Tournament Results

Waltham Chess Club - December 2019

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2019

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/final-standings-waltham-cc-2019-pat-arena-memorial-open-10-18-2019-11-15-2019/

WINNERS: Steven Winer & Bryan Hu, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2019 CO-CHAMPIONS

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Steven Winer	12549813	2458	W5	W4	W3	D2	W6	4.5	1st-2nd
2	Bryan Hu	13328981	2331	W3	W5	W6	D1	W4	4.5	1st-2nd
3	Karthik Sai Padmanabhan	14297265	2138	L2	D6	L1	W4	W5	2.5
4	Kelsey Liu	15770981	2005	D6	L1	W5	L3	L2	1.5
5	Eric Feng	15742464	2015	L1	L2	L4	W6	L3	1
6	Diego Ubiera	12686854	1987	D4	D3	L2	L5	L1	1

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club QUICK Championship 2019

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/final-standings-waltham-cc-2019-quick-championship-12-06-2019-12-13-2019/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2019 QUICK CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd & 3rd Places (tied): Stephen Gradijan, Todd Chase

Under 1800: Anand Nair

Daily Prize: Kenneth Thomas, Ross Eldridge

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2421	W11	W5	W7	W2	W12	W3	W4	W11	W4	W3	W2	W8	W5	W6	14	1st-CHAMP
2	Todd Chase	12414355	1817	W17	D12	W5	L1	W4	L7	W13	D9	W13	W5	L1	L4	W10	W11	9	2nd-3rd
3	Anand Nair	15223527	1712	W13	D6	L12	W6	W7	L1	W17	W10	W5	L1	L4	D9	W11	W13	9	2nd-3rd-Under 1800
4	Stephen Gradijan	12454998	1824	W10	L7	W11	W16	L2	W5	L1	W6	L1	W9	W3	W2	L8	W5	9	2nd-3rd
5	Agustin Garcia	14669043	1925	W9	L1	L2	W10	W16	L4	W11	W15	L3	L2	W6	W13	L1	L4	7
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. Pr. 1st N.
8	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1746	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	H..	D9	W6	W13	L1	W4	W10	5.5	D. Pr. 2nd N.
9	David W. Martin	12877246	1569	L5	W13	L16	L11	W17	H..	H..	D2	D8	L4	D10	D3	U..	U..	5
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
12	Matthew Derek Meredith	10031443	1945	W6	D2	W3	D7	L1	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	4
13	Rithika Kilari	16429325	1085	L3	L9	W17	L14	W10	L6	L2	W16	L2	W15	L8	L5	L6	L3	4
14	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1629	U..	D6	D10	W3	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	D11	U..	U..	2.5
15	Jason Albert 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	L5	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2

Waltham Chess Club - November 2019

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Pat Arena Memorial Open 2019

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2019/11/24/final-standings-waltham-cc-pat-arena-memorial-open-2019-10-18-2019-11-15-2019/

WINNERS:

1st Place: Agustin Garcia

2nd-3rd Places: Stephen Gradijan, Todd Chase (2-way tie)

Under 1400: Pragyan Sriram

Daily Prizes:

10/18/19: Agustin Garcia, Stephen Gradijan, Robert King

10/25/19: Stephen Gradijan, Anand Nair, Dattasai Kilari

11/1/19: Alexander Ganin, David Martin

11/8/19: Agustin Garcia, Yuriy Zhaurov

11/15/19: Agustin Garcia, Todd Chase, Dattasai Kilari

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Agustin Garcia	14669043	2038	W11	W4	L2	W12	W6	D3	W5	W14	W8	W7	8.5	1st
2	Stephen Gradijan	12454998	1952	W12	W3	W1	W6	L4	W5	W10	L8	L7	W9	7	2nd-3rd
3	Todd Chase	12414355	2052	W5	L2	L6	W9	W14	D1	D4	W11	W10	W8	7	2nd-3rd
4	Anand Nair	15223527	1915	W9	L1	W7	W11	W2	D6	D3	L5	W12	L10	6
5	Dattasai Kilari	16429310	1460	L3	L9	W15	W7	W12	L2	L1	W4	L6	W14	6
6	Yuriy Zhaurov	14256202	1873	W15	D8	W3	L2	L1	D4	W14	W12	L5	W11	6
7	Alexander Ganin	17088887	1982	W14	L13	L4	L5	W9	W12	H..	H..	W2	L1	5
8	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1822	L13	D6	L12	W15	U..	W11	W9	W2	L1	L3	4.5
9	Pragyan Sriram	16552308	886	L4	W5	L11	L3	L7	W15	L8	W16	W14	L2	4	Under 1400
10	David Martin	12877246	1600	H..	H..	U..	U..	W15	W14	L2	U..	L3	W4	4
11	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1350	L1	D12	W9	L4	L5	L8	L8	W16	W17	L6	3.5
12	Rithika Kilari	16429325	932	L2	D11	W8	L1	H..	L7	H..	L6	L4	W17	3.5
13	Robert King	12681247	2200	W8	W7	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
14	Ansh Jeslani	16438780	1009	L7	W15	H..	H..	L3	L10	L6	L1	L9	L5	2
15	Matthew David Sullivan	16076636	676	L6	L14	L5	L8	L10	L9	H..	H..	U..	U..	1
16	Chenping Zhao	16852570	604	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L11	L9	U..	U..	1
17	Ledio Zarka	17003171	466	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L11	L12	1

Waltham Chess Club - July 2019

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club BLITZ Championship 2019

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2019/07/31/final-results-waltham-cc-blitz-championship-2019-07-19-19-07-26-19/

WINNER: Steven Winer, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2019 BLITZ CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: Steven Winer

2nd Place: Bryan Hu

3rd Place: Alan Song, Brandon Dante Wu

Under 1800: Dattasai Kilari

Under 1400: Stephen Desouza

Daily Prize: IM Denys Shmelov, Andrew Su, Anand Nair

CODE:

$ = "won two"

# = "won one, drew one"

W = "won one, lost one" or "two draws"

D = "drew one, lost one"

L = "lost two"

#	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	3rd (tied)
4	Alan Song	15418978	2059	$31	L20	W18	$7	$26	L1	$15	$11	L2	$14	L1	$7	16	3rd (tied)
5	Stewart Bradley Taylor Jr	15223183	2000	$22	L26	$10	$14	L20	$6	$17	W7	$9	W6	L2	W10	15
6	Anand Nair	15223527	1885	W17	$23	W3	$11	L2	L5	$19	W13	$7	W5	L3	#14	13.5	D. Pr. 2nd N. (tied)
7	Dattasai Kilari	16429310	1739	L1	$16	W21	L4	$19	$11	$27	W5	L6	#12	$18	L4	13.5	Under 1800
8	Benjamin Yin	15583212	1788	$29	L3	L12	$22	#14	W26	$29	L2	D12	$30	$9	L1	13
9	Todd S Chase	12414355	1906	$15	L2	#13	#12	S18	L3	$24	$10	L5	W11	L8	W22	13
10	Andrew Su	15518741	1719	L26	$22	L5	#31	D11	W17	$30	L9	W17	$19	#11	W5	12.5	D. Pr. 2nd N. (tied)
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
14	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1763	HH.	$17	W28	L5	D8	W31	U..	$25	$22	L4	$17	D6	12
15	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1200	L9	L13	W32	L19	$29	$32	L4	$32	L11	W16	W30	$23	11	Under 1400
16	Venkata Sai Chai Kandibanda	14697088	1257	L21	L7	W19	$23	L17	#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
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
21	Gregory O Kaden	12000550	2034	$16	L1	W7	W18	$28	$12	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	8
22	Rithika Kilari	16429325	1229	L5	L10	$29	L8	L31	L15	L3	$34	L14	W24	$19	W9	8
23	Ledio Zarka	17003171	577	HH.	L6	L17	L16	$32	W29	U..	W16	L21	W27	$33	L15	8
24	Joseph Cho	15978193	1104	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L9	W30	W25	W22	$29	W12	7
25	Jacob Snell	15597803	752	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L18	L14	W24	$32	W16	$29	7
26	Siddharth Arun	13206647	2202	$10	$5	D20	W3	L5	W8	U.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	6.5
27	Evan Marks	17098376	unr.	HH.	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
30	William Duan	17088584	unr.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L10	W24	$33	L8	W15	W16	6
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.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L13	L19	L32	L29	L23	L27	1
34	Matthew David Sullivan	16076636	522	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L28	L22	U..	U..	U..	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - March 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:

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/waltham-springtime-ladder-03-22-2019/

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

Waltham Chess Club - December 2018

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2018

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/12/14/final-standings-waltham-cc-2018-pat-arena-memorial-open-10-19-2018-11-16-2018/

WINNER: Steven Winer, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2018 CHAMPION

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Steven Winer	12549813	2447	W3	W6	D2	W5	W4	4.5	1st
2	Jerry Li	15391332	2160	W5	L4	D1	W6	D3	3	2nd
3	Suraj Ramanathan	14361257	2169	L1	W5	W6	D4	D2	3	2nd
4	Karthik Sai Padmanabhan	14297265	2149	L6	W2	W5	D3	L1	2.5
5	Alexander Fang Meng	15844061	1886	L2	L3	L4	L1	W6	1
6	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1904	W4	L1	L3	L2	L5	1

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club QUICK Championship 2018

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/final-standings-waltham-cc-2018-quick-championship-12-07-2018-12-14-2018/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2018 QUICK CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd Place: Agustin Garcia

