BayAreaChess Championship 35 - March 29, 2008

BayAreaChess35: 1 SuperStar

Seada and Zhang won 1st and 2nd respectively and als a free entry to the next tournament for scoring 3.5/4 & 3.0/4.0.
Escoto won a bonus free entry based on organizer's descretion.
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Karim Seada 2001 2018   W2 D3 W4 W5 3.5 7.5 9.5 8.5
2 Isaac Zhang 1873 1897 HOMES L1 W9 W6 W4 3.0 7.5 8.5 6
3 Joji Escoto 1735 1787   W10 D1 D5 D7 2.5 7.5 9 7
4 Joel Kenny 1909 1902   W8 W6 L1 L2 2.0 5 9 7
5 Francisco Anchondo 2022 2013   D9 W7 D3 L1 2.0 4 8.5 6
6 Jerome Sun 1785 1793 MSJE W7 L4 L2 W8 2.0 3.5 7 5
7 Paul Richter 1988 1968   L6 L5 W9 D3 1.5 5 7.5 2.5
8 Zachary McDiarmid 1635 1617   L4 L10 B--- L6 1.0 4 6 1
9 Vidvuds H Vinerts 1907 1892   D5 L2 L7 H--- 1.0 3.5 6.5 2
10 Ted Belanoff 1917 1907 HARKER L3 W8 U--- U--- 1.0 0.5 3 3

BayAreaChess35: 2 Star

Apte and Azhar tied for 1st.
Zhu, Vasudeva, and Radu tied for 3rd. All got a free entry each to the next tournament..
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Neel Apte 1548 1609 LINCOL W24 W10 D2 W3 3.5 8.5 9 9
2 Aamir Ali Azhar 1517 1572 GRAND W20 W11 D1 W6 3.5 8 9 9
3 Qijie [jack] Zhu 1586 1599 MARSH W22 W4 W8 L1 3.0 9 9.5 9
4 Tanuj Vasudeva 1497 1524 BUNKER W7 L3 W20 W10 3.0 7.5 8.5 7
5 Alex Radu 1557 1558   W25 L8 W17 X12 3.0 5 5 6
6 Daniel Ho 1403 1455 WEIBEL W14 D12 W13 L2 2.5 8 10 7.5
7 Thadeus Frei 1152 1274   L4 W22 W11 D14 2.5 7 7.5 5.5
8 Roland Zhu 1476 1505 WINDEM W21 W5 L3 H--- 2.5 6.5 6.5 7
9 Albert Lin 1327 1413 CHAL-B D23 W21 L10 W19 2.5 4.5 5.5 6
10 James E Bennett 1677 1654   W18 L1 W9 L4 2.0 5.5 11 6
11 Daniel Steiner 1597 1570 WOODSI W16 L2 L7 W20 2.0 4.5 9 5
12 Todd W Phillips 1662 1655   D15 D6 W16 F5 2.0 4 6.5 5.5
13 Aditya Kumar 1351 1376 WARMSP D19 W23 L6 D15 2.0 3.5 7 5.5
14 Harold Jim Parker 1574 1546   L6 D24 W23 D7 2.0 3.5 6.5 4
15 Vignesh Panchanatham 1484 1487 MURDOC D12 H--- D19 D13 2.0 3.5 6 4.5
16 Arun Giridharan 1455 1469 MILLER L11 W25 L12 W21 2.0 3 6 4
17 Kesav Viswanadha 1449 1452 LINCOL H--- D19 L5 W24 2.0 2 4.5 4
18 Allan Beilin 1494 1476 NORTST L10 L20 W25 W22 2.0 1.5 4 3
19 Hemang J Jangle 1529 1497 MSJE D13 D17 D15 L9 1.5 6 8.5 4.5
20 Nathan B Zhang 1327 1329   L2 W18 L4 L11 1.0 7 10.5 3
21 Michael V Lico 1599 1546   L8 L9 W24 L16 1.0 5 7.5 2
22 Suraj Nair 1233 1203 EXCELS L3 L7 B--- L18 1.0 4.5 7.5 1
23 Ajaiyanand Rajendran 1511 1471 BURLIN D9 L13 L14 H--- 1.0 4 6.5 2
24 Sankash Shankar 1394 1368 REDWOD L1 D14 L21 L17 0.5 5 8.5 1.5
25 Jerry Wu 1396 1358 MSJE L5 L16 L18 H--- 0.5 4 6.5 0

