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Bay Area Chess 241: Winter Open @ Bay Area Chess Center Milpitas Jan 27-29, 2012 Prize Fund $2,900! 68 players (incl 6 free entries) - Econ entries will receive 1/2 prize. Report errors here.

Open (1900+)

Sevian and Viswanadha tied for first place and split 1st place prize ($350) and 2nd place prize ($230) to earn split of $290 each.
Panchanatham and Zhu tied for 3rd place ($115) and 1st place under 2100 ($115). Each earned $115.
Banik, Chow, Li, and Tao tied for second ($100) and third place u2100 ($100). Each won $50.
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 NM Samuel Sevian 2299 2306   W7 W14 L2 W18 W6 W5 5.0 290-66 = 224
2 Kesav Viswanadha 2134 2169 KENNEM W13 W21 W1 D5 W10 D3 5.0 290.00
3 Vign Panchanatham 2080 2105   H--- W12 W15 W6 D5 D2 4.5 115.00
4 Jack Qijie -e Zhu 2121 2125   L6 W22 D16 W19 W8 W10 4.5 115/2 = 57.50
5 NM Hayk Manvelyan 2252 2246 MSJH W24 W10 B--- D2 D3 L1 4.0  
6 Siddharth G -e Banik 1998 2018   W4 W8 H--- L3 L1 W11 3.5 50/2 = 25
7 Edward Li 2024 2026 LYNBRO L1 L11 W22 W21 W12 D9 3.5 50.00
8 Colin Chow 2077 2069   D11 L6 W20 W15 L4 W18 3.5 50.00
9 Jeffrey -e Tao 1986 1979   D17 W27 D11 L10 W16 D7 3.5 50/2 = 25
10 WFM Uyanga Byambaa 2027 2028   W20 L5 W17 W9 L2 L4 3.0  
11 Vikram -e^ Vasan 1719 1804   D8 W7 D9 L14 W24 L6 3.0  
12 Barry Wayne Curto 1900 1899   D25 L3 W27 D16 L7 W23 3.0  
13 Michael -e Wang 1949 1937 ****** L2 D20 L19 W23 D17 W15 3.0  
14 Rudy C Vrana 2097 2105   W22 L1 W21 W11 U--- U--- 3.0  
15 Martin J Marshall 1883 1882   H--- W19 L3 L8 W20 L13 2.5  
16 Vikram ^ Ganesh 1830 1837   H--- D18 D4 D12 L9 D17 2.5  
17 Pranav ^ Srihari 1789 1801 KENNEM D9 D24 L10 H--- D13 D16 2.5  
18 Kevin -e Moy 1989 1978 ****** H--- D16 W23 L1 H--- L8 2.5  
19 Charles -e ^ Tang 1808 1834 HARTE H--- L15 W13 L4 W21 U--- 2.5  
20 Taylor -h ^ McCreary 1867 1861   L10 D13 L8 W26 L15 D24 2.0  
21 Hovik Manvelyan 1986 1961 MSJH W23 L2 L14 L7 L19 W27 2.0  
22 J Steven $77 Svoboda 1988 1971   L14 L4 L7 W27 H--- H--- 2.0  
23 Ben -e^ Rood 1654 1652   L21 B--- L18 L13 W27 L12 2.0  
24 Rayan Taghizadeh 1965 1942   L5 D17 H--- H--- L11 D20 2.0  
25 Yuan -h Wang 2042 2039   D12 H--- H--- U--- H--- U--- 2.0  
26 Armen -h Sevian 1872 1860   H--- H--- U--- L20 U--- U--- 1.0  
27 Anirudh -e ^ Seela 1729 1693   H--- L9 L12 L22 L23 L21 0.5  


Reserve (1500-1899)

