Friday, December 19, 2014

January 2015 Peninsula Chess League Tournament

The next Peninsula Chess League tournament will be held on Friday, January 30th, 2015.  Once again, this is a team-oriented event.

This will be an individual Swiss tournament with at least 4 sections, but trophies will be awarded based on team performance.

Summary

  • Date:  Friday, January 30th, 2015
  • Time:  7-9pm
  • Location:  Belmont Public Library
  • Pre-registration is required:  http://januarypcl.eventbrite.com/
  • There will be at least 4 sections:
    • USCF advanced section (approx rating 700-1200)
    • USCF beginner section (approx rated under 700)
    • Unrated intermediate
    • Unrated beginner
  • Each section will have about 12 - 20 players.
  • All games in the USCF sections will be USCF Quick-Rated.
  • Time control for all games:  G/18 (no delay)
  • Each player will play 3 games.
  • Individual Swiss format, except players are guaranteed not to play against other players from their school.
  • Round times:  7:00pm, 7:40pm, 8:15pm.  Trophies:  8:50pm
  • Players must play for the school they currently attend, except 5th graders (and below) may play for their elementary school alma mater

Team Scoring

Scoring subject to change based on number of sections, but scoring will be something like this for team trophy purposes:
  • USCF section 1:  42 points per win (21 points per draw).  Expected rating range for section:  700 - 1200 (may be modified to balance sections)
  • USCF section 2:  34 points per win.  Expected rating range for section:  under 700 (may be modified to balance sections)
  • Unrated Intermediate:  30 points per win
  • Unrated Beginner:  22 points per win
  • USCF members must play in USCF section.
  • Non-members may play in unrated sections, or become members to play in USCF rated sections.  Sign up for USCF membership here (memberships start at $17 per year).
  • Unrated USCF members may play in either USCF section (player's choice).
  • Rated USCF members may not play below their section, but can optionally play in the higher section even if they are lower-rated.  Exception:  provisionally-rated USCF members may be placed in lower rated section at TD's discretion.
  • USCF Quick Ratings will be used for section and pairing purposes.

Trophies

Team scores are based on the combined scores of the top players on that team.  Trophies awarded:
  • Best Super team (6 players)
  • Best Large team (5 players)
  • Best Standard team (4 players)
  • Best Small team (3 players)
  • Best Mini team (2 players)
  • To qualify for a team trophy, a team *must* have at least the required number of players.
  • Only the top scoring players on the team get a trophy (i.e., for a standard team, only the top 4 get trophies; ties broken by tie-breaks).
  • A team cannot win more than 1 trophy.  e.g., a team winning the Large team trophy is disallowed from winning the Standard team trophy.
  • There will be trophies for individual players with perfect 3.0 scores, but only to those who didn't already win a team trophy (you can't win two trophies).
Example:  Team A has 6 players, with point totals of 126, 102, 85, 75, 66, and 55, so their 6-player total is 509 and 5-player total is 454.  Team B has 6 players, with point totals of 105, 102, 90, 60, 45, 34, so their 6-player total is 436, and 5-player total is 402.  Then Team A wins the 6-player team trophies, and Team B wins the 5-player team trophies (since their 5-player total is best of the remaining teams).

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Peninsula Chess - December Blitz

Last night we held a small round-robin blitz tournament. Here are the USCF results: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201412168512-14706611

Here are the complete results (including unrated section):



Section 1 (USCF-rated) - Standings after round 5

PlaceNameRatingGradeSchoolERDLNGALECJGTotalTB(H)NWNB
1Elliott Regan 836 3Laurel
-
011114.00.023
2Daniel Lin 1019 2Heather1
-
010.513.50.032
3Nathan Gong 1026 6Ralston01
-
0113.00.032
4Aidan Li 814 5Fox001
-
012.00.023
5Ethan Cartagenaunrated 6Home00.501
-
01.50.032
6Jared Gong 795 3Fox00001
-
1.00.023


Section 2 (USCF-rated) - Standings after round 5

PlaceNameRatingGradeSchoolBPFKOELIBJYALTotalTB(H)NWNB
1Billy Picht 379 5Fox
-
001113.00.023
2Fionn Kimber O'Shea 223 4St. Catherine of Sienna1
-
00113.00.023
3Ethan Li 106 3Fox11
-
0013.00.023
4Isaac Braunstein 513 7Ralston011
-
013.00.032
5Jacob Yuryev 502 3Fox0011
-
13.00.032
6Austin Li (no-show) 606 5Fox00000
-
0.00.032


Section 3 (unrated) - Standings after round 5

PlaceNameGradeSchoolTYTYARAZZTACTotalTB(H)NWNB
1 Trevor Yao 1College Park
-
110114.01.032
2 Trent Yao 3College Park0
-
11114.0-1.032
3 Anish Reddy 2Kids Connection00
-
1113.01.023
4 Adam Zweiger 4Arundel100
-
113.0-1.032
5 Zachary Tyson 3Brittan Acres0000
-
11.00.023
6 Alina Chen 3Brewer Island00000
-
0.00.023

Standings Explained

Friday, December 12, 2014

Peninsula Chess League - Fall 2014 Results

College Park is the winner of the Fall 2014 Peninsula Chess League tournament (held September 19th and December 12th). Here are the final standings:

PlaceNameRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTB(H)TB(S)TB(GP)TB(C)TB(CO)
1 College Park 765W16W6D2W73.50.08.013.59.021.5
2 Brewer Island 679W7W5D1D33.00.011.09.58.528.5
3Brittan Acres 1 700W10D9W4D23.00.09.011.08.025.5
4 Foster City 635W8W14L3D52.50.08.59.57.521.5
5 Ralston Middle 617W12L2W10D42.50.08.010.56.521.0
6 Fox 1 691W15L1W11D92.50.07.59.56.519.5
7 Free Agents 2 396L2W12W9L12.01.09.55.05.025.0
8Brittan Acres 2 262L4L11W13W152.00.05.56.03.014.0
9 Free Agents 1 492W13D3L7D62.0-1.08.58.56.021.5
10 Arundel 402L3W15L5D111.50.07.53.53.519.0
11 Sandpiper 262L14W8L6D101.50.07.04.03.517.0
12 Fox 2 443L5L7D15D131.00.06.05.51.514.5
13 Free Agents 3 425L9D16L8D121.00.05.54.52.012.0
14 SCCLC 587W11L4--1.00.04.05.04.011.0
15 Baywood 416L6L10D12L80.50.07.05.01.014.5
16Notre Dame Elementary 407L1D13--0.50.04.53.01.511.0

Round 1 Results
TeamScoreTeamScore
College Park4.0Notre Dame Elementary0.0
Brewer Island2.5Free Agents 21.5
Brittan Acres 14.0Arundel0.0
Foster City3.5Brittan Acres 20.5
Ralston Middle3.5Fox 20.5
Fox 13.0Baywood1.0
Free Agents 13.0Free Agents 31.0
SCCLC2.5Sandpiper1.5

Round 2 Results
TeamScoreTeamScore
College Park3.5Fox 10.5
Brewer Island3.0Ralston Middle1.0
Foster City3.0SCCLC1.0
Free Agents 23.0Fox 21.0
Free Agents 12.0Brittan Acres 12.0
Arundel2.5Baywood1.5
Sandpiper3.0Brittan Acres 21.0
Notre Dame Elementary2.0Free Agents 32.0

Round 3 Results
TeamScoreTeamScore
College Park2.0Brewer Island2.0
Brittan Acres 13.0Foster City1.0
Ralston Middle4.0Arundel0.0
Fox 14.0Sandpiper0.0
Free Agents 22.5Free Agents 11.5
Brittan Acres 23.0Free Agents 31.0
Fox 22.0Baywood2.0

Round 4 Results
TeamScoreTeamScore
College Park4.0Free Agents 20.0
Brittan Acres 12.0Brewer Island2.0
Ralston Middle2.0Foster City2.0
Brittan Acres 23.0Baywood1.0
Free Agents 12.0Fox 12.0
Sandpiper2.0Arundel2.0
Free Agents 32.0Fox 22.0
Team Tournament - Team Rosters (December 12th)

SeedNameBoard 1Board 2Board 3Board 4Rating Avg
1 College ParkFelix Liu (992)David Yang (1116)Rohan Kumar (642) Trent Yao (G3) 765
2Brittan Acres 1Collin Liou (G3)Ariane Yedidia (733)Keenan Liou (G5)Aiden Deffner (G4) 700
3 Fox 1Evan Leong (970)Jared Gong (795) Aidan Li (814)Daniil Pelevin (321) 691
4 Brewer IslandBryant Ma (1060)Andrew Ma (896)Ethan Cheng (784)Kritvi Kapoor (G5) 679
5 Foster CityAlex Jiang (1138)Albert Zheng (955)Zayne Abraham (380)Measure Fama (G2) 635
6 Ralston MiddleNathan Gong (1026)Aaron Tung (594)Isaac Braunstein (513)Darren Yao (G6) 617
7 Free Agents 1Daniel Lin (1019)Adam Bederov (G6)Trevor Yao (G1)Nathan Bederov (G1) 492
8 Fox 2Vikram Valame (598)Miles Oetzel (364)Austin Li (606)Viktoriia Pelevina (207) 443
9 Free Agents 3Isaia Tuimavave (547)Aaron Kang (G6)Zachary Tyson (G3)Neeharika Kumar (G1) 425
10 BaywoodEthan Martin (G5)Daniel Voyles (G5)Chenrui Zhang (617)Harrison Silva (G5) 416
11 ArundelFinn Grenstam (710)Anish Reddy (G2)Esme Grenstam (G5)Somya Singh (G3) 402
12 Free Agents 2Elliott Regan (836)Fionn Kimber O'Shea (223)Noah Kissane (G3) Ethan Li (106) 396
13Brittan Acres 2Alexander Cotrell (G4)Sagan McLellan (G4)Nicholas Cotrell (G2)Cairo Padilla (G1) 262
14 SandpiperTristan Liu (G5)Sushant Bhopale (G3)Arin Kadakia (G3)Supriti Bhopale (G2) 262

Note: Free Agents 3 = team formerly known as Bayside STEM Middle

Team Rosters (September 19th)

SeedNameBoard 1Board 2Board 3Board 4Rating Avg
1 College ParkFelix Liu (1062)David Yang (1028)Rohan Kumar (718) Trent Yao (G3) 802
2Brittan Acres 1Collin Liou (G3)Ariane Yedidia (508)Keenan Liou (G5)Aiden Deffner (G4) 700
3 Fox 1Evan Leong (859)Jared Gong (662) Aidan Li (887)Daniil Pelevin (321) 630
4 Brewer IslandBryant Ma (856)Andrew Ma (755)Ethan Cheng (411)Kritvi Kapoor (G5) 593
5 Ralston MiddleNathan Gong (769)Aaron Tung (594)Isaac Braunstein (322)Darren Yao (G6) 553
6 Foster CityAlbert Zheng (914)Alex Jiang (745)Zayne Abraham (177)Measure Fama (G2) 527
7Bayside STEM MiddleAmit Singh (1100)Zion Abraham (429)Aaron Kang (G6)Neeharika Kumar (G1) 519
8 SCCLCIsaia Tuimavave (990)Jonas Roodman (917)Donovan Truel (G5)Isa Khalak (G4) 487
9Notre Dame ElementaryElliott Regan (733)Audrey Luey (G6)Cailey Murad (G6)Rikako Ono (G6) 483
10 Free Agents 1Daniel Lin (930)Adam Bederov (G6)Trevor Yao (G1)Nathan Bederov (G1) 470
11 ArundelFinn Grenstam (710)Adam Zweiger (G4)Esme Grenstam (G5)Alexandra Kowalczyk (G4) 415
12 BaywoodChenrui Zhang (617)Daniel Voyles (G5)Harrison Silva (G5)Noah Kissane (G3) 391
13 Free Agents 2Ryan Talvola (592)Sean Xiong (358)Fionn Kimber O'Shea (115) Ethan Li (G3) 362
14 Fox 2Vikram Valame (524)Miles Oetzel (376) Austin Li (G4)Viktoriia Pelevina (207) 351
15Brittan Acres 2Sagan McLellan (G4)Zachary Tyson (G3)Anish Reddy (G2)Cairo Padilla (G1) 325
16 Sandpiper Kyle Fong (G5)Sushant Bhopale (G3)Arin Kadakia (G3)Arshan Perwad (G3) 275


