I have an important schedule update which I hope everyone receives before next Thursday, December 21st: there will be no chess that evening. I was informed late last Thursday, after most people had left the club for the night, that the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center will close for the holidays Wednesday, December 20th. Our next meeting will be January 11th, then, and I’ll send more details soon about the 3-week quick-rated tournament which begins on that date.
If you still need a chess fix this coming week fret not, as the Kolty Chess Club will hold a 7-round G/3+2 blitz tournament Wednesday, December 20th, one I hope to attend and I’m also hoping our Menlo Park club has another good showing at a Kolty blitz event. Details follow (from the Kolty CC Facebook group):
Remember to make room in your holiday schedule for the Eric Steger Appreciation Blitz Tournament next Wednesday, December 20th. This will be a 7 round Swiss, G3/2, USCF rated event so USCF membership is required. Entry fee is $15/$20 and will be in one open section.
Please preregister by emailing Wolfgang at the KoltyChessClub@gmail.com address.
If you plan to come play please bring a digital clock since the club has very few.
We had 20 club stalwarts play in our impromptu G/5+0 blitz tournament this past Thursday, with relative newcomer Ramkumar Jeyaraman taking sole first with a perfect 5-0 score, followed closely by Gabriel Sanchez and Cesar Tamondong at 4-1, with Cesar once again beating me in the final round on the black side of another Bird. Full results for this event are available in the table below.
Lastly, this past Thursday was Paul Hartel’s final visit to the club, given he returns to Germany soon, and we will miss him a great deal. Paul has been a helpful member of the club for some time now, showing up early to help set up and participating in many of our tournaments this year. His game has improved a great deal during his time here, culminating in an even score in our recently-concluded club championship, we wish him every success in chess and in life and hope to meet him over the board again soon!
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Jeyaraman | B 13 | W 4 | B 3 | W 2 | B 5 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 2 | Gabe Sanchez | W 18 | B 10 | W 5 | B 1 | W 6 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 3 | Cesar Tamondong | B 19 | W 7 | W 1 | B 12 | B 9 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 4 | Charlie Mayville | W 17 | B 1 | W 11 | B 13 | W 10 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 5 | Thomas Gerber | W 8 | B 12 | B 2 | W 7 | W 1 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 6 | David Zhao | bye | B 18 | W 9 | W 16 | B 2 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 7 | Josen Kalra | W 15 | B 3 | W 8 | B 5 | W 11 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 8 | Austin Chen | B 5 | W 14 | B 7 | W 17 | W 12 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | Mark Drury | bye | W 11 | B 6 | B 10 | W 3 | |
| 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 10 | Rohan Kapre | B 14 | W 2 | B 13 | W 9 | B 4 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 11 | Paul Hartel | W 20 | B 9 | B 4 | W 19 | B 7 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 12 | Hayden Brongersma | B 16 | W 5 | B 19 | W 3 | B 8 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 13 | Aditya Dhamdhere | W 1 | B 15 | W 10 | W 4 | B 16 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 14 | Jefferson Mateo | W 10 | B 8 | W 20 | B 18 | B 19 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 15 | Beata Ang-Dutta | B 7 | W 13 | W 17 | B 20 | W 18 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 16 | Shlok Chowdhury | W 12 | B 17 | W 18 | B 6 | W 13 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 17 | Gagan Prakash | B 4 | W 16 | B 15 | B 8 | W 20 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 18 | Joey Lo | B 2 | W 6 | B 16 | W 14 | B 15 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 19 | Jeff Ungar | W 3 | B 20 | W 12 | B 11 | W 14 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 20 | Maxime Gerber | B 11 | W 19 | B 14 | W 15 | B 17 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |