Bay Area Chess> Tournament Results

New Year Open & Class Championship: Santa Clara - January 1-3, 2010

Final Standings - Prizes Paid = $5,006

36th Annual People's Tournament - (A Heritage Event) - Prize Fund over $7,000 b/129 entries!
- Prez Day Weekend (13-15 or 14-15) @ Concord Crowne Plaza map
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BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship! Master Section:

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	IM Samuel Shankland	700.00	2549	2566	W12	W19	W6	D2	W3	W5	5.5	19	21.5	19.5	75.5
2	FM Steven C Zierk	300.00	2401	2409	D17	W18	W10	D1	D4	W6	4.5	18	18.5	15.5	71.5
3	FM Kenan Zildzic	167.00	2259	2272	D15	W14	W19	W8	L1	D4	4.0	18.5	21	15.5	72
4	NM Viktors Pupols	167.00	2221	2242	L6	W20	W13	W7	D2	D3	4.0	18.5	20.5	13.5	71.5
5	NM Andy C Lee	167.00	2314	2317	L8	W17	W18	W12	W11	L1	4.0	16.5	17	14	68.5
6	IM Emory A Tate		2375	2371	W4	W16	L1	D11	W12	L2	3.5	20	22.5	14.5	80.5
7	NM Arjoe B Loanzon		2230	2227	W9	D8	L11	L4	W18	W13	3.5	17	17.5	11.5	67
8	Ankit ^ Gupta		2149	2165	W5	D7	W9	L3	H---	H---	3.5	15	15	13	51.5
9	Phillip ^ Seitzer		2073	2096	L7	W21	L8	W18	W17	D14	3.5	13.5	14	10.5	50
10	Yian Liou		2197	2211	W23	D11	L2	W17	H---	H---	3.5	11.5	11.5	12	40
11	Samuel # Sevian		2123	2142	W21	D10	W7	D6	L5	L12	3.0	13.5	19.5	14	66.5
12	NM Michael Aigner		2244	2243	L1	W15	W16	L5	L6	W11	3.0	13	21	10	79
13	NM Paul A Gallegos		2215	2206	L19	W22	L4	W16	W15	L7	3.0	11	17	10	52.5
14	FM Eric A Schiller		2200	2193	H---	L3	W20	D15	H---	D9	3.0	8	12	9	39.5
15	Kyle^ Shin		2077	2078	D3	L12	W22	D14	L13	H---	2.5	11	15	8.5	50
16	Naresh ^ Prabhu		2019	2016	W24	L6	L12	L13	W26	U---	2.0	11	14.5	8	39
17	NM Mike Splane		2200	2182	D2	L5	B---	L10	L9	U---	1.5	11	15.5	6	53
18	Gaudenci $p Delacruz		2006	1978	B---	L2	L5	L9	L7	L25	1.0	14.5	19	5	52.5
19	NM Robin Cunningham		2289	2284	W13	L1	L3	U---	U---	U---	1.0	7	12.5	6	45
20	Steven R Gaffagan		2016	2007	H---	L4	L14	H---	U---	U---	1.0	3	7	3.5	23.5
21	*FM Kenan Zildzic		2259	2237	L11	L9	H---	H---	U---	U---	1.0	3	6.5	2.5	24.5
22	FM Tanuj & Vasudeva		1913	1904	H---	L13	L15	H---	U---	U---	1.0	2.5	5.5	3.5	19
23	*IM Emory A Tate		2375	2362	L10	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	3.5	3.5	13
24	Bruce Matzner		1800	1794	L16	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	2.5	3.5	8
25	Allan ^ Beilin		1713	1748	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	W18	1.0	0	0.5	1	5
26	Mathew #^ Benson		1735	1730	U---	U---	U---	U---	L16	U---	0.0	0	2.5	0	8

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship! Expert (2000-2199)