Board 1 - Final Standings

PlaceIDNameRatingGradeSchoolRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTB(H)TB(S)TB(C)TB(CO)NWNB
1 3Felix Liu 992 4College ParkW58W23W19W584.00.05.510.014.022
2 8Daniel Lin 1019 2HeatherW50W22D58W233.50.05.59.016.013
312Alex Jiang 1138 2Foster CityW25W51L22W243.00.07.08.020.022
419Bryant Ma 1060 2Brewer IslandD34W24L3W222.50.09.56.027.031
522Collin Liouunrated 3Brittan AcresW54L8W12L192.00.010.06.026.022
623Evan Leong 970 3FoxW68L3W44L82.00.08.56.022.022
724Nathan Gong 1026 6Ralston MiddleW55L19W54L122.00.07.56.018.031
828Alexander Cotrellunrated 4Brittan Acres--W60W432.00.01.57.06.011
929Amit Singh 1100 7Bayside STEM MiddleW48W58--2.00.01.57.04.011
1034Ryan Talvola 592 7OdysseyD19W55--1.50.03.55.07.011
1143Ethan Martinunrated 5Baywood--W55L281.01.03.04.08.011
1244Tristan Liuunrated 5College Park--L23W541.01.03.03.09.011
1350Zion Abraham 429 5Bayside STEM MiddleL8W70--1.00.03.53.09.011
1454Finn Grenstam 710 2ArundelL22W68L24L441.0-1.05.03.015.022
1555Vikram Valame 598 4FoxL24L34L43W601.0-1.05.01.017.013
1658Elliott Regan 836 3LaurelL3L29D8L30.50.013.51.036.022
1760Isaia Tuimavave 547 4SCCLCD36L4L28L550.50.08.52.023.031

Note: Elliot ended up playing Felix twice because he switched teams.



Board 2 - Final Standings

PlaceIDNameRatingGradeSchoolRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTB(H)TB(S)TB(C)TB(CO)NWNB
1 2David Yang 1116 4College ParkW70W14W11W404.00.07.010.017.022
2 4Albert Zheng 955 4Foster CityW26W60W47W314.00.05.010.013.022
311Andrew Ma 896 2Brewer IslandW1X31L2W473.00.07.58.021.003
414Jared Gong 795 3FoxW67L2W66W483.00.05.07.013.022
526Sagan McLellanunrated 4Brittan AcresL4L36W53W672.00.06.53.016.022
631Aaron Tung 594 7Ralston MiddleD35F11W37L41.51.010.04.025.012
735Miles Oetzel 364 5FoxD31F1W67L531.50.03.54.08.021
836Kyle Fongunrated 5SandpiperD60W26--1.50.02.55.05.011
937Anish Reddyunrated 2Kids ConnectionD33L15L31W661.5-1.06.03.017.022
1040Fionn Kimber O'Shea 223 4St. CatherineL10L30W48L21.01.010.02.027.022
1147Ariane Yedidia 733 3Brittan AcresW56L48L4L111.00.09.04.024.022
1248Adam Bederovunrated 6WoodlandL29W47L40L141.00.07.03.020.031
1351Jonas Roodman 917 2SCCLCW66L12--1.00.03.04.08.011
1453Aaron Kangunrated 6Bayside STEM MiddleL13L42L26W351.0-1.07.51.017.004
1566Sushant Bhopaleunrated 3SandpiperL51L25L14L370.00.07.50.018.022
1667Daniel Voylesunrated 5BaywoodL14L56L35L260.00.07.50.017.022
1770Audrey Lueyunrated 6Notre Dame ElementaryL2L50--0.00.05.00.013.011


Board 3 - Final Standings

PlaceIDNameRatingGradeSchoolRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTB(H)TB(S)TB(C)TB(CO)NWNB
1 1Keenan Liouunrated 5Brittan AcresW65W13W33W104.00.07.510.021.022
210Ethan Cheng 784 KBrewer IslandW40W16W20L13.01.010.59.025.531
313Trevor Yaounrated 1College ParkW53L1W59W323.00.07.07.016.013
415Arin Kadakiaunrated 3SandpiperW71W37L32W653.00.03.08.06.522
516Isaac Braunstein 513 3Ralston MiddleW30L10W65W333.0-1.06.57.019.031
620Rohan Kumar 642 5College ParkW42D32L10W592.50.06.06.517.022
721Nicholas Cotrellunrated 2Brittan Acres--W25W682.01.02.07.04.011
825Zachary Tysonunrated 3Brittan AcresL12W66L21W302.00.07.04.020.031
930Austin Li 606 4FoxL16W40W68L252.0-1.06.05.013.013
1032Aidan Li 814 5FoxL7D20W15L131.50.012.53.531.522
1133Zayne Abraham 380 3Foster CityD37W71L1L161.50.08.55.020.022
1242Cailey Muradunrated 6Notre Dame ElementaryL20W53--1.01.03.53.07.511
1352Arshan Perwadunrated 3SandpiperL27X69--1.00.02.03.07.001
1459Noah Kissaneunrated 3LaurelL18D64L13L200.50.09.01.522.022
1565Esme Grenstamunrated 5ArundelL1L7L16L150.00.014.00.035.022
1668Chenrui Zhang 617 4BaywoodL23L54L30L210.00.07.00.021.022
1771Donovan Truelunrated 5SCCLCL15L33--0.00.04.50.013.011


