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

Final Standings, Waltham CC 2018 Pat Arena Memorial Open – 10-19-2018 – 11-16-2018

Fellow Waltham CC players,

This is my opportunity to thank all the players who have supported Waltham CC faithfully over its 48 years. The 2018 annual Open, lined up with the Invitational Championship, was dedicated this year in memory of Pasquale “Pat” Arena, the founder of Waltham Chess Club in the 1970s. This is his obituary published at the Joyce Funeral Home website:

“Mr. Pasquale W. ‘Pat’ Arena, of Waltham, died Wednesday September 12, 2018 in Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. He was 92.

Pat was born in Framingham on April 1, 1926, a son of the late Giovanni and Jennie (Infererre) Arena, and moved to Waltham with his family as a child. He grew up in Waltham surrounded by a large family and developed a love . . . and a keen talent . . . for drawing in grade school. His career composition for Miss Turner’s eighth grade class at South Junior High School was ‘Cartoonist’.

During World War II Pat joined the United States Navy and after the war enrolled at New England School of Art, graduating in 1949. He later earned an associate’s degree in business management from Northeastern University. Until his retirement he worked for more than forty years for the Raytheon Company as a lithographer and artist/illustrator and cartoonist.

Pat’s cartoons first appeared in Navy publications and over the decades in newspapers locally and around the country. While he worked at Raytheon he also taught for twenty-seven years at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln. He later taught at schools in Wellesley, Weston and in Wayland.

Pat also became the art director of the Waltham Museum and was a frequent lecturer at the Waltham Public Library. He had a talent for playing the piano and a passion for playing chess. He became one of the founders of the Waltham Chess Club.

His favorite sports team was the Boston Celtics and he cherished their golden era when Johnny Most gave colorful and illustrative play by play on the radio. Fall was also special when he took the grandkids on the annual apple picking journey.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Ruth M. (Uberti) Arena; his children, Patricia Arena of Weston, Jeanne Melnick (Paul) of Center Harbor, New Hampshire, Carolyn Harms (Craig) of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Joseph Arena (Maureen) of Hudson, New Hampshire, James Arena of Framingham and Thomas Arena (Renée) of Waltham; his grandchildren, Daniel, David, Brandon, Garrett, Rebecca, Brianna, Joseph and Justin; his great-grandchild, Brayden; his siblings, Anthonino Arena of Waltham, Grace Rooney of Natick, Rose Clasby of Foxboro, Mary Vallerand of Waltham, Joseph Arena of Florida, James Arena of Florida and Nickolas Arena of Southbridge and many nieces and nephews.

He was also the father of the late John Arena and brother of the late Orazzio, John and Albert Arena.

Family and friends will honor and remember Pat’s life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Monday, September 17th from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Jude Church, 147 Main Street, Waltham where his Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to The Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452.”

Thanks to Pat’s son Joe Arena and to Ed Herbert and Lou Mercuri who joined us for a Club tribute to Pat on 10/12/18, and who donated some memorabilia from Pat’s original days with the Club at the Waltham Public Library.

And thanks to the 21 players who made the Open a big success:

Winners:

1st Place: Todd Chase

2nd-3rd Place (tied): Yuriy Zhaurov, Ilya Rozonoyer

Under 1800 (tied): Daniel Korbacher, Benjamin Yin, Prachi Dayal

Under 1400: Bernhard Paul

As of this writing the Championship itself is incomplete because two games have to be made up.

We look forward to next year’s Pat Arena Memorial Open and will continue with this tradition.

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

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Current Wall Chart. Waltham CC 2018 Pat Arena Memorial Open: Invitational Championship

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Jerry Li	W 2	B 4	W 3	B 5	W 6
	2160 15391332 (1986)	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.0
2	Alexander Fang Meng	B 1	W 6	B 4	W 3	W 5
	1886 15844061 (1767)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
3	Steven Winer	W 6	W 5	B 1	B 2	W 4
	2447 12549813 (2324)	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	4.5
4	Karthik Sai Padmanabhan	B 5	W 1	W 2	B 6	B 3
	2149 14297265 (1960)	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5
5	Ross Eldridge	W 4	B 3	B 6	W 1	B 2
	1904 12399747 (1786)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
6	Suraj Ramanathan	B 3	B 2	W 5	W 4	B 1
	2169 14361257 (2049)	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0

 

FINAL Standings. Waltham CC 2018 Pat Arena Memorial Open: Pat Arena Memorial Open

#

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

Todd S Chase

12414355

2011

2030

W5

D17

W4

W2

H—

H—

W12

W3

W9

W6

8.5

1st

2

Yuriy Zhaurov

14256202

1920

1916

W10

L3

W6

L1

W11

H—

W4

W12

W5

D8

7.0

2nd-3rd

3

Ilya Rozonoyer

12733326

1922

1918

W6

W2

H—

D4

L12

W5

W10

L1

W11

W9

7.0

2nd-3rd

4

Anand Nair

15223527

1826

1812

W7

W15

L1

D3

D9

W12

L2

W8

W18

L5

6.0

5

Daniel W Korbacher

13147702

1649

1629

L1

W18

L11

W7

W10

L3

L9

W14

L2

W4

5.0

U1800 – tied

6

Prachi Dayal

16442640

1437

1449

L3

W7

L2

W18

L8

D9

W15

H—

W14

L1

5.0

U1800 – tied

7

Bernhard Paul

16749426

1164

1194

L4

L6

W14

L5

W19

W18

H—

H—

L8

W11

5.0

U1400

8

Benjamin Yin

15583212

1580

1591

H—

H—

U—

U—

W6

D10

W11

L4

W7

D2

5.0

U1800 – tied

9

David W Martin

12877246

1626

1627

H—

H—

D10

W11

D4

D6

W5

U—

L1

L3

4.5

10

Stephen Desouza

12811020

1349

1366

L2

W14

D9

W17

L5

D8

L3

L18

L13

W19

4.0

11

Gordon Webster Peters

15885708

1238

1243

H—

H—

W5

L9

L2

W14

L8

W19

L3

L7

4.0

12

Lawrence Tu

15597798

1802

1806

W14

H—

W17

H—

W3

L4

L1

L2

U—

U—

4.0

13

Nicholas Sterling

12454027

1815

1817

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

W19

W15

W10

W14

4.0

14

Rithika Kilari

16429325

596

685

L12

L10

L7

W19

W15

L11

W20

L5

L6

L13

3.0

15

Eric A Heinecke

14193718

1245

1207

H—

L4

H—

U—

L14

W19

L6

L13

U—

W20

3.0

16

Dylan J Goertz

13242154

1528

1531

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

W18

W20

U—

U—

3.0

17

Ames Abbot

12522524

1870

1847

W18

D1

L12

L10

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

2.5

18

Dattasai Kilari

16429310

1249

1198

L17

L5

W19

L6

L20

L7

L16

W10

L4

L21

2.0

19

Srikrishna Nuvvula

15732226

507

516

H—

H—

L18

L14

L7

L15

L13

L11

W20

L10

2.0

20

Matthew David Sullivan

16076636

unr.

599

H—

H—

U—

U—

W18

U—

L14

L16

L19

L15

2.0

21

Jose Solorzano

16076642

1487

1491

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

W18

2.0