October 2023 - Menlo Park Chess Club

October 31, 2023November 2, 2023

Second Club Championship Round 2 Pairings

Below are the pairings for round two of our club championship, which begins promptly at 7pm Thursday, November 2nd, 2023. Please call Mark Drury at 650-400-6393 if you are unable to play for any reason and try to arrive no later than 6:50pm to check in.

The two tables which follow the second round pairings, below, are the wall chart and the prize groups–we have two groups with 9 members and two with 8 and the ratings distributions seen in this event make the groups reasonably equitable (though please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, of course). Regards,

Mark Drury

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Board	#	White	Result	#	Black

Board	#	White	Result	#	Black
1	9	JOSEN KALRA		1	ALEX CHIN
2	2	PRANAV JINDAL		10	JEFFREY MCGINNIS
3	11	DAVID ZHAO		3	RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN
4	13	SAMUEL AGDAMAG		4	TOBIN BENNION
5	15	TAEWOO KIM		5	JIALIN WU
6	7	LIAM LIU		34	HUGO PU
7	16	CHASE WANG		8	CESAR TAMONDONG
8	29	MICHAEL DARR		6	NICK MATELLI
9	23	ATUL DHINGRA		14	NIKITA GRINKIN
10	18	ANTON BOBKOV		32	AMOGH RAO
11	31	SIDDHARTH KALRA		17	LASHA LAKIRBAIA
12	19	KORNEL CSERNAI		28	PAUL HARTEL
13	26	JEFFREY UNGAR		20	HAMDANIL RASYID
14	22	BANKS BENNION		30	PARAMDEEP SINGH
15	27	UMAR RASYID		24	HAYDEN BRONGERSMA
16	25	FADI ARODAKI		33	GREGORY GAUTHIER
	21	DHRITEE DESAI	½		BYE
	12	MICHAEL SHERRARD	½		BYE

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Player #	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2
1	ALEX CHIN	W 24	B 8
	2009 17050697	1.0
2	PRANAV JINDAL	B 25	W 9
	2004 30628884	1.0
3	RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN	W 26	B 10
	1800 31454772	1.0
4	TOBIN BENNION	—-	B 11
	1708 12679573	X1.0
5	JIALIN WU	W 27	B 12
	1703 30410290	1.0
6	LIAM LIU	B 28	W 15
	1665 30390852	1.0
7	CESAR TAMONDONG	W 29	B 13
	1632 12439091	1.0
8	JOSEN KALRA	B 30	W 1
	1600 12615210	1.0
9	JEFFREY MCGINNIS	W 31	B 2
	1504 13195830	1.0
10	DAVID ZHAO	B 32	W 3
	1502 14793784	1.0
11	SAMUEL AGDAMAG	B 33	W 4
	1462 14874734	1.0
12	TAEWOO KIM	B 34	W 5
	1400 30622509	1.0
13	CHASE WANG	—-	W 7
	1328 15015852	X1.0
14	MICHAEL DARR	B 22	W 16
	798 31240182	1.0
15	HUGO PU	W 23	B 6
	unr. 31093860	1.0
16	NICK MATELLI	bye	B 14
	1695 12928935	0.5
17	NIKITA GRINKIN	W 20	B 19
	1453 31286945	0.5
18	ANTON BOBKOV	bye	W 21
	1292 30162536	0.5
19	ATUL DHINGRA	bye	W 17
	1095 31236322	0.5
20	SIDDHARTH KALRA	B 17	W 23
	253 30498046	0.5
21	AMOGH RAO	bye	B 18
	unr. 30949341	0.5
22	MICHAEL SHERRARD	W 14	bye
	1478 12447368	0.0
23	LASHA LAKIRBAIA	B 15	B 20
	1304 30975473	0.0
24	KORNEL CSERNAI	B 1	W 32
	1285 30594380	0.0
25	HAMDANIL RASYID	W 2	B 30
	1260 30466276	0.0
26	DHRITEE DESAI	B 3	bye
	1213 16336152	0.0
27	BANKS BENNION	B 5	W 33
	1140 30175646	0.0
28	HAYDEN BRONGERSMA	W 6	B 31
	1064 31240441	0.0
29	FADI ARODAKI	B 7	W 34
	1060 31279904	0.0
30	JEFFREY UNGAR	W 8	W 25
	1043 16396743	0.0
31	UMAR RASYID	B 9	W 28
	1001 30516925	0.0
32	PAUL HARTEL	W 10	B 24
	918 31277799	0.0
33	PARAMDEEP SINGH	W 11	B 27
	672 30214394	0.0
34	GREGORY GAUTHIER	W 12	B 29
	unr. 31300086	0.0