Board 4 - Final Standings

PlaceIDNameRatingGradeSchoolRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTB(H)TB(S)TB(C)TB(CO)NWNB
1 5Darren Yaounrated 6Ralston MiddleW38W45W49W464.00.04.010.010.013
2 6Aiden Deffnerunrated 4Brittan AcresW64W39W46W454.00.03.510.011.522
3 7Harrison Silvaunrated 5BaywoodW32W65W38W694.00.02.510.04.522
4 9Trent Yaounrated 3College ParkW41W18L45W173.02.08.08.021.022
517Ethan Li 106 3FoxW45W38W39L93.0-1.06.09.015.022
618Daniil Pelevin 321 5FoxW59L9W72W393.0-1.04.57.013.522
727Isa Khalakunrated 4SCCLCW52W46--2.00.02.07.07.011
838Viktoriia Pelevina 207 4FoxL5L17L7W571.01.012.01.031.031
939Nathan Bederovunrated 1WoodlandW57L6L17L181.01.011.04.028.031
1041Rikako Onounrated 6Notre Dame ElementaryL9W57--1.01.04.03.010.011
1145Kritvi Kapoorunrated 5Brewer IslandL17L5W9L61.00.014.02.037.013
1246Measure Famaunrated 2Foster CityW69L27L6L51.00.010.04.027.022
1349Somya Singhunrated 3Brewer Island--L5W721.00.04.03.010.011
1456Adam Zweigerunrated 4ArundelL47W67--1.0-1.01.03.04.011
1557Neeharika Kumarunrated 1Brewer IslandL39L41W69L381.0-3.03.02.08.022
1964Alexandra Kowalczykunrated 4ArundelL6D59--0.50.04.51.511.511
2069Cairo Padillaunrated 1Brittan AcresL46F52L57L70.00.07.00.019.021
2172Supriti Bhopaleunrated 2Sandpiper--L18L490.00.04.00.010.011

Monday, December 1, 2014

2014 Baywood Tournament Results

Here are the results of the 2nd annual Baywood tournament, held November 23rd, 2014.

K-1st Grade

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Trevor Yao10CPARK1W4W5W3W2W9 5.0
2Caden Cartagena10PLA1W13W17W9L1W3 4.0
3Vian Yang10BOAKS1W12W7L1W6L2 3.0
4Charlie Wilcox10BAYW1L1W13W5W10L6 3.0
5Neeharika Kumar10BREW1W11L1L4W16W12 3.0
6Nachiket Mittal10LWISD1D9D14W16L3W4 3.0
7Camden Baxter10BAYW1W15L3D12D9W10 3.0
8Jay Kothari5BRITKD16W10W11U---U--- 2.5
9Jack Leggetter10FOX1D6W16L2D7L1 2.0
10Erik Leong5FOXKW14L8W17L4L7 2.0
11Jack Jermaine10BAYW1L5W15L8D12D14 2.0
12Varun Kotla5BREWKL3B---D7D11L5 2.0
13Kian Baheri10NESB1L2L4D14W17D15 2.0
14Erin Finn10BAYW1L10D6D13D15D11 2.0
15Mari Galstan10MEAD1L7L11B---D14D13 2.0
16George Mirgorodskiy10BAYW1D8L9L6L5D17 1.0
17Calvin Baxter10BAYW1D---L2L10L13D16 1.0

2nd - 3rd Grade

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Collin Liou30BRIT3W12W26W5W7W8 5.0
2Ethan Cheng787BREWKW39W30W19W8W3 5.0
3Evan Leong970FOX3W35W29W9W4L2 4.0
4Aarav Penumarthy30COMM3W31W6W14L3W13 4.0
5Jared Gong795FOX3W34W28L1W11W10 4.0
6Nicholas Cottrell20BRIT2W20L4W28W26W9 4.0
7Manya Kumar20FOST2D29W39W33L1W14 3.5
8Jacob Yuryev502FOX3W22W11W27L2L1 3.0
9Zachary Tyson30BRIT3W16W10L3W12L6 3.0
10Trent Yao30CPARK3W15L9W29W19L5 3.0
11Alex Zhao20FOST2W36L8W18L5W26 3.0
12Zander Rosenzweig20JUAN2L1B---W30L9W28 3.0
13Christopher Chu20BAYW2L30W22W37W15L4 3.0
14Samay Kodige20BRIT2B---W37L4W17L7 3.0
15Ariane Yedidia648BRIT3L10W32W21L13W20 3.0
16Skyler Peterson20FOX2L9L21W39W30W29 3.0
17Prithvi Dixit30SAND3W41L27W24L14W31 3.0
18Max Minkovsky30FOX3W40L19L11W32W27 3.0
19Brandon Wu20CIPR2W38W18L2L10D23 2.5
20Vishal Dandamudi30BREW3L6W23D31W27L15 2.5
21Zain Passi30SAND3L27W16L15D24W32 2.5
22Charl De Villiers30SAND3L8L13W36W40D25 2.5
23Ethan Shen20CPARK2L26L20W41W33D19 2.5
24Naveen Schwarzkopf20BAYW2D37D33L17D21W34 2.5
25Tyler Fernandez20BOAKS2L28D34W40D31D22 2.5
26Ethan Li105FOX3W23L1W35L6L11 2.0
27Joshua Fu20CPARK2W21W17L8L20L18 2.0
28Arin Kadakia30SAND3W25L5L6W35L12 2.0
29Kyle Ko30BAYW3W7L3L10W41L16 2.0
30Arshan Perwad30SAND3W13L2L12L16W37 2.0
31Christopher Nelson20FOX2L4W36D20D25L17 2.0
32Kenzo Lam20BAYW2D33L15W34L18L21 1.5
33Wyatt Yang30BOAKS3D32D24L7L23D35 1.5
34Badri Viswanathan30BREW3L5D25L32W39L24 1.5
35Francois Presta30BAYW3L3W41L26L28D33 1.5
36Ansel Chang30CPARK3L11L31L22D37W40 1.5
37Evelyn Su30BREW3D24L14L13D36L30 1.0
38Taylor Martin30BAYW3L19D40H---U---U--- 1.0
39Evan Hwang30BAYW3L2L7L16L34D41 0.5
40Anthony Lu20BREW2L18D38L25L22L36 0.5
41Michael Helms20BREW2L17L35L23L29D39 0.5

4th - 5th Grade

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Keenan Liou50CENT5X32W2W5W9W3 5.0
2Rohan Kumar692CPARK5W14L1W29W11W9 4.0
3Alexander Cottrell40BRIT4W30W10W11W15L1 4.0
4Aidan Li971FOX5L9W12W16W6W10 4.0
5Tristan Liu50CPARK5W28W18L1W23W13 4.0
6Quincy Rosenzweig50JUAN5D15W26W7L4W19 3.5
7Kyle Fong50SAND5H---W8L6W27W16 3.5
8Adam Farris50BREW5D26L7W30W18W15 3.5
9Harrison Silva50BAYW5W4W17W19L1L2 3.0
10Ethan Martin50BAYW5X35L3W17W19L4 3.0
11Pallavi Badri50FOST5W31W25L3L2W21 3.0
12Matteo Figueroa50BAYW5L17L4W24W28W18 3.0
13Aidan Gurskis40CENT4X34L15W21W20L5 3.0
14Alex Bishop50CIPR5L2L22W26W29W20 3.0
15Kieran Parker308BAYW4D6W13W27L3L8 2.5
16Chenrui Zhang40BAYW4W20D27L4W22L7 2.5
17Pete Thambundit40BREW4W12L9L10D26W23 2.5
18Ron Rimon40SAND4W24L5W22L8L12 2.0
19Billy Picht417FOX5W21W29L9L10L6 2.0
20Miles King50MATT5L16W31W25L13L14 2.0
21Jonathan Devincenzi50MATT5L19W24L13W25L11 2.0
22Kritvi Kapoor50BREW5L29W14L18L16W27 2.0
23Evan Harris40BAYW4L27B---W28L5L17 2.0
24Sage Loomis50BOAKS5L18L21L12W30W29 2.0
25Matthew Campbell40BRIT4X33L11L20L21X30 2.0
26Jack Hauk40BAYW4D8L6L14D17D28 1.5
27Harini Buddaluru50BREW5W23D16L15L7L22 1.5
28Ryan Fernandez50BREW5L5W30L23L12D26 1.5
29Donovan Truel50SCCLC5W22L19L2L14L24 1.0
30Julia Morrow50BAYW5L3L28L8L24F25 0.0
31Lloyd Walter40BAYW4L11L20U---U---U--- 0.0
32Austin Li606FOX4F1U---U---U---U--- 0.0
33Alina Chen 50BREW5F25U---U---U---U--- 0.0
34Daniel Voyles50BAYW5F13U---U---U---U--- 0.0
35Adam Zweiger40ARUN4F10U---U---U---U--- 0.0

6th - 8th Grade

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Ethan Cartagena60PLA6W7W3W8W2W6 5.0
2Jarett Nishikawa1087RALST6W10W8W4L1W3 4.0
3Elliot Johnston1226HOME4W6L1W5W4L2 3.0
4Nathan Gong1026RALST6W5W9L2L3W8 3.0
5Jason Hauk60BOREL6L4B---L3W7W9 3.0
6Shawn Viogradsky60TIERRA6L3D7X10W9L1 2.5
7Matthew Ko60BOREL6L1D6W9L5B--- 2.5
8Aaron Kang60STEM6W11L2L1B---L4 2.0
9Serafino Presta60BOREL6B---L4L7L6L5 1.0
10Glenn Voyles60BOREL7L2W11F6U---U--- 1.0
11Nico Figuero80BOREL8L8L10U---U---U--- 0.0

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Peninsula Chess Club Donations

The Belmont Library generously allows the Peninsula Chess Club to use the library free of charge.

However, we still spend money on trophies, certificates, and USCF fees.

Anything you can provide to help us offset those costs would be greatly appreciated. $10, $20 or more...anything is appreciated. Your donation will help us to continue to provide free tournaments now and in the future. Donors remain anonymous unless you specify otherwise.

Click the PayPal logo below to donate via the secure PayPal site. Thank you!

Friday, November 21, 2014

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Peninsula Chess Club - October Round Robin Results

On Sunday, October 12th, Peninsula Chess Club held a 6-player round robin tournament. Time controls were G/10 d5. There were 8 sections, with 4 USCF Quick-Rated sections and 4 unrated sections.

Winners of their sections were Nathan Gong, Adam Bederov, Vikram Valame, Kyle Fong, Trent and Trevor Yao (tie), Adam Farris, Jacob Yuryev, and Arshan Perwad.

