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Bay Area Spring Open: San Jose, CA - March 6-7, 2010

Final Standings - Calculated Prize Fund = $2,467. Report errors here.

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Section: Open (1800+)

Hayk Manvelyan won a clear first place with 5.5 points and $500!
Vasudeva won a clear second place with 4.5 points and $200. (Prize donated to Bay Area Chess)
Sevian won a clear third place with 4.0 points and $100. (Prize donated to Bay Area Chess)
Splane won a clear fourth place with 3.5 points and $100.
Hovik Manvelyan and Von Krogh tied for fifth place with 3.0 points and won $50 each.

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]
1	Hayk Manvelyan	500.00	2094	2131	W7	W6	W3	D2	W5	W11	5.5	17.5	19
2	FM Tanuj +f Vasudeva	200.00	1881	1956	L4	W11	W12	D1	W3	W7	4.5	17	18.5
3	Samuel +f Sevian	100.00	2160	2156	W11	W4	L1	W7	L2	W5	4.0	19	20.5
4	NM Mike Splane	100.00	2200	2189	W2	L3	H---	W8	D7	H---	3.5	13	13
5	Hovik Manvelyan	50.00	1959	1962	D8	W13	W6	H---	L1	L3	3.0	12	17.5
6	Christo Von Krogh	50.00	2238	2220	W12	L1	L5	W11	W8	U---	3.0	8	13.5
7	Colin ^ Chow		1788	1815	L1	W12	W8	L3	D4	L2	2.5	15.5	21
8	Max $^ Chen		1783	1781	D5	W9	L7	L4	L6	H---	2.0	11.5	15
9	Salman #^ Azhar		1619	1620	H---	L8	H---	D12	H---	U---	2.0	1.5	3.5
10	Chris # Black		1729	1734	H---	H---	U---	U---	D11	H---	2.0	0	1.5
11	Julian Michae Lin		1876	1855	L3	L2	W14	L6	D10	L1	1.5	17.5	23
12	Nikunj Chandr Oza		1886	1856	L6	L7	L2	D9	H---	H---	1.5	8.5	13
13	Aamir Ali #^ Azhar		1647	1643	H---	L5	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	3
14	R $^ Kasiviswanathan		1360	1358	H---	H---	L11	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	1.5

Section B/C (1400-1799)

Salvo won a clear first place with 5 points and $500!
Wang and Rosellen tied for second and third place with 4.5 points and won $150.50 each.
Kless won a clear first under 1600 place and $100.
Sankar, Ho, Song, and Tao tied for second and third under 1600 place with 3.0 points and won $33 each.

