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January Double-Round Quick-Rated Quads, Round 2

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold USCF Quick-rated double-round quads over three consecutive weeks beginning Thursday, January 18th, using the G/15;d5 time control and playing two games against each opponent during the same evening, one as white and one as black. No byes will be available for this event so if you are unable to play all three weeks (18th, 25th, February 1st) please do not register for the tournament. These quads are suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow:

  • Format: Double-round quad tournament over three weeks, two games per evening against the same opponent, one as white and one as black
  • Rounds: January 18th, 25th, February 1st—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
  • Control: G/15;d5 (Quick-rated game of 15 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: First place in each quad receives $25, second place receives $15, any ties will split the cash prize(s)
  • Byes: No byes are available for this event
  • Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
  • Boards, sets and clocks will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
  • All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
  • Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
  • For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club or tweet @MenloParkChess
  • Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events
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Schedule Update, Kolty Blitz, Impromptu Blitz #8 Results

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!

#PlayerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Total
1Ram JeyaramanB 13W 4B 3W 2B 5
1.02.03.04.05.05.0
2Gabe SanchezW 18B 10W 5B 1W 6
1.02.03.03.04.04.0
3Cesar TamondongB 19W 7W 1B 12B 9
1.02.02.03.04.04.0
4Charlie MayvilleW 17B 1W 11B 13W 10
1.01.01.52.53.53.5
5Thomas GerberW 8B 12B 2W 7W 1
1.02.02.03.03.03.0
6David ZhaobyeB 18W 9W 16B 2
0.51.52.03.03.03.0
7Josen KalraW 15B 3W 8B 5W 11
1.01.02.02.03.03.0
8Austin ChenB 5W 14B 7W 17W 12
0.01.01.02.03.03.0
9Mark DrurybyeW 11B 6B 10W 3
0.51.52.02.52.52.5
10Rohan KapreB 14W 2B 13W 9B 4
1.01.02.02.52.52.5
11Paul HartelW 20B 9B 4W 19B 7
1.01.01.52.52.52.5
12Hayden BrongersmaB 16W 5B 19W 3B 8
1.01.02.02.02.02.0
13Aditya DhamdhereW 1B 15W 10W 4B 16
0.01.01.01.02.02.0
14Jefferson MateoW 10B 8W 20B 18B 19
0.00.01.01.02.02.0
15Beata Ang-DuttaB 7W 13W 17B 20W 18
0.00.00.01.02.02.0
16Shlok ChowdhuryW 12B 17W 18B 6W 13
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
17Gagan PrakashB 4W 16B 15B 8W 20
0.00.01.01.01.51.5
18Joey LoB 2W 6B 16W 14B 15
0.00.00.01.01.01.0
19Jeff UngarW 3B 20W 12B 11W 14
0.01.01.01.01.01.0
20Maxime GerberB 11W 19B 14W 15B 17
0.00.00.00.00.50.5

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 may also play another impromptu blitz tournament (free, no prizes), given there appears to be an appetite for same.

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Impromptu Blitz #7 Results, Schedule Updates

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.

#PlayerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Total
1Pranav JindalB 21W 7B 4W 2W 6
1.02.03.04.05.05.0
2Alaric SteinW 12B 19W 8B 1W 10
1.02.03.03.04.04.0
3Cesar TamondongB 22W 4B 26W 13B 9
1.01.02.03.04.04.0
4Ramkumar JeyaramanW 26B 3W 1B 16B 11
1.02.02.02.53.53.5
5Richard WangB 13W 17B 10W 23W 16
1.01.51.52.53.53.5
6Kornel CsernaibyeW 29B 14W 10B 1
0.51.52.53.53.53.5
7David ZhaoW 31B 1W 18B 14W 15
1.01.01.52.53.53.5
8Gabriel SanchezB 29W 16B 2W 11W 18
1.02.02.02.03.03.0
9Mark DrurybyeW 15B 17byeW 3
0.51.52.53.03.03.0
10Charlie MayvilleW 18B 11W 5B 6B 2
1.02.03.03.03.03.0
11Hayden BrongersmaB 27W 10B 22B 8W 4
1.01.02.03.03.03.0
12Joey LoB 2W 27B 16– 26W 20
0.01.01.0X2.03.03.0
13Paul HartelW 5B 31W 19B 3B 21
0.01.02.02.03.03.0
14Kanav MaheshwaribyeB 20W 6W 7B 23
0.51.51.51.52.52.5
15Rohan KaprebyeB 9W 29W 17B 7
0.50.51.52.52.52.5
16Josen KalraW 23B 8W 12W 4B 5
1.01.02.02.52.52.5
17Taewoo KimW 28B 5W 9B 15B 25
1.01.51.51.52.52.5
18Aditya DhamdhereB 10W 24B 7W 19B 8
0.01.01.52.52.52.5
19Gagan PrakashB 30W 2B 13B 18W 27
1.01.01.01.02.02.0
20Hugo PuB 24W 14B 23W 22B 12
1.01.01.02.02.02.0
21Beata Ang-DuttaW 1B 23W 27B 28W 13
0.00.01.02.02.02.0
22Ugo MadaguW 3B 28W 11B 20W 30
0.01.01.01.02.02.0
23Austin ChenB 16W 21W 20B 5W 14
0.01.02.02.02.02.0
24Taein KimW 20B 18– 31W 25B 28
0.00.0X1.01.02.02.0
25Shlok Chowdhurybye—-—-B 24W 17
0.5U0.5U0.51.51.51.5
26Arjun GoelB 4W 30W 3– 12—-
0.01.01.0F1.0U1.01.0
27Maybeline HinloW 11B 12B 21W 30B 19
0.00.00.01.01.01.0
28Minsoo KimB 17W 22B 30W 21W 24
0.00.01.01.01.01.0
29Amogh RaoW 8B 6B 15—-—-
0.00.00.0U0.0U0.00.0
30Bud WollW 19B 26W 28B 27B 22
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
31Jimmy ChenB 7W 13– 24—-—-
0.00.0F0.0U0.0U0.00.0
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Second Club Championship Results

Our second club championship concluded Thursday, November 30th, with many exciting games impacting the final prize distributions, as is often the case in a single-section Swiss event such as ours, and we were able to stream the top six boards live thanks to the efforts of Jean-Rudolph Cendejas and Cesar Tamondong—thank you both again for arranging that for our club!

Alex Chin went a perfect 5-0 to claim sole first place, followed by Tobin Bennion and David Zhao in second with 4 points out of five. Prinav Jindal, Nick Matelli, and Anton Bobkov shared 4th-6th places with 3.5 points and five players tied for 7th-11th with 3.0. The US Chess rating report may be found here while the full wall chart and prize group standings follow in the two tables below. Thank you to everyone who played in this event and we’ll look to hold a third club championship same time next year!

#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5
1ALEX CHINW 11B 8B 2W 7B 5
2009 170506971.02.03.04.05.0
2TOBIN BENNION—-B 26W 1W 12B 9
1708 12679573X1.02.02.03.04.0
3DAVID ZHAOB 17W 18B 27W 24B 7
1502 147937841.01.02.03.04.0
4PRANAV JINDALB 23W 21B 12W 5W 10
2004 306288841.02.02.52.53.5
5NICK MATELLIbyeB 32W 29B 4W 1
1695 129289350.51.52.53.53.5
6ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 19B 20—-B 13
1292 301625360.51.52.5U2.53.5
7CESAR TAMONDONGW 24B 9– 18B 1W 3
1632 124390911.02.0X3.03.03.0
8JOSEN KALRAB 30W 1W 16B 10W 24
1600 126152101.01.02.02.03.0
9CHASE WANG—-W 7B 17B 15W 2
1328 15015852X1.01.02.03.03.0
10LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 29B 34W 30W 8B 4
1304 309754730.01.02.03.03.0
11KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 17W 34B 32W 16
1285 305943800.00.01.02.03.0
12JIALIN WUW 15B 22W 4B 2—-
1703 304102901.02.02.52.5U2.5
13NIKITA GRINKINW 34B 16W 32B 29W 6
1453 312869450.50.51.52.52.5
14DHRITEE DESAIB 18byeB 19—-W 29
1213 163361520.00.51.5U1.52.5
15BANKS BENNIONB 12W 33B 21W 9B 17
1140 301756460.01.02.02.02.5
16ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 13B 8W 26B 11
1095 312363220.51.51.52.52.5
17PAUL HARTELW 3B 11W 9B 22W 15
918 312777990.01.01.02.02.5
18RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 14B 3– 7bye—-
unr. 314547721.02.0F2.02.5U2.5
19AMOGH RAObyeB 6W 14B 31W 25
unr. 309493410.50.50.51.52.5
20LIAM LIUB 27W 29W 6bye—-
1665 303908521.01.51.52.0U2.0
21JEFFREY MCGINNISW 31B 4W 15B 30—-
1504 131958301.01.01.02.0U2.0
22TAEWOO KIMB 28W 12B 24W 17B 27
1400 306225091.01.01.01.02.0
23HAMDANIL RASYIDW 4B 30– 33B 34W 32
1260 304662760.00.0F0.01.02.0
24FADI ARODAKIB 7W 28W 22B 3B 8
1060 312799040.01.02.02.02.0
25MICHAEL SHERRARDW 32bye—-B 33B 19
1478 124473680.00.5U0.51.51.5
26SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 33W 2byeB 16—-
1462 148747341.01.01.51.5U1.5
27HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 20B 31W 3B 28W 22
1064 312404410.01.01.01.51.5
28GREGORY GAUTHIERW 22B 24W 31W 27—-
unr. 313000860.00.01.01.5U1.5
29HUGO PUW 10B 20B 5W 13B 14
unr. 310938601.01.51.51.51.5
30JEFFREY UNGARW 8W 23B 10W 21B 31
1043 163967430.01.01.01.01.0
31UMAR RASYIDB 21W 27B 28W 19W 30
1001 305169250.00.00.00.01.0
32MICHAEL DARRB 25W 5B 13W 11B 23
798 312401821.01.01.01.01.0
33PARAMDEEP SINGHW 26B 15– 23W 25—-
672 302143940.00.0X1.01.0U1.0
34SIDDHARTH KALRAB 13W 10B 11W 23—-
253 304980460.50.50.50.5F0.5
NameRatingScorePrize
1600+
CHIN, ALEX20095.0$100
BENNION, TOBIN17084.0$60
MATELLI, NICK16953.5$20
JINDAL, PRANAV20043.5$20
TAMONDONG, CESAR16323.0
KALRA, JOSEN16003.0
WU, JIALIN17032.5
LIU, LIAM16652.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMARunr.2.0
