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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.

Belmont Library 2013 Tournament Results

This is old, but here are the results from last year's Belmont Library tournament.  The tournament was four rounds of G/15.  48 players attended.

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.

• Link to detailed tournament results
• Link to detailed 2013-2014 season results

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.

2014 Heather School Scholastic Chess Tournament Results

110 kids played in the Heather School Scholastic Chess Tournament on May 4th.

Here are the results.

2014 Fox School Scholastic Chess Tournament Results

6th - 8th Grade Section

#	Name	Rtng	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]
1	Justin Hadria Hsu	1111	TIERRA	7	W7	W15	W12	W3	D4	4.5	12	14	14.5
2	Peter Trost	431	TIERRA	8	X19	W13	L3	W8	W6	4.0	11	11	11
3	Leandro Rossi	80	TIERRA	8	W6	W17	W2	L1	D5	3.5	14	14.5	12.5
4	Sakina Bambot	814	TIERRA	7	L12	W16	W11	W5	D1	3.5	11.5	13	9.5
5	Davis Leland	744	TIERRA	6	W18	D11	W13	L4	D3	3.0	11	11.5	10.5
6	Angela V McNevin	696	TIERRA	7	L3	W14	W17	W12	L2	3.0	11	11.5	9
7	Nicholas Thompson	380	TIERRA	6	L1	W18	L16	W13	W14	3.0	10	10.5	7
8	Kaila Nishikawa	582	RALST	7	X20	L12	W15	L2	W11	3.0	9.5	9.5	8
9	Isaac Braunstein	318	RALST	6	L13	D10	D14	W18	W12	3.0	9	9.5	6.5
10	Prateek Tenkale	80	BAYS	8	L15	D9	D18	W17	W16	3.0	7	7.5	6.5
11	Sean Shitamoto	60	RALST	6	B---	D5	L4	W16	L8	2.5	7	10.5	8
12	Richard B Wang	291	TIERRA	8	W4	W8	L1	L6	L9	2.0	12	16.5	9
13	David Chong	883	RALST	8	W9	L2	L5	L7	W17	2.0	9.5	13	6
14	Srimaye Samudrala	60	BOWD	6	D16	L6	D9	W15	L7	2.0	9.5	12.5	6
15	Ethan C White	553	TIERRA	8	W10	L1	L8	L14	W18	2.0	8	12.5	6
16	Andrew Land	529	TIERRA	6	D14	L4	W7	L11	L10	1.5	10	13.5	5.5
17	Maxim E Fomin	556	TIERRA	6	X21	L3	L6	L10	L13	1.0	8	11.5	4
18	Timothy Yeh	80	RALST	8	L5	L7	D10	L9	L15	0.5	11	14	1.5
19	Andrey Shapiro	1124	TIERRA	7	F2	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0
20	Christopher Morrison	80	ROYC	8	F8	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0
21	Alexander Wolf	80	BAYS	8	F17	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0
22	Glenn Voyles	60	BOREL	6	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0