Click here for the USCF rating report


Section 1 (USCF-rated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameRatingGradeSchoolNGAJDLELERTotalTB(H)NWNB
1Nathan Gong 769 6Ralston
-
11114.00.013
2Alex Jiang 873 2Foster City0
-
1012.00.022
3Daniel Lin1043 P24 2Heather00
-
112.00.031
4Evan Leong 859 3Fox010
-
12.00.031
5Elliott Regan 750 3Laurel0000
-
0.00.013


Section 2 (USCF-rated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameRatingGradeSchoolABALAYJGRKTotalTB(H)NWNB
1Adam Bederovunrated 6Woodland
-
11013.01.022
2Aidan Li 887 P3 5Fox0
-
1113.0-1.022
3Ariane Yedidia503 P12 3Brittan Acres00
-
112.01.022
4Jared Gong 662 3Fox100
-
12.0-1.022
5Rohan Kumar749 P17 5College Park0000
-
0.00.022


Section 3 (USCF-rated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameRatingGradeSchoolVVIBSXITTotalTB(H)NWNB
1Vikram Valame 524 P8 4Fox
-
1113.00.021
2Isaac Braunstein320 P20 7Ralston0
-
112.00.021
3Sean Xiong 358 P3 5College Park00
-
11.00.012
4Isaia Tuimavave 990 P3 4SCCLC000
-
0.00.012


Section 4 (USCF-rated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameRatingGradeSchoolKFWPFKONSAKELTotalTB(H)NWNB
1Kyle Fongunrated 5Sandpiper
-
111115.00.032
2William Picht326 P16 5Fox0
-
11114.00.032
3Fionn Kimber O'Shea 115 P6 4St. Catherine of Sienna00
-
1113.00.023
4Nicholas Sweeunrated 5Central Middle000
-
011.00.023
5Arin Kadakiaunrated 3Sandpiper0001
-
01.00.023
6Ethan Liunrated 3Fox00001
-
1.00.032


Section 5 (unrated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameGradeSchoolTYTYAZSKSBDCTotalTB(H)NWNB
1 Trent Yao 3College Park
-
0.511114.50.032
2 Trevor Yao 1College Park0.5
-
11114.50.032
3 Adam Zweiger 4Arundel00
-
1102.01.032
4 Samay Kodige 2Brittan Acres000
-
112.0-1.023
5Sushant Bhopale 3Sandpiper0000
-
11.01.023
6 Dhruv Chinmay 4Arundel00100
-
1.0-1.023


Section 6 (unrated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameGradeSchoolAFADPDJLSBCDVTotalTB(H)NWNB
1 Adam Farris 5Brewer Island
-
101114.01.023
2 Anish Dara 2Kids Connection0
-
11114.0-1.032
3 Prithvi Dixit 3Sandpiper10
-
1103.00.032
4 Johnny Lynch 2Fox000
-
0.511.50.023
5Sachin Balasubramanian 4Brewer Island0000.5
-
11.50.032
6Charl De Villiers 3Sandpiper00100
-
1.00.023


Section 7 (unrated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameGradeSchoolJYAKZPRYKKWWTotalTB(H)NWNB
1 Jacob Yuryev 3Fox
-
110114.01.023
2 Aaron Kang 6Bayside STEM0
-
11114.0-1.032
3 Zain Passi 3Sandpiper00
-
1113.00.023
4 Ryan Yong 3Sandpiper100
-
0.50.52.00.023
5 Kritvi Kapoor 5Brewer Island0000.5
-
11.50.032
6 William Wong 5Belmont Oaks0000.50
-
0.50.032


Section 8 (unrated) - Final Standings

PlaceNameGradeSchoolAPSPJFAFNKSBTotalTB(H)NWNB
1 Arshan Perwad 3Sandpiper
-
111115.00.032
2Skyler Peterson 2Fox0
-
11114.00.023
3 Joshua Fu 2College Park00
-
1113.00.023
4 Adrian Fry 3North Star Academy000
-
112.00.032
5Neeharika Kumar 1Brewer Island0000
-
11.00.023
6Supriti Bhopale KSandpiper00000
-
0.00.032

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Tournament Mailing List

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Belmont Library 2014 Tournament Results

Here are the results from this year's Belmont Library tournament, held on August 2, 2014.

55 kids battled it out in four rounds of G/15 action.  The top 4 in each section received trophies.  Congrats to all our winners.

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Peninsula Chess League - May 2014 Results

Friday night we held the 4th tournament of the Peninsula Chess League, a series of team chess matches between elementary and middle schools in the San Francisco Peninsula area.

This time, all matches were 1-round matches with teams of 6 players each.  Here were the results:


  • Fox 1 defeated Baywood, 5.5 - 0.5
  • Fox 1 defeated Arundel, 4.5 - 1.5
  • Arundel defeated Fox 2, 3.5 - 2.5
  • Baywood defeated College Park, 4 - 2
  • College Park defeated Notre Dame, 4 - 2
  • Fox 2 defeated Notre Dame, 5 - 1
In the 2nd round, Baywood was ahead of College Park with 1 game to go.  In that game, there were 3 queens on the board at one time (for quite a while)!  There was a crowd of a dozen kids and adults watching the game.  One of the highlights of this season has been these moments -- where a crowd gathers around the last game of a close match.  It's happened several times this season, and I think the kids (and adults) enjoy it.  It's something you don't get to see in most youth tournaments, since the kids are shooed away as soon as their games end.  Hopefully we'll see more of this next season.

This concludes the 2013-2014 season.  If you are a parent or coach of a team and are interested in forming a team for your school, contact us at peninsulachess@gmail.com.  The next tournament will probably be in September or October.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Sunday, March 23, 2014