1300-1599
ZHAO, DAVID15024.0$80
WANG, CHASE13283.0$50
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA13043.0$50
GRINKIN, NIKITA14532.5
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY15042.0
KIM, TAEWOO14002.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL14781.5
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL14621.5
1002-1299
BOBKOV, ANTON12923.5$60
CSERNAI, KORNEL12853.0$40
DHINGRA, ATUL10952.5$7
DESAI, DHRITEE12132.5$7
BENNION, BANKS11402.5$7
RASYID, HAMDANIL12602.0
ARODAKI, FADI10602.0
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN10641.5
UNGAR, JEFFREY10431.0
UNR-1001
HARTEL, PAUL9182.5$50
RAO, AMOGHunr.2.5$50
PU, HUGOunr.1.5$10
GAUTHIER, GREGORYunr.1.5$10
RASYID, UMAR10011.0
DARR, MICHAEL7981.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEP6721.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTH2530.5
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Club Championship Games Streamed Live!

Thanks to the efforts and connections of Juan Cendejas and Cesar Tamondong, the top six boards of the final round of our club championship to be played Thursday, November 30th, at 7pm will be streamed live on both chess.com and DGT’s livechesscloud.com via the following links:

https://www.chess.com/events/2023-menlo-park-chess-club-championship
https://view.livechesscloud.com/#bffa7ace-751d-40a8-bf8f-9a324599ba3f

The pairings for the top six boards remain the same as in our previous post but there were some changes on the lower boards due to illness or withdrawal—the latest pairings are shared below for reference. This is an exciting first for our young club and likely won’t be the last time we dabble in this technology. Thank you, Juan and Cesar!

Board#WhiteResult#Black
15NICK MATELLI1ALEX CHIN
215CHASE WANG3TOBIN BENNION
37CESAR TAMONDONG10DAVID ZHAO
42PRANAV JINDAL16LASHA LAKIRBAIA
513NIKITA GRINKIN17ANTON BOBKOV
618KORNEL CSERNAI22ATUL DHINGRA
78JOSEN KALRA24FADI ARODAKI
827PAUL HARTEL21BANKS BENNION
932AMOGH RAO11MICHAEL SHERRARD
1020DHRITEE DESAI34HUGO PU
1123HAYDEN BRONGERSMA14TAEWOO KIM
1219HAMDANIL RASYID28MICHAEL DARR
1330SIDDHARTH KALRA25JEFFREY UNGAR
26UMAR RASYID1BYE
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Second Club Championship Final Round Pairings, Wall Chart, Prize Group Standings

Our round 4 games were no less exciting than previous rounds and we saw a number of upsets, to boot. Below are the final round pairings, wall chart and prize group standings heading into the final round. As always, the pairings could change if someone is unable to play on the 30th, and I’ll update these tables asap if that’s the case.

