San Diego County Championships 8/04-8/05/12

San Diego County Championships  8/04/12 - 8/05/12 at the

San Diego Chess Club, 2225 Sixth Avenue San Diego CA 92101 

$3,500 Prize Fund 

3 Sections: Open, U2000 and U1600, Time control: Game in 100 minutes, with 5 second delay per move; same for all rounds. SCCF membership required ($18 adult, $10 junior). This is the state organization (Southern California Chess Federation) that publishes Rank and File magazine with great articles by Cyrus Lakdawala, Jack Peters and others.   

Here are the players in rating order:  Thanks to everyone for joining this annual event! 

Open Section (19 players):

6 Masters: IM Dionisio Aldama, Ronald Bruno, Varun Krishnan, Martin Nilsson, Bruce Baker, Peter Graves

10 Experts: Nikolay Arutyunov, Alaa-Addin Moussa, Raoul Crisologo, Peter Hodges, Jim Humphrey, Leonard Sussman, Jeff Turner, Ben Barquin, Bud Stamper and Michael Nagaran.

3 Class players playing up: Luke Cheng, Phil Roth and Victor Delgadillo  

Premier (U2000) Section (22 players):

11 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Kenneth Xu, Edgar Lopez, William Wijaya, Santi Pinon, Zechariah Zhu, John Badger, Daniel Collins, Chuck Ensey, Albert Dumaran and Jay Choi 

11 Class B: Harold May, Eliza Eggert, Steve Perry, Ajay Krishnan, Daniel Shevelev, Todd Arone, Bart Lancaster, Fawsi Jose Murra, Daniel Zhu, Anthony Harbone and Gregory Ingolia

Reserve (U1600) Section (16 players):

6 Class C: Jesse Wang, Alex Costello, Salvador Rangel, Andrew Liu, Fred Cleveland, and Stephen Zhu    

5 Class D: Richard Hatch, Joe Sanna, David Kim, Matthew Wang and Cassidy Liu

5 Class E: Mike Smith, Daniel Sun, Patrick Edwards, Kevin Yang and Roger Pedersen 

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Prize Winners:

Open Section:

First Place: Dioniso Aldama (4), $500

Second Place/U2400/U2300/2nd U2400: Varun Krishnan (3 1/2), Ronald Bruno (3 1/2), Martin Nilsson (3 1/2) and Bruce Baker (3 1/2), $175 each

2nd U2300: Peter Graves (3), $50

BU2200/2ndU2200: Alaa-Addin Moussa (3) and Jim Humphrey (3), $125 each

BU2100: Ben Barquin (2 1/2), $200

2nd U2100: Michael Nagaran (2), Jeff Turner (2), Bud Stamper (2) and Phillip Roth (2), $12 each

Premier Section:

First Place: Santi Pinon (4 1/2), $300

BU1900: Harold May (3 1/2), $200

Second Place/2nd U1900: Albert Dumaran (3), Kenneth Xu (3), Jay Choi (3), Daniel Collins (3), Zechariah Zhu (3) and Edgar Lopez (3), $33 each

BU1800/2ndU1800: Eliza Eggert (3), Ajay Krishnan (3) and Daniel Shevelev (3), $83 each

BU1700/2ndU1700: Daniel Zhu (2 1/2) and Gregory Ingolia (2 1/2), $125 each 

Reserve Section:

First Place: Alex Costello (4 1/2), $180

BU1500: Andrew Liu (4), $100

2nd Place: Stephen Zhu (3 1/2), $75

BU1400: Kevin Yang (3 1/2), $75

2nd U1500: David Kim (3), $50

2nd U1400: Cassidy Liu (2 1/2) and Matthew Wang (2 1/2), $12 each

Best games will be announced after careful study...

 

 

 

 

2012 Southern Calif Open

A Heritage Event!

Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, GPP: 150 (Enhanced) California Southern

34th Annual Southern California Open

34th Annual Southern California Open

6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges). Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. $$20,000 Guaranteed prize fund. 5 Sections. 

Prizes:

Open Section: 1st $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 Unrated $100.

 

Plus Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved for non-open sections. 

 

Registration: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used

2-day registration: 8 AM to 9 AM Sunday.

