Concord-Carlisle Scholastic LEAP DAY! Ladder – 02-29-2020

Concord-Carlisle Scholastic LEAP DAY! Ladder Concord-Carlisle High School, Room 241, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742
General Information
Event Organizer: Concord-Carlisle Chess Club   Event Location: Concord-Carlisle High School, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742   [ Directions ] Event Date: Saturday, February 29, 2020 Time Control: 4-Round+ Ladder Format, G/30 d5, USCF-Rated Rounds Time: 1st Round 10:00 AM; players’ next games begin shortly after their previous ones are completed Byes: One half-point bye available in every round except the last, with advance notification Prize Info: Trophies to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place players by Ladder placement and then by Points; no player may win more than one Trophy Inquiry: nicholas@xenophon98.com    781-733-0849 Event Webpage: concordcarlislechess.org
Registration Information
Entry Fee: $15 for pre-registration ($10 for Club Members) by end of day on 2/28/2020; $20 at the door ($15 for Club Members) Registration – Onsite: 9:15-9:45 AM for NEW registrants (pre-enrolled registrants may arrive up to 9:45 AM) Registration – Online: Available till END OF DAY OF 2/28/2020. Membership Requirement: All sections require current USCF Memberships in good standing (registration for $17/year at https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/member.php)
Sections Information
Tournament Sections: Register Now! Open (regular rate) Register Now! Open (discount rate for Concord Club members)
Tournament Rules and Other Information
One Open Section: Ladder format: no eliminations — on average, participants will play 4+ rounds Location: Concord-Carlisle High School, Room 241 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742 Please bring Chess CLOCKS if you own one to ensure we will not be short. Club members include all the Concord-Carlisle chess organizations: CC Chess Society, Carlisle, Alcott, Willard, and Thoreau chess clubs MACA provides tournament listing for all as a service to the chess community. For question, comments, or dispute regarding events that are not organized by MACA, please contact the tournament organizer directly. Remember that each player is responsible for bringing and setting up their clock. Please refer to the Metrowest Chess Club Digital Clock Guide for instructions on how to set digital clocks. MACA does not recommend but allows US Chess approved electronic scorekeeping devices. Please note that some national tournaments held by US Chess ban electronic scorekeeping, so be sure to know how to keep score without aid of electronics. If online registration is enabled on this event, you can Join/Renew your USCF and MACA membership at the online registration page. If online registration is not available, you can join MACA (The Massachusetts Chess Association) at our Online Membership Form and USCF (United States Chess Federation) at USCF Membership Page.

Final Standings, Waltham CC 2019 QUICK CHAMPIONSHIP – 12-06-2019 – 12-13-2019

Fellow Waltham CC players,

Thanks very much to everyone who participated in the 3rd annual Waltham CC QUICK CHAMPIONSHIP. Congratulations to IM Denys Shmelov for triumphing with a perfect 14-0 score.

We were pleased to welcome back prior players Kenneth Thomas and Peter Cariani, and we were also glad to have both Jason Havener from NH and Derek Meredith from CT join us. Our Quick Championship had a wide reach.

Winners:

1st: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CC 2019 QUICK CHAMPION
2nd-3rd-U1800 (tied): Stephen Gradijan, Todd Chase, Anand Nair
Daily Prize, 1st Night: Kenneth Thomas
Daily Prize, 2nd Night: Ross Eldridge

We will wrap up 2019 with our annual Christmas Party and Bughouse Tournament. Bring lots of food and drink! See you next Friday over the Bughouse boards – and the food.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.
Waltham CC, Quick Championship Director

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#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Rd 13	Rd 14	Tot	P
1	DENYS SHMELOV	13433622	2421	W11	W5	W7	W2	W12	W3	W4	W11	W4	W3	W2	W8	W5	W6	14.0	1st
2	TODD S CHASE	12414355	1817	W17	D12	W5	L1	W4	L7	W13	D9	W13	W5	L1	L4	W10	W11	9.0	2nd-3rd
3	ANAND NAIR	15223527	1712	W13	D16	L12	W6	W7	L1	W17	W10	W5	L1	L4	D9	W11	W13	9.0	2nd-3rd-U1800
4	STEPHEN GRADIJAN	12454998	1824	W10	L7	W11	W16	L2	W5	L1	W6	L1	W9	W3	W2	L8	W5	9.0	2nd-3rd
5	AGUSTIN P GARCIA	14669043	1925	W9	L1	L2	W10	W16	L4	W11	W15	L3	L2	W6	W13	L1	L4	7.0
6	MICHAEL HU	15435333	1503	L12	D14	W15	L3	W11	W13	L7	L4	W11	L8	L7	W10	W13	L1	6.5
7	KENNETH THOMAS	10773571	2014	W15	W4	L1	D12	L3	W2	W6	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	5.5	D.P. #1
8	ROSS ELDRIDGE	12399747	1746	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	H—	D9	W6	W13	L1	W4	W10	5.5	D.P. #2
9	DAVID W MARTIN	12877246	1502	L5	W13	L16	L11	W17	H—	H—	D2	D8	L4	D10	D3	U—	U—	5.0
10	YURY OLSHANSKY	12807776	1390	L4	W15	D14	L5	L13	W17	W16	L3	L15	W11	D9	L6	L2	L8	4.5
11	DATTASAI KILARI	16429310	1538	L1	W17	L4	W9	L6	W16	L5	L1	L6	L10	D15	D14	L3	L2	4.0
12	MATTHEW MEREDITH	10031443	1945	W6	D2	W3	D7	L1	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	4.0
13	RITHIKA KILARI	16429325	1085	L3	L9	W17	L14	W10	L6	L2	W16	L2	W15	L8	L5	L6	L3	4.0
14	NICHOLAS STERLING	12454027	1629	U—	D6	D10	W13	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	D11	U—	U—	2.5
15	JASON HAVENER	14332512	1505	L7	L10	L6	L17	H—	H—	U—	L5	W10	L13	D11	U—	U—	U—	2.5
16	DANIEL KORBACHER	13147702	1617	H—	D3	W9	L4	L5	L11	L10	L13	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	2.5
17	PETER CARIANI	17059215	1101	L2	L11	L13	W15	L9	L10	L3	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	2.0

SwissSys Standings. Open

#	Place	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Tot
1	1	DENYS SHMELOV	13433622	2421	2425	W9	W6	W2	W3	W10	W4	W5	7.0
2	2-4	KENNETH PA THOMAS	10773571	2014	2006	W16	W5	L1	D10	L4	W3	W7	4.5
3		TODD S CHASE	12414355	1817	1859	W15	D10	W6	L1	W5	L2	W11	4.5
4		ANAND NAIR	15223527	1712	1741	W11	D12	L10	W7	W2	L1	W15	4.5
5	5-6	STEPHEN GRADIJAN	12454998	1824	1832	W8	L2	W9	W12	L3	W6	L1	4.0
6		AGUSTIN P GARCIA	14669043	1925	1902	W13	L1	L3	W8	W12	L5	W9	4.0
7	7-8	MICHAEL HU	15435333	1503	1548	L10	D14	W16	L4	W9	W11	L2	3.5
8		YURY OLSHANSKY	12807776	1390	1433	L5	W16	D14	L6	L11	W15	W12	3.5
9	9-10	DATTASAI KILARI	16429310	1538	1547	L1	W15	L5	W13	L7	W12	L6	3.0
10		MATTHEW MEREDITH	10031443	1945	1950	W7	D3	W4	D2	L1	U—	U—	3.0
11	11-14	RITHIKA KILARI	16429325	1085	1166	L4	L13	W15	L14	W8	L7	L3	2.0
12		DANIEL KORBACHER	13147702	1617	1576	H—	D4	W13	L5	L6	L9	L8	2.0
13		DAVID W MARTIN	12877246	1502	1475	L6	W11	L12	L9	W15	U—	U—	2.0
14		NICHOLAS STERLING	12454027	1629	1616	U—	D7	D8	W11	U—	U—	U—	2.0
15	15	PETER CARIANI	17059215	1101	1104	L3	L9	L11	W16	L13	L8	L4	1.0
16	16	JASON HAVENER	14332512	1505	1426	L2	L8	L7	L15	U—	U—	U—	0.0

SwissSys Standings. Open

#	Place	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Tot
1	1	DENYS SHMELOV	13433622	2421	2423	W12	W2	W5	W4	W3	W6	W7	7.0
2	2-3	STEPHEN GRADIJAN	12454998	1824	1868	W7	L1	W9	W5	W4	L3	W6	5.0
3		ROSS ELDRIDGE	12399747	1746	1774	H—	D9	W7	W8	L1	W2	W10	5.0
4	4-5	TODD S CHASE	12414355	1817	1816	D9	W8	W6	L1	L2	W10	W12	4.5
5		ANAND NAIR	15223527	1712	1728	W10	W6	L1	L2	D9	W12	W8	4.5
6	6-7	AGUSTIN P GARCIA	14669043	1925	1879	W11	L5	L4	W7	W8	L1	L2	3.0
7		MICHAEL HU	15435333	1503	1524	L2	W12	L3	L6	W10	W8	L1	3.0
8	8-9	RITHIKA KILARI	16429325	1085	1212	W14	L4	W11	L3	L6	L7	L5	2.0
9		DAVID W MARTIN	12877246	1502	1539	D4	D3	L2	D10	D5	U—	U—	2.0
10	10-11	YURY OLSHANSKY	12807776	1390	1384	L5	L11	W12	D9	L7	L4	L3	1.5
11		JASON HAVENER	14332512	1505	1479	L6	W10	L8	D12	U—	U—	U—	1.5
12	12	DATTASAI KILARI	16429310	1538	1485	L1	L7	L10	D11	D13	L5	L4	1.0
13	13	NICHOLAS STERLING	12454027	1629	1621	U—	U—	U—	U—	D12	U—	U—	0.5
14	14	DANIEL KORBACHER	13147702	1617	1579	L8	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0

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Final Standings, Concord-Carlisle December Scholastic Ladder – 12-14-2019

Concord-Carlisle December Scholastic Ladder #5 – 12-14-2019

 

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Fellow Concord-Carlisle players,

 

We did a much better job advertising this Ladder event than the last one, and it paid off! Thanks to the 19 players who played enthusiastically and with excellent sportsmanship in this Ladder. It has taken about a year for me to get this format down successfully, and I am happy to say this was a smooth-running event with excellent participation. Thanks to David West for his exemplary help in getting this together. (A mini shout-out also to the custodian Cameron for assisting me with break-down at the end.)

