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

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#	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

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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 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

 

 

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

 

Final Standings, Waltham CC 2018 QUICK CHAMPIONSHIP – 12-07-2018 – 12-14-2018

Fellow Waltham CC players,

 

I couldn’t be happier – am in a state of exultation in fact as I write this – at far we have come as a Club in the Hobbs Brook Management cafeteria. Not only is the cafeteria light and bright for the first time in over a decade, but the decor has been remodeled with new tables and chairs. (You can see before and after in these photos.) Certainly they took some getting used to, but I think our appreciation of the new environment will grow over time. (That is, as long as we don’t get plunged into darkness again.)

 

Thanks to the 20 players who joined us at this very special time for Waltham CC to square off in the 2nd annual Quick Championship. We’ll be happier still in our new setting without the pervasive paint fumes, but I am breath-taken at the difference a new color scheme makes.

 

I would like to welcome back to our midst Agustin Garcia, who visited us many years ago and now came back to take 2nd place in the Championship. A shout-out also to Ross Eldridge and Prachi Dayal, the U1800 and U1400 winners.

 

But finally let me congratulate the reigning WALTHAM CC 2018 QUICK CHAMPION, IM Denys Shmelov.

 

Winners:

 

1st: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd: Agustin Garcia

U1800: Ross Eldridge

U1400: Prachi Dayal

Daily Prizes: Alan Song, Vitaliy Ryabinin, Ames Abbot, Albeto Villasis

 

We’ll see you next Friday as we close out 2018 with the Christmas Party and Bughouse Tournament. Bring LOTS OF FOOD & DRINK!

 

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham CC Championship Director

Final Standings. Waltham CC 2018 Quick Championship – 12-07-2018 – 12-14-2018

#

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

Prize

1

Denys Shmelov

13433622

2358

W11

W2

W8

W3

D4

W5

W9

W12

W13

W3

W2

W6

W4

W7

13.5

1st – CHAMP

2

Agustin P Garcia

14669043

1884

W18

L1

W12

D10

W3

W11

L8

W16

W14

W10

L1

D3

W6

W5

10.0

2nd

3

Ross Eldridge

12399747

1753

H—

W9

W10

L1

L2

L6

H—

W7

W11

L1

W9

D2

W14

W4

8.5

U1800

4

Todd S Chase

12414355

1932

W16

L10

W11

W5

D1

L8

W6

W18

L10

W9

D14

D13

L1

L3

7.5

5

Anand Nair

15223527

1729

W7

L8

W9

L4

W16

L1

W17

H—

H—

L7

W18

D14

W9

L2

7.5

6

Vitaliy Ryabinin

14237176

1775

L9

W19

W16

L8

L11

W3

L4

L9

W15

W11

W10

L1

L2

W12

7.0

D.P. #2

7

Prachi Dayal

16442640

1389

L5

L12

W17

L11

W19

L9

W18

L3

W17

W5

L13

W11

W15

L1

7.0

U1400

8

Alan Song

15418978

2122

W12

W5

L1

W6

W10

W4

W2

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

7.0

D.P. #1

9

Benjamin Yin

15583212

1499

W6

L3

L5

W12

D18

W7

L1

W6

W12

L4

L3

W10

L5

L14

6.5

10

David Milliern

13784637

1716

W17

W4

L3

D2

L8

H—

H—

W19

W4

L2

L6

L9

W11

L15

6.5

11

Daniel W Korbacher

13147702

1634

L1

W18

L4

W7

W6

L2

W16

W17

L3

L6

W19

L7

L10

L13

6.0

12

Rudolf Tschaut

16748857

1608

L8

W7

L2

L9

W17

L13

W19

L1

L9

W16

L15

W17

W19

L6

6.0

13

Nicholas Sterling

12454027

1716

D19

U—

U—

U—

U—

W12

U—

W15

L1

U—

W7

D4

U—

W11

5.0

14

Ames Abbot

12522524

1688

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

W20

L2

W19

D4

D5

L3

W9

5.0

D.P. #2

15

Albeto J Villasis

16779385

1347

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

L13

L6

W17

W12

W18

L7

W10

5.0

D.P. #2

16

David W Martin

12877246

1569

L4

W17

L6

W18

L5

W19

L11

L2

D20

L12

H—

H—

U—

U—

4.5

17

Stephen Desouza

12811020

1336

L10

L16

L7

W19

L12

L18

L5

L11

L7

L15

W20

L12

X18

W19

4.0

18

Jason Albert Havener

14332512

1569

L2

L11

W19

L16

D9

W17

L7

L4

L19

W20

L5

L15

F17

U–

4.0

19

Stephen E Carlin

12674473

1346

D13

L6

L18

L17

L7

L16

L12

L10

W18

L14

L11

W20

L12

L17

2.5

20

Bernhard Paul

16749426

1336

H—

H—

U—

U—

U—

U—

U—

L14

D16

L18

L17

L19

U—

U—

1.5

 

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

 

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

 

Final Standings, Waltham CC BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 – 07-20-2018 – 07-27-2018

Fellow Waltham CC players,

Thanks to everyone who played in the 2018 Waltham Blitz Championship.  By one player we beat last year’s attendance with 27 players.  I understand that the WALTHAM  CC 2018 BLITZ CHAMPION, IM Denys Shmelov, is doubly celebrating because he has also just recently become a US Citizen.  We are really pleased to have him as a regular at the Club.

We also welcome Alex Yu, a first timer at our Club who took 3rd Place over all (tied with Ross Eldridge, who won the U1800 Prize), and we hope Alex becomes a regular at the Club too.

Winners:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov, 2018 BLITZ CHAMPION

2nd Place: Todd Chase

3rd Place: Alex Yu (tied with Ross Eldridge)

U1800: Ross Eldridge

U1400: Kelsey Liu

Daily Prize, Night #1: Ilya Rozonoyer

Daily Prize, Night #2, William Kelleher

Please note down the following upcoming events:

10/12/18 – 11/10/18 WALTHAM CC 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP & AUTUMN OPEN

12/7/18 – 12/14/18 WALTHAM CC 2018 QUICK CHAMPIONSHIP

And we hope to see you again soon over the board.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

Final Standings. WCC Blitz Championship 2018 – Combined over 7/20/2018 and 7/27/2018

#

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

2613

$26

$5

$2

$11

$7

$3

$16

$18

W12

$4

#3

$7

22.5

1st – CHAMP

2

Todd S Chase

12414355

1989

#6

$8

L1

$9

$10

W7

W6

W4

$16

W3

#8

W12

16

2nd

3

Alex Yu

14581805

2080

W9

W4

$8

W10

$11

L1

$9

W11

W8

W2

D1

#18

14

3rd

4

Ross Eldridge

12399747

1714

H–

W3

L5

W8

$23

$26

$27

W2

$5

L1

L12

$20

14

3rd/U1800

5

Ilya Rozonoyer

12733326

1888

$23

L1

$4

D7

W6

$11

$15

W12

L4

$9

L7

W8

13.5

D.P. Night #1

6

Kelsey Liu

15770981

1381

D2

$26

L11

$23

W5

$22

W2

L7

W21

$15

W18

W16

13.5

U1400

7

Brandon Dante Wu

14933988

1976

H–

$9

W10

#5

L1

W2

U–

$6

W13

$11

$5

L1

13.5

8

Vitaliy Ryabinin

14237176

1722

$22

L2

L3

W4

W9

$23

$21

W11

W3

W12

D2

W5

12.5

9

Kevin Liu

15582141

1432

W3

L7

$22

L2

W8

$14

L3

$14

W18

L5

L11

$27

11

10

Alan Song

15418978

1952

$15

W11

W7

W3

L2

H–

$20

W8

$11

U–

U–

U–

11

11

Anand Nair

15223527

1815

$14

W10

$6

L1

L3

L5

$14

W3

L10

L7

$9

L13

10

12

William Kelleher

10012571

2127

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

$13

W5

W1

W8

$4

W2

9

D.P. Night #2

13

Kevin James Hass

15531186

1608

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L12

$15

W7

W18

W20

$11

8

14

Gordon Webster Peters

15885708

815

L11

$15

L23

W22

L24

L9

L11

L9

$25

W19

L17

W21

7

15

Adriano Perola

16563383

831

L10

L14

$26

H–

U–

U–

L5

L13

$27

L6

$25

L17

7

16

Prachi Dayal

16442640

1673

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L1

$25

L2

W20

$19

W6

7

17

Robert King

12681247

2006

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

$21

$14

$15

7

18

Anatoly Levin

12602344

1896

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

$19

L1

W9

W13

W6

D3

6.5

19

Andrew W Lo

16417480

1300

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L18

$27

L20

W14

L16

$25

6

20

Stephen Desouza

12811020

1305

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L10

W21

$19

W16

W13

L4

6

21

Wesley Lo

16417500

429

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L8

W20

W6

L17

$27

W14

6

22

Eric Rosengren

16753878

unr.