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Rubinstein-salzed ^	300.00	1941	1981	W5	W2	W3	D7	D4	W8	5.0	15.5	17.5	18.5	61.5
2	Andrew ^ Yeh	101.00	1972	1984	W4	L1	H---	W6	W7	W5	4.5	14	14	13.5	53
3	Nikunj Chandr ^ Oza	100.00	1849	1874	W9	D6	L1	W5	D8	W4	4.0	13.5	15.5	13.5	52.5
4	Paul ^ Richter		1826	1808	L2	D5	D6	B---	D1	L3	2.5	12.5	17.5	7.5	61
5	Greg M ^^ Sarafian		1709	1708	L1	D4	B---	L3	W6	L2	2.5	12.5	17.5	7.5	61
6	Allan ^ Beilin		1713	1704	H---	D3	D4	L2	L5	B---	2.5	8	12.5	7	42.5
7	Steven R Gaffagan		2016	2011	W8	H---	H---	D1	L2	U---	2.5	6.5	11.5	11	39.5
8	Tanuj & Vasudeva		1913	1896	L7	H---	H---	H---	D3	L1	2.0	7	12	5.5	44
9	Gaudenci $p Delacruz		2006	1993	L3	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	4	3.5	13.5

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship! A

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Brian A Wai	300.00	1854	1912	D12	W17	W20	W7	W9	D2	5.0	16	18	17.5	66.5
2	Julian Michae Lin	150.50	1800	1865	D6	W11	D7	W10	W4	D1	4.5	19	22	15.5	82.5
3	Francisc $p Anchondo	150.50	1954	1989	D---	U---	W17	W16	W11	W7	4.5	11	11	13	41
4	Andrew Chen	33.33	1809	1828	W18	W21	D10	H---	L2	W13	4.0	14.5	14.5	15	49.5
5	Charles Sun	33.33	1823	1839	L14	W18	W12	L9	W15	W10	4.0	13.5	15.5	12	58.5
6	Chris ^# Black	33.33	1674	1726	D2	D19	H---	H---	X20	W9	4.0	9.5	9.5	10	36
7	Michael G Da Cruz		1991	1980	W8	W9	D2	L1	W13	L3	3.5	21	24	15	80.5
8	Neel $p Apte		1783	1802	L7	W23	L9	D17	W19	W14	3.5	13	15	9.5	56.5
9	Robert V Russo		1885	1875	W23	L7	W8	W5	L1	L6	3.0	14.5	21.5	13	68.5
10	James G Kwok		1919	1900	D17	W16	D4	L2	W14	L5	3.0	13	19.5	12	69
11	Roland ^ Zhu		1736	1760	W25	L2	D19	W20	L3	D12	3.0	12	19	11.5	57.5
12	Mathew #^ Benson		1735	1733	D1	D15	L5	D18	X21	D11	3.0	11.5	16.5	8.5	54.5
13	Kyle ^ Hui		1660	1688	L20	W24	W21	W15	L7	L4	3.0	11	17	12	60.5
14	Harsha ^ Nukala		1707	1720	W5	D20	L15	W19	L10	L8	2.5	13.5	17.5	11.5	59.5
15	Christopher Y Wu		1882	1852	D16	D12	W14	L13	L5	D17	2.5	12.5	16.5	10	58.5
16	Kevin ^ Garbe		1746	1747	D15	L10	W18	L3	H---	H---	2.5	7.5	12.5	7.5	38.5
17	Daniel ^% Steiner		1798	1785	D10	L1	L3	D8	D18	D15	2.0	16	21	6	65.5
18	Hwai-ray ^ Tung		1665	1653	L4	L5	L16	D12	D17	W26	2.0	13.5	17.5	3.5	56
19	Patrick Howlett		1866	1828	D22	D6	D11	L14	L8	U---	1.5	12	15.5	7.5	51
20	Nelson M Sowell		1801	1785	W13	D14	L1	L11	F6	U---	1.5	8.5	13.5	8.5	52.5
21	Bruce Matzner		1800	1774	B---	L4	L13	H---	F12	U---	1.5	3	7	6	27.5
22	Allan ^ Beilin		1713	1717	D19	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.5	0	2	6.5	7.5
23	*Mathew #^ Benson		1735	1716	L9	L8	H---	H---	U---	U---	1.0	3	6.5	2.5	22.5
24	Hugo A Galeana		1402	1395	H---	L13	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	3	4	12
25	Armen # Sevian		1893	1878	L11	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	3	3.5	11.5
26	Vikram Vasan		1447	1438	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	L18	1.0	0	2	4.5	3.5

