The Southwest Chess Club meets each Thursday night at the Hales Corners Village Hall/Police Station, at 5635 South New Berlin Rd, Hales Corners, WI, downstairs Community Room. Club opens at 6 PM, Tournament Games at 7 PM.
How to reach the Tournament Directors:
Chris Wainscott | chris.wainscott13@outlook.com | 414-839-5232 |
Robin Grochowski | rgrochowski@wi.rr.com | 414-861-2745 |
Allen Becker | allenbecker@wi.rr.com | 414-807-0269 |
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Alex Betaneli on the International Stage
Monday, December 14, 2009
Wisconsin Memorial
Place: Madison
Contact person: Dennis Kosterman
Telephone: 608-770-3133
Category: Tour Events
Additional Information:
5SS, 45/2,25/1,SD/1 (45/2,SD/1 Round 4 only), Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 3841 E Washington Ave, Madison WI 53704. EF: $21 (Juniors $17) by Dec. 15. $3 more later or on site. $$b/50 and 4 per class: $125-85. A - $70; B - $60; C - $60; D - $50; E - $40; U1000 - $30; Unr - $30; Upset - $50. Reg: 9-9:30 A.M. Dec. 19. Rds: 10:00-2:30-7:30; 10:00-3:30. ENT: Dennis Kosterman, 28 Singleton Ct. Madison, WI 53711. INFO: Dennis Kosterman, (608)770-3133. HR: $69 (Block held until 12/7) (608)-244-2481. www.wischess.org. NS NC W.
pre-entries through 12/17/09:
Erik Santarius 2307
Jeff Cooper 2200
Benedict A Smail 2034
Barry E Endsley 2002
Wesley E Ferguson 1959
Yingming Liang 1945
David Jin 1943
John Wagner Jr 1903
Guy G Hoffman 1900
Mike Nietman 1800
Wade Russell Christensen 1791
Andrew R Grochowski 1768
Robin J Grochowski 1757
Aaron C Jing 1654
Awonder Liang 1607
Robert T Reinke 1566
Benjamin A Corcoran 1565
Sandra R Pahl 1470
Adream Liang 1368
Henry Vander Hill 1360
David T Lancour 1347
Tinglin Shi 1339
Karl Kurth 1201
Jon C. Vander Hill 1197
Maciej Szewerniak 1183
Mihir Parag Kansara 1005
Andrew McNeel 948
Aidan J Appel 700
Ian M Loebl 261
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Holiday Hootenanny High-Speed Swiss: December 3 & 10
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Halloween Spook Swiss
Sunday, November 15, 2009
51st North Central Open/William Martz Memorial, November 27-29
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Veterans Tournament and WI Junior Open, Oshkosh 7-8 November
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Greg Knutson Memorial (WI Tour Event) - Oct 24-25
Greg Knutson Memorial (WI Tour Event), Sat 10.24 - Sun 10.25.2009,
Contact person: Guy Hoffman, 608-262-0308 (11 am to 6:30 pm)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Spook House Action II (Oct 22)
Game/30: Bill Williams and John Veech
Game/29: Jim Coons and Andrew Grochowski
Tournament rating information
Monday, October 05, 2009
Hales Corners Challenge X (Oct 17)
PRIZEWINNERS:
1st Place - GM Mesgen Amanov
2nd Place - NM Erik Santarius, NM Steve Tennant and NM Ashish Vaja
Class A - Richard Martin III and Yingming Liang
Class B - Troy Zimmermann
RESERVE:
1st Place - Steve Etzel
2nd Place - Joanna Huang
Class D - Bryan Dotzour, Rachel Ulrich, and Alena Huang
Class E - Ken Pagenkopf and Ryan Thomas
Best Game Prize won by Evan Seghers, for his win over Derek Sachs (see game in posts).
Goddesschess prizes:
Open:
1st - Nicole Niemi
2nd -Sandra Pahl
Reserve:
1st - Joanna Huang
2nd=3rd - Alena Huang, and Rachel Ulrich
Some photos:
Round 4:
Video
VideoRound 3 action: Nicole Niemi draws with Expert Anthony Parker:
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Cool Autumn Breezes Blowing Swiss
Remember we continue to play at our new location: St. James Catholic Church, 7219 S. 27th Street, Franklin, WI 53132.
Tom Fogec
Tournament Director
414-425-6742
tfogec@wi.rr.com
Cool Autumn Breezes Blowing Swiss:
September 24 & October 1, 8, & 15
4-Round Swiss in Two Sections (Open and Under 1600).
Game/100 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5. (One ½-Point
Bye Available for any round (except round four) if
requested at least 2-days prior to round). TD is Fogec;
ATD is Grochowski.
Friday, October 02, 2009
Badger Open
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sept. 17: Colored Leaves Rattle-the-Pawns Blitz
10-Round (Round-Robin) in One or more Sections (depending on number of players). Game/5 minutes. USCF Quick-Rated. EF: $5. TD is Becker; ATD is Grochowski.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Dog Days of Summer Dance - Round Robin Tournament
3-Round “Round-Robin” (a “Quad”). Four chess players to a Quad.