BayAreaChess35: 3 Elite

Gospe won a clear 1st. Ganesh and Chen tied for or 2nd. Wheeler came in 4th. Zhao also won a trophy..
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Sean Gospe 1250 1330 EGAN W10 W9 W5 W4 4.0 5.5 6.5 10
2 Vikram Ganesh 1345 1337 FOREST L3 W12 W6 W5 3.0 7 7.5 6
3 Max Chen 1147 1193 DUVEN W2 L5 W10 W9 3.0 6 7 7
4 Cameron Wheeler 1246 1274 REGNAR H--- W7 W9 L1 2.5 7 7 6.5
5 Art Zhao 910 1030 STMAR W11 W3 L1 L2 2.0 6 11 7
6 Ralph W Crawford 1115 1138   D7 D8 L2 W12 2.0 4 7.5 4.5
7 Chris B Black 1279 1253   D6 L4 D8 W10 2.0 4 7.5 4
8 Alvin Kong 1257 1250 MSJE L9 D6 D7 W11 2.0 3 6 3.5
9 Gurman Shoker 1364 1306 HOPKIN W8 L1 L4 L3 1.0 7.5 11.5 4
10 Chris Britton 727 783   L1 W11 L3 L7 1.0 6 10 3
11 Alina Ma 1292 1208 MEYERH L5 L10 W12 L8 1.0 3.5 5.5 2
12 Roy Lo 1040 1003 GOMES H--- L2 L11 L6 0.5 3 6 1.5

BayAreaChess35: 4 Champs

Mohan and Kouevda tied for 1st making them co-champs. Kouevda won the blitz playoff for the bigger trophy. Al-Manaseer, Patel, Safran, Wang, Nguyen, Lee, Kazinik and Azharalso won trophies.
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Rahul Ram Mohan 1033 1109 STRATS W24 W12 W4 D3 3.5 8 9 9.5
2 Nikita Kouevda 1000 1098 HOMEST W19 W15 D3 W9 3.5 7.5 9 9
3 Farris Al-Manaseer 1049 1091 GRAND W20 W13 D2 D1 3.0 9 10.5 8.5
4 Rahul Samir Patel 978 1046 BLACH W6 W14 L1 W11 3.0 8.5 10.5 8
5 Ricky Safran 1035 1059   W7 L11 W8 W15 3.0 7.5 9.5 7
6 Michael Wang 870 980 EGAN L4 W25 W12 W13 3.0 7 8 6
7 Lucas Nguyen 894 965 SANTAR L5 W28 W17 W16 3.0 7 7 6
8 John Lee 899 964 EGAN D9 W10 L5 W20 2.5 8 9.5 6
9 Yosef Kazinik 1042 1045 LAWSON D8 W22 W11 L2 2.5 8 9 7
10 Yousef Rezwan Azhar 974 970 GRAND D23 L8 W22 W19 2.5 5 6 5
11 Jacqueline Garbe 927 940 ARGON W27 W5 L9 L4 2.0 5.5 9.5 7
12 Evan Baldonado 945 943 DUVEN W26 L1 L6 W21 2.0 4.5 9 5
13 Justin Wang 970 962 WEIBEL W25 L3 W24 L6 2.0 4 8 6
14 Matthew Jinglu Li 887 903 PALOVE W17 L4 L16 W24 2.0 4 8 5
15 Audrey Zhao 923 914   W28 L2 W23 L5 2.0 4 7.5 6
16 Niraj R Punjya 972 947 AFS D21 D23 W14 L7 2.0 3.5 7.5 5.5
17 Aaron Wong 1008 979 MSJE L14 W21 L7 W22 2.0 3.5 7.5 4
18 James Du 925 886 HEARST L22 L19 W28 W23 2.0 2 3.5 3
19 Aleksan Kozminski 880 876 SILVER L2 W18 D20 L10 1.5 6 9.5 4
20 Max Feng 900 882 WARMSP L3 W27 D19 L8 1.5 5 8 4
21 Benjamin Chen 849 845   D16 L17 W25 L12 1.5 5 7 4
22 Ritij Goel 857 836 EGAN W18 L9 L10 L17 1.0 6.5 9 4
23 Aymin Bedri 779 768 GRAND D10 D16 L15 L18 1.0 6 8.5 3.5
24 Leland Yu 890 853   L1 W26 L13 L14 1.0 5 8.5 3
25 Andrey Yamburg 908 855   L13 L6 L21 W26 1.0 4.5 7.5 1
26 Hershel Shah 833 787 MILLB L12 L24 W27 L25 1.0 3 5 2
27 Linus Wang 847 783 DUVEN L11 L20 L26 W28 1.0 2.5 4.5 1
28 Om+ Chinchwadkar 593 556 FOREST L15 L7 L18 L27 0.0 5 8 0

