BayAreaChess Swiss Championship 124 - February 20, 2010 
53 players - "^" indicates players "playing up" in a higher section
53 players - "^" indicates players "playing up" in a higher section
3 Elite (1100 & up)
D Song won a clear first place with 4 points.
Iyer won a clear second place with 3.5 points.
Stearman, Tesoriere, and A Song tied for 3rd place with 2.5 points.
3 Elite Team (1100 & up)
Foster City won the first place team trophy.
Bay Area Chess won the second place team trophy.
Weibel won the third place team trophy.
3 Champ (800-1099)
Kekre won the first place with a perfect 4 points.
Thiagarajan and Katare tied for 2nd place with 3 points.
Tang won 4th place with 2.5 points.
3 Champ Team (800-1099)
Weibel won the first place team.
5 Premier (800-1099)
Pun won a clear first with a perfect score of 5 points.
Zhang won 2nd place with 4 points each.
Samineni and Eswaran tied for 3rd place with 3 points each.
5 Premier Team (500-799)
Harker won the first place team trophy.
Bay Area Chess won the second place team trophy.
Parkmont won the third place team trophy.
6 Booster (under 500)
Xu and Iyer tied for the clear first place with 4.5 points.
Khandal and Saravanan tied for 3rd place with 4 points.
A Chan, Karanam, Akshintala, J Chan, and Penmesta tied for 5th place with 3 points each.
6 Booster Team (under 500)
Roy Cloud won the first place.
D Song won a clear first place with 4 points.
Iyer won a clear second place with 3.5 points.
Stearman, Tesoriere, and A Song tied for 3rd place with 2.5 points.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Tot | TBrk [M] |
TBrk [S] |
TBrk [C] |
TBrk [O] |
| 1 | Daniel Z Song | 1157 | 1296 | W11 | W10 | W9 | W3 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.5 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Rahul Iyer | 1179 | 1295 | W12 | D8 | W4 | W6 | 3.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 17 |
| 3 | Josiah P Stearman | 1194 | 1204 | D4 | W5 | W8 | L1 | 2.5 | 9 | 10.5 | 7 | 26.5 |
| 4 | Matthew ^ Tesoriere | 1096 | 1192 | D3 | W12 | L2 | W9 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Alanna Song | 852 | 1011 | H--- | L3 | W12 | W10 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 11.5 |
| 6 | Alekhya Nandula | 1231 | 1217 | L8 | W7 | W10 | L2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Elliot Ki | 1224 | 1196 | L10 | L6 | W11 | W8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 14.5 |
| 8 | Sharvil Kekre | 1115 | 1118 | W6 | D2 | L3 | L7 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 10 | 5.5 | 23.5 |
| 9 | Kory Hui | 1259 | 1220 | H--- | W11 | L1 | L4 | 1.5 | 3 | 7 | 4.5 | 16 |
| 10 | David Vendrow | 1114 | 1084 | W7 | L1 | L6 | L5 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Joanna ^ Liu | 994 | 963 | L1 | L9 | L7 | B--- | 1.0 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Arun G Khemani | 1308 | 1223 | L2 | L4 | L5 | H--- | 0.5 | 5 | 8.5 | 0 | 19.5 |
3 Elite Team (1100 & up)
Foster City won the first place team trophy.
Bay Area Chess won the second place team trophy.
Weibel won the third place team trophy.
| Code | Name | Score | TBrk[C] | |
| 1 | FOSTER | Foster City Elementary (1004.5) - Cnt: 2 | 6.5 | 14.5 |
| Daniel Z Song (1157) 4.0 | ||||
| Alanna Song (852) 2.5 | ||||
| 2 | BAYARE | Bay Area Chess (1226.5) - Cnt: 3 | 4.0 | 11.5 |
| Josiah P Stearman (1194) 2.5 | ||||
| Kory Hui (1259) 1.5 | ||||
| David Vendrow (1114) 1.0 | ||||
| 3 | WEIBEL | Weibel Elementary - Fremont (1054.5) - Cnt: 2 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| Sharvil Kekre (1115) 1.5 | ||||
| Joanna ^ Liu (994) 1.0 |
3 Champ (800-1099)
Kekre won the first place with a perfect 4 points.
