Round 2 - 2025 Late Summer Swiss

Time Control:  Game in 100 Minutes; 5-second delay

BD WHITE                  RESULT     BLACK

1 E. Baumann                             J. Coons

2 A. Pennell                             J. Nickell

3 Y. Lilly                                    N. Sloan

4 K. Klandrud                            E. Allen

5 E. Kopp                                    A. Mishra

6 Shashwath Sabarish            R. Grochowski

7 M. Waller                            J. Hegelmeyer

8 Shravan Sabarish                    J. Letellier

9 R. Kurumaddali                    M. Lawrence

10 S. Everette                            A. Ninneman

11 R. Quist                                    V. Kakumanu

12 M. Wohlfeil                            J. Akkina

E. Gendloff                                   H

Q. Worman                                   H

RESERVE

BD WHITE                RESULT              BLACK

1 P. Vinith                                      V. Chavez-Paez

2 J. Mading                              S. Sendhilkumar

3 K. Yadav                                      Shuban Chintalapati

4 C. Landey                              G. Dasari

5 P. Bucher                                       S.  Takale

6 T. Borowski                               T. Slavik

7 S. Yeeda                                       Aadhya Jampani

8 Nimish Chintalapati               Aditya Jampani

Late Summer Swiss - Crosstables

 No. Gr Name(Team)                                 St Rate Rd 1     Score

1. Baumann, Eli (2) ................................ WI 1949 W18     1.0

2. Pennell, Andrew (4) ........................... WI 1779 W19     1.0

3. Sloan, Nicholas (5) ............................ WI 1719 W20     1.0

4. Lilly, Hobart W (6) .............................. WI 1709 W21     1.0

5. Coons, James Jay (7) ........................ WI 1700 W22     1.0

6. Klandrud, Kevin (9) ............................ WI 1642 W23     1.0

7. Gendloff, Elie (11) .............................. WI 1600 W24     1.0

8. Nickell, James W (12) ........................ WI 1548 W25     1.0

9. Allen, Ethan J (1) ............................... WI 2090 -H-         0.5

10. Mishra, Ashish Kumar (3) .................. OH 1908 D13     0.5

11. Grochowski, Robin J (8) .................... WI 1689 -H-        0.5

12. Hegelmeyer, John Albert (10) ............ WI 1627 D15      0.5

13. Sabarish, Shravan (14,s) ................... WI 1407 D10      0.5

14. Kopp, Ed (15) .................................... WI 1353 -H-        0.5

15. Sabarish, Shashwath (21,s) ............... WI 968 D12        0.5

16. Kakumanu, Veda Anish, Jr (22) ......... WI 919 D17        0.5

17. Waller, Matt (25) ................................ WI 895 D16        0.5

18. Lawrence, Michael (13) ..................... WI 1491 L1        0.0

19. Ninneman, Adam (16) ....................... WI 1301 L2        0.0

20. Worman, Quinn (17) .......................... WI 1282 L3        0.0

21. Wohlfeil, Max Robert (18) .................. WI 1166 L4        0.0

22. Quist, Randy (19) .............................. WI 1081 L5        0.0

23. Akkina, Jaswanth (20) ....................... WI 973 L6          0.0

24. Kurumaddali, Rudransh (23) ............. WI 915 L7           0.0

25. Everette, Samuel (24) ........................ WI 903 L8          0.0

No. Gr Name(Team)                                 St Rate Rd 1     Score

1. Vinith, Pruthvi (1) ............................... WI 905 W10         1.0

2. Sendhilkumar, Shivasanjith (2) .......... 886 W16              1.0

3. Chintalapati, Shuban (3) .................... WI 788 W11         1.0

4. Landey, Charles N (4) ........................ WI 755 W12         1.0

5. Chavez-Paez, Victor (5) ..................... WI 744 W13         1.0

6. Mading, James E (6) ......................... WI 736 W14         1.0

7. Dasari, Gautham (8) .......................... WI 697 W15         1.0

8. Yadav, Kush (13) ............................... WI 412 -B-             1.0

9. Takale, Shivam (7) ............................ WI 707 -H-             0.5

10. Slavik, Trinity (9) ................................ WI 643 L1           0.0

11. Bucher, Peter (10) ............................. WI 529 L3            0.0

12. Jampani, Aadhya (11) ....................... WI 508 L4            0.0

13. Chintalapati, Nimish (12) ................... WI 498 L5           0.0

14. Jampani, Aaditya V (14) .................... WI 277 L6           0.0

15. Borowski, Thomas Anton (15) ........... WI 203 L7          0.0

16. Yeeda, Sathvik (16) ........................... WI 171 L2          0.0

Summer Swiss - Final Crosstables

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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  | 
