Casual, Blitz, Lecture, Ladder Chess Evening

Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games as well as a possible lecture are in the offing and we will also play another impromptu blitz tournament beginning at 7pm (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we will also play another impromptu blitz tournament beginning at 7pm (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we will also play another impromptu blitz tournament beginning at 7pm (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

Impromptu Blitz #14 Results

Twenty-three people participated in our Impromptu Blitz #14 tournament this past Thursday, a G/5;d2 affair which included four first-time visitors to the club—thank you again to Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo, Vin Armelin, Matt Kmiecik and Matt Mascioli for joining us in this event!

For perhaps the first time in one of our casual blitz tournaments we had a four-way tie for first at four out of five points, with Gabe, Kunal, Simon and Josen sharing top honors, while a raft of others tied for second at three points (juniors Max and Chase among them). We’ll hold another casual evening and blitz tournament this coming Thursday then may have a week or two of variant tournaments before beginning our next rated event.

As always, please let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like to see happen at the club (chess-related, preferably) and we’ll try to make it happen. Regards,

Mark Drury

Impromptu Blitz #13 Results

Twenty-five people played in our impromptu blitz tournament this past Thursday, a G/5+2 affair of five rounds and the slightly longer time control helped to shake up the results in yet another strong field. Gabriel Sanchez took sole first with 4.5 points while Liam Liu and David Zhao shared second at 4, ahead of some very strong master- and expert-level competition. Kunal Modi grabbed sole fourth at 3.5, leaving a raft of players to share fifth with 3 points.

Of particular note, chess expert, author, journalist and friend Frisco Del Rosario was able to visit the club for the first time and it was great to see and play a game with him—hopefully you will join us again soon, Frisco! Full results are in the table below and thank you to everyone who played in this event.

As a reminder, we’ll begin a US Chess dual-rated Swiss-system event over three weeks beginning this 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. As always, please register early if you plan to play in this event.

#PlayerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Total
1Gabriel SanchezW 3B 2W 5B 4W 7
1.02.03.03.54.54.5
2Liam LiuB 22W 1W 15B 12W 4
1.01.02.03.04.04.0
3David ZhaoB 1W 21B 22W 17B 11
0.01.02.03.04.04.0
4Kunal ModiW 12B 8W 6W 1B 2
1.02.03.03.53.53.5
5Andy ApplebaumB 11W 16B 1W 7B 6
1.02.02.02.53.03.0
6Pranav JindalB 14W 13B 4W 15W 5
1.01.51.52.53.03.0
7Frisco Del RosarioW 17B 9W 13B 5B 1
1.01.52.53.03.03.0
8Hayden BrongersmaB 20W 4B 11W 22B 13
1.01.01.02.03.03.0
9Mark DruryB 23W 7byebyebye
1.01.52.02.53.03.0
10Renzo FrigatoW 24B 15W 17B 18W 19
1.01.01.02.03.03.0
11Rohan KapreW 5B 18W 8B 19W 3
0.01.02.03.03.03.0
12Josen KalraB 4W 20B 16W 2B 17
0.01.02.02.03.03.0
13Cesar TamondongW 19B 6B 7W 16W 8
1.01.51.52.52.52.5
14Max CheungW 6B 19W 25B 20B 21
0.00.01.01.52.52.5
15Hugo PubyeW 10B 2B 6W 20
0.51.51.51.52.52.5
16Evan SobelW 18B 5W 12B 13W 24
1.01.01.01.02.02.0
17Austin ChenB 7W 23B 10B 3W 12
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
18Brian ChenB 16W 11B 23W 10B 22
0.00.01.01.02.02.0
19Shlok ChowdhuryB 13W 14B 21W 11B 10
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
20Joey LoW 8B 12W 24W 14B 15
0.00.01.01.51.51.5
21Victor ChenbyeB 3W 19B 25W 14
0.50.50.51.51.51.5
22George PurtellW 2B 24W 3B 8W 18
0.01.01.01.01.01.0
23Bud WollW 9B 17W 18B 24W 25
0.00.00.00.01.01.0
24Wendy GuB 10W 22B 20W 23B 16
0.00.00.01.01.01.0
25Malcolm Willigbye—-B 14W 21B 23
0.5U0.50.50.50.50.5

Impromptu Blitz #12 Results

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!

#PlayerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Total
1Pranav JindalB 15W 5W 10B 6B 3
1.01.52.53.54.54.5
2Andy ApplebaumB 13W 12B 6W 3B 5
1.02.03.03.04.04.0
3Kunal ModiW 14B 7W 4B 2W 1
1.02.03.04.04.04.0
4Cesar TamondongW 20B 11B 3W 15B 9
1.02.02.03.04.04.0
5Liam LiuW 9B 1B 12W 8W 2
1.01.52.53.53.53.5
6Alex ChinW 16B 8W 2W 1B 14
1.02.02.02.03.03.0
7Richard WangB 19W 3B 15W 18B 17
1.01.01.02.03.03.0
8Hayden BrongersmaB 21W 6B 16B 5W 12
1.01.02.02.03.03.0
9Hugo PuB 5W 13B 19B 14W 4
0.01.02.03.03.03.0
10Mark DruryW 17byeB 1byebye
1.01.51.52.02.52.5
11Max CheungbyeW 4—-W 19B 15
0.50.5U0.51.52.52.5
12Jason CruzB 18B 2W 5W 16B 8
1.01.01.02.02.02.0
13Samuel AgdamagW 2B 9W 21B 17W 18
0.00.01.01.02.02.0
14Kornel CsernaiB 3W 19B 18W 9W 6
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
15Jeff McGinnisW 1B 17W 7B 4W 11
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
16Austin ChenB 6W 21W 8B 12W 20
0.01.01.01.02.02.0
17Joey LoB 10W 15B 20W 13W 7
0.00.01.02.02.02.0
18Beata Ang-DuttaW 12B 20W 14B 7B 13
0.01.01.01.01.01.0
19Brian ChenW 7B 14W 9B 11W 21
0.00.00.00.01.01.0
20Maybelline HinloB 4W 18W 17B 21B 16
0.00.00.01.01.01.0
21Gautam DuttaW 8B 16B 13W 20B 19
0.00.00.00.00.00.0

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we will also play another impromptu blitz tournament beginning at 7pm (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we will also play another impromptu blitz tournament beginning at 7pm (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the offing and we will also play another impromptu blitz tournament beginning at 7pm (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

Impromptu Blitz #11 Results

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/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Total
1Pranav JindalbyeW 5B 11W 12B 3
0.51.52.53.54.54.5
2Gabe SanchezB 8W 13B 6W 3B 9
1.02.03.03.04.04.0
3Ramkumar JeyaramanB 19W 10B 4B 2W 1
1.02.03.04.04.04.0
4Liam LiuB 16W 12W 3B 7B 6
1.02.02.03.04.04.0
5Kornel CsernaibyeB 1W 21W 13B 12
0.50.51.52.53.53.5
6Lauren GoodkindW 9B 7W 2B 15W 4
1.02.02.03.03.03.0
7Hayden BrongersmaB 20W 6B 19W 4B 16
1.01.02.02.03.03.0
8David ZhaoW 2B 18W 9B 19W 15
0.01.01.02.03.03.0
9Austin ChenB 6W 20B 8W 11W 2
0.01.02.03.03.03.0
10Mark Drury—-B 3byebyebye
X1.01.01.52.02.52.5
11Rohan KaprebyeW 21W 1B 9B 17
0.51.51.51.52.52.5
12Andy ApplebaumW 15B 4W 14B 1W 5
1.01.02.02.02.02.0
13Evan SobelW 17B 2W 15B 5W 19
1.01.01.01.02.02.0
14Renzo FrigatobyebyeB 12W 16B 20
0.51.01.01.02.02.0
15Arnav BhavsarB 12W 16B 13W 6B 8
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
16George PurtellW 4B 15W 18B 14W 7
0.00.01.02.02.02.0
17Brian ChenB 13W 19B 20W 18W 11
0.00.01.02.02.02.0
18Bud WollbyeW 8B 16B 17W 21
0.50.50.50.51.51.5
19Beata Ang-DuttaW 3B 17W 7W 8B 13
0.01.01.01.01.01.0
20Jerome OrielW 7B 9W 17B 21W 14
0.00.00.01.01.01.0
21Gautam DuttabyeB 11B 5W 20B 18
0.50.50.50.50.50.5