 

Rounds for 3 day schedule: 10 AM & 5 PM on Sat and Sun, then 9 AM & 4 PM on Monday

 

or 2 day option schedule: 9:30 AM, 11:45, 2 PM Sun + 5 PM, (merges in round 4 with the 2 day). This is a tough schedule as you have to play 3 fast games and then one slow game, all in the same day, in order to make up for missing the first day. Some players are used to this and can do it with no problems, others like to take at least one bye, usually in round 4.  

 

Entry Fee: $100 if received by 8/29, $120 at door. No credit cards at door, checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. Special rate for GMs and IMs: $20 if registered by 8/29, or $60 late entry at door. Open section will be FIDE rated. Unrated players not eligible for prizes except for place prizes in the Open or the unrated prize in the U1400. Players who forfeit any round are also ineligible for prizes. SCCF membership req’d ($18 Adult, $10 Jr) for all So Cal residents. Two byes allowed, but must be requested at least one hour before round, and round 5 & 6 byes must be requested before rd 2 and are irrevocable.

 

Send Entries to: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 or enter online at www.scchess.com  

 

For more info call Bruce Baker of the San Diego CC at (619)239-7166

or email Chuck Ensey at chucnnglo@aol.com

 

SCCF Annual Membership Meeting: Sunday 3 PM. 

 

Hotel Rates: Special rate of only $110 single or double, 619-297-1101, or 1-888-233-9527 if booked by 8/15/12, book ASAP, as rates may go up and rooms may sell out by mid-August. Great tropical themed hotel is in the heart of Mission Valley, close to airport, great attractions such as Sea World, the SD Zoo, Seaport Village and Fashion Valley for shopping. The Crown Plaza Hotel (see http://www.cp-sandiego.com) has a great restaurant and sushi bar, a heated pool, and fitness room.

Note: For online reservations at the hotel you can use this handy link:https://resweb.passkey.com/go/chessclub

NS, NC, W.  Chess Magnet School JGP.

Gambito #573

Gambito Open #573  7/28/12  

33 players, pretty good turnout. We used a 5 point McMahon pairing system, here are the players in pre-event rating order:  

4 Masters: IM Dionisio Aldama, IM Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith and Peter Graves

9 Experts: Nikolay Arutyunov, Peter Hodges, Aaron Wooten, Alan Sebeckis, Tim McGuiness, Leonard Sussman, Bud Stamper, Jeff Turner and Elkaei Rivera

7 Class A: Jason Ma, Buddy Morris, Kenneth Xu, Sridhar Ramanujam, Pejman Sagart, Chuck Ensey and Gregory Ingolia

6 Class B: Ajay Krishnan, Eric Carmichael, Marco Gonzalez, Caleb Guy, Todd Arone and Anthony Harbone

4 Class C: Jesse Wang, Bryan Tangtartharakul, Fred Cleveland and Andrew Slaughter

3 Class D: Matthew Wang, Mike Smith and Adam Schiferl

And here were the Prize winners:

Cyrus drew with Dionisio in Rd 2 and with Jeff Turner in Rd 4. Elkaei beat Experts Alan Sebeckis and Peter Hodges in the last 2 rounds to win clear 1st U2200. New player Gregory Ingolia proved that he was worthy of the Class A rating we assigned to him (he has 3 wins in the curent Wednesday night tournament and a really old 1267 rating from many years ago).    

First Place: Dionisio Aldama (8 1/2), $125   Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (8), $75

BU2400: Kyron Griffith (7), $75    BU2200: Elkaei Rivera (7), $75

2nd U2400/2ndU2200: Jeff Turner (6 1/2) and Nikolay Arutyunov (6 1/2), $25 each

BU2000/2nd U2000: Gregory Ingolia (5 1/2), Jason Ma (5 1/2) and Buddy Morris (5 1/2), $32 each

BU1800: Marco Gonzalez (4 1/2), $75

BU1600: Jesse Wang (3 1/2) and Fred Cleveland (3 1/2), $25 each

BU1400: Matthew Wang (2 1/2), $10

Total Prizes: $630 

    

Funderburg Open Rd 3

John Funderburg Open Round 3 of 5 on 7/25/12 at 7 PM

G/100, d/19

Open Section

Bd 1  Bruce Baker (1 1/2) - Kyron Griffith (1 1/2)  0-1

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

Bd 3  Peter Hodges (1) - Ben Barquin (1)  0-1

Bd 4  George Zeigler (1) - Lennart Mathe (1)  1-0

Bd 5  David Saponara (1) - Bud Stamper (1)  1-0

Bd 6  Jim Humphrey (1/2) - Shirin Navabi (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 7  Tim McGuiness (1/2) - Raoul Crisologo (0)  0-1