4th - 5th Grade Section

#	Name	Rtng	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]
1	Jarett Nishikawa	767	FOX	5	W26	W12	W3	W10	W4	5.0	13.5	15.5	15
2	Tristan Liu	40	CPARK	4	W15	W5	W9	W14	D7	4.5	13	16	14.5
3	Jack M Villagrand	378	HEATHE	4	W40	W23	L1	W16	W11	4.0	13	13.5	12
4	Nathan Gong	779	FOX	5	X41	W28	W20	W11	L1	4.0	12.5	12.5	13
5	Daniil Pelevin	362	FOX	4	W31	L2	W32	W13	W12	4.0	12	13.5	11
6	Ethan Cartagena	50	PENN	5	L13	W27	W24	W17	W9	4.0	11	13	10
7	Alexander S Park	652	HEATHE	4	X42	L11	W22	W20	D2	3.5	12.5	12.5	9.5
8	Dean C Johnson	358	HEATHE	4	L11	D14	W19	W23	W10	3.5	12	14	8
9	Harry Lee	476	TIERRA	5	W27	W13	L2	W15	L6	3.0	14.5	16.5	11
10	Elson Wong	40	BAYW	4	W38	W17	W16	L1	L8	3.0	14.5	15.5	12
11	Aidan Li	40	FOX	4	W8	W7	W21	L4	L3	3.0	14	16.5	12
12	Aneek Patil	50	KIDS	5	W39	L1	W25	W21	L5	3.0	13.5	14	10
13	Daniel Voyles	40	BAYW	4	W6	L9	W28	L5	W29	3.0	13	15	9
14	Shinyi Ouyang	740	FOST	5	D22	D8	W29	L2	W27	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.5
15	Jason Hauk	50	BAYW	5	L2	W31	W18	L9	W23	3.0	12.5	14	8
16	Zachary Nathan	717	TIERRA	5	W36	W30	L10	L3	W24	3.0	11	12	10
17	James B Carlson	505	TIERRA	5	W32	L10	W36	L6	W25	3.0	10.5	11.5	9
18	Esme Grenstam	40	ARUN	4	W37	L21	L15	W32	W26	3.0	9	10	8
19	Nathan Joe	40	CENT	4	W33	L20	L8	W37	W31	3.0	9	10	8
20	Andreas Kohlschutter	275	HEATHE	4	W24	W19	L4	L7	H---	2.5	8	11.5	9
21	Jack W Peacock	503	HEATHE	4	W29	W18	L11	L12	H---	2.5	8	11	9
22	Darren Yao	50	NESB	5	D14	W38	L7	L26	W33	2.5	6.5	10.5	7.5
23	Jarod Ho	40	FOX	4	W35	L3	W30	L8	L15	2.0	11	15	8
24	Julian Ward	40	BRITT	4	L20	W33	L6	W28	L16	2.0	9	13	6
25	Keenan Liou	40	BRITT	4	L28	W26	L12	W30	L17	2.0	9	12	6
26	Matthew Ko	50	BAYW	5	L1	L25	W39	W22	L18	2.0	8	13	5
27	Rita Kravtchenko	40	ARUN	4	L9	L6	W38	W36	L14	2.0	8	12	5
28	Shawn Vinogradsky	119	TIERRA	5	W25	L4	L13	L24	W36	2.0	8	11.5	6
29	Luke Wiegand	50	CPARK	5	L21	W37	L14	W34	L13	2.0	7.5	10.5	6
30	Krish Chaudhary	50	KIDS	5	W34	L16	L23	L25	W39	2.0	5.5	8.5	6
31	Billy Picht	40	FOX	4	L5	L15	D33	W38	L19	1.5	8.5	12.5	3.5
32	Cailey Murad	50	NOTRE	5	L17	W34	L5	L18	H---	1.5	7	11	4
33	Brian Kelley	50	CHARL	5	L19	L24	D31	W40	L22	1.5	6.5	9.5	3.5
34	Priscille Peyron	40	HEATHE	4	L30	L32	B---	L29	D37	1.5	4.5	6.5	2.5
35	Audrey Luey	50	NOTRE	5	L23	W40	H---	U---	U---	1.5	0.5	2.5	5
36	Vedant Yerolkar	50	FOST	5	L16	W39	L17	L27	L28	1.0	7.5	10.5	4
37	Charlize E Brown	105	HEATHE	4	L18	L29	D40	L19	D34	1.0	6.5	9.5	2
38	Maya A Henry	169	HEATHE	4	L10	L22	L27	L31	W40	1.0	6.5	9.5	1
39	Kritvi Kapoor	40	BREW	4	L12	L36	L26	B---	L30	1.0	5	8	1
40	David El Kaim	40	ARUN	4	L3	L35	D37	L33	L38	0.5	6	10	1.5
41	Jasper Sands	50	DUVEN	5	F4	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0
42	Spencer Wolf	50	CPARK	5	F7	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0