Recall that the chess club will not meet this Thursday, the 23rd, due to Thanksgiving—please enjoy the holiday, everyone! Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
15NICK MATELLI1ALEX CHIN
215CHASE WANG3TOBIN BENNION
37CESAR TAMONDONG10DAVID ZHAO
42PRANAV JINDAL16LASHA LAKIRBAIA
513NIKITA GRINKIN17ANTON BOBKOV
618KORNEL CSERNAI22ATUL DHINGRA
78JOSEN KALRA24FADI ARODAKI
827PAUL HARTEL21BANKS BENNION
932AMOGH RAO11MICHAEL SHERRARD
1020DHRITEE DESAI34HUGO PU
1123HAYDEN BRONGERSMA14TAEWOO KIM
1219HAMDANIL RASYID28MICHAEL DARR
1330SIDDHARTH KALRA25JEFFREY UNGAR
26UMAR RASYID1BYE
#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5
1ALEX CHINW 11B 8B 2W 7B 5
2009 170506971.02.03.04.05.0
2TOBIN BENNION—-B 26W 1W 12B 9
1708 12679573X1.02.02.03.04.0
3DAVID ZHAOB 17W 18B 27W 24B 7
1502 147937841.01.02.03.04.0
4PRANAV JINDALB 23W 21B 12W 5W 10
2004 306288841.02.02.52.53.5
5NICK MATELLIbyeB 32W 29B 4W 1
1695 129289350.51.52.53.53.5
6ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 19B 20—-B 13
1292 301625360.51.52.5U2.53.5
7CESAR TAMONDONGW 24B 9– 18B 1W 3
1632 124390911.02.0X3.03.03.0
8JOSEN KALRAB 30W 1W 16B 10W 24
1600 126152101.01.02.02.03.0
9CHASE WANG—-W 7B 17B 15W 2
1328 15015852X1.01.02.03.03.0
10LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 29B 34W 30W 8B 4
1304 309754730.01.02.03.03.0
11KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 17W 34B 32W 16
1285 305943800.00.01.02.03.0
12JIALIN WUW 15B 22W 4B 2—-
1703 304102901.02.02.52.5U2.5
13NIKITA GRINKINW 34B 16W 32B 29W 6
1453 312869450.50.51.52.52.5
14DHRITEE DESAIB 18byeB 19—-W 29
1213 163361520.00.51.5U1.52.5
15BANKS BENNIONB 12W 33B 21W 9B 17
1140 301756460.01.02.02.02.5
16ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 13B 8W 26B 11
1095 312363220.51.51.52.52.5
17PAUL HARTELW 3B 11W 9B 22W 15
918 312777990.01.01.02.02.5
18RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 14B 3– 7bye—-
unr. 314547721.02.0F2.02.5U2.5
19AMOGH RAObyeB 6W 14B 31W 25
unr. 309493410.50.50.51.52.5
20LIAM LIUB 27W 29W 6bye—-
1665 303908521.01.51.52.0U2.0
21JEFFREY MCGINNISW 31B 4W 15B 30—-
1504 131958301.01.01.02.0U2.0
22TAEWOO KIMB 28W 12B 24W 17B 27
1400 306225091.01.01.01.02.0
23HAMDANIL RASYIDW 4B 30– 33B 34W 32
1260 304662760.00.0F0.01.02.0
24FADI ARODAKIB 7W 28W 22B 3B 8
1060 312799040.01.02.02.02.0
25MICHAEL SHERRARDW 32bye—-B 33B 19
1478 124473680.00.5U0.51.51.5
26SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 33W 2byeB 16—-
1462 148747341.01.01.51.5U1.5
27HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 20B 31W 3B 28W 22
1064 312404410.01.01.01.51.5
28GREGORY GAUTHIERW 22B 24W 31W 27—-
unr. 313000860.00.01.01.5U1.5
29HUGO PUW 10B 20B 5W 13B 14
unr. 310938601.01.51.51.51.5
30JEFFREY UNGARW 8W 23B 10W 21B 31
1043 163967430.01.01.01.01.0
31UMAR RASYIDB 21W 27B 28W 19W 30
1001 305169250.00.00.00.01.0
32MICHAEL DARRB 25W 5B 13W 11B 23
798 312401821.01.01.01.01.0
33PARAMDEEP SINGHW 26B 15– 23W 25—-
672 302143940.00.0X1.01.0U1.0
34SIDDHARTH KALRAB 13W 10B 11W 23—-
253 304980460.50.50.50.5F0.5
NameGroupRatingScore
CHIN, ALEX1600+20094.0
MATELLI, NICK1600+16953.5
BENNION, TOBIN1600+17083.0
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+16323.0
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+20042.5
WU, JIALIN1600+17032.5
LIU, LIAM1600+16652.0
KALRA, JOSEN1600+16002.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+unr.2.0
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159915023.0
WANG, CHASE1300-159913283.0
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159913043.0
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159914532.5
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159915042.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159914781.5
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914621.5
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159914001.0
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129912922.5
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129910952.5
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129912852.0
BENNION, BANKS1002-129911402.0
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129910602.0
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129912131.5
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129910641.5
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129910431.0
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129912601.0
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10019182.0
PU, HUGOUNR-1001unr.1.5
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-1001unr.1.5
RAO, AMOGHUNR-1001unr.1.5
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10017981.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10016721.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10012530.5
RASYID, UMARUNR-100110010.0
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Second Club Championship Round 4 Pairings, Wall Chart, Prize Group Standings

