi 1724, Eliza Eggert 1608 

3 Class C: Daniel Zhu 1599, Victor Delgadillo 1487, Stephen Zhu 1409

Prize winners:

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (5), $250

Second Place; David Whitten (4), $100

Third Place: Venkat Iyer (3 1/2), $77

BU2400: Kyron Griffith (3 1/2), $77  BU2200: Jamieson Pryor (3 1/2), $77

2nd U2400: Peter Hodges (3), $30

BU2000/2nd U2000: Bud Stamper (2 1/2), Sridhar Ramanujam (2 1/2) and Charlie Berkman (2 1/2), $40

BU1800: Zechariah Zhu (2 1/2), $70

BU1600/2nd U2200: Victor Delgadillo (2 1/2) and Stephen Zhu (2 1/2), $70

2nd U1800: Eliza Eggert (2), $30 

Best Under 20 years old: Daniel Zhu (1 1/2), $60

Best Under 12 years old: Jerry Qu (1 1/2), $60

Best Under 16 years old: Jay Choi (1) and Varun Krishnan (1), $30 each 

Biggest Upset: Victor Delgadillo (2 1/2), $15, for win over a player rated 529 points higher!

Best Game Junior Section: Zechariah Zhu, $15

Zhu, Zechariah (1726) - Choi, Jay (1724)   Best Game Junior Section

Senior/Junior Open, Round 3, 4/14/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.Bd3 Qb6 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.f3 0–0 11.h4 Bd7 12.g4 Ne8 13.0–0–0 g6?! 14.h5 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 Qd8 16.Qh6 Qe7 17.g5 Ne5 18.Rh3 f6 19.hxg6 Nxg6 20.e5 f5 21.exd6 Nxd6 22.Re1 Rf7 23.Nd5! Qf8 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Qxg6 (even faster is 25.Qxh7+ Rxh7 26. Rxh7# )  Qg7 26.Rxh7+ Qxh7 27.Nxh7 Rxh7 28.Nc5 1–0

Saccuzzo, Dennis (1945) - Smith, Mike (1046) Upset Prize Senior Section

Senior/Junior Open, Round 1, 4/14/2012

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Qd7 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be6 8.Qd3 Qd8 9.e4 g6 10.Ng5 Bg7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rd1 Na6 13.Qc4 Nc7 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.Qxe6 Rd8 16.Bc4 Rf8 17.Bb3 a6 18.Qc4 Ng4 19.Rd2 Bh6 20.Rc2 Qf4 21.g3? Qf3 22.0–0?! Ne3! 23.fxe3 Bxe3+ 24.Rcf2 Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Qe1+ 0–1

Ensey, Chuck (1830) - Graves, Peter (2294) Best Game Senior Section

Senior/Junior Open, Round 3, 4/14/2012

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Bf3 c6 12.0–0 Rc8 13.b4 Re8 14.Qb3 Nf8 15.Nd3 Ne6 16.Bb2 Ng5 17.Be2 Nge4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rfd1 Bd6 20.Ne5 f6 21.f3 Ng5 22.Ng4 Qe7 23.e4 Kh8 24.e5 fxe5 25.dxe5 Bb8 26.f4 Ne4 27.Bf3 Rf8 28.g3 c5 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Ne3 Rc6? (31…Ba6!?) 32.Rd2 (missing 32.Nf5! and if 32…Rxf5 33.Qxb7!) Ba8 33.Rad1 Rb6 34.Qc3 Rg6? (34…Rb7) 35.Rd7 Qh4 36.Ng2 (36.e6! is also deadly) Qg4 37.Rd8 Qf5 38.Qxc5 Kg8 39.Rxf8+ Qxf8 40.Qxf8+ Kxf8 41.Rd8+ 1–0

Crisologo, Raoul (2131) - Baker, Bruce (2298)

Senior/Junior Open, Round 4, 4/15/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Na3 Nxc4 7.Nxc4 d5 8.exd6 exd6 9.0–0 Be7 10.d4 0–0 11.d5 Na5 12.Ne3 b5 13.b3 Bf6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bb2 c4 16.b4 Nb7 17.a4 bxa4 18.Nxc4 Bb5 19.Nfd2 Rc8 20.Na3 Bxf1 21.Rxf1 a5 22.b5 Re8 23.Ne4 Be5 24.f4 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.Ng3 g6 27.c4 Bxb2 28.Qxb2 Nc5 29.f5 Qe5 30.Qd2 Qe3 31.Qa2 Re5 32.Rf3?! Qc1+ 33.Nf1 Rce8 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Qc2 Re1 36.Qxc1 Rxc1 37.Kg1 Ne4 38.Rd3 Nc3 39.g3 Ree1 40.Rf3 Nb1 41.Nxb1 Rxb1 42.Kg2 Rxf1 43.Rxf1 Rxf1 44.Kxf1 a3 45.c5 dxc5 46.d6 a2 47.d7 a1Q+ 48.Ke2 Qd4 0–1