2014 Fox School Scholastic Chess Tournament Results

6th - 8th Grade Section

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotTBrk[M]TBrk[S]TBrk[C]
1Justin Hadria Hsu1111TIERRA7W7W15W12W3D4 4.5121414.5
2Peter Trost431TIERRA8X19W13L3W8W6 4.0111111
3Leandro Rossi80TIERRA8W6W17W2L1D5 3.51414.512.5
4Sakina Bambot814TIERRA7L12W16W11W5D1 3.511.5139.5
5Davis Leland744TIERRA6W18D11W13L4D3 3.01111.510.5
6Angela V McNevin696TIERRA7L3W14W17W12L2 3.01111.59
7Nicholas Thompson380TIERRA6L1W18L16W13W14 3.01010.57
8Kaila Nishikawa582RALST7X20L12W15L2W11 3.09.59.58
9Isaac Braunstein318RALST6L13D10D14W18W12 3.099.56.5
10Prateek Tenkale80BAYS8L15D9D18W17W16 3.077.56.5
11Sean Shitamoto60RALST6B---D5L4W16L8 2.5710.58
12Richard B Wang291TIERRA8W4W8L1L6L9 2.01216.59
13David Chong883RALST8W9L2L5L7W17 2.09.5136
14Srimaye Samudrala60BOWD6D16L6D9W15L7 2.09.512.56
15Ethan C White553TIERRA8W10L1L8L14W18 2.0812.56
16Andrew Land529TIERRA6D14L4W7L11L10 1.51013.55.5
17Maxim E Fomin556TIERRA6X21L3L6L10L13 1.0811.54
18Timothy Yeh80RALST8L5L7D10L9L15 0.511141.5
19Andrey Shapiro1124TIERRA7F2U---U---U---U--- 0.0000
20Christopher Morrison80ROYC8F8U---U---U---U--- 0.0000
21Alexander Wolf80BAYS8F17U---U---U---U--- 0.0000
22Glenn Voyles60BOREL6U---U---U---U---U--- 0.0000


4th - 5th Grade Section

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotTBrk[M]TBrk[S]TBrk[C]
1Jarett Nishikawa767FOX5W26W12W3W10W4 5.013.515.515
2Tristan Liu40CPARK4W15W5W9W14D7 4.5131614.5
3Jack M Villagrand378HEATHE4W40W23L1W16W11 4.01313.512
4Nathan Gong779FOX5X41W28W20W11L1 4.012.512.513
5Daniil Pelevin362FOX4W31L2W32W13W12 4.01213.511
6Ethan Cartagena50PENN5L13W27W24W17W9 4.0111310
7Alexander S Park652HEATHE4X42L11W22W20D2 3.512.512.59.5
8Dean C Johnson358HEATHE4L11D14W19W23W10 3.512148
9Harry Lee476TIERRA5W27W13L2W15L6 3.014.516.511
10Elson Wong40BAYW4W38W17W16L1L8 3.014.515.512
11Aidan Li40FOX4W8W7W21L4L3 3.01416.512
12Aneek Patil50KIDS5W39L1W25W21L5 3.013.51410
13Daniel Voyles40BAYW4W6L9W28L5W29 3.013159
14Shinyi Ouyang740FOST5D22D8W29L2W27 3.012.514.58.5
15Jason Hauk50BAYW5L2W31W18L9W23 3.012.5148
16Zachary Nathan717TIERRA5W36W30L10L3W24 3.0111210
17James B Carlson505TIERRA5W32L10W36L6W25 3.010.511.59
18Esme Grenstam40ARUN4W37L21L15W32W26 3.09108
19Nathan Joe40CENT4W33L20L8W37W31 3.09108
20Andreas Kohlschutter275HEATHE4W24W19L4L7H--- 2.5811.59
21Jack W Peacock503HEATHE4W29W18L11L12H--- 2.58119
22Darren Yao50NESB5D14W38L7L26W33 2.56.510.57.5
23Jarod Ho40FOX4W35L3W30L8L15 2.011158
24Julian Ward40BRITT4L20W33L6W28L16 2.09136
25Keenan Liou40BRITT4L28W26L12W30L17 2.09126
26Matthew Ko50BAYW5L1L25W39W22L18 2.08135
27Rita Kravtchenko40ARUN4L9L6W38W36L14 2.08125
28Shawn Vinogradsky119TIERRA5W25L4L13L24W36 2.0811.56
29Luke Wiegand50CPARK5L21W37L14W34L13 2.07.510.56
30Krish Chaudhary50KIDS5W34L16L23L25W39 2.05.58.56
31Billy Picht40FOX4L5L15D33W38L19 1.58.512.53.5
32Cailey Murad50NOTRE5L17W34L5L18H--- 1.57114
33Brian Kelley50CHARL5L19L24D31W40L22 1.56.59.53.5
34Priscille Peyron40HEATHE4L30L32B---L29D37 1.54.56.52.5
35Audrey Luey50NOTRE5L23W40H---U---U--- 1.50.52.55
36Vedant Yerolkar50FOST5L16W39L17L27L28 1.07.510.54
37Charlize E Brown105HEATHE4L18L29D40L19D34 1.06.59.52
38Maya A Henry169HEATHE4L10L22L27L31W40 1.06.59.51
39Kritvi Kapoor40BREW4L12L36L26B---L30 1.0581
40David El Kaim40ARUN4L3L35D37L33L38 0.56101.5
41Jasper Sands50DUVEN5F4U---U---U---U--- 0.0000
42Spencer Wolf50CPARK5F7U---U---U---U--- 0.0000