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Name	Group	ID	Rating	Expiration
CHIN, ALEX	1600+	17050697	2009	11/30/2023
JINDAL, PRANAV	1600+	30628884	2004	08/31/2024
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR	1600+	31454772	(1800)	10/31/2024
BENNION, TOBIN	1600+	12679573	1708	11/30/2023
WU, JIALIN	1600+	30410290	1703	01/31/2024
MATELLI, NICK	1600+	12928935	1695	05/31/2024
LIU, LIAM	1600+	30390852	1665	12/31/2024
TAMONDONG, CESAR	1600+	12439091	1632	08/31/2024
KALRA, JOSEN	1600+	12615210	1600	10/31/2024
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY	1300-1599	13195830	1504	03/31/2025
ZHAO, DAVID	1300-1599	14793784	1502	06/30/2024
SHERRARD, MICHAEL	1300-1599	12447368	1478	04/30/2025
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL	1300-1599	14874734	1462	05/31/2024
GRINKIN, NIKITA	1300-1599	31286945	1453	06/30/2024
KIM, TAEWOO	1300-1599	30622509	1400	06/30/2025
WANG, CHASE	1300-1599	15015852	1328	08/31/2025
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA	1300-1599	30975473	1304	01/31/2024
BOBKOV, ANTON	1002-1299	30162536	1292	10/31/2024
CSERNAI, KORNEL	1002-1299	30594380	1285	06/30/2024
RASYID, HAMDANIL	1002-1299	30466276	1260	08/31/2024
DESAI, DHRITEE	1002-1299	16336152	1213	03/31/2024
BENNION, BANKS	1002-1299	30175646	1140	06/30/2025
DHINGRA, ATUL	1002-1299	31236322	1095	05/31/2024
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN	1002-1299	31240441	1064	05/31/2024
ARODAKI, FADI	1002-1299	31279904	1060	05/31/2025
UNGAR, JEFFREY	1002-1299	16396743	1043	04/30/2024
RASYID, UMAR	UNR-1001	30516925	1001	05/31/2024
HARTEL, PAUL	UNR-1001	31277799	918	05/31/2024
DARR, MICHAEL	UNR-1001	31240182	798	05/31/2024
SINGH, PARAMDEEP	UNR-1001	30214394	672	09/30/2023*
KALRA, SIDDHARTH	UNR-1001	30498046	253	05/31/2025
RAO, AMOGH	UNR-1001	30949341	unr.	01/31/2024
GAUTHIER, GREGORY	UNR-1001	31300086	unr.	Life
PU, HUGO	UNR-1001	31093860	unr.	03/31/2024

October 27, 2023October 31, 2023

Second Club Championship Round 1 Results

Below are the results from round 1 of our club championship, which occurred Thursday, October 26th, 2023. Note that, due to my forgetting an email exchange in the aftermath of COVID, I paired someone who had requested a bye for this past Thursday, a lacuna that resulted in a forfeit win for one player and the agreed-upon half-point bye for the other. We also had one no-show which resulted in another forfeit win, but all-in-all it was a decent start to this much-delayed tournament. Regards,

Mark Drury

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Board	#	White	Result	#	Black