Baluran, Alejandrino (2028) - Zaydenberg, Avram (2189)

Senior/Junior Open, Round 4, 4/15/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 c6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.h3 Bb7 17.Qg4 Rae8 18.Bh6 f5 19.Qg5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Rf6? (20…Bc8) 21.Re8+ Bf8?? 22.Qxf6!! 1–0

                                         

Simul/Open House

Simultaneous Exhibition by Co-Champions on 4/11/12

David Hart and John Funderburg will take on all wood pushers starting at 7:15 PM. $5 donation is requested, but not required unless there are too many players (over 40). Money will go towards a roof fund.  

The club will provide some light food and snacks....

You can also sign up for the event starting next week, The Tom Fries Open. It will be a 5 round 5 point McMahon pairing system with a time control of 30/90, G/60. 

 

April Gambito Opens: #559, 560 & 561

Gambito Open #561  4/28/12 

4 games of G/40 starting at 10:30 AM. Registration is from 10 AM to 10:25, Rounds are at 10:30, 12:15, 2:45 and 4:30, and it's all over by 6 PM. Entry Fee is $20, all money returned in prizes, minus a small club fee.

19 players for this event. 1 point McMahon pairings used with M/Exp =1, A/B/C=0. Players were: 3 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Dionisio Aldama and Bruce Baker; 3 Experts: Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner and Elkaei Rivera; 4 Class A: Bud Stamper, Pejman Sagart, Aaron Householder and Albert Dumaran; 6 Class B: Datris Robinson, Ryan Tang, Jerry Qu, Scott Householder, Anthony Harbone and Jay Choi; 3 Class C and below: Fred Cleveland, Alex Householder and Andrew Slaughter (unrated).

Bruce Baker lost to Cyrus in round 1 and then retired to directing duties. Cy lost to Aldama in round 2. Dionisio drew with Sussman in round 3. There was a logjam at 3 points, see below. Bud Stamper looks like he went over 2000 with this event and Datris went back over 1800.   

Here are the prize winners:

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (4 1/2), $100

Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (4), $20 

BU2400/2200: Elkaei Rivera (3) and Jeff Turner (3), $50 each

BU2000: Bud Stamper (3), $50     BU1800: Datris Robinson (3), $50 

BU1600: Alex Householder (1 1/2), $30 

Total Prizes $350   next week: Super Gambito on 5/05/12       

Gambito Open #560  4/21/12  

24 players today, including:

5 Masters: Lakdawala, Aldama, Baker, Graves and Griffith

7 Experts: Agron, Navabi, Faber, Iyer, Pryor, Whitten and Sussman

3 Class A: Stamper, Ensey and Robinson

5 Class B: Arbeiter, Dumaran, Choi, Harbone and A. Negus

4 Class C and below: Keltner, Cleveland, M. Negus and Edwards

We used a 4 point McMahon pairing system where M=4, Exp=3, A=2, B=1, C=0

Cyrus lost to Peter Graves and Dionisio Aldama, Graves lost to Aldama and Griffith, while Griffith lost to Aldama and Cyrus. Sussman drew with FWM Navabi and beat Pryor and Whitten. Dumaran had a good day by taking a bye, drawing with Ensey and winning over Arbeiter and Robinson. Albert's rating jumped over 1800 to ~1823. Fred Cleveland also did well with a bye and 3 wins boosting his rating 101 points to ~1560.

Here were the prize winners:

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (8), $100

Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (6), $40

BU2400: Peter Graves (6) and Kyron Griffith (6), $40 each

BU2200: Leonard Sussman (6), $60

BU2000: Bud Stamper (4 1/2), $50 

BU1800: Albert Dumaran (4 1/2), $50 

BU1600: Fred Cleveland (3 1/2), $50  

Total Prizes: $430    

4/07/12 Gambito #559  April Super Gambito Open

Great turnout of 43 players today!! We were expecting a good showing so we set it up with 3 sections:

1) 2000 and over (Open) - Masters and Experts only  

2) 1600 and over (Premier) - Class A and B

3) U1600 (Reserve) - Class C and below

Here were the players in pre-event rating order:

Open Section (13 players): 

5 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Bruce Baker, Kyron Griffith, Peter Graves and Alan Tsoi

