tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post9108032902974461144..comments2024-03-14T22:41:10.563-05:00Comments on SWCC Chess: 2010 PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Dec 27-30, 2010Southwest Chess Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00340855894822667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-52248263566149009782011-01-01T01:49:54.544-06:002011-01-01T01:49:54.544-06:00RENIER GONZALEZ is a GM?RENIER GONZALEZ is a GM?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-57083889257448412682010-12-31T19:48:05.587-06:002010-12-31T19:48:05.587-06:00Congrats to Matt too: a draw against a GM, positio...Congrats to Matt too: a draw against a GM, positioning himself for playing for first place in the last round!<br />AlexAlex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-43405991205287785852010-12-31T16:49:20.175-06:002010-12-31T16:49:20.175-06:00Great holiday tournament results for WI players! S...Great holiday tournament results for WI players! Santarius ties for first at the Pan Am's and Veech is WI's newest master following a nice performance in Vegas.<br /><br />Congrats!<br />Matt WallerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-22393216843121142852010-12-30T20:39:23.377-06:002010-12-30T20:39:23.377-06:00Thank you to Alex for bringing quality tournaments...Thank you to Alex for bringing quality tournaments to Wisconsin. The turnout for the various sections that were part of the Pan American and the strength of the players was very impressive !!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16799289630510865368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-60750493369449097082010-12-29T22:22:22.543-06:002010-12-29T22:22:22.543-06:00TEAM EVENT: 28 teams
OPEN: 85
SCHOLASTIC SECTIONS:...TEAM EVENT: 28 teams<br />OPEN: 85<br />SCHOLASTIC SECTIONS: 34 total<br />Please see http://www.panamerican.wichessacademy.com/ for all results and standings.Alex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-355057072418883642010-12-27T23:27:57.024-06:002010-12-27T23:27:57.024-06:00Open Section has two more titled players much high...Open Section has two more titled players much higher rated than Erik Santarius now!Alex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-90829095285532215782010-12-27T16:36:18.263-06:002010-12-27T16:36:18.263-06:00That's great news.That's great news.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575870809633911343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-71687536398591614612010-12-27T15:17:19.633-06:002010-12-27T15:17:19.633-06:00Nothing tragic: we will give byes. However, only a...Nothing tragic: we will give byes. However, only a couple players (not even teams!) as stuck as of now, so it is not a major concern.Alex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-29808043830070770582010-12-27T13:12:56.664-06:002010-12-27T13:12:56.664-06:00What happens if teams and/or members can't mak...What happens if teams and/or members can't make it to Milwaukee because they're stuck on the east coast - NYC airports are still closed, for instance. From what I understand, the entire eastern seaborad got hammered with that blizzard/storm.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575870809633911343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-21944034942640897482010-12-24T12:59:29.900-06:002010-12-24T12:59:29.900-06:0059 players thus far is a great turn-out for the Op...59 players thus far is a great turn-out for the Open, and maybe they'll be some day-of registrations. I'm so happy to see local players supporting the event. I recognized many of the names from the Hales Corners Chess Challenges and the Wisconsin players list. Will anyone be able to challenge GM Yermolinsky??? Good luck to everyone, particularly the chess femmes :)Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575870809633911343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-36005257180257908902010-12-23T23:25:04.874-06:002010-12-23T23:25:04.874-06:00A team from Jamaica is coming and the Open section...A team from Jamaica is coming and the Open section is up to 59 people!Alex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-56068242435139559212010-12-23T22:55:15.703-06:002010-12-23T22:55:15.703-06:00I agree and very much appreciate what Alex and co,...I agree and very much appreciate what Alex and co, along with the events put on by SWCC, are doing for chess in Wisconsin. See you guys at the Pan Am.<br /><br />-Matt WallerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-44910688818885068242010-12-23T21:47:02.397-06:002010-12-23T21:47:02.397-06:00Alex, thanks so much for the additional info. I a...Alex, thanks so much for the additional info. I am putting together a blog post and coordinating a special announcement with the Goddesschess webmaster to be published at the Goddesschess website for this "in Wisconsin" event.<br /><br />Have been in contact with Susan Polgar re 2010 Pan American Intercollegiate Championships. I'm so happy to see SP in my hometown. Goddesschess has arranged some nice "treats" for the Texas Tech contingent and some financial "extras" as well for TT players who do well in this event. <br /><br />We need more events like this in Wisconsin. Many of the people who read this blog may not be old enough to remember, but back in the '50's Wisconsin and Milwaukee, in particular, was a prime destination for great chess events. Wouldn't it be wonderful to put Milwaukee, WI back on the chess map again.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575870809633911343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-63769831987841393492010-12-22T15:15:24.010-06:002010-12-22T15:15:24.010-06:00TEAMS WITH PLAYERS:
University of Texas,Brownsvil...TEAMS WITH PLAYERS:<br /><br />University of Texas,Brownsville-A <br />Gareyev, Timur<br />Bachmann, Alex<br />Flores, Mauricio<br />Cornejo, Max<br /><br /><br />University of Texas, Brownsville-B<br />Almedia, Alfonso<br />Oritz, Nadya<br />Morales, Luciana<br />Gracia, Arturo<br /><br /><br />University of Chicago<br />Kane, Jeremy<br />Mei, Mike<br />Rand, Steven<br />Francus, Michael<br /><br /><br /><br />University of Toronto-A <br />Cheng, Bindi<br />Peng, David<br />Xu, Haizhou<br />Perelman, Leon<br /><br />University of Toronto-B <br />Kim, Bill<br />Kleinman, Robert<br />Davidson, Benjamin<br />George, William<br /><br />Texas Tech University-A <br />Kuljasevic, Davorin<br />Diamant, Andre<br />Bykhovsky, Anatoly<br />Sipos, Istvan<br />Watters, Chase<br /><br />Texas Tech University-B<br />Flores, John<br />Lelko, Rebecca<br />Cassidy, Brian<br />Osbourn, Josh<br /><br /><br />Texas Tech University-C <br />Haskin, Zachary<br />Kamphorst, Maraani<br />James, Brett<br />Roy, Ananya<br /><br /><br /><br />University of Minnesota<br />Fellman, Mike<br />Adams, Zach<br />Strugnell, Neil<br />Rachabattuni, Chitanya<br /><br /><br />Stanford University<br />Schwarz, Daniel<br />Aradhyula, Vaishnav<br />De Sa, Chris<br />Bowman, Joshua<br /><br />Madison Area Technical College (WI)<br />Swedlow, RJ<br />Dziedzic, Matt<br />Rodenkirch, Ryan<br />Schott, Dan<br /><br />University of Maryland, College Park-A <br />Schoch, Ian<br />Ulrich, Douglas<br />Leikin, Alexander<br />Kugel, Stan<br /><br />University of Maryland, College Park-B<br />Low, Scott<br />Yasutake, Ed<br />Deane, Brian<br />Brule, Joshua<br /><br />University of Texas, Dallas-B<br /><br />Hughes, Tyler<br />Bantic,Mihail<br />Safin, Artur<br />Lopez, Nelson<br /><br />University of Texas, Dallas-A<br />Ramirez, Alejandro<br />Zivanic, Marko<br />Chirila, Cristian<br />Bercys, Salvijus<br />Wang, Puchen rating: 2568<br />Sadorra, Julio rating: 2495<br /><br />University of Texas, Dallas-C<br />Zorigt, Bayaraa<br />Vazirova, Karina<br />Jamison, Courtney<br />English, Rheanna<br /><br />Yale University<br />VIOREANU, BOGDAN GABRIEL <br />STEINBERG, DAVID ISAAC<br />MOY, LAWRENCE<br />POWERS, JONATHAN M<br /><br /><br /><br />Florida Atlantic University<br />Psederschi, Doinitsa<br />Samimi, Shahab<br />Fer Faviero, Guiherme Brasil<br /><br />Miami Dade College<br />Villafuerte, Alexander<br />Luna II, Gilb<br />Quesada, Maydelis<br />Leon, Michel<br />Ramirez, Robert rating: 918<br />Ramos, Yunier unrated<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Reed College (OR)<br />Robinson, Marcus<br />Bailey, Taylor<br />Poon, Jeffrey<br />Baur, Alan<br /><br />University of Central Florida-A<br />Keller, Jeremy<br />Bauer, Philip<br />Green, Andrew<br />Miniello, Jonathan<br /><br />University of Central Florida-B<br />Hause, Artem<br />Lane, Matt<br />Lusk, Jack<br />Kirksley, Bradley<br /><br />Brown University<br />Thaler, Michael<br />Poggi, Jonathan<br />Moraff, Danny<br />Sagalchik, Caroline<br />Johnsen-Harris, Bart rating: 794<br /><br />Univeristy of Maryland, Baltimore-A<br />Kritz, Leonid<br />Erenburg, Sergey<br />Margvelashvili, Giorgi<br />Kaplan, Sasha<br /><br /><br />University of Maryland, Baltimore-B<br />Foisor, Sabina<br />Kahn, Aaron<br />Balasubramanian, Adithya<br />Selzler, Richard<br />Krause, Benjamin<br />Moorthy, Srinivas<br /><br />Arizona State University<br />Widener, Andrew<br />Green, Jeffrey<br />Birberick, Richard<br />Cullen, Dean<br />Semmens, Jefferson<br /><br />Washington University-Saint Louis<br />Ruan, Gordon<br />Kasiurak, Zach<br />Karlow, Nick<br />McCain, Lucas<br /><br />Montgomery College (MR)<br />no final list yetAlex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-73453323451012956942010-12-22T15:14:57.217-06:002010-12-22T15:14:57.217-06:00TEAM ENTRIES:
University of Texas,Brownsville-A ...TEAM ENTRIES:<br /><br /><br />University of Texas,Brownsville-A 2612<br />Univeristy of Maryland, Baltimore-A 2585<br />University of Texas, Dallas-A 2561<br />Texas Tech University-A 2526<br />University of Texas, Dallas-B 2284<br />University of Maryland, Baltimore-B 2280<br />University of Texas, Brownsville-B 2247<br />Stanford University 2211<br />Washington University-Saint Louis 2069<br />University of Toronto-A 2031<br />University of Texas, Dallas-C 2029<br />University of Chicago 1983<br />Miami Dade College 1967<br />Texas Tech University-B 1951<br />University of Central Florida-A 1902<br />Arizona State University 1883<br />University of Minnesota 1860<br />University of Toronto-B 1834<br />Texas Tech University-C 1775<br />Brown University 1773<br />Yale University 1672<br />University of Maryland, College Park-B 1621<br />University of Maryland, College Park-A 1614<br />Reed College (OR) 1597<br />Florida Atlantic University 1300<br />University of Central Florida-B 1201<br />Madison Area Technical College (WI) 1100<br />Montgomery College (MR)Alex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-75169120618801358412010-12-22T14:59:25.597-06:002010-12-22T14:59:25.597-06:00SCHOLASTIC NON-RATED:
Loomer Xavier 993
Visconti...SCHOLASTIC NON-RATED:<br /><br /><br />Loomer Xavier 993<br />Visconti Michael 707<br />Chen Kevin 453<br />Maly Zach 430<br />Spitz Owen 279<br />Spitz Mason 142<br />Zhang Jenny 125<br />Visconti Ele 108<br />Thome Kyle <br />Kuchenbecker Kayleb <br />Fujimoto Andrew <br />Murali Ananya <br />Johnson StevenAlex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-23667626471928144022010-12-22T14:57:03.946-06:002010-12-22T14:57:03.946-06:00SCHOLASTIC RATED SECTION:
Xu Boris 1858
Murali A...SCHOLASTIC RATED SECTION:<br /><br /><br />Xu Boris 1858<br />Murali Anjana 1477<br />Tripuraneni Ranadheer 1212<br />Li Frank 1106<br />Alba-Jimenez Sandra 955<br />Orland Mark 895<br />Bane Bradley 872<br />Liang Able 834<br />Wong Matthias 789<br />Diem II Jim 781<br />Hummel Joshua 778<br />Jing Daniel 725<br />Hummel Caleb 700<br />Wong Chloe 631<br />Alba-Jimenez Ricardo 446<br />Denneau DanAlex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-86201745348254933912010-12-22T14:33:20.289-06:002010-12-22T14:33:20.289-06:00OPEN SECTION PRE-REGISTERED:
Yermolinsky Alex 25...OPEN SECTION PRE-REGISTERED:<br /><br /><br />Yermolinsky Alex 2571<br />Santarius Erik 2338<br />Johnson Frank 2278<br />Aaron Deepak 2250<br />Acosta Mariano 2200<br />Amarasinghe Prashantha 2174<br />Tang Andrew 2087<br />Pan Hongkai 2034<br />Hodina James 1989<br />Sachs Derek 1918<br />Hoffman Guy 1907<br />Sergatskov Dmitri 1903<br /> Gomez Augustin 1900<br />Zhou Jerry 1884<br />Virkud Apurva 1881<br />Jing Aaron 1876<br />Girardo Christopher 1876<br />Zuo Vance 1865<br />Bian Alex 1847<br />Liang Awonder 1842<br />Zhang Jiahua 1841<br />Mhaskar Rohan 1819<br />Thomas Tyler 1816<br />Kodali Suhas 1816<br />Grochowski Robin 1789<br />Grochowski Andrew 1756<br />Wang Roger 1689<br />Ravi Saisree 1651<br />Sun Abe 1642<br />Baumann Eli 1631<br />Smith Jordan 1626<br />Suri Shiva 1622<br />Spinello Ben 1588<br />Archer W.H. 1580<br />Liang Adream 1533<br />Shi Tinglin 1521<br />White James 1514<br />Pahl Sandy 1494<br />Murali Anjana 1477<br />James Nikhil 1471<br />Chua Zachary 1469<br />Vander Hill Henry 1394<br />Benetz Tony 1386<br />Thomas Ryan 1379<br />Tan Jonathan 1351<br />Savoie Matthew 1287<br />Alba-Jimenez Noe 1262<br />Shelobolin Filipp 1243<br />Hummel Daniel 1151<br />Kaczmarek Daniel 1146<br />Kandukuri Suraj 1120<br />Jin Suhong 1072<br />Marchert James 1062<br />Buck Finn 967<br />Yoon David 782Alex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-87732939415813163232010-12-16T12:46:11.548-06:002010-12-16T12:46:11.548-06:00BLITZ
December 28th, 8:30pm
Prizes ($1,500 b/80)
...BLITZ <br />December 28th, 8:30pm<br />Prizes ($1,500 b/80)<br />1st $500<br />2nd $250<br />$750 in class prizes<br />EF: $25<br />Format: 5 double round swiss (two games against each opponent for a total of 10 games)<br />Time Control: 4 minutes per player, 2 second delay<br />Touch Move: no touch move used, move is complete when the clock is pressed (“clock move”)<br />Illegal Move: 1st violation=30 seconds added to opponent’s clock, 2nd violation=loss of the game<br />Ratings: regular USCF ratings are used for pairings and prizes, but only quick ratings are affected by this eventAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-73951405041064034452010-12-14T23:44:06.181-06:002010-12-14T23:44:06.181-06:00Webmaster is stuck in Berlin without internet acce...Webmaster is stuck in Berlin without internet access. Should be done by Friday though.<br />AlexAlex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-15612739515685210422010-12-14T08:30:50.919-06:002010-12-14T08:30:50.919-06:00ALex
How come you haven't posted pre-entries ...ALex<br /><br />How come you haven't posted pre-entries on Wisconsin Chess Academy site?<br /><br />It is the 14th alreadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-64795433933299604862010-12-10T10:25:30.189-06:002010-12-10T10:25:30.189-06:00Hi Jan,
Indeed Susan Polgar will be in Milwaukee ...Hi Jan,<br /><br />Indeed Susan Polgar will be in Milwaukee with her Texas Tech teams (three total!). We have about 25 teams so far (many Grandmasters and players with lesser titles), plus some entries in the Open and Scholastic sections. The reason we have not posted pre-entries yet is that the deadline for individual events has been extended to December 10th. So the list will appear by the middle of next week. <br />Thanks,<br />AlexAlex Betanelihttp://www.wichessacademy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33487099.post-47851191560082783072010-12-09T20:30:16.075-06:002010-12-09T20:30:16.075-06:00Hi Everyone!
Jan Newton, who cannot play chess to...Hi Everyone!<br /><br />Jan Newton, who cannot play chess to save her life, here. Susan Polgar posted at my blog last night that she would be here for the Pan American Collegiate Team Chess Championships Dec 27 -30 at the Crowne Point Hotel. I assume she will be here with her Texas Tech Team - can anyone confirm this? I would like to know what teams are playing, and who has signed up for the Scholastic Section, the Individual Open, and the Individual Blitz.<br /><br />Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place, but I was not able to locate any information on sign-ups at the Wisconsin Chess Academy's new website.<br />Thanks.<br /><br />JanJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575870809633911343noreply@blogger.com