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4/13-5/18 Spring Fling ($30 special Entry Fee) Sat Knight Live Marathon) (6:30pm) @ Bay Area Chess Center [Milpitas] (map - Entries/Results/Pairings - Reg Now - Info - Flyer)
5/25-27 or 26-27 Best of the West Class Championship (Sat 11:30a or Sun 10am) @ @ Santa Clara Marriott (map - Entries - Reg Now - Info - Flyer)
5/27 Regional Grade Level Championship (Mon 9:30a) & Quads (Mon 4:30pm) @ @ Santa Clara Marriott (map - Entries - Reg Now - Info - Flyer)
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US Junior Congress 2013 on Mar 23 and/or 24 @ SFO Airport Hyatt Regency (map)
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Ages 8 & under on Mar 24,
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Next Major
Regular Event
Best of the West Championship
$20,000 b/257 entries
@ Santa Clara Marriott (map)
on May 25-27 or 26-27
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$uper$wiss
$1,000 b/44 entries
$37 EF
4SS x G/60;d5
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Jun 29
@ Bay Area Chess Center (map)

Prize $8,084
  Open Open ABC ABC CDE CDE
  Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected
1st
$1,213
$1,500
$808
$1,000
$808
$1,000
2nd
$566
$700
$404
$500
$404
$500
3rd 
$243
$300
$162
$200
$162
$200
u2300
u1800
u1300
1st
$566
$700
$485
$600
$485
$600
2nd
$243
$300
$162
$200
$162
$200
3rd 
$81
$100
$81
$100
$81
$100
u2100
u1600
u1100
1st
$243
$300
$243
$300
$243
$300
2nd
$81
$100
$81
$100
$81
$100
$3,234
$4,000
$2,425
$3,000
$2,425
$3,000


Standings

Bay Area New Year Open Championship 2013: Open (merged)

GM Sadorra won clear 1st place ($1213) and the New Year Open Championship.
NM Manvelyan and Li tied for 2nd place ($566) and u2300 1st place ($566). These prizes were distributed evently so each one earned $566
Klotz-Burwell win 1st u2100 ($243)
Apte, Koepcke, and NM Mackenzie tied for 3rd place ($243), 2nd place under 2300 ($81), and 3rd place u2300 ($81) - These prizes were distributed evently so each one earned $189
Nagarajan, Karas, Narayanasamy, Zhao, Oza, and Ruddell tied for 2nd place under 2100 ($81). Each one earned $16.20.
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 GM Julio C Sadorra 2631 W9 W19 W2 W17 W8 W4 6.0 1213-99=1114
2 NM Hayk Manvelyan 2280 D27 W11 L1 W20 W23 W8 4.5 566.00
3 Edward ^ Li 1977 D8 W36 D15 D23 W14 W22 4.5 566.00
4 Neel Apte 2108 W21 D18 D5 W25 W17 L1 4.0 189.00
5 Richard W Koepcke 2216 D26 W28 D4 H--- W10 D6 4.0 189.00
6 Hunter Klotz-burwell 2068 W33 D14 D23 D22 W15 D5 4.0 243.00
7 NM Dana N Mackenzie 2117 D30 L10 W34 D26 W28 W16 4.0 189.00
8 Jack Qijie Zhu 2180 D3 W31 W26 W14 L1 L2 3.5
9 Pranav Nagarajan 2036 L1 W12 W19 D16 D22 D11 3.5 16.20
10 Pras Narayanasamy 2032 H--- W7 L14 W13 L5 W24 3.5 16.20
11 Art ^ Zhao 1988 D16 L2 W32 D24 W26 D9 3.5 16.20
12 Nikunj C +^ Oza 1919 L19 L9 W29 W34 D24 W23 3.5 16.20
13 Solomon M Ruddell 2069 L18 D21 W35 L10 W33 W25 3.5 16.20
14 IM Sarai Sanchez 2273 W34 D6 W10 L8 L3 D20 3.0
15 Qibiao Wang 2257 W20 L17 D3 W27 L6 D21 3.0
16 FM Kenan Zildzic 2200 D11 W27 D25 D9 D18 L7 3.0
17 Faik Aleskerov 2481 W24 W15 W18 L1 L4 U--- 3.0
18 IM Ricardo De Guzman 2413 W13 D4 L17 W28 D16 U--- 3.0
19 Michael Wang 2080 W12 L1 L9 D33 D25 W31 3.0
20 Alexander Steger 2052 L15 D24 W21 L2 W30 D14 3.0
21 Charles Tang 1906 L4 D13 L20 W36 W34 D15 3.0
22 NM Michael Aigner 2200 H--- W30 H--- D6 D9 L3 3.0
23 Paul Richter 2070 D25 W29 D6 D3 L2 L12 2.5
24 Teemu Virtanen 2077 L17 D20 W31 D11 D12 L10 2.5
25 Vikram ^ Ganesh 1899 D23 W32 D16 L4 D19 L13 2.5
26 Aleksandr Ivanov 2022 D5 W35 L8 D7 L11 D27 2.5
27 Siddharth G Banik 2033 D2 L16 W30 L15 D31 D26 2.5
28 Praveen Narayanan 2002 B--- L5 W36 L18 L7 D30 2.5
29 Som ^ Bandyopadhyay 1715 D32 L23 L12 L31 W35 W33 2.5
30 Rayan ^ Taghizadeh 1981 D7 L22 L27 W35 L20 D28 2.0
31 Arvind Sankar 1916 D35 L8 L24 W29 D27 L19 2.0
32 Scott Mason 2037 D29 L25 L11 H--- U--- W34 2.0
33 Randolph E ^ Moore 1732 L6 L34 B--- D19 L13 L29 1.5
34 Arnold Hua 2005 L14 W33 L7 L12 L21 L32 1.0
35 Anirudh -e ^ Seela 1822 D31 L26 L13 L30 L29 H--- 1.0
36 FM Eric A Schiller 2200 H--- L3 L28 L21 U--- U--- 0.5


