Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:

From L-R: Jayadeep Boya (1st place), Jonathan Qi (3rd), Nikhil Arayath (4th), Yuvanshu Agarwal (5th).

Not pictured: Brandon Ng (2nd).

Congratulations to the 15 trophy winners and thanks to all 41 who participated.

Our next Scholastic Event will be on April 13th, 2014.

U1250 Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:

Above, from L-R: Nikhil Kalyanraman (1st place), Sujeeth Shanmugam (2nd) and Warren Bu (5th).

Winson Zhu (3rd), at right, was absent when the first photo was taken.

 Not pictured: Aayush Ajith (4th).

U750 Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:

From L-R: Warren Sunada-Wong (5th place), Bhaskar Jain (2nd), Dina Brustein (1st), Vpharri Ramanujan (4th) and Navya Thatigutla (3rd).

Updated 1/21 @ 1:50 p.m.

Winter Scholastic Winners

Jayadeep Boya (1625), Nikhil Kalyanraman (1023) and Dina Brustein (280) were section winners in yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic, which featured 41 participants.

The full list of trophy recipients and some additional photos will follow.

Higher Entry Fee Reminder

A reminder: Starting today, the entry fee for our Quads & Octos is $20 for Westfield CC members and $25 for non-members.

The prize-fund for each quad has been increased as well, to $60.

Happy Holidays

The Westfield Chess Club wishes its members and patrons the happiest of holidays.

We will be closed on December 29th. Our next event will be the January 5th Quads.

Zilbermintz Wins Holiday Blitz

Lev Zilbermintz won the Westfield Holiday Blitz, held on Sunday, December 22.

NM Mauricio Camejo and Alex Schwartzberg tied for 2nd.

Leonid Fleysher (1913), Thomas Arvin (1675), Brandon Ng (1532) and Ramneek Singh (1466) were tops among U2000s.

Eric Song (1181), Jessica Lee (939) and Mark Schwartzberg (872) split the U1200 prize.

Here are the complete standings:

1. Zilbermintz 6.0/7
= 2-3. Camejo, A. Schwartzberg 5.5
= 4-9. Errol Singh, Fleysher, Arvin, Ng, R. Singh 4.0
10. Justin Lee 3.5
= 11-15. Samuil Chatsky, John Cartier, Jun Tang, Song, Jes. Lee, M. Schwartzberg 3.0
16. Albert Tang 2.0
17. Anthony Tang 1.5
18. Sujeeth Shanmugam 1.0

Note: Regular December ratings were used to determine pairings and prize-groups.

Lunna Wins Westfield Championship

LM Todd Lunna won the Westfield Championship yesterday, by going 2-0 in rounds 3 and 4 while the week one leaders could do no better than 1-1. It is 13th time Todd has taken the title.

Jonathan Cohen, Aaron Jacobson, Michael Yen and Sam Chatsky tied for 2nd.

Brandon Ng earned the U1650 prize and Darshan Patel led the U1400s.

For a complete list of participants, results, photos, videos and final standings, click here.

Photo credit: Mike Wojcio

Updated at 10/28/2013 at 11:45 p.m.

Westfield Championship - 3rd Round Pairings

Here are the projected board by board pairings for the 3rd round of the Westfield CC Championship, at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 27.

1. Shumowitz - A. Jacobson
2. Chatsky - Lunna
3. Cohen - Fleysher
4. Huang - M. Yen
5. I. Zhurbinsky - Feng
6. Liu - B. Jacobson
7. Lu - D. Zhurbinsky
8. Zhang - Moldovan
9. Da. Patel - S. Yen
10. Ng - Dh. Patel
11. Mazzillo - Cartier
12. N. Yen - Ding

The bye-window has passed. Byes will not be allowed in rounds 3 or 4.

Note - The pairings are subject to change if there are any withdrawals.

A. Jacobson, Shumowitz & Chatsky Lead Westfield Championship

Aaron Jacobson, Marvin Shumowitz and Sam Chatsky lead the 2013 Westfield Championship at its midway point.

LM Todd Lunna, Jonathan Cohen, Michael Yen, Leonid Fleysher, Kevin Huang and Ryan Feng are a half-point back.

The event concludes on October 27th.

For a complete list of participants, results and standings, click here.

Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of today's Westfield Fall Scholastic:

From L-R: Jayadeep Boya (2nd place), Brandon Ng (3rd), David Liu (4th), Christopher Giordano (1st), Ramneek Singh (5th).

Congratulations to the 15 trophy winners and thanks to all 54 who participated.

Our next Scholastic Event will be on January 19th, 2014