Month: September 2023

We enjoyed another excellent turnout for our casual evening this past Thursday and 26 people played in our impromptu G/2+3 double-round blitz tournament (two games played against each opponent), with Andy Applebaum taking sole first with a perfect 8 points. One point behind in sole second was first-time club visitor Ramkumar Jeyaraman, while Cesar Tamondong claimed sole third with 6 points. Of particular note was the result of Hayden Brongersma at 5 points, a young player who seems to get stronger each week and, if memory serves, only took up the game seriously earlier this year. Full results for the tournament are given below and we’ll continue to offer these blitz events (with different formats and time controls) on casual nights given it’s clearly what club membership wishes to do.

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Andy Applebaum	W 22	B 22	B 17	W 17	W 11	B 11	W 3	B 3
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	7.0	8.0	8.0
2	Ramkumar Jeyaraman	B 6	W 6	W 15	B 15	W 8	B 8	B 11	W 11
		0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	7.0	7.0
3	Cesar Tamondong	W 16	B 16	W 13	B 13	B 7	W 7	B 1	W 1
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
4	Rohan Kapre	bye	bye	W 6	B 6	B 19	W 19	W 5	B 5
		0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
5	Kornel Csernai	B 24	W 24	W 7	B 7	W 12	B 12	B 4	W 4
		1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
6	Hayden Brongersma	W 2	B 2	B 4	W 4	B 21	W 21	W 10	B 10
		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	4.5	5.0	5.0
7	David Zhao	W 19	B 19	B 5	W 5	W 3	B 3	B 15	W 15
		1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.5	4.5
8	Mark Drury	W 10	B 10	bye	bye	B 2	W 2	W 17	B 17
		1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.5	4.5
9	Josen Kalra	B 15	W 15	W 16	B 16	W 18	B 18	W 21	B 21
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	4.5	4.5
10	Amogh Rao	B 8	W 8	W 26	B 26	B 13	W 13	B 6	W 6
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.5	4.5
11	Pranav Jindal	B 14	W 14	W 21	B 21	B 1	W 1	W 2	B 2
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
12	John Vitlacil	bye	bye	bye	bye	B 5	W 5	B 14	W 14
		0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
13	Lasha Lakarbaia	W 26	B 26	B 3	W 3	W 10	B 10	W 22	B 22
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
14	Paul Hartel	W 11	B 11	B 23	W 23	B 17	W 17	W 12	B 12
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
15	Jay Wacker	W 9	B 9	B 2	W 2	B 22	W 22	W 7	B 7
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5	4.0	4.0
16	Atul Dhingra	B 3	W 3	B 9	W 9	W 20	B 20	W 23	B 23
		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
17	Nikita Grinkin	B 25	W 25	W 1	B 1	W 14	B 14	B 8	W 8
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.5	3.5
18	Aditya Dhamdhere	bye	bye	—-	—-	B 9	W 9	B 25	W 25
		0.5	1.0	U1.0	U1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
19	Isaiah Scott	B 7	W 7	W 24	B 24	W 4	B 4	W 20	B 20
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
20	Hugo Pu	bye	bye	—-	—-	B 16	W 16	B 19	W 19
		0.5	1.0	U1.0	U1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
21	Ashwin Ganesh	W 23	B 23	B 11	W 11	W 6	B 6	B 9	W 9
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
22	Richard Wang	B 1	W 1	W 25	B 25	W 15	B 15	B 13	W 13
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
23	Jerome Oriel	B 21	W 21	W 14	B 14	B 26	W 26	B 16	W 16
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
24	Victor Chen	W 5	B 5	B 19	W 19	B 25	W 25	W 26	B 26
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
25	Michael Darr	W 17	B 17	B 22	W 22	W 24	B 24	W 18	B 18
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
26	Ganesh R.	B 13	W 13	B 10	W 10	W 23	B 23	B 24	W 24
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

We enjoyed another good turnout for our casual evening this past Thursday and 24 people played in our impromptu G/2+3 double-round blitz tournament (two games played against each opponent), with Andy, Pranav and Alaric sharing first place with 7 out of 8 points. The time control was a bit unusual and was chosen solely because we wished to try something different, something a little faster than normal. I don’t know that we’ll play G/2+3 again as it was not obviously better than G/3+2 or the like but it was perhaps worth trying. We’ll play another impromptu blitz tournament next week (September 28th) and our club championship will begin the following week, October 5th. Regards,

