We enjoyed a record 31 participants in our Impromptu Blitz #7 last night, a 5-round G/3+2 affair which included no less than nine first-time visitors to the club. As is often the case, Pranav Jindal and Alaric Stein sat atop the wall chart when all was said and done, Pranav taking first this time with a perfect 5-0 while Alaric shared joint second at 4-1 with Cesar Tamondong, who nicked me in the final round with his accursed From’s Gambit (between he and Kornél I’m considering a temporary ban at the club on that particular response to my beloved Bird). Full results for the tournament may be viewed in the attached image.
I’ll update the club’s schedule of events this weekend (https://menloparkchess.club/events/) but we’ll meet December 14th and 21st for casual, blitz or variant tournaments then there will be no meetings December 28th and January 4th, due to the Holidays. Beginning January 11th we’ll hold a 2- or 3-week quick-rated event of some kind, likely G/15, perhaps double-round quads again. As always, let me know your preferences and/or dislikes and I hope to see many of you next week.
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranav Jindal | B 21 | W 7 | B 4 | W 2 | W 6 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 2 | Alaric Stein | W 12 | B 19 | W 8 | B 1 | W 10 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 3 | Cesar Tamondong | B 22 | W 4 | B 26 | W 13 | B 9 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 4 | Ramkumar Jeyaraman | W 26 | B 3 | W 1 | B 16 | B 11 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 5 | Richard Wang | B 13 | W 17 | B 10 | W 23 | W 16 | |
| 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 6 | Kornel Csernai | bye | W 29 | B 14 | W 10 | B 1 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 7 | David Zhao | W 31 | B 1 | W 18 | B 14 | W 15 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 8 | Gabriel Sanchez | B 29 | W 16 | B 2 | W 11 | W 18 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | Mark Drury | bye | W 15 | B 17 | bye | W 3 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 10 | Charlie Mayville | W 18 | B 11 | W 5 | B 6 | B 2 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 11 | Hayden Brongersma | B 27 | W 10 | B 22 | B 8 | W 4 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 12 | Joey Lo | B 2 | W 27 | B 16 | – 26 | W 20 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | X2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 13 | Paul Hartel | W 5 | B 31 | W 19 | B 3 | B 21 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 14 | Kanav Maheshwari | bye | B 20 | W 6 | W 7 | B 23 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 15 | Rohan Kapre | bye | B 9 | W 29 | W 17 | B 7 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 16 | Josen Kalra | W 23 | B 8 | W 12 | W 4 | B 5 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 17 | Taewoo Kim | W 28 | B 5 | W 9 | B 15 | B 25 | |
| 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 18 | Aditya Dhamdhere | B 10 | W 24 | B 7 | W 19 | B 8 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 19 | Gagan Prakash | B 30 | W 2 | B 13 | B 18 | W 27 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 20 | Hugo Pu | B 24 | W 14 | B 23 | W 22 | B 12 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 21 | Beata Ang-Dutta | W 1 | B 23 | W 27 | B 28 | W 13 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 22 | Ugo Madagu | W 3 | B 28 | W 11 | B 20 | W 30 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 23 | Austin Chen | B 16 | W 21 | W 20 | B 5 | W 14 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 24 | Taein Kim | W 20 | B 18 | – 31 | W 25 | B 28 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | X1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 25 | Shlok Chowdhury | bye | —- | —- | B 24 | W 17 | |
| 0.5 | U0.5 | U0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 26 | Arjun Goel | B 4 | W 30 | W 3 | – 12 | —- | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | F1.0 | U1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 27 | Maybeline Hinlo | W 11 | B 12 | B 21 | W 30 | B 19 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 28 | Minsoo Kim | B 17 | W 22 | B 30 | W 21 | W 24 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 29 | Amogh Rao | W 8 | B 6 | B 15 | —- | —- | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | U0.0 | U0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Bud Woll | W 19 | B 26 | W 28 | B 27 | B 22 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Jimmy Chen | B 7 | W 13 | – 24 | —- | —- | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | F0.0 | U0.0 | U0.0 | 0.0 |