Twenty-eight people joined us for our rated Blitz Championship #2 last night, another seven-rounder with a G/3+2 time control in place of last week’s G/5+0. Kunal Modi’s excellent 6.0 out of 7 was good for clear first and the top group’s $80 prize, while Zelin Fang and Hayden Brongersma shared first place in group two and split $60. There was a three-way tie in group three between Kaio Deeter, Breakwell Loyalka and Austin Chen, all of whom split another $60 while young Siddharth Kalra took sole first in group four, claiming all $40 of that group’s prize. The full tournament results are given below, thank you to everyone who joined us for this event and the US Chess rating report may be viewed here.
The third image below gives the combined results over our two rated blitz tournaments and was used to decide the overall Menlo Park Chess Club Champion. Congratulations to Andy Applebaum for edging out Kunal Modi by half a point to claim the title and the extra $100 prize!
