Monday, February 27, 2012

Final Results, Norcal House of Chess Winter Chess Championship

On Feb 26 and Feb 27, a 5 round FIDE qualifying tournament (in the Open section) sponsored by the Norcal House of Chess was held in Fremont at the Allstar Institute.  A total of 53 players in 3 sections played.  The Allstar Institute is a new place for chess tournaments, and it is a very decent place to hold a tournament.  Centrally located in Fremont with a few restaurants nearby and a hotel next door.

The Open section was a mix of the Old World veterans, with 4 masters, and the New World, consisting of many of top under-14 kids in the country.  The Old World took most of the top spots, but there were a few surprises along the way.  Allan Beilin upset NM Ronald Cusi, and Weibel Team members Michael Wang drew with NM Cusi and Kevin Moy drew with IM Ricardo DeGuzman.



RESULTS OF THE TOURNAMENT
Open Section (FIDE RATED) 30/90 SD/30
Standings Winter Chess Championship 2012:
Open
#NameRatingPostRd1Rd2Rd3Rd4Rd5TotalPrize
1(IM)Raymond Kaufman24142418W8W7W3L2W114$180.00
2(NM)Ryan Porter22842296W14L3W17W1W74$180.00
3(IM)Ricardo DeGuzman25002486W16W2L1W11D43.5$65
4Kevin Moy20072023D6W13W9H---D33.5$65
5Rayan Taghizadeh20062008W17H---H---L7W83U2100 $52.50
6Pranav Nagarajan18191848D4D10H---D12W133U2100 $52.50
7(FM)Tanuj Vasudeva20132027W10L1H---W5L22.5
8Jeffrey Tao19701973L1D17W16W9L52.5
9Michael Wang19591967D15W12L4L8W142.5
10Neel Apte21152094L7D6H---D14D162
11Allan Beilin20162024D13W15H---L3L12Biggest Upset Winner $20.00
12Ted Castro20001987H---L9Z---D6H---2
13Vikram Ganesh18431848D11L4D14W16L62
14Jerome Sun19071902L2D16D13D10L91.5
15(FM)Ronald Cusi23272308D9L11H---U---U---1
16Art Zhao19911969L3D14L8L13D101
17Anirudh Seela17211724L5D8L2U---U---0.5


 
Amateur Section (U1900) G/90
Standings.WinterChessChampionship2012:Amateur
#NameRtngPostRd1Rd2Rd3Rd4Rd5TotalPrize
1Michael Ho18151829W2W9W12D4L33.5$110.00
2Audrey Zhao16041654L1W13D11W12W43.5$110.00 + $20 Biggest Upset Prize
3Henry Vinerts18751864D6D11H---D10W13$25.00
4Venkata Nandula17961789W7D12B---D1L23$25.00
5Amit Sant16521670L12D7H---W8W103U1700 $35.00
6Anthony Zhou16251648D3D8D9H---W113$35.00
7Faeiq Jfouf15881608L4D5H---W13W93$35.00
8Kevin Dooley17441701L10D6D13L5X122
9Alekhya Nandula16591638W13L1D6D11L72
10Sameer Vijay15791597W8H---U---D3L52
11Joanna Liu15701575H---D3D2D9L62
12Peter Tu18821857W5D4L1L2F81.5
13Nikhil Jaha14111400L9L2D8L7B---1.5
Reserve (U1500) G/90
Standings.WinterChessChampionship2012:Reserve
#NameRtngPostRd1Rd2Rd3Rd4Rd5TotalPrize
1Om Chinchwadkar14431478H---W13W7W8W44.5$110.00
2Brandon Ho11861297W16L7W15W9W64$50.00
3Pranav Senthilkumar13411331D13W23L5W19W83.5$40.00
4Balaji Daguppati12581322W21W15H---W5L13.5U1200 $45.00
5Ram Nandula12311252D23W18W3L4W113.5$45.00
6Chinguun Bayaraa13941379W11W10L8W7L23
7Chenyi Zhao12871306W9W2L1L6W133
8Atri Surapaneni12721282W14W20W6L1L33
9Louis Law10591145L7W17W21L2W153Biggest Upset Prize $20.00
10Serafina Show12371213W19L6D11L13W182.5
11Seth Castro11831173L6W16D10W20L52.5
12Siddharth Srinivasan11081090L15L19W23H---W202.5
13Stephen Ho10991145D3L1W18W10L72.5
14Maurya Palusa10451040L8L21W16B---H---2.5
15Calvin Tam14481380W12L4L2W17L92
16Zhiyi [Agnes] Wang1020999L2L11L14B---W192
17William Sartorio900903L20L9W22 L15W232
18Tommy Koh10211002H---L5L13W23L101.5
19Aditya Tadimeti990981L10W12H---L3L161.5
20Aksithi Eswaran808823W17L8H---L11L121.5
21Agnes Williams12001175L4W14L9U---U---1
22Anvi Surapaneni850829H---H---L17U---U---1
23Jaden Wei970917D5L3L12L18L170.5