Club Championship Games Streamed Live!

Thanks to the efforts and connections of Juan Cendejas and Cesar Tamondong, the top six boards of the final round of our club championship to be played Thursday, November 30th, at 7pm will be streamed live on both chess.com and DGT’s livechesscloud.com via the following links:

https://www.chess.com/events/2023-menlo-park-chess-club-championship
https://view.livechesscloud.com/#bffa7ace-751d-40a8-bf8f-9a324599ba3f

The pairings for the top six boards remain the same as in our previous post but there were some changes on the lower boards due to illness or withdrawal—the latest pairings are shared below for reference. This is an exciting first for our young club and likely won’t be the last time we dabble in this technology. Thank you, Juan and Cesar!

Board#WhiteResult#Black
15NICK MATELLI1ALEX CHIN
215CHASE WANG3TOBIN BENNION
37CESAR TAMONDONG10DAVID ZHAO
42PRANAV JINDAL16LASHA LAKIRBAIA
513NIKITA GRINKIN17ANTON BOBKOV
618KORNEL CSERNAI22ATUL DHINGRA
78JOSEN KALRA24FADI ARODAKI
827PAUL HARTEL21BANKS BENNION
932AMOGH RAO11MICHAEL SHERRARD
1020DHRITEE DESAI34HUGO PU
1123HAYDEN BRONGERSMA14TAEWOO KIM
1219HAMDANIL RASYID28MICHAEL DARR
1330SIDDHARTH KALRA25JEFFREY UNGAR
26UMAR RASYID1BYE

Second Club Championship Final Round Pairings, Wall Chart, Prize Group Standings

Our round 4 games were no less exciting than previous rounds and we saw a number of upsets, to boot. Below are the final round pairings, wall chart and prize group standings heading into the final round. As always, the pairings could change if someone is unable to play on the 30th, and I’ll update these tables asap if that’s the case.