Bay Area New Year Open Championship 2013: 1500-1900 (Merged)

Heifetz won clear first place and under 2000 title ($808)
Fan won clear first place under 1800 ($485)
Feghhi won clear second place ($404)
Zeng and Larsen tied for 3rd place ($162) and 2nd place under 1800 ($162) - These prizes were distributed evently so each one earned $162.
Jarasek, Russo, and Xiong tied for 3rd Place u1800 ($81) - These prizes were distributed evenly so each one earned $27
Buitrago and Budaraju tied for 2nd Place u1600 ($81) - These prizes were distributed evenly so each one earned $40.50
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Michael Heifetz 1972 W40 W32 W23 D4 W6 W13 5.5 808.00
2 Alexander Feghhi 1800 W42 W21 L8 W30 W11 W4 5.0 404.00
3 Zheyuan -e Fan 1641 H--- W16 W14 D6 W28 W7 5.0 485*2/3=321.67
4 Hongbiao Zeng 1758 W22 W43 W7 D1 W8 L2 4.5 162.00
5 Joseph Larsen 1672 L6 W42 D47 W37 W14 W15 4.5 162.00
6 Jason Hao M ^ Zhang 1405 W5 W29 W35 D3 L1 D8 4.0 243.00
7 Ladia Ray Jirasek 1764 W27 W48 L4 W24 W20 L3 4.0 27.00
8 Michael K Lum 1825 W34 W25 W2 H--- L4 D6 4.0
9 Hovik Manvelyan 1985 W18 L17 D36 D16 W34 W25 4.0
10 Taylor McCreary 1870 L21 W37 D39 D27 W17 W23 4.0
11 Robert V Russo 1795 W44 D36 D20 B--- L2 W24 4.0 27.00
12 Chris Xiong 1764 W49 D14 D15 D28 W36 H--- 4.0 27.00
13 Yuan Wang 1954 H--- W54 H--- W17 W23 L1 4.0
14 Igor Royzen 1863 W26 D12 L3 W47 L5 W22 3.5
15 Kevin -e Lin 1706 D19 W51 D12 D41 W35 L5 3.5
16 Archit Dasika 1604 D51 L3 W29 D9 D19 W35 3.5
17 Shirley Buitrago 1559 W56 W9 D24 L13 L10 W36 3.5 40.50
18 Vigne -e Varadarajan 1656 L9 D27 D22 W50 W43 D20 3.5
19 Advait -e ^ Budaraju 1454 D15 D47 W32 U--- D16 W45 3.5 40.50*2/3=27
20 Amit -e Sant 1803 H--- B--- D11 W21 L7 D18 3.5
21 Ram Adity -e Nandula 1591 W10 L2 W25 L20 L24 W48 3.0
22 Kingsley ^-e Wang 1418 L4 D44 D18 W40 W30 L14 3.0
23 Leland Yu 1796 W38 W50 L1 W43 L13 L10 3.0
24 Jesse Flores III 1929 D54 W45 D17 L7 W21 L11 3.0
25 Andrew Zhang -e Hong 1698 W46 L8 L21 W42 W39 L9 3.0
26 Matt Ros Stecklow 1591 L14 W49 L33 D31 W46 D28 3.0