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    1 | ELI BAUMANN                     |3.5  |W  17|D   5|W   4|W   6|
   WI | 13047580 / R: 1949   ->1954     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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    2 | JAMES JAY COONS                 |3.0  |W  15|W  10|W   8|U    |
   WI | 12551569 / R: 1700   ->1730     |     |B    |W    |B    |     |
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    3 | ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA             |2.5  |H    |W  13|W   5|U    |
   OH | 16280074 / R: 1908   ->1916     |     |     |W    |B    |     |
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    4 | NICHOLAS SLOAN                  |2.5  |W  18|H    |L   1|W  13|
   WI | 12772484 / R: 1719   ->1722     |     |W    |     |B    |W    |
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    5 | KEVIN KLANDRUD                  |2.5  |W  12|D   1|L   3|W  10|
   WI | 15938368 / R: 1642   ->1661     |N:3  |B    |W    |W    |B    |
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    6 | ZOLTAN ESZES                    |2.0  |D  13|D  16|W  17|L   1|
   WI | 11411771 / R: 1792   ->1763     |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |W    |
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    7 | JOHN DE MASTRI                  |2.0  |L  14|W  21|W  20|U    |
   WI | 12580948 / R: 1721   ->1691     |     |W    |B    |W    |     |
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    8 | JOHN ALBERT HEGELMEYER          |2.0  |W  23|W  11|L   2|U    |
   WI | 30629300 / R: 1627   ->1618     |     |B    |W    |W    |     |
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    9 | ELIE GENDLOFF                   |2.0  |L  11|H    |D  18|W  20|
   WI | 12493180 / R: 1600   ->1600     |     |W    |     |B    |B    |
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   10 | JAMES W NICKELL                 |2.0  |W  20|L   2|W  11|L   5|
   WI | 11300855 / R: 1548   ->1530     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |
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   11 | JASWANTH AKKINA                 |2.0  |W   9|L   8|L  10|W  17|
   WI | 30298526 / R:  973   ->1143     |N:4  |B    |B    |W    |W    |
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   12 | VEDA ANISH KAKUMANU JR.         |2.0  |L   5|L  17|W  21|X    |
   WI | 30466766 / R:  919   -> 946     |     |W    |B    |W    |     |
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   13 | MICHAEL LAWRENCE                |1.5  |D   6|L   3|W  23|L   4|
   WI | 12937940 / R: 1491   ->1495     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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   14 | ADAM NINNEMAN                   |1.5  |W   7|H    |U    |U    |
   WI | 15763277 / R: 1301   ->1349     |     |B    |     |     |     |
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   15 | QUINN WORMAN                    |1.5  |L   2|L  20|H    |W  23|
   WI | 31975179 / R: 1282   ->1249     |     |W    |B    |     |B    |
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   16 | REID ALEXANDER PEZEWSKI         |1.0  |H    |D   6|U    |F    |
   WI | 14306385 / R: 1400   ->1419     |     |     |B    |     |     |
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   17 | LEE CHAVERIAT                   |1.0  |L   1|W  12|L   6|L  11|
   WI | 15201114 / R: 1428   ->1390     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |
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   18 | AADIT SENTHIL                   |1.0  |L   4|H    |D   9|U    |
   WI | 30460564 / R: 1273   ->1287     |     |B    |     |W    |     |
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   19 | JUSTIN CHANG                    |1.0  |U    |U    |U    |W  24|
   IL | 32522362 / R: Unrated->1170P1   |     |     |     |     |W    |
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   20 | SAMUEL EVERETTE                 |1.0  |L  10|W  15|L   7|L   9|
   WI | 31836507 / R:  903   -> 971     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |
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   21 | RUDRANSH KURUMADDALI            |1.0  |H    |L   7|L  12|D  22|
   WI | 30818618 / R:  915   -> 912     |     |     |W    |B    |W    |
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   22 | ED KOPP                         |0.5  |U    |U    |U    |D  21|
   WI | 30904814 / R: 1353   ->1331     |     |     |     |     |B    |
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   23 | RANDY QUIST                     |0.5  |L   8|H    |L  13|L  15|
   WI | 12849330 / R: 1081   ->1059     |     |W    |     |B    |W    |
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   24 | ELENA JANE AMMERMAN             |0.0  |U    |U    |U    |L  19|
   WI | 14343815 / R:  758   -> 752     |     |     |     |     |B    |
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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  | 
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    1 | MAX ROBERT WOHLFEIL             |4.0  |W   8|W   3|W  12|W   6|
   WI | 32491477 / R: Unrated->1176P4   |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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    2 | PRUTHVI VINITH                  |3.0  |W  19|D  11|H    |W   5|
   WI | 30493570 / R:  905   -> 921     |     |W    |B    |     |W    |
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    3 | JAMES E MADING                  |3.0  |W  15|L   1|X    |W  10|
   WI | 12780703 / R:  735   -> 739     |     |B    |W    |     |B    |
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    4 | MICHAEL S BUTLER                |2.5  |H    |L  16|W   9|W  13|
   WI | 31347931 / R:  916   -> 890     |     |     |B    |W    |B    |
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    5 | MATT WALLER                     |2.5  |W  18|D  12|W  11|L   2|
   WI | 32473555 / R:  895P4 -> 851P8   |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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    6 | CHARLES N LANDEY                |2.5  |W   9|W  13|H    |L   1|
   WI | 12531107 / R:  755   -> 776     |     |B    |W    |     |W    |
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    7 | SHUBAN CHINTALAPATI             |2.5  |L  11|H    |W  19|X    |
   WI | 32011478 / R:  788   -> 757     |     |B    |     |W    |     |
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    8 | NIMISH CHINTALAPATI             |2.5  |L   1|H    |W  20|W  12|
   WI | 32369270 / R:  498P11-> 592P14  |     |B    |     |W    |W    |
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    9 | KUSH YADAV                      |2.0  |L   6|X    |L   4|W  19|
   WI | 32184400 / R:  412P23-> 419     |     |W    |     |B    |B    |
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   10 | THOMAS ANTON BOROWSKI           |2.0  |L  12|W  18|X    |L   3|
   WI | 30471236 / R:  203   -> 277     |     |B    |B    |     |W    |
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   11 | VICTOR CHAVEZ-PAEZ              |1.5  |W   7|D   2|L   5|U    |
   WI | 31944421 / R:  744   -> 774     |     |W    |W    |B    |     |
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   12 | SHIVAM TAKALE                   |1.5  |W  10|D   5|L   1|L   8|
   WI | 30889029 / R:  707   -> 682     |     |W    |W    |B    |B    |
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   13 | TRINITY SLAVIK                  |1.5  |W  21|L   6|H    |L   4|
   WI | 32479549 / R:  643P4 -> 584P7   |     |W    |B    |     |W    |
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   14 | AVANIKA REDDY GOTTAM            |1.5  |W  16|H    |F    |U    |
   WI | 32479139 / R:  101P4 -> 301P5   |     |W    |     |     |     |
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   15 | AARADHYA INGOLE                 |1.5  |L   3|D  19|W  18|F    |
   WI | 30973973 / R:  152P9 -> 265P12  |     |W    |B    |W    |     |
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   16 | SHIVASANJITH SENDHILKUMAR       |1.0  |L  14|W   4|F    |L  17|
      | 30468092 / R:  886   -> 815     |     |B    |W    |     |W    |
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   17 | ELI AMMERMAN                    |1.0  |U    |U    |U    |W  16|
   WI | 14343800 / R:  613   -> 672     |     |     |     |     |B    |
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   18 | AADHYA JAMPANI                  |1.0  |L   5|L  10|L  15|B    |
   WI | 32020377 / R:  508P9 -> 394P12  |     |B    |W    |B    |     |
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   19 | AADITYA V JAMPANI               |0.5  |L   2|D  15|L   7|L   9|
   WI | 32020397 / R:  277P17-> 252P21  |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |
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   20 | SATHVIK YEEDA                   |0.5  |H    |U    |L   8|U    |
   WI | 32341675 / R:  171P11-> 164P12  |     |     |     |B    |     |
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   21 | VRISHANK REDDY SIRUMALA         |0.0  |L  13|F    |U    |U    |
   WI | 32504549 / R: Unrated-> 202P1   |     |B    |     |     |     |
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Early Summer Swiss Final Results - and early entry to the Summer Swiss next week

Hi all - please find final results for the Early Summer Swiss

Congratulations to Jim Coons for clear 1st in the Open section, and Pruthvi Vinith for clear first in Reserve! Excellent job to you both.

Congratulations also to the several first timers in the Reserve section. I hope you had fun and will join us for more events.

Event is posted with USCF, rated crosstable below.

Speaking of more events... we have another 4 week event starting next week - the 2025 Summer Swiss with the same sections and time controls. You all did well last time, and we started around 7:10 - not too bad. Let's try to beat that. If you're going to play ENTER NOW!! How?? Reply to THIS POST or email the TDs here. I'll post entries as I get them (6 entries so far as of Monday 5PM)

Thanks for a nice event, and see you Wed - John

OPEN

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	James Jay Coons	WI	12551569	1700	1738		W 14/B	D 9/W	W 11/W	W 2/B	3.5
2	Gregory John Cravetz	WI	12936925	1863	1857		W 21/B	W 17/W	W 4/B	L 1/W	3.0
3	Robin J Grochowski	WI	11164412	1687	1693		H	W 10/B	D 9/W	X	3.0
4	Adisa M Reed	WI	30132900	1627	1642		W 19/B	W 13/W	L 2/W	W 11/B	3.0
5	Matthew Zhong	WI	16995788	1335	1480		H	D 12/B	W 17/W	W 9/B	3.0
6	Nicholas Sloan	WI	12772484	1708	1719		W 22/W	H	U	W 13/B	2.5
7	Aaron Paul Krause	WI	12422831	1855	1845		D 10/W	W 20/B	H	U	2.0
8	John De Mastri	WI	12580948	1735	1715		L 13/B	W 21/W	W 22/B	F	2.0
9	Kevin Klandrud	WI	15938368	1567	1595		W 15/W	D 1/B	D 3/B	L 5/W	2.0
10	James W Nickell	WI	11300855	1543	1548		D 7/B	L 3/W	W 20/W	D 17/B	2.0
11	Michael Lawrence	WI	12937940	1400	1491		W 24/B	W 16/W	L 1/B	L 4/W	2.0
12	Francois Duan	NY	32417876	1433P10	1486P12		H	D 5/W	W 16/B	U	2.0
13	Lee Chaveriat	WI	15201114	1422	1456		W 8/W	L 4/B	W 18/B	L 6/W	2.0
14	Adam Ninneman	WI	15763277	1289	1301		L 1/W	H	D 19/B	W 22/W	2.0
15	Ashish Kumar Mishra	OH	16280074	1933	1908		L 9/B	W 23/W	H	U	1.5
16	Benjamin Kerns	WI	31621823	1661	1610		W 18/W	L 11/B	L 12/W	H	1.5
17	Elie Gendloff	WI	12493180	1619	1600		W 25/W	L 2/B	L 5/B	D 10/W	1.5
18	Aadit Senthil	WI	30460564	1184	1170		L 16/B	B	L 13/W	H	1.5
19	Hrishikesh Srivathsan	WI	16964942	1095	1097		L 4/W	L 22/B	D 14/W	B	1.5
20	Veda Anish Kakumanu Jr.	WI	30466766	921	919		B	L 7/W	L 10/B	H	1.5
21	Shravan Sabarish	WI	31184590	1436	1407		L 2/W	L 8/B	H	D 23/B	1.0
22	Ed Kopp	WI	30904814	1382	1353		L 6/B	W 19/W	L 8/W	L 14/B	1.0
23	Jaswanth Akkina	WI	30298526	947	973		H	L 15/B	U	D 21/W	1.0
24	Andrew Pennell	WI	16258160	1808	1779		L 11/W	U	U	U	0.0
25	Shashwath Sabarish	WI	31378607	970	968		L 17/B	U	U	U	0.0

RESERVE

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Pruthvi Vinith	WI	30493570	777	905		W 12/B	W 4/W	W 3/B	X	4.0
2	Michael S Butler	WI	31347931	954	916		L 4/B	W 18/W	W 17/W	X	3.0
3	Samuel Everette	WI	31836507	903	903		W 11/W	W 17/B	L 1/W	W 9/B	3.0
4	Shuban Chintalapati	WI	32011478	666	788		W 2/W	L 1/B	W 12/W	W 14/B	3.0
5	Randy Quist	WI	12849330	1130	1140		W 10/W	W 9/B	H	U	2.5
6	Matt Waller	WI	32473555	Unrated	895P4		W 14/W	D 8/B	L 7/W	W 13/W	2.5
7	Shivasanjith Sendhilkumar		30468092	848	886		H	W 15/W	W 6/B	F	2.5
8	Anirudh Sribhasyam	WI	30969692	780	799		W 16/B	D 6/W	D 13/B	F	2.0
9	Victor Chavez-paez	WI	31944421	734	744		W 19/W	L 5/W	W 10/B	L 3/W	2.0
10	James E Mading	WI	12780703	752	736		L 5/B	W 11/W	L 9/W	X	2.0
11	Trinity Slavik	WI	32479549	Unrated	643P4		L 3/B	L 10/B	W 16/W	W 17/W	2.0
12	Thomas Anton Borowski	WI	30471236	150	203		L 1/W	B	L 4/B	W 18/B	2.0
13	Charles N Landey	WI	12531107	819	755		L 17/B	W 16/W	D 8/W	L 6/B	1.5
14	Shivam Takale	WI	30889029	752	707		L 6/B	W 19/W	H	L 4/W	1.5
15	Aaradhya Ingole	WI	30973973	102P7	152P9		H	L 7/B	W 19/B	F	1.5
16	Nimish Chintalapati	WI	32369270	565P7	498P11		L 8/W	L 13/B	L 11/B	W 19/W	1.0
17	Kush Yadav	WI	32184400	342P19	412P23		W 13/W	L 3/W	L 2/B	L 11/B	1.0
18	Sathvik Yeeda	WI	32341675	214P9	171P11		H	L 2/B	U	L 12/W	0.5
19	Avanika Reddy Gottam	WI	32479139	Unrated	101P4		L 9/B	L 14/B	L 15/W	L 16/B	0.0

EXTRA RATED GAMES

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	Total
1	Aadit Senthil	WI	30460564	1170	1170		U	W 2/W	1.0
2	Thomas Anton Borowski	WI	30471236	203	203		U	L 1/B	0.0

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Entries for the Summer Swiss:

Open	Player Name	ID	Rating	Notes
1	Eli Baumann	13047580	1962
2	Zoltan Eszes	11411771	1792
3	John DeMastri	12580948	1765
4	Robin Grochowski	11164412	1693
5	Jim Nickell	11300855	1548
6	Adam Ninneman	15763277	1301
7	Quinn Worman	31975179	1282
8	Jaswanth Akkina	30298526	973
9	Samuel Everette	31836507	903
Reserve	Player Name	ID	Rating	Notes
1	Matt Waller	32473555	895 P4
2	Chuck Landey	12531107	755	1/2 pt bye R3
3	Trinity Slavik	32479549	643 P4
4	Avanika Reddy Gottam	32479139	101P4

Chess In The Park

 

Chess in the Park

Sunday, July 27 1:00 - 6:00 PM

Join the Waukesha Chess Club for a Sunday afternoon in the park.
July 27 from 1:00 - 6:00

Mitchell Park in Brookfield
19805 W Capitol Dr, Brookfield
(follow signs to the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts – we are next door).

