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Bay Area Spring Open: San Jose, CA - May 1-2, 2010
Final Standings - Calculated Prize Fund = $2,000. Report errors here.

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Capablanca Memorial Open May 29-31 or 30-31, 2010 Prize Fund $12,000 b/194 entries! @ Marriot in Santa Clara
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Section: Open (1800+)

Heiserman and De Guzman shared first place with 5 points each and were awarded $350 each!
Fuentes and Hills shared third place with 4.5 points each and were awarded $100 each!
Liu and Seitzer tied for fifth place with 4.0 points and won $50 each!
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 NM Jimmy P Heiserman 2209 2242 W25 W5 L2 W17 W10 W3 5.0 350.00
2 IM Ricardo De Guzman 2443 2450 W28 W4 W1 D3 H--- W10 5.0 350.00
3 Romulo C Fuentes 2186 2208 W7 W18 W10 D2 W9 L1 4.5 100.00
4 Kenneth Hills 2070 2080 W19 L2 D8 W24 W18 W14 4.5 100.00
5 Daniel Liu 2052 2057 W16 L1 W11 L10 W20 W13 4.0 50.00
6 Phillip Seitzer 2076 2073 W22 L10 D7 W19 D12 W11 4.0 50.00
7 Nikunj Chandr Oza 1855 1865 L3 W16 D6 L18 W24 W12 3.5  
8 Aditya Kumar 1885 1899 L9 W22 D4 D20 D17 W16 3.5  
9 NM Mike Splane 2200 2198 W8 W21 D17 W13 L3 U--- 3.5  
10 NM John D Cline 2336 2317 W27 W6 L3 W5 L1 L2 3.0  
11 Juan Carl Ventosa 1851 1871 L18 W28 L5 W15 W21 L6 3.0  
12 Hun ^ Klotz-burwell 1727 1794 D17 W27 L13 W21 D6 L7 3.0  
13 James G Kwok 1919 1927 H--- W24 W12 L9 D14 L5 3.0  
14 Samuel Sevian 2135 2122 B--- H--- H--- H--- D13 L4 3.0  
15 Michael Da Cruz 2096 2087 H--- H--- U--- L11 W25 X18 3.0  
16 Venkata S ^ Nandula 1685 1696 L5 L7 D22 W26 W23 L8 2.5  
17 Micah Cohen 2069 2062 D12 W23 D9 L1 D8 U--- 2.5  
18 James E ^ Kless 1629 1697 W11 L3 H--- W7 L4 F15 2.5  
19 Colin ^ Chow 1789 1804 L4 W25 D21 L6 D22 H--- 2.5  
20 Rayan ^ Taghizadeh 1655 1657 L21 B--- H--- D8 L5 H--- 2.5  
21 Gaudenci $p Delacruz 2007 1973 W20 L9 D19 L12 L11 D23 2.0  
22 Theodore Biyiasas 1835 1829 L6 L8 D16 W25 D19 U--- 2.0  
23 Vign Panchanatham 1869 1851 H--- L17 L24 W27 L16 D21 2.0  
24 Allan Beilin 1802 1794 H--- L13 W23 L4 L7 U--- 1.5  
25 FM Tanuj Vasudeva 1923 1890 L1 L19 H--- L22 L15 H--- 1.0  
26 R ^ Kasiviswanathan 1360 1355 H--- H--- U--- L16 U--- U--- 1.0  
27 Kesav Viswanadha 1924 1896 L10 L12 H--- L23 U--- U--- 0.5  
28 Bhaskara Marthi 1934 1921 L2 L11 H--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  

Section B/C (1400-1799)

Tao and Salvo shared first place with 5 points each and were awarded $215 each!
Vaugh earned third place with 4 points and was awarded $100!
Seela, Srihari, Huang, and Audrey Zhao tied for top two under 1600 positions and won place $42.50 each!
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Jeffrey Tao 1644 1702 W8 L2 W6 W3 W4 W9 5.0 215.00
2 Tab E Salvo 1759 1788 W12 W1 W13 W4 W5 L3 5.0 215.00
3 Michael E Vaughn 1703 1695 D5 D7 W9 L1 X12 W2 4.0 100.00
4 Carl Woebcke 1654 1629 W14 D9 W5 L2 L1 D11 3.0  
5 Anirudh Seela 1500 1539 D3 W11 L4 W13 L2 H--- 3.0 42.50
6 Pranav Srihari 1478 1481 W10 L13 L1 L7 W11 B--- 3.0 42.50
7 Bryan Lingf Huang 1474 1476 H--- D3 L8 W6 D9 H--- 3.0 42.50
8 Audrey Jin N Zhao 1402 1471 L1 W12 W7 H--- H--- U--- 3.0 42.50
9 Prem ^ Talwai 1312 1345 B--- D4 L3 D12 D7 L1 2.5  
10 Art Zhao 1664 1638 L6 D14 W11 H--- H--- U--- 2.5  
11 R ^ Kasiviswanathan 1360 1358 D13 L5 L10 X14 L6 D4 2.0  
12 John Paul Donovan 1539 1515 L2 L8 W14 D9 F3 U--- 1.5  
13 Greg M Sarafian 1753 1717 D11 W6 L2 L5 U--- U--- 1.5  
14 Nikita Shenkman 1405 1395 L4 D10 L12 F11 U--- U--- 0.5  

Section DE+ (under 1400)

Sanchez won a clear first place with 6 points and $100.00.
Singaram and Erskine shared the second place and won $50 each.
Poon and Tang shared the top place under 1200 and won $50 each.
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Alonzo M Sanchez 1291 1364 W7 W2 W5 W3 W4 W6 6.0 100.00
2 Kannapan Singaram unr. 1175 W4 L1 L3 W5 W6 B--- 4.0 50.00
3 Cole Erskine 1216 1209 W6 W4 W2 L1 W7 L5 4.0 50.00
4 Brunston Poon 1110 1076 L2 L3 B--- W6 L1 W7 3.0 50.00
5 Howard Leona Tang 1050 1077 H--- W7 L1 L2 H--- W3 3.0 50.00
6 Lowell Eug Ankrom 500 575 L3 B--- W7 L4 L2 L1 2.0  
7 Daniel George 885 809 L1 L5 L6 H--- L3 L4 0.5  

Xtra Rated Games

No prizes were allocated to Xtra Rated Games!
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot
1 Rayan ^ Taghizadeh 1655 1677 H--- W4 1.5
2 Michael Da Cruz 2096 2098 W8 H--- 1.5
3 Pranav Srihari 1478 1479 H--- W7 1.5
4 Michael [house] Wang 1709 1696 W9 L1 1.0
5 Lowell Eug Ankrom 500 501 D6 H--- 1.0
6 Abu Taghizadeh unr. 501 D5 H--- 1.0
7 Kannapan Singaram unr. 750 H--- L3 0.5
8 Chris Black 1755 1752 L2 H--- 0.5
9 Prem ^ Talwai 1312 1308 L4 H--- 0.5
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