Just as with the week before, twenty-one people played in our impromptu blitz tournament this past Thursday, another G/3+2 affair of five rounds and, as with the week before, Pranav Jindal claimed sole first with 4.5 points, the lone draw ceded to young Liam Liu. Three others tied for second in this battle of blitz heavyweights, with Andy Applebaum, Kunal Modi and Cesar Tamondong all securing 4 points (I don’t know that Cesar has ever scored less than 4 points in similar events)—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 one more casual evening this week, with another free blitz tournament beginning at 7pm, 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. A few spots remain for this event and 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!
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranav Jindal | B 15 | W 5 | W 10 | B 6 | B 3 | |
| 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | Andy Applebaum | B 13 | W 12 | B 6 | W 3 | B 5 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 3 | Kunal Modi | W 14 | B 7 | W 4 | B 2 | W 1 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 4 | Cesar Tamondong | W 20 | B 11 | B 3 | W 15 | B 9 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 5 | Liam Liu | W 9 | B 1 | B 12 | W 8 | W 2 | |
| 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 6 | Alex Chin | W 16 | B 8 | W 2 | W 1 | B 14 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 7 | Richard Wang | B 19 | W 3 | B 15 | W 18 | B 17 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 8 | Hayden Brongersma | B 21 | W 6 | B 16 | B 5 | W 12 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | Hugo Pu | B 5 | W 13 | B 19 | B 14 | W 4 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 10 | Mark Drury | W 17 | bye | B 1 | bye | bye | |
| 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 11 | Max Cheung | bye | W 4 | —- | W 19 | B 15 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | U0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 12 | Jason Cruz | B 18 | B 2 | W 5 | W 16 | B 8 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 13 | Samuel Agdamag | W 2 | B 9 | W 21 | B 17 | W 18 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 14 | Kornel Csernai | B 3 | W 19 | B 18 | W 9 | W 6 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 15 | Jeff McGinnis | W 1 | B 17 | W 7 | B 4 | W 11 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 16 | Austin Chen | B 6 | W 21 | W 8 | B 12 | W 20 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 17 | Joey Lo | B 10 | W 15 | B 20 | W 13 | W 7 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 18 | Beata Ang-Dutta | W 12 | B 20 | W 14 | B 7 | B 13 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 19 | Brian Chen | W 7 | B 14 | W 9 | B 11 | W 21 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 20 | Maybelline Hinlo | B 4 | W 18 | W 17 | B 21 | B 16 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 21 | Gautam Dutta | W 8 | B 16 | B 13 | W 20 | B 19 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |