Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we may also play another impromptu blitz tournament (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.
Impromptu G/3+2 Blitz Tournament #3
Our casual/blitz/bughouse evening this past Thursday was more lightly attended than usual, perhaps due to the upcoming Labor Day Weekend and the fact that we completed our Quick-rated tournament the week before, but many club stalwarts and several first-time visitors played in a five-round impromptu blitz tournament, with Andy Applebaum taking sole first with a perfect 5-0 score (I gave Andy a run for him money in the final round). Satya Chitturi was second with 4 points and Jeff McGinnis third at 3.5. It was another fun event and we may do this every casual evening as there appears to be an appetite for it. Full results follow and note that our Surfeit of Blitz Redux event will likely occur over two weeks September 23rd and 30th. Regards,
Mark Drury
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
| 1 | Andy Applebaum | B 8 | W 4 | B 2 | W 9 | B 7 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 2 | Satya Chitturi | W 10 | B 9 | W 1 | B 6 | W 4 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 3 | Jeff McGinnis | bye | bye | bye | B 11 | B 9 | |
| 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | Deep Bardhan | W 11 | B 1 | W 7 | B 10 | B 2 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 5 | Aranya Kundu | W 12 | W 14 | B 6 | B 15 | W 10 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 6 | Chase Wang | W 7 | B 16 | W 5 | W 2 | B 12 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 7 | Mark Drury | B 6 | W 12 | B 4 | bye | W 1 | |
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 8 | Hayden Brongersma | W 1 | B 11 | W 16 | B 13 | —- | |
| 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | U2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 9 | Ashwin Ganesh | B 17 | W 2 | B 12 | B 1 | W 3 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 10 | Arnav Bhavsar | B 2 | W 17 | B 14 | W 4 | B 5 | |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 11 | Hugo Pu | B 4 | W 8 | B 17 | W 3 | W 13 | |
| 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 12 | Esther Mendoza | B 5 | B 7 | W 9 | W 14 | W 6 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 13 | Colin Taylor | bye | bye | bye | W 8 | B 11 | |
| 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 14 | Aditya Dhamdhere | W 16 | B 5 | W 10 | B 12 | B 17 | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 15 | Abhik Chatterjee | bye | bye | bye | W 5 | B 16 | |
| 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 16 | Michael Darr | B 14 | W 6 | B 8 | W 17 | W 15 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 17 | Paul Hartel | W 9 | B 10 | W 11 | B 16 | W 14 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we’ll also play any makeup games from our August Quick-Rated Quads this evening, if needed.
Impromptu G/3+2 Blitz Tournament #2
We had another good showing at our casual night this past Thursday and threw together a second impromptu G/3+2 blitz tournament, which Pranav won with a perfect 4-0 score. Full results are below for the curious. We’re overdue to host our second Surfeit of Blitz marathon so that may happen in September or October, at the latest.
Our August Quick-Rated Double-Round Quads begin this Thursday and I’ll send the groups and round-by-round pairings later today or tomorrow. Note that we have one extra spot in the larger Swiss section for someone rated 750 or below—please contact me if you or someone you know may wish to play some quick-rated games over the coming three weeks. Regards,
Mark Drury
Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for August 10th. We may also hold another impromptu blitz tournament this evening, interest permitting.
Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for early August. Note that Mark Drury won’t attend this week so new visitors may wish to arrive round 7pm to give other club members time to set up for the evening. Please bring your own boards, sets and clocks if you have them.
Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for early August. Note that Mark Drury won’t attend this week so new visitors may wish to arrive round 7pm to give other club members time to set up for the evening. Please bring your own boards, sets and clocks if you have them.
June Dual-Rated Short Swiss Results
I’m a little late in sharing the results of our June Dual-Rated Short Swiss which wrapped up last week, though given how busy I’ve been it’s more a matter of better late than never, I suppose (I was able to submit the tournament for rating last Thursday, so there’s that). We had clear winners in each section and Kornél Csernai, Gregory Gauthier and Billy Barnds deserve special mention for the perfect 3-0 scores in their respective groups. The rest of our winners, their winnings and the full wall charts follow (I’ll contact those who are owed prize money to ask how each wishes to be paid). Note that this evening at the club we’ll play casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder games and we may consider holding another unrated blitz tournament next week. I hope to see many of you at the club tonight! Regards,
Mark Drury
1500+
Alex Chin, 2.5, $30
Triet Vo, Daniel Francis, 2.0, $5 each
U1500
Kornel Csernai, 3.0, $30
Nicholas Tan, Nikita Grinkin, Lasha Lakirbaia, 2.0, $5 each
U1000
Gregory Gauthier, 3.0, $30
Jeffrey Ungar, 2.5, $10
UNRATED
Billy Barnds, 3.0, $30
Sunny Tulsi, Austin Chen, Hugo Pu, 2.0, $5 each
Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for early August.
Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for early August.