L8

W23

L9

W14

$26

L6

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

5

23

Alexander Leyner

16686927

817

L5

W22

$14

L6

L4

L8

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

4

24

Nicholas Sterling

12454027

1673

U–

U–

U–

$26

$14

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

4

25

Eric A Heinecke

14193718

939

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L16

L14

$27

L15

L19

3

26

Stephen E Carlin

12674473

1453

L1

L6

L15

L24

L22

L4

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

1

27

Richard Daniel Taylor

16399428

104

H–

U–

U–

U–

U–

U–

L4

L19

L15

L25

L21

L27

1

 

Final Standings, Waltham CC Summertime Thematic Tournament – 06-22-2018

Fellow Waltham CC players,

On the longest day of the year, 13 players gathered at Waltham Chess Club for the first ever Thematic Tournament. We ran the pilot Thematic as an unrated event, 4-Round G/10 d0 double Swiss. The openings played were: Round 1, Queen’s Gambit Accepted; Round 2, Ruy Lopez; Round 3, Nimzo-Indian; Round 4, King’s Gambit Accepted.

Our newest player, Daniel Korbacher, has already distinguished himself as a relatively new USCF player by winning prizes at each of the events he’s played in. We hope he’ll continue to come and improve as he plays in diverse time-controls tournaments.

Winners:

1st Place: Ilya Rozonoyer

2nd Place: Yuriy Zhaurov

3rd Place: Alan Song

U1800: Daniel Korbacher

Please notify me if you enjoyed having a Thematic and would like to see more of them. We can make them Rated and can feature other Openings or even have a single Opening used all night.

Blitz next week. Thanks and see you over the board.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

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Final Standings: Waltham CC Summertime Thematic Tournament

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1873	$7	$2	#4	$5	7.5	1st
2	Anand Nair	15223527	1677	$11	L1	$8	$6	6.0	[amat.]
3	Yuriy Zhaurov	14256202	1862	$9	L4	#5	$7	6.0	2nd
4	Alan Song	15418978	2049	$8	$3	D1	U—	4.5	3rd
5	Daniel Korbacher	13147702	1617	$13	$12	D3	L1	4.0	U1800
6	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1642	$10	U—	$9	L2	4.0
7	Eric A Heinecke	14193718	1210	L1	W10	$13	L3	3.0
8	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1235	L4	$11	L2	W9	3.0
9	Gordon Webster Peters	15885708	1131	L3	$13	L6	W8	3.0
10	Raeann Zhou	16094277	732	L6	W7	W11	U—	2.0
11	Charles M Cleary	12670268	755	L2	L8	W10	U—	1.0
12	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1837	H—	L5	U—	U—	1.0
13	Joanne Jiang Zhou	16092271	721	L5	L9	L7	U—	0.0

Final Standings: Waltham FREE WILD CARD #47, 02-16-2018

Fellow Waltham Chess Club players,

First, the 2018 Amateur Team East is in progress as I write this, and one Team has Denys Shmelov, Robert King, Todd Chase, Matt Phelps, a second Team has Jerry Li, Alan Song, Alex Yu, and Bernie Xu. There are several other MA Teams. Good luck to all of them.

And at Waltham CC, I’m very happy to get back into high attendance for our Wild Cards. Also, this was the first blitz Wild Card in quite a while, and I had forgotten how strange G/4 d2 feels in comparison to G/5 d0.

.

Winners (hypothetical, without actual prizes):

1st Place: Joseph Perl

2nd Place: Anand Nair

3rd Place: Yuriy Zhaurov

U1800: Ross Eldridge

Yuriy and Ross were tied.

Next week we have real Rated Blitz. See you again over the board.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Joseph Perl	12595285	2060	B—	$12	$10	$5	$2	9.0	1st
2	Anand Nair	15223527	1889	$16	$3	W5	$8	L1	7.0	2nd
3	Yuriy Zhaurov	14256202	1944	$15	L2	W6	D10	$12	5.5	3rd (tied)
4	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1745	W12	#17	W8	$13	U—	5.5	3rd (tied); U1800
5	Alan Song	15418978	1904	$13	$6	W2	L1	U—	5.0
6	Emigdio Niquet	14202096	1713	$14	L5	W3	W12	W8	5.0
7	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1731	U—	$9	W15	U—	$13	5.0
8	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1900	#9	W10	W4	L2	W6	4.5
9	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1270	D8	L7	D12	#14	$16	4.5
10	Carl A Stutz	10249198	1945	#17	W8	L1	#3	U—	4.0
11	Eric A Heinecke	14193718	1018	B—	U—	U—	W16	$14	4.0
12	Prachi Dayal	16442640	unr.	W4	L1	#9	W6	L3	3.5
13	Jose Solorzano	16076642	1386	L5	#14	$17	L4	L7	3.5
14	Alexander C Tran	15962546	unr.	L6	D13	$16	D9	L11	3.0
15	David W Martin	12877246	1557	L3	$16	W7	U—	U—	3.0
16	Derek Min	16567323	608	L2	L15	L14	W11	L9	1.0
17	Paul Sciaraffa	12297410	1709	D10	D4	L13	U—	U—	1.0