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IM Donaldson Championship (G/90)

Friday, December 20, 2019 to Sunday, December 22, 2019


5 Round Swiss - Full weekend Tournament
3-day and 2-day Schedules Available


Top boards will be broadcasted via this link: http://view.livechesscloud.com/448bddff-a785-465e-87c4-19b147eeef36


PRIZES:

$5000 b/90 60% guaranteed

Open (FIDE rated): 1st: $1000, 2nd: $500 3rd: $200 4th: $100, Best under 2200: $400
Section A (1800-1999, FIDE rated): 1st: $450, 2nd: $250, 3rd: $100
Section B (1600-1799):1st: $400, 2nd: $250, 3rd: $100
Section C (1400-1599): 1st: $400, 2nd: $250, 3rd: $100
Section DEu (under1400): 1st: $300, 2nd: $150, 3rd: $50
 

ENTRY FEE:

$70 for MI members, $80 for non-members.
Late fee of $20 for entries received after Dec 15th.
Play-up: $20 (need to be within 200 rating point of the next section.)
Make checks payable to: Mechanics' Institute. All prizes will be mailed — please provide a mailing address.

Free entry to GM/IM/WGM/WIMs by 12/6. Prize-EF applies.

 

REGISTRATION:
Friday, 12/20: 5-5:45pm
Saturday, 12/21: 9-9:45AM

ROUNDS:

3-day Schedule: Friday 6pm, Saturday 10am, merge, 3pm, Sunday 10am, 3pm
2-day Schedule: Saturday 10am, 12:30pm, merge, 3pm, Sunday 10am, 3pm

Merge after Round 2 - all compete for the same prize.

BYES: All bye requests must be made before start of round 2. Last round bye irrevocable.

TIME CONTROL:

3-day schedule: all rounds G/90 +30s inc

2-day schedule: Round 1-2: G/60; d5 and Round 3-4-5: G/90 +30s inc

 

For more information, contact us at 415-393-0110 or [email protected].

 

Testimonials

"Thank you very much! It was a great tournament! Happy holidays!" Eric M.

Flyer: 
PDF icon Donaldson.pdf
Prize Winners: 

Prizes. Donaldson Championship: Open

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
5 FM JASON* LIANG (4.0/2321) 492.00 Place: 1 - $656; Place: 2 - $328;
2-way spit of $984: $492 each
6 WIM ROCHELLE WU (4.0/2288) 492.00
13 JOHN LUCA CANESSA (3.5/2127) 164.00 Class1/1 - $262; Place: 4 - $66;
2-way split of 328: $164 each
14 ERIC HON (3.5/2119) 164.00
2 IM RAY KAUFMAN (3.5/2358) 131.00

Place: 3 - $131 (UNSHARED)

 

Prizes. Donaldson Championship: Section A -- in Section AB

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
13 CALVIN KOO (4.5/1736) 295.00 Place: 1 - $295
3 ZOLB LKHAGVASUREN (4.0/1887) 164.00 Place: 2 - $164
1 URANCHIM NYAMDORJ (3.5/1933) 16.50 Place: 3 - $66
6 BRICE HUANG (3.5/1844) 16.50
12 RITHWIK NARENDRA (3.5/1738) 16.50
14 MAX HAO (3.5/1728) 16.50

 

Prizes. Donaldson Championship: Section B -- in Section AB

Name Cash Prize credited to pool
MATEO STEP HANSEN *B* (2.5/1613) $262 1st Place Section B: $262
ARJUN SANKAR *B* (2.0/1484) $164 2nd Place Section B: $164
CESAR B TAMONDONG *B* (1.5/1624) $66 3rd Place Section B: $66

 

 

Prizes. Donaldson Championship: SectionC

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
6 BRIAN FONG (4.5/1469) 262.00 Place: 1 - $262
2 ETHAN R MEI (3.5/1542) 164.00 Place: 2 - $164
4 ALBERT MART* STARR (3.0/1500) 66.00 Place: 3 - $66

 

Prizes. Donaldson Championship: Section DEu

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 JAMES LIN (4.5/1390) 147.50 Place: 1 - $197; Place: 2 - $98;
2-way split of $295: $147.5 each
3 WENTAO WU (4.5/1184) 147.50
6 NATAN GIMELFARB (3.0/1033) 11.00 Place: 3 - $33;
3-way split: $11 each
8 ANDREW BALLANTYNE (3.0/781) 11.00
9 DANNY DU UY CAO (3.0/632) 11.00

 

Standings: 

Final Standings

 

SwissSys Standings. Donaldson Championship: Open

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 FM JASON* LIANG 16041488 2321 W23 W10 L2 W16 W3 4.0 492.00
2 WIM ROCHELLE WU 14901590 2288 W19 W12 W1 L3 W4 4.0 492.00
3 IM RAY KAUFMAN 20058328 2358 W22 D4 W14 W2 L1 3.5 131.00
4 JOHN LUCA CANESSA 13724952 2127 W27 D3 W21 W14 L2 3.5 164.00
5 ERIC HON 13778105 2119 L12 W26 D20 W19 W11 3.5 164.00
6 NM ERIC YUHAN LI 15688436 2335 L11 W22 D16 W21 D7 3.0  
7 AUSTIN R MEI 16090452 2032 L13 W17 W9 D11 D6 3.0  
8 FELIX XIE 16360434 1901 L10 W23 L11 W18 W12 3.0  
9 VINCENT QIN 16571968 1807 B--- L14 L7 X22 W21 3.0  
10 ARUN DIXIT 14607904 2145 W8 L1 D19 W20 U--- 2.5  
11 NM MICHAEL WALDER 10345120 2096 W6 L15 W8 D7 L5 2.5  
12 ANDREW GUO 16192001 1842 W5 L2 D18 X23 L8 2.5  
13 IM WILLIAM DONALDSON 10270294 2412 W7 H--- H--- U--- U--- 2.0  
14 NM DEREK WU 14879327 2209 W24 W9 L3 L4 U--- 2.0  
15 CM SRIR KRISHNAKUMAR 15375510 2188 W25 W11 U--- U--- U--- 2.0  
16 SHAAKET SIVAKUMAR 15250088 2036 H--- W20 D6 L1 U--- 2.0  
17 SRICHARAN PULLELA 15580337 1892 D26 L7 L22 D24 W19 2.0  
18 ASHLEY PANG 15365204 2033 H--- L21 D12 L8 D24 1.5  
19 ARUL VISWANATHAN 14490424 1973 L2 W24 D10 L5 L17 1.5  
20 ROHAN DAS 15263634 1963 W28 L16 D5 L10 U--- 1.5  
21 AKO HEIDARI 15206848 1940 H--- W18 L4 L6 L9 1.5  
22 THEODORE BIYIASAS 13989054 2165 L3 L6 W17 F9 U--- 1.0  
23 STEPHEN HE 14726703 2031 L1 L8 W24 F12 U--- 1.0  
24 ADVAY BANSAL 16068511 1921 L14 L19 L23 D17 D18 1.0  
25 ABEL TALAMANTEZ 12465386 1804 L15 H--- H--- U--- U--- 1.0  
26 NM BRYON DOYLE 12905977 2141 D17 L5 U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
27 FM JASON LIANG 16041488 2357 L4 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
28 FM MARK A PINTO 10048711 2200 L20 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. Donaldson Championship: Section AB

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 CALVIN KOO 16403447 1736 W10 W18 W2 D5 W3 4.5 295.00
2 ZOLB LKHAGVASUREN 14872131 1887 W20 W7 L1 W13 W9 4.0 164.00
3 URANCHIM NYAMDORJ 16074075 1933 D4 W17 W15 W6 L1 3.5 16.50
4 BRICE HUANG 13530897 1844 D3 D14 W17 B--- D5 3.5 16.50
5 RITHWIK NARENDRA 14903560 1738 W19 D6 W7 D1 D4 3.5 16.50
6 MAX HAO 16083648 1728 W8 D5 W12 L3 B--- 3.5 16.50
7 ODGEREL JARGALMAA 17245342 1853 X--- L2 L5 W10 W13 3.0  
8 NENAD ZAGORAC 14395732 1825 L6 L10 B--- W16 W14 3.0  
9 KRISH MATAI 16444206 1645 L18 B--- W14 W15 L2 3.0  
10 JONAH M BUSCH 12469525 1839 L1 W8 H--- L7 W15 2.5  
11 ALEXANDER PERLOV 16465198 1744 D12 H--- W16 H--- U--- 2.5  
12 MOHAMMAD* SOLTANI 12889183 1620 D11 W19 L6 H--- H--- 2.5  
13 MATEO STEP HANSEN *B* 14907254 1613 B--- B--- H--- L2 L7 2.5 $262
14 ATUL THIRUMALAI 14973786 1850 H--- D4 L9 W17 L8 2.0  
15 ARJUN SANKAR *B* 14542170 1484 W16 B--- L3 L9 L10 2.0 $164
16 CESAR B TAMONDONG *B* 12439091 1624 L15 B--- L11 L8 D17 1.5 $66
17 SADHANA ARIVOLI 15655807 1521 B--- L3 L4 L14 D16 1.5  
18 SOS HAKOBYAN 14452712 1780 W9 L1 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
19 FELIX GERMAN 12624534 1911 L5 L12 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
20 SOS* HAKOBYAN 14452712 1780 L2 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
21 MOHAMMAD SOLTANI 12889183 1620 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. Donaldson Championship: SectionC

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 BRIAN FONG 16314805 1469 X6 W5 W2 D4 W7 4.5 262.00
2 ETHAN R MEI 16090467 1542 W3 D4 L1 W7 W5 3.5 164.00
3 ALBERT MART* STARR 12844781 1500 L2 W7 W4 D5 D4 3.0 66.00
4 JOHN CHAN 12561007 1505 W7 D2 L3 D1 D3 2.5  
5 DANIEL R PERLOV 16465203 1357 B--- L1 W7 D3 L2 2.5  
6 ALBERT MART STARR 12844781 1550 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
7 SUSHEEL S KHAMKAR 12575573 1479 L4 L3 L5 L2 L1 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. Donaldson Championship: Section DEu

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 JAMES LIN 16084360 1390 W6 D2 W8 W5 W4 4.5 147.50
2 WENTAO WU 16629782 1184 W11 D1 W9 W3 W5 4.5 147.50
3 NATAN GIMELFARB 16757673 1033 B--- W7 L5 L2 W8 3.0 11.00
4 ANDREW BALLANTYNE 17079795 781 W8 L5 W11 W7 L1 3.0 11.00
5 DANNY DU UY CAO 16939797 632 W10 W4 W3 L1 L2 3.0 11.00
6 SWAMINATHA SANKAR 14080777 1177 L1 B--- D7 L8 W10 2.5  
7 COLIN NAVARRO 16387844 unr. W9 L3 D6 L4 B--- 2.5  
8 MICHAEL SUSWAL 12851867 1353 L4 W10 L1 W6 L3 2.0  
9 WILLIAM THIBAULT 16716976 1181 L7 W11 L2 B--- U--- 2.0  
10 GEORGE T SULLIVAN 16579662 921 L5 L8 B--- W11 L6 2.0  
11 JAKE CHI HANG LI 17144246 566 L2 L9 L4 L10 H--- 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. Donaldson Championship: 2019 Donaldson Extra Rated

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 MATEO STEP HANSEN 14907254 1583 W11 W3 U--- --- U--- 2.0  
2 NENAD ZAGORAC 14395732 1825 U--- U--- --- D6 U--- 1.5  
3 VINCENT QIN 16571968 1807 U--- L1 U--- --- W8 1.0  
4 KRISH MATAI 16444206 1645 U--- W10 U--- --- U--- 1.0  
5 DANIEL PERLOV 14010070 1262 W13 U--- U--- --- U--- 1.0  
6 CHUNLEI LIANG 16071390 1683 U--- U--- --- D2 U--- 0.5  
7 ABEL TALAMANTEZ 12465386 1804 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
8 BRICE HUANG 13530897 1793 U--- U--- U--- U--- L3 0.0  
9 MOHAMMAD SOLTANI 12889183 1651 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
10 CESAR B TAMONDONG 12439091 1624 U--- L4 U--- --- U--- 0.0  
11 SADHANA ARIVOLI 15655807 1465 L1 U--- U--- --- U--- 0.0  
12 SAMUEL ZA AGDAMAG 14874734 1412 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
13 JON RODO CENDEJAS 15121586 1085 L5 U--- U--- --- U--- 0.0  
14 COLIN NAVARRO 16387844 unr. U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
PGN File(s): 
Package icon Donaldson_Round1-5.zip
Location: 
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