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2019 Mechanics' Institute Rapid Championship, Presented by PRO Chess League
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2019 CalChess Senior State Championship
Simul by GM Mamedyarov & GM Mamedov
Simul & Lecture by GM Illia Nyzhnyk
2019 CalChess State Rapid Championship
2019 CalChess State Blitz Championship
GM Susan Polgar's Visit to MI
Mechanics' - Charlotte Match
2020 Mechanics' Institute Rapid & Blitz Online Championship
2020 US Cadet (Invitational) Championship
2020 Northern California Online Invitational
Inaugural Celebrating Diversity Championship - Postponed
The Blitz Tournament of the Americas
Mechanics' Institute SUMMER CHESS FESTIVAL
2020 US Cadet (Invitational) ONLINE Championship
Mechanics' Chess - Giving Tuesday
FIDE Trainer Online Seminar Dec 11-13
2nd Annual IM John Donaldson Championship Online
IM Donaldson Arena
2020 USCF Online rated Scholastic tournaments via chesskid.com - Archived
2020-2021 Pan American Intercollegiate Championship Online
PanAm Side Event - BLITZ
2021 US Amateur Team West ONLINE - National Championship
Think, Move, Play - Special FREE Scholastic Event sponsored by the Thompson Family Foundation

Arthur B Stamer Chess Tables - 1981 to 1991

2019 CalChess State Rapid Championship

Saturday, October 26, 2019

7SS G/15 +2s

USCF & FIDE rated!

 

ONSITE REGISTRATION:

9:30 pm - 9:45 pm

ROUNDS:

10AM, 11AM, 12PM, lunch break, 1:30PM, 2:30PM, 3:30PM, 4:30PM

 

TIME CONTROL:

G/15 +2inc
Game in 15 minutes with 2 second increment with every move.
USCF and FIDE rated!

SECTIONS:

October regular supplemental ratings are used to place players in sections.

  • Open (2000+)

  • AB (1500-1999)

  • CDEu (under1500)
     

BYES:

  • Max of byes: 2

  • Last round to request a bye: 2

  • Number of rounds in tourney: 7

  • Bye note: All bye requests after round 2 will be 0 point

PRIZES:

$5000 b/90 60% guaranteed

  • Open (2000+): $1000, $500, $350, $200

  • AB (1500-1999): $700, $350, $250, $150

  • CDEu (under1500): $700, $350, $250, $150
     

FEE:

$70 members
$80 non-members
$20 play-up fee
$20 late fee

USCF membership required

 

Follow the games online:
2019 Calchess State Rapid Championship
http://view.livechesscloud.com/ead0bf0d-30d5-44dd-89b9-23705cfde9d8

 

Prize Winners: 

Prizes. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: Championship (2000+)

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
5 IM PRASANNA RAGH RAO (6.0/2495) 756.00 Place: 1 - $756
1 GM DANIEL NARODITSKY (5.5/2690) 321.00

Place: 2 - $378;
Place: 3 - $264;
2-way split of $642

7 IM TEDDY COLEMAN (5.5/2419) 321.00
18 HENRY WANG (5.0/2188) 189.00 Place: 4 - $189

Prizes. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: AB (1500-1999)

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
15 ROHAN RAJARAM (6.0/1769) 529.00 Place: 1 - $529
30 DEVANSHI RATHI (5.5/0) 264.00 Place: 2 - $264
1 ALAN FINKELSTEIN (5.0/1937) 151.00 Place: 3 - $189
9 JACOB CHIANG (5.0/1840) 151.00 Place: 4 - $113

Prizes. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: CDEu (under 1500)

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
5 JEREMY DA CAWTHON (7.0/1417) 529.00 Place: 1 - $529
3 VEDANT TALWALKAR (5.0/1432) 188.66 Place: 2 - $264
6 NISHAN CHATTERJEE (5.0/1368) 188.66 Place: 3 - $189
10 JON RODO CENDEJAS (5.0/1126) 188.66 Place: 4 - $113

 

 

 

Standings: 

Final Standing

 

SwissSys Standings. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: Championship (2000+)

# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot Prize
1 1 IM PRASANNA RAGH RAO 16083805 2495 W14 W24 W3 W5 W8 D2 D6 6.0 756.00
2 2-3 GM DANIEL NARODITSKY 12892910 2690 W18 W16 D8 W7 D3 D1 W5 5.5 321.00
3   IM TEDDY COLEMAN 12662799 2419 W22 W21 L1 W4 D2 W10 W8 5.5 321.00
4 4 HENRY WANG 15300888 2188 L5 W29 W32 L3 W30 W16 W12 5.0 189.00
5 5-10 GM STEVEN ZIERK 12796611 2594 W4 D9 W10 L1 W25 W15 L2 4.5  
6   GM NICK E DE FIRMIAN 10469007 2575 W25 D17 D12 L8 W19 W14 D1 4.5  
7   IM ALEXANDER KATZ 12885132 2499 W19 D12 W27 L2 L9 W25 W17 4.5  
8   IM MICHAEL SONG 13712195 2437 W26 W20 D2 W6 L1 W9 L3 4.5  
9   NM DANIEL SCHWARZ 12682225 2370 W29 D5 D17 W12 W7 L8 H--- 4.5  
10   FM ANDREW BOEKHOFF 12685687 2328 D34 W32 L5 W33 W18 L3 W20 4.5  
11 11-14 IM VLADIMI MEZENTSEV 12650876 2408 L20 W26 L19 L30 W31 W23 W22 4.0  
12   NM JEEVAN KARAMSETTY 12887933 2282 W23 D7 D6 L9 W22 W17 L4 4.0  
13   NM RUIYANG YAN 15462690 2204 L32 L22 W34 W21 L14 W30 W18 4.0  
14   ADRIAN KONDAKOV 15082597 2126 L1 W28 L15 W20 W13 L6 W25 4.0  
15 15-21 IM JOHN DONALDSON 10270294 2412 H--- H--- W14 D17 W24 L5 U--- 3.5  
16   IM VINCE MCCAMBRIDGE 10441595 2356 W30 L2 W22 D25 L17 L4 W28 3.5  
17   NM ERIC YUHAN LI 15688436 2303 W31 D6 D9 D15 W16 L12 L7 3.5  
18   NM BEILIN LI 13450652 2199 L2 W30 D20 W27 L10 W28 L13 3.5  
19   DANIEL CHENG 15276322 2129 L7 W23 W11 L24 L6 D26 W30 3.5  
20   EVAN AI 14780703 2053 W11 L8 D18 L14 W27 W24 L10 3.5  
21   ADVAY BANSAL 16068511 1848 B--- L3 L25 L13 D29 W27 W26 3.5  
22 22-23 ETHAN BOLDI 15088362 2055 L3 W13 L16 W32 L12 W33 L11 3.0  
23   FELIX YIPENG LIU 14709715 1920 L12 L19 L30 B--- W34 L11 W32 3.0  
24 24-28 IM ELLIOTT C WINSLOW 10363365 2248 W28 L1 H--- W19 L15 L20 U--- 2.5  
25   IGOR VLADIM TRAUB 12645569 2154 L6 W31 W21 D16 L5 L7 L14 2.5  
26   SEGEV WEISS 12496970 2093 L8 L11 D31 D29 W32 D19 L21 2.5  
27   STEFFEN THIEME 13232760 2014 H--- W34 L7 L18 L20 L21 W33 2.5  
28   SRICHARAN PULLELA 15580337 1911 L24 L14 W29 D34 W33 L18 L16 2.5  
29 29-32 ALEXANDRE BIRGUER 15057071 2017 L9 L4 L28 D26 D21 L32 W34 2.0  
30   YURI GRANIK 15055356 2007 L16 L18 W23 W11 L4 L13 L19 2.0  
31   WCM NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN 11366805 1949 L17 L25 D26 H--- L11 D34 H--- 2.0  
32   ANDREW GUO 16192001 1873 W13 L10 L4 L22 L26 W29 L23 2.0  
33 33-34 STEPHEN HE 14726703 2031 H--- H--- H--- L10 L28 L22 L27 1.5  
34   ROHAN DAS 15263634 1970 D10 L27 L13 D28 L23 D31 L29 1.5  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: AB (1500-1999)

# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot Prize
1 1 ROHAN RAJARAM 15739716 1769 W2 W17 D3 D7 W13 W4 W5 6.0 529.00
2 2 DEVANSHI RATHI 17000783 unr. L1 W20 X29 W25 W18 W6 D4 5.5 264.00
3 3-4 ALAN FINKELSTEIN 14958842 1937 W18 W8 D1 W6 L4 D9 W12 5.0 151.00
4   JACOB CHIANG 16093205 1840 W27 W26 D22 W5 W3 L1 D2 5.0 151.00
5 5-10 AKO HEIDARI 15206848 1893 W19 D9 W11 L4 W7 W15 L1 4.5  
6   FELIX GERMAN 12624534 1859 W23 W21 W13 L3 W9 L2 D10 4.5  
7   JAVIER SILVA III 16089208 1811 W16 L22 W26 D1 L5 W25 W15 4.5  
8   ANIKA RAJARAM 15446678 1801 W28 L3 W23 L13 W19 W11 D9 4.5  
9   NIKHIL CHATTERJEE 14881286 1783 W30 D5 W15 W22 L6 D3 D8 4.5  
10   JEFF ANDERSEN 11296106 1649 L12 L11 W30 W17 W14 W13 D6 4.5  
11 11-13 DANIEL LIN 15176393 1897 L13 W10 L5 W26 W25 L8 W19 4.0  
12   GAZIZ MAKHANOV 16828914 1867 W10 L13 L19 W23 W20 W18 L3 4.0  
13   NIKO POMPE 15827450 1688 W11 W12 L6 W8 L1 L10 W17 4.0  
14 14-16 STEWART KATZ 12458563 1837 L21 L23 W16 H--- L10 W24 W18 3.5  
15   DAVI FLORES GOMEZ 14799653 1812 H--- W24 L9 W27 W22 L5 L7 3.5  
16   LOUKA WAHARTE 15774743 1544 L7 L25 L14 D24 W26 W28 W23 3.5  
17 17-21 CAILEN J MELVILLE 14006141 1871 W20 L1 L25 L10 W27 W21 L13 3.0  
18   DOUGLAS LARSEN 12576655 1763 L3 W28 W21 W19 L2 L12 L14 3.0  
19   CHRISTOPH BRADLEY 16047844 1680 L5 W30 W12 L18 L8 W20 L11 3.0  
20   MAX HAO 16083648 1661 L17 L2 W28 W21 L12 L19 W25 3.0  
21   NICHOLAS AR BOLDI 15088356 1578 W14 L6 L18 L20 W28 L17 W26 3.0  
22 22-24 MANSOOR MOHAMMED 16086550 1912 W25 W7 D4 L9 L15 U--- U--- 2.5  
23   PRANAV SATHISH 16464655 1602 L6 W14 L8 L12 D24 W27 L16 2.5  
24   MARK STE MCMILLAN 16899187 1525 H--- L15 L27 D16 D23 L14 B--- 2.5  
25 25-27 ADAM MERCADO 16571026 1699 L22 W16 W17 L2 L11 L7 L20 2.0  
26   JAYWILL SANDS 12581388 1620 W29 L4 L7 L11 L16 B--- L21 2.0  
27   CESAR B TAMONDONG 12439091 1600 L4 D29 W24 L15 L17 L23 D28 2.0  
28 28 JOHN CHAN 12561007 1507 L8 L18 L20 B--- L21 L16 D27 1.5  
29 29 GUY ARGO 12517167 1859 L26 D27 F2 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
30 30 CRAIG YAMAMOTO 12217820 1500 L9 L19 L10 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: CDEu (under 1500)

# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot Prize
1 1 JEREMY DA CAWTHON 15038608 1417 W15 W4 W2 W10 W3 W5 W8 7.0 529.00
2 2-4 VEDANT TALWALKAR 16408266 1432 W14 W13 L1 W8 L4 W6 W10 5.0 188.67
3   NISHAN CHATTERJEE 15202370 1368 D10 W7 D8 W5 L1 W11 W4 5.0 188.67
4   JON RODO CENDEJAS 15121586 1126 W5 L1 W7 W12 W2 W10 L3 5.0 188.67
5 5-6 ANISH JR DARA JR 15295667 1465 L4 W6 W14 L3 W11 L1 W15 4.0  
6   PAUL KREZANOSKI 16897133 unr. L8 L5 W9 W7 W14 L2 W12 4.0  
7 7-10 ALWIN CABURI 17061750 1434 H--- L3 L4 L6 W15 W14 B--- 3.5  
8   WADE ROBERTSON 16846267 1232 W6 W12 D3 L2 L10 W9 L1 3.5  
9   TYLER WAGNER 17061477 1050 H--- L11 L6 B--- W12 L8 W14 3.5  
10   HECTOR IVAN COREA 17137276 unr. D3 W15 W11 L1 W8 L4 L2 3.5  
11 11-12 MICHAEL A BAER 16096488 1430 H--- W9 L10 W13 L5 L3 H--- 3.0  
12   NURSULTA UZAKBAEV 17137317 unr. X17 L8 W13 L4 L9 W15 L6 3.0  
13 13 MICHAEL J BYRNE 12615642 1158 X16 L2 L12 L11 H--- H--- H--- 2.5  
14 14 GEORGE T SULLIVAN 16579662 841 L2 B--- L5 W15 L6 L7 L9 2.0  
15 15 ANDREW BALLANTYNE 17079795 785 L1 L10 B--- L14 L7 L12 L5 1.0  
16 16-17 JOHN PAN 16779192 1202 F13 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
17   DEVANSHI RATHI 17000783 unr. F12 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 CalChess Rapid State Champ.: Extra Rated

# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Tot  
1 1 DEVANSHI RATHI 17000783 unr. W2 1.0  
2 2 ANDREW BALLANTYNE 17079795 785 L1 0.0  
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