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, Waltham CC 2017 Blitz Championship – 07-21-2017 – 07-28-2017

Fellow Waltham CC players,

 

              Thanks in abundance to everyone who played in our 4th annual Blitz Championship the past two Fridays. We had a record number of players at 26 (with 19 playing both nights and 17 playing all 12 Rounds), and we had an exceptionally high prize fund: $100-$80-$60-$40-$20. The competition was passionate and got a little dispute-filled at times, but went overall very smoothly

 

              Reigning Blitz Champion SM DENYS SHMELOV handily headed off the runners up to defend and retain his title of WALTHAM CC BLITZ CHAMPION for 2017. He had celebrated his birthday earlier in the week, so the $100 prize with Championship made for a welcome birthday gift.

 

             Winners:

                              1st Place: SM Denys Shmelov

                              2nd Place: Sherif Khater

                              3rd Place: Sergio Dario German

                              U1800: David Milliern

                              U1400: Stephen Desouza

                              Daily Prize: Alan Sikarov

 

              The full standings are given here below my signature and on my Blog, and will be published on the Waltham CC website this week.   Photos have been published on Facebook on the Waltham CC Facebook page and the Bay State Chess Kings Facebook Group.

 

              In just over two months comes our five-week Autumn Open and Invitational Waltham CC 2017 Championship. These award the highest cash prizes the Club offers. The dates are 10/13-11/11, and we hope you can join us.

 

              See you over the board.

 

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph,D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

 

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SwissSys Standings. Waltham CC 2017 Blitz Championship: Combined

#	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	Denys Shmelov	13433622	2586	$15	$8	#2	W3	$6	$7	$7	$5	#2	$3	$8	$4	22.0	1st
2	Sherif A Khater	12748218	2359	$11	$5	D1	$17	W3	#4	$10	$13	D1	$6	$5	W3	18.5	2nd
3	Sergio Dario German	16403741	2427	$7	$9	$17	W1	W2	$8	$11	W4	$8	L1	$6	W2	18.0	3rd
4	Anand Nair	15223527	1841	$22	L17	$10	W12	W8	D2	$19	W3	D15	$9	$11	L1	14.0
5	Alan Sikarov	13679232	1855	$14	L2	L7	$23	$21	L17	$22	L1	$7	$15	L2	$20	14.0	D.Prize
6	Todd S Chase	12414355	1999	W12	$13	W8	#7	L1	#9	W12	$14	$9	L2	W3	W8	13.0
7	David Milliern	13784637	1698	L3	$21	$5	D6	$12	L1	L1	$22	L5	$19	L20	$18	12.5	U1800
8	Ian W Dudley	15256685	1992	$23	L1	W6	$9	W4	L3	$25	$16	L3	#13	L1	W6	12.5
9	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1954	$21	L3	#13	L8	$15	D6	W14	$20	L6	L4	$12	#13	12.5
10	Gershon Gilman	14301702	1589	L17	$22	L4	W16	$23	W13	L2	$26	W12	L11	$19	W15	12.0
11	David W Martin	12877246	1590	L2	W14	L12	$19	L16	$23	L3	$19	W16	$10	L4	$14	12.0
12	Srikanth Rapaka	15450758	1571	W6	W15	$11	W4	L7	D16	W6	D15	W10	W20	L9	$25	11.0
13	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1815	$19	L6	D9	#15	L17	W10	$26	L2	$24	D8	W15	D9	11.0
14	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1216	L5	W11	L15	W22	#18	$19	W9	L6	L20	$22	$25	L11	10.5	U1400
15	Anton Barash	13679247	1720	L1	W12	$14	D13	L9	W21	W20	#12	#4	L5	W13	W10	10.5
16	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1715	U—	U—	$19	W10	$11	#12	$24	L8	W11	U—	U—	U—	9.5
17	Soren Aletheia-zomlefer	13921895	2217	$10	$4	L3	L2	$13	$5	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	8.0
18	Eric A Heinecke	14193718	1025	B—	U—	D23	L21	D14	$22	H—	U—	U—	W25	$22	L7	8.0
19	Gordon Peters	15885708	704	L13	W23	L16	L11	$22	L14	L4	L11	$25	L7	L10	$22	7.0
20	Dennis P Kelly	14690180	1560	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	W15	L9	$14	W12	$7	L5	6.0
21	Joseph Cho	15978193	1217	L9	L7	$22	$18	L5	W15	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	5.0
22	Anthony German	16403756	968	L4	L10	L21	W14	L19	L18	L5	L7	$26	L14	L18	L19	3.0
23	Mitchell Gamburg	16085321	1255	L8	W19	#18	L5	L10	L11	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	2.5
24	Andrew W Lo	16417480	unr.	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	L16	$25	L13	U—	U—	U—	2.0
25	Otto German	16406165	1344	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	L8	L24	L19	W18	$14	L12	1.0
26	Wesley Lo	16417500	unr.	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	L13	L10	L22	U—	U—	U—	0.0