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April 13, 2024April 16, 2024

April Petite Swiss Round Two Results

Below are the round two results and round three pairings for our dual-rated G45;d5 Swiss in three sections. The third and final round will begin promptly at 7pm Thursday, April 25th, so please try to arrive at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center by 6:50pm if at all possible. More details about this tournament may be found on the event page.

Section One

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Kathan Shukla	B 9	W 7	B 3
	1907 15808601	1.0	2.0		2.0
2	Alexander Su	B 8	W 3	B 4
	1999 12857329	1.0	1.5		1.5
3	Wentao Wu	W 6	B 2	W 1
	1935 16629782	1.0	1.5		1.5
4	Tobin Bennion	B 10	bye	W 2
	1770 12679573	1.0	1.5		1.5
5	Josen Kalra	B 7	W 9	B 6
	1600 12615210	0.5	1.5		1.5
6	Taewoo Kim	B 3	W 10	W 5
	1692 30622509	0.0	1.0		1.0
7	Frisco Del Rosario	W 5	B 1	W 8
	1900 10987792	0.5	0.5		0.5
8	Mark Drury	W 2	bye	B 7
	1734 12459313	0.0	0.5		0.5
9	Cesar Tamondong	W 1	B 5	W 10
	1610 12439091	0.0	0.0		0.0
10	David Zhao	W 4	B 6	B 9
	1543 14793784	0.0	0.0		0.0

Section Two

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Samuel Agdamag	B 7	W 4	B 2
	1458 14874734	1.0	2.0		2.0
2	Hayden Brongersma	B 5	W 7	W 1
	1118 31240441	1.0	2.0		2.0
3	Banks Bennion	B 6	bye	W 4
	1351 30175646	1.0	1.5		1.5
4	Leia Lin	W 8	B 1	B 3
	1453 17110828	1.0	1.0		1.0
5	Kornel Csernai	W 2	B 8	W 6
	1265 30594380	0.0	1.0		1.0
6	Amogh Rao	W 3	bye	B 5
	1166p 30949341	0.0	1.0		1.0
7	Atul Dhingra	W 1	B 2	bye
	1204p 31236322	0.0	0.0		0.0
8	Hugo Pu	B 4	W 5	bye
	1177 31093860	0.0	0.0		0.0

Section Three

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Jeffrey Ungar	B 6	W 4	B 2
	1063p 16396743	1.0	2.0		2.0
2	Thomas Gerber	W 7	B 5	W 1
	1061p 31647505	1.0	2.0		2.0
3	Charles Mayville	B 10	bye	W 5
	1012p 31640366	1.0	1.5		1.5
4	Brian Chen	W 9	B 1	W 7
	839p 31583753	1.0	1.0		1.0
5	Austin Chen	B 8	W 2	B 3
	820 31293249	1.0	1.0		1.0
6	Andrew Yu	W 1	B 9	W 8
	718 31364087	0.0	1.0		1.0
7	Shlok Chowdhury	B 2	W 10	B 4
	566 30627995	0.0	1.0		1.0
8	Neeraj Rao	W 5	bye	B 6
	1066 30789296	0.0	0.5		0.5
9	Maxime Gerber	B 4	W 6	B 10
	339p 31647554	0.0	0.0		0.0
10	Victor Chen	W 3	B 7	W 9
	265 30760848	0.0	0.0		0.0

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

April Petite Swiss Round One Pairings

Below are the round one pairings for our dual-rated G45;d5 Swiss in three sections. The first round begins promptly at 7pm this Thursday, April 4th, so please try to arrive at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center by 6:50pm if at all possible. More details about this tournament may be found on the event page.

SECTION ONE

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Total
1	Alexander Su	B 6
	1999 12857329		0.0
2	Wentao Wu	W 7
	1935 16629782		0.0
3	Kathan Shukla	B 8
	1907 15808601		0.0
4	Frisco Del Rosario	W 9
	1900 10987792		0.0
5	Tobin Bennion	B 10
	1770 12679573		0.0
6	Mark Drury	W 1
	1734 12459313		0.0
7	Taewoo Kim	B 2
	1692 30622509		0.0
8	Cesar Tamondong	W 3
	1610 12439091		0.0
9	Josen Kalra	B 4
	1600 12615210		0.0
10	David Zhao	W 5
	1543 14793784		0.0

SECTION TWO

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Total
1	Samuel Agdamag	B 5
	1458 14874734		0.0
2	Leia Lin	W 6
	1453 17110828		0.0
3	Banks Bennion	B 7
	1351 30175646		0.0
4	Kornel Csernai	W 8
	1265 30594380		0.0
5	Atul Dhingra	W 1
	1204p 31236322		0.0
6	Hugo Pu	B 2
	1177 31093860		0.0
7	Amogh Rao	W 3
	1166p 30949341		0.0
8	Hayden Brongersma	B 4
	1118 31240441		0.0

SECTION THREE

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Total
1	Neeraj Rao	W 6
	1066 30789296		0.0
2	Jeffrey Ungar	B 7
	1063p 16396743		0.0
3	Thomas Gerber	W 8
	1061p 31647505		0.0
4	Charles Mayville	B 10
	1012p 31640366		0.0
5	Brian Chen	W 9
	839p 31583753		0.0
6	Austin Chen	B 1
	820 31293249		0.0
7	Andrew Yu	W 2
	718 31364087		0.0
8	Shlok Chowdhury	B 3
	566 30627995		0.0
9	Maxime Gerber	B 5
	339p 31647554		0.0
10	Victor Chen	W 4
	265 30760848		0.0

March 30, 2024April 1, 2024

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.

