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Bay Area Chess 252: Spring Open @ Bay Area Chess Center Milpitas - Mar 16-18, 2012
Prize Fund $3,300! 82 players (incl 75 paid players) - Econ entries will receive 1/2 prize. Report errors here.
Open (1900+)
Porter won clear first place and 1st place prize ($400).Klotz-Burwell, Apte, and Viswanadha tied for 2nd place ($275), 3rd place (150), and 1st place under 2100 ($150). Each earned $191.66. All three are middle school students. :)
Beilin won 2nd place u2100 and earned $125.
Chow, Zhao, Iyengar, Hovik Manvelyan, Moy, Sankar, Ganesh, and Mandrusov tied for 3rd u2100 ($100). Each won $12.50.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot | Prize |
| 1 | FM Ryan W Porter | 2284 | 2295 | W12 | W17 | W10 | W5 | D4 | 4.5 | 400-66=334 |
| 2 | Hun Klotz-burwell | 1944 | 2015 | H--- | W13 | W9 | W8 | D5 | 4.0 | 191.67 |
| 3 | Neel Apte | 2108 | 2122 | W35 | W11 | L5 | W17 | W12 | 4.0 | 191.67 |
| 4 | Kesav Viswanadha | 2148 | 2158 | W24 | X32 | D8 | W16 | D1 | 4.0 | 191.67 |
| 5 | Daniel Liu | 2165 | 2169 | W22 | W14 | W3 | L1 | D2 | 3.5 | |
| 6 | Allan -e Beilin | 2032 | 2048 | H--- | W15 | D16 | D7 | W18 | 3.5 | 125/2 = 62.50 |
| 7 | NM Hayk Manvelyan | 2266 | 2256 | D9 | D18 | W22 | D6 | W10 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Colin Chow | 2052 | 2051 | W29 | W20 | D4 | L2 | D9 | 3.0 | 12.50 |
| 9 | Art -e Zhao | 1978 | 1996 | D7 | W25 | L2 | W26 | D8 | 3.0 | 12.50/2 = 6.25 |
| 10 | Udit Iyengar | 2089 | 2095 | B--- | W31 | L1 | W18 | L7 | 3.0 | 12.50 |
| 11 | Kevin -e Moy | 1995 | 2003 | W21 | L3 | W19 | H--- | D13 | 3.0 | 12.50/2 = 6.25 |
| 12 | Hovik Manvelyan | 1964 | 1983 | L1 | W27 | W28 | W23 | L3 | 3.0 | 12.50 |
| 13 | Vign Panchanatham | 2119 | 2114 | H--- | L2 | W24 | W14 | D11 | 3.0 | |
| 14 | Arvind Sankar | 1916 | 1949 | W23 | L5 | W29 | L13 | W22 | 3.0 | 12.50 |
| 15 | Vikram ^ Ganesh | 1831 | 1884 | H--- | L6 | W25 | W30 | D17 | 3.0 | 12.50 |
| 16 | George Mandrusov | 2055 | 2054 | W27 | W28 | D6 | L4 | H--- | 3.0 | 12.50 |
| 17 | Siddharth G -e Banik | 2038 | 2034 | W19 | L1 | W21 | L3 | D15 | 2.5 | |
| 18 | Venkata S ^-e Nandula | 1790 | 1855 | W34 | D7 | W31 | L10 | L6 | 2.5 | |
| 19 | Navee -e ^ Janarthanan | 1823 | 1832 | L17 | W36 | L11 | D20 | W24 | 2.5 | |
| 20 | Sudarsha -e ^ Seshadri | 1835 | 1856 | W30 | L8 | L23 | D19 | W28 | 2.5 | |
| 21 | George Jeffers Jr | 1875 | 1880 | L11 | W35 | L17 | W28 | D27 | 2.5 | |
| 22 | Martin J ^ Marshall | 1880 | 1887 | L5 | W34 | L7 | W29 | L14 | 2.0 | |
| 23 | NM Paul A Gallegos | 2206 | 2185 | L14 | W33 | W20 | L12 | U--- | 2.0 | |
| 24 | Michael -e Wang | 1947 | 1931 | L4 | D26 | L13 | W33 | L19 | 1.5 | |
| 25 | Jeffrey -e Tao | 1982 | 1961 | D33 | L9 | L15 | W27 | U--- | 1.5 | |
| 26 | Scott Mason | 1979 | 1969 | L31 | D24 | W33 | L9 | U--- | 1.5 | |
| 27 | Vikram -e ^ Vasan | 1833 | 1820 | L16 | L12 | D34 | L25 | D21 | 1.0 | |
| 28 | Bryan ^-e +m Petersen | 1795 | 1767 | X37 | L16 | L12 | L21 | L20 | 1.0 | |
| 29 | Armaan ^ Kalyanpur | 1832 | 1827 | L8 | W30 | L14 | L22 | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 30 | Joshua Cao | 2067 | 2035 | L20 | L29 | W35 | L15 | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 31 | FM Kenan Zildzic | 2239 | 2217 | W26 | L10 | L18 | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 32 | Abe Talamantez Jr | 1918 | 1918 | B--- | F4 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 33 | Max -e ^ Chen | 1746 | 1739 | D25 | L23 | L26 | L24 | U--- | 0.5 | |
| 34 | Rayan Taghizadeh | 1982 | 1954 | L18 | L22 | D27 | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | |
| 35 | Nikunj C -e Oza | 1945 | 1922 | L3 | L21 | L30 | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 36 | Jalal -h Feghhi | 1622 | 1615 | U--- | L19 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 37 | Dale M -e Hammer | 2018 | 2018 | F28 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |
Reserve (1500-1899)
Won won clear first place and 1st place prize ($350).Xiong won clear second place and 2nd place prize ($230).