27 Rishith -e^ Susarla 1495 L7 D18 W54 D10 W45 U--- 3.0
28 Audrey Jin N -e Zhao 1835 L43 W56 W48 D12 L3 D26 3.0
29 Milind -e Maiti 1663 D37 L6 L16 W52 D38 W42 3.0
30 Todd D McFarren 1660 W52 L35 W50 L2 L22 W44 3.0
31 Angel T -e Maxion 1675 L50 W38 L34 D26 D47 W43 3.0
32 Riaz A -e Karamali 1671 W55 L1 L19 W48 H--- H--- 3.0
33 Barbara -h Goodkind 1833 H--- H--- W26 W34 U--- U--- 3.0
34 Evan Baldonado 1564 L8 W46 W31 L33 L9 D37 2.5
35 Alekhya -e Nandula 1826 W39 W30 L6 D36 L15 L16 2.5
36 Ganesh -e Murugappan 1662 X60 D11 D9 D35 L12 L17 2.5
37 Sank ^ -e Srivatsa Phd 1112 D29 L10 W51 L5 D44 D34 2.5
38 Brandon C -e ^ Ho 1497 L23 L31 D46 W55 D29 D39 2.5
39 Saleem Karamali 1590 L35 W52 D10 D45 L25 D38 2.5
40 Paul Crider 1633 L1 W55 L41 L22 D49 W50 2.5
41 Lauren -h Goodkind 1923 H--- H--- W40 D15 U--- U--- 2.5
42 Howard -e Shan 1503 L2 L5 W55 L25 W52 L29 2.0
43 Akash Thiagarajan 1525 W28 L4 X53 L23 L18 L31 2.0
44 Pran -e Senthilkumar 1506 L11 D22 L45 W54 D37 L30 2.0
45 Sameer -e Vijay 1768 H--- L24 W44 D39 L27 L19 2.0
46 Justin ^ -e Feng 1439 L25 L34 D38 W51 L26 D49 2.0
47 Alan F -e* Howe 1503 H--- D19 D5 L14 D31 U--- 2.0
48 Garrick -e Su 1502 X20 L7 L28 L32 W51 L21 2.0
49 Stephen R ^ -e Ho 1494 L12 L26 L52 B--- D40 D46 2.0
50 Daniel ^ -$4 Newman 1407 W31 L23 L30 L18 H--- L40 1.5
51 Brian -e Wen 1621 D16 L15 L37 L46 L48 W52 1.5
52 Sai Sa ^ -e Kambampati 1087 L30 L39 W49 L29 L42 L51 1.0
53 Dhanush Venkatesh 1673 H--- H--- F43 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
54 Rahul -e Srinivas 1655 D24 L13 L27 L44 U--- U--- 0.5
55 Arul ^ -e Viswanathan 1370 L32 L40 L42 L38 H--- U--- 0.5
56 Alan F -e Howe 1503 L17 L28 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
57 Arvind Sankar 1916 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
58 Salman Azhar 1536 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
59 Aamir Ali Azhar 1514 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
60 Archit ^ -e Dasika 1364 F36 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0


Bay Area New Year Open Championship 2013: U1500 (Merged)