 

I was pleased to have two of my students, Ziv Dudnik (a repeat from last month) and Antonio Feng join us from my class in Newton. Both of them will be on my Teams at the Winter Team Challenge in January.

 

We had an older new player, Uri Netzer, join us for his first tournament. Apparently he has some skill that needs to apply itself in future tournaments, because he went 3.5-0.5 and will (eventually) take home the 3rd Place Points Trophy.

 

Winners:

 

Ladder:

 

1st: Jayden Wu

2nd: Brandon Li

3rd: Gentry Thatcher

 

Points:

 

1st-2nd (tied): Stanley Yu, Yiheng Liu

3rd: Uri Netzer

 

Our next Ladder Tournament will be on LEAP DAY! 2/29/2020. See you over the board and have a great holiday.

 

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Concord-Carlisle Chess Club

Tournament Director

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Final Standings, Concord-Carlisle Scholastic Ladder #5 – 12-14-2019

#	Place	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	1-3	STANLEY YU	17079108	354	673	W9	W8	W11	W3	L2	U—	4.0
2		JAYDEN WU	16671526	940	1013	W5	W10	W7	U—	W1	U—	4.0
3		YIHENG LIU	17229912	unr.	894	W19	W18	W4	L1	W8	U—	4.0
4	4-5	BRANDON YANCHE LI	16270151	855	863	W12	D7	L3	W17	W13	U—	3.5
5		URI NETZER	17240063	unr.	761	L2	W14	W16	D13	W9	U—	3.5
6	6	RICHARD Z HUANG	16917755	533	544	H—	H—	U—	L10	W16	W9	3.0
7	7	NIKOLAS KOCIC	16739587	749	802	W13	D4	L2	U—	W11	U—	2.5
8	8-12	ANTONIO FENG	16486682	625	601	W16	L1	W15	L12	L3	U—	2.0
9		LEO RANSON	17039940	262	342	L1	W19	U—	W14	L5	L6	2.0
10		ETHAN W ZHANG	17088714	470	560	W11	L2	U—	W6	L12	U—	2.0
11		ALEXANDER XIONG	17192380	435	437	L10	W16	L1	W19	L7	U—	2.0
12		GENTRY THATCHER	16379048	766	742	L4	L13	U—	W8	W10	U—	2.0
13	13-15	ZIV DUDNIK	17192718	755	739	L7	W12	U—	D5	L4	U—	1.5
14		SANTIAGO RABASA	17197323	unr.	331	L18	L5	W17	L9	D15	U—	1.5
15		ANTHONY LIU	17239987	unr.	357	W17	U—	L8	L16	D14	U—	1.5
16	16-18	LANG YUAN	16784076	592	495	L8	L11	L5	W15	L6	U—	1.0
17		EVERETT JACINTO	17239752	unr.	206	L15	U—	L14	L4	W19	U—	1.0
18		VIRAJ PRABHAKAR	17236600	unr.	642	W14	L3	U—	U—	U—	U—	1.0
19	19	ARIANA YAP	17068506	227	155	L3	L9	U—	L11	L17	U—	0.0

Final Standings, Waltham CC 2019 Club Championship – 10-18-2019 – 11-15-2019

Waltham Chess Club – December 2019

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2019

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/final-standings-waltham-cc-2019-pat-arena-memorial-open-10-18-2019-11-15-2019/

WINNERS: Steven Winer & Bryan Hu, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2019 CO-CHAMPIONS

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Steven Winer	12549813	2458	W5	W4	W3	D2	W6	4.5	1st-2nd
2	Bryan Hu	13328981	2331	W3	W5	W6	D1	W4	4.5	1st-2nd
3	Karthik Sai Padmanabhan	14297265	2138	L2	D6	L1	W4	W5	2.5
4	Kelsey Liu	15770981	2005	D6	L1	W5	L3	L2	1.5
5	Eric Feng	15742464	2015	L1	L2	L4	W6	L3	1
6	Diego Ubiera	12686854	1987	D4	D3	L2	L5	L1	1

Final Standings, Waltham CC Pat Arena Memorial Open 2019 – 10-18-2019 – 11-15-2019

Fellow Waltham CC players,

 

       Thanks to everyone who played in the 2019 Pat Arena Memorial Open over the past five weeks.  Given the challenge in attending week after week consistently,  we appreciate the sportsmanship of all those players who showed up almost as unanimously on Week 5 as on Week 1.

 

       The Invitational Championship is currently in a state of abeyance as the final game to decide the title, between Steve Winer and Bryan Hu, is delayed.  We will get word out as soon as we have a winner.

 

        The final results are below my signature.  We look forward to having greater numbers of players at next year’s Pat Arena Open.  Have a great Thanksgiving and we’ll see you on the other side for the 2019 Quick Championship.