The round 3 games were every bit as exciting as those in the previous round, with some narrow escapes, some clearly winning attacks which fizzled out and some interesting endgames, including that between Greg and Umar, which had a study-like quality about it given the opposite-color bishops. Again, I’ll try to get some of these games online during the Thanksgiving break next week, perhaps sooner.

Below are the pairings, wall chart and prize group standings for round 4. Anton is half a point clear in his group but fell ill this week and won’t be able to play Thursday, regrettably, though he still has an excellent chance at a prize with a draw or win in the final round. Hugo is also half a point clear in his group and we’ll see if he can keep that going when he plays Nikita this week. Note that a number of players have needed to take a zero-point bye given they’d already used the one half-point bye allowed in this event. That’s always unfortunate but there are a number of reasons why we use this rule–follow up with me Thursday if you have any questions.

Due to the odd number of players this round Umar gets the full-point bye though, as always, things could change in 24 hours if we get another bye request or the like–I’ll redo the pairings if I receive any such requests before 4pm Thursday. I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow! Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
11ALEX CHIN7CESAR TAMONDONG
22PRANAV JINDAL5NICK MATELLI
33TOBIN BENNION4JIALIN WU
416LASHA LAKIRBAIA8JOSEN KALRA
510DAVID ZHAO24FADI ARODAKI
621BANKS BENNION15CHASE WANG
734HUGO PU13NIKITA GRINKIN
822ATUL DHINGRA12SAMUEL AGDAMAG
925JEFFREY UNGAR9JEFFREY MCGINNIS
1014TAEWOO KIM27PAUL HARTEL
1128MICHAEL DARR18KORNEL CSERNAI
1233GREGORY GAUTHIER23HAYDEN BRONGERSMA
1329PARAMDEEP SINGH11MICHAEL SHERRARD
1430SIDDHARTH KALRA19HAMDANIL RASYID
1526UMAR RASYID32AMOGH RAO
31RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN½BYE
6LIAM LIU½BYE
#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4
1ALEX CHINW 23B 8B 7W 2
2009 170506971.02.03.0
2CESAR TAMONDONGW 13B 10– 14B 1
1632 124390911.02.0X3.0
3PRANAV JINDALB 33W 21B 4W 5
2004 306288841.02.02.5
4JIALIN WUW 12B 22W 3B 7
1703 304102901.02.02.5
5NICK MATELLIbyeB 27W 20B 3
1695 129289350.51.52.5
6ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 32B 15—-
1292 301625360.51.52.5
7TOBIN BENNION—-B 16W 1W 4
1708 12679573X1.02.02.0
8JOSEN KALRAB 25W 1W 19B 11
1600 126152101.01.02.0
9DAVID ZHAOB 26W 14B 24W 13
1502 147937841.01.02.0
10CHASE WANG—-W 2B 26B 12
1328 15015852X1.01.02.0
11LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 20B 31W 25W 8
1304 309754730.01.02.0
12BANKS BENNIONB 4W 28B 21W 10
1140 301756460.01.02.0
13FADI ARODAKIB 2W 29W 22B 9
1060 312799040.01.02.0
14RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 18B 9– 2bye
unr. 314547721.02.0F2.0
15LIAM LIUB 24W 20W 6bye
1665 303908521.01.51.5
16SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 28W 7byeB 19
1462 148747341.01.01.5
17NIKITA GRINKINW 31B 19W 27B 20
1453 312869450.50.51.5
18DHRITEE DESAIB 14byeB 32—-
1213 163361520.00.51.5
19ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 17B 8W 16
1095 312363220.51.51.5
20HUGO PUW 11B 15B 5W 17
unr. 310938601.01.51.5
21JEFFREY MCGINNISW 34B 3W 12B 25
1504 131958301.01.01.0
22TAEWOO KIMB 29W 4B 13W 26
1400 306225091.01.01.0
23KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 26W 31B 27
1285 305943800.00.01.0
24HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 15B 34W 9B 29
1064 312404410.01.01.0
25JEFFREY UNGARW 8W 33B 11W 21
1043 163967430.01.01.0
26PAUL HARTELW 9B 23W 10B 22
918 312777990.01.01.0
27MICHAEL DARRB 30W 5B 17W 23
798 312401821.01.01.0
28PARAMDEEP SINGHW 16B 12– 33W 30
672 302143940.00.0X1.0
29GREGORY GAUTHIERW 22B 13W 34W 24
unr. 313000860.00.01.0
30MICHAEL SHERRARDW 27bye—-B 28
1478 124473680.00.5U0.5
31SIDDHARTH KALRAB 17W 11B 23W 33
253 304980460.50.50.5
32AMOGH RAObyeB 6W 18B 34
unr. 309493410.50.50.5
33HAMDANIL RASYIDW 3B 25– 28B 31
1260 304662760.00.0F0.0
34UMAR RASYIDB 21W 24B 29W 32
1001 305169250.00.00.0
NameGroupRatingScore
CHIN, ALEX1600+20093.0
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+16323.0
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+20042.5
WU, JIALIN1600+17032.5
MATELLI, NICK1600+16952.5
BENNION, TOBIN1600+17082.0
KALRA, JOSEN1600+16002.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+unr.2.0
LIU, LIAM1600+16651.5
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159915022.0
WANG, CHASE1300-159913282.0
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159913042.0
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914621.5
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159914531.5
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159915041.0
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159914001.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159914780.5
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129912922.5
BENNION, BANKS1002-129911402.0
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129910602.0
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129910951.5
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129912131.5
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129912851.0
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129910641.0
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129910431.0
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129912600.0
PU, HUGOUNR-1001unr.1.5
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10019181.0
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10017981.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10016721.0
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-1001unr.1.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10012530.5
RAO, AMOGHUNR-1001unr.0.5
RASYID, UMARUNR-100110010.0
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Second Club Championship Round 3 Pairings, Wall Chart, Prize Group Standings

