2012 Club Championship

NM Todd Lunna, expert Jonathan Cohen and Eve Zhurbinskiy tied for 1st in the 2012 Westfield Chess Club Championship, which was played on October 7 & 14.

Ryan Feng (U1800), Kevin Huang, Sikata Sengupta, Nicole Yen and Steven Feng (all U1500) also won prizes.


Participants, by rating:

1. LM Todd Lunna 2205
2. Jonathan Cohen 2089
3. Leyonid Fleysher 2025
4. Michael Yen 1940
5. Eve Zhurbinskiy 1935
6. Ilya Zhurbinskiy 1836
7. John Moldovan 1821
8. Eric Zhang 1809
9. Varun Maheshwari 1776
10. Leon Deng 1709
11. David Zhurbinsky 1608
12. Dexin Li 1524
13. Shivani Shanmagudas 1519
14. Brandon Jacobson 1475
15. Pat Mazzillo 1450
16. Kevin Huang 1424
17. Ryan Feng 1358
18. Sikata Sengupta 1337
19. Nicholas Cardenas 1288
20. Sindu Shanmagudas 1275
21. Nicole Yen 1182
22. Benjamin Wang 1167
23. Steven Feng 1102
24. Nikhil Vallepady 904


1st round results, by board:

1. Sh. Shanmagudas 0-1 Lunna
2. Cohen 1-0 Jacobson
3. Mazzillo 0-1 Fleysher
4. M. Yen 1-0 Huang
5. R. Feng 0-1 E. Zhurbinskiy
6. I. Zhurbinskiy 1-0 Sengupta
7. Cardenas 0-1 Moldovan


8. Zhang 1-0 Si. Shanmagudas
9. N. Yen 1/2-1/2 Maheshwari
10. Deng 1-0 Wang
11. S. Feng 1-0 D. Zhurbinsky
12. Li 1-0 Vaddepally


2nd round results, by board:

1. Lunna 1-0 I. Zhurbinskiy
2. Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Cohen


3. Fleysher 1-0 Zhang
4. Deng 0-1 M. Yen
5. E. Zhurbinskiy 1-0 Li
6. Maheshwari 1-0 S. Feng
7. D. Zhurbinsky 1/2-1/2 N. Yen
8. Si. Shanmagudas 0-1 Sh. Shanmagudas
9. Jacobson 1-0 Cardenas
10. Sengupta 0-1 Mazzillo
11. Huang 1-0 Wang
12. Vaddepally 0-1 R. Feng

 

Standings after 2 of 4 rounds:

= 1-4. Lunna, Fleysher, M. Yen, E. Zhurbinskiy 2.0
= 5-7. Cohen, Moldovan, Maheshwari 1.5
= 8-18. I. Zhurbinskiy, Zhang, Deng, Li, Sh. Shanmagudas, Jacobson, Mazzillo, Huang, R. Feng, N. Yen, S. Feng 1.0
19. D. Zhurbinsky 0.5
= 20-24. Sengupta, Cardenas, Si. Shanmagudas, Wang, Vaddepady 0.0


3rd round results, by board:

1. M. Yen 0-1 Lunna
2. E. Zhurbinskiy 1-0 Fleysher
3. Cohen 1-0 Maheshwari
4. I. Zhurbinskiy 1-0 Moldovan


5. Zhang 1-0 Huang
6. Mazzillo 0-1 Deng
7. Sh. Shanmugadas 1/2-1/2 S. Feng
8. N. Yen 1-0 Jacobson
9. R. Feng 1-0 D. Zhurbinsky
10. Si. Shanmugadas 0-1 Sengupta
11. Cardenas -+ Vaddepally

Li & Wang withdrew


4th round results, by board:

1. Lunna 1/2-1/2 E. Zhurbinskiy
2. M. Yen 0-1 Cohen
3. Fleysher 1-0 Deng
4. R. Feng 1-0 I. Zhurbinskiy
5. N. Yen 0-1 Zhang
6. S. Feng 1/2-1/2 Moldovan


7. Maheshwari 1/2-1/2 Sh. Shanmugadas
8. Jacobson 0-1 Sengupta
9. Huang 1-0 Mazzillo
10. D. Zhurbinsky 1/2-1/2 Vaddepally
Si. Shanmugadas: 1 point bye

Extra game Vinson 1-0 Si. Shanmugadas


Final Standings
 
Rank
Player
Rating
Points
1
Lunna, Todd W
2205
3.5
1
Cohen, Jonathan D
2089
3.5
1
Zhurbinskiy, Eve D
1935
3.5
4
Fleysher, Leonid M
2025
3.0
4
Zhang, Eric
1809
3.0
4
Feng, Ryan
1358
3.0
7
Yen, Michael J
1940
2.0
7
Zhurbinskiy, Ilya
1836
2.0
7
Moldovan, John
1821
2.0
7
Maheshwari, Varun
1776
2.0
7
Deng, Leon Y
1709
2.0
7
Shanmugadas, Shivani
1519
2.0
7
Huang, Kevin
1424
2.0
7
Sengupta, Sikata B
1337
2.0
7
Yen, Nicole C
1182
2.0
7
Feng, Steven
1102
2.0
17
Vaddepally, Nikhil
904
1.5
18
Zhurbinsky, David
1608
1.0
18
Li, Dexin
1524
1.0
18
Jacobson, Brandon
1475
1.0
18
Mazzillo, Patrick
1450
1.0
18
Shanmugadas, Sindu
1275
1.0
23
Cardenas, Nicholas
1288
0.0
23
Wang, Benjamin
1167
0.0


Best performances versus rating:
Steven Feng (+552), Nicole Yen (+449), Ryan Feng (+403)

Biggest upsets in each round:
1. Steven Feng (-506) 1-0 David Zhurbinsky
2. Nicole Yen (-420) 1/2-1/2 D. Zhurbinsky
3. Nicole Yen (-293) 1-0 Brandon Jacobson
4. Ryan Feng (-478) 1-0 Ilya Zhurbinskiy

Steven Feng (-719) 1/2-1/2 John Moldovan in round 4 also merits a mention.


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