We will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, chips, soda and a good time.

Bring your tailgate games such as ladder toss, corn hole, pocket passer and anything else.
We will have chessboards and clocks for a speed tournament.
You are invited to bring your own clock and set.

I need a head count for planning purposes so please let me know if you are coming. Friends are welcome!

RSVP
Contact Kevin Klandrud
262-269-7052
kklandrud@wi.rr.com

WCC Lending Library Is Available - May '25 update

Hi Chess People!  

This is the May '25 update of the Lending Library books on loan and a reminder to check for any that you'd like at the library's site

New additions (thanks to Mike LaBudde!):

Mike was gracious enough to add more than 30 books to our collection.  They are all tagged and available for review at the site above, a couple of notables:

Book	Author
Comprehensive Chess Course Vol I & II	GM Lev Alburt
How not to play chess	Znosko-Borovsky
Masters of the Chessboard	Reti
And a number of beautiful 1st editions by Botvinnik collections of Paul Keres games from various points in his career, and a couple of books in German, if the English is giving you trouble...

Please thank him if you see him for his generous donations.

As always you can head over to the library to check out the full descriptions

Currently On Loan:

No Books currently on loan :(

Software update:

1 - Mike's done some great work with the main website.  There will be more updates there and here over the coming months to align their look and make better data available to you.  If you like to see anything, or if you think something looks great (Mike's doing) or dumb (my fault), let us know.

2 - See me if you'd like to use your Chessable rep material in Chessbase or other database tools - I have a tool that I'm looking for feedback on that turns Chessable into usable PGN.

One final plea:

If you don't happen to read books anymore...think about donating the 4 shelves of books I know you have to WCC - I'll get them loaded and tagged for others to read.  A book on a shelf is fun to look at, but there's nothing more exciting than seeing a kid (well, anyone, but especially a kid) with that book in their hands actually reading.

Like all things - let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas about this.  See you Wed.

John D

WCC Librarian

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This is the January '25 update of the Lending Library books on loan and a reminder to check for any that you'd like at the library's site

New additions (thanks to Jim N!):

As always you can head over to the library to check out the full descriptions

Book	Author
How to Get Better at Chess	Evans
50 Essential Chess Lessons	Giddins
Teach yourself better chess	Hartston
Everyone's 2nd Chess Book	Heisman

Currently On Loan:

Book	Author	Borrower	Date Loaned	Date Due	Date Returned
Chess Words of Wisdom	Henebry	Sabarish	22 Jan 25	9 Feb 25	9-Feb-25
Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated	Horowitz	Satish Akkina	18 Dec 24	15 Jan 25	2 Apr 25
Twelve Great Chess Players and Their Best Games	Chernev	Sabarish	18 Dec 24	15 Jan 25	8 Jan 25
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy	Chernev	Sabarish	18 Dec 24	15 Jan 25	8 Jan 25

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17-Dec-24 Launch Post:

Really excited to tell you that due to some very gracious donations and the patience and work of Jim Nickell, the WCC has a lending library available for you to use.

We use LibraryThing to manage the collection.  You don't need to sign up for anything.  Just click that link and you should see the WCC Lending Library Collection on the library page.  I also put a permanent link to the Lending Library in the Links section on the blog.

We have just short of 150 books for you to use.  The process is simple.  

1. Browse the library and look for a book you'd like to read
• There's a search box in the top right corner
• I've tried to tag books as best I can (lmk if you think I've gotten something wrong)
• The tags I used are:
• tactics, openings, strategy, endgame, game collection, tournament, biography, history, instruction-beginner, instruction-general, instruction-advanced, checkers, novel
• There's some tradeoff between keeping the number of categories both descriptive and small - if you think there's something better, let me know
2. Comment here or send me an email at chess@demastri.com saying that you'd like to borrow a book.
3. We'll use our regular Wed meetings to deliver / return books.  I'll bring the book to the next meeting for you to pick it up.  If there's lots of volume or demand, I'll see about something more automated.
4. When you're done (we can start with a 28 day window to read the book), bring the book back and you're done!  Let me know if you want to keep the book longer.  