2nd - 3rd Grade Section

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotTBrk[M]TBrk[S]TBrk[C]
1Sidharth Radhakrishnan1040BREW3W29W12W9W7W2 5.014.516.515
2Tejas Mahesh827FOST3W17W13W26W5L1 4.0151714
3Evan Leong633FOX2W21W16L5W11W6 4.014.517.512
4Ariane [AJ] Yedidia374BRITT2W31W30W8L6W12 4.01314.513
5Alexander Cottrell30BRITT3W27W46W3L2W14 4.01314.513
6Collin Liou20BRITT2W37W40W24W4L3 4.012.51414
7Connor Chatterjee258HEATHE3W45W39W10L1W18 4.012.513.513
8Charlie Haines30ARUN3W32W42L4W13W16 4.0121312
9Viktoriia Pelevina188FOX3W38W19L1W30D10 3.51314.511.5
10Aiden Deffner30BRITT3W33W15L7W26D9 3.512.514.511.5
11Adam Zweiger30ARUN3W34D24W15L3W27 3.511.513.511
12Isaia Tuimavave30BRITT3W22L1W34W19L4 3.0151710
13Honukai C Knappau115HEATHE3W20L2W23L8W31 3.014169
14Jack Hauk30BAYW3L19W43W22W21L5 3.013149
15Surya Somasundaram744WEIB3W23L10L11W35W24 3.012.514.58
16Kyle Yeh30FOX3W44L3W32W29L8 3.0121310
17Kieran Parker30BAYW3L2L20W25W36W28 3.011.513.56
18Mahika Samudrala30FOST3L28W36W20W27L7 3.011139
19Trent Yao20CPARK2W14L9W46L12W30 3.01112.59
20Eric Fadeyev20FOX2L13W17L18W39W37 3.011127
21Alexandra Kowalczyk30NOTRE3L3W44W42L14W26 3.010118
22Arin Kadakia20SAND2L12W35L14W42W29 3.010117
23Austin Li30FOX3L15W47L13W34W33 3.01010.57
24Jared Gong547FOX2W35D11L6W28L15 2.58.514.59
25Lada Lykova280HEATHE3D43L27L17W32W42 2.5595.5
26Ethan S Park205HEATHE2W36W28L2L10L21 2.010.514.59
27Vikram Kacholiya520HEATHE3L5W25W39L18L11 2.010147
28Matteo Sanvido20FOX2W18L26W37L24L17 2.09.512.58
29Dhruv Chinmay30ARUN3L1W38W40L16L22 2.09147
30Asher Schalet30BAYW3X50L4W33L9L19 2.08.512.57
31Joshua Chin30CENT3L4L33W38W40L13 2.08125
32Ryan Yong20SAND2L8W41L16L25W45 2.08125
33Ethan Li20FOX2L10W31L30W46L23 2.0811.56
34Kyle Ko20BAYW2L11W45L12L23W48 2.07.5115
35Russell Kim30FOX3L24L22W43L15W44 2.07.510.54
36Ethan Huang20FOX2L26L18W44L17W43 2.07104
37Isa Khalak30SCCLC3L6W48L28W45L20 2.06.510.56
38Ryan Lu20BAYW2L9L29L31W48X46 2.04.582
39Anthony Ganim30FOX3X51L7L27L20D41 1.56.510.54.5
40Kyle M Maher165HEATHE2W48L6L29L31H--- 1.54.58.55
41Abiir Godbole20FOX2L42L32D48D43D39 1.53.55.53
42Samina H Ginwalla224HEATHE2W41L8L21L22L25 1.010145
43Frankie Presta20BAYW2D25L14L35D41L36 1.08113.5
44Vedant Hegde20SAND2L16L21L36W47L35 1.07.510.52
45Elizabeth Dubinskiy20HEATHE2L7L34W47L37L32 1.06.510.53
46Akhil Chakka158WEIB2W47L5L19L33F38 1.05.59.55
47Erik Cheng20SCCLC2L46L23L45L44B--- 1.03.56.50
48Adrian Fry20SAND2L40L37D41L38L34 0.56.58.51.5
49Riya Kadakia20SAND2U---U---U---U---U--- 0.0000
50Nikita Grinkin20ARUN2F30U---U---U---U--- 0.0000
51Emme Wolf20FRANK2F39U---U---U---U--- 0.0000


K - 1st Grade Section

#NameRtngTeamGrdRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotTBrk[M]TBrk[S]TBrk[C]
1Daniel Lin766HEATHE1W6W9W12W10W8 5.012.515.515
2Samay Kodige10BRITT1L9W15W7W14W11 4.012.51510
3Nicholas Cottrell10BRITT1W5W33L8W13W10 4.012.51312
4Anish Dara10KIDS1L11W17W18W8W9 4.011.51410
5Trevor Yao5CPARKKL3B---W15W22W12 4.011.511.59
6Jonas Roodman10SCCLC1L1W25W32D7W19 3.512139
7Brandon Chatterjee199HEATHE1W23W28L2D6W20 3.511.51311
8Benjamin Carlson436HEATHE1W14W16W3L4L1 3.01618.512
9Measure Fama10SCCLC1W2L1W13W20L4 3.0161810
10Neel Sijp540HEATHE1W17W11W21L1L3 3.014.516.512
11Finn Grenstam10ARUN1W4L10W22W19L2 3.0131510
12Johnny Lynch10FOX1W29W32L1W21L5 3.0121311
13Liam Antonissen5HEATHEKW24W19L9L3W26 3.0111310
14Joshua Fu10CPARK1L8W31W33L2W21 3.01010.58
15Woody L McMahon218HEATHE1D26L2L5W30W23 2.57.512.55.5
16Brandon Wu10CIPR1W20L8L19W24D17 2.56.511.57.5
17Caden Solomon10FOX1L10L4W31W32D16 2.56.511.55.5
18Connor Chin10CENT1L22W30L4D25W28 2.55106
19Christopher Nelson10FOX1W25L13W16L11L6 2.01013.58
20Cameron Lin10CPARK1L16W26W28L9L7 2.0912.57
21Skyler Peterson10FOX1W30W22L10L12L14 2.09129
22Kevin Y Yang424HEATHE1W18L21L11L5W32 2.08.5126
23Sophie Rubinstein10BAYW1L7D24D30W29L15 2.0710.55.5
24Neer Ghate10FOX1L13D23D27L16W33 2.07104.5
25Justin Lo5NOTREKL19L6B---D18D27 2.06.5103.5
26Connor Lu10BAYW1D15L20D29W33L13 2.06.59.56
27Daniel El Kaim10ARUN1L32D29D24D28D25 2.05.57.55
28Kestrel Fink10SCCLC1W31L7L20D27L18 1.57.5116
29Daria Izmailova5FOXKL12D27D26L23D31 1.57104
30Matthew Lee10FOX1L21L18D23L15B--- 1.56.591.5
31Ethan Shen10CPARK1L28L14L17B---D29 1.55.58.51.5
32Ethan Hua5CPARKKW27L12L6L17L22 1.09.5135
33Emma Fry5SANDKB---L3L14L26L24 1.07114