 

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham CC, Championship Director

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Final Standings. Waltham CC Pat Arena Memorial Open 2019 – 10-18-2019 – 11-15-2019

 

Winners:

 

        1st Place: Agustin Garcia

 

        2nd-3rd Places (tied): Stephen Gradijan, Todd Chase

 

        U1400: Pragyan Sriram

 

        Daily Prizes:

 

              Night 1: Agustin Garcia, Stephen Gradijan, Robert King

 

              Night 2: Stephen Gradijan, Anand Nair, Dattasai Kilari

 

              Night 3: Alexander Ganin, David Martin

 

              Night 4: Agustin Garcia, Yuriy Zhaurov

 

              Night 5: Agustin Garcia, Todd Chase, Dattasai Kilari

Final Standings. Waltham CC Pat Arena Memorial Open 2019 – 10-18-2019 – 11-15-2019

#	Place	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	1	AGUSTIN P GARCIA	14669043	2038	2050	W11	W4	L2	W12	W6	D3	W5	W14	W8	W7	8.5	1st
2	2-3	STEPHEN GRADIJAN	12454998	1952	1953	W12	W3	W1	W6	L4	W5	W10	L8	L7	W9	7.0	2nd–3rd
3	2-3	TODD S CHASE	12414355	2052	2027	W5	L2	L6	W9	W14	D1	D4	W11	W10	W8	7.0	2nd-3rd
4	4-6	ANAND NAIR	15223527	1915	1896	W9	L1	W7	W11	W2	D6	D3	L5	W12	L10	6.0
5		DATTASAI KILARI	16429310	1460	1570	L3	L9	W15	W7	W11	L2	L1	W4	W6	W14	6.0
6		YURIY ZHAUROV	14256202	1873	1854	W15	D8	W3	L2	L1	D4	W14	W12	L5	W11	6.0
7	7	ALEXANDER A GANIN	17088887	1982	1944	W14	L13	L4	L5	W9	W12	H—	H—	W2	L1	5.0
8	8	NICHOLAS STERLING	12454027	1822	1803	L13	D6	L12	W15	U—	W11	W9	W2	L1	L3	4.5
9	9-10	PRAGYAN SRIRAM	16552308	886	1014	L4	W5	L11	L3	L7	W15	L8	W16	W14	L2	4.0	Under 1400
10		DAVID W MARTIN	12877246	1600	1634	H—	H—	U—	U—	W15	W14	L2	U—	L3	W4	4.0
11	11-12	STEPHEN DESOUZA	12811020	1350	1327	L1	D12	W9	L4	L5	L8	W16	L3	W17	L6	3.5
12		RITHIKA KILARI	16429325	932	1036	L2	D11	W8	L1	H—	L7	H—	L6	L4	W17	3.5
13	13	ROBERT KING	12681247	2200	2206	W8	W7	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	3.0
14	14	ANSH JESLANI	16438780	1009	988	L7	W15	H—	H—	L3	L10	L6	L1	L9	L5	2.0
15	15-17	MATTHEW SULLIVAN	16076636	676	661	L6	L14	L5	L8	L10	L9	H—	H—	U—	U—	1.0
16		CHENPING ZHAO	16852570	604	596	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	L11	L9	U—	U—	1.0
17		LEDIO ZARKA	17003171	466	462	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	L11	L12	1.0

Concord-Carlisle Scholastic December Ladder – 12-14-2019

Concord-Carlisle Scholastic December Ladder Concord-Carlisle High School, Room 241, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742
General Information
Event Organizer: Concord-Carlisle Chess Club   Event Location: Concord-Carlisle High School, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742   [ Directions ] Event Date: Saturday, December 14, 2019 Time Control: 4-Round Ladder Format, G/30 d5, USCF-Rated Rounds Time: 1st Round 10:00 AM; players’ next games begin shortly after their previous ones are completed Byes: One half-point bye available in every round except the last, with advance notification Prize Info: Trophies to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place players by Ladder placement and then by Points; no player may win more than one Trophy Inquiry: nicholas@xenophon98.com    781-733-0849 Event Webpage: concordcarlislechess.org
Registration Information
Entry Fee: $15 for pre-registration ($10 for Club Members) by end of day on 12/13/2019; $20 at the door ($15 for Club Members) Registration – Onsite: 9:15-9:45 AM for NEW registrants (pre-enrolled registrants may arrive up to 9:45 AM) Registration – Online: Available till END OF DAY OF 12/13/2019. Membership Requirement: All sections require current USCF Memberships in good standing (registration for $17/year at https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/member.php)
Sections Information
Tournament Sections: Register Now! Open (regular rate) Register Now! Open (discount rate for Concord Club members)
Tournament Rules and Other Information
One Open Section: Ladder format: no eliminations — on average, participants will play 4+ rounds Location: Concord-Carlisle High School, Room 241 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742 Please bring Chess CLOCKS if you own one to ensure we will not be short. Club members include all the Concord-Carlisle chess organizations: CC Chess Society, Carlisle, Alcott, Willard, and Thoreau chess clubs   MACA provides tournament listing for all as a service to the chess community. For question, comments, or dispute regarding events that are not organized by MACA, please contact the tournament organizer directly. Remember that each player is responsible for bringing and setting up their clock. Please refer to the Metrowest Chess Club Digital Clock Guide for instructions on how to set digital clocks. MACA does not recommend but allows US Chess approved electronic scorekeeping devices. Please note that some national tournaments held by US Chess ban electronic scorekeeping, so be sure to know how to keep score without aid of electronics. If online registration is enabled on this event, you can Join/Renew your USCF and MACA membership at the online registration page. If online registration is not available, you can join MACA (The Massachusetts Chess Association) at our Online Membership Form and USCF (United States Chess Federation) at USCF Membership Page.

