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