Team Roster and Scores. BayAreaChess35: 4 Champs

Egan Middle, Granada, and Duveneck won the top three trophies.
  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 EGAN Egan (875.3) - Cnt: 3 6.5 16
    Michael Wang (870) 3.0    
    John Lee (899) 2.5    
    Ritij Goel (857) 1.0    
2 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (934.0) - Cnt: 3 5.5 16
    Farris Al-manaseer (1049) 3.0    
    Yousef Rezwan Azhar (974) 1.5    
    Aymin Bedri (779) 1.0    
3 DUVEN DUVENECK ELEMENTARY (896.0) - Cnt: 2 3.0 6
    Evan Baldonado (945) 2.0    
    Linus Wang (847) 1.0    

BayAreaChess35: 5 Premier

Polissky won 1st. Langland, Axelrod, and Cardarelli tied for 2nd. Yuan, Teng, Rajiv, Biswas, Bole, and Naikawadi also won trophies.
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Daniel Polissky 786 876 NORTST W18 D11 W14 W7 W2 4.5 11.5 13 13
2 Steele Langland 647 830 AFS W19 W8 W5 W3 L1 4.0 14.5 15.5 14
3 Brian M Axelrod 617 824 MILLER W16 W6 W4 L2 W10 4.0 14 16 13
4 Leonardo Cardarelli 650 786 STMAR W6 W20 L3 W8 W9 4.0 13 13.5 12
5 Steven Yuan 615 702 HIDDHI W7 W9 L2 L10 W15 3.0 13 15 10
6 Evan Teng 780 782 DOUGH L4 L3 W16 W13 W12 3.0 13 15 6
7 Vishwaesh Rajiv 744 743 MILLER L5 W21 W11 L1 W14 3.0 12 12.5 8
8 Shopnavo Biswas 504 644 ARDEN W17 L2 W15 L4 W19 3.0 11.5 12.5 9
9 Dhruv Bole 718 708   W21 L5 W17 W14 L4 3.0 10.5 11 10
10 Abhinav Naikawadi 690 695 MURDOC L14 W19 W20 W5 L3 3.0 10 10.5 9
11 Alexander Berbey 641 669 STMAR W13 D1 L7 L12 W19 2.5 8 13.5 8
12 Kevin Liu 577 627 GOMES L15 W16 D13 W11 L6 2.5 7 12 7.5
13 Jordan Langland 750 714 AFS L11 W18 D12 L6 W17 2.5 6.5 11 6.5
14 Zeeshan Mallick 515 569 GRAND W10 W15 L1 L9 L7 2.0 11 15.5 9
15 Leo Kitano 716 663 SFDAY W12 L14 L8 W19 L5 2.0 8.5 11.5 7
16 Nelson Lin 727 670 BRETHA L3 L12 L6 W20 W21 2.0 6.5 10.5 3
17 Ramie Salem 565 533 GRAND L8 B--- L9 W21 L13 2.0 6 9 5
18 Edward Neumann 658 604 CHAL-A L1 L13 L19 B--- W20 2.0 4 8.5 2
19 Leyton Ho 749 647 DUVEN L2 L10 W18 L15 L11 1.0 9 13 3
20 Joshua Yuen+ 425 380 DUVEN B--- L4 L10 L16 L18 1.0 6.5 10.5 4
21 Sean Young 593 503 DUVEN L9 L7 B--- L17 L16 1.0 6.5 9.5 2

Team Roster and Scores. BayAreaChess35: 5 Premier

Miller Middle, St. Mark's, Granada, and Duveneck won the top five trophies.
  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 MILLER MILLER (680.5) - Cnt: 2 7.0 21
    Brian M Axelrod (617) 4.0    
    Vishwaesh Rajiv (744) 3.0    
2 AFS AFS (698.5) - Cnt: 2 6.5 20.5
    Steele Langland (647) 4.0    
    Jordan Langland (750) 2.5    
3 STMAR Sr. Mark's School (645.5) - Cnt: 2 6.5 20
    Leonardo Cardarelli (650) 4.0    
    Alexander Berbey (641) 2.5    
4 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (540.0) - Cnt: 2 4.0 14
    Zeeshan Mallick (515) 2.0    
    Ramie Salem (565) 2.0    
5 DUVEN DUVENECK ELEMENTARY (589.0) - Cnt: 3 3.0 9
    Joshua Yuen+ (425) 1.0    
    Leyton Ho (749) 1.0    
    Sean Young (593) 1.0    