Under 1800: Ross Eldridge

Under 1400: Prachi Dayal

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

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2358	W11	W2	W8	W3	D4	W5	W9	W12	W13	W3	W2	W6	W4	W7	13.5	1st-CHAMP
2	Agustin Garcia	14669043	1884	W18	L1	W12	D10	W3	W11	L8	W16	W14	W10	L1	D3	W6	W5	10	2nd
3	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1753	H..	W9	W10	L1	L2	L6	H..	W7	W11	L1	W9	D2	W14	W4	8.5	Under 1800
4	Todd 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	W13	L8	L11	W3	L4	L9	W11	W10	L1	L2	W12	7	D. Pr. 2nd N. - tied
7	Prachi Dayal	16442640	1389	L5	L12	W17	L11	W19	L9	W18	L3	W17	W5	L13	W11	W15	L1	7	Under 1400
8	Alan Song	16442640	2122	W12	W5	L1	W6	W10	W4	W2	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	7	D. Pr. 1st N.
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 Korbacher	13147702	1634	L1	W18	L4	W7	W6	L2	W16	W17	L3	L6	W19	L7	L10	L13	6
12	Rudolf Tschaut	16748857	1608	L8	W7	L2	L9	W17	L13	W19	L1	L9	W16	L15	W17	W19	L6	6
13	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1716	D19	U..	U..	U..	U..	W12	U..	W15	L1	U..	W7	D4	U..	W11	5
14	Ames Abbot	12522524	1688	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W20	L2	W19	D4	D5	L3	W9	4	D. Pr. 2nd N. - tied
15	Albeto Villasis	16779385	1347	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L13	L6	W17	W12	W18	L7	W10	4	D. Pr. 2nd N. - tied
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	W18	L5	L11	L7	L15	W20	L12	X18	W19	4
18	Jason Albert Havener	14332512	1569	L2	L11	W19	L16	D9	W17	L7	L4	L19	W20	L5	L15	F17	U..	4
19	Stephen 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

Waltham Chess Club - November 2018

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Pat Arena Memorial Open 2018

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/12/14/final-standings-waltham-cc-2018-pat-arena-memorial-open-10-19-2018-11-16-2018/

WINNERS:

1st Place: Todd Chase

2nd-3rd Places: Yuriy Zhaurov, Ilya Rozonoyer (2-way tie)

Under 1800 (tied): Daniel Korbacher, Prachi Dayal, Benjamin Yin (3-way tie)

Under 1400: Bernhard Paul

Daily Prizes:

10/19/18: Ilya Rozonoyer, Anand Nair

10/26/18: Todd Chase

11/2/18: Bernhard Paul

11/9/18: Todd Chase, Yuriy Zhaurov

11/16/18: Todd Chase, Ilya Rozonoyer

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Todd Chase	12414355	2011	W5	D17	W4	W2	H..	H..	W12	W3	W9	W6	8.5	1st
2	Yuriy Zhaurov	14256202	1920	W10	L3	W6	L1	W11	H..	W4	W12	W5	D8	7	2nd-3rd
3	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1922	W6	W2	H..	D4	L12	W5	W10	L1	W11	W9	7	2nd-3rd
4	Anand Nair	15223527	1826	W7	W15	L1	D3	D9	W12	L2	W8	W18	L5	6
5	Daniel Korbacher	13147702	1649	L1	W18	L11	W7	W10	L3	L9	W14	L2	W4	5	Under 1800 - tied
6	Prachi Dayal	16442640	1437	L3	W7	L2	W18	L8	D9	W15	H..	W14	L1	5	Under 1800 - tied
7	Bernhard Paul	16749426	1164	L4	L6	W14	L5	W19	W18	H..	H..	L8	W11	5	Under 1400
8	Benjamin Yin	15583212	1580	H..	H..	U..	U..	W6	D10	W11	L4	W7	D2	5	Under 1800 - tied
9	David W. Martin	12877246	1626	H..	H..	D10	W11	D4	D6	W5	U..	L1	L3	4.5
10	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1349	L2	W14	D9	W17	L5	D8	L3	L18	L13	W19	4
11	Gordon Webster Peters	15885708	1238	H..	H..	W5	L9	L2	W14	L8	W19	L3	L7	4
12	Lawrence Tu	15597798	1802	W14	H..	W17	H..	W3	L4	L1	L2	U..	U..	4
13	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1815	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W19	W15	W10	W14	4
14	Rithika Kilari	16429325	596	L12	L10	L7	W19	W15	L11	W20	L5	L6	L13	3
15	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1245	H..	L4	H..	U..	L14	W19	L6	L13	U..	W20	3
16	Dylan J. Goertz	13242154	1528	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W18	W20	U..	U..	3
17	Ames Abbot	12522524	1870	W18	D1	L12	L10	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2.5
18	Dattasai Kilari	16429310	1249	L17	L5	W19	L6	L20	L7	L16	W10	L4	L21	2
19	Srikrishna Nuvvula	15732226	507	H..	H..	L18	L14	L7	L15	L13	L11	W20	L10	2
20	Matthew David Sullivan	16076636	unr.	H..	H..	U..	U..	W18	U..	L14	L16	L19	L15	2
21	Jose Solorzano	16076642	1487	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W18	2

Waltham Chess Club - October 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 at my Blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/final-standings-waltham-cc-free-wild-card-50-10-05-2018/.

Photographs are on my Facebook page.

On Friday 10/19 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.

Waltham Chess Club - July 2018

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club BLITZ Championship 2018

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/final-results-waltham-cc-blitz-championship-2018-7-20-18-7-27-18/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2018 BLITZ CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd Place: Todd Chase

3rd Place: Alex Yu

Under 1800: Ross Eldridge

Under 1400: Kelsey Liu

Daily Prize: Ilya Rozonoyer, William Kelleher

CODE:

$ = "won two"

# = "won one, drew one"

W = "won one, lost one" or "two draws"

D = "drew one, lost one"

L = "lost two"

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2613	$27	$5	$2	$11	$7	$3	$16	$18	W12	$4	#3	$7	22.5	1st-CHAMP
2	Todd 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	HH.	W3	L5	W8	$24	$27	$26	W2	$5	L1	L12	$20	14	3rd / Under 1800
5	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1888	$24	L1	$4	D7	W6	$11	$15	W12	L4	$9	L7	W8	13.5	D. Pr. 1st N.
6	Kelsey Liu	15770981	1381	D2	$27	L11	$24	W5	$22	W2	L7	W21	$15	W18	W16	13.5	Under 1400
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	$24	$21	W11	W3	W12	D2	W5	12.5
9	Kevin Liu	15582141	1432	W3	L7	$22	L2	W8	$14	L3	$14	W18	L5	L11	$26	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	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	$13	W5	W1	W8	$4	W2	9	D. Pr. 2nd N.
13	Kevin James Hass	15531186	1608	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L12	$15	W7	W18	W20	$11	8
14	Gordon Webster Peters	15885708	815	L11	$15	L24	W22	L23	L9	L11	L9	$25	W19	L17	W21	7
15	Adriano Perola	16563383	831	L10	L14	$27	HH.	U..	U..	L5	L13	$26	L6	$25	L17	7
16	Prachi Dayal	16442640	1673	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L1	$25	L2	W20	$19	W6	7
17	Robert King	12681247	2006	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	$21	$14	$15	7
18	Anatoly Levin	12602344	1896	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	$19	L1	W9	W13	W6	D3	6.5
19	Andrew W Lo	16417480	1300	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L18	$26	L20	W14	L16	$25	6
20	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1305	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L10	W21	$19	W16	W13	L4	6
21	Wesley Lo	16417500	429	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L8	W20	W6	L17	$26	W14	6
22	Eric Rosengren	16753878	968	L8	W24	L9	W14	$27	L6	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	4
23	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1673	U..	U..	U..	$27	$14	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	4
24	Alexander Leyner	16686927	817	L5	W22	$14	L6	L4	L8	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
25	Eric Heinecke	14193718	939	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L16	L14	$26	L15	L19	3
26	Richard Daniel Taylor	16399428	104	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L4	L19	L15	L25	L21	L9	1
27	Stephen Carlin	12674473	1453	L1	L6	L15	L23	L22	L4	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	0

Waltham Chess Club - June 2018: Summertime Thematic Tournament

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

Full standings are at my Blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/06/23/final-standings-waltham-cc-summertime-thematic-tournament-06-22-2018/

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.

Waltham Chess Club - February 2018: Free Wild Card #47

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. Full standings are at my Blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/final-standings-waltham-free-wild-card-47-02-16-2018/

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

Waltham Chess Club - December 2017

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club QUICK Championship 2017

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/final-standings-waltham-cc-2017-quick-championship-12-01-2017-12-08-2017/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2017 QUICK CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd Place: Daniel Frank Johnston

3rd Place: Sherif Khater

Under 1800: Vitaliy Ryabinin

Under 1400: Stephen Desouza

Daily Prize: Alan Song, Evan Maclure, Suraj Ramanathan

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2389	W5	W4	W3	W2	W7	W6	W17	W5	W9	W4	L2	W6	D3	W7	12.5	1st-CHAMP
2	Daniel Frank Johnston	13335422	2157	W16	L3	W5	W17	L1	W4	W6	W8	W7	W6	W1	W3	W9	W4	12	2nd
3	Sherif Khater	12748218	2245	W6	W2	L1	W16	W7	W5	L4	L6	W11	W7	D9	L2	D1	W14	9	3rd
4	Alan Song	15418978	1983	W8	L1	L16	W19	W6	L2	W3	W11	W14	L1	L6	W7	W12	L2	8	D. Pr. 1st N. - tied
5	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1732	L1	W8	L2	W13	W16	L3	W11	L1	D10	W15	L12	W14	W6	L9	7.5	Under 1800
6	Anand Nair	15223527	1707	L3	W13	W18	W11	L4	L1	L2	W3	W12	L2	W4	L1	L5	W10	7
7	Todd Chase	12414355	1999	D10	W17	W11	L1	L3	L16	W20	W15	L2	L3	W8	L4	W11	L1	6.5
8	Evan Maclure	14647958	1671	L4	L5	W10	W18	W17	H..	H..	L2	L15	W18	L7	W10	U..	U..	6	D. Pr. 1st N. - tied
9	Suraj Ramanathan	14361257	1970	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W10	L1	W14	D3	W12	L2	W5	5.5	D. Pr. 2nd N.
10	Stephen Desouza	12674473	1277	D7	L11	L8	W20	W19	L17	L13	L9	D5	L12	W15	L8	W21	L6	5	Under 1400
11	Stephen E. Carlin	12674473	1421	H..	W10	L7	L6	D13	W18	L5	L4	L3	W21	L14	W18	L7	L12	5
12	Robert King	15450758	1571	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	H..	L6	W10	W5	L9	L4	W11	4.5
13	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1675	U..	L6	W20	L5	D11	U..	W10	U..	W21	U..	U..	U..	W18	U..	4.5
14	Emigdio Niquet	14202096	1771	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W14	L4	L9	W11	L5	W13	L3	4
15	Gordon Peters	15885708	988	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L7	W8	L5	L10	W21	L14	W18	4
16	David Milliern	13784637	1704	L2	W20	W4	L3	L5	W7	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3.5
17	Edward Astrachan	12430870	1746	W20	L7	W19	L2	L8	W10	L1	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
18	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1299	H..	H..	L6	L8	L20	L11	W19	U..	U..	L8	W21	L16	L13	L15	3
19	Jose Solorzano	16076642	1329	H..	H..	L17	L4	L10	W20	L18	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
20	Miles Spranca	14829298	888	L17	L16	L13	L10	W18	L19	L7	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1
21	Jeffrey Guan	16229905	475	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L14	L13	L11	L18	L15	L10	L19	1

Waltham Chess Club - November 2017

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2017

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2017-club-championship/

WINNER: Jacob Chudnovsky, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2017 CHAMPION

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Jacob Chudnovksy	12571158	2429	W5	W3	W2	W6	W4	5	1st
2	Sergio Dario German	16403741	2416	D3	W6	L1	W4	W5	3.5	2nd
3	Sherif Khater	12748218	2264	D2	L1	L4	W5	W6	2.5
4	Farzad Abdi	12868372	2326	W6	U..	W3	L2	L1	2
5	Todd Chase	12414355	2070	L1	U..	D6	L3	L2	0.5
6	Edward Astrachan	12430870	1932	L4	L2	D5	L1	L3	0.5

Waltham Chess Club - November 2017

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Autumn Open 2017

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2017-chess-championship/

WINNERS:

1st Place: Alan Song

2nd Place: Ilya Rozonoyer

3rd Place: Anand Nair

Under 1400: Stephen Desouza, John Miller, Gordon Peters, Edward Shi (4-way tie)

Daily Prizes:

10/13/17: Alan Song, Ilya Rozonoyer, Anand Nair

10/20/17: Alan Song, Stephen Desouza

10/27/17: David Milliern, Yuriy Zhaurov

11/3/17: Alan Song, Ilya Rozonoyer, John Miller

11/10/17: Alan Song, Ilya Rozonoyer, Anand Nair, Edward Shi

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Alan Song	15418978	2065	W8	W4	W2	W5	H..	H..	W3	W6	W10	W15	9	1st
2	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1906	W14	W7	L1	W9	W3	L5	W18	W8	W4	W6	8	2nd
3	Anand Nair	15223527	1877	W9	W6	L5	W4	L2	D13	L1	W14	W8	W10	6.5	3rd
4	David Milliern	13784637	1854	W10	L1	W13	L3	W9	W6	H..	H..	L2	W5	6
5	Yuriy Zhaurov	14256202	1973	H..	H..	W3	L1	W10	W2	L6	L7	W9	L4	5
6	Stephen E. Carlin	12674473	1413	W18	L3	L9	W10	W8	L4	W5	L1	W14	L2	5
7	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1804	W16	L2	U..	U..	W11	W14	U..	W5	U..	W9	5
8	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1334	L1	L10	W18	W14	L6	W9	W16	L2	L3	L11	4	Under 1400 - tied
9	John Miller	12744728	1209	L3	W18	W6	L2	L4	L8	W14	W16	L5	L7	4	Under 1400 - tied
10	Gordon Peters	15885708	1176	L4	W8	W16	L6	L5	W18	H..	H..	L1	L3	4	Under 1400 - tied
11	Edward Shi	16140827	893	H..	H..	U..	U..	L7	W16	U..	U..	W17	W8	4	Under 1400 - tied
12	Jose Solorzano	16076642	1504	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W18	U..	W14	3
13	Ames Abbot	12522524	1839	H..	H..	U..	U..	W16	D3	U..	U..	U..	U..	2.5
14	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1262	L2	W16	L4	L8	W18	L7	L9	L6	L3	L12	2
15	Antonio Feng	16486682	636	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W16	L1	2
16	Anthony German	16403756	929	L7	L14	L10	W18	L13	L11	L8	L9	L15	D17	1.5
17	Grant Overby	16439830	1305	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L11	D16	1.5
18	Christina Quin	15902703	418	L6	L9	L8	L16	L14	L10	L2	L12	U..	U..	0

Waltham Chess Club - July 2017

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club BLITZ Championship 2017

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/final-standings-waltham-cc-2017-blitz-championship-07-21-2017-07-28-2017/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2017 BLITZ CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd Place: Sherif Khater

3rd Place: Sergio Dario German

Under 1800: David Milliern

Under 1400: Stephen Desouza

Daily Prize: Soren Aletheia-zomlefer, Alan Sikarov

CODE:

$ = "won two"

# = "won one, drew one"

W = "won one, lost one" or "two draws"

D = "drew one, lost one"

L = "lost two"

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2586	$15	$8	#2	W3	$6	$7	$7	$5	#2	$3	$8	$4	22	1st-CHAMP
2	Sherif 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	3rd
4	Anand Nair	15223527	1841	$22	L17	$10	W12	W8	D2	$19	W3	D15	$9	$11	L1	14
5	Alan Sikarov	13679232	1855	$14	L2	L7	$24	$21	L17	$22	L1	$7	$15	L2	$20	14	D. Pr. 2nd N.
6	Todd Chase	12414355	1999	W12	$13	W8	#7	L1	#9	W12	$14	$9	L2	W3	W8	13
7	David Milliern	13784637	1698	L3	$21	$5	D6	$12	L1	L1	$22	L5	$19	L20	$18	12.5	Under 1800
8	Ian Dudley	15256685	1992	$24	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	$24	W13	L2	$26	W12	L11	$19	W15	12
11	David W. Martin	12877246	1590	L2	W14	L12	$19	L16	$24	L3	$19	W16	$10	L4	$14	12
12	Srikanth Rapaka	15450758	1571	W6	W15	$11	W4	L7	D16	W6	D15	W10	W20	L9	$25	11
13	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1815	$19	L6	D9	#15	L17	W10	$26	L2	$23	D8	W15	D9	11
14	Stephen Desouza	12674473	1216	L5	W11	L15	W22	#18	$19	W9	L6	L20	$22	$25	L11	10.5	Under 1400
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	$23	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	D. Pr. 1st N.
18	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1025	HH.	U..	D24	L21	D14	$22	U..	U..	U..	W25	$22	L7	7.5
19	Gordon Peters	15885708	704	L13	W24	L16	L11	$22	L14	L4	L11	$25	L7	L10	$22	7
20	Dennis Kelly	14690180	1560	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W15	L9	$14	W12	$7	L5	7
21	Joseph Cho	15978193	1217	L9	L7	$22	$18	L5	W15	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	5
22	Anthony German	16403756	968	L4	L10	L21	W14	L19	L18	L5	L7	$26	L14	L18	L19	3
23	Andrew W. Lo	16417480	Unr.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L16	$25	L13	U..	U..	U..	3
24	Mitchell Gamburg	16085321	1255	L8	W19	#18	L5	L10	L11	U.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2.5
25	Otto German	16406165	1344	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L8	L23	L19	W18	$14	L12	2
26	Wesley Lo	16417500	Unr.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L13	L10	L22	U..	U..	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - June 2017: SUMMERTIME! 960Chess

Fellow Chess-Players,

It has been a long time since I have posted any tournament results on Waltham Chess Club's website. Since then there have been a lot of changes on Waltham Chess Club's schedule, and one of the more recent ones is the addition of 960Chess, or Fischer Random.

At our second 960Chess Summertime! Tournament on June 23, 2017, we drew in 12 players. The major procedural change from last time was to randomize the positions better by drawing them directly off the chessgames.com website instead of pre-printing them. This change definitely made the chosen positions much more varied.

SM IM Denys Shmelov, Robert King, and Anand Nair split 1st, 2nd , 3rd, and Under 1800 Prizes. Highlight and Upset Game of the Night: Vitaliy Ryabinin defeated IM Denys Shmelov in Round 2. Evidently 960Chess is tricky for players at all levels!

Full standings are at my Blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/waltham-chess-club-june-2017-summertime-960chess/

Blitz Championship in July. We'll see you soon over the board.

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

2017 U.S. Amateur Team East: Best Massachusetts Team

Congratulations to IM Denys Shmelov, Rob King, and Todd Chase of Waltham Chess Club, together with Matt Phelps, for their victory as BEST MA TEAM at 2017 U.S. Amateur Team East.

Waltham Chess Club - July 2016

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club BLITZ Championship 2016

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2016-blitz-championship-0722-292016/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2016 BLITZ CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd Place: Sherif Khater

3rd Place: Todd Chase, Andrew Liu, Lawyer Times (3-way tie)

Under 1800: Max Heller Bennett

Under 1400: Jeffrey Hui Gao

Daily Prize, 1st Night: Evan MacLure

Daily Prize, 2nd Night: Sean Murray

CODE:

$ = "won two"

# = "won one, drew one"

W = "won one, lost one" or "two draws"

D = "drew one, lost one"

L = "lost two"