2nd - 3rd Grade Section

#	Name	Rtng	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]
1	Sidharth Radhakrishnan	1040	BREW	3	W29	W12	W9	W7	W2	5.0	14.5	16.5	15
2	Tejas Mahesh	827	FOST	3	W17	W13	W26	W5	L1	4.0	15	17	14
3	Evan Leong	633	FOX	2	W21	W16	L5	W11	W6	4.0	14.5	17.5	12
4	Ariane [AJ] Yedidia	374	BRITT	2	W31	W30	W8	L6	W12	4.0	13	14.5	13
5	Alexander Cottrell	30	BRITT	3	W27	W46	W3	L2	W14	4.0	13	14.5	13
6	Collin Liou	20	BRITT	2	W37	W40	W24	W4	L3	4.0	12.5	14	14
7	Connor Chatterjee	258	HEATHE	3	W45	W39	W10	L1	W18	4.0	12.5	13.5	13
8	Charlie Haines	30	ARUN	3	W32	W42	L4	W13	W16	4.0	12	13	12
9	Viktoriia Pelevina	188	FOX	3	W38	W19	L1	W30	D10	3.5	13	14.5	11.5
10	Aiden Deffner	30	BRITT	3	W33	W15	L7	W26	D9	3.5	12.5	14.5	11.5
11	Adam Zweiger	30	ARUN	3	W34	D24	W15	L3	W27	3.5	11.5	13.5	11
12	Isaia Tuimavave	30	BRITT	3	W22	L1	W34	W19	L4	3.0	15	17	10
13	Honukai C Knappau	115	HEATHE	3	W20	L2	W23	L8	W31	3.0	14	16	9
14	Jack Hauk	30	BAYW	3	L19	W43	W22	W21	L5	3.0	13	14	9
15	Surya Somasundaram	744	WEIB	3	W23	L10	L11	W35	W24	3.0	12.5	14.5	8
16	Kyle Yeh	30	FOX	3	W44	L3	W32	W29	L8	3.0	12	13	10
17	Kieran Parker	30	BAYW	3	L2	L20	W25	W36	W28	3.0	11.5	13.5	6
18	Mahika Samudrala	30	FOST	3	L28	W36	W20	W27	L7	3.0	11	13	9
19	Trent Yao	20	CPARK	2	W14	L9	W46	L12	W30	3.0	11	12.5	9
20	Eric Fadeyev	20	FOX	2	L13	W17	L18	W39	W37	3.0	11	12	7
21	Alexandra Kowalczyk	30	NOTRE	3	L3	W44	W42	L14	W26	3.0	10	11	8
22	Arin Kadakia	20	SAND	2	L12	W35	L14	W42	W29	3.0	10	11	7
23	Austin Li	30	FOX	3	L15	W47	L13	W34	W33	3.0	10	10.5	7
24	Jared Gong	547	FOX	2	W35	D11	L6	W28	L15	2.5	8.5	14.5	9
25	Lada Lykova	280	HEATHE	3	D43	L27	L17	W32	W42	2.5	5	9	5.5
26	Ethan S Park	205	HEATHE	2	W36	W28	L2	L10	L21	2.0	10.5	14.5	9
27	Vikram Kacholiya	520	HEATHE	3	L5	W25	W39	L18	L11	2.0	10	14	7
28	Matteo Sanvido	20	FOX	2	W18	L26	W37	L24	L17	2.0	9.5	12.5	8
29	Dhruv Chinmay	30	ARUN	3	L1	W38	W40	L16	L22	2.0	9	14	7
30	Asher Schalet	30	BAYW	3	X50	L4	W33	L9	L19	2.0	8.5	12.5	7
31	Joshua Chin	30	CENT	3	L4	L33	W38	W40	L13	2.0	8	12	5
32	Ryan Yong	20	SAND	2	L8	W41	L16	L25	W45	2.0	8	12	5
33	Ethan Li	20	FOX	2	L10	W31	L30	W46	L23	2.0	8	11.5	6
34	Kyle Ko	20	BAYW	2	L11	W45	L12	L23	W48	2.0	7.5	11	5
35	Russell Kim	30	FOX	3	L24	L22	W43	L15	W44	2.0	7.5	10.5	4
36	Ethan Huang	20	FOX	2	L26	L18	W44	L17	W43	2.0	7	10	4
37	Isa Khalak	30	SCCLC	3	L6	W48	L28	W45	L20	2.0	6.5	10.5	6
38	Ryan Lu	20	BAYW	2	L9	L29	L31	W48	X46	2.0	4.5	8	2
39	Anthony Ganim	30	FOX	3	X51	L7	L27	L20	D41	1.5	6.5	10.5	4.5
40	Kyle M Maher	165	HEATHE	2	W48	L6	L29	L31	H---	1.5	4.5	8.5	5
41	Abiir Godbole	20	FOX	2	L42	L32	D48	D43	D39	1.5	3.5	5.5	3
42	Samina H Ginwalla	224	HEATHE	2	W41	L8	L21	L22	L25	1.0	10	14	5
43	Frankie Presta	20	BAYW	2	D25	L14	L35	D41	L36	1.0	8	11	3.5
44	Vedant Hegde	20	SAND	2	L16	L21	L36	W47	L35	1.0	7.5	10.5	2
45	Elizabeth Dubinskiy	20	HEATHE	2	L7	L34	W47	L37	L32	1.0	6.5	10.5	3
46	Akhil Chakka	158	WEIB	2	W47	L5	L19	L33	F38	1.0	5.5	9.5	5
47	Erik Cheng	20	SCCLC	2	L46	L23	L45	L44	B---	1.0	3.5	6.5	0
48	Adrian Fry	20	SAND	2	L40	L37	D41	L38	L34	0.5	6.5	8.5	1.5
49	Riya Kadakia	20	SAND	2	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0
50	Nikita Grinkin	20	ARUN	2	F30	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0
51	Emme Wolf	20	FRANK	2	F39	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0