8 Experts: Peter Hodges, Raoul Crisologo, Paul Agron, Jamieson Pryor, Venkat Iyer, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner and David Whitten (playing up)  

Prize Winners:

First Place: Peter Graves (3 1/2), $125

2nd Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3), $90        BU2400: Alan Tsoi (3), $90

2nd U2400: Kyron Griffith (2 1/2), $40

BU2200: David Whitten (2 1/2), $90

2nd U2200: Venkat Iyer (2), Paul Agron (2), Leonard Sussman (2), $13 each  

David Whitten gained an estimated 57 rating points to put him over 2000 (~2007). Nice going David, I have never seen anyone gain so many points so fast, from a Class C to an Expert in just a few months!! Alan Tsoi consolidated his master rating, up 22 more now at approximately 2229.   

Premier Section (17 players):

5 Class A: Ben Barquin, Bud Stamper, Jason Ma, Pejman Sagart and Chuck Ensey 

12 Class B: Jerry Qu, Jason Arbeiter, Jay Choi, Albert Dumaran, Rolando Ignacio, Zechariah Zhu, Steve Perry, Kenneth Carter, Anthony Harbone, Andrew Negus, plus David Narevsky and Daniel Zhu playing up and John Donahoo as a house player.

Prize winners:

First Place: Bud Stamper (4), $90

2nd Place: Pejman Sagart (3) and Jason Ma (3), $20 each

BU1800: Jerry Qu (2 1/2) and Kenneth Carter (2 1/2), $65 each

Kenny Carter, David Narevsky and Bud Stamper all gained about 47 rating points, and Daniel Zhu gained 77, gettting very close to 1600 (~1590)!  

Reserve Section (13 players):  

2 Class C: Claire Negus and William Hammond

7 Class D: Fred Cleveland, Stephen Zhu, Thomas Diem, Jesse Wang, Cassidy Liu, Matthew Lizanich, Matthew Wang

4 Class E/unr: Mark Negus, Patrick Edwards, Ben Duong and Sabrina Duong      

First Place: Matthew Lizanich (4), $70

BU1400: Mark Negus (3) and Stephen Zhu (3), $50 each

Second Place: Claire Negus (2 1/2) and Fred Cleveland (2 1/2), $15 each  

Mark Negus gained an estimated 163 points to jump to 1313 and Matt Lizanich gained 161 points to 1483. Those are some impressives gains!! Also Stephen Zhu gained 23 to go over 1400 (~1418).

Best Game Prizes went to Kyron Griffith, Pejman Sagart and Matt Lizanich. 

Total Prizes: $980, way over the $700 Guaranteed. Thanks everyone!  

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

  

Round 7 Games

Club Championship Round 7, played on 4/04/12

 

Smith, Todd (2226) - Hart, David (2200)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.0–0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d6 9.Qe2 0–0 10.Qe4 Bd7 11.h4 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Bxe6+ Kh8 14.Qe2 Bxe6 15.Qxe6 Qa5 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Qh5 19.Qh3 Bd8 20.Rae1 Bb6 21.Be3 Nb4 22.Re2 Nbd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.b3 Re7 25.Rc2 Qe4 26.Rc8 Rfe8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Re1 Qc2 29.Qg3 Qxa2 30.Qg6 Qa5 31.g4 Qd5 32.Ng5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Qe4 34.Qf7 Qxg4+ 35.Kf1 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Re4 37.f3 Qg3+ 38.Kf1 Qxf3+ 39.Bf2 Qh1+ 0–1

 

Funderburg, John (2187) - Humphrey, Jim (2115)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 Qb6 5.Nc3 h6 6.g4 Bd7 7.h5 e6 8.Nge2 c5 9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc5 12.0–0–0 Bxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne7 14.f4 Nbc6 15.Nce2 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc6 17.Rh3 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Ke7 20.Bd3 f6 21.Re3 Bc6 22.Bg6 fxe5 23.Rxe5 Kf6 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Rde1 Rd6 26.f5 Bd7 27.Kd2 Rc8 28.b3 Rcc6 29.fxe6 Bxe6 30.Bf5 Bf7 31.Bd7 Be6 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.R5e2 Bxg4 34.Rg2 Bxh5 35.Rf1+ Ke5 36.Rxg7 Bg6 37.Re7+ Kd4 38.Rb7 Be4 39.c3+ Kc5 40.Rf4 Rg6 41.Rf2 Rg3 42.b4+ Kc4 43.Rf6 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 Kxc3 45.Rxc6+ Kd4 46.Rxa6 Rc3 47.Rxh6 Rc2+ 48.Kd1 Rxa2 49.b5 Rb2 50.b6 Rb1+ 51.Ke2 Rb2+ 52.Ke1 Rb1+ 53.Kf2 Rb2+ 54.Kg3 Ke3 55.Re7 Rb1 56.b7 Rg1+ 57.Kh4 Rb1 58.Ra6 Kf4 59.Rf7+ Bf5 1–0