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2565	$11	$3	#4	#2	$7	$10	$8	$7	W2	$4	$5	$13	22	1st-CHAMP
2	Sherif Khater	12748218	2247	$18	$8	#5	D1	W4	W7	$6	$9	W1	W5	$4	$3	18	2nd
3	Todd Chase	12414355	2073	$14	L1	$8	W7	$9	#4	$10	$21	L4	W13	$6	L2	15.5	3rd-tied
4	Andrew Liu	13987660	2328	$6	$19	D1	$5	W2	D3	#17	$12	$3	L1	L2	$9	15.5	3rd-tied
5	Lawyer Times	12167330	2265	$10	#9	D2	L4	#19	$8	$11	W13	$17	W2	L1	$7	15.5	3rd-tied
6	Max Heller Bennett	14159528	1576	L4	$20	$19	D9	D10	$15	L2	W14	$16	$10	L3	W17	13	Under 1800
7	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1985	HH.	$18	W9	W3	L1	W2	$18	L1	D13	$15	$21	L3	12.5
8	Sean Murray	12740273	1641	$16	L2	L3	W20	$14	L5	L1	L17	$23	W11	$15	$18	12	D. Pr. 2nd N.
9	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1745	$25	D5	W7	#6	L3	W11	$23	L2	$11	#21	L13	L4	11.5
10	Evan MacLure	14647958	1543	L5	$25	W11	$18	#6	L1	L3	$23	W21	L6	L12	W15	10.5	D. Pr. 1st N.
11	Dennis Kelly	14690180	1612	L1	W14	W10	W16	$18	W9	L3	$18	L9	W8	L17	W14	10
12	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1707	U..	U..	U..	$25	U..	$14	U..	L4	$18	W17	$10	U..	9
13	Peter Pfiffner	12621558	1926	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	$12	W5	#7	W3	$11	L1	8.5
14	Jeffrey Hui Gao	13790453	1335	L3	W11	L18	$23	L8	L12	L5	W6	L15	W16	$23	W11	8	Under 1400
15	Stephen Desouza	12674473	1453	HH.	L7	W16	L19	$24	L6	U..	W16	$14	L7	L8	W10	8
16	Roman Asanov	16081271	unr.	L8	W18	W15	W11	W20	L19	L21	W15	L6	W14	L18	$23	8
17	Ian Dudley	15256685	1633	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	D4	$8	L3	W12	$11	W6	7.5
18	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1353	L2	W16	$14	L10	L11	L20	L7	L11	L12	$23	$16	L8	7
19	Brandon Dante Wu	14933988	1934	$20	L4	L6	$15	D5	$16	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	6.5
20	Dwayne Bell	15256685	1279	L19	L6	$25	W8	W16	$18	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	6
21	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1739	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	$16	L3	W10	D11	L7	U..	4.5
22	Andrew Boyer	15256685	1633	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	$25	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
23	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1017	HH.	U..	U..	L14	W25	W24	L11	L10	L8	L18	L14	L16	3
24	Patrick Henry Barry	15732687	unr.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	L15	W23	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
25	Gordon Peters	15885708	471	L9	L10	L20	L12	W23	L22	U.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - June 2016

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2016

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2016-club-championship/

WINNER: Sherif Khater, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2016 CHAMPION

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Sherif A. Khater	12748218	2227	W2	W4	W3	D5	W6	4.5	1st
2	Todd Chase	12414355	2094	L1	W6	D4	W3	U..	2.5	2nd
3	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1739	W5	L1	D2	W6	L4	2.5	2nd
4	Edward Astrachan	12430870	2025	L6	W5	L1	L2	W3	2
5	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1793	W3	L2	D5	L4	L1	1.5
6	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1900	L4	L3	D6	D1	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - June 2016

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Summer Open 2016

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2016-club-championship

WINNERS:

1st Place: David Martin

2nd Place & 3rd Place: Ilya Rozonoyer, Evan MacLure (2-way tie)

Under 1400: Stephen Carlin, Justin Li (2-way tie)

Daily Prizes:

6/3/16: David Martin, Ilya Rozonoyer, Evan MacLure

6/10/16: Jeffrey Hui Gao

6/17/16: Evan MacLure

6/24/16: David Martin, Ilya Rozonoyer

7/8/16: David Martin, Ilya Rozonoyer, Brandon Wu

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	David Martin	12877246	1648	W5	W15	D3	D7	D4	W2	W9	W12	W6	W14	8.5	1st
2	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1901	W6	W4	W7	L3	H..	L1	W5	W9	W8	W10	7	2nd-3rd
3	Evan MacLure	14647958	1585	W14	W12	D1	W2	W9	W4	D7	D6	H..	H..	7	2nd-3rd
4	Stephen E. Carlin	12674473	1353	W18	L2	D5	W6	D1	L3	W12	D7	W10	L13	5.5	Under 1400
5	Justin Y. Li	15826242	1028	L1	B..	D4	W8	D6	H..	L2	W18	W14	U..	5.5	Under 1400
6	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1326	L2	W14	W12	L4	D5	W18	D10	D3	L1	L17	4.5
7	Daniel Wang	14551900	1626	W11	W8	L2	D1	H..	H..	D3	D4	U..	U..	4.5
8	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1251	W16	L7	H..	L5	W14	D11	H..	U..	L2	W18	4.5
9	Jeffrey Hui Gao	13790453	1248	H..	H..	W14	W11	L3	W10	L1	L2	U..	U..	4
10	Jeremy Li	15936418	Unr.	L15	L11	B..	W18	H..	L9	D6	D14	L4	L2	3.5
11	Edward Zhu	16056606	Unr.	L7	W10	W18	L9	H..	D8	H..	U..	U..	U..	3.5
12	Gordon Peters	15885708	677	B..	L3	L6	W14	H..	H..	L4	L1	U..	U..	3
13	Brandon Wu	14933988	2140	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W18	W4	3
14	Andrew Zhang	16058226	Unr.	L3	L6	L9	L12	L8	B..	H..	D10	L5	L1	2
15	Oscar Chan	15946305	1352	W10	L1	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2
16	Ames Abbot	12522524	1865	L8	W18	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2
17	Steven Winer	12522524	2445	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W6	2
18	Anthony Zhang	16058232	Unr.	L4	L16	L11	L10	B..	L6	H..	L5	L13	L8	1.5

Waltham Chess Club - July 2015

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club BLITZ Championship 2015

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/final-standings-from-waltham-chess-club-blitz-championship-2015

WINNER: Todd Chase, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2015 BLITZ CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: Todd Chase

2nd Place: Ilya Rozonoyer

3rd Place: Timothy Kelly

Under 1800: Vitaliy Ryabinin

Under 1400: Michael Ostrovskiy

CODE:

$ = "won two"

# = "won one, drew one"

W = "won one, lost one" or "two draws"

D = "drew one, lost one"

L = "lost two"

#	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	Todd Chase	12414355	2062	$6	$2	$4	#12	$3	$9	$6	$4	#2	W3	$7	$8	22	1st-CHAMP
2	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1959	$5	L1	$3	W4	W12	W6	W5	$9	D1	$14	W3	$4	15.5	2nd
3	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1784	$11	L12	L2	$5	L1	$8	D9	$12	$5	W1	W2	$7	14.5	Under 1800
4	Timothy Kelly	14690195	1882	W7	$9	L1	W2	$8	$12	$11	L1	L5	$17	$14	L2	14	3rd
5	Daniel Wang	14551900	1583	L2	W10	#8	L3	W6	W11	W2	W14	$4	D7	D8	$13	11.5
6	Dennis Kelly	14690180	1597	L1	#11	W10	#7	W5	W2	L1	L3	W10	W9	$17	W14	11.5
7	Max Heller Bennett	14159528	1435	W4	$8	L12	D6	L9	$17	W14	W15	$9	#5	L1	L3	11
8	Evan MacLure	14647958	1598	W9	L7	D5	$11	L4	L3	$16	W13	L3	$11	#5	L1	10
9	Michael Ostrovskiy	14702891	1069	W8	L4	W11	L10	$7	L1	#3	L2	L7	W6	W10	L16	9.5	Under 1400
10	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1766	U..	W5	W6	$9	U..	U..	U..	U..	W6	W15	W9	$11	9
11	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1337	L3	D8	W9	L8	$17	W5	L4	W16	$15	L8	L13	L10	7.5
12	Robert J. King	12681247	1938	HH.	$3	$7	D1	W2	L4	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	7
13	Stephen Carlin	12674473	1308	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	#15	W8	L14	W17	$11	L5	6.5
14	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1894	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W7	W5	$13	L2	L4	W6	6
15	Edward Astrachan	12430870	1788	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	D13	W7	L11	W10	W16	W17	5.5
16	Jeffrey Hui Gao	13790453	1061	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L8	W11	W17	W13	W15	L9	5
17	Eric Heinecke	14193718	945	HH.	U..	U..	U..	L11	L7	U..	U..	W16	L4	L6	W15	3.5

Waltham Chess Club - June 2015

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2015

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2015-club-championship/

WINNER: Steven Winer, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2015 CHAMPION

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Steven Winer	12549813	2419	W6	D3	W5	D4	D2	3.5	1st
2	Carissa Yip	14514636	2215	D5	W4	L3	W6	D1	3	2nd
3	Lawyer Times	12167330	2330	L4	D1	W2	D5	W6	3	2nd
4	Edward Astrachan	12430870	2029	W3	L2	L6	D1	W5	2.5
5	Sherif A. Khater	12748218	2201	D2	W6	L1	D3	L4	2
6	Todd Chase	12414355	2069	L1	L5	W4	L2	L3	1

Waltham Chess Club - June 2015

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Summer Open 2015

Available also on my blog: https://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-2015-club-championship

WINNERS:

1st Place: Andrew Luff

2nd Place: Ilya Rozonoyer

3rd Place: Vitaliy Ryabinin, Daniel Wang, Dustin Liang (3-way tie)

Under 1800: Daniel Wang, Dustin Liang (2-way tie)

Under 1400: Ananth Rangan

Daily Prizes:

5/29/15: Andrew Luff

6/5/15: Ilya Rozonoyer, Ananth Rangan

6/12/15: Syed Al-Mamun, Vitaliy Ryabinin, Dustin Liang

6/19/15: Andrew Luff, Dustin Liang

6/26/15: Andrew Luff, Vitaliy Ryabinin

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Andrew Luff	12788788	1797	W14	W11	H..	H..	D2	L8	W3	W6	D4	W5	7	1st
2	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1750	W15	D3	W12	W8	D1	W6	D4	L7	L5	W9	6.5	2nd
3	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1850	W13	D2	L8	L7	W15	W9	L1	W14	W6	D4	6	3rd
4	Daniel Wang	14551900	1418	L12	W14	D7	W18	D6	H..	D2	W8	D1	D3	6	3rd / Under 1800
5	Dustin Liang	15072460	1660	H..	H..	U..	U..	W14	W17	W8	W13	W2	L1	6	3rd / Under 1800
6	Ananth Rangan	15163642	1274	W8	L7	W18	W10	D4	L2	W9	L1	L3	W13	5.5	Under 1400
7	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1719	U..	W6	D4	W3	L8	U..	W16	W2	U..	W11	5.5
8	Syed Al-mamun	12850635	1889	L6	W15	W3	L2	W7	W1	L5	L4	L13	W16	5
9	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1287	H..	H..	U..	W19	W13	L3	L6	W16	W15	L2	5
10	David W. Martin	12877246	1804	H..	H..	W13	L6	D12	U..	W15	U..	W11	U..	4.5
11	Stephen E. Carlin	12674473	1429	W16	L1	H..	H..	U..	U..	D13	W15	L10	L7	3.5
12	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1954	W4	H..	L2	H..	D10	U..	W14	U..	U..	U..	3.5
13	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1341	L3	W16	L10	D15	L9	L14	D11	L5	W8	L6	3
14	Anish Kammila	14756510	986	L1	L4	H..	H..	L5	W13	L12	L3	W16	L15	3
15	Akhil Kammila	14756490	946	L2	L8	W19	D13	L3	L16	L10	L11	L9	W14	2.5
16	Keshav Rangan	15163657	827	L11	L13	H..	H..	L17	W15	L7	L9	L14	L8	2
17	Jeffrey Hui Gao	13790453	1048	H..	H..	U..	U..	W16	L5	U..	U..	U..	U..	2
18	Andrew The	14217434	1489	H..	H..	L6	L4	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1
19	Charles Cleary	12670268	1011	H..	H..	L15	L9	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - July 2014