Concord-Carlisle Scholastic November Ladder – 11-09-2019

Concord-Carlisle Scholastic November Ladder Concord-Carlisle High School, Room 241, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742
General Information
Event Organizer: Concord-Carlisle Chess Club   Event Location: Concord-Carlisle High School, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742   [ Directions ] Event Date: Saturday, November 09, 2019 Time Control: 4-Round Ladder Format, G/30 d5, USCF-Rated Rounds Time: 1st Round 10:00 AM; others as previous round is completed Byes: One half-point bye available in every round except the last, with advance notification Prize Info: Trophies to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place players in each section with at least six players competing Inquiry: nicholas@xenophon98.com    781-733-0849 Event Webpage: concordcarlislechess.org
Registration Information
Entry Fee: $15 for pre-registration ($10 for Club Members) by end of day on 11/8/2019; $20 at the door ($15 for Club Members) Registration – Onsite: 9:15-9:45 AM for NEW registrants (pre-enrolled registrants may arrive up to 9:45 AM) Registration – Online: Available till END OF DAY OF 11/7/2019. Membership Requirement: All sections require current USCF Memberships in good standing
Sections Information
Tournament Sections: Register Now! Regular ($15) Register Now! Concord Club Discount ($10)
Tournament Rules and Other Information
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Final Results, Waltham CC BLITZ Championship 2019 – 07-19-2019 – 07-26-2019

Fellow Waltham CC BLITZ players,

This was an incredibly busy weekend for me, and one enormous success was to have blasted through prior attendance records at the Waltham CC Blitz Championship – over 30 PLAYERS! Thanks in abundance to all the Blitz players who came, especially the newer and up-and-coming ones. This will be a memorable event for weeks to come.

Steve Winer recaptured his prior title of BLITZ CHAMPION.

We welcomed several new players. Among them was top player Bryan Hu, who has moved to New England from AZ and showed his stuff by taking 2nd Place with only one Point behind Steve. Bryan will be joining us for the Invitational Championship in the fall.

Winners:

1st: Steve Winer, WALTHAM CC 2019 BLITZ CHAMPION
2nd: Bryan Hu
3rd (tied): Alan Song, Brandon Dante Wu
U1800: Dattasai Kilari
U1400: Stephen Desouza

Daily Prize, Night 1: IM Denys Shmelov
Daily Prize, Night 2 (tied): Andrew Su, Anand Nair

We look forward to getting everyone back next year, but in the meantime let us turn out in droves for the Pat Arena Memorial Open in October and November. See you over the board.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.
Waltham CC, Blitz Championship Director

Final Standings, Waltham Chess Club 2019 BLITZ Championship – 07-19-2019 – 07-26-2019

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Tot	Prize
1	Steven Winer	12549813	2328	$7	$21	$2	#20	$3	$4	$12	$18	$3	W2	W4	$8	21.5	1st-CHAMP
2	Bryan Hu	13328981	2140	$13	$9	L1	$28	$6	#20	$16	$8	$4	W1	$5	$3	20.5	2nd
3	Brandon Dante Wu	14933988	2112	$12	$8	W6	W26	L1	$9	$22	$28	L1	$18	$6	L2	16.0	3rd (tied)
4	Alan Song	15418978	2059	$31	L20	W18	$7	$26	L1	$15	$11	L2	$14	W1	$7	16.0	3rd (tied)
5	Stewart Bradley Taylor Jr	15223183	2000	$22	L26	$10	$14	L20	$6	$17	W7	$9	W6	L2	W10	15.0
6	Anand Nair	15223527	1885	W17	$23	W3	$11	L2	L5	$19	W13	$7	W5	L3	#14	13.5	D.P. N. #2
7	Dattasai Kilari	16429310	1739	L1	$16	W21	L4	$19	$11	$27	W5	L6	#12	$18	L4	13.5	U1800
8	Benjamin Yin	15583212	1788	$29	L3	L12	$22	#14	W26	$29	L2	D12	$30	$9	L1	13.0
9	Todd S Chase	12414355	1906	$15	L2	#13	#12	$18	L3	$24	$10	L5	W11	L8	W22	13.0
10	Andrew Su	15518741	1719	L26	$22	L5	#31	D11	W17	$30	L9	W17	$19	#11	W5	12.5	D.P. N. #2
11	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1753	L20	$19	$31	L6	#10	L7	$32	L4	$15	L9	D10	#13	12.5
12	Henry Yu-feng Han	14728674	1459	L3	$29	$8	D9	$13	L21	L1	$29	#8	D7	W13	W24	12.5
13	Achyuta Rajaram	14915688	1553	L2	$15	D9	$17	L12	$18	$33	W6	L18	W17	W12	D11	12.0
14	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1763	H–	$17	W28	L5	D8	W31	U–	$25	$22	L4	$17	D6	12.0
15	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1200	L9	L13	W32	L19	$29	$22	L4	$32	L11	W16	W30	$23	11.0	U1400
16	Venkata Sai Chai Kandibanda	14697088	1257	L21	L7	W19	$23	W17	#28	L2	W23	W19	W15	W25	W30	10.5
17	Oskar Zoffer	16471866	1162	W6	L14	$23	L13	W16	W10	L5	$27	L10	W13	L14	W18	10.0
18	Stephen Gradijan	12454998	1848	#19	W28	W4	W21	L9	L13	$25	L1	$13	L3	L7	W17	9.5
19	Santhosh Ayyappan	16959235	817	D18	L11	W16	$15	L7	W32	L6	$33	W16	L10	L22	$32	9.5
20	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2563	$3	$4	#26	D1	$5	D2	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	8.5	D.P. N. #1
21	Gregory O Kaden	12000550	2034	$16	L1	W7	W18	$28	$12	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	8.0
22	Rithika Kilari	16429325	1229	L5	L10	$29	L8	L31	L15	L3	$34	L14	W24	$19	W9	8.0
23	Ledio Zarka	17003171	577	H–	L6	L17	L16	$32	W29	U–	W16	L30	W27	$33	L15	8.0
24	Joseph Cho	15978193	1104	H–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	L9	W30	W25	W22	$29	W12	7.0
25	Jacob Snell	15597803	752	H–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	L18	L14	W24	$32	W16	$29	7.0
26	Siddharth Arun	13206647	2202	$10	$5	D20	W3	L5	W8	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	6.5
27	Evan Marks	17098376	unr.	H–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	L7	L17	W29	W23	#32	$33	6.5
28	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1766	$32	W18	W14	L2	L21	D16	$34	L3	U–	U–	U–	U–	6.5
29	Anushka Ayyappan	16959220	642	L8	L12	L22	$32	L15	W23	L8	L12	W27	$33	L24	L25	6.0
30	William Duan	17088584	unr.	H–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	L10	W24	$23	L8	W15	W16	6.0
31	Michael Hu	15435333	1291	L4	$32	L11	D10	$22	W14	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	5.5
32	Jaswant Reddy Ambati	16856326	373	L28	L31	W15	L29	L23	W19	L11	L15	$33	L25	D27	L19	4.5
33	Ethan Zhou	17089943	unr.	H–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	L13	L19	L32	L29	L23	L27	1.0
34	Matthew David Sullivan	16076636	522	H–	U–	U–	U–	U–	U–	L28	L22	U–	U–	U–	U–	1.0

