BayAreaChess Championship 61 - Swiss - December 20, 2008

"^" indicates players "playing up" in a higher section
1 SuperStar & 2 Star
1 SuperStar and 2 Star were merged
Loanzon won $66 credit.
Sevian and Giridharan won $33 credit each for 3.0/4.0 points.

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]
1	Arjoe Barros Loanzon	2100	2105		W11	W6	W2	W4	4.0	7.5	9	10	23.5
2	Samuel Sevian	1863	1866		W16	W13	L1	W7	3.0	8	9	8	19
3	Arun Giridharan	1440	1501		B---	D11	D4	W8	3.0	6	6	6.5	15.5
4	Venkata S Nandula	1551	1566		W5	W10	D3	L1	2.5	8.5	10	8	25
5	Nathan B^ Zhang	1359	1419	HART	L4	B---	D9	W12	2.5	6	6	4	16.5
6	Richard^ Yi	1392	1433	MONTIC	W9	L1	L7	W14	2.0	4	9	5	20.5
7	Julian Michael Lin	1603	1585	LELAND	L10	W14	W6	L2	2.0	3.5	7.5	5	18.5
8	Daniel Steiner	1639	1611	WOODSI	L13	W16	W10	L3	2.0	3.5	7	5	15
9	Aamir Ali^ Azhar	1650	1625	GRAND	L6	W12	D5	D10	2.0	3.5	7	4.5	17.5
10	John ^ Guiragossian	1366	1402	OAKKNO	W7	L4	L8	D9	1.5	6	8.5	4.5	22.5
11	Sankash Shankar	1527	1529	SARATO	L1	D3	L12	W15	1.5	5.5	9.5	2.5	24
12	Alan F Howe	1680	1649	KOLTY!	H---	L9	W11	L5	1.5	3.5	5.5	3.5	11
13	Gabriel W Lee	1384	1430	WINDME	W8	L2	U---	U---	1.0	2	5	4	13
14	Roy^ Lo	1181	1167	GOMES	U---	L7	B---	L6	1.0	2	4	1	10
15	John Paul Donovan	1552	1533	GRAND	H---	H---	U---	L11	1.0	0	1.5	2.5	2.5
16	Brandon Lee	1525	1508	LYNBRO	L2	L8	U---	U---	0.0	2	5	0	13

3 Elite
Chan won clear first with a perfect score.
K Kozminski, Nandula, and A Kozminski tied for second place.
Mohan and Tao tied for fifth place.

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]
1	Joshua Chan	1142	1310	GOMES	W10	W7	W6	W5	4.0	5.5	6	10	17
2	Krzysztof Kozminski	1242	1256	SILVER	D7	W3	L5	W6	2.5	6.5	8	6	22.5
3	Alekhya Nandula	1198	1206	LAWSON	W8	L2	W9	D4	2.5	6.5	7.5	6.5	16.5
4	Aleksan Kozminski	1104	1151	SILVER	L5	W8	W7	D3	2.5	6	7.5	5.5	17.5
5	Rahul Ram Mohan	1246	1248	STRATD	W4	L6	W2	L1	2.0	5	11	6	28.5
6	Jeffrey Tao	1348	1325	DILWOR	W9	W5	L1	L2	2.0	4.5	9.5	7	25
7	Arvind^ Sankar	1070	1071	CLARK	D2	L1	L4	W10	1.5	5.5	9.5	3	22.5
8	Arun G^ Khemani	1020	1022		L3	L4	D10	W9	1.5	4	6.5	2	16
9	Aaron Wong	1192	1138	HOPKIN	L6	W10	L3	L8	1.0	4	6.5	3	16.5
10	Hansel^ Teoh	1053	1002	MONTIC	L1	L9	D8	L7	0.5	4	8	1	18
11	Binjih Lin	1362	1362	MSJHS	F15	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Ricky Safran	1328	1328	MORELA	F16	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Kanstan Shchehlik	1246	1246	KENNED	F14	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Anish Yakkala	1236	1236	CLARK	F13	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	John L Canessa	1210	1210	LASLOM	F11	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Ryan W Wong	1143	1143	COVING	F12	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0

3 Elite Team
Silver Oak Elementary School won the first place team trophy.

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	SILVER	Silver Oak Elementary (1173.0) - Cnt: 2	5.0	11.5
		Kory Kozminski (1242) 2.5
		Aleksan Kozminski (1104) 2.5

4 Champs
Klotz-Burwell, Yin, and Gasparyan tied for the first... the top three trophies were distributed in that order based on tie breaks.
Kazinik, Vendrow, and Huang tied for fourth place with 3 points each.
Nguyen, Kumaran, and Azhar tied for eighth place.

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]
1	Hunter Klotz-Burwell	1065	1155	PALOVE	W18	W9	W5	D2	3.5	9	10	9.5	27
2	Alex Yin	1027	1133	MSJE	W17	W13	W10	D1	3.5	8	9	9.5	26
3	Sergey Gasparyan	1076	1196	SANMIG	W6	H---	W12	W4	3.5	8	8	8	20
4	Yosef Kazinik	1003	1074	LAWSON	W7	W14	W11	L3	3.0	8	10	9	25.5
5	David Vendrow	994	1066	RCWJDS	W21	W8	L1	W11	3.0	8	9	8	26
6	Bryan Lingf Huang	1025	1068	GRAYST	L3	W19	W18	W13	3.0	6.5	7.5	6	19.5
7	Amrith Deepak	820	937	LAWSON	L4	B---	W14	W20	3.0	6	6	5	16
8	Lucas Nguyen	922	1005	SANTA	W20	L5	W15	D9	2.5	7.5	8.5	6.5	20.5
9	Navaneetha Kumaran	966	995	LAWSON	W19	L1	W17	D8	2.5	7	8	6.5	21
10	Yousef Rezw Azhar	992	1028	GRAND	W24	W12	L2	H---	2.5	5.5	5.5	7	14.5
11	Hershel Shah	884	945	MILLKN	W15	W20	L4	L5	2.0	5	9	7	23
12	Rahul Iyer	1084	1059	MILLER	W16	L10	L3	W17	2.0	4.5	9	5	22
13	Anirudh Seela	931	935	MISVAL	W22	L2	W21	L6	2.0	4	8.5	6	19.5
14	Joseph Cheng- Wan	925	915	MSJE	W23	L4	L7	W21	2.0	3.5	7	5	17
15	Jeffrey Chen Xu	1041	1004	GARDEN	L11	W24	L8	W19	2.0	3	5.5	4	15.5
16	David Rahmat	826	845	GRAND	L12	L17	W24	W18	2.0	2	4	3	11
17	Michael Sandler	877	858	GARDEN	L2	W16	L9	L12	1.0	6.5	10	3	24
18	Leyton Ho	888	855	DUVEN	L1	W22	L6	L16	1.0	6	9.5	3	19.5
19	Abhinav Naikawadi	855	832	MURDOC	L9	L6	W22	L15	1.0	5.5	8.5	2	17.5
20	William Weber	1097	1009	NIXON	L8	L11	W23	L7	1.0	5	7.5	2	18.5
21	Vignesh Varadarajan	875	834	MVE	L5	W23	L13	L14	1.0	4.5	7.5	3	19
22	Ajit Vijayakumar	842	792	DILWOR	L13	L18	L19	W24	1.0	2	4	1	11
23	Chris Xiong	825	761	FOSTER	L14	L21	L20	B---	1.0	2	4	0	10
24	Leonardo Cardarelli	866	777	STMARK	L10	L15	L16	L22	0.0	5	7.5	0	15.5

4 Champ Team
MSJE, Granada, Garden Gate followed.

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	LAWSON	LAWSON Middle (929.7) - Cnt: 3	8.5	20.5
		Yosef Kazinik (1003) 3.0
		Amrith Deepak (820) 3.0
		Navaneetha Kumaran (966) 2.5
2	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary (976.0) - Cnt: 2	5.5	14.5
		Alex Yin (1027) 3.5
		Joseph Cheng- Wan (925) 2.0
3	GRAND	Granada Islamic School - Santa Clara (909.0) - Cnt: 2	4.5	10
		Yousef Rezw Azhar (992) 2.5
		David Rahmat (826) 2.0
4	GARDEN	Garden Gate Elementary (959.0) - Cnt: 2	3.0	7
		Jeffrey Chen Xu (1041) 2.0
		Michael Sandler (877) 1.0

5 Premier
Varma earned the first place.
Langland came in second..
Thiagarajan, Song, and Arun tied for third place.

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]
1	Rohan Varma	774	888	CLARK	W6	X13	W3	W2	D4	4.5	12	12	13.5	37.5
2	Jordan Langland	701	814	AFS	W7	W5	W8	L1	W3	4.0	11	12.5	13	40.5
3	Akash Thiagarajan	746	764	FOREST	W9	W4	L1	W6	L2	3.0	13	14	11	43
4	Daniel Z Song	683	698	FOSTER	W8	L3	W7	D9	D1	3.0	10	11	9.5	36.5
5	Sagar Arun	554	591	HOPKIN	X12	L2	L6	W7	W8	3.0	9	9	7	26
6	Jason Carter	750	695	MITTY	L1	L7	W5	L3	W9	2.0	8	12	4	38.5
7	Nichol Cardarelli	600	570	VINCIP	L2	W6	L4	L5	B---	2.0	7.5	11.5	4	33.5
8	Alexander Pereverzev	555	526	GARDEN	L4	W9	L2	B---	L5	2.0	6.5	10.5	5	32.5
9	Kevin Lin	602	535	MATSUM	L3	L8	B---	D4	L6	1.5	6.5	9.5	3	29.5
10	Carl Luo	654	654	CHADBN	X13	U---	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	0	4	0
11	Hui-chuan Yang	699	699	GOMES	F14	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Praveena Motupalli	693	693	WEIBEL	F5	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Edwin Peng	603	603	LINCOL	F10	F1	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Alan Wu	541	541	BREWER	F11	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0

5 Premier Team
No teams participated in this section (i.e., we did not have two or more players from the same school).

6 Booster
E Vendrow won a clear first place with a perfect 5-0 record.
Song and J Vendrow tied for the second place.
Meng and Ramesh tied for the fourth place.

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]
1	Edward Vendrow	337	622	RCWJDS	W5	W4	W2	W8	W6	5.0	11.5	13	15	42
2	Alanna Song	426	543	FOSTER	W9	W7	L1	W6	W4	4.0	11.5	13	12	42
3	Joshua Vendrow	294	430	RCWJDS	W11	W6	L4	W10	W7	4.0	7.5	8.5	12	31.5
4	Charles Meng	490	482	MURDOC	X13	L1	W3	W7	L2	3.0	15	15	9	47
5	Jothi Ramesh	unr.	341	MERIDI	L1	W9	L6	W11	W8	3.0	10	11	7	35
6	Justin Carter	357	340	STMART	W10	L3	W5	L2	L1	2.0	12	17	8	48.5
7	Shivansh Singla	352	313	GOMES	W8	L2	W11	L4	L3	2.0	9	13	8	43
8	Ashritha Eswaran	110	109		L7	B---	W9	L1	L5	2.0	6.5	11.5	6	32
9	Isabell Gasparyan	194	143	LWS	L2	L5	L8	B---	W11	2.0	5.5	9.5	2	29
10	Aaron Atkins	122	100	EISENH	L6	L11	B---	L3	H---	1.5	3	7	2	24
11	Siddharth Gautam Banik	unr.	100	FOSTER	L3	W10	L7	L5	L9	1.0	7.5	11.5	4	31.5
12	Akshay Aravindan	404	404	MISVAL	F14	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Vishakh Nair	204	204	COLLIN	F4	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Lindsey Canessa	153	153	LASLOM	F12	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0

6 Booster Team
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School won the first place team trophy and Foster City Elementary School came in second.

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[C]
1	RCWJDS	Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School (315.5) - Cnt: 2	9.0	27
		Edward Vendrow (337) 5.0
		Joshua Vendrow (294) 4.0
2	FOSTER	FOSTER City Elementary (426.0) - Cnt: 2	5.0	16
		Alanna Song (426) 4.0
		Siddharth Gautam Banik (unr.) 1.0

Extra Rated Games

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Team	Rd 1	Tot
1	Yousef Rezw Azhar	992	1010	GRAND	W4	1.0
2	Kevin Lin	602	606	MATSUM	W6	1.0
3	Charles Meng	490	562	MURDOC	W5	1.0
4	Chris Xiong	825	808	FOSTER	L1	0.0
5	Sagar Arun	554	514	HOPKIN	L3	0.0
6	Aaron Atkins	122	117	EISENH	L2	0.0

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