Westfield Club Championship 10/20 & 10/27

This year's Westfield Chess Club Championship will take place on October 20 & 27.
 

2013 Westfield Chess Club Championship

 October 20 & 27

 

4-SS. G/85;d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prize Fund: $400
guaranteed. Prizes: 1st place $125, 2nd place $80, U2150 $50, U1900 $50, U1650
$50, U1400 $50. EF: $20. Westfield CC members only. Register: 1:30-2:00 p.m. on
10/20 or before. Late-joins accepted until round 2 is paired. Rounds: 2:15 & 5:45 p.m.
on 10/20, 2:00 & 5:30 p.m. on 10/27. Byes: 1 available, rounds 1-3 only. Must declare
before the end of round 2. Info: John Moldovan: westfieldchessclub@gmail.com,
Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com and
www.westfieldchessclub.com. Please present identification on entering the building. 

 

Note: This event will not be advertised in Chess Life.

Octos Prize-Winners

Today's Westfield Octos attracted 54 players, 25 of whom earned prizes:

Here is the complete, section by section list of winners, their ratings & a few notes on the event:

Section 1
= 1-2. Lev Zilbermintz (2162) & Brandon Nydick (2141)
U2141... Vladimir Polyakin (2102)

Section 2
= 1-2. Marvin Shumowitz (2003) & Ishan Muzumdar (1735)
U1958... Jay Yalamanchili (1897)

Section 3
1. Ed Selling (1691)
= 2. Sam Chatsky (1702) & Daniel Chai (1698)
U1698... Henry Kingsmore (1682) & Patrick Melosh (1623)

Section 4
= 1-2. David Liu (1544), Brandon Ng (1493), Colin Kneucker (1466) & Stephen Cheng (1463)

Section 5
1. Justin Lee (1239)
2. Gregory Pylypovich (1216)
U1279... Henry Siegel (1193)

Section 6
1. Nikhil Arayath (1144)
= 2. Eric Song (1125), Adam D'Souza (992), Kaavya Balamurugan (965)

Section 7
1. Jessica Lee (658)
= 2. David Fraile (876) & Stanley Liu (854)

Notes
- Rating-wise, Section 3 was the closest-matched, with only 90 points separating the players. The biggest gap was 486, in Section #7.
- Black scored 18 wins, 4 losses & 5 draws (a .759 winning percentage) in the first round and +39-26=13 overall.
- Just 9 players turned-in plus scores. Selling, N. Arayath & the Lee siblings went 3-0. 5 players had 2.5.
- Jessica Lee raised her rating 223 points!!, from 770 to 993. 3 others (Mazumdar, Pylypovich & N. Arayath) gained more than 100.
- No one in the top half of section 5 earned a prize.

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to every participant for making our 2nd-ever Octos a big success.

B. Jacobson Wins Quick Swiss

Brandon Jacobson won yesterday's Quick Swiss, a half-point ahead of LM Todd Lunna.

Sam Chatsky (1603) and John Cartier (1282) were the U2150 winners. Sriram Kumar (1450) earned the U1500 award and the U1300 honors went to Bhupinder Sohal (957).

Interestingly, all the prize-winners were juniors (<15 y.o.) or seniors (>60).

Quick ratings from the August Golden Database were used to determine pairings and prizes.