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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 winners
Cooper and Karamali tied for second place ($260) and 1st place u1300 ($130) won $195 each.
Kong won clear first place u1700 ($120).
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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