We have everything from openings, strategy, tactics, many game and tournament collections - even a checkers book and a novel!  (amazingly not Queen's Gambit, though...anyone want to donate their copy?)  Unfortunately, some are in descriptive notation, and a couple are in Russian or Polish (or some other crazy language...).  Ask if you have questions about anything.

If you want to read something not in the library, just let me know - I'll search my library and ask around...  the board might even buy a book here and there for something that might be generally useful (my thoughts, not the board's....)

Who reads books when everything's online?  Lots of people.  Not all of us are 100 years old.  Sometimes having a paper book allows you to focus a little more.  Sometimes it's just easier to organize your thoughts with a book next to a real board.  If you're under 20, try it!!  You might like it!

Some of the commentary (opening tracts, esp.) may be a little dated, but guess what?  Your opponent isn't likely playing 30 moves of the latest theory in the Benko (for example).  Reading Pal Benko's thoughts on the opening, even from his 1973 book, will likely give you a deeper understanding of the IDEAS behind the opening than a 2024/5 Chessbase dump of 2700+ GM games will.  Ideas rarely go out of style, and when you're out of book (lol - see what I did there) at move 4, they're all you really have left.  Give some of these a try!

And if you don't happen to read books anymore...think about donating the 4 shelves of books I know you have to WCC - I'll get them loaded and tagged for others to read.  A book on a shelf is fun to look at, but there's nothing more exciting than seeing a kid (well, anyone, but especially a kid) with that book in their hands actually reading.

Like all things - let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas about this.  See you Wed.

John D - WCC Librarian (I guess...?)

o/b/o Jim Nickell - WCC Librarian Emeritus (I'm certain)