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship! B

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Edward Li	250.00	1760	1783	L3	W11	D2	W12	W4	W5	4.5	18	20.5	13	78
2	Colin Chow	250.00	1651	1710	D9	D8	D1	W14	W7	W3	4.5	17.5	19.5	13.5	65.5
3	Hun Klotz-burwell	101.00	1624	1688	W1	W7	W13	D4	D5	L2	4.0	19	21.5	17.5	79
4	Antonio Rabadan		1737	1736	W6	D12	W10	D3	L1	D8	3.5	17.5	20	14.5	70
5	Teri Lagier		1707	1704	W14	D10	D12	W13	D3	L1	3.5	16	18	14.5	70
6	Navee Janarthanan	100.00	1601	1615	L4	D14	D15	W9	D8	W12	3.5	14	16	9.5	57.5
7	Jonathan Uesato		1603	1611	W8	L3	D9	W10	L2	D11	3.0	12.5	19.5	11.5	64
8	Evan Ye		1741	1718	L7	D2	D11	W15	D6	D4	3.0	12.5	19	9	63.5
9	Armaan ^ Kalyanpur		1587	1579	D2	L13	D7	L6	W16	W15	3.0	11.5	18	8	60
10	Salman ^ Azhar		1590	1579	X---	D5	L4	L7	D15	W13	3.0	11	14.5	9.5	60.5
11	Richard Zhang		1629	1617	L13	L1	D8	B---	W14	D7	3.0	10.5	15	6.5	52
12	Daniel Ho		1696	1673	W15	D4	D5	L1	D13	L6	2.5	15	19.5	11.5	71.5
13	Rayan ^ Taghizadeh		1573	1574	W11	W9	L3	L5	D12	L10	2.5	14	18	12	67.5
14	Phil ^ Ploquin		1519	1506	L5	D6	W17	L2	L11	B---	2.5	12	16.5	6.5	49.5
15	Srikanth ^^ Narahari		1388	1396	L12	W18	D6	L8	D10	L9	2.0	13.5	17	8	52.5
16	Tony Cole		1416	1404	H---	H---	U---	U---	L9	U---	1.0	0	3	4.5	8
17	Alvin Kong		1410	1395	H---	H---	L14	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	2	4.5	6.5
18	Rupa L ^ Gudiseva		1214	1201	H---	L15	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	2	4	8

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship - C

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Harold J Parker	400.00	1599	1685	W12	W9	W2	D3	W7	W4	5.5	18.5	21.5	19.5	85
2	Richard Yi	100.20	1581	1594	W6	W15	L1	W10	W3	L5	4.0	20.5	23.5	16	83
3	Kevin Hui	100.20	1544	1591	W23	W5	W8	D1	L2	D7	4.0	20.5	22	17	83.5
4	Mark G Dolson	100.20	1402	1497	W21	D13	D7	W14	W5	L1	4.0	18.5	20	15.5	74
5	Leland Yu	100.20	1598	1599	W19	L3	W16	W9	L4	W2	4.0	18	20.5	14	78
6	Steven Yuan	100.20	1407	1446	L2	L12	B---	W16	W18	W13	4.0	15	15	9	55.5
7	Justin Wang		1551	1553	W17	D14	D4	W15	L1	D3	3.5	19.5	22	14	83.5
8	Udit Iyengar		1589	1569	W11	W22	L3	D12	D13	D10	3.5	16.5	18	14	66
9	Brian Chao		1481	1480	W25	L1	X23	L5	D19	W12	3.5	16	16	11	54.5
10	Leyton Ho		1457	1462	D16	D20	W22	L2	W23	D8	3.5	14	15.5	12	58.5
11	Daniel Chen		1410	1426	L8	W25	L15	H---	W20	W19	3.5	12	12	9	40.5
12	Michael Wang		1441	1461	L1	W6	W20	D8	D14	L9	3.0	13	20.5	11.5	71
13	Alvin Kong		1410	1409	L14	D4	B---	W17	D8	L6	3.0	12.5	16.5	9.5	58.5
14	Arvind Sankar		1549	1526	W13	D7	D18	L4	D12	D17	3.0	11.5	18	12	66.5
15	Kevin ^ Moy		1294	1368	W20	L2	W11	L7	H---	D18	3.0	11.5	15.5	11	53
16	Anirudh %^x Seela		1328	1357	D10	W19	L5	L6	W21	H---	3.0	11	15	10	48
17	Tony Cole		1416	1401	L7	D18	W21	L13	B---	D14	3.0	9.5	13	8	48.5
18	Siddharth G Banik		1458	1433	L24	D17	D14	W21	L6	D15	2.5	13.5	17	8	56
19	Bryan Lingf Huang		1420	1397	L5	L16	W25	W22	D9	L11	2.5	12	16	8	53
20	Vikram Vasan		1447	1403	L15	D10	L12	W25	L11	B---	2.5	10.5	14	5.5	46
21	Rupa L ^ Gudiseva		1214	1203	L4	B---	L17	L18	L16	W23	2.0	9.5	13.5	5	48
22	Rahul Swaminathan		1244	1217	B---	L8	L10	L19	H---	H---	2.0	6	9.5	5.5	34
23	Hugo A Galeana		1402	1351	L3	B---	F9	B---	L10	L21	2.0	5	9	6	34
24	Salman Azhar		1590	1600	W18	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	2.0	0	2.5	9.5	8
25	Aadeesh ^ Shastry		1349	1291	L9	L11	L19	L20	H---	H---	1.0	7.5	11	0.5	34