Thiagarajan and Katare tied for 2nd place with 3 points.
Tang won 4th place with 2.5 points.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Tot | TBrk [M] |
TBrk [S] |
TBrk [C] |
TBrk [O] |
| 1 | Ishas Kekre | 898 | 1111 | W8 | W4 | W6 | W2 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Akash Thiagarajan | 1012 | 1091 | W5 | W6 | W3 | L1 | 3.0 | 9 | 10.5 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Arhant Katare | 1034 | 1065 | W11 | W7 | L2 | W5 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Howard Leona ^ Tang | 746 | 853 | H--- | L1 | W10 | W8 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 16 |
| 5 | Ladia Ray Jirasek | 917 | 915 | L2 | X12 | W7 | L3 | 2.0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Allen Bazhenov | 973 | 969 | W12 | L2 | L1 | W9 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Sameer Vijay | 1003 | 978 | W9 | L3 | L5 | W11 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Shopnavo Biswas | 1011 | 953 | L1 | W10 | D9 | L4 | 1.5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Dhanush Venkatesh | 869 | 856 | L7 | W11 | D8 | L6 | 1.5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Daniel ^ George | 696 | 662 | H--- | L8 | L4 | B--- | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.5 | 9 |
| 11 | Edward Vendrow | 831 | 777 | L3 | L9 | B--- | L7 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Alanna Song | 852 | 831 | L6 | F5 | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
3 Champ Team (800-1099)
Weibel won the first place team.
| Code | Name | Score | TBrk[C] | |
| 1 | WEIBEL | Weibel Elementary - Fremont (950.5) - Cnt: 2 | 6.0 | 15 |
| Ishas Kekre (898) 4.0 | ||||
| Sameer Vijay (1003) 2.0 |
5 Premier (800-1099)
Pun won a clear first with a perfect score of 5 points.
Zhang won 2nd place with 4 points each.
Samineni and Eswaran tied for 3rd place with 3 points each.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot | TBrk [M] |
TBrk [S] |
TBrk [C] |
TBrk [O] |
| 1 | Albert Pun | 794 | 956 | W4 | W6 | W2 | W5 | W3 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Alvin J Zhang | 684 | 799 | W8 | W3 | L1 | W7 | X9 | 4.0 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Aneesh Samineni | 798 | 793 | W11 | L2 | W5 | W4 | L1 | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Ashritha Eswaran | 649 | 705 | L1 | W8 | W10 | L3 | W5 | 3.0 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Jamie Jimu Ip | 582 | 593 | W6 | W11 | L3 | L1 | L4 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Nikhil Gupta | 556 | 560 | L5 | L1 | W8 | W10 | L7 | 2.0 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Chinguun Bayaraa | 741 | 657 | L12 | L10 | W11 | L2 | W6 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Joshua Vendrow | 563 | 557 | L2 | L4 | L6 | W11 | W10 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Howard Leona Tang | 746 | 763 | W10 | H--- | H--- | U--- | F2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 4 |
| 10 | Nithin $p Sriram | 602 | 537 | L9 | W7 | L4 | L6 | L8 | 1.0 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28.5 |
| 11 | Sanjay Gupta | 655 | 539 | L3 | L5 | L7 | L8 | B--- | 1.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Jayes Thiagarajan | 171 | 332 | W7 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
5 Premier Team (500-799)
Harker won the first place team trophy.
Bay Area Chess won the second place team trophy.