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club BLITZ Championship 2014

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/final-standings-waltham-chess-club-blitz-championship-2014-71814-72514/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2014 BLITZ CHAMPION

WINNERS:

1st Place: IM Denys Shmelov

2nd Place: Steven Winer

3rd Place: Andrew Liu

Under 1800: Srikanth Rapaka

CODE:

$ = "won two"

# = "won one, drew one"

W = "won one, lost one" or "two draws"

D = "drew one, lost one"

L = "lost two"

#	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	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2534	$6	$4	D2	$7	$3	$9	$5	$4	$3	W2	$13	$7	21.5	1st-CHAMP
2	Steven Winer	12549813	2496	$5	$7	#1	#3	S4	#12	$8	$7	$13	W1	$4	W3	20.5	2nd
3	Andrew Liu	13987660	2394	$10	$9	$12	D2	L1	#4	$14	$6	L1	W13	$5	W2	16	3rd
4	Todd Chase	12414355	2057	$11	L1	W5	$9	L2	D3	$11	L1	W5	$7	L2	$14	12.5
5	Syed Al-mamun	12850635	1813	L2	$18	W4	#6	L12	$11	$16	L13	W4	$14	L3	W11	12.5
6	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1861	L1	W11	$10	D5	W7	W8	$15	L3	W14	W10	L8	$9	11.5
7	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1883	$18	L2	W9	L1	W6	W10	$17	L2	$8	L4	$10	L1	11
8	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1689	U..	U..	$11	L12	$10	W6	L2	$17	L7	$11	$6	U..	11
9	Srikanth Rapaka	15450758	1580	$12	L3	W7	L4	$11	L1	L13	$16	L10	$15	L14	L6	9	Under 1800
10	Jonathan Edwin	12923306	1690	L3	L12	L6	W11	L8	W7	L1	W11	$16	W6	L7	$15	8
11	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1325	L4	W6	L8	W10	L9	L5	L4	W10	$17	L8	$16	L5	8
12	Joshua Marcus	12657383	2138	L9	$10	L3	$8	$5	D2	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	6.5
13	Gregory Kaden	12000550	2304	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	$9	$5	L2	W3	L1	U..	6
14	Peter Teodorescu	14257357	1608	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L3	$15	W6	L5	$9	L4	6
15	Janardhan Nallapu	15477520	unr.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L6	L14	$16	L9	$17	L10	5
16	Srivishnu Piratla	15472241	unr.	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L5	L9	L15	$17	L11	U..	3
17	Jocelyn Kaden	15190568	101	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L7	L8	L11	L16	L15	U..	1
18	Ethan Qian-Tsuchida	15474096	unr.	L7	L5	HH.	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - June 2014

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2014

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2014/7/15/final-standings-in-waltham-cc-championship-2014/

WINNER: Steven Winer, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2014 CHAMPION

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Steven Winer	12549813	2419	W2	W5	W3	D4	W6	4.5
2	Todd Chase	12414355	2051	L1	W6	W5	D3	-4	2.5
3	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2463	W6	D4	L1	D2	-5	2
4	Andrew Liu	13987660	2302	W5	D3	-6	D1	-2	2
5	Michael Yu	14924236	1813	L4	L1	L2	-6	-3	0
6	Brandon Wu	14933988	1921	L3	L2	-4	-5	L1	0

Waltham Chess Club - June 2014

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Summer Open 2014

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/771/

WINNERS:

1st Place: Vitaliy Ryabinin

2nd Place & 3rd Place: Ilya Rozonoyer, Andrew Luff (2-way tie)

Under 1800: Soren Pedersen

Under 1400: Daniel Wang

Daily Prizes:

5/30/14: Vitaliy Ryabinin

6/6/14: Ilya Rozonoyer, Syed Al-mamun

6/13/14: Stephen Carlin

6/20/14: Vitaliy Ryabinin, Andrew Luff, David Martin

6/27/14: Vitaliy Ryabinin, Ilya Rozonoyer, Andrew Luff, Syed Al-mamun, Soren Pedersen

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1861	W9	W2	D12	L4	W3	D6	W5	W7	W8	W10	8	1st
2	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1747	W10	L1	W8	W12	W4	D5	L3	W6	W9	W14	7.5	2nd / 3rd
3	Andrew Luff	12788788	1713	W13	D12	L4	W6	L1	W8	W2	W5	W10	W9	7.5	2nd / 3rd
4	Syed Al-mamun	12850635	1800	W11	D5	W3	W1	L2	L7	D6	W9	W13	W8	7
5	Soren Sandmann Pedersen	15421306	1665	W14	D4	H..	H..	D6	D2	L1	L3	W11	W13	5.5	Under 1800
6	Daniel Wang	14551900	1389	L12	W13	W9	L3	D5	D1	D4	L2	D18	W11	5	Under 1400
7	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1750	U..	U..	W17	U..	W10	W4	D9	L1	U..	W18	4.5
8	David W. Martin	12877246	1639	H..	H..	L2	L11	W13	L3	W10	W14	L1	L4	4
9	Stephen Carlin	12674473	1435	L1	D10	L6	D17	W14	W13	D7	L4	L2	L3	3.5
10	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1313	L2	D9	H..	H..	L7	W14	L8	W13	L3	L1	3.5
11	Eric A Heinecke	14193718	1329	L4	W14	H..	W8	H..	U..	U..	U..	L5	L6	3
12	Frank Kroell	15375944	1848	W6	D3	D1	L2	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
13	Jesse Enoch Liu	14716377	884	L3	L6	H..	H..	L8	L9	W14	L10	L4	L5	2
14	David Ren	15436981	unr.	L5	L11	H..	H..	L9	L10	L13	L8	W20	L2	2
15	Ted Belanoff	12758264	2205	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W16	2
16	Peter Teodorescu	14257357	1650	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	D19	L15	1.5
17	Christopher Estremera	12702655	1528	U..	U..	L7	D9	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1.5
18	David Moses	12659387	1018	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	D6	L7	1.5
19	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1901	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	D16	U..	1.5
20	Amelia Chou Tran	15209812	106	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L14	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - August 2013: Free Wild Card #21

Fellow Chess-Players,

Waltham Pizza never ceases to amaze me. They had all my pizzas ready right on schedule, and we got to try a new flavor - White, with garlic, onions, and olives. Rave reviews!

Seventeen players went at it tonight, and we played G/15 d3. By popular acclamation, for future votes at Wild Cards, we'll substitute G/15 d0 (five round) for G/13 d0 (six round).

We also plan to start rotating time controls of G/30 d5, G/20 d3, and Rated Blitz among the established time controls G/10 d3, G/40 d5, and Unrated Blitz that will remain our monthly staples. If anyone has a preference, please shoot me an e-mail.

For tonight's event, Ilya Rozonoyer took clear first place, and David Martin and Edward Chiu split second place. Congratulations to the winners! The Standings are given on my Blog at http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/wcc-free-wild-card-21-standings-83013/.

I'm off for two weeks, so I'll see you when I get back!

Waltham Chess Club - June 2013

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2013

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/final-standings-in-waltham-cc-championship-invitational-2013/

WINNER: IM Denys Shmelov, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB 2013 CHAMPION

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2501	W3	W5	W4	W6	D2	4.5
2	Andrew Liu	13987660	2194	W5	D4	W6	-3	D1	3
3	Steven Winer	12549813	2437	L1	W6	W5	-2	-4	2
4	Todd S Chase	12414355	2028	W6	D2	L1	D5	-3	2
5	Farzad Abdi	12868372	2130	L2	L1	L3	D4	-6	0.5
6	Gregory Kaden	12000550	2162	L4	L3	L2	L1	-5	0

Waltham Chess Club - July 2013: G/5

Our numbers for our final event in July slipped slightly to 16, but we had a fun time nonetheless. The Standings are given on my Blog at http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/wcc-june-g5-standings-72613/. IM Denys Shmelov had first place secured by the fifth round, and Gregory Kaden and Harold Moye took second place, with Ilya Rozonoyer taking the Under 1700 Prize. For the first time in months, I got to play Bughouse afterwards, and enjoyed it immensely; too bad I have missed out on it for so long! Thanks to all who came.

Waltham Chess Club - July 2013: Free Wild Card #20

Tonight was one of the most phenomenal turnouts we have seen for a holiday weekend - 26 players! - and if we had been able to give out prizes, we would have given out all the ones available, for the first time ever! All we need to do is to keep our numbers this high for rated events, and then we will give out all the prizes. The Standings are given on my Blog at http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/wcc-free-wild-card-20-standings-7513/. We were happy to welcome back Alex Cherniack, and we congratulate him on sharing First Prize overall with Todd Chase.

Waltham Chess Club - June 2013: G/5

We had a decent turnout of 19 players for our final event in June. The Standings are given on my Blog at http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/wcc-june-g5-standings-62813/. IM Denys Shmelov edged Steven Winer for first place, and Vitaliy Ryabinin and Peter Teodorescu split the Under 1700 Prize. A brand-new player, Alex Yu, was the dark-horse winner of the Under 1200 prize. Way to go, Alex; we'll be keeping an eye on you! Thanks to all who came.