Kenny and Ho tied for 3rd place ($100) and won $50 each.
Nandulla and Srinivas tied for 1st u1700 ($110) and 2nd u1700 ($100). Each won $105.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot | Prize |
| 1 | Charles C Won | 1826 | 1870 | W22 | W7 | W12 | D2 | W5 | 4.5 | 350.00 |
| 2 | Chris -e Xiong | 1704 | 1785 | W4 | W8 | W9 | D1 | D3 | 4.0 | 230/2=115 |
| 3 | Alvin -e Kong | 1591 | 1662 | L23 | W19 | W14 | W6 | D2 | 3.5 | 120/2=60 |
| 4 | Michael Joh Kenny | 1762 | 1772 | L2 | W26 | D6 | W16 | W10 | 3.5 | 50.00 |
| 5 | Michael S Ho | 1808 | 1826 | H--- | W18 | W20 | W12 | L1 | 3.5 | 50.00 |
| 6 | Alekhya -e Nandula | 1659 | 1705 | D9 | W11 | D4 | L3 | W12 | 3.0 | 105/2=52.50 |
| 7 | Rahul Srinivas | 1512 | 1612 | W19 | L1 | D21 | D8 | W13 | 3.0 | 105.00 |
| 8 | Raphael Yelluas | 1743 | 1731 | W26 | L2 | D15 | D7 | W14 | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Angel T Maxion | 1834 | 1814 | D6 | W13 | L2 | L10 | W15 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Sameer -e Vijay | 1733 | 1735 | W15 | L12 | H--- | W9 | L4 | 2.5 | |
| 11 | Mahiuddin -e Quadir | 1699 | 1695 | D13 | L6 | W22 | H--- | H--- | 2.5 | |
| 12 | Mihir Kumar | 1865 | 1839 | W16 | W10 | L1 | L5 | L6 | 2.0 | |
| 13 | Alexander Feghhi | 1762 | 1730 | D11 | L9 | W17 | D15 | L7 | 2.0 | |
| 14 | Michael -e ^ Meng | 1463 | 1489 | H--- | D21 | L3 | W19 | L8 | 2.0 | |
| 15 | Joanna -e Liu | 1547 | 1549 | L10 | B--- | D8 | D13 | L9 | 2.0 | |
| 16 | Amit -e Sant | 1656 | 1641 | L12 | D22 | W18 | L4 | D17 | 2.0 | |
| 17 | Milind -e ^ Maiti | 1422 | 1455 | H--- | L20 | L13 | W26 | D16 | 2.0 | |
| 18 | Arhant Katare | 1591 | 1585 | H--- | L5 | L16 | D22 | W26 | 2.0 | |
| 19 | Ben Rood | 1678 | 1636 | L7 | L3 | D27 | L14 | W22 | 1.5 | |
| 20 | Vo -e Motschenbacher | 1703 | 1699 | H--- | W17 | L5 | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | |
| 21 | Kenneth Jam -e White | 1710 | 1698 | H--- | D14 | D7 | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | |
| 22 | Srinath Goli | 1614 | 1585 | L1 | D16 | L11 | D18 | L19 | 1.0 | |
| 23 | Raphael -h Yelluas | 1743 | 1752 | W3 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 24 | Aamir Ali Azhar | 1605 | 1605 | H--- | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 25 | Salman Azhar | 1558 | 1558 | H--- | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 26 | William F North | 1603 | 1549 | L8 | L4 | H--- | L17 | L18 | 0.5 | |
| 27 | Jalal -h Feghhi | 1622 | 1623 | U--- | U--- | D19 | U--- | U--- | 0.5 |
Booster (Under 1500)
Bacus won clear first place and 1st place prize ($400). Max unrated prize was $100 so the remaining amount was distributed proportionately among the remaining prize winnersCooper and Karamali tied for second place ($260) and 1st place u1300 ($130) won $195 each.
Mestman and Daggupati tied for 3rd place ($100) and 2nd place u1300 ($100) won $100 each.
Narayan and Viswanathan tied for 1st u1100 ($100) and each player won $105.
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot | Prize |
| 1 | Dharim C -e Bacus | unr. | 1845 | W12 | W2 | W17 | W4 | W8 | 5.0 | 400/2=200 (max unrated = $100) |
| 2 | Lee C Cooper | 1327 | 1399 | W19 | L1 | W25 | W21 | W7 | 4.0 | 195.00*1.1449=223.25 |
| 3 | Saleem Karamali | 1264 | 1412 | W23 | W18 | W9 | H--- | H--- | 4.0 | 195.00*1.1449=223.25 |
| 4 | Valentin Mestman | 1445 | 1450 | W25 | D7 | W15 | L1 | W6 | 3.5 | 100.00*1.1449=114.50 |
| 5 | Balaji -e Daggupati | 1241 | 1279 | L18 | H--- | W19 | W23 | W15 | 3.5 | 100.00*1.1449/2=57.25 |
| 6 | Daniel -e Hu | 1139 | 1270 | W10 | W26 | L13 | W9 | L4 | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Eric Xiao | 1326 | 1342 | W28 | D4 | D8 | W11 | L2 | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Pran Senthilkumar | 1372 | 1409 | H--- | W22 | D7 | W17 | L1 | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Zarek Syed -e Azam | 1361 | 1347 | W20 | W27 | L3 | L6 | W21 | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Evan Fredericksen | 1495 | 1455 | L6 | L15 | W22 | W24 | W17 | 3.0 | |
| 11 | Hansel Teoh | 1394 | 1366 | W16 | L17 | W27 | L7 | W20 | 3.0 | |
| 12 | Martin J Burgdorf | 1164 | 1240 | L1 | W19 | H--- | W18 | H--- | 3.0 | |
| 13 | Alisha -e Chawla | 1317 | 1382 | W31 | W14 | W6 | U--- | U--- | 3.0 | |
| 14 | Samprab Rubandhas | 1238 | 1228 | B--- | L13 | W24 | H--- | H--- | 3.0 | |
| 15 | Vishal Narayan | 649 | 885 | D26 | W10 | L4 | W27 | L5 | 2.5 | 50.00*1.1449=57.25 |
| 16 | Arul Viswanathan | 1043 | 1055 | L11 | L24 | W29 | H--- | W23 | 2.5 | 50.00*1.1449=57.25 |
| 17 | James M Paquette | 1299 | 1298 | W24 | W11 | L1 | L8 | L10 | 2.0 | |
| 18 | Rishith Susarla | 1427 | 1383 | W5 | L3 | H--- | L12 | D22 | 2.0 | |
| 19 | Praveen Swadi | 887 | 958 | L2 | L12 | L5 | W29 | W27 | 2.0 | |
| 20 | Ian Cheng | 1013 | 1021 | L9 | W28 | L21 | W25 | L11 | 2.0 | |
| 21 | Chenyi Zhao | 1297 | 1275 | H--- | D23 | W20 | L2 | L9 | 2.0 | |
| 22 | Jason Shuhe Zhang | 1284 | 1276 | H--- | L8 | L10 | W26 | D18 | 2.0 | |
| 23 | Calvin Tam | 1442 | 1367 | L3 | D21 | W26 | L5 | L16 | 1.5 | |
| 24 | Jwalin -e Shah | 868 | 930 | L17 | W16 | L14 | L10 | D25 | 1.5 | |
| 25 | Stephen R -e Ho | 1111 | 1067 | L4 | W29 | L2 | L20 | D24 | 1.5 | |
| 26 | Brandon C -e Ho | 1199 | 1141 | D15 | L6 | L23 | L22 | W28 | 1.5 | |
| 27 | Fujia Guo | 1212 | 1124 | W29 | L9 | L11 | L15 | L19 | 1.0 | |
| 28 | Allen -e Yan | 371 | 366 | L7 | L20 | L30 | B--- | L26 | 1.0 | |
| 29 | Ethan -e Yan | 848 | 796 | L27 | L25 | L16 | L19 | B--- | 1.0 | |
| 30 | Viswa -h Swaminathan | 928 | 930 | U--- | U--- | W28 | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 31 | Arul -re Viswanathan | 1043 | 1035 | L13 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |
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