BayAreaChess35: 6 Booster

Fraisse won 1st with a perfect score. Pruyn Goldstein, Kim, Girkar and Girkar tied for 2nd. the blitz playoff for the bigger trophy. Young, Polissky, Cardarelli, Yuen, Nadig and Bolealso won trophies.
# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Erwan Fraisse 460 629 NIMITZ W23 W22 W18 W6 W2 5.0 11.5 12 15
2 Micah Pruyn Goldstein 403 548 MCGILL W20 W3 W7 W16 L1 4.0 13.5 15 14
3 John J Kim unr. 617 EGAN W11 L2 W15 W8 W9 4.0 12.5 14.5 11
4 Uma Girkar unr. 554   W17 L6 W11 W14 W7 4.0 10 11.5 11
5 Sonny Young 434 423 DUVEN L14 W20 D19 W13 W6 3.5 9 10.5 8.5
6 Alex Polissky 428 449 NORTST W12 W4 W14 L1 L5 3.0 15 17 12
7 Nicholas Cardarelli 492 465 VINCI W15 W16 L2 X18 L4 3.0 12 12 10
8 Noah Yuen 337 359 DUVEN W24 L18 W22 L3 W15 3.0 10.5 11 9
9 Vinayak Nadig 488 445 CHAL-A L22 W23 W16 W19 L3 3.0 9 9.5 9
10 Dheer Bole 460 405   L16 L15 W24 W22 W14 3.0 7.5 8 6
11 Arun Khemani 286 291   L3 W17 L4 D12 W19 2.5 8 13.5 6
12 Nathaniel Chia 109 190 NORTHS L6 W21 L13 D11 W20 2.5 6.5 11 6
13 Suleyman Saib 288 278 GRAND H--- L14 W12 L5 W21 2.5 6 9.5 6
14 Jason Lin 137 239 WILLIA W5 W13 L6 L4 L10 2.0 12 16 9
15 Jacob Chudnovsky 248 266 ROOSEV L7 W10 L3 W17 L8 2.0 10 14 6
16 Brunston Poon 210 244 NUEVA W10 L7 L9 L2 W24 2.0 9 13 6
17 Sujay Srinivasan 100 100 WEIBEL L4 L11 W23 L15 X22 2.0 5 9 3
18 Owen Schwartz unr. 399 MCDS W21 W8 L1 F7 U--- 2.0 4.5 9.5 9
19 Abdullah Hilali 100 122 GRAND D25 D24 D5 L9 L11 1.5 8.5 12 6
20 Nadine Salem 120 115 GRAND L2 L5 D21 W23 L12 1.5 8 12 3.5
21 Sangeetha Srinivasan 251 175 WEIBEL L18 L12 D20 W24 L13 1.5 7 10 3.5
22 Rebecca Abraham 245 246 ARDEN W9 L1 L8 L10 F17 1.0 9 14 5
23 Ron Khirman 205 108 CUMBER L1 L9 L17 L20 B--- 1.0 6 11 0
24 Ayushi Jain 100 100 ELLIS L8 D19 L10 L21 L16 0.5 8 11 2
25 Edwin Peng 431 411 LINCOL D19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5 0 1.5 2.5

Team Roster and Scores. BayAreaChess35: 6 Booster

Duveneck, Granada, and Weibel won the top three trophies.
  Code Name Score TBrk[C]
1 DUVEN DUVENECK ELEMENTARY (385.5) - Cnt: 2 6.5 17.5
    Sonny Young (434) 3.5    
    Noah Yuen (337) 3.0    
2 GRAND Granada School - Santa Clara (169.3) - Cnt: 3 5.5 15.5
    Suleyman Saib (288) 2.5    
    Abdullah Hilali (100) 1.5    
    Nadine Salem (120) 1.5    
3 WEIBEL Weibel Elementary School (175.5) - Cnt: 2 3.5 6.5
    Sujay Srinivasan (100) 2.0    
    Sangeetha Srinivasan (251) 1.5    

BayAreaChess35: Extra Rated

# Name Rtng Post Team Rd 1 Tot TBrk
[M]
TBrk
[S]
TBrk
[C]
1 Alex Radu 1557 1582   W3 1.0 0 0 1
2 Ritij Goel 857 896 EGAN W4 1.0 0 0 1
3 Joji Escoto 1735 1716   L1 0.0 0 1 0
4 Yousef Rezwan Azhar 974 938 GRAND L2 0.0 0 1 0

 

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