Waltham Chess Club - June 2013

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Summer Open 2013

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/

WINNERS:

1st Place: Jesse Nicholas

2nd Place & Under 1700: David Martin, Andrew Luff (2-way tie)

Under 1200: Daniel Wang

Daily Prizes:

5/3/13: Jesse Nicholas, David Martin, Evan MacLure

5/10/13: Jesse Nicholas, Eric Han, Jesse Enoch Liu

5/17/13: Jesse Nicholas, Syed Al-Mamun, Benjamin Swiszcz

5/31/13: Andrew Luff, Eric Han, Erik Elbieh, Stephen Desouza

6/7/13: Jesse Nicholas, David Martin, Stephen Desouza, Shrujan San, Walter Driscoll

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Jesse Nicholas	12872878	2130	W18	W24	W2	W3	W13	W4	H..	H..	W5	W12	9	1st
2	David Martin	12877246	1649	W8	W7	L1	W11	W5	D3	D4	L12	W9	W10	7	2nd / Under 1700
3	Andrew Luff	12788788	1625	W9	D5	W4	L1	W15	D2	W8	W16	W7	L6	7	2nd / Under 1700
4	Daniel Wang	14551900	1167	W28	D22	L3	W7	W9	L1	D2	D8	W15	D5	6	Under 1200
5	Michael Yu	14924236	1050	W11	D3	D7	W8	L2	H..	W15	H..	L1	D4	5.5
6	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1369	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W28	W11	W8	W3	5
7	Stephen Carlin	12674473	1411	W10	L2	D5	L4	L20	W23	L12	W24	L3	W9	4.5
8	Bharath Heggadahalli	14364786	891	L2	W28	W23	L5	W11	L13	L3	D4	L6	W15	4.5
9	Eric Han	14886125	867	L3	L11	W14	W10	L4	L20	W23	W15	L2	L7	4
10	Rajanna Heggadahalli	14837387	624	L7	W15	L27	L9	W16	L21	W24	L18	W22	L2	4
11	Shrujal San	14365293	299	L5	W9	W17	L2	L8	L15	L16	LL6	W14	W22	4
12	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1765	W15	U..	U..	U..	U..	W14	W7	W2	L19	L1	4
13	Evan MacLure	14647958	1195	W29	W25	H..	H..	L1	W8	U..	U..	U..	U..	4
14	Xiong Liu	14924263	975	L1	L26	L9	W28	L21	L12	L18	W23	L11	W30	3
15	Jesse Enoch Liu	14716377	907	L12	L10	W28	W23	L3	W11	L5	L9	L4	L8	3
16	Venkata Sai Chai Kandibanda	14697088	1331	H..	H..	U..	U..	L10	W28	W11	L3	U..	U..	3
17	Christopher Ye	14830541	900	L25	W29	L11	W22	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
18	Erik Elbieh	12821737	1819	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W14	W10	U..	U..	3
19	Walter Driscoll	12547513	1810	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	W12	W28	3
20	Syed Al-mamun	12850635	1791	H..	H..	U..	U..	W7	W9	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
21	Benjamin Swiszcz	12893191	1718	H..	H..	U..	U..	W14	W10	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
22	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1059	H..	D4	H..	L17	U..	U..	U..	W28	L10	L11	2.5
23	Shawn Shuang Wu	15152333	unr.	H..	H..	L8	L15	W28	L7	L9	L14	U..	U..	2
24	Brandon Wu	14933988	1431	W26	L1	H..	H..	U..	U..	L10	L7	U..	U..	2
25	R. Shane McGary	12409317	1687	W17	L13	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2
26	Sri Nuvvula	14693352	861	L24	W14	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2
27	Mark Louis West	15064763	unr.	H..	H..	W10	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	2
28	Earl Mitchell Gogan	14869096	382	L4	L8	L15	L14	L23	L16	L6	L22	W30	L19	1
29	Ian McGary	15154104	426	L13	L14	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1
30	Eddy Pan	15011424	unr.	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L28	L14	1

Waltham Chess Club - May 2013: Free Wild Card #19

Pizza and lots of drinks (thanks to Harold Moye and Stephen Carlin) kept everyone well fed and quaffed during our Wild Card event just prior to Memorial Day weekend. This made for a good respite in our 2013 Club Championship. The Standings are given on my Blog at http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/standings-from-waltham-cc-free-wild-card-19-52413/. Gregory Kaden came in first place just ahead of Erik Siggelkoe, Robert J. King, and Harold Moye. Thanks to everyone who came, and we'll see you over the board again soon.

Waltham Chess Club - June 2012

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Championship 2012

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/final-standings-in-waltham-cc-championship-invitational-62912/

WINNERS: IM Denys Shmelov, Andrew Liu, WALTHAM CHESS CLUB CO-CHAMPIONS

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	IM Denys Shmelov	13433622	2494	W4	D2	D3	W6	W5	4
2	Andrew Liu	13987660	2118	W6	D1	D4	W5	W3	4
3	Lawyer Times	12167330	2282	W5	W6	D1	D4	L2	3
4	Todd S Chase	12414355	2031	L1	W5	D2	D3	W6	3
5	Michael Gosselin	10005973	1851	L3	L4	D6	L2	L1	0.5
6	Nicholas Sterling	12454027	1796	L2	L3	D5	L1	L4	0.5

Final Standings from Waltham Chess Club Summer Open 2012

Available also on my blog: http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/154/

WINNERS:

1st Place: Steven Winer

2nd Place: Andy Li

Under 2000: Ross Eldridge, Andrew J Boyer, Peter Teodorescu (3-way tie)

Under 1300: Jesse Enoch Liu

Daily Prizes:

6/1/12: Steven Winer, Andy Li, Ross Eldridge, Conway Xu, Andrew Stone

6/8/12: Steven Winer, Andrew Boyer, Peter Teodorescu, Xiong Liu

6/15/12: Steven Winer, Andy Li, Andrew Stone, Michael Raphael

6/22/12: Vitaliy Ryabinin, Jesse Enoch Liu

6/29/12: Ross Eldridge, Peter Teodorescu, Daniel Wang

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Tot	Prize
1	Steven M Winer	12549813	2427	W22	W4	W6	W2	W3	W7	W14	D13	H..	H..	8.5	1st
2	Andy Li	14115246	1674	W15	W5	W3	L1	W4	W10	H..	H..	D6	D7	7	2nd
3	Ross Eldridge	12399747	1993	W11	W17	L2	W10	L1	W20	L4	D14	W9	W6	6.5	Under 2000
4	Andrew J Boyer	12893940	1671	W16	L1	W11	W14	L2	W5	W3	L6	W7	D9	6.5	Under 2000
5	Peter Teodorescu	14257357	1315	W19	L2	W20	W7	L13	L4	D9	W17	W14	W11	6.5	Under 2000
6	Conway Xu	14145858	1789	W2	W10	L1	W17	H..	H..	L13	W14	D2	L3	5.5
7	Vitaliy Ryabinin	14237176	1609	H..	H..	W12	L5	W11	L1	W17	W10	L4	D2	5.5
8	Jesse Enoch Liu	14716377	629	L9	L22	W24	L11	W18	L17	W24	W12	D20	W14	5.5	Under 1300
9	David W. Martin	12877246	1600	W8	H..	W14	H..	U..	U..	D5	W11	L3	D4	5
10	Andrew Luff	12788788	1551	W18	L6	W23	L3	W12	L2	W20	L7	L11	W19	5
11	Alvin Tan	13696770	1042	L3	W24	L4	W8	L7	W12	W15	L9	W10	L5	5
12	Daniel Wang	14551900	989	L6	W18	L7	W23	L10	L11	W24	L8	W15	W20	5
13	Ilya Rozonoyer	12733326	1687	L14	W16	H..	H..	W5	L21	W6	D1	U..	U..	4.5
14	Andrew Stone	14702623	974	W13	W26	L9	L4	W17	W16	L1	D3	L5	L8	4.5
15	Carl Fetteroll	14903973	935	L2	W19	L17	L20	W24	D22	L11	W26	L12	W18	4.5
16	Sri Nuvvula	14693352	888	L4	L13	W27	L19	W28	L14	W23	D20	H..	H..	4.5
17	Stephen Carlin	12674473	1457	W24	L3	W15	L6	L14	W18	L7	L5	H..	H..	4
18	David Peng	14736611	418	L10	L12	L19	W27	L8	B..	H..	H..	W24	L15	4
19	Xiong Liu	14924263	unr.	L5	L15	W18	W16	H..	H..	U..	L23	W25	L10	4
20	Matthew Sullivan	14856194	unr.	H..	H..	L5	W15	W22	L3	L10	D16	D8	L12	4
21	Michael Raphael	12852236	1731	H..	H..	U..	U..	W23	W13	U..	U..	U..	U..	3
22	Leonardo Cheng	13606330	1160	L1	W8	H..	H..	L20	D15	U..	U..	U..	U..	2.5
23	Patrick Sullivan	14856208	671	H..	H..	L10	L12	L21	D24	L16	W19	U..	U..	2.5
24	Earl Mitchell Gogan	14869096	168	L17	L11	L8	B..	L15	D23	L12	W27	L18	L25	2.5
25	Stephen Desouza	12811020	1420	H..	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L19	W24	2
26	Eric Heinecke	14193718	1011	H..	L14	H..	U..	U..	U..	U..	L15	U..	B..	2
27	Sanjana Kadiyala	14728680	107	H..	H..	L16	L18	U..	U..	L8	L24	U..	U..	1
28	Atharva Kasar	14933471	unr.	H..	H..	U..	U..	L16	U..	U..	U..	U..	U..	1

Waltham Chess Club - March 2012

Waltham Chess Club is getting ready for its first Club Championship in several years, to be held in June over five weeks. We will have a Master Invitational with five rounds, one per night, and the rest of the field will play two rounds of G/45 per night. The fee will be $15 per night, with a discounted rate of $40 for the entire event, and a discounted rate for Masters. Bragging rights!

We also are considering introducing two new Prize levels to our general tournaments: Under-2000 and Under-1300. Player attendance and fund levels permitting, these two prizes (single first place) will be given either to separate sections or to the top players under the thresholds in a single section. Our increasing player numbers have made it possible for us to expand our Prizes, and I am grateful to all the players who have come regularly to Waltham Chess Club and swelled our numbers.