Round 2 of our club championship was another exciting affair with a number of very close games, including several of those on the top boards. I will try to publish some or all of the games in a Lichess study, as with a couple of our previous events, a task which is always made easier if you send me a timely pgn file of your game score (thank you to those who are already doing so). The second and third tables below include the wall chart and the prize group standings, and all prizes remain very much up for grabs in each group. I’ve received the entry fee payment from a smattering of players so please send that along (or pay at the club) at your earliest convenience. Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
14TOBIN BENNION1ALEX CHIN
25JIALIN WU2PRANAV JINDAL
33RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN8CESAR TAMONDONG
46NICK MATELLI34HUGO PU
57LIAM LIU18ANTON BOBKOV
69JOSEN KALRA23ATUL DHINGRA
710JEFFREY MCGINNIS22BANKS BENNION
824HAYDEN BRONGERSMA11DAVID ZHAO
925FADI ARODAKI15TAEWOO KIM
1028PAUL HARTEL16CHASE WANG
1117LASHA LAKIRBAIA26JEFFREY UNGAR
1214NIKITA GRINKIN29MICHAEL DARR
1332AMOGH RAO21DHRITEE DESAI
1419KORNEL CSERNAI31SIDDHARTH KALRA
1520HAMDANIL RASYID30PARAMDEEP SINGH
1633GREGORY GAUTHIER27UMAR RASYID
#Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3
1ALEX CHINW 30B 12B 4
2009 170506971.02.0
2PRANAV JINDALB 31W 13B 5
2004 306288841.02.0
3RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 27B 14W 6
1800 314547721.02.0
4TOBIN BENNION—-B 15W 1
1708 12679573X1.02.0
5JIALIN WUW 19B 16W 2
1703 304102901.02.0
6CESAR TAMONDONGW 21B 17B 3
1632 124390911.02.0
7NICK MATELLIbyeB 24W 11
1695 129289350.51.5
8LIAM LIUB 20W 11W 9
1665 303908521.01.5
9ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 29B 8
1292 301625360.51.5
10ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 26B 12
1095 312363220.51.5
11HUGO PUW 18B 8B 7
unr. 310938601.01.5
12JOSEN KALRAB 22W 1W 10
1600 126152101.01.0
13JEFFREY MCGINNISW 32B 2W 19
1504 131958301.01.0
14DAVID ZHAOB 23W 3B 20
1502 147937841.01.0
15SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 33W 4—-
1462 148747341.01.0
16TAEWOO KIMB 34W 5B 21
1400 306225091.01.0
17CHASE WANG—-W 6B 23
1328 15015852X1.01.0
18LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 11B 28W 22
1304 309754730.01.0
19BANKS BENNIONB 5W 33B 13
1140 301756460.01.0
20HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 8B 32W 14
1064 312404410.01.0
21FADI ARODAKIB 6W 34W 16
1060 312799040.01.0
22JEFFREY UNGARW 12W 31B 18
1043 163967430.01.0
23PAUL HARTELW 14B 30W 17
918 312777990.01.0
24MICHAEL DARRB 25W 7B 26
798 312401821.01.0
25MICHAEL SHERRARDW 24bye—-
1478 124473680.00.5
26NIKITA GRINKINW 28B 10W 24
1453 312869450.50.5
27DHRITEE DESAIB 3byeB 29
1213 163361520.00.5
28SIDDHARTH KALRAB 26W 18B 30
253 304980460.50.5
29AMOGH RAObyeB 9W 27
unr. 309493410.50.5
30KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 23W 28
1285 305943800.00.0
31HAMDANIL RASYIDW 2B 22W 33
1260 304662760.00.0
32UMAR RASYIDB 13W 20B 34
1001 305169250.00.0
33PARAMDEEP SINGHW 15B 19B 31
672 302143940.00.0
34GREGORY GAUTHIERW 16B 21W 32
unr. 313000860.00.0
NameGroupRatingScore
CHIN, ALEX1600+20092.0
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+20042.0
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+(1800)2.0
BENNION, TOBIN1600+17082.0
WU, JIALIN1600+17032.0
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+16322.0
MATELLI, NICK1600+16951.5
LIU, LIAM1600+16651.5
KALRA, JOSEN1600+16001.0
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159915041.0
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159915021.0
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914621.0
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159914001.0
WANG, CHASE1300-159913281.0
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159913041.0
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159914780.5
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159914530.5
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129912921.5
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129910951.5
BENNION, BANKS1002-129911401.0
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129910641.0
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129910601.0
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129910431.0
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129912130.5
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129912850.0
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129912600.0
PU, HUGOUNR-1001unr.1.5
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10019181.0
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10017981.0
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10012530.5
RAO, AMOGHUNR-1001unr.0.5
RASYID, UMARUNR-100110010.0
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10016720.0
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-1001unr.0.0
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Second Club Championship Round 2 Pairings

Below are the pairings for round two of our club championship, which begins promptly at 7pm Thursday, November 2nd, 2023. Please call Mark Drury at 650-400-6393 if you are unable to play for any reason and try to arrive no later than 6:50pm to check in.

The two tables which follow the second round pairings, below, are the wall chart and the prize groups–we have two groups with 9 members and two with 8 and the ratings distributions seen in this event make the groups reasonably equitable (though please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, of course). Regards,