 

 

Final Standings, Concord-Carlisle April Scholastic Ladder – 04-07-2019

Fellow Concord-Carlisle Scholastic players,

 

We wrapped up the 2018-2019 Scholastic season at Concord-Carlisle Chess Club with our 3rd Ladder. The number of players who participated went up to 22 players, up from 14 players in February. Thanks in abundance to David West of Carlisle who helped Concord-Carlisle Chess Club institute the Ladder Format for the first time anywhere in my tenure as TD. After a rather bumpy start, it has emerged a great success.

 

Special recognition to my two Newton students Max Zuckernik and Erik Shin who both got 2 Points. Although they did not place, they nonetheless saw both of their Ratings go up. I am proud of these two as representatives of our Newton chess classes at F.A. Day Middle School.

 

 

Winners:

 

[Note: There was an error in the recording of a result at the end that caused the wrong prizes to be awarded onsite. The list below is the corrected roster with the error fixed:]

 

Ladder:

 

1st Place: Evan Ning

2nd Place: Bohan Wang

3rd Place: Austin Fischl

 

Points:

 

1st Place: Ian Van Hulle

2nd Place: Max Booth

3rd Place (tied): Shakthi Saravanan, Jayden Wu

 

The next two Scholastic events I am directing are the following:

 

4/21/19: BCF April Scholastics

 

http://masschess.org/Events/Event_Details.aspx?Event_ID=6703

 

5/12/19: Future Masters Scholastics, NEMA, Burlington, MA

 

So save up some reserve energy for more Scholastics in the spring! We’ll see you over the board.

 

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Concord-Carlisle Chess Club

Tournament Director

 

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Current Number	Initial Rank	Name	Points		Standings Position
1	2	Evan Ning	4		1
2	8	Bohan Christopher Wang	3		3
3	5	Austin Fischl	2		15
4	1	Ian Van Hulle	3.5		2
5	4	Jayden Wu	2.5		6
6	18	Max Booth	3		4
7	9	Eilam  Kuo	2		8
8	6	Max Zuckernik	2		7
9	11	Raymond Vasile	2		10
10	10	Shakthi Saravanan	2.5		5
11	12	Alexander Nicholas Skulte	2		16
12	14	Aren Kaya Veral	2		11
13	7	Malin Kuo	1.5		18
14	13	Christian Li	2		9
15	16	Erik Shin	2		14
16	3	Alden Kuo	0		22
17	21	Ilan Potashinsky	2		17
18	22	Sohum Srivastava	0.5		20
19	19	Trent Sturtevant	2		13
20	20	Leo Ranson	2		12
21	15	Alexander Proscurshim	0.5		19
22	17	Harry Lee	0		21

 

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Final Standings, Concord-Carlisle April Scholastic Ladder, 04-09-2019

