U1250 Winter Scholastic Winners

Trophy Winners from the U1250 section of the recent Westfield Winter Scholastic

From L-R: Adam D'Souza (1st place), Edward Wang (2nd), Sanjana Vittal (3rd), Piush Sarkar (4th), Ronak Bhatia (5th)

In a snafu, the U750 trophies were mixed with the U1250s and some recipients received wrongly-labeled hardware. If you'd like us to replace the plate, we will do that for you.

U750 Winter Scholastic Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 section of the recent Westfield Winter Scholastic

From L-R: Marco Rodriguez (2nd place), Philip Ding (3rd), Boti Kovacs (tie 5th), Nicholas Wang (4th), Eric Song (1st place).

Not shown: Aziz Kodirov (tie 5th) 

Winter Scholastic Results

Ryan Feng (1480), Adam D'Souza (840) and Eric Song (631p) were section-winners in Sunday's Westfield Winter Scholastic.

The full list of trophy recipients and some photos will follow when the latter can be uploaded.

Kernighan & Camejo Win Holiday Blitz

LM Mark Kernighan and expert Mauricio Camejo won the Westfield Holiday Blitz tournament.

Juan Tica was 3rd. Anthony Norris earned U1900 honors. Steven Feng and David Zhurbinsky split the U1600 prize.

15 players participated.

Westfield Fall Grand Prix Canceled

The Westfield Fall Grand Prix, scheduled for Sunday, November 4th, has been canceled because our site, the Westfield YMCA, is without power, following Hurricane Sandy.

The cancellation should appear on the NJ and Grand Prix TLA pages tonight.

Post-Sandy Update

The YMCA is closed. There are fallen trees, blocked roadways, downed wires, power outages throughout Westfield.

Prize Determination

Prize distribution in USCF tournaments is done by priority of standing or score, with players getting the highest prize they qualify for.

In our Club Championship, 3 players finished with 3.5: Lunna (2205), J. Cohen (2089) & E. Zhurbinskiy (1935). Because an U2100 (two, in fact) tied for 1st and there was no 3rd place prize, the U2100 prize was pooled with the 1st and 2nd prizes.

Onto the 3's. Fleysher and E. Zhang's ratings (2025, 1809) were too high for the U1800. Therefore, R. Feng (1358) gets the prize. Please note: the U1800 is not just for those 1500-1799.

With no one having 2.5, We looked at the next score-group to determine the U1500. Of the 10 players with 2.0, 4 players qualified for the last prize: Huang (1424 on the October list), Sengupta (1337), N. Yen (1182) & S. Feng (1102). They should have received $18.75 each.

For additional information on the process, consult the USCF's Official Rules Of Chess (in the 5th edition, start at page 181).

Lunna, J. Cohen & E. Zhurbinskiy Win Westfield Championship

NM Todd Lunna, expert Jonathan Cohen and Eve Zhurbinskiy tied for 1st in the 72nd Westfield Chess Club Championship, which concluded this evening.

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

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.

If you would like your games published on our blog, please send them to westfieldchessclub@gmail.com

Westfield Championship - 3rd Round Pairings

The pairings and board assignments for round 3 of the Westfield Championship are:

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

Westfield Championship - Rounds 1 & 2

LM Todd Lunna, expert Leonid Fleysher, Michael Yen and Eve Zhurbinskiy lead the 72nd Westfield Championship at its midway point.

Jonathan Cohen, John Moldovan and Varun Maheshwari are a half-point back.

The event concludes on October 14th.

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

Club Championship Starts Today

The 72nd Westfield CC Championship starts today and concludes next Sunday. Click here for details.

Our next Quads are on October 21.