Mark Drury

Board#WhiteResult#Black
19JOSEN KALRA1ALEX CHIN
22PRANAV JINDAL10JEFFREY MCGINNIS
311DAVID ZHAO3RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN
413SAMUEL AGDAMAG4TOBIN BENNION
515TAEWOO KIM5JIALIN WU
67LIAM LIU34HUGO PU
716CHASE WANG8CESAR TAMONDONG
829MICHAEL DARR6NICK MATELLI
923ATUL DHINGRA14NIKITA GRINKIN
1018ANTON BOBKOV32AMOGH RAO
1131SIDDHARTH KALRA17LASHA LAKIRBAIA
1219KORNEL CSERNAI28PAUL HARTEL
1326JEFFREY UNGAR20HAMDANIL RASYID
1422BANKS BENNION30PARAMDEEP SINGH
1527UMAR RASYID24HAYDEN BRONGERSMA
1625FADI ARODAKI33GREGORY GAUTHIER
21DHRITEE DESAI½BYE
12MICHAEL SHERRARD½BYE
Player #Name/Rating/IDRd 1Rd 2
1ALEX CHINW 24B 8
2009 170506971.0
2PRANAV JINDALB 25W 9
2004 306288841.0
3RAMKUMAR JEYARAMANW 26B 10
1800 314547721.0
4TOBIN BENNION—-B 11
1708 12679573X1.0
5JIALIN WUW 27B 12
1703 304102901.0
6LIAM LIUB 28W 15
1665 303908521.0
7CESAR TAMONDONGW 29B 13
1632 124390911.0
8JOSEN KALRAB 30W 1
1600 126152101.0
9JEFFREY MCGINNISW 31B 2
1504 131958301.0
10DAVID ZHAOB 32W 3
1502 147937841.0
11SAMUEL AGDAMAGB 33W 4
1462 148747341.0
12TAEWOO KIMB 34W 5
1400 306225091.0
13CHASE WANG—-W 7
1328 15015852X1.0
14MICHAEL DARRB 22W 16
798 312401821.0
15HUGO PUW 23B 6
unr. 310938601.0
16NICK MATELLIbyeB 14
1695 129289350.5
17NIKITA GRINKINW 20B 19
1453 312869450.5
18ANTON BOBKOVbyeW 21
1292 301625360.5
19ATUL DHINGRAbyeW 17
1095 312363220.5
20SIDDHARTH KALRAB 17W 23
253 304980460.5
21AMOGH RAObyeB 18
unr. 309493410.5
22MICHAEL SHERRARDW 14bye
1478 124473680.0
23LASHA LAKIRBAIAB 15B 20
1304 309754730.0
24KORNEL CSERNAIB 1W 32
1285 305943800.0
25HAMDANIL RASYIDW 2B 30
1260 304662760.0
26DHRITEE DESAIB 3bye
1213 163361520.0
27BANKS BENNIONB 5W 33
1140 301756460.0
28HAYDEN BRONGERSMAW 6B 31
1064 312404410.0
29FADI ARODAKIB 7W 34
1060 312799040.0
30JEFFREY UNGARW 8W 25
1043 163967430.0
31UMAR RASYIDB 9W 28
1001 305169250.0
32PAUL HARTELW 10B 24
918 312777990.0
33PARAMDEEP SINGHW 11B 27
672 302143940.0
34GREGORY GAUTHIERW 12B 29
unr. 313000860.0
NameGroupIDRatingExpiration
CHIN, ALEX1600+17050697200911/30/2023
JINDAL, PRANAV1600+30628884200408/31/2024
JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR1600+31454772(1800)10/31/2024
BENNION, TOBIN1600+12679573170811/30/2023
WU, JIALIN1600+30410290170301/31/2024
MATELLI, NICK1600+12928935169505/31/2024
LIU, LIAM1600+30390852166512/31/2024
TAMONDONG, CESAR1600+12439091163208/31/2024
KALRA, JOSEN1600+12615210160010/31/2024
MCGINNIS, JEFFREY1300-159913195830150403/31/2025
ZHAO, DAVID1300-159914793784150206/30/2024
SHERRARD, MICHAEL1300-159912447368147804/30/2025
AGDAMAG, SAMUEL1300-159914874734146205/31/2024
GRINKIN, NIKITA1300-159931286945145306/30/2024
KIM, TAEWOO1300-159930622509140006/30/2025
WANG, CHASE1300-159915015852132808/31/2025
LAKIRBAIA, LASHA1300-159930975473130401/31/2024
BOBKOV, ANTON1002-129930162536129210/31/2024
CSERNAI, KORNEL1002-129930594380128506/30/2024
RASYID, HAMDANIL1002-129930466276126008/31/2024
DESAI, DHRITEE1002-129916336152121303/31/2024
BENNION, BANKS1002-129930175646114006/30/2025
DHINGRA, ATUL1002-129931236322109505/31/2024
BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN1002-129931240441106405/31/2024
ARODAKI, FADI1002-129931279904106005/31/2025
UNGAR, JEFFREY1002-129916396743104304/30/2024
RASYID, UMARUNR-100130516925100105/31/2024
HARTEL, PAULUNR-10013127779991805/31/2024
DARR, MICHAELUNR-10013124018279805/31/2024
SINGH, PARAMDEEPUNR-10013021439467209/30/2023*
KALRA, SIDDHARTHUNR-10013049804625305/31/2025
RAO, AMOGHUNR-100130949341unr.01/31/2024
GAUTHIER, GREGORYUNR-100131300086unr.Life
PU, HUGOUNR-100131093860unr.03/31/2024