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Evan Ning	16769860	1085	W2	W9	W22	W8	U—	4.0	1st Ladder
2	Ian Van Hulle	15170895	1243	L1	W5	W3	W21	D6	3.5	1st Points
3	Bohan Christopher Wang	16880573	568	W18	U—	L2	W12	W7	3.0	2nd Ladder
4	Max Booth	16809721	unr.	W21	U—	L10	W19	W22	3.0	2nd Points
5	Shakthi Saravanan	16031262	431	L8	L2	W19	W10	D14	2.5	3rd Points
6	Jayden Wu	16671526	916	W22	U—	W7	U—	D2	2.5	3rd Points
7	Max Zuckernik	15879444	615	W15	W13	L6	U—	L3	2.0
8	Eilam Hao Kuo	16398651	502	W5	L11	W9	L1	U—	2.0
9	Christian Y Li	16923000	371	W11	L1	L8	W13	U—	2.0
10	Raymond Vasile	16301470	401	L16	U—	W4	L5	W11	2.0
11	Aren Kaya Veral	16865650	133	L9	W8	W17	U—	L10	2.0
12	Leo Ranson	17039940	unr.	L13	W19	W21	L3	L18	2.0
13	Trent Sturtevant	17028708	unr.	W12	L7	W20	L9	U—	2.0
14	Erik Shin	16806873	106	W19	L15	U—	D18	D5	2.0
15	Austin Fischl	16734328	842	L7	W14	U—	W16	U—	2.0	3rd Ladder
16	Alexander Nicholas Skulte	15503548	383	W10	U—	W18	L15	U—	2.0
17	Ilan Potashinsky	17014227	unr.	W20	U—	L11	U—	W21	2.0
18	Malin Xian Kuo	16398357	599	L3	U—	L16	D14	W12	1.5
19	Alexander Proscurshim	17021691	107	L14	L12	L5	L4	D20	0.5
20	Sohum Srivastava	17034477	unr.	L17	U—	L13	U—	D19	0.5
21	Harry Lee	17021486	105	L4	U—	L12	L2	L17	0.0
22	Alden Kuo	16146628	993	L6	U—	L1	U—	L4	0.0

 

 

Waltham SPRINGTIME Ladder – 03-22-2019

Fellow Waltham CC Players,

On my father’s 87th brithday, I celebrated with all my friends at Waltham Chess Club with the launching of the first ever Waltham Chess Club LADDER! It was awesome to have 17 players give the Ladder Format a try, and I received rave reviews for it. On this occasion, we made this an Unrated event to try it out. Should this format prove popular enough to elevate it, we’ll do some Rated events down the road. We may also put Unrated Ladders on our Pizza Nights.

The best part of the Ladder is that players are paired on a rolling basis, instead of having to wait until all games are finished before being re-paired. Additionally, because games can finish quickly, players can get to play far more than 4 games, as many as 8 in some cases. Therefore, there’s time for lots of chess for everyone ongoing.

We welcomed a new player Sean Barkowsky and hope he will join us on our future Unrated nights.

Winners:

Ladder:

1st Place: Anand Nair
2nd Place: Dattasai Kilari
3rd Place: Daniel Korbacher

Point Score:

1st Place: Stephen Desouza
2nd – 3rd Places (tied): Nagendranath Natti, Sean Barkowsky

LADDER is awesome! See you for the next (likely Memorial Day weekend).

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.
Waltham Chess Club
Tournament Director & Ladder Maestro

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Final Ladder Standings   Current Number	Initial Rank	Name	Points		Standings Position
1	2	Anand Nair	5.5		2
2	1	Ross Eldridge (played Amateur)	2		14
3	9	Dattasai Kilari	5.5		3
4	6	Daniel W Korbacher	4.5		5
5	10	Stephen E Carlin	2		13
6	4	Benjamin Yin	4		7
7	17	Joseph Martinez	1		15
8	7	David W Martin	3.5		9
9	5	Sean Barkowsky	4.5		4
10	11	Venkata Sai Chai Kandibanda	4		8
11	12	Stephen Desouza	6		1
12	3	Yuriy Zhaurov	3		10
13	14	Rithika Kilari	2		12
14	13	Nagendranath Natti	4.5		6
15	8	Prachi Dayal	3		11
16	15	Ledio Zarka	1		16
17	16	Daniel Carlin	0		17

 

Final Point Standings, Waltham SPRINGTIME Ladder – 03-22-2019

#

Name

ID

Rtng

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

Rd 8

Rd 9

Rd 10

Rd 11

Tot

Prize

1

Stephen Desouza

12811020

1240

W8

U—

W16

L10

L9

W15

W17

U—

W3

W11

U—

6.0

1st Points

2

Anand Nair

15223527

1778

L14

U—

W13

U—

U—

D6

W9

U—

W10

W7

W4

5.5

1st Ladder

3

Dattasai Kilari

16429310

1330

W13

U—

W7

W15

U—

W9

W5

U—

L1

D4

U—

5.5

2nd Ladder

4

Sean Barkowsky

13800136

1607

W5

U—

L6

W11

U—

L8

U—

W12

W16

D3

L2

4.5

2nd-3rd Points

5

Daniel W Korbacher

13147702

1595

L4

U—

W17

D8

U—

W12

L3

U—

W6

W10

U—

4.5

3rd Ladder

6

Nagendranath Natti

15481128

1012

W12

U—

W4

W17

U—

D2

L7

U—

L5

W16

U—

4.5

2nd-3rd Points

7

Benjamin Yin

15583212

1682

W10

U—

L3

W13

U—

U—

W6

U—

W9

L2

U—

4.0

8

Venkata Sai Chai Kandibanda

14697088

1258

L1

W15

U—

D5

U—

W4

U—

U—

W11

D9

U—

4.0

9

David W Martin

12877246

1535

W11

U—

L14

U—

W1

L3

L2

W15

L7

D8

U—

3.5

10

Yuriy Zhaurov

14256202

1717

L7

U—

W12

W1

U—

W14

U—

U—

L2

L5

U—

3.0

11

Prachi Dayal

16442640

1490

L9

U—

W15

L4

U—

W17

W12

U—

L8

L1

U—

3.0

12

Rithika Kilari

16429325

944

L6

U—

L10

W16

U—

L5

L11

L4

L13

W17

U—

2.0

13

Stephen E Carlin

12674473

1312

L3

U—

L2

L7

U—

W16

U—

U—

W12

U—

U—

2.0

14

Ross Eldridge

12399747

1843

W2

U—

W9

U—

U—

L10

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

2.0

15

Joseph Martinez

17013471

408

U—

L8

L11

L3

U—

L1

U—

L9

W17

U—

U—

1.0

16

Ledio Zarka

17003171

782

W17

U—

L1

L12

U—

L13

U—

U—

L4

L6

U—

1.0

17

Daniel Carlin

16895561

484

L16

U—

L5

L6

U—

L11

L1

U—

L15

L12

U—

0.0

 