#	Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Gabriel Sanchez	W 3	B 2	W 5	B 4	W 7
		1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	4.5	4.5
2	Liam Liu	B 22	W 1	W 15	B 12	W 4
		1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
3	David Zhao	B 1	W 21	B 22	W 17	B 11
		0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
4	Kunal Modi	W 12	B 8	W 6	W 1	B 2
		1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5	3.5
5	Andy Applebaum	B 11	W 16	B 1	W 7	B 6
		1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.0
6	Pranav Jindal	B 14	W 13	B 4	W 15	W 5
		1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	3.0
7	Frisco Del Rosario	W 17	B 9	W 13	B 5	B 1
		1.0	1.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	3.0
8	Hayden Brongersma	B 20	W 4	B 11	W 22	B 13
		1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
9	Mark Drury	B 23	W 7	bye	bye	bye
		1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.0
10	Renzo Frigato	W 24	B 15	W 17	B 18	W 19
		1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
11	Rohan Kapre	W 5	B 18	W 8	B 19	W 3
		0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
12	Josen Kalra	B 4	W 20	B 16	W 2	B 17
		0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
13	Cesar Tamondong	W 19	B 6	B 7	W 16	W 8
		1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
14	Max Cheung	W 6	B 19	W 25	B 20	B 21
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.5
15	Hugo Pu	bye	W 10	B 2	B 6	W 20
		0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5
16	Evan Sobel	W 18	B 5	W 12	B 13	W 24
		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
17	Austin Chen	B 7	W 23	B 10	B 3	W 12
		0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
18	Brian Chen	B 16	W 11	B 23	W 10	B 22
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
19	Shlok Chowdhury	B 13	W 14	B 21	W 11	B 10
		0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
20	Joey Lo	W 8	B 12	W 24	W 14	B 15
		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
21	Victor Chen	bye	B 3	W 19	B 25	W 14
		0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
22	George Purtell	W 2	B 24	W 3	B 8	W 18
		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
23	Bud Woll	W 9	B 17	W 18	B 24	W 25
		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
24	Wendy Gu	B 10	W 22	B 20	W 23	B 16
		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
25	Malcolm Willig	bye	—-	B 14	W 21	B 23
		0.5	U0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5

March 23, 2024March 26, 2024

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!

#	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

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.

April Petite Swiss, Round 3

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold 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. No byes will be available for this event so if you are unable to play all three weeks (April 4th, 11th, 25th) please do not register for the tournament. This event is suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow:

Format: Swiss-system tournament over three weeks, one game per evening
Rounds: April 4th, 11th, 25th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/45;d5 (Dual-rated game of 45 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund
Prizes: Dependent upon group size but for 8 players first receives $40, second $25 and third $15.
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

April Petite Swiss, Round 2

Format: Swiss-system tournament over three weeks, one game per evening
Rounds: April 4th, 11th, 25th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/45;d5 (Dual-rated game of 45 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund
Prizes: Dependent upon group size but for 8 players first receives $40, second $25 and third $15.
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

April Petite Swiss, Round 1

Format: Swiss-system tournament over three weeks, one game per evening
Rounds: April 4th, 11th, 25th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/45;d5 (Dual-rated game of 45 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund
Prizes: Dependent upon group size but for 8 players first receives $40, second $25 and third $15.
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

March 16, 2024March 18, 2024

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/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Pranav Jindal	bye	W 5	B 11	W 12	B 3
		0.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	4.5	4.5
2	Gabe Sanchez	B 8	W 13	B 6	W 3	B 9
		1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
3	Ramkumar Jeyaraman	B 19	W 10	B 4	B 2	W 1
		1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
4	Liam Liu	B 16	W 12	W 3	B 7	B 6
		1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
5	Kornel Csernai	bye	B 1	W 21	W 13	B 12
		0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
6	Lauren Goodkind	W 9	B 7	W 2	B 15	W 4
		1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
7	Hayden Brongersma	B 20	W 6	B 19	W 4	B 16
		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
8	David Zhao	W 2	B 18	W 9	B 19	W 15
		0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
9	Austin Chen	B 6	W 20	B 8	W 11	W 2
		0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
10	Mark Drury	—-	B 3	bye	bye	bye
		X1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.5
11	Rohan Kapre	bye	W 21	W 1	B 9	B 17
		0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5
12	Andy Applebaum	W 15	B 4	W 14	B 1	W 5
		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
13	Evan Sobel	W 17	B 2	W 15	B 5	W 19
		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
14	Renzo Frigato	bye	bye	B 12	W 16	B 20
		0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
15	Arnav Bhavsar	B 12	W 16	B 13	W 6	B 8
		0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
16	George Purtell	W 4	B 15	W 18	B 14	W 7
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
17	Brian Chen	B 13	W 19	B 20	W 18	W 11
		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
18	Bud Woll	bye	W 8	B 16	B 17	W 21
		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5
19	Beata Ang-Dutta	W 3	B 17	W 7	W 8	B 13
		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
20	Jerome Oriel	W 7	B 9	W 17	B 21	W 14
		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
21	Gautam Dutta	bye	B 11	B 5	W 20	B 18
		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5