Bd 8  Alejandrino Baluran (1) - Mario Amodeo (0)  1-0

Premier Section

Bd 8  Pejman Sagart (2) - Santi Pinon (2)  0-1

Bd 9  Joel Batchelor (2) - Phil Skiba (2)  1-0 

Bd 10  Kenneth Xu (1 1/2) - Gregory Ingolia (2)  0-1

Bd 11  Harold May (1 1/2) - Charles Berkman (1 1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 12  Fawsi Jose Murra  (1 1/2) - Buddy Morris (1)  0-1

Bd 13  Steve Perry (1) - Guru Gopalakrishnan (1)  1-0

Bd 14  Donald Klaas (1) - Eliza Eggert (1)  1-0

Bd 15  Chuck Ensey (1) - Erik Marquis (1)  0-1

Bd 16  Tom Kuhn (1) - Jim Krooskos (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 17  Jonathan Patriarca (1) - David Delgadillo (1/2)  1-0

Bd 18  Bruce Charnov (1/2) - Rocio Murra (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 19  William Wijaya (1/2) - Shaun Sweitzer (1/2)  1-0

Bd 19  Kirk Branner (0) - Damani Fair (0)  1-0

Bye: Glenn Rich (1), Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (0), Anthony Harbone (0)

Reserve Section

Bd 22  John Huey (2) - Bill Murray (2)  1-0

Bd 23  Stanford Talcott (2) - Aaron Moman (2)  0-1

Bd 24  Joe Sanna (1 1/2) - Daniel Amor (2)  1-0

Bd 25  Mark Lawless (1) - David Palmer (1)  1-0

Bd 26  Andrew Liu (1) - Tygan Zeng (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 27  Keric Rivas (1) - Arnold Berlin (1)  1-0

Bd 28  Tom Lavoy (1) - Michael Swift (1)  1-0

Bd 29  Joshua Chung (1) - Maria Murra (1/2)  1-0

Bd 30  Keith Wetterer (1/2) - Blake Foster (1/2)  0-1

Bd 31  Ronald Stanard (0) - Dennis Kruse (1/2)  1F-0F

Bd 32  Patrick Edwards (0) - Mike Smith (0)  0-1

Bd 33  Roger Pedersen (0) - Nick Kinzel (1/2)

Bye: Robert Henderson (1), Aaron Cook (1)

Match Play

Bd 35  Sam Barboo (1/2) - Ron Rezendes (1/2)  1/2-1/2

SaBd 12

Funderburg Open Rd 2

John Funderburg Open Round 2 of 5 on 7/18/12 at 7 PM 

G/100, d/19 sec    It's not too late to join, email Chuck at chucnglo@aol.com (before 4 PM Wed) or call Bruce Baker at the club at 619-239-7166. Also if you can't make a round and need a bye, please let us know ASAP!  

 

72 players total, here are the results for round 2:

 

Open Section (14 players)

Bd 1  Kyron Griffith (1) - Nikolay Arutyunov (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 2  Ben Barquin (1) - Bruce Baker (1/2)  0-1

Bd 3  Lennart Mathe (1/2) - Peter Hodges (1/2)  1/2-1/2

 

Bd 4  Aaron Wooten (1/2) - Jim Humphrey (1/2)  1-0
 

Bd 5  Shirin Navabi (0) - Bud Stamper (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 6  Raoul Crisologo (0) - George Zeigler (0)  0-1

 

Bd 18  Paul Agron (0) - Alejandrino Baluran (1)  1-0 house game

 

Bye: David Saponara (1/2), Tim McGuinness (0)

 

Premier Section (29 players)

Bd 7  Buddy Morris (1) - Pejman Sagart (1)  0-1

Bd 8  Charles Berkman (1) - Kenneth Xu (1)  1/2-1/2

Bd 9  Santi Pinon (1) - Tom Kuhn (1)  1-0

Bd 10  Joel Batchelor (1) - Jonathan Patriarca (1)  1-0

Bd 11  Gregory Ingolia (1) - Bruce Charnov (1/2)  1-0

 