Recall that the chess club will not meet this Thursday, the 23rd, due to Thanksgiving—please enjoy the holiday, everyone! Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
15NICK MATELLI1ALEX CHIN
215CHASE WANG3TOBIN BENNION
37CESAR TAMONDONG10DAVID ZHAO
42PRANAV JINDAL16LASHA LAKIRBAIA
513NIKITA GRINKIN17ANTON BOBKOV
618KORNEL CSERNAI22ATUL DHINGRA
78JOSEN KALRA24FADI ARODAKI
827PAUL HARTEL21BANKS BENNION
932AMOGH RAO11MICHAEL SHERRARD
1020DHRITEE DESAI34HUGO PU
1123HAYDEN BRONGERSMA14TAEWOO KIM
1219HAMDANIL RASYID28MICHAEL DARR
1330SIDDHARTH KALRA25JEFFREY UNGAR
26UMAR RASYID1BYE
#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5
1ALEX CHINW 11B 8B 2W 7B 5
2009 170506971.02.03.04.05.0
2TOBIN BENNION—-B 26W 1W 12B 9
1708 12679573X1.02.02.03.04.0
3DAVID ZHAOB 17W 18B 27W 24B 7
1502 147937841.01.02.03.04.0
4PRANAV JINDALB 23W 21B 12W 5W 10
2004 306288841.02.02.52.53.5
5NICK MATELLIbyeB 32W 29B 4W 1
1695 129289350.51.52.53.53.5
6ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 19B 20—-B 13
1292 301625360.51.52.5U2.53.5
7CESAR TAMONDONGW 24B 9– 18B 1W 3
1632 124390911.02.0X3.03.03.0
8JOSEN KALRAB 30W 1W 16B 10W 24
1600 126152101.01.02.02.03.0
9CHASE WANG—-W 7B 17B 15W 2
1328 15015852X1.01.02.03.03.0
10LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 29B 34W 30W 8B 4
1304 309754730.01.02.03.03.0
11KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 17W 34B 32W 16
1285 305943800.00.01.02.03.0
12JIALIN WUW 15B 22W 4B 2—-
1703 304102901.02.02.52.5U2.5
13NIKITA GRINKINW 34B 16W 32B 29W 6
1453 312869450.50.51.52.52.5
14DHRITEE DESAIB 18byeB 19—-W 29
1213 163361520.00.51.5U1.52.5
15BANKS BENNIONB 12W 33B 21W 9B 17
1140 301756460.01.02.02.02.5
16ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 13B 8W 26B 11
1095 312363220.51.51.52.52.5
17PAUL HARTELW 3B 11W 9B 22W 15
918 312777990.01.01.02.02.5
18RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 14B 3– 7bye—-
unr. 314547721.02.0F2.02.5U2.5
19AMOGH RAObyeB 6W 14B 31W 25
unr. 309493410.50.50.51.52.5
20LIAM LIUB 27W 29W 6bye—-
1665 303908521.01.51.52.0U2.0
21JEFFREY MCGINNISW 31B 4W 15B 30—-
1504 131958301.01.01.02.0U2.0
22TAEWOO KIMB 28W 12B 24W 17B 27
1400 306225091.01.01.01.02.0
23HAMDANIL RASYIDW 4B 30– 33B 34W 32
1260 304662760.00.0F0.01.02.0
24FADI ARODAKIB 7W 28W 22B 3B 8
1060 312799040.01.02.02.02.0
25MICHAEL SHERRARDW 32bye—-B 33B 19
1478 124473680.00.5U0.51.51.5
26SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 33W 2byeB 16—-
1462 148747341.01.01.51.5U1.5
27HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 20B 31W 3B 28W 22
1064 312404410.01.01.01.51.5
28GREGORY GAUTHIERW 22B 24W 31W 27—-
unr. 313000860.00.01.01.5U1.5
29HUGO PUW 10B 20B 5W 13B 14
unr. 310938601.01.51.51.51.5
30JEFFREY UNGARW 8W 23B 10W 21B 31
1043 163967430.01.01.01.01.0
31UMAR RASYIDB 21W 27B 28W 19W 30
1001 305169250.00.00.00.01.0
32MICHAEL DARRB 25W 5B 13W 11B 23
798 312401821.01.01.01.01.0
33PARAMDEEP SINGHW 26B 15– 23W 25—-
672 302143940.00.0X1.01.0U1.0
34SIDDHARTH KALRAB 13W 10B 11W 23—-
253 304980460.50.50.50.5F0.5
NameGroupRatingScore
CHIN, ALEX1600+20094.0
MATELLI, NICK1600+16953.5
BENNION, TOBIN1600+17083.0
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+16323.0
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+20042.5
WU, JIALIN1600+17032.5
LIU, LIAM1600+16652.0
KALRA, JOSEN1600+16002.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+unr.2.0
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159915023.0
WANG, CHASE1300-159913283.0
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159913043.0
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159914532.5
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159915042.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159914781.5
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914621.5
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159914001.0
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129912922.5
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129910952.5
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129912852.0
BENNION, BANKS1002-129911402.0
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129910602.0
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129912131.5
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129910641.5
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129910431.0
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129912601.0
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10019182.0
PU, HUGOUNR-1001unr.1.5
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-1001unr.1.5
RAO, AMOGHUNR-1001unr.1.5
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10017981.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10016721.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10012530.5
RASYID, UMARUNR-100110010.0

Second Club Championship Round 4 Pairings, Wall Chart, Prize Group Standings

The round 3 games were every bit as exciting as those in the previous round, with some narrow escapes, some clearly winning attacks which fizzled out and some interesting endgames, including that between Greg and Umar, which had a study-like quality about it given the opposite-color bishops. Again, I’ll try to get some of these games online during the Thanksgiving break next week, perhaps sooner.

Below are the pairings, wall chart and prize group standings for round 4. Anton is half a point clear in his group but fell ill this week and won’t be able to play Thursday, regrettably, though he still has an excellent chance at a prize with a draw or win in the final round. Hugo is also half a point clear in his group and we’ll see if he can keep that going when he plays Nikita this week. Note that a number of players have needed to take a zero-point bye given they’d already used the one half-point bye allowed in this event. That’s always unfortunate but there are a number of reasons why we use this rule–follow up with me Thursday if you have any questions.

