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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

 ERNESTS ROZKALNS MEMORIAL SPEED TOURNAMENT

HELD SEPTEMBER 25, 2024