Bd 12  JIm Krooskos (1/2) - Chuck Ensey (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 13  Guru Gopalakrishnan (0) - Kirk Branner (0)  1-0

 

Bd 14  Phil Skiba (0) - Santiago Rubio-Fernaz (0)  1-0

Bd 15  Eliza Eggert (0) - Anthony Harbone (0)  1-0

Bd 16  Damani Fair (0) - Steve Perry (0)  0-1

Bd 17  Glenn Rich (0) - Hector Gonzalez (0)  1F-0F

 

Bd 19  Erik Marquis (0) - William Wijaya (1/2)  1-0

Bye: Allan Virtue (1), Alfredo Deleon (1), Fawsi Jose Murra (1), Donald Klaas (1/2), Rocio Murra (0), Mayra Movius (0), Shaun Sweitzer (0)

 

 

Reserve Section (27 players)

 

Bd 20  Aaron Cook (1) - Stanford Talcott (1)  0-1

Bd 21  Arnold Berlin (1) - John Huey (1)  0-1 

 

Bd 22  Aaron Moman (1) - Tom Lavoy (1)  1-0

 

Bd 23  Daniel Amor (1) - Robert Henderson (1)  1-0

Bd 24  Bill Murray (1) - Keric Rivas (1)  1-0

Bd 25  Joshua Chung (1/2) - Andrew Liu (1/2)  1/2-1/2

Bd 26  Blake Foster (1/2) - Joe Sanna (1/2)  0-1

 

Bd 27  Mike Smith (0) - Mark Lawless (0)  0-1

Bd 28  David Palmer (0) - Patrick Edwards (0)  1-0  

 

Bd 29  Tygan Zeng (0) - Roger Pedersen (0)  1-0

 

Bd 30  Michael Swift (0) - Ronald Stanard (0)  1-0

Bye: Monica McGuinness (1), Dustin Movius (0), Maria Murra (0), Keith Wetterer (0)

 

Match Play:

 

Bd 32  Ron Rezendes (0) - Sam Barboo (0)  1/2-1/2

                 

John Funderburg Open Round 1 of 5

John Funderburg Open   Rd 1 of 5 on 7/11/12   7 PM 

68 players plus a few house players 

Open Section

Board 1  George Zeigler - Kyron Griffith  0-1

Bd 2  Nikolay Arutyunov - Tim McGuinness  1-0

Bd 3  Bud Stamper - Aaron Wooten  1/2-1/2 

Bd 4  Shirin Navabi - Ben Barquin  0-1

Bd 5  Alejandrino Baluran - Raoul Crisologo  1-0

Bd 6  Jim Humphrey - Lennart Mathe  1/2 -1/2

Bd 7  Ron Rezendes (house player) - David Saponara  1/2-1/2

Premier Section

Bd 8  Jonathan Patriarca - Dayne Freitag  1-0

Bd 10  Hector Gonzalez - Buddy Morris  0-1

Bd 11  Kenneth Xu - Damani Fair  1-0

Bd 12  Phil Skiba (house) - Guru Gopalakrishnan  1-0

Bd 13  Allan Virtue - Sam Barboo  1-0

Bd 14  Kirk Branner - Santi Pinon  0-1

Bd 15  Shaun Sweitzer - Fawsi Jose Murra  0-1

Bd 16  Santiago Rubio-Fernaz - Joel Batchelor  0-1

Bd 17  Pejman Sagart - Mayra Murra  1-0

Bd 18  Anthony Harbone - Charles Berkman  0-1

Bd 19  Alfredo Dekeon - Glenn Rich  1-0

Bd 20  Tom Kuhn - Eliza Eggert  1-0

Bd 21  Chuck Ensey - Donald Klaas  1/2-1/2

Bd 22  Rocio Murra - Harold May  0-1

Bd 23  Steve Perry - Gregory Ingolia  0-1

Reserve Section

Bd 24  Mark Lawless - Keric Rivas  0-1

Bd 25  Dustin Movius - Aaron Cook  0-1

Bd 26  John Huey - Tygan Zeng  0-1

Bd 27  Ronald Stanard - Aaron Moman  0-1

Bd 28  Dennis Kruse - Joshua Chung  1/2 -1/2

Bd 29  Maria Murra - Bill Murray  0-1

Bd 30  Stanford Talcott - Mike Smith  1-0

Bd 31  Patrick Edwards - Arnold Berlin  0-1

Bd 32  Tom Lavoy - Roger Pedersen  1-0

Bd 33  Keith Wetterer - Daniel Amor  0-1

Bd 34  Monica McGuiness - Michael Swift  1-0

Bd 35  Robert Hendersen - David Palmer  1-0

Tentative Pairings for next week will be posted by Friday night...