 

Wallchart, Waltham SPRINGTIME Ladder – 03-22-2019

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11
1	Ross Eldridge	MA	B 2	—-	W 7	—-	—-	W 3	—-	—-	—-	—-	—-
	1843 12399747 (1862)		1.0	U1.0	2.0	U2.0	U2.0	2.0	U2.0	U2.0	U2.0	U2.0	U2.0
2	Anand Nair	MA	W 1	—-	B 10	—-	—-	W 13	W 7	—-	B 3	W 4	W 5
	1778 15223527 (1840)		0.0	U0.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0	1.5	2.5	U2.5	3.5	4.5	5.5
3	Yuriy Zhaurov	MA	B 4	—-	B 14	W 12	—-	B 1	—-	—-	W 2	W 6	—-
	1717 14256202 (1872)		0.0	U0.0	1.0	2.0	U2.0	3.0	U3.0	U3.0	3.0	3.0	U3.0
4	Benjamin Yin	MA	W 3	—-	B 9	W 10	—-	—-	B 13	—-	B 7	B 2	—-
	1682 15583212 (1800)		1.0	U1.0	1.0	2.0	U2.0	U2.0	3.0	U3.0	4.0	4.0	U4.0
5	Sean Barkowsky		B 6	—-	B 13	W 8	—-	B 11	—-	B 14	W 15	W 9	B 2
	1607 13800136 (1713)		1.0	U1.0	1.0	2.0	U2.0	2.0	U2.0	3.0	4.0	4.5	4.5
6	Daniel W Korbacher	MA	W 5	—-	B 16	B 11	—-	W 14	W 9	—-	B 13	B 3	—-
	1595 13147702 (1670)		0.0	U0.0	1.0	1.5	U1.5	2.5	2.5	U2.5	3.5	4.5	U4.5
7	David W Martin	MA	B 8	—-	B 1	—-	W 12	W 9	B 2	B 17	W 4	B 11	—-
	1535 12877246 (1641)		1.0	U1.0	1.0	U1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.5	U3.5
8	Prachi Dayal	MA	W 7	—-	B 17	B 5	—-	W 16	B 14	—-	W 11	B 12	—-
	1490 16442640 (1478)		0.0	U0.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0	2.0	3.0	U3.0	3.0	3.0	U3.0
9	Dattasai Kilari	MA	B 10	—-	W 4	W 17	—-	B 7	B 6	—-	W 12	B 5	—-
	1330 16429310 (1416)	KILARI	1.0	U1.0	2.0	3.0	U3.0	4.0	5.0	U5.0	5.0	5.5	U5.5
10	Stephen E Carlin	MA	W 9	—-	W 2	B 4	—-	W 15	—-	—-	W 14	—-	—-
	1312 12674473 (1436)	CARLIN	0.0	U0.0	0.0	0.0	U0.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0	2.0	U2.0	U2.0
11	Venkata Sai Chai Kandibanda	MA	B 12	B 17	—-	W 6	—-	W 5	—-	—-	B 8	W 7	—-
	1258 14697088 (1258)		0.0	1.0	U1.0	1.5	U1.5	2.5	U2.5	U2.5	3.5	4.0	U4.0
12	Stephen Desouza	MA	W 11	—-	B 15	B 3	B 7	W 17	B 16	—-	B 9	W 8	—-
	1240 12811020 (1383)		1.0	U1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	U4.0	5.0	6.0	U6.0
13	Nagendranath Natti	MA	B 14	—-	W 5	W 16	—-	B 2	W 4	—-	W 6	B 15	—-
	1012 15481128 (868)		1.0	U1.0	2.0	3.0	U3.0	3.5	3.5	U3.5	3.5	4.5	U4.5
14	Rithika Kilari	MA	W 13	—-	W 3	B 15	—-	B 6	W 8	W 5	B 10	W 16	—-
	944 16429325 (906)	KILARI	0.0	U0.0	0.0	1.0	U1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	U2.0
15	Ledio Zarka		B 16	—-	W 12	W 14	—-	B 10	—-	—-	B 5	W 13	—-
	782 17003171 (518)		1.0	U1.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0
16	Daniel Carlin		W 15	—-	W 6	B 13	—-	B 8	W 12	—-	B 17	B 14	—-
	484 16895561	CARLIN	0.0	U0.0	0.0	0.0	U0.0	0.0	0.0	U0.0	0.0	0.0	U0.0
17	Joseph Martinez		—-	W 11	W 8	B 9	—-	B 12	—-	W 7	W 16	—-	—-
	408 17013471 (408)		U0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	U0.0	0.0	U0.0	0.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0