 

Baker, Bruce (2287) - Hodges, Peter (2205)

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.f3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6 9.Ne2 0–0 10.0–0 Nd7 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Rab1 b6 13.Be1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nd5 15.Bd2 b5 16.Bd3 Nb6 17.e4 Qc7 18.e5 Be7 19.Kh1 a6 20.g4 c5 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Nf4 c4 23.Be2 Kh8 24.Rg1 Qc6 25.Rg2 g5 26.Nh3 g4 27.Ng1 Bb7 28.h3 Rg8 29.Qxf5 gxf3 30.Bxf3 Rxg2 31.Kxg2 Rg8+ 32.Kh2 Nd5 33.Be4 Rg7 34.Nf3 Bc8 35.Qh5 Bd7 36.Rg1 Be8 37.Bxd5 1–0

 

Baluran, Alejandrino (2025) - Crisologo, Raoul (2182)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.0–0 a6 8.a4 Qc7 9.Be3 Rc8 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bb3 Nf6 12.Qd3 Ng4 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Qg3 0–0 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.f4 Ng6 20.Kh1 h6 21.Qh5 b4 22.f5 Qa5 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qxg6 Bxb3 26.cxb3 Qe5 27.h3 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rc2 29.Kg1 Re2 30.Rc1 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Rc2 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Rxc2 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qxc2 35.Qxd6 Qxe4 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qf2 Qd3 38.Qf7 Qd6+ 39.Kh1 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 ½–½

 

Morris, Buddy (1949) - Mathe, Lennart (2029)

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qe2 0–0 9.h3 Be6 10.Na3 Qe8 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Qe3 a6 13.Bd3 Be6 14.0–0 Nd7 15.Bh6 Qe7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ng5 Nc5 18.Bc2 Bd7 19.b4 Ne6 20.f4 Nxf4 21.Nf3 b5 22.Rad1 Rfb8 23.Nb1 a5 24.a3 Be6 25.Kh2 f6 26.Nfd2 a4 27.Rf2 Rf8 28.Rg1 Rad8 29.Nf1 Bc4 30.g3 Nd3 31.Rd2 Nb2 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Nfd2 Rd7 34.Nxc4 Nxc4 35.Qe2 Qd8 36.Rd1 Rxd1 37.Bxd1 Ne7 38.g4 g5 39.Bxa4 bxa4 40.Qxc4 Qd1 41.Qxc7 Qe2+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+ 43.Kf1 Qf3+ 44.Ke1 Qxe4+ 45.Kd2 Kf7 46.Kc1 Qe1+ 47.Kc2 Qe2+ 48.Nd2 e4 49.Qc4+ Qxc4 50.Nxc4 Ke6 51.Nb6 h5 52.Nxa4 f5 53.gxf5+ Kxf5 54.Kd2 Kf4 55.Nc5 Kf3 56.Ne6 Kf2 57.Nxg5 e3+ 58.Kc2 e2 59.Ne4+ Ke3 0–1

 

Batchelor, Joel (1833) - Wooten, Aaron (2055)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 Qa5 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 0–0 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.g3 d6 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.0–0 Bg4 12.d5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5 14.Be2 Qb4 15.Ne4 Qb6 16.Rab1 Qa6 17.b3 b6 18.f4 Nd7 19.h4 Nf6 20.Nf2 Rae8 21.g4 e6 22.g5 Nd7 23.Ne4 exd5 24.cxd5 b5 25.Bxb5 Qxb5 26.Nxd6 Qb6 27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Rbe1 Re4 29.Qe2 f5 30.Qc2 Qb4 31.Kf2 Qc3 32.Qd1 c4 33.d6 cxb3 34.Qd5+ Kf8 35.axb3 Qc5 36.Qxc5 Nxc5 37.Rd1 Re8 38.Rd5 Ne4+ 39.Kf3 Rd8 40.Rc1 Bc3 41.Rd3 Bb4 42.Rc7 a5 43.Rxh7 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Bxd6 45.h5 gxh5 46.Rxh5 Nd2+ 47.Ke2 Nxb3 48.g6 a4 49.Rxf5+ Kg7 50.Rd5 Bf8 51.Kd1 a3 52.Kc2 a2 53.Rd1 a1Q 54.Rxa1 Nxa1+ 55.Kb2 Kxg6 56.Kxa1 ½–½

 

Withdraw: Mario Amodeo