K - 1st Grade Section

#	Name	Rtng	Team	Grd	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]
1	Daniel Lin	766	HEATHE	1	W6	W9	W12	W10	W8	5.0	12.5	15.5	15
2	Samay Kodige	10	BRITT	1	L9	W15	W7	W14	W11	4.0	12.5	15	10
3	Nicholas Cottrell	10	BRITT	1	W5	W33	L8	W13	W10	4.0	12.5	13	12
4	Anish Dara	10	KIDS	1	L11	W17	W18	W8	W9	4.0	11.5	14	10
5	Trevor Yao	5	CPARK	K	L3	B---	W15	W22	W12	4.0	11.5	11.5	9
6	Jonas Roodman	10	SCCLC	1	L1	W25	W32	D7	W19	3.5	12	13	9
7	Brandon Chatterjee	199	HEATHE	1	W23	W28	L2	D6	W20	3.5	11.5	13	11
8	Benjamin Carlson	436	HEATHE	1	W14	W16	W3	L4	L1	3.0	16	18.5	12
9	Measure Fama	10	SCCLC	1	W2	L1	W13	W20	L4	3.0	16	18	10
10	Neel Sijp	540	HEATHE	1	W17	W11	W21	L1	L3	3.0	14.5	16.5	12
11	Finn Grenstam	10	ARUN	1	W4	L10	W22	W19	L2	3.0	13	15	10
12	Johnny Lynch	10	FOX	1	W29	W32	L1	W21	L5	3.0	12	13	11
13	Liam Antonissen	5	HEATHE	K	W24	W19	L9	L3	W26	3.0	11	13	10
14	Joshua Fu	10	CPARK	1	L8	W31	W33	L2	W21	3.0	10	10.5	8
15	Woody L McMahon	218	HEATHE	1	D26	L2	L5	W30	W23	2.5	7.5	12.5	5.5
16	Brandon Wu	10	CIPR	1	W20	L8	L19	W24	D17	2.5	6.5	11.5	7.5
17	Caden Solomon	10	FOX	1	L10	L4	W31	W32	D16	2.5	6.5	11.5	5.5
18	Connor Chin	10	CENT	1	L22	W30	L4	D25	W28	2.5	5	10	6
19	Christopher Nelson	10	FOX	1	W25	L13	W16	L11	L6	2.0	10	13.5	8
20	Cameron Lin	10	CPARK	1	L16	W26	W28	L9	L7	2.0	9	12.5	7
21	Skyler Peterson	10	FOX	1	W30	W22	L10	L12	L14	2.0	9	12	9
22	Kevin Y Yang	424	HEATHE	1	W18	L21	L11	L5	W32	2.0	8.5	12	6
23	Sophie Rubinstein	10	BAYW	1	L7	D24	D30	W29	L15	2.0	7	10.5	5.5
24	Neer Ghate	10	FOX	1	L13	D23	D27	L16	W33	2.0	7	10	4.5
25	Justin Lo	5	NOTRE	K	L19	L6	B---	D18	D27	2.0	6.5	10	3.5
26	Connor Lu	10	BAYW	1	D15	L20	D29	W33	L13	2.0	6.5	9.5	6
27	Daniel El Kaim	10	ARUN	1	L32	D29	D24	D28	D25	2.0	5.5	7.5	5
28	Kestrel Fink	10	SCCLC	1	W31	L7	L20	D27	L18	1.5	7.5	11	6
29	Daria Izmailova	5	FOX	K	L12	D27	D26	L23	D31	1.5	7	10	4
30	Matthew Lee	10	FOX	1	L21	L18	D23	L15	B---	1.5	6.5	9	1.5
31	Ethan Shen	10	CPARK	1	L28	L14	L17	B---	D29	1.5	5.5	8.5	1.5
32	Ethan Hua	5	CPARK	K	W27	L12	L6	L17	L22	1.0	9.5	13	5
33	Emma Fry	5	SAND	K	B---	L3	L14	L26	L24	1.0	7	11	4

Peninsula Chess League - March Results

Tonight we held the 3rd tournament of the Peninsula Chess League, a series of team chess matches between elementary and middle schools in the San Francisco Peninsula area.

Tonight, all matches were 2-round matches with teams of 6 players each.  Here were the results:

• Fox 1 defeated Ralston, 107-102 on tie-breaks (each team had 6 wins)
• Baywood defeated Fox 2, 9-3
• Brittan Acres 1 defeated Arundel, 7-5
• Brittan Acres 2 defeated Sandpiper, 11-1

In the first round, the top boards of Fox 1 and Ralston battled it out to an exciting finish in a complicated queen and pawn ending where the Fox player ran out of time while the Ralston player had just 3 seconds remaining.

Current league standings (average team ratings in parentheses, followed by win/loss record):

1. Fox Elementary Team 1 (734.7): 4-2
2. Foster City Elementary Team 1 (750.3):  2-2
3. Brewer Island Elementary (632.5):  2-0
4. Ralston Middle School (690.2):  0-2
5. Brittan Acres Elementary Team 1:  3-1
6. Baywood Elementary:  4-0
7. Arundel Elementary:  0-2
8. Brittan Acres Elementary Team 2:  2-2
9. Fox Elementary Team 2:  1-3
10. Foster City Elementary Team 2 (305.7): 0-2
11. Sandpiper Elementary:  0-2

(2-round matches are counted as 2 matches in the above records)

• Link to detailed tournament results
• Link to detailed 2013-2014 season results

The next tournament will be in May.  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

Here is the game where black won on time: