SWCC 2009 Club Championship

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 Allen Becker; ATD is Robin Grochowski. (For PRIZES, scroll down to bottom of pairings and standings).

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

Club Championship:
1st: John Becker

2nd: John Veech
3rd: Jerry Zhou

4th: Allen Becker

Class A/B (combined):
1st: Johnathan Ireland

2nd: Andrew Grochowski

3rd: Corrado Cirrilo
4th: Robin Grochowski
5th: Jeff Pokorski

6th: Tom Fogec

Class C
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

Southwest Chess Club Championship -- Cross Table

No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score

1. Becker, John R (2)............ WI 2050 W35 D14 W9 W21 D5 W7 5.0
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

4. Ireland, Johnathan (11)....... WI 1778 -H- W31 L22 W30 W29 W14 4.5

5. Becker, Allen J (4)........... WI 2010 W16 W17 W20 D2 D1 L3 4.0
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

10. Coons, James J (6)............ WI 1843 D19 W29 D14 D16 D21 D13 3.5
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

20. Hayes, Raymond C (1).......... WI 2100 W18 W8 L5 W22 L9 -U- 3.0
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

28. Demler, John A (21)........... WI 1483 W26 L6 W27 L9 -H- L15 2.5
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

34. Schneider, Thomas (10)........ WI 1782 W45 -H- L3 L31 -H- -U- 2.0
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

43. Vootkur, Srikar (36).......... WI 727 -H- W41 L11 L29 L32 L30 1.5
44. Sachdev, Raman (47)........... WI nnnn L21 -H- L19 L39 -F- -B- 1.5

45. Khunger, Shagun (35).......... WI 740 L34 L16 W26 L27 L24 -F- 1.0
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

48. Cardenas, David R (5)......... WI 1914 L30 -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- 0.0

Southwest Chess Club Championship -- Extra Game

No. Name St Rate 1 Score

1. Jester, James W (2)........... WI nnnn W2 1.0

2. Sachdev, Rishi (1)............ WI 918 L1 0.0

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