Birguer won clear 1st place and the unrated title and won the maximum unrated prize ($200)
Granik won clear 2nd place and won the maximum unrated prize ($200)
Clemens and Zeng tied for 1st place u1300 ($485) and 1st place u1100 ($243) - These prizes were distributed evently so each one earned $364
Hochee, Vendrow, Kozminski, and Ma tied for 3rd place ($162) - These prizes were distributed evently so each one earned $40.50\
The Under 1500 Title was shared by Hochee, Vendrow,Kozminski, Clemens,Ma, and Zeng
Hasteer, Devarakonda, Hasteer, and Narayan tied for 2nd Place u1300 ($162), 3rd Place u1300 ($81), and 2nd Place u1300 ($81) - These prizes were distributed evently so each one earned $81.
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Alexandre Birguer unr. W49 W9 W22 W4 W3 D2 5.5 200.00
2 Yuri -e Granik unr. B--- D18 W7 W15 W6 D1 5.0 200*2/3=133.33
3 Daniel L Hochee 1309 W48 W17 W16 W5 L1 D4 4.5 40.50
4 David Vendrow 1444 W35 W13 W33 L1 W10 D3 4.5 40.50
5 Aleksan -e Kozminski 1449 D40 W31 W18 L3 W17 W11 4.5 40.50*2/3=27
6 Kristian -e Clemens 1018 W19 W34 W14 H--- L2 W23 4.5 364.00*2/3=242.67
7 Henry -e Ma 1351 W38 D21 L2 W41 W30 W14 4.5 40.50*2/3=27
8 Sheena Zeng 1275 D45 D15 W39 W36 D14 W19 4.5 364.00
9 Divija -e Hasteer 1280 W42 L1 W21 W38 L11 W22 4.0 81.00*2/3=54
10 Kiree -e Devarakonda 1079 W12 L14 W44 W26 L4 W28 4.0 81.00*2/3=54
11 Richard -e Wang 1144 L14 W25 W31 W33 W9 L5 4.0 81.00*2/3=54
12 Vivek -e Thangam 1346 L10 L32 W47 W39 W38 W24 4.0
13 Vishal -e Narayan 1121 W25 L4 W34 H--- W16 H--- 4.0 81.00*2/3=54
14 Valentin Mestman 1423 W11 W10 L6 W24 D8 L7 3.5
15 Alex Li 878 W29 D8 W37 L2 L19 W30 3.5
16 Scott -e Cameron 1433 W30 W24 L3 D37 L13 W32 3.5
17 Alex -e Wang 1244 W23 L3 D20 X21 L5 W31 3.5
18 Rohan -e Desikan 1253 W41 D2 L5 L20 W44 W36 3.5
19 Ayush -e $17 Athikayala 1295 L6 D46 W40 W45 W15 L8 3.5
20 Trina Chatterjee 1015 L37 B--- D17 W18 D22 D27 3.5
21 Michael Da -e Ryaboy 1188 W27 D7 L9 F17 W50 W33 3.5
22 Aditya -e Behal 1368 W32 W44 L1 D30 D20 L9 3.0
23 Tony Cole 1496 L17 W45 L30 W29 W26 L6 3.0
24 Jonathan -e Xu 1251 W50 L16 W48 L14 W25 L12 3.0
25 Jason Zhang -e Hong 1359 L13 L11 W49 W35 L24 W40 3.0
26 Raymond -e Ji 1284 L31 W47 W32 L10 L23 W41 3.0
27 Kayvon Z -e Sadeghi 1440 L21 W40 L38 D44 W45 D20 3.0
28 Scott Zdunczyk 1321 L36 L38 W42 W48 W41 L10 3.0
29 Maurya -e Palusa 1258 L15 L48 W50 L23 W47 W39 3.0
30 Annapoorni Meiyappan 1233 L16 W43 W23 D22 L7 L15 2.5
31 Adith Srivatsa 964 W26 L5 L11 D40 W43 L17 2.5
32 Brenden -e Cheung 1127 L22 W12 L26 W34 D33 L16 2.5
33 Oliver -e Wu 1289 X52 W36 L4 L11 D32 L21 2.5
34 Henry -e Wang 1263 W47 L6 L13 L32 D35 W38 2.5
35 Kia -e Sadeghi 1189 L4 W42 L36 L25 D34 W44 2.5
36 Jordan -e Jiao 1063 W28 L33 W35 L8 H--- L18 2.5
37 Linnea Bro Nelson 1273 W20 W39 L15 D16 U--- U--- 2.5
38 Pranav -e +m Malavalli 1098 L7 W28 W27 L9 L12 L34 2.0
39 Zhiyi A -e Wang 1168 W43 L37 L8 L12 W49 L29 2.0
40 Avyay -e Varadarajan 1203 D5 L27 L19 D31 W48 L25 2.0
41 Vishal -e Sodem 547 L18 W49 W46 L7 L28 L26 2.0
42 Aadarsh -e Shivaraju 782 L9 L35 L28 L47 W46 W49 2.0
43 Tyler Russo 1427 L39 L30 L45 W46 L31 W47 2.0
44 Rishabh -e Sanghavi 1215 W46 L22 L10 D27 L18 L35 1.5
45 Noah H Quanrud 1144 D8 L23 W43 L19 L27 F48 1.5
46 Grant -e Ye 536 L44 D19 L41 L43 L42 X50 1.5
47 Aadhitya Aravind 706 L34 L26 L12 W42 L29 L43 1.0
48 Mihir -e Kondapalli 1163 L3 W29 L24 L28 L40 F45 1.0
49 Arto Du -e Mihalache 1213 L1 L41 L25 W50 L39 L42 1.0
50 Vedant -e $m17 Kenkare 771 L24 U--- L29 L49 L21 F46 0.0
51 Raymond -e Muller II 1315 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
52 Adrian -e Kisieu 1018 F33 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0


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