Game/90 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5.
TD is Grochowski; ATD is Fogec
Monday, August 31, 2009
Marshall Rohland Memorial Wisconsin Closed Championship
Contact person for this event is Ashish Vaja. This is a Wisconsin Tour Event.
Monday, August 17, 2009
SWCC vs Waukesha Match - August 29
Monday, August 10, 2009
SWCC 2009 Club Championship
LECTURE THIS THURSDAY, August 20, 6:00 pm:
Allen Becker - review of recent game:
Allen Becker vs. John Becker (Rd 5 of Club Championship)
FINAL STANDINGS and prizewinners
1st: John Becker
3rd: Jerry Zhou
Class A/B (combined):
1st: Johnathan Ireland
4th: Robin Grochowski
5th: Jeff Pokorski
1st: Robert Penkwitz
2nd: Steve Richardson
3rd: Jonathan Hildeman
Class D:
1st: Vilas Gaddameedi
2nd: Peter Joachim
3rd: Alena Huang
Class E:
1st: Reid Seghers
2nd: Justin Luebbe
3rd: Curt Neumann
Under 1000/unrated:
1st: Sabrina Huang
2nd: Jacob Glumm
3rd: Nathan Brower
4th: James Jester
5th: Ravina Sachdev
6th: Charles Lippert
2. Veech, John (3)............... WI 2038 W23 W12 W6 D5 -H- W9 5.0
3. Zhou, Jerry Zhexua (18)....... WI 1566 W41 -H- W34 D7 W6 W5 5.0
6. Cirillo, Corrado (8).......... WI 1826 W36 W28 L2 W17 L3 W22 4.0
7. Grochowski, Andrew (9)........ WI 1788 W38 D21 W15 D3 W18 L1 4.0
8. Pokorski, Jeffrey (12)........ WI 1733 W46 L20 L18 W24 W23 W27 4.0
9. Grochowski, Robin (13)........ WI 1680 W39 W30 L1 W28 W20 L2 4.0
11. Munoz, Daniel A (7)........... WI 1840 -H- -H- W43 D14 D22 D18 3.5
12. Sagunsky, David L (14)........ WI 1654 W40 L2 W23 L18 W38 D17 3.5
13. Mhaskar, Rohan (15)........... WI 1653 -H- W19 L21 W32 -H- D10 3.5
14. Fogec, Thomas G (16).......... WI 1623 W25 D1 D10 D11 W31 L4 3.5
15. Richardson, Steven (17)....... WI 1579 -H- W32 L7 L19 W30 W28 3.5
16. Penkwitz, Robert (19)......... WI 1486 L5 W45 W25 D10 L19 W29 3.5
17. Hildeman, Jonathan (20)....... WI 1485 W33 L5 W47 L6 W41 D12 3.5
18. Gaddameedi, Vilas (25)....... WI 1377 L20 W40 W8 W12 L7 D11 3.5
19. Seghers, Reid Nath (30)....... WI 1099 D10 L13 W44 W15 W16 -U- 3.5
21. Seghers, Evan Char (22)....... WI 1404 W44 D7 W13 L1 D10 -U- 3.0
22. Joachim, Peter Jam (24)....... WI 1398 D29 W24 W4 L20 D11 L6 3.0
23. Huang, Alena (27)............. WI 1271 L2 W26 L12 W46 L8 W31 3.0
24. Glumm, Jacob Willi (37)....... WI 724 -H- L22 D35 L8 W45 W41 3.0
25. Huang, Sabrina (41)........... WI 670 L14 W38 L16 L35 W46 W42 3.0
26. Jester, James W (46).......... WI nnnn L28 L23 L45 W33 -X- -X- 3.0
27. Brower, Nathan Jos (45)....... WI nnnn -H- -H- L28 W45 W35 L8 3.0
29. Huang, Joanna (23)............ WI 1398 D22 L10 W42 W43 L4 L16 2.5
30. Neumann, Curt E (28).......... WI 1188 W48 L9 -H- L4 L15 W43 2.5
31. Luebbe, Justin Jos (29)....... WI 1140 -H- L4 W39 W34 L14 L23 2.5
32. Seghers, Mark Staf (31)....... WI 1000 -H- L15 W33 L13 W43 -U- 2.5
33. Sachdev, Ravina (44).......... WI 101 L17 -H- L32 L26 -B- W47 2.5
35. Mohammed, Sarfaraz (26)....... WI 1319 L1 -H- D24 W25 L27 -N- 2.0
36. Sachdev, Rishi (32)........... WI 918 L6 -H- D46 L41 -F- -X- 2.0
37. Kizaric, Matthew J (33)....... WI 881 -H- -H- -N- W42 -U- -U- 2.0
38. Adavi, Pranav (34)............ WI 765 L7 L25 W40 W47 L12 -U- 2.0
39. Schneider, Claudia (39)...... WI 699 L9 -H- L31 W44 -H- -U- 2.0
40. Khunger, Simran (40).......... WI 696 L12 L18 L38 -B- W47 -F- 2.0
41. Lippert, Charles D (42)....... WI 569 L3 L43 -B- W36 L17 L24 2.0
42. Vootkur, Manisha (43)......... WI 405 -H- -H- L29 L37 -X- L25 2.0
44. Sachdev, Raman (47)........... WI nnnn L21 -H- L19 L39 -F- -B- 1.5
46. Bepar, Naisha (38)............ WI 718 L8 -H- D36 L23 L25 -N- 1.0
47. Sajja, Nihar (48)............. WI nnnn -H- -H- L17 L38 L40 L33 1.0