Due to the odd number of players this round Umar gets the full-point bye though, as always, things could change in 24 hours if we get another bye request or the like–I’ll redo the pairings if I receive any such requests before 4pm Thursday. I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow! Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
11ALEX CHIN7CESAR TAMONDONG
22PRANAV JINDAL5NICK MATELLI
33TOBIN BENNION4JIALIN WU
416LASHA LAKIRBAIA8JOSEN KALRA
510DAVID ZHAO24FADI ARODAKI
621BANKS BENNION15CHASE WANG
734HUGO PU13NIKITA GRINKIN
822ATUL DHINGRA12SAMUEL AGDAMAG
925JEFFREY UNGAR9JEFFREY MCGINNIS
1014TAEWOO KIM27PAUL HARTEL
1128MICHAEL DARR18KORNEL CSERNAI
1233GREGORY GAUTHIER23HAYDEN BRONGERSMA
1329PARAMDEEP SINGH11MICHAEL SHERRARD
1430SIDDHARTH KALRA19HAMDANIL RASYID
1526UMAR RASYID32AMOGH RAO
31RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN½BYE
6LIAM LIU½BYE
#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4
1ALEX CHINW 23B 8B 7W 2
2009 170506971.02.03.0
2CESAR TAMONDONGW 13B 10– 14B 1
1632 124390911.02.0X3.0
3PRANAV JINDALB 33W 21B 4W 5
2004 306288841.02.02.5
4JIALIN WUW 12B 22W 3B 7
1703 304102901.02.02.5
5NICK MATELLIbyeB 27W 20B 3
1695 129289350.51.52.5
6ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 32B 15—-
1292 301625360.51.52.5
7TOBIN BENNION—-B 16W 1W 4
1708 12679573X1.02.02.0
8JOSEN KALRAB 25W 1W 19B 11
1600 126152101.01.02.0
9DAVID ZHAOB 26W 14B 24W 13
1502 147937841.01.02.0
10CHASE WANG—-W 2B 26B 12
1328 15015852X1.01.02.0
11LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 20B 31W 25W 8
1304 309754730.01.02.0
12BANKS BENNIONB 4W 28B 21W 10
1140 301756460.01.02.0
13FADI ARODAKIB 2W 29W 22B 9
1060 312799040.01.02.0
14RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 18B 9– 2bye
unr. 314547721.02.0F2.0
15LIAM LIUB 24W 20W 6bye
1665 303908521.01.51.5
16SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 28W 7byeB 19
1462 148747341.01.01.5
17NIKITA GRINKINW 31B 19W 27B 20
1453 312869450.50.51.5
18DHRITEE DESAIB 14byeB 32—-
1213 163361520.00.51.5
19ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 17B 8W 16
1095 312363220.51.51.5
20HUGO PUW 11B 15B 5W 17
unr. 310938601.01.51.5
21JEFFREY MCGINNISW 34B 3W 12B 25
1504 131958301.01.01.0
22TAEWOO KIMB 29W 4B 13W 26
1400 306225091.01.01.0
23KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 26W 31B 27
1285 305943800.00.01.0
24HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 15B 34W 9B 29
1064 312404410.01.01.0
25JEFFREY UNGARW 8W 33B 11W 21
1043 163967430.01.01.0
26PAUL HARTELW 9B 23W 10B 22
918 312777990.01.01.0
27MICHAEL DARRB 30W 5B 17W 23
798 312401821.01.01.0
28PARAMDEEP SINGHW 16B 12– 33W 30
672 302143940.00.0X1.0
29GREGORY GAUTHIERW 22B 13W 34W 24
unr. 313000860.00.01.0
30MICHAEL SHERRARDW 27bye—-B 28
1478 124473680.00.5U0.5
31SIDDHARTH KALRAB 17W 11B 23W 33
253 304980460.50.50.5
32AMOGH RAObyeB 6W 18B 34
unr. 309493410.50.50.5
33HAMDANIL RASYIDW 3B 25– 28B 31
1260 304662760.00.0F0.0
34UMAR RASYIDB 21W 24B 29W 32
1001 305169250.00.00.0
NameGroupRatingScore
CHIN, ALEX1600+20093.0
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+16323.0
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+20042.5
WU, JIALIN1600+17032.5
MATELLI, NICK1600+16952.5
BENNION, TOBIN1600+17082.0
KALRA, JOSEN1600+16002.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+unr.2.0
LIU, LIAM1600+16651.5
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159915022.0
WANG, CHASE1300-159913282.0
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159913042.0
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914621.5
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159914531.5
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159915041.0
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159914001.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159914780.5
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129912922.5
BENNION, BANKS1002-129911402.0
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129910602.0
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129910951.5
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129912131.5
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129912851.0
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129910641.0
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129910431.0
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129912600.0
PU, HUGOUNR-1001unr.1.5
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10019181.0
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10017981.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10016721.0
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-1001unr.1.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10012530.5
RAO, AMOGHUNR-1001unr.0.5
RASYID, UMARUNR-100110010.0