Mark Drury

#	Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Andy Applebaum	bye	bye	B 13	W 13	W 15	B 15	B 10	W 10
		0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	7.0	7.0
2	Pranav Jindal	W 17	B 17	B 5	W 5	W 10	B 10	W 3	B 3
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
3	Alaric Stein	B 18	W 18	W 6	B 6	W 11	B 11	B 2	W 2
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	6.0	7.0	7.0
4	Rohan Kapre	bye	bye	bye	bye	W 21	B 21	B 11	W 11
		0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	6.0
5	David Zhao	B 20	W 20	W 2	B 2	W 13	B 13	W 7	B 7
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
6	Josen Kalra	W 9	B 9	B 3	W 3	B 8	W 8	W 12	B 12
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
7	Julian Tai	bye	bye	B 15	W 15	W 19	B 19	B 5	W 5
		0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
8	Paul Hartel	B 15	W 15	B 17	W 17	W 6	B 6	W 20	B 20
		0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
9	Austin Chen	B 6	W 6	W 18	B 18	W 23	B 23	B 16	W 16
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
10	Richard Wang	B 21	W 21	W 16	B 16	B 2	W 2	W 1	B 1
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
11	Nikita Grinkin	W 19	B 19	W 12	B 12	B 3	W 3	W 4	B 4
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
12	Ashwin Ganesh	W 24	B 24	B 11	W 11	W 14	B 14	B 6	W 6
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
13	Isaiah Scott	B 22	W 22	W 1	B 1	B 5	W 5	W 21	B 21
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
14	Hugo Pu	bye	bye	bye	bye	B 12	W 12	B 24	W 24
		0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
15	Thomas Gerber	W 8	B 8	W 7	B 7	B 1	W 1	B 18	W 18
		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
16	Arnav Bhavsar	B 23	W 23	B 10	W 10	W 20	B 20	W 9	B 9
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
17	Amogh Rao	B 2	W 2	W 8	B 8	W 18	B 18	B 19	W 19
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
18	Hayden Brongersma	W 3	B 3	B 9	W 9	B 17	W 17	W 15	B 15
		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
19	Jeff Ungar	B 11	W 11	W 24	B 24	B 7	W 7	W 17	B 17
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
20	Aditya Dhamdhere	W 5	B 5	W 22	B 22	B 16	W 16	B 8	W 8
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
21	Michael Darr	W 10	B 10	W 23	B 23	B 4	W 4	B 13	W 13
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
22	Johann Loeb	W 13	B 13	B 20	W 20	B 24	W 24	B 23	W 23
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
23	Victor Chen	W 16	B 16	B 21	W 21	B 9	W 9	W 22	B 22
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
24	Maxime Gerber	B 12	W 12	B 19	W 19	W 22	B 22	W 14	B 14
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

There was another good turnout for our casual evening this past Thursday and twenty people played in the 4-round G/5+0 blitz tournament, won (yet again) by Pranav Jindal with a perfect 4-0 score, followed by Kunal Modi, Nikita Grinkin, Satya Chitturi and yours truly at 3 points. At the conclusion of this tournament quite a few people wanted to play another 4-rounder but we simply didn’t have time–perhaps if we manage to start earlier we can hold two complete blitz tournaments in one evening. Regards,

Mark Drury

#	Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Pranav Jindal	B 15	W 5	B 4	W 2
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
2	Kunal Modi	W 16	B 9	W 3	B 1
		1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
3	Nikita Grinkin	B 12	W 11	B 2	W 6
		1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
4	Satya Chitturi	W 17	B 13	W 1	B 10
		1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
5	Mark Drury	B 18	B 1	W 14	W 11
		1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
6	David Zhao	W 14	B 8	W 9	B 3
		0.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
7	Hugo Pu	bye	bye	B 12	W 14
		0.5	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5
8	Josen Kalra	W 13	W 6	B 19	B 17
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
9	Cesar Tamondong	B 20	W 2	B 6	W 18
		1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
10	Rohan Kapre	bye	bye	B 18	W 4
		0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
11	Arnav Bhavsar	B 19	B 3	W 13	B 5
		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
12	Eddie Zhao	W 3	B 20	W 7	B 19
		0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
13	Hayden Brongersma	B 8	W 4	B 11	W 16
		1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
14	Aditya Dhamdhere	B 6	W 15	B 5	B 7
		0.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
15	Ashwin Ganesh	W 1	B 14	W 17	B 20
		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
16	Kornel Csernai	B 2	W 18	W 20	B 13
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
17	Michael Darr	B 4	W 19	B 15	W 8
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
18	Jeff Ungar	W 5	B 16	W 10	B 9
		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
19	Kyan Agdassi	W 11	B 17	W 8	W 12
		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
20	Paul Hartel	W 9	W 12	B 16	W 15
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Our casual/blitz/bughouse evening this past Thursday was more lightly attended than usual, perhaps due to the upcoming Labor Day Weekend and the fact that we completed our Quick-rated tournament the week before, but many club stalwarts and several first-time visitors played in a five-round impromptu blitz tournament, with Andy Applebaum taking sole first with a perfect 5-0 score (I gave Andy a run for him money in the final round). Satya Chitturi was second with 4 points and Jeff McGinnis third at 3.5. It was another fun event and we may do this every casual evening as there appears to be an appetite for it. Full results follow and note that our Surfeit of Blitz Redux event will likely occur over two weeks September 23rd and 30th. Regards,

Mark Drury

#	Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Andy Applebaum	B 8	W 4	B 2	W 9	B 7
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
2	Satya Chitturi	W 10	B 9	W 1	B 6	W 4
		1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
3	Jeff McGinnis	bye	bye	bye	B 11	B 9
		0.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
4	Deep Bardhan	W 11	B 1	W 7	B 10	B 2
		1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
5	Aranya Kundu	W 12	W 14	B 6	B 15	W 10
		0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
6	Chase Wang	W 7	B 16	W 5	W 2	B 12
		0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
7	Mark Drury	B 6	W 12	B 4	bye	W 1
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.5
8	Hayden Brongersma	W 1	B 11	W 16	B 13	—-
		0.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	U2.5	2.5
9	Ashwin Ganesh	B 17	W 2	B 12	B 1	W 3
		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
10	Arnav Bhavsar	B 2	W 17	B 14	W 4	B 5
		0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
11	Hugo Pu	B 4	W 8	B 17	W 3	W 13
		0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
12	Esther Mendoza	B 5	B 7	W 9	W 14	W 6
		1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
13	Colin Taylor	bye	bye	bye	W 8	B 11
		0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
14	Aditya Dhamdhere	W 16	B 5	W 10	B 12	B 17
		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
15	Abhik Chatterjee	bye	bye	bye	W 5	B 16
		0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
16	Michael Darr	B 14	W 6	B 8	W 17	W 15
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
17	Paul Hartel	W 9	B 10	W 11	B 16	W 14
		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0