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]
1	Tab E Salvo	500.00	1692	1721	W35	L2	W20	W18	W11	W4	5.0	18	18.5
2	Michael Wang	150.50	1446	1629	W8	W1	D10	D4	D7	W17	4.5	20.5	23.5
3	Jeff Rosellen	150.50	1499	1613	D13	W31	D18	W9	D5	W12	4.5	18	19.5
4	Juan Carl Ventosa		1729	1737	W6	W17	D5	D2	W10	L1	4.0	21	24
5	Surya +m Ram		unr.	1729	W33	W19	D4	D10	D3	D8	4.0	19	20.5
6	James E +m Kless	100.00	1531	1632	L4	W16	W24	D17	W13	D7	4.0	18	21
7	Alan F Howe		1639	1634	W21	D14	W28	D11	D2	D6	4.0	18	20
8	Venkata S Nandula		1638	1665	L2	W35	W27	D12	W15	D5	4.0	18	18.5
9	Aamir Ali #^ Azhar		1647	1659	H---	H---	W25	L3	W19	W18	4.0	13	13
10	Arvind Sankar	33.00	1517	1599	W23	W15	D2	D5	L4	D11	3.5	19.5	22
11	Leyton Ho	33.00	1443	1547	W29	W20	D12	D7	L1	D10	3.5	19	21
12	Hun Klotz-burwell		1712	1691	D32	W34	D11	D8	W14	L3	3.5	17.5	19
13	Steve Chien		1696	1675	D3	L18	W32	W28	L6	W25	3.5	16	17.5
14	Daniel Z ^ Song	33.00	1239	1435	W25	D7	L17	W26	L12	W29	3.5	15.5	17.5
15	Cailen J Melville		1737	1710	W27	L10	D19	W31	L8	W21	3.5	15.5	17
16	Jeffrey Tao	33.00	1567	1572	L17	L6	W35	D25	W31	W26	3.5	13.5	14
17	Carl Woebcke		1748	1714	W16	L4	W14	D6	D21	L2	3.0	15	22
18	Alvin Kong		1406	1477	D31	W13	D3	L1	W30	L9	3.0	14	20.5
19	Justin Wang		1587	1590	W36	L5	D15	H---	L9	W30	3.0	12	16
20	Ajaiyan Rajendran		1576	1573	W22	L11	L1	D32	W27	D23	3.0	11	17.5
21	Amit ^ Sant		1112	1238	L7	B---	D26	W35	D17	L15	3.0	9.5	13.5
22	R ^ Kasiviswanathan		1360	1378	L20	L25	B---	W34	L26	W31	3.0	8.5	11.5
23	Alex Radu		1728	1690	L10	L27	W33	H---	B---	D20	3.0	7	10.5
24	Salman #^ Azhar		1619	1611	H---	H---	L6	H---	W33	H---	3.0	1.5	5.5
25	Martin J Burgdorf		1571	1548	L14	W22	L9	D16	W32	L13	2.5	14.5	18.5
26	Navee Janarthanan		1615	1563	D28	D32	D21	L14	W22	L16	2.5	12	15.5
27	Pranav Nagarajan		1563	1560	L15	W23	L8	H---	L20	W32	2.5	10.5	14.5
28	Anirudh Seela		1426	1430	D26	W30	L7	L13	L29	H---	2.0	10	14
29	Armaan Kalyanpur		1632	1577	L11	D33	L30	H---	W28	L14	2.0	9	12.5
30	Wasim Azhar		1610	1566	H---	L28	W29	H---	L18	L19	2.0	7	10
31	Vishnu +m Ram		unr.	1337	D18	L3	W34	L15	L16	L22	1.5	14.5	19
32	Siddharth G Banik		1508	1485	D12	D26	L13	D20	L25	L27	1.5	14	17.5
33	Rahul Ram Mohan		1454	1434	L5	D29	L23	H---	L24	D35	1.5	8	12
34	Michael Lico		1570	1521	H---	L12	L31	L22	W35	U---	1.5	4.5	8
35	Stephen D Lupton		1458	1395	L1	L8	L16	L21	L34	D33	0.5	13.5	18.5
36	Tony Cole		1364	1355	L19	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	3

Section DE+ (under 1400)

Song won a clear first place with 6 points and $101.00 (Prize restricted for unrated)
Nandulla won a clear second place with 4.5 points and $101.
Song won a clear first under 1200 place and $100.
Gudiseva won a clear second under 1200 place and $66. (Prize donated to Bay Area Chess)

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]
1	Di Song	101.00	unr.	1708	W9	W10	W12	W2	W5	W4	6.0	16	18
2	Alekhya Nandula	101.00	1196	1328	W3	D4	W8	L1	W6	W5	4.5	20	22.5
3	Alanna Song	100.00	1004	1159	L2	L6	W13	W14	W12	W8	4.0	14	15
4	Hansel Teoh		1235	1244	W13	D2	L5	W9	W11	L1	3.5	19	21
5	Rupa L # Gudiseva	66.00	1189	1267	H---	W14	W4	W10	L1	L2	3.5	17	17
6	Sharvil Kekre		1180	1182	L14	W3	D10	D12	L2	W9	3.0	10.5	16
7	Calvin Tam		909	1010	L8	D9	L11	D13	W14	W12	3.0	9	12.5
8	Aaron Ge		1182	1160	W7	D12	L2	L11	W10	L3	2.5	13.5	18
9	Swaminatha # Sankar		1094	1088	L1	D7	W14	L4	W13	L6	2.5	12.5	18.5
10	Tony Cole		1364	1307	B---	L1	D6	L5	L8	W11	2.5	11.5	17.5
11	Solomon Ge		1050	1058	L12	D13	W7	W8	L4	L10	2.5	11.5	15
12	Arun G Khemani		1308	1243	W11	D8	L1	D6	L3	L7	2.0	15	21
13	Ishas Kekre		898	927	L4	D11	L3	D7	L9	W14	2.0	12.5	16.5
14	John Edwards-el		1153	1058	W6	L5	L9	L3	L7	L13	1.0	14	18

Xtra Rated Games

No prizes were allocated to Xtra Rated Games!

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	Michael Da Cruz	2021	2018	W7	D4	1.5
2	Eric Xu	1690	1703	W8	H---	1.5
3	Salman Azhar	1619	1627	W6	H---	1.5
4	Chris Black	1729	1738	H---	D1	1.0
5	Amit Sant	1112	1139	H---	D6	1.0
6	Kevin Moy	1452	1429	L3	D5	0.5
7	Alex Radu	1728	1724	L1	H---	0.5
8	Aamir Ali Azhar	1647	1634	L2	H---	0.5

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