         

Club ratings

SDCC Ratings as of 7/11/12  7 PM

Here are all the rated players in our club (143 players):

Remember this is just a snapshot in time; ratings change, players move up and down the ladder, change is the only constant...  

Cyrus Lakdawala 2523, Kyron Griffith 2354, Varun Krishnan 2315, Bruce Baker 2306, Martin Nilsson 2290, Peter Graves 2261, David Hart 2228, John Funderburg 2211, Todd Smith 2209, Nikolay Arutyunov 2201, Carl Wagner 2200

Peter Hodges 2177, Paul Agron 2175, Raoul Crisologo 2147, Aaron Wooten 2135, Venkat Iyer 2123, Jim Humphrey 2106, George Zeigler 2094, Leonard Sussman 2088, Ignacio Sainz 2086, Jamieson Pryor 2062, Bud Stamper 2053, Mario Amodeo 2050, Jeff Turner 2045, Tim McGuinness 2039, Ben Barquin 2038, Alejandrino Baluran 2035, Robert Defore 2030, Elkaei Rivera 2020, Esteban Escobedo 2016, Lennart Mathe 2008

Brian Polka 1993, Fawsi Murra Jr 1992, Chris Wonnell 1985, Jason Ma 1965, Buddy Morris 1955, David Saponara 1926, Marty Lower 1905, Luke Neyndorff 1904, Guru Gopalakrishnan 1898, Al Virtue 1897, Dayne Freitag 1890, Shaun Sweitzer 1886, David Pino 1882, David Delgadillo 1879, Joel Batchelor 1872, Zechariah Zhu 1869, Robert Draper 1863, Pejman Sagart, 1858, Butch Aying 1853, Jason Arbeiter 1845, William Wijaya 1835, Chuck Ensey 1833, Albert Dumaran 1828, Larry Vikander 1826, Bruce Charnov 1825, Alfredo Deleon 1825, Ron Rezendes 1804  

Harold May 1792, Carl Newell 1786, Jim Krooskos 1784, Rani Hermiz 1782, Jerry Qu 1773, Datris Robinson 1772, Eliza Eggert 1771, Steve Perry 1770, Phil Skiba 1756, Hector Gonzalez 1753, Jay Choi 1736, Darren Himeles 1730, Damani Fair 1728, Sam Barboo 1719, Jonathan Parkinson 1716, Koji Louis 1699, Kirk Branner 1692, Fawsi Jose Murra 1685, Erik Marquis 1684, Santiago Rubio-Fernaz 1672, Anthony Harbone 1658, Tom Kuhn 1654, Mayra Movius 1653, James Jen 1634, Andrew Negus 1634, Brian Kelly 1623, Glen Rich 1617, Tom Webb 1616, David Narevsky 1615, Daniel Zhu 1611, Donald Klaas 1606, Jerry Kavanua 1601, Chris Jensen 1600

Mark Lawless 1595, Jonathan Patriarca 1592, Aaron Cook 1570, James Coulston 1565, John Huey 1555, Rocio Murra 1555, Mark Allen 1553, Aaron Moman 1552, Roger Wathen 1549, Steve Gordon 1547, Morgan Fox 1529, Fred Cleveland 1505, Claire Negus 1497, Dennis Kruse 1491, Andrew Liu 1491, Bill Murray 1483, Han Kang 1482, Mike Garvin 1456, Stephen Zhu 1446, Stanford Talcott 1416

Darryl Woodson 1396, Arnold Berlin 1394, Booker Hobbs 1375, Louis Wonnell 1367, Tom Lavoy 1357, Daniel Amor 1353, Monica McGuinness 1341, David Palmer 1329, Keric Rivas 1326, Cassidy Liu 1312, Dustin Movius 1304, Tygan Zeng 1292, Ron Stanard 1264, William Hammond 1236, Joshua Chung 1232, Mark Negus 1230, Brandon Lopez 1201