Southwest Chess Club Championship -- Extra Game
2009 Southwest Club Championship Prizes:
Club Championship:
1st: Trophy
2nd: Trophy
3rd: ChessBook (Kasparov’s Fighting Chess (1993-1998)
4th: T-Shirt
Class A/B (combined):
1st: Trophy
2nd: ChessBook (A Guide to Attacking Chess)
3rd: ChessBook (Learn from the Grand Masters)
4th: ChessBook (107 Great Chess Battles 1939-1945)
5th: T-shirt
6th: T-shirt
Class C:
1st: Trophy
2nd: ChessBook (St. Petersburg 1909)
3rd: T-shirt
Class D:
1st: Trophy
2nd: ChessBook (Rudolf Speilmann Master of Invention)
3rd: T-shirt
Class E:
1st: Trophy
2nd: ChessBook (Multiple Choice Chess II)
3rd: T-shirt
Under 1000/Unrated:
1st: Trophy
2nd: ChessBook (Can You be a Positional Chess Genius)
3rd: ChessBook (Can You be a Tactical Chess Genius)
4th: T-shirt
5th: T-shirt
6th: T-shirt
Tie breaks:
(1) Modified Median
(2) Solkoff
(3) Cumulative
(4) Cumulative of Opposition
Saturday, July 25, 2009
33 rd Annual Green Bay tournament
Prizes: Over $1600 Cash, Trophies, & Other Prizes Unconditionally Guaranteed!
1st Place - $375
2nd Place - $210
1900, 1800 each $105
1700, 1600 each $100
1500, 1400 each $95
1300, 1200 each $90
Under 1200/Unrated - $85
Upset prize - $20 System Chess Supplies Gift Certificate
$150 in Best Game Prizes donated by an anonymous donor
See Official Site: http://www.greenbaychess.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:2009-annual-green-bay-open-announced&catid=3:newsflash
ADVANCE ENTRIES LIST (7/24/09):
2305 Santarius, Erik
2249 Vaja, Ashish
2200 Ellis, James
2102 Parker, Anthony
2043 Conant, Matt
2038 Veech, John
2012 Borman, Kelly
2000 Endsley, Barry
1980 Schueler, Joseph
1938 Elger, William
1906 Younkle, Doug
1905 Hoffman, Guy
1900 Wagner, John
1898 Gleason, Neil
1884 Parmet, Daniel
1872 Bruch, Robert
1862 Romich, Jeffrey
1846 Sachs, Derek
1837 Nietman, Mike
1788 Grochowski, Andrew
1784 Ulrich, Tommy
1721 Thomas, Tyler
1708 Schmitt, William
1680 Grochowski, Robin
1676 Zimmermann, Troy
1663 Villarreal, Brian
1630 Maes , Thomas
1618 Reese, Jr., Gregory
1609 Delaney, Greg
1598 Jambor, Chadwick
1594 Kudali, Suhas
1589 Williams, Rory
1551 Pahl, Sandra
1550 Gorectke, Andrew
1506 Kosterman, Dennis
1504 Ellyson, Craig
1439 Daven, Jeff
1377 Rasmussen, Ken
1362 Jing, Aaron
1334 Arellano, Pedro
1334 Nickiel, James
1313 Gorectke, Samuel
1307 Mattson, Thomas
1204 Ulrich, Rachel
1200 Williams, Wendell
1188 Reese, Sr., Gregory
1141 Gonzalez, Miguel
1140 Luebbe, Justin
1134 Hanson, Brett
1075 Shi, Tinglin
877 Jambor, Alexander
862 Cunningham, William
639 Witthuhn, Logan
494 Cunningham, Patrick
286 Breuer, Ryan
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
SWCC Schedule Update
Thursday events are held at St. James Catholic Church in the lower level of the Parish Center building (immediately in front of the church). The address is 7219 South 27th Street in Franklin. Parking in rear, enter through south door. Hours: 6-11 p.m. Thursday tournament Registration: 6- 6:55 p.m. Games begin at 7 p.m.
Every Thursday, you can either join in the action, or play a friendly game, some skittles, or arrange a match, a tournament, or an extra rated game. Ask a Tournament Director for assistance (Allen Becker, Tom Fogec, Robin Grochowski, or Sheldon Gelbart).
DESCRIPTION OF TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS:
July 9, 16, 23, 30 & August 6 & 13
6-Round Swiss in One Section. Game/100. USCF Rated. EF: $7 (must be a member to participate). SWCC Membership $10 (can join prior to first round). (Two ½ point byes available in rounds 1 through 5 if requested at least 2-days in advance; no byes available for round 6.) TD is Becker; ATD is Grochowski.