Final Standings, Waltham CC Free Wild Card #50! – 10-05-2018

Fellow Waltham CC players,

In my nearly 10 years as Waltham TD to date, I have overseen 50 Wild Cards, and we celebrated the 50th this past Friday. Happily it was well attended by a big group who were hungry and enthusiastic enough to devour at least ten different snacks the whole night. Oh yes, they played some chess too.

Early in the evening we received a brief visit from Joe Arena, son of the recently deceased Pat Arena, with his own son. Unfortunately he did not stay long enough for me to get to meet him, and I hope he will return over the next five weeks as we honor his father during the Pat Arena Memorial Open.

Winners:

1st-2nd-3rd Place (tied): Alan Song, Yuriy Zhaurov, Anand Nair

U1400 (tied): Bernhard Paul, Steve Desouza

Full standings are below my signature.  Photographs are on my Facebook page.

Next Friday 10/12 begins the Waltham CC 2018 Club Championship & Pat Arena Memorial Open. The competitors are Steve Winer (a past Champion returning to try to regain his title), Suraj Ramanthan, Jerry Li, Karthik Padmanabhan, Ross Eldridge, and Alexander Meng. We have several new competitors in this field, and it will be a fascinating competition to watch.

See you next Friday for the launch of the big event.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

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Waltham CC October Free Wild Card #50! – 10-05-2018

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Alan Song	15418978	1989	1990	W4	W3	W7	W11	L2	4.0	1st-2nd -3rd
2	Yuriy Zhaurov	14256202	1892	1899	W6	W20	L8	W5	W1	4.0	1st-2nd -3rd
3	Anand Nair	15223527	1755	1774	W18	L1	W10	W9	W12	4.0	1st-2nd -3rd
4	Bernhard Paul	16749426	1374	1380	L1	W18	W14	L7	W13	3.0	U1400 (tied)
5	David W Martin	12877246	1514	1536	W21	L8	W15	L2	W10	3.0
6	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1228	1205	L2	L9	W19	W18	W14	3.0	U1400 (tied)
7	Karthik Sai Padmanabhan	14297265	1759	1764	W13	W12	L1	W4	U—	3.0
8	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1757	1779	W15	W5	W2	U—	U—	3.0
9	Rithika Kilari	16429325	581	808	L20	W6	W13	L3	D16	2.5
10	Todd S Chase	12414355	1951	1917	W22	D11	L3	W16	L5	2.5
11	Paul Sciaraffa	12297410	1709	1721	W14	D10	W12	L1	U—	2.5
12	Daniel W Korbacher	13147702	1635	1609	W19	L7	L11	W15	L3	2.0
13	Alexander C Tran	15962546	1074	1043	L7	W19	L9	W17	L4	2.0
14	Gordon Webster Peters	15885708	922	954	L11	W22	L4	W21	L6	2.0
15	Dattasai Kilari	16429310	1042	1072	L8	W21	L5	L12	W22	2.0
16	Jose Solorzano	16076642	1478	1467	H—	U—	W22	L10	D9	2.0
17	Eric A Heinecke	14193718	845	837	H—	U—	U—	L13	W21	1.5
18	Vasant Padmanabhan	14780698	947	937	L3	L4	W21	L6	U—	1.0
19	Srikrishna Nuvvula	15732226	526	592	L12	L13	L6	W22	U—	1.0
20	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1692	1686	W9	L2	U—	U—	U—	1.0
21	Daniel Carlin		unr.	439	L5	L15	L18	L14	L17	0.0
22	Stephen E Carlin	12674473	1346	1236	L10	L14	L16	L19	L15	0.0