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BayAreaChess: San Jose Open 109 - October 31-November 1, 2009
43 players (including 6 house players) - $1,200 in cash prizes b/37 paid entries (14 prize winners).

Open
Loanzon won a clear first ($240) .
Howlett won a clear second ($100).
Del Rosario won 3rd place ($60). Del Rosario donated his prize money to Bay Area Chess. Thanks!
Vasudeva and Steger tied for 1st under 200 ($80 each). Steger donated his prize money to Bay Area Chess. Thanks!
# indicates house player - ineligible for prize money.

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	NM Arjoe Bar Loanzon	240.00	2245	2248	W7	W11	W3	D4	3.5	7	8.5	9.5	21
2	Patrick Howlett	100.00	1883	1887	D16	W10	D5	W6	3.0	5.5	6.5	7	15
3	FM Tanuj Vasudeva	80.00	1904	1917	W14	H---	L1	W11	2.5	6	6	6	15.5
4	Frisc Del Rosario	60.00	2068	2076	H---	W12	H---	D1	2.5	5	5	5.5	13.5
5	Eric Alan Steger	80.00	1936	1942	H---	H---	D2	W12	2.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	11
6	Cameron ^ Wheeler		1755	1753	D8	D14	W7	L2	2.0	4	8	5.5	18
7	Anand Kalyanaraman		1803	1805	L1	W16	L6	W13	2.0	3.5	8	4	21.5
8	Allan ^ Beilin		1706	1718	D6	D15	D13	H---	2.0	3.5	5.5	4.5	13.5
9	Salman # Azhar		1674	1680	H---	U---	W10	H---	2.0	0	1	3.5	2
10	Srikanth ^ Narahari		1437	1440	D13	L2	L9	B---	1.5	4	7	2	16
11	Michael G Da Cruz		2006	1994	H---	L1	W16	L3	1.5	3.5	7	3.5	18
12	Bruce Matzner		1862	1852	H---	L4	W14	L5	1.5	3.5	6	3.5	14
13	Roland Zhu		1773	1751	D10	H---	D8	L7	1.5	3	5	4	11
14	Arvind # Sankar		1547	1548	L3	D6	L12	H---	1.0	3.5	6	1.5	16
15	Solomon I # Beilin		1960	1954	H---	D8	U---	U---	1.0	0	2	3	5
16	Randolph E ^ Moore		1674	1669	D2	L7	L11	U---	0.5	3.5	6.5	2	15

Reserve (u1800)
Lin won a clear first ($200) .
Nandula, Nagarajan, Tsao tied for 1st and 2nd u1600 ($53.33 each after 3-way split).
Li, Viswanadha, Black, and Howe for 2nd and 3rd. (Since Black was ineligible for prize money as a house player, the other three players won $53.33 each).
Shastry was 1st u1400 ($60).
Sankar and Stearman tied for 1st under 1200. (Since Sankar was ineligible for prize money as a house player, Stearman won $60.)

#	Name	Prize	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	TBrk [C]	TBrk [O]
1	Julian Michae Lin	200.00	1742	1772	W15	W12	D3	W2	3.5	8	10	9	26.5
2	Venkata S Nandula	53.33	1534	1644	W17	W4	W10	L1	3.0	9	10.5	9	27
3	Edward Li	53.33	1681	1686	W21	W16	D1	D5	3.0	8	9.5	8.5	24
4	Kesav Viswanadha	53.33	1705	1703	W25	L2	W13	W14	3.0	7	8	7	21
5	Chris # Black	house	1657	1663	W27	D9	W18	D3	3.0	7	7	8	20
6	Pranav Nagarajan	53.33	1497	1603	W19	D11	H---	W12	3.0	6	6	7	16.5
7	Alan F Howe	53.33	1602	1650	H---	W25	W9	D10	3.0	6	6	7	15.5
8	Ken Tsao	53.33	1451	1498	L9	W27	W16	W17	3.0	5.5	5.5	6	14.5
9	Nelson M Sowell		1721	1720	W8	D5	L7	W19	2.5	9	10.5	6.5	25
10	Kenneth Jam White		1692	1689	W26	W20	L2	D7	2.5	7.5	8.5	7.5	20.5
11	Von Motschenbacher		1689	1683	W13	D6	D14	H---	2.5	7	7	6.5	18
12	Todd Way Phillips		1687	1672	W20	L1	W24	L6	2.0	4.5	9	6	22
13	Aadeesh Shastry	60.00	1273	1330	L11	W15	L4	W24	2.0	4.5	8.5	4	20.5
14	Rayan Taghizadeh		1537	1572	W28	H---	D11	L4	2.0	4	7	6	14
15	Jeffrey Tao		1512	1490	L1	L13	W22	W18	2.0	3.5	8.5	3	21
16	Anuj Patel		1236	1226	W23	L3	L8	D21	1.5	5.5	8.5	4.5	20
17	Daniel Steiner		1746	1709	L2	H---	W23	L8	1.5	4	7	3	18
18	Anirudh Seela		1210	1218	H---	W22	L5	L15	1.5	3.5	6.5	4.5	14
19	Aamir Ali # Azhar		1727	1698	L6	H---	W26	L9	1.5	3.5	6.5	3	16
20	Salman # Azhar		1674	1647	L12	L10	H---	W23	1.5	3	5.5	1.5	16.5
21	Swaminathan # Sankar	house	1063	1052	L3	L23	W27	D16	1.5	2.5	5.5	2.5	16
22	Josiah P Stearman	60.00	1176	1148	D24	L18	L15	W27	1.5	2.5	4.5	3	11.5
23	Bobby J Carnage		1037	1047	L16	W21	L17	L20	1.0	4.5	6	3	12.5
24	Alisha Chawla		1098	1089	D22	H---	L12	L13	1.0	3.5	5.5	3	13
25	Bryan Lingf Huang		1381	1368	L4	L7	H---	H---	1.0	3	6	0.5	14.5
26	David Casey		1345	1335	L10	H---	L19	H---	1.0	1.5	4	1	11
27	Bastian Jade Shah		unr.	652	L5	L8	L21	L22	0.0	6	9	0	19.5
28	Harry Alesso		1799	1779	L14	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	2	0	6.5

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