Parkmont won the third place team trophy.
| Code | Name | Score | TBrk[C] | |
| 1 | HARKER | Harker School (796.0) - Cnt: 2 | 8.0 | 25 |
| Albert Pun (794) 5.0 | ||||
| Aneesh Samineni (798) 3.0 | ||||
| 2 | BAYARE | Bay Area Chess (743.5) - Cnt: 2 | 4.0 | 11.5 |
| Howard Leona Tang (746) 2.0 | ||||
| Chinguun Bayaraa (741) 2.0 | ||||
| 3 | PARKMO | Parkmont Elementary School (605.5) - Cnt: 2 | 3.0 | 5 |
| Nikhil Gupta (556) 2.0 | ||||
| Sanjay Gupta (655) 1.0 |
6 Booster (under 500)
Xu and Iyer tied for the clear first place with 4.5 points.
Khandal and Saravanan tied for 3rd place with 4 points.
A Chan, Karanam, Akshintala, J Chan, and Penmesta tied for 5th place with 3 points each.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot | TBrk [M] |
TBrk [S] |
TBrk [C] |
TBrk [O] |
| 1 | Andrew Xu | 434 | 674 | W20 | D2 | W8 | W10 | W3 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 13 | 43.5 |
| 2 | Vivek Iyer | 233 | 570 | B--- | D1 | W17 | W5 | W7 | 4.5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 37.5 |
| 3 | Viren Khandal | 449 | 659 | W14 | W9 | W5 | W6 | L1 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 14 | 50 |
| 4 | Aksharan Saravanan | unr. | 751 | W8 | L10 | W12 | W16 | W6 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Andrea Chan | 369 | 528 | W7 | W12 | L3 | L2 | W13 | 3.0 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Vallab Karanam | unr. | 605 | W11 | W17 | W10 | L3 | L4 | 3.0 | 13 | 14.5 | 12 | 45.5 |
| 7 | Akhil Akshintala | unr. | 503 | L5 | W11 | W18 | W9 | L2 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13 | 9 | 40.5 |
| 8 | John Andrew Chan | 353 | 456 | L4 | W18 | L1 | W14 | W16 | 3.0 | 12 | 12.5 | 7 | 39.5 |
| 9 | Aditya $x Penmesta | unr. | 584 | W16 | L3 | W13 | L7 | W12 | 3.0 | 11 | 12.5 | 9 | 41.5 |
| 10 | Mark Shacker | 397 | 485 | W15 | W4 | L6 | L1 | D11 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 16 | 9.5 | 45.5 |
| 11 | Sriharsha Guduguntla | unr. | 390 | L6 | L7 | W19 | W18 | D10 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 10 | 5.5 | 36.5 |
| 12 | Kingsley Wang | unr. | 432 | W13 | L5 | L4 | W15 | L9 | 2.0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 40 |
| 13 | Hunter T Verbeck | unr. | 343 | L12 | W20 | L9 | W17 | L5 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 6 | 32.5 |
| 14 | Rishabh Sanghavi | unr. | 333 | L3 | W19 | D16 | L8 | D17 | 2.0 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 15 | Jwalin Shah | unr. | 298 | L10 | L16 | W20 | L12 | W19 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 16 | Greta Sten | unr. | 339 | L9 | W15 | D14 | L4 | L8 | 1.5 | 10 | 14 | 5.5 | 37 |
| 17 | Charles Pun | 333 | 301 | W19 | L6 | L2 | L13 | D14 | 1.5 | 8 | 12 | 5.5 | 38 |
| 18 | Jayes Thiagarajan | 171 | 106 | B--- | L8 | L7 | L11 | L20 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 4 | 22.5 |
| 19 | Nathaniel Verbeck | unr. | 100 | L17 | L14 | L11 | W20 | L15 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 20 | Reid Dounias | unr. | 100 | L1 | L13 | L15 | L19 | W18 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
6 Booster Team (under 500)
Roy Cloud won the first place.
| Code | Name | Score | TBrk[C] | |
| 1 | CLOUD | Roy Cloud ES - Redwood City (0.0) - Cnt: 3 | 4.0 | 9 |
| Hunter T Verbeck (unr.) 2.0 | ||||
| Nathaniel Verbeck (unr.) 1.0 | ||||
| Reid Dounias (unr.) 1.0 |
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