Spring Swiss Crosstables

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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  | 
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    1 | EDGAR TALAYKO                   |3.5  |W   9|D   4|W  16|W   7|
   WI | 14811933 / R: 1919   ->1924     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JOHN DE MASTRI                  |3.5  |W  18|W  11|W  13|D   4|
   WI | 12580948 / R: 1733   ->1754     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | AARON PAUL KRAUSE               |3.0  |L  16|W  15|W  17|W  12|
   WI | 12422831 / R: 1870   ->1855     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | ROBIN J GROCHOWSKI              |3.0  |W  22|D   1|W   8|D   2|
   WI | 11164412 / R: 1600   ->1665     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | ANDREW PENNELL                  |2.5  |H    |U    |W  24|W  13|
   WI | 16258160 / R: 1798   ->1808     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | ZOLTAN ESZES                    |2.5  |W  21|L  13|W  19|D  11|
   WI | 11411771 / R: 1820   ->1792     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | NICHOLAS SLOAN                  |2.5  |D  17|W  19|W  10|L   1|
   WI | 12772484 / R: 1711   ->1708     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | BENJAMIN KERNS                  |2.5  |W  26|D  16|L   4|W  17|
   WI | 31621823 / R: 1677   ->1661     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | ADISA M REED                    |2.5  |L   1|H    |W  25|W  18|
   WI | 30132900 / R: 1622   ->1627     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | ROBERT WONG                     |2.5  |W  20|H    |L   7|W  16|
   WI | 32445027 / R: Unrated->1619P3   |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | KEVIN KLANDRUD                  |2.5  |B    |L   2|W  23|D   6|
   WI | 15938368 / R: 1565   ->1567     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | JAMES JAY COONS                 |2.0  |L  19|W  22|W  20|L   3|
   WI | 12551569 / R: 1707   ->1700     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | ELIE GENDLOFF                   |2.0  |W  23|W   6|L   2|L   5|
   WI | 12493180 / R: 1612   ->1619     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | ED KOPP                         |2.0  |H    |L  17|D  15|W  22|
   WI | 30904814 / R: 1411   ->1382     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   15 | AADIT SENTHIL                   |2.0  |H    |L   3|D  14|W  23|
   WI | 30460564 / R: 1155   ->1184     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   16 | JAMES W NICKELL                 |1.5  |W   3|D   8|L   1|L  10|
   WI | 11300855 / R: 1515   ->1543     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   17 | LEE CHAVERIAT                   |1.5  |D   7|W  14|L   3|L   8|
   WI | 15201114 / R: 1439   ->1457     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   18 | CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN              |1.5  |L   2|H    |W  26|L   9|
   WI | 12631974 / R: 1367   ->1358     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   19 | QUINN WORMAN                    |1.5  |W  12|L   7|L   6|H    |
   WI | 31975179 / R: 1220   ->1282     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   20 | JASWANTH AKKINA                 |1.5  |L  10|B    |L  12|D  21|
   WI | 30298526 / R:  921   -> 947     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   21 | MICHAEL LAWRENCE                |1.0  |L   6|L  23|H    |D  20|
   WI | 12937940 / R: 1452   ->1400     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   22 | MICHAEL S BUTLER                |1.0  |L   4|L  12|B    |L  14|
   WI | 31347931 / R:  960   -> 954     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   23 | VEDA ANISH KAKUMANU JR.         |1.0  |L  13|W  21|L  11|L  15|
   WI | 30466766 / R:  854   -> 921     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   24 | ADAM NINNEMAN                   |0.5  |H    |U    |L   5|U    |
   WI | 15763277 / R: 1272   ->1270     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   25 | DAN FREY                        |0.5  |H    |U    |L   9|U    |
   WI | 30456341 / R: 1250   ->1244     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   26 | RANDY QUIST                     |0.5  |L   8|H    |L  18|U    |
   WI | 12849330 / R:  898   -> 893     |     |     |     |     |     |
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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  | 
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    1 | SAMUEL EVERETTE                 |3.5  |H    |W   8|W   6|W   2|
   WI | 31836507 / R:  804   -> 903     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JAMES E MADING                  |3.0  |W  12|W   7|W   9|L   1|
   WI | 12780703 / R:  537   -> 752     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | GRANT DAVIDSON                  |3.0  |L   7|X  10|W  12|W   6|
   WI | 30325572 / R:  589   -> 671     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | SHUBAN CHINTALAPATI             |3.0  |W  11|L   6|W   8|W   7|
   WI | 32011478 / R:  621P24-> 666     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | SHIVAM TAKALE                   |2.5  |H    |L   9|W  13|W  12|
   WI | 30889029 / R:  700   -> 752     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | PRUTHVI VINITH                  |2.0  |B    |W   4|L   1|L   3|
   WI | 30493570 / R:  822   -> 777     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | VICTOR CHAVEZ-PAEZ              |2.0  |W   3|L   2|W  11|L   4|
   WI | 31944421 / R:  769P23-> 734     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | KUSH YADAV                      |2.0  |W  14|L   1|L   4|B    |
   WI | 32184400 / R:  329P16-> 342P19  |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | SHIVASANJITH SENDHILKUMAR       |1.5  |H    |W   5|L   2|U    |
      | 30468092 / R:  859   -> 848     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | AADITYA V JAMPANI               |1.5  |H    |F   3|W  14|U    |
   WI | 32020397 / R:  234P16-> 277P17  |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | THOMAS ANTON BOROWSKI           |1.5  |L   4|B    |L   7|D  14|
   WI | 30471236 / R:  150   -> 150     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | NIMISH CHINTALAPATI             |1.0  |L   2|W  14|L   3|L   5|
   WI | 32369270 / R:  738P3 -> 565P7   |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | CHARLES N LANDEY                |0.5  |H    |U    |L   5|U    |
   WI | 12531107 / R:  859   -> 819     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | SATHVIK YEEDA                   |0.5  |L   8|L  12|L  10|D  11|
   WI | 32341675 / R:  360P5 -> 214P9   |     |     |     |     |     |
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