Board	#	White	Result	#	Black
1	1	ALEX CHIN	1 – 0	19	KORNEL CSERNAI
2	20	HAMDANIL RASYID	0 – 1	2	PRANAV JINDAL
3	3	RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN	1 – 0	21	DHRITEE DESAI
5	5	JIALIN WU	1 – 0	22	BANKS BENNION
6	24	HAYDEN BRONGERSMA	0 – 1	7	LIAM LIU
7	8	CESAR TAMONDONG	1 – 0	25	FADI ARODAKI
8	26	JEFFREY UNGAR	0 – 1	9	JOSEN KALRA
9	10	JEFFREY MCGINNIS	1 – 0	27	UMAR RASYID
10	28	PAUL HARTEL	0 – 1	11	DAVID ZHAO
11	12	MICHAEL SHERRARD	0 – 1	29	MICHAEL DARR
12	30	PARAMDEEP SINGH	0 – 1	13	SAMUEL AGDAMAG
13	14	NIKITA GRINKIN	½ – ½	31	SIDDHARTH KALRA
14	33	GREGORY GAUTHIER	0 – 1	15	TAEWOO KIM
16	34	HUGO PU	1 – 0	17	LASHA LAKIRBAIA
	4	TOBIN BENNION	1 X		BYE
	16	CHASE WANG	1 X		BYE
	6	NICK MATELLI	½		BYE
	18	ANTON BOBKOV	½		BYE
	23	ATUL DHINGRA	½		BYE
	32	AMOGH RAO	½		BYE

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

Second Club Championship Round 1 Pairings

Below are the pairings for round one of our club championship, beginning promptly at 7pm Thursday, October 26th, 2023. Please call Mark Drury at 650-400-6393 if you are unable to play for any reason and try to arrive no later than 6:50pm to check in. Regards,

Mark Drury

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
1	1		ALEX CHIN	17		KORNEL CSERNAI
2	18		HAMDANIL RASYID	2		PRANAV JINDAL
3	3		RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN	19		DHRITEE DESAI
4	20		ANTON BOBKOV	4		TOBIN BENNION
5	5		JIALIN WU	21		BANKS BENNION
6	23		HAYDEN SCOTT BRONGERSMA	6		LIAM LIU
7	7		CESAR TAMONDONG	24		FADI ARODAKI
8	25		P JEFFREY UNGAR	8		JOSEN SINGH KALRA
9	9		JEFFREY D MCGINNIS	26		UMAR RASYID
10	27		PAUL HARTEL	10		DAVID ZHAO
11	11		MICHAEL LESLIE SHERRARD	28		MICHAEL DARR
12	29		PARAMDEEP SINGH	12		SAMUEL AGDAMAG
13	13		NIKITA GRINKIN	30		SIDDHARTH KALRA
14	32		GREGORY GAUTHIER	14		TAEWOO KIM
15	15		CHASE WANG	33		JEFFERSON MATEO
16	34		HUGO PU	16		LASHA LAKIRBAIA
	22	½	ATUL DHINGRA			BYE
	31	½	AMOGH RAO			BYE

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

COVID Continues

I tested positive again for COVID late last night so I won’t be at the club Thursday and our championship will now be delayed an additional two weeks, given I was already planning to be out of town October 19th. The new start date is October 26th, then continuing the weeks of November 2nd, 9th, 16th and 30th (the 23rd is Thanksgiving, no chess). This change may or may not work for some of you who have registered or added your name to our wait list so please let me know if you wish to withdraw or take a bye on one of the indicated days. You may also review the details of this event, as well as update/cancel your registration or add yourself to the wait list here: https://menloparkchess.club/…/second-menlo-park-chess…/.

This Thursday and October 19th will be casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess game evenings–please bring your own equipment if you plan to attend: https://menloparkchess.club/events/. I hope you see many of you on October 26th! Regards,

Mark Drury

October 4, 2023October 5, 2023

I, COVID (Club Championship Delayed)

Well, after three and a half years of deftly avoiding the infernal virus my wife and I tested positive for COVID Tuesday afternoon. Kim feels worse than I do and may have gotten it earlier (my symptoms are like a bad cold with body aches but will likely worsen). This clearly throws a wrench in the club championship which was supposed to begin Thursday but I’m hoping I’ll test negative well before October 12th and perhaps we can begin then (I’m reasonably certain I wasn’t contagious last Thursday). This again highlights the need for another tournament director in the club, when my absences would be a non-issue. I know a few members are interested in directing so perhaps we can make this happen early next year.

You are still welcome to stop by the club Thursday, of course, but you’ll need to bring your own equipment and set up the room for play (and return the tables to the center of the room before you leave). I’m very sorry for the delay but I’m certain everyone understands, and I hope to see many of you at the club next week! Regards,

Mark Drury