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship - D/E (1000-1399)

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Abraham Adberstein	200.00	unr.	1670	W14	W3	W6	W7	W8	W5	6.0	18.5	21.5	21	82.5
2	David Adberstein	200.00	unr.	1470	L8	W24	W12	W13	W7	W6	5.0	16.5	17	15	66.5
3	Daniel Z Song	100.33	1174	1247	W23	L1	W9	D6	W15	D8	4.0	19	19.5	14	73.5
4	Jothi Ramesh	100.33	1019	1209	W10	L5	W14	W22	L6	W13	4.0	17	19.5	14	68
5	Josiah P Stearman	100.33	1216	1279	W16	W4	D19	W15	H---	L1	4.0	16.5	16.5	16.5	63.5
6	Seaver Dahlgren		1262	1300	W12	W9	L1	D3	W4	L2	3.5	22.5	25.5	14.5	83.5
7	Kory Hui		1270	1295	W24	W8	W13	L1	L2	D9	3.5	21	21.5	15.5	76
8	Tyler Russo		1156	1255	W2	L7	W20	W19	L1	D3	3.5	20.5	22.5	13.5	82.5
9	Jennifer Li		1075	1186	W11	L6	L3	W20	W19	D7	3.5	16.5	18.5	11.5	70
10	Charles Lin		1225	1214	L4	D16	L22	W12	W17	W15	3.5	14.5	16.5	8.5	55
11	Hansel Teoh		1261	1231	L9	L12	W23	W14	H---	W16	3.5	12	12	8.5	35
12	Matt Ros Stecklow		1102	1167	L6	W11	L2	L10	W24	W19	3.0	12.5	18	8	59
13	Aleksan Kozminski		1231	1207	W18	W20	L7	L2	W21	L4	3.0	12	19	13	66.5
14	Sophia Li		1152	1136	L1	W23	L4	L11	W20	W21	3.0	11.5	18	8	60.5
15	Amit Sant		1146	1128	D19	W21	W17	L5	L3	L10	2.5	14	18	12	65.5
16	Joanna ^ Liu		963	955	L5	D10	L21	W24	X22	L11	2.5	9.5	13.5	6.5	45
17	Elliot Ki		1224	1147	L20	W18	L15	D21	L10	W23	2.5	9.5	13	7.5	43.5
18	Glenn A Cohen		1030	1005	L13	L17	D24	W23	H---	H---	2.5	3.5	6.5	5.5	23.5
19	Chris Xiong		1299	1230	D15	W22	D5	L8	L9	L12	2.0	15	19	10	69
20	Bobby J Carnage		1013	1016	W17	L13	L8	L9	L14	W24	2.0	12.5	16	7	55.5
21	Alanna $p^ Song		670	808	D22	L15	W16	D17	L13	L14	2.0	12.5	15.5	8.5	54
22	R Level $p Drummer		1199	1164	D21	L19	W10	L4	F16	U---	1.5	7.5	11.5	7	41
23	Jacobo Adberstein		unr.	620	L3	L14	L11	L18	B---	L17	1.0	11.5	15.5	1	45
24	Justin J Tan		1117	1024	L7	L2	D18	L16	L12	L20	0.5	13	18	2	58.5

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship - F (800-999)

