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Arthur B Stamer Chess Tables - 1981 to 1991
56th Arthur Stamer Memorial
Saturday, June 1, 2019 to Sunday, June 2, 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019 to Sunday, June 2, 2019
6 Round Swiss
PRIZES:
$1080 - based on 40 paid entries.
Overall: 1st $325, 2nd $215.
Best Under 2200 - $110, Best Under 2000 - $109, Best Under 1800 - $108, Best Under 1600 - $107, Best Under 1400 - $106.
All lower-rated players are eligible to win higher class prizes.
ENTRY FEE:
$45 for MI members, $50 for non-members. Family discount: entry fee is $25 for each additional player besides the first (plus late fee if applicable). Late fee of $5 for entries received after May 28th. Make checks payable to: Mechanics' Institute. All prizes will be mailed — please provide a mailing address.
REGISTRATION:
9AM-9:45AM on June 1st.
ROUNDS:
Saturday, June 1st: 10 am, 12:15 pm, 2:15 pm, 4:15 pm.
Sunday, June 2nd: 10 am, 2:00 pm.
TIME CONTROL:
Saturday, June 1st Rounds 1 - 4: G/55,d5
Sunday, June 2nd Rounds 5 and 6: G/115,d5
All bye requests must be made before the start of Round Two.
For more information, contact us at 415-393-0110 or [email protected].
Prize Winners:
- Tied for 1st and 2nd Places: Li and Chambers - $177.50 each.
- Tied for Best Under 2200: Yan and Ostrovsky - $37.00 each.
- Best Under 2000: Argo – $73.00.
- Tied for Best Under 1800: Ng and Thompson, 36.00 each.
- Best Under 1600: Starr – $70.50.
- Best Under 1400: Swaminathan - $70.50.
Standings:
Link to the USCF page: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201906022652
SwissSys Standings. 2019 Stamer Memorial: Stamer Open
| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot | |
| 1 | FM Ezra Pau Chambers | 2297 | 2309 | W10 | W5 | W6 | L2 | W13 | W3 | 5.0 | |
| 2 | NM Eric Yuhan Li | 2243 | 2256 | W18 | W15 | D3 | W1 | D4 | W8 | 5.0 | |
| 3 | NM Romulo C Fuentes | 2203 | 2202 | W27 | W16 | D2 | D9 | W5 | L1 | 4.0 | |
| 4 | NM Rui Yang Yan | 2176 | 2184 | H--- | W12 | D9 | W14 | D2 | D13 | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Sergey Ostrovsky | 2000 | 2010 | W33 | L1 | W10 | W18 | L3 | W16 | 4.0 | |
| 6 | NM Abhishek Mallela | 2227 | 2226 | W20 | W7 | L1 | W11 | H--- | H--- | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Guy Argo | 1884 | 1917 | W28 | L6 | W21 | W15 | H--- | H--- | 4.0 | |
| 8 | Lino Fabiani | 1805 | 1862 | W31 | D14 | L15 | W12 | W9 | L2 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Addison Lee | 2087 | 2075 | W25 | W17 | D4 | D3 | L8 | D11 | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Andrew Ng | 1754 | 1796 | L1 | W30 | L5 | W17 | W22 | D15 | 3.5 | |
| 11 | Daniel Lin | 1884 | 1899 | W21 | L13 | W27 | L6 | W24 | D9 | 3.5 | |
| 12 | Aaron An Thompson | 1775 | 1771 | W19 | L4 | D24 | L8 | W30 | W21 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | NM Paul A Gallegos | 2202 | 2198 | W24 | W11 | H--- | H--- | L1 | D4 | 3.5 | |
| 14 | Ethan Boldi | 2071 | 2061 | W30 | D8 | W23 | L4 | H--- | H--- | 3.5 | |
| 15 | Matthew K Ng | 2000 | 1979 | W22 | L2 | W8 | L7 | D16 | D10 | 3.0 | |
| 16 | Alan Finkelstein | 1879 | 1874 | W26 | L3 | D20 | W23 | D15 | L5 | 3.0 | |
| 17 | Jing Zhou | unr. | 1724 | W29 | L9 | L18 | L10 | W26 | W25 | 3.0 | |
| 18 | Douglas Larsen | 1747 | 1767 | L2 | W22 | W17 | L5 | H--- | H--- | 3.0 | |
| 19 | Swaminatha Sankar | 1164 | 1302 | L12 | L23 | B--- | W27 | L21 | W30 | 3.0 | |
| 20 | Rohan Rajaram | 1676 | 1693 | L6 | W28 | D16 | D21 | H--- | H--- | 3.0 | |
| 21 | Patrick Donnelly | 1678 | 1664 | L11 | W33 | L7 | D20 | W19 | L12 | 2.5 | |
| 22 | Albert Mart Starr | 1507 | 1580 | L15 | L18 | W25 | W29 | L10 | D23 | 2.5 | |
| 23 | Jason B Ochoa | 1773 | 1743 | H--- | W19 | L14 | L16 | D25 | D22 | 2.5 | |
| 24 | Louka Waharte | 1629 | 1631 | L13 | W31 | D12 | H--- | L11 | H--- | 2.5 | |
| 25 | Samuel Za Agdamag | 1586 | 1579 | L9 | D29 | L22 | W26 | D23 | L17 | 2.0 | |
| 26 | Arjun Sankar | 1459 | 1445 | L16 | L27 | W28 | L25 | L17 | B--- | 2.0 | |
| 27 | Nicholas Ar Boldi | 1646 | 1615 | L3 | W26 | L11 | L19 | H--- | H--- | 2.0 | |
| 28 | Susheel S Khamkar | 1482 | 1455 | L7 | L20 | L26 | W31 | H--- | H--- | 2.0 | |
| 29 | Gelvic S Cubar | 1760 | 1701 | L17 | D25 | D30 | L22 | H--- | H--- | 2.0 | |
| 30 | John Chan | 1534 | 1497 | L14 | L10 | D29 | X33 | L12 | L19 | 1.5 | |
| 31 | Liora Ginzburg | 1203 | 1204 | L8 | L24 | D33 | L28 | L32 | H--- | 1.0 | |
| 32 | Abel Talamantez | 1800 | 1801 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | W31 | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 33 | Craig Yamamoto | 1500 | 1472 | L5 | L21 | D31 | F30 | U--- | U--- | 0.5 |
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