April Super Gambito (#605) on 4/06/13

Gambito Open #605 (April Super Gambito)

2225 Sixth Avenue, San Diego Chess Club  $700 in Guaranteed Prizes
$25 Entry Fee, Registration from 10 AM to 10:25 AM
4 rounds of G/40, d/5 (5 second delay)
Rounds at 10:30 AM, 12:15 PM, 2:45 PM and 4:30 PM, all over by 6 PM
Lunch Break 1:45-2:45
2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1800). Round 1 starts at 10:30 sharp so don't be late or you will have to take a first round bye. One bye allowed in rounds 1 through 3, but no last round byes, sorry.

Great turnout today, 38 players total. Here they are in rating order:

Open Section (21 players)
6 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawala, Kyron Griffith, Bruce Baker, Peter Graves, Ali Morshedi and Craig Clawitter
10 Experts: Paul Agron, Venkat Iyer, Peter Hodges, Raoul Crisologo, Bud Stamper, Aaron Wooten, Ben Barquin, Leonard Sussman, Elkaei Rivera and Jeff Turner
5 Class A: Pejman Sagart, Jay Choi, Greg Ingolia, Jerry Qu and Chuck Ensey (last two are playing up)

Prize winners:
1st Place: Cyrus Lakdawala (3 1/2), $125
2nd Place/U2400/2ndU2400: Peter Graves (3), Ali Morshedi (3) and Bruce Baker (3), $63 each
U2200: Peter Hodges (2 1/2), $80
2ndU2200: Raoul Crisologo (2), Jeff Turner (2), Ben Barquin (2), Elkaei Rivera (2) and Bud Stamper (2), $6 each
U2000: Chuck Ensey (2), $80
2nd U2000: Greg Ingolia (1 1/2) and Jerry Qu (1 1/2), $17 each
Best Games, Open and Reserve to be announced here later on

Reserve Section (17 players)
5 Class B: John Donahoo, Gary Weeks, Rolando Ignacio, Thomas Diem and Claire Negus
4 Class C: Andrew Negus, Eusy Ancheta, Ben Duong and Fred Cleveland
4 Class D: Rex Pimentel, Luis Valencia, Raul Carranza and Sabrina Duong
4 Class E: Patrick Edwards, Mark Negus, David Terr and Jim Harrell

Prize winners:
BU1800: Claire Negus (4), $75
2nd U1800: Thomas Diem (3), Gary Weeks (3) and John Donahoo (3), $8 each
BU1600: Mark Negus (3), $75
2nd U1600: Eusy Ancheta (2) and Andrew Negus (2), $12 each
BU1400: Raul Carranza (2), Luis Valencia (2) and Jim Harrell (2), $23 each

Total Prizes $875