Second Club Championship Round 3 Pairings, Wall Chart, Prize Group Standings

Round 2 of our club championship was another exciting affair with a number of very close games, including several of those on the top boards. I will try to publish some or all of the games in a Lichess study, as with a couple of our previous events, a task which is always made easier if you send me a timely pgn file of your game score (thank you to those who are already doing so). The second and third tables below include the wall chart and the prize group standings, and all prizes remain very much up for grabs in each group. I’ve received the entry fee payment from a smattering of players so please send that along (or pay at the club) at your earliest convenience. Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
14TOBIN BENNION1ALEX CHIN
25JIALIN WU2PRANAV JINDAL
33RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN8CESAR TAMONDONG
46NICK MATELLI34HUGO PU
57LIAM LIU18ANTON BOBKOV
69JOSEN KALRA23ATUL DHINGRA
710JEFFREY MCGINNIS22BANKS BENNION
824HAYDEN BRONGERSMA11DAVID ZHAO
925FADI ARODAKI15TAEWOO KIM
1028PAUL HARTEL16CHASE WANG
1117LASHA LAKIRBAIA26JEFFREY UNGAR
1214NIKITA GRINKIN29MICHAEL DARR
1332AMOGH RAO21DHRITEE DESAI
1419KORNEL CSERNAI31SIDDHARTH KALRA
1520HAMDANIL RASYID30PARAMDEEP SINGH
1633GREGORY GAUTHIER27UMAR RASYID
#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3
1ALEX CHINW 30B 12B 4
2009 170506971.02.0
2PRANAV JINDALB 31W 13B 5
2004 306288841.02.0
3RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 27B 14W 6
1800 314547721.02.0
4TOBIN BENNION—-B 15W 1
1708 12679573X1.02.0
5JIALIN WUW 19B 16W 2
1703 304102901.02.0
6CESAR TAMONDONGW 21B 17B 3
1632 124390911.02.0
7NICK MATELLIbyeB 24W 11
1695 129289350.51.5
8LIAM LIUB 20W 11W 9
1665 303908521.01.5
9ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 29B 8
1292 301625360.51.5
10ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 26B 12
1095 312363220.51.5
11HUGO PUW 18B 8B 7
unr. 310938601.01.5
12JOSEN KALRAB 22W 1W 10
1600 126152101.01.0
13JEFFREY MCGINNISW 32B 2W 19
1504 131958301.01.0
14DAVID ZHAOB 23W 3B 20
1502 147937841.01.0
15SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 33W 4—-
1462 148747341.01.0
16TAEWOO KIMB 34W 5B 21
1400 306225091.01.0
17CHASE WANG—-W 6B 23
1328 15015852X1.01.0
18LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 11B 28W 22
1304 309754730.01.0
19BANKS BENNIONB 5W 33B 13
1140 301756460.01.0
20HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 8B 32W 14
1064 312404410.01.0
21FADI ARODAKIB 6W 34W 16
1060 312799040.01.0
22JEFFREY UNGARW 12W 31B 18
1043 163967430.01.0
23PAUL HARTELW 14B 30W 17
918 312777990.01.0
24MICHAEL DARRB 25W 7B 26
798 312401821.01.0
25MICHAEL SHERRARDW 24bye—-
1478 124473680.00.5
26NIKITA GRINKINW 28B 10W 24
1453 312869450.50.5
27DHRITEE DESAIB 3byeB 29
1213 163361520.00.5
28SIDDHARTH KALRAB 26W 18B 30
253 304980460.50.5
29AMOGH RAObyeB 9W 27
unr. 309493410.50.5
30KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 23W 28
1285 305943800.00.0
31HAMDANIL RASYIDW 2B 22W 33
1260 304662760.00.0
32UMAR RASYIDB 13W 20B 34
1001 305169250.00.0
33PARAMDEEP SINGHW 15B 19B 31
672 302143940.00.0
34GREGORY GAUTHIERW 16B 21W 32
unr. 313000860.00.0
NameGroupRatingScore
CHIN, ALEX1600+20092.0
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+20042.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+(1800)2.0
BENNION, TOBIN1600+17082.0
WU, JIALIN1600+17032.0
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+16322.0
MATELLI, NICK1600+16951.5
LIU, LIAM1600+16651.5
KALRA, JOSEN1600+16001.0
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159915041.0
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159915021.0
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914621.0
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159914001.0
WANG, CHASE1300-159913281.0
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159913041.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159914780.5
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159914530.5
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129912921.5
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129910951.5
BENNION, BANKS1002-129911401.0
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129910641.0
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129910601.0
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129910431.0
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129912130.5
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129912850.0
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129912600.0
PU, HUGOUNR-1001unr.1.5
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10019181.0
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10017981.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10012530.5
RAO, AMOGHUNR-1001unr.0.5
RASYID, UMARUNR-100110010.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10016720.0
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-1001unr.0.0