Some highlights from the last few months:

• GM Alexander Ivanov paid us another visit in November and swept the November First Friday with a perfect score of 7 points.
• Resident master Steven Winer won the Open Section of the Veteran's Day G/40 (one of many events he won), and Syed Al-Mamun took the Under 1500 Section. Both won with perfect scores of 3 points.
• Masters Steven Winer and Lawyer Times tied with 3.5 points out of 4 in the Open Section of the November G/20, while Steven Malcolm Sparber took the Under 1400 Section with a perfect score of 4 points.
• Masters IM Denys Shmelov and Steven Winer tied with 6 points out of 7 in the January First Friday.
• We had a four-way tie in the Snowbound G/40: IM Denys Shmelov, Steven Winer, Alex Cherniack, and David Martin, all with 2.5 points out of 3.
• IM Denys Shmelov edged Steve Winer with 6.5 points out of 7 in the March First Friday.
• And finally, last but not least: we had a four-way tie in the Under 1100 Section of the March G/20: Prakalya Chandrasekar, Evan MacLure, Jesse Liu, and David Peng. These last three players were all brand new that night, and scored 3 out of 4 points. This was the largest event we had run recently with a record turnout of 32 players.

See you at the Club Championship!

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

Waltham Chess Club - November 2011

Our Holiday Party will be held on December 16. There will be an unrated G/5 or G/10, and then Bughouse! Bring food! We usually have more food than we know what to do with, but it doesn't matter - bring more!

Some highlights from the last few months:

• Steven Winer, our resident Master, took the May First Friday with a score of 6.5 out of 7 points.
• GM IM Denys Shmelov was a winner in every summer event he played in, including taking a perfect 7-point score in the July First Friday and a perfect 4-point score in the July G/20.
• Friday the 13th was a most lucky night for IM Denys Shmelov, Steven Winer, and Todd Chase, who tied for first place with scores of 6 out of 7 points in the May Triskadekaphobia.
• How about a four-way tie? Andrew Liu and Jesse Nicholas tied for first place with Shmelov and Winer with 2 points each in the Stanley Cup G/60 (so named in honor of the Bruins' victory earlier that week).
• How about a five-way tie? Andrew Luff and master Lawyer Times tied with Shmelov, Winer, and Chase with 2 points each in the Hazy and Humid G/60.
• In the Under-1500 Section of the Mid-Summer G/60, Sam Lurie, Marcus Luzzi, and Andrew Boyer tied for first place with 2 points. Great job, guys!
• Steven Winer, Evan Rabin, and Andrew Liu split first place three ways with 3.5 out of 4 points in the September G/20.
• In our first ever G/40 (replacing G/60 by popular request), the Autumnal Equinox G/40, Steven Winer, Lawyer Times, and Andrew Boyer tied three ways for first place in the Open Section with 2.5 out of 3 points. Edward Varvak took sole first place in the under-1000 section - way to go, Edward!
• Robert Perez, a new Master for Waltham CC, edged Steven Winer in the October First Friday to take sole first place with a perfect score of 7 points. Congratulations, Robert!
• Another new Master for us, Marek Andrzej Stryjecki, tied with Steven Winer for first place in the *HOWLING!* G/40 with 2.5 out of 3 points. Andrew Luff took the Under-1500 Section with a perfect score of 3 points.

Finally, our five-week Club Championship comes next year in June. This will be a 10-round G/45 Swiss, 2 rounds per Friday night. The fee will be $30 per night, but will be discounted for those who come regularly to our Club. There will be daily prizes for each night and a first- and second-place Grand Prize at the end. Advance entries are recommended.

See you at our Party and enjoy your holiday season!

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

Waltham Chess Club - October 2011: Ghosts and Goblins G/5

Plenty of Halloween candy was on hand to greet chess trick-or-treaters at our Blitz event on 10/28/11. The Wall-Chart is on my blog, http://xenophon98.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/77/. Steven Winer, Robert Perez, and Evan Rabin tied in first place with 10 points apiece out of 12. Thanks to all who played.

Waltham Chess Club - April 2011

Waltham Chess thanks Jim Walker, self-described as "photo editor of the Waltham News Tribune and wickedlocalwaltham.com and proud resident of the Watch City since 2008", for coming to visit our Club in January and posting a great article with pictures in the February Tribune. We came to know Jim last December after he published his blog entry "So many chess tables, so little chess..."(http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/brandnewwatch/2010/12/14/so-many-chess-tables-so-little-chess/#ixzz1KIyzSPTI), with his first mention of the Waltham Club. You may find the final article at the Wicked Local Waltham site:(http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/photos/x1240515108/Waltham-Chess-Club).

We also thank SM IM Denys Shmelov for coming so faithfully week after week through 2010. He has started graduate school at University of Connecticut, and we wish him the best of luck. We additionally congratulate him on receiving his first GM norm at Berkeley.

Finally, we will be hosting a Waltham Club Championship in June, 2012. More details to come.

Some highlights from the last few months:

• Allen Wang won the under-1500 section in the December First Friday with 6.5 out of 7 points. Great job, Allen!
• There was a four-way 2-point tie for first place at the Fireplace G/60 among IM Denys Shmelov, Todd Chase, Daniel Shapiro, and Nithin Kavi.
• GM Alexander Ivanov swept the January First Friday with a perfect score of 7 points, and the January G/20 with a perfect score of 4 points.
• Yurij Zhaurov and Peter Teodorescu tied, with 2 points apiece, for first place at the MLK G/60.
• There was a three-way 6-point tie (out of 7 points) at the February First Friday among Todd, Yurij, and Andrew Liu.
• Todd and Tian Rossi tied, with 2 points apiece, for first place in the Open Section of the Valentine's Day G/60. Steve Carlin and Justin Wu tied , with 2 points apiece, for first place in the under 1500 section.
• Vitaliy Ryabinin held tough at the March First Friday and won with 4.5 points out of 5. Way to go, Vitaliy!
• There was a three-way 3-point tie (out of 4 points) at the March G/20 among Todd, Andrew Liu, and Edward Astrachan.
• Steve Winer, a 2400-rated Master, and Edward Astrachan tied, with 2 points apiece, for first place in the Open Section of the College Hoops G/60. Akshay Saini, Alex Kaye, and Brandon Wu tied , with 2 points apiece, for first place in the under 1600 section.
• Steve Winer swept the April First Friday with a perfect score of 7 points,a and the April G/20 with a perfect score of 4 points. We welcome Steve aboard at the Waltham Chess Club and hope to have him at many more tournaments.
• Steve Winer and Simon Slutsky tied, with 2 points apiece, for first place in the Open Section of the Marathon G/60. Akshay Saini, Andrew Luff, and Eddie Wang tied , with 2 points apiece, for first place in the under 1600 section. Great job to all the winners.

Waltham Chess Club - November 2010

In September Waltham Chess Club collaborated with Howard Goldowsky and Back Pages Bookstore to host an event at the bookstore (on Waltham's Moody Street) on the 11th. The event was designed to promote the book Masters of Technique, edited by Goldowsky and published by Mongoose Press. Included was a simultaneous exhibition by Senior Master IM Denys Shmelov, followed by a blitz tournament run by Michael Gosselin and Todd Chase. All of the proceeds were donated to charity. I'd like to thank Howard and Back Pages for organizing this event and inviting us to participate, and Denys, Michael and Todd for running the simul and blitz tournament. The participating players enjoyed themselves and a few copies of Masters were sold. We hope the bookstore will host another such event in the future and that, with more effective promotion, more players will come.

Waltham Chess Club had a slight dip in attendance in September, but came back strong in October, and in November we had our highest turnout in my tenure, 20 players. I am especially pleased with the high inflU.. of new players, an average of one per week.

Check out our newly designed website at http://walthamchessclub.org. Vitaliy Ryabinin worked really hard to get it published for us, and we thank him for the high-class upgrade.

Some highlights from the last few months:

• SM IM Denys Shmelov marches on! Among several victories, he had a perfect score of 7 points at the November First Friday, taking clear first place over the next contender (with 5.5 points).
• Evan Rabin split first prize with IM Denys Shmelov with scores of 3.5 out of 4 points in the November G/20. The two players drew in the prize round. We were pleased to welcome Evan from Brandeis University, and we thank him for his blog entry (http://adventuresofrabin.blogspot.com/2010/11/excursion-to-other-side-of-waltham.html) about his experience at our Club.
• Todd Chase split first prize with IM Denys Shmelov in the Open Section of the Day of Thanks G/60, with 2 points. Jesse Klimov took the Under-1600 prize with a score of 2 points.
• With 6.5 points out of 7, Todd Chase edged IM Denys Shmelov (with 6 points) to win the October First Friday. It was Todd's night!
• At the November First Friday, Brandon Wu and Allen Wang split first prize in the Under-1300 section with scores of 6.5 out of 7 points.
• Leonardo Lopez won the Under-1500 section with 2 points at the Sukkot G/60 in September.
• Brandon Wu and Peter Teodorescu split first prize in the Under -1300 section with 2 points at the Fright Night G/60.

We'll see you in 2011 - Happy Holidays!

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

Waltham Chess Club - August 2010

The highlight of our summer was the observance of our 100th First Friday G/10 tournament this August. The first ever First Friday was directed by Michael Gosselin back in 1996, making our 100th a long-awaited watershed to reached. Everyone who came brought lots of munchies to nosh on and made the event a great success.

Another event upcoming (as of the time of writing) will be held at Back Pages Bookstore on Waltham's Moody Street on Saturday, September 11, from 12 PM to 6 PM. The event will include a simultaneous exhibition by Senior Master IM Denys Shmelov, followed by a blitz tournament run by Michael Gosselin and Todd Chase. All of the proceeds will be donated to charity. I'd like to thank Howard Goldowsky for organizing this event and inviting Waltham Chess Club to participate.

Our attendance numbers this summer have stayed consistently high, between 16 and 20 players, with occasional dips when players were away on vacation. We expect our numbers to return to full strength from September onward.

The Waltham Chess Club meets every Friday evening from 7 PM through the evening, sometimes burning the post-midnight oil. Our website is http://walthamchessclub.org, including directions to our site at the IBM Building (404 Wyman Street in Waltham), and our schedule of events (which can also be found on the MACA website calendar).