Vijay won clear first and the 1500-1899 title ($350)
Hui, Hui, and Lynk tied for 2nd place ($230), 3rd place ($80), and 1st place under 1700 ($115) - These prizes were distributed evenly so each one earned $141.67.
Narendranath won second under 1700 ($80)
Sant won third under 1700 ($80)
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Sameer -e Vijay 1579 1719 STR-FR W17 H--- H--- W5 W2 W9 5.0 350/2 = 175
2 Kevin Hui 1706 1746 IRVING W5 W3 W7 W9 L1 L6 4.0 141.67
3 Rodney B Lynk Jr 1747 1773   D15 L2 D6 W13 W8 W4 4.0 141.67
4 Kyle Hui 1684 1739 IRVING W6 L8 W14 W7 W9 L3 4.0 141.67
5 Venkata S Nandula 1796 1787   L2 D6 W10 L1 W7 W8 3.5  
6 Alexander Feghhi 1758 1755 PALOVE L4 D5 D3 D10 W12 W2 3.5  
7 Prav -e Narendranath 1680 1681   W12 W14 L2 L4 L5 W10 3.0 80/2 = 40
8 Chris Xiong 1730 1715 BOWDIT D16 W4 L9 W12 L3 L5 2.5  
9 Amit -e Sant 1668 1659 MSJE H--- W13 W8 L2 L4 L1 2.5 80/2 = 40
10 Rahul ^ Srinivas 1491 1507   L11 W12 L5 D6 D13 L7 2.0  
11 Zachi -h Baharav 1812 1816   W10 H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- 2.0  
12 Faeiq Mutie Jfouf 1588 1543   L7 L10 D13 L8 L6 B--- 1.5  
13 Arhant Katare 1633 1597   L14 L9 D12 L3 D10 H--- 1.5  
14 Joseph De Leon 1839 1813   W13 L7 L4 H--- U--- U--- 1.5  
15 Martin J Marshall 1883 1879   D3 H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
16 Charles -eh Tang 1808 1805 HARTE D8 H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
17 Salman -h* Azhar 1568 1556   L1 H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0  


Booster (Under 1500

Delaney won clear 1st place ($350) and the Under 1500 Title.
Jiang and Tam tied for 2nd Place ($230) and 1st Place under 1300 ($115). These prizes were distributed evenly so each one earned $172.50.
Teoh won 2nd Place u1300 ($100).
Shi won for 3rd Place ($80).
Daggupati, B Ho, Nathan Huang, Zhao, and Tam tied for 3rd Place under 1300 ($80). These prizes were distributed evenly so each one earned $20.
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Ryan Patr Delaney 1470 1568   W9 W17 W4 W2 W13 W6 6.0 350.00
2 Kelvin Jiang 1244 1412 BAYARE W22 W13 W3 L1 W7 D5 4.5 172.50
3 Calvin -e Tam 1468 1469 ****** W27 W6 L2 D4 W8 W10 4.5 172.50/2 = 86.25
4 Hansel -e Teoh 1295 1375 PETERS W8 W16 L1 D3 H--- W13 4.0 100/2 = 50
5 Jaysen Shi 1497 1468   L14 W25 W21 W15 D6 D2 4.0 80.00
6 Chinguun -e Bayaraa 1355 1357 BAYARE W26 L3 W16 W14 D5 L1 3.5  
7 Evan $6 Fredericksen 1409 1375   W23 W14 L15 W11 L2 D9 3.5  
8 Nathan Huang 1067 1187 BULLCH L4 D10 W18 W24 L3 W15 3.5 20.00
9 Brandon C -e Ho 1166 1169 REGNAR L1 L22 W26 W19 W14 D7 3.5 20/2 = 10
10 Balaji -e Daggupati 1265 1250 NORCAL L16 D8 W25 W20 W15 L3 3.5 20/2 = 10
11 Luke Zhao 1171 1227 MSJE L13 W23 W17 L7 W21 D12 3.5 20.00
12 Jason Shuhe -e Zhang 1329 1316   H--- D20 W22 L13 W17 D11 3.5  
13 Daniel Song 1482 1446 BOWDIT W11 L2 W20 W12 L1 L4 3.0  
14 Ram Adity -e Nandula 1243 1244 LAWSON W5 L7 W19 L6 L9 W18 3.0  
15 Aditya -e Behal 901 1080 BAYARE W24 W18 W7 L5 L10 L8 3.0  
16 Daniel -e Hu 998 1094 ALMOND W10 L4 L6 L17 W25 W21 3.0  
17 Iddo -e Zohar 1243 1204 BAYARE W21 L1 L11 W16 L12 D19 2.5  
18 Martin Burgdorf 1285 1218   D25 L15 L8 W23 W20 L14 2.5  
19 Noel -e Lkhagvatsogt 662 771 BAYARE L20 W26 L14 L9 W22 D17 2.5  
20 Garrick -e Su 1153 1123   W19 D12 L13 L10 L18 D24 2.0  
21 Stephen R -e Ho 987 994 REGNAR L17 W24 L5 W22 L11 L16 2.0  
22 Natalie -e Huang 989 957 BULLCH L2 W9 L12 L21 L19 W26 2.0  
23 Maurya -e Palusa 1076 1038   L7 L11 L24 L18 W26 W25 2.0  
24 Arul -re Viswanathan 1118 1064 BLUEHI L15 L21 W23 L8 H--- D20 2.0  
25 William -e Bensky 1020 982   D18 L5 L10 W26 L16 L23 1.5  
26 Lloyd Abrams unr. 351   L6 L19 L9 L25 L23 L22 0.0  
27 Arul Viswanathan 1118 1112 BLUEHI L3 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

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