Ross Blum 1188, Zoran Cvetkovic 1187, Maria Murra 1162, Mike Smith 1160, Said Tawakul 1133, Patrick Edwards 1104, Nicola Davies 1073, Eric Zhou 1020, Joshua Hank 965, Keith Wetterer 949, Roger Pedersen 827, Brandt Young 679, Matthew Schwimmer 498, Bryce Young 432, Sean Hank 253        

  

   

July Super Gambito Open

Gambito #571  July Super Gambito  7/07/12

4 rounds of G/40, d/5, starting at 10:30 AM ,Guaranteed Prize Fund of $700, but we often pay much more if there are more than 32 players. Best game prizes of a book by Cyrus Lakdalawa in each section. SCCF membership of $18 ($10 for juniors) is deducted from your winnings if you aren't already a member. $60 San Diego Chess Club dues ($30 for juniors) are due if you have won over $100 in the last 12 months. Any questions? Call Bruce Baker at the club line 619-239-7166 or email Chuck Ensey at chucnglo@aol.com

Awesome turnout as hoped for with 42 players, allowing us to use 3 sections. And some of our frequent players were at the World Open, so 42 is even more impressive... here they are in pre-event rating order:

Open Section (16 players)

6 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Ronald Bruno, Kyron Griffith, Bruce Baker, Peter Graves and Nikolay Arutyunov

10 Experts: Dimitry Kishinevsky, Raoul Crisologo, Aaron Wooten, Leonard Sussman, Bud Stamper, Jeff Turner, Tim McGuinness, Ben Barquin, Elkaei Rivera and Madhavan Vajapeyam

Kyron drew with Cyrus and Bruce, Cyrus also drew with Ron Bruno. Ron drew with Jeff Turner and Cyrus. Tim McGuinness lost to Kyron, but beat Dimitry, Leonard Sussman and Raoul Crisologo. Aaron took a bye and drew with Bruce, he also beat Elkaei and Peter Graves.    

And here are today's winners: (there was a 5-way tie for First)

First Place: Kyron Griffith (3), $88  Second Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3), $88

BU2400: Ron Bruno (3), $88  

BU2200/2nd U2400: Tim McGuiness (3) and Aaron Wooten (3), $88

2nd/3rd U2200: Bud Stamper (2) and Ben Barquin (2), $30 each  

Premier Section (18 players)

6 Class A: Chris Wonnell, Jason Ma, Kenneth Xu, Zechariah Zhu, Pejman Sagart and Chuck Ensey

9 Class B: Rolando Ignacio, Eliza Eggert, Jay Choi, Sam Barboo, Anthony Harbone, Tom Kuhn, Andrew Negus, Daniel Zhu and William Delaney

Plus 3 Class C playing up: Eric Carmichael, Fred Cleveland and Bryan Tanglartharakul

Kenneth drew with Rolando, but beat Anthony, Zech and Jason. Jason beat Sam, Pejman and Eliza. Eliza beat Eric and Chris (nice upset) and Andrew. Eliza has now gone over 1800 by a wide margin (1814 estimated), congratulations to our new Class A player!!

And the prize winners:

BU2000: Kenneth Xu (3 1/2), $90

2nd U2000: Jason Ma (3) and Pejman Sagart (3), $20 each

BU1800: Eliza Eggert (3), $90

2nd/3rd U1800: Jay Choi (2 1/2) and Bryan Tanglartharakul (2 1/2), $30 

Reserve Section (8 players) 

3 Class C: Jesse Wang, Claire Negus and Stephen Zhu

5 Class D: Keric Rivas, Mark Negus, Matthew Wang, Patrick Edwards and Martin Stukan

The very young Martin Stukan of Moscow tied for first despite being the lowest rated player. I guess he is under-rated (ya think?) Well, he gained almost 200 points, so that should help! Jesse and Martin drew in round 2. Jesse won against Claire and Stephen in the last 2 rounds, while Martin took out Mark and Matthew. I think it is fun for these players to have their own section and be winners!  

and the Prize winners were:

BU1600: Jesse Wang (3), $50    BU1400: Martin Stukan (3), $50

2nd U1600: Claire Negus (2 1/2) and Stephen Zhu (2 1/2), $12 each

2nd U1400: Keric Rivas (2 1/2), $25         

Best Game Prize winners: Ben Barquin, Eliza Eggert and Stephen Zhu, $15 each (or book by Cyrus Lakdawala)  

Total Prizes: $965