Some highlights from the last few months:

• IM Denys Shmelov has continued to march through tournament after tournament in winning style. Perfect 7-point scores at the June and July First Fridays, a perfect 4-point score at the June G/20 - congratulations to Denys!
• The Hot and Steamy G/60 in July featured a remarkable four-way 2-point tie for first among Denys, Todd Chase, Edward Astrachan, and Andrew Liu.
• Frank Sisto, Todd Chase, and Geoffrey Collins tied three ways for first place with 3 points out of 4 each in the Open Section. Vitaliy Ryabinin took sole first place in the Under-1400 Section with a perfect score of 4 points.
• Erik Siggelkoe took sole first place at the August First Friday with a score of 6.5 out of 7 points.
• Brandon Wu took sole first place in the Under 1500 Section at the Aloha G/60 in August with a perfect score of 2 points. Way to go, Brandon!

And I continue to welcome game scores to publish as articles.

We thank all of you who have come to play at Waltham Chess Club.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

Waltham Chess Club – June 2010

Pizza! The staff of life for chess players.

On the Friday before Memorial Day, our club hosted a Free Pizza Night to escort in the MA Open weekend. 11 players appeared, including a few new players and one returning after a long absence; together we made quick work of 3 16” pizzas. The winner of that night’s 5-round G/15 was a new player for us, Igor Gavrilov, who comes to us from Skopje, Macedonia. He put his FIDE experience to good work that Friday night, winning the event with a score of 4.5 out of 5 points.

The Waltham Chess Club meets every Friday evening from 7 PM through the evening, sometimes burning the post-midnight oil. Our website is http://walthamchessclub.org, including directions to our site at the IBM Building (404 Wyman Street in Waltham), and our schedule of events (which can also be found on the MACA website calendar).

The "Top 10" free or low-cost benefits that the club offers are:

1. Covered Parking Garage with lots of space!
2. A great, clean and secure facility with low overhead that keeps the club's costs down!
3. No membership dues! (currently)
4. Low tournament entry fees, with a no-prize option and free to Masters!
5. Friday Night games - can play all night
6. Weekly 1-Night Tournaments
7. Multiple Time Controls
8. Varied levels of chess members (rating-wise)
9. Occasional Free Food and Special Events
10. BugHouse and Games for Fun after regular tournaments.

Some highlights from the last few months:

• Our resident master, SM IM Denys Shmelov, swept all the events that he came to since my last report, with perfect scores at several of them. Congratulations to Denys. Watch next issue for an annotated game of his.
• Andrew Liu deserves an honorary mention for defeating Denys at the April First Friday and drawing with him at the April G/25. In addition Andrew took sole second place at the Patriot’s Day G/60, with 1.5 out of 2 points; and split second place three ways with Glen Soucy and Tian Rossi at the May First Friday, with 4.5 out of 7 points. Good job, Andrew, Glen, and Tian.
• Lawyer Times split first place with Denys at the Memorial Day G/60. We are glad to have him playing at our club again.
• Edward Astrachan and Steve Desouza split first prize at the March Madness G/60. (No Denys?)
• We welcomed back Paul Sciaraffa, Carlos Avalos, and Tomas Ramirez, and we are really pleased to have many new Scholastic and other players join us. Our numbers grew considerably these past few months, and it is all thanks to you, the players who have come to our club.

Finally, I intend to publish regularly in Chess Horizons one featured game from a WCC tournament. If you have a score of a game that you’d like to see in print, turn it in to me and I’ll write up an article. Annotations are welcome but not necessary.

Thanks to all those who have come to Waltham on Friday night. We love to have you!

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

Waltham Chess Club – February 2010

We closed out 2009 in high spirits with a highly successful Holiday Party on 12/18/09. Everyone who came brought so much pizza and so many delicious desserts, snacks, and soda that we were all floating in food within an hour. We ran a 3-Round Game/10 tournament, which Max Chiu-hsin Lu won with a perfect score of 3 points; we followed that with a team quad Bughouse tournament., which Team I (Todd Chase and Hao-Yuan Pai) won with a perfect score of 3 points. This is certainly the first Bughouse Tournament WCC has held for a long time, if ever, and I look forward to many more. Thanks to everyone who came, brought food, and played.

The Waltham Chess Club meets every Friday evening from 7 PM through the evening, sometimes burning the post-midnight oil. Our website is http://walthamchessclub.org, including directions to our site at the IBM Building (404 Wyman Street in Waltham), and our schedule of events (which can also be found on the MACA website calendar).

Some highlights from the last few months:

• Tomas Girnius took first place in the Festival of Lights G/60 in December, with a score of 2 points.
• Frank Sisto took first place in the First Friday in January with a score of 6.5 out of 7 points.
• We were delighted to welcome International GM Arthur Bisguier, and welcome back Edward Epp, to the MLK G/60 in January. Todd Chase and Matthew James Webber took first and second prizes with scores of 2 points and 1.5 points respectively.
• Todd Chase took first prize in the January G/25 with a perfect score of 3 points, while George Comeau took the first under-1500 prize with a score of 2 out of 3 points.
• We are honored to welcome SM IM Denys Shmelov to our club. In a tough field that included Gregory Kaden, Todd Chase, and Frank Sisto, Denys took first prize in the First Friday in February with a score of 6 out of 7 points.
• In our first Wild Card event in February, we held a 5-Round G/15. We were pleased to have Patrick Sciacca join us that night, and he and Tomas Girnius took first and second prizes with scores of 5 and 4 points respectively. We were also happy to welcome back Barbara Peskin. Free pizza was served that night, and I thank everyone who made donations to cover the cost.

Finally, I intend to publish regularly in Chess Horizons one featured game from a WCC tournament. If you have a score of a game that you’d like to see in print, turn it in to me and I’ll write up an article. Annotations are welcome but not necessary.

Thanks to all those who have come to Waltham on Friday night and helped our club to grow and prosper.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

Waltham Chess Club – December 2009

Thank you to all the players who have come to the Waltham Chess Club recently and raised our attendance! We had so many people show up on the Friday before Columbus Day that we were able to run an impromptu unrated G/5! My goal is to crack an attendance of 16 so that we can have sections with at least 8 players in a section. So keep on coming and helping our club to be a success.

The Waltham Chess Club meets every Friday evening from 7 PM through the evening, sometimes burning the post-midnight oil. Our website is http://walthamchessclub.org, including directions to our site at the IBM Building (404 Wyman Street in Waltham), and our schedule of events (which can also be found on the MACA website calendar). Each month, we schedule most of the following events: a First Friday G/10, a two-round G/60, a three-round G/25 (all of these USCF rated), and an unrated G/5 Blitz. Our prizes come out of the cash from entry fees each night.

Masters play for free, as long as they have a 2200 Rating as of the latest Supplement, or can show they have a Life Master title.

We’ll have Free Pizza some nights, and we look forward to scheduling big special events with lots of prize money.

Some highlights from the last few months:

• We were pleased to have GM Alexander Ivanov join us for the First Fridays in September and October, winning both events handily with perfect scores.
• We were also pleased to have NM Charles Robert Riordan and expert Frank Sisto join us for the First Friday in November. They split first prize with tie scores of 6.5 out of 7 points.
• Winston Huang took first prize in the Waltham November Triskaidekaphobia G/13, winning 6.5 out of 7 points. Congratulations to Winston.
• Tomas Girnius, Steve DeSouza, and Homer Franck split first place three ways with scores of 2 points each at the Waltham Turkey Day G/60.
• We gladly welcomed NM Lawyer Times back to the Club for the First Friday in December. He and Max Yarmolinsky split first prize, winning 6 points out of 7 each. James Thompson and Homer Franck split the Under 1550 prize with 3 points each.

Finally, I intend to publish regularly in Chess Horizons one featured game from a WCC tournament. If you have a score of a game that you’d like to see in print, turn it in to me and I’ll write up an article. Annotations are welcome but not necessary.

Happy chess-playing and all the best wishes for a safe and prosperous 2010.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director

Waltham Chess Club – September 2009

This is my first report to MACA as Tournament Director of the Waltham Chess Club. I have been regularly active as Director since November, 2008, and since I started, we have had a slowly but steadily increasing number of regular attendees to our Club. The Waltham Chess Club, after having endured a lengthy period of doldrums with distressingly low attendance, appears at last poised to enter a new period of renewed vigor. Rumors afoot of our demise are greatly exaggerated.

We meet every Friday evening from 7 PM on, and our website is http://walthamchessclub.org, including directions to our site at the IBM Building on Wyman Street in Waltham, and our schedule of events (which can also be found on the MACA website calendar). Each month, we schedule most of the following events: a First Friday G/10, a two-round G/60, a three-round G/25 (all of these USCF rated), and an unrated G/5 Blitz. Our prizes come out of the cash from entry fees each night.

Masters get to play for free, as long as they have a 2200 Rating as of the latest Supplement, or can show they have a Life Master title.

On some nights, we will bring in Free Pizza, and whoever is lucky enough to show up first will get some. The more people come regularly, the more Free Pizza we’ll bring in – and the more prize money we can award!

Some highlights from 2009:

• Stephen Brudno took first prize in the First Friday in January, winning 6.5 points in 10 games in a Double Round-Robin.
• Frank Sisto took first prize in the First Friday in March, winning 6.5 points in 7 rounds.
• Joseph Perl took first prize in the First Friday in April, winning 4.5 points in 5 games in a Round Robin.
• Todd Chase took first prize in the April G/60, winning a perfect 4 points. See my article on the Games page featuring his brilliant victory against me in Round 2.
• Gregory Kaden and Todd Chase tied for first prize in the First Friday in June, both winning 6 points in 7 rounds.
• Andrew Tichenor took first prize in the First Friday in July, winning 6 points in 7 rounds.
• Max Enkin took first prize in the July G/25, winning a perfect 3 points, and in the First Friday in August, winning a perfect 7 points. Way to go, Max!

We may also schedule some big special events in the future, so stay tuned.

I heartily thank everyone who has played at our Club, and hope you will all come visit us regularly and often to keep our Club prospering and flourishing.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Waltham Chess Club

Tournament Director