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Kevin Lin	916	1071	W11	W8	D5	W4	W2	4.5	11	12.5	13.5	36.5
2	Charles Tang	924	1009	D9	W4	W3	W10	L1	3.5	13	14.5	11.5	44.5
3	Shopnavo Biswas	950	987	H---	W9	L2	W7	W10	3.5	9	9	9	31
4	Andrew Lin	893	926	W7	L2	W11	L1	W8	3.0	12	13.5	9	43.5
5	Kaushik Donthi	837	834	L8	L11	D1	W6	W7	2.5	6.5	12.5	4.5	38.5
6	Stephan Tompkins	unr.	677	H---	L7	W9	L5	W12	2.5	5.5	8	6	21
7	Alanna ^ Song	670	728	L4	W6	W8	L3	L5	2.0	10	13.5	7	36.5
8	Leonar Cardarelli	983	925	W5	L1	L7	W11	L4	2.0	9	13.5	7	38.5
9	Desiree Ho	819	782	D2	L3	L6	W12	D11	2.0	9	12.5	5	36.5
10	Yousef Rezw Azhar	982	926	B---	H---	H---	L2	L3	2.0	3.5	7	6.5	21
11	Vandan Mediboyina	815	793	L1	W5	L4	L8	D9	1.5	9.5	14	4.5	39
12	Mukund Venkat	unr.	350	H---	H---	U---	L9	L6	1.0	2	4.5	3.5	11.5

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship - G (600-799)

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Abhishek Handigol	633	931	W11	W9	W3	W2	W4	5.0	10.5	11	15	37.5
2	Ofer Mendelevitch	unr.	911	W10	W11	W9	L1	W3	4.0	10.5	11	13	34
3	Harish Venkat	650	763	W6	W7	L1	W9	L2	3.0	13.5	14	11	45
4	Howard Leona Tang	671	755	L7	W5	W6	W8	L1	3.0	12.5	14.5	9	41.5
5	Dani Mendelevitch	677	692	L8	L4	W11	W7	W9	3.0	7.5	8	6	29
6	Nichol Cardarelli	727	708	L3	D8	L4	W11	W7	2.5	7	10.5	5	36
7	Telvin Zhong	781	726	W4	L3	W8	L5	L6	2.0	10.5	13.5	8	38.5
8	Chinguun $p Bayaraa	616	615	W5	D6	L7	L4	D11	2.0	8	11	7.5	28.5
9	Akshay Sathiya	674	600	B---	L1	L2	L3	L5	1.0	10	15	4	45
10	Anish Iyyavoo	unr.	463	L2	H---	H---	U---	U---	1.0	0	4	2.5	13
11	Daniel George	693	613	L1	L2	L5	L6	D8	0.5	11.5	16.5	0.5	46.5

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship - HIJ

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Jordan De Medina	unr.	1012	W11	W2	W4	W9	W3	5.0	12	13.5	15	42
2	James Pflaging	372	601	W3	L1	W12	W10	W5	4.0	13	14.5	11	47
3	Andrew Tang	566	593	L2	W6	W5	W4	L1	3.0	15	17.5	9	52
4	Jasper Wu	325	492	W6	W7	L1	L3	W10	3.0	13	15	10	43
5	Rowen Barnes	317	411	W8	W9	L3	W11	L2	3.0	11	12.5	11	36
6	Kia Sadeghi	unr.	391	L4	L3	B---	W13	W9	3.0	8.5	8.5	5	31
7	Evan ^ Chin	unr.	332	W10	L4	L9	D8	W12	2.5	6	10.5	7	34
8	Alvin Lin	unr.	241	L5	L10	W13	D7	B---	2.5	5	8	4	29
9	Kaushi Shivakumar	337	324	W12	L5	W7	L1	L6	2.0	9.5	14.5	8	43
10	Aditya Penmesta	531	459	L7	W8	W11	L2	L4	2.0	9	13	7	36
11	Felix E Chen	226	215	L1	B---	L10	L5	W13	2.0	5.5	10.5	4	37
12	Mukund Venkat	unr.	156	L9	W13	L2	B---	L7	2.0	5	9	5	30
13	Anish Iyyavoo	unr.	100	B---	L12	L8	L6	L11	1.0	5	7.5	4	18

BayAreaChess: NorCal Championship - Extra Rated

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Alan F Howe	1647	1653	W4	1.0	0	0	1	0
2	Rayan ^ Taghizadeh	1573	1588	W3	1.0	0	0	1	0
3	Phil ^ Ploquin	1519	1504	L2	0.0	0	1	0	1
4	Hugo A Galeana	1402	1394	L1	0.0	0	1	0	1

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