Twenty-one people played in our impromptu blitz tournament last Thursday, a G/3+2 affair of five rounds, and Pranav Jindal once again claimed sole first with 4.5 points, a first-round bye notwithstanding. Gabe Sanchez, Ramkumar Jeyaraman and 9-year-old Liam Liu tied for second with 4 points, followed by Kornel Csernai in sole 5th with 3.5—well played, all of you! Full results are in the table below and thank you to everyone who joined us for this event.
We’ll hold two more casual evenings this week and next, with free blitz tournaments occurring in each, then will commence a US Chess dual-rated Swiss-system event over three weeks beginning Thursday, April 4th, and concluding April 25th (there will be no chess club meeting April 18th). Players will be divided into groups of 6 or 8 based on rating and will play one game at G/45;d5 each week. More information and a registration link may be found here.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I hope to see many of you at the club this Thursday!
| # | Name/Rating/ID | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranav Jindal | bye | W 5 | B 11 | W 12 | B 3 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | Gabe Sanchez | B 8 | W 13 | B 6 | W 3 | B 9 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 3 | Ramkumar Jeyaraman | B 19 | W 10 | B 4 | B 2 | W 1 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 4 | Liam Liu | B 16 | W 12 | W 3 | B 7 | B 6 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 5 | Kornel Csernai | bye | B 1 | W 21 | W 13 | B 12 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 6 | Lauren Goodkind | W 9 | B 7 | W 2 | B 15 | W 4 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 7 | Hayden Brongersma | B 20 | W 6 | B 19 | W 4 | B 16 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 8 | David Zhao | W 2 | B 18 | W 9 | B 19 | W 15 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | Austin Chen | B 6 | W 20 | B 8 | W 11 | W 2 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 10 | Mark Drury | —- | B 3 | bye | bye | bye | |
| X1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 11 | Rohan Kapre | bye | W 21 | W 1 | B 9 | B 17 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 12 | Andy Applebaum | W 15 | B 4 | W 14 | B 1 | W 5 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 13 | Evan Sobel | W 17 | B 2 | W 15 | B 5 | W 19 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 14 | Renzo Frigato | bye | bye | B 12 | W 16 | B 20 | |
| 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 15 | Arnav Bhavsar | B 12 | W 16 | B 13 | W 6 | B 8 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 16 | George Purtell | W 4 | B 15 | W 18 | B 14 | W 7 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 17 | Brian Chen | B 13 | W 19 | B 20 | W 18 | W 11 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 18 | Bud Woll | bye | W 8 | B 16 | B 17 | W 21 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 19 | Beata Ang-Dutta | W 3 | B 17 | W 7 | W 8 | B 13 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 20 | Jerome Oriel | W 7 | B 9 | W 17 | B 21 | W 14 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 21 | Gautam Dutta | bye | B 11 | B 5 | W 20 | B 18 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |