BayAreaChess Championship 27 Swiss - January 28, 2008



Elite

Richter, Azhar, and Hao won the top 3 trophies, respectively.
Baharav and Bennett won free entries to a later Elite section.
Del Rosario, Wai, Andrew Luo, and Phillips also won trophies.

# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Paul Richter 1372 1564   W8 W10 W7 W3 4.0 8 10 10 26
2 Aamir Ali Azhar 1466 1497 GRAND D11 W21 W20 W10 3.5 5.5 7 8 20
3 Zachi Baharav 1779 1780   W15 W9 W5 L1 3.0 9.5 11.5 9 28
4 Steven Hao 1515 1535 MILLER W23 L6 W12 W14 3.0 7 7.5 7 19.5
5 James E Bennett 1668 1670   W25 W12 L3 W13 3.0 7 7 8 20
6 Frisco Del Rosario 2079 2080   W18 W4 H--- H--- 3.0 4.5 4.5 7.5 9.5
7 Brian A Wai 1626 1614 REDWOD D17 W13 L1 W19 2.5 7.5 9 6 24
8 Andrew Luo 1346 1398 EGAN L1 W18 D19 W17 2.5 7 8.5 5 20.5
9 Todd W Phillips 1664 1654   W26 L3 D16 W11 2.5 7 8 6 19.5
10 Ted Xiao 1687 1659   W16 L1 W15 L2 2.0 5.5 11.5 6 26.5
11 Arun Giridharan 1253 1297 MILLER D2 W17 D14 L9 2.0 4.5 9.5 6 24
12 Sudarshan Seshadri 1301 1335 FISHER W22 L5 L4 W20 2.0 4.5 9 5 22.5
13 Muhammed Mohideen 1276 1339 GRAND W19 L7 W24 L5 2.0 4 7.5 6 20
14 Anthony Luo 1306 1316 EGAN D21 W24 D11 L4 2.0 3.5 7 6 18
15 Tanuj Vasudeva 1413 1433 BUNKER L3 W26 L10 W24 2.0 3 6.5 4 17
16 Jessica F Zhu 1413 1425 FARIA L10 W23 D9 H--- 2.0 2.5 5 4 12
17 Jerry Wu 1377 1358 MSJE D7 L11 W21 L8 1.5 6 8.5 4 20
18 Brandon Lee 1452 1440 WINDEM L6 L8 W23 D22 1.5 4.5 7.5 2.5 16
19 Kesav Viswanadha 1531 1498 LINCOL L13 W25 D8 L7 1.5 4.5 7 4 17
20 Vignesh Palaniappan 1213 1236 KENNED D24 W22 L2 L12 1.5 4 7.5 5 17.5
21 Amol Aggarwal 1200 1218 REDWOD D14 L2 L17 W25 1.5 3.5 7 3 18
22 Eric Xu 1543 1496 MILLER L12 L20 W25 D18 1.5 3 5 2.5 12.5
23 Vikram Ganesh 1252 1224 FOREST L4 L16 L18 B--- 1.0 3.5 6.5 0 14
24 Sankash Shankar 1456 1383 REDWOD D20 L14 L13 L15 0.5 5.5 7.5 2 21
25 Gabriel W Lee 1412 1352 WINDEM L5 L19 L22 L21 0.0 4.5 7.5 0 17.5
26 John Paul Donovan 1388 1366 BAC L9 L15 F--- U--- 0.0 2 4.5 0 10

 

Team: Elite

Miller, Granada, Redwood, Egan, and Windemeyer won 1st to 5th trophies, respectively.

  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 MILLER MILLER (1437.0) - Cnt: 3 6.5 15.5
    Steven Hao (1515) 3.0    
    Arun Giridharan (1253) 2.0    
    Eric Xu (1543) 1.5    
2 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (1371.0) - Cnt: 2 5.5 14
    Aamir Ali Azhar (1466) 3.5    
    Muhammed Mohideen (1276) 2.0    
3 REDWOD Redwood Middle School (1427.3) - Cnt: 3 4.5 11
    Brian A Wai (1626) 2.5    
    Amol Aggarwal (1200) 1.5    
    Sankash Shankar (1456) 0.5    
4 EGAN Egan (1326.0) - Cnt: 2 4.5 11
    Andrew Luo (1346) 2.5    
    Anthony Luo (1306) 2.0    
5 WINDEM WINDEMERE Ranch Middle (1432.0) - Cnt: 2 1.5 2.5
    Brandon Lee (1452) 1.5    
    Gabriel W Lee (1412) 0.0    

Championship

Ma, Engle, and Nair won the top 3 trophies, respectively.
Top 17 won trophies also won trophies.

# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Alina Ma 1185 1278 MEYERH W18 W9 W11 W5 4.0 7.5 9 10 26
2 Sterling J Engle 1182 1226 WEIBEL W15 W12 D3 W7 3.5 8 9.5 9 24.5
3 Suraj Nair 1155 1222 EXCELS W17 W16 D2 W11 3.5 7 8.5 9 25
4 Yosef Kazinik 929 1063 LAWSON L6 W10 W15 W13 3.0 7.5 9 6 20.5
5 Nikita Kouevda 905 1069 HOMEST W24 W22 W8 L1 3.0 7.5 8.5 9 21
6 Armaan Kalyanpur 1098 1145 MSJE W4 L11 W12 W20 3.0 7 8.5 7 23
7 Richard Yi 977 1056 MONTIC D8 W19 W20 L2 2.5 7.5 9 7 23
8 Pranav Nagarajan 1123 1121 FOREST D7 W25 L5 W17 2.5 7 7.5 6 22
9 Chester Elias Lo 1102 1107 WEIBEL W26 L1 D17 W16 2.5 7 7 6 19
10 Rob Walker unr. 1103 GOMES D19 L4 W25 W18 2.5 6 6.5 5 15
11 Richard Zhang 1185 1179 WEIBEL W13 W6 L1 L3 2.0 6.5 12.5 7 31
12 Alex Lien 986 1008 EGAN W21 L2 L6 W22 2.0 4.5 9 5 22.5
13 Tavor Baharav 1000 1009 JLS L11 W26 W22 L4 2.0 3 6 5 17
14 Naveen Janarthanan 1106 1074 ROCK L16 L15 W19 W23 2.0 3 5.5 3 13.5
15 Yousef Rezwan Azhar 995 988 GRAND L2 W14 L4 D21 1.5 6.5 10 3.5 20.5
16 Ashraf Ali 957 969 GRAND W14 L3 D18 L9 1.5 6 9.5 5 22
17 Jeffrey Tao 993 997 DILWOR L3 W24 D9 L8 1.5 6 9.5 4 22
18 Kanstantsin Shchehlik 1017 1005 LINCOL L1 W23 D16 L10 1.5 5 9 4 22
19 Aaron Wong 1024 1006 MSJE D10 L7 L14 W25 1.5 5 7.5 3 17
20 Roy Lo 1125 1077 GOMES D25 W21 L7 L6 1.5 4.5 7.5 5 18.5
21 Rahul Swaminathan 895 894 ARDEN L12 L20 W26 D15 1.5 3 5 2.5 13.5
22 Rahul Iyer 1121 1051 FARIA W23 L5 L13 L12 1.0 5 8 4 21
23 Ryan W Wong 975 940 COVING L22 L18 W24 L14 1.0 3.5 5.5 2 12
24 Ajit Vijayakumar 1048 984 STRATD L5 L17 L23 W26 1.0 2.5 5.5 1 15
25 Justin Wang 989 938 WEIBEL D20 L8 L10 L19 0.5 5.5 8 2 19
26 Aleksander Kozminski 954 868 SILVER L9 L13 L21 L24 0.0 4.5 7 0 14.5

Team: Championship

Weibel, MSJE, Gomes, Granada won the top 4 team trophies.

  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 WEIBEL Weibel Elementary School (1156.3) - Cnt: 4 8.0 22
    Sterling J Engle (1182) 3.5    
    Chester Elias Lo (1102) 2.5    
    Richard Zhang (1185) 2.0    
    Justin Wang (989) 0.5    
2 MSJE Mission San Jose Elementary (1061.0) - Cnt: 2 4.5 10
    Armaan Kalyanpur (1098) 3.0    
    Aaron Wong (1024) 1.5    
3 GOMES Gomes Elementary (1125.0) - Cnt: 2 4.0 10
    Rob Walker (unr.) 2.5    
    Roy Lo (1125) 1.5    
4 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (976.0) - Cnt: 2 3.0 8.5
    Ashraf Ali (957) 1.5    
    Yousef Rezwan Azhar (995) 1.5    

 

Premier

Yin, Patel, and Al-manaseer won the top 3 trophies, respectively.
Top 17 also won trophies.

# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Alex Yin 832 989 MSJE W32 W22 W11 W18 W4 5.0 10.5 11.5 15 44.5
2 Anuj Patel 775 915 AFS W28 W23 W8 H--- W7 4.5 10.5 10.5 13.5 33.5
3 Farris Al-manaseer 892 944 GRAND W5 W12 W10 L4 W13 4.0 14 17 13 53
4 Andrew Richter 853 938 RICHTE W24 W20 W9 W3 L1 4.0 14 16 14 51
5 Andrey Yamburg 746 853 NIMITZ L3 W26 W28 W10 W9 4.0 12 13.5 10 42.5
6 Karl Ratner 537 799 LINCOL L20 W24 W14 W12 W11 4.0 11 13 10 40
7 Aadeesh Shastry 808 840 FOREST W16 W15 D18 W19 L2 3.5 12 14 12.5 47
8 Kevin Lc Moy 885 905 WEIBEL H--- W33 L2 W17 W18 3.5 9.5 9.5 9 34.5
9 Steele Langland 806 812 AFS W34 W13 L4 W15 L5 3.0 13.5 13.5 11 42
10 Jordan Langland 827 826 AFS W29 W14 L3 L5 W19 3.0 13 15 10 42.5
11 Hershel Shah 785 789 MILLKN W31 W25 L1 W22 L6 3.0 12.5 13.5 11 39.5
12 Linus Wang 748 761 DUVEN W26 L3 W23 L6 W24 3.0 12 14 9 39
13 Leonar Cardarelli 640 685 STMAR W35 L9 W20 W21 L3 3.0 11 13 10 38
14 Malik Khalil 711 748 GRAND W27 L10 L6 W25 W21 3.0 11 13 8 37
15 Andy Sheng 686 705 MATSUM B--- L7 W30 L9 W20 3.0 10 10 8 35.5
16 Will Baumbacher 654 711 STMAR L7 W32 L21 W27 W22 3.0 9 10 7 33.5
17 Aymin Bedri 871 858 GRAND B--- U--- B--- L8 W23 3.0 5.5 5.5 7 16.5
18 Armete Mobin 842 818 PALOVE B--- W29 D7 L1 L8 2.5 9 14 9.5 40
19 Ramie Salem 561 584 GRAND H--- W27 B--- L7 L10 2.5 5 8.5 8 26.5
20 Leyton Ho 758 728 DUVEN W6 L4 L13 W26 L15 2.0 11.5 15.5 7 46
21 Zachary M Guertin 769 708 AFS L25 W31 W16 L13 L14 2.0 9 12 7 32.5
22 Daniel Polissky 717 680 NORTST B--- L1 W25 L11 L16 2.0 8 13 7 39
23 Vishwaesh Rajiv 579 610 MILLER W30 L2 L12 W32 L17 2.0 8 12.5 7 38
24 Dawood Rahmat 683 656 GRAND L4 L6 W34 W33 L12 2.0 7.5 11.5 5 37
25 Jason Zhao 545 570 BREWER W21 L11 L22 L14 W32 2.0 7.5 10.5 6 36
26 Hamsa Egal 503 538 GRAND L12 L5 W29 L20 W34 2.0 7 11 4 29
27 Nikhil Jaha 881 789 WEIBEL L14 L19 W33 L16 W30 2.0 7 10 4 32.5
28 Hansel Teoh 547 542 MONTIC L2 X--- L5 D30 D31 2.0 6.5 11 4.5 30.5
29 Anirudh Seela 665 623 MVE L10 L18 L26 W34 W33 2.0 4.5 7.5 3 27.5
30 Ming Bacharach 779 683 STMAR L23 W34 L15 D28 L27 1.5 5.5 8 5 23.5
31 Steven Li 587 522 WEIBEL L11 L21 L32 B--- D28 1.5 4.5 7.5 1.5 25.5
32 Muhammad Kaddoura 666 594 GRAND L1 L16 W31 L23 L25 1.0 8 13 3 36.5
33 Alexander Pereverzev 397 365 GARDEN B--- L8 L27 L24 L29 1.0 6 9.5 4 21.5
34 Michael Sandler 634 511 GARDEN L9 L30 L24 L29 L26 0.0 7.5 10.5 0 28
35 Sinan Bayati 117 115 GRAND L13 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 0 3 0 10

Team: Premier

AFS , Patel, and Al-manaseer established themselves as the Premier Champions breaking Granada's stronghold on Premier.
Granada, St. Mark's, and Weibel won team trophies.

  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 AFS AFS (802.7) - Cnt: 4 10.5 34.5
    Anuj Patel (775) 4.5    
    Steele Langland (806) 3.0    
    Jordan Langland (827) 3.0    
    Zachary M Guertin (769) 2.0    
2 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (824.7) - Cnt: 8 10.0 28
    Farris Al-manaseer (892) 4.0    
    Malik Khalil (711) 3.0    
    Aymin Bedri (871) 3.0    
    Ramie Salem (561) 2.5    
    Dawood Rahmat (683) 2.0    
    Hamsa Egal (503) 2.0    
    Muhammad Kaddoura (666) 1.0    
    Sinan Bayati (117) 0.0    
3 STMAR St. Mark's School (691.0) - Cnt: 3 7.5 22
    Leonar Cardarelli (640) 3.0    
    Will Baumbacher (654) 3.0    
    Ming Bacharach (779) 1.5    
4 WEIBEL Weibel Elementary School (784.3) - Cnt: 3 7.0 14.5
    Kevin Lc Moy (885) 3.5    
    Nikhil Jaha (881) 2.0    
    Steven Li (587) 1.5    
5 DUVEN DUVENECK ELEMENTARY (753.0) - Cnt: 2 5.0 16
    Linus Wang (748) 3.0    
    Leyton Ho (758) 2.0    
6 GARDEN Garden Gate Elementary (515.5) - Cnt: 2 1.0 4
    Alexander Pereverzev (397) 1.0    
    Michael Sandler (634) 0.0    

 

Booster

Kim, Mallick, and Laird won the top 3 trophies, respectively.
Duveneck, Fiesta Gardens, and Parkmonth also won trophies.

# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Sijung-jason Kim unr. 963 CCLUB W8 W7 W15 W5 W2 5.0 13.5 15.5 15 53.5
2 Zeeshan Mallick 330 538 GRAND W20 W6 W9 W10 L1 4.0 14.5 16.5 14 49.5
3 Liam Laird 268 512 FIESTA W17 W10 L5 W9 W15 4.0 11.5 13.5 12 46.5
4 Clayton M Walker unr. 578 GOMES L7 W28 W11 W15 W8 4.0 11 11.5 10 36
5 Nichol Cardarelli 383 516 VINCI W19 W11 W3 L1 D6 3.5 15.5 17.5 12.5 50.5
6 Jason Carter unr. 552   W26 L2 W12 W7 D5 3.5 13.5 14.5 10.5 45.5
7 Alan Wu 325 391 BREWER W4 L1 W20 L6 W22 3.0 14.5 16.5 9 48
8 Alex Polissky 404 425 NORTST L1 W27 W19 W24 L4 3.0 13 14 9 40
9 Joshua Yuen 419 424 DUVEN W28 W12 L2 L3 W16 3.0 13 13.5 10 41
10 Charles Meng 436 435 MURDOC W23 L3 W22 L2 W17 3.0 12 14 9 42.5
11 Noah Yuen 267 314 DUVEN W16 L5 L4 W27 W18 3.0 11.5 12.5 8 38.5
12 Suleyman Saib 240 268 GRAND W21 L9 L6 W20 W14 3.0 11 13 8 39
13 Anish Shourie unr. 260 GOMES L18 D16 W25 D22 W24 3.0 8 9 7 30
14 Jonathan Hsu 121 142 NIXON D25 B--- W26 D16 L12 3.0 7 7 9.5 18.5
15 Anthony T Laus 332 330 WARMSP W27 W18 L1 L4 L3 2.0 11 16 9 47
16 Ismail Shaikh unr. 164 GRAND L11 D13 W18 D14 L9 2.0 10.5 13.5 6 41.5
17 Brian M Walker unr. 259 GOMES L3 W23 L24 W19 L10 2.0 9 13 6 36
18 Ron Khirman 112 131 CUMBER W13 L15 L16 W21 L11 2.0 9 12 7 34
19 Justin Carter unr. 214   L5 W21 L8 L17 W26 2.0 8 11.5 5 33.5
20 Kasen Teoh unr. 224 MONTIC L2 W26 L7 L12 W28 2.0 7.5 11.5 5 34
21 Sanjay Gupta unr. 141 PARKMO L12 L19 W23 L18 W29 2.0 7.5 10.5 4 23
22 Sinan Bayati 117 137 GRAND H--- W25 L10 D13 L7 2.0 7 10 7 27.5
23 Daniel Laird unr. 133 FIESTA L10 L17 L21 W25 W27 2.0 6 9 3 24.5
24 Salman F Dazine 258 244 GRAND B--- U--- W17 L8 L13 2.0 5 8 7 22
25 Michael Strauss unr. 100 WARWIC D14 L22 L13 L23 B--- 1.5 6.5 9.5 2.5 27
26 Nadine Salem 100 100 GRAND L6 L20 L14 W29 L19 1.0 8 11.5 2 30
27 Nathaniel Chia unr. 100 NORTHS L15 L8 W28 L11 L23 1.0 7.5 10.5 3 30
28 Nikhil Gupta unr. 100 PARKMO L9 L4 L27 B--- L20 1.0 6 10 1 28
29 Ayushi Jain unr. 100 ELLIS U--- U--- U--- L26 L21 0.0 1 3 0 6

 

Team: Booster

Granada edged Gomes on tibreaks for the 1st place trophy. the top 3 trophies, respectively.
Top 17 also won trophies.

  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (276.0) - Cnt: 6 9.0 29
    Zeeshan Mallick (330) 4.0    
    Suleyman Saib (240) 3.0    
    Salman F Dazine (258) 2.0    
    Sinan Bayati (117) 2.0    
    Ismail Shaikh (unr.) 2.0    
    Nadine Salem (100) 1.0    
2 GOMES Gomes Elementary (0.0) - Cnt: 3 9.0 23
    Clayton M Walker (unr.) 4.0    
    Anish Shourie (unr.) 3.0    
    Brian M Walker (unr.) 2.0    
3 DUVEN DUVENECK ELEMENTARY (343.0) - Cnt: 2 6.0 18
    Joshua Yuen (419) 3.0    
    Noah Yuen (267) 3.0    
4 FIESTA FIESTA Gardens International (San Mateo (268.0) - Cnt: 2 6.0 15
    Liam Laird (268) 4.0    
    Daniel Laird (unr.) 2.0    
5 PARKMO Parkmont Elementary (0.0) - Cnt: 2 3.0 5
    Sanjay Gupta (unr.) 2.0    
    Nikhil Gupta (unr.) 1.0    

 

 

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