12
Feb
20

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.
17
Dec
19

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

[–]

#

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

[

15
Dec
19

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

Concord-Carlisle December Scholastic Ladder #5 – 12-14-2019
 
Bay State Chess Kings Facebook Group
 
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
[–]

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
13
Dec
19

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
24
Nov
19

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
[–]
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

2nd3rd

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

23
Nov
19

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.
02
Nov
19

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
  • 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.
31
Jul
19

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

 

 

10
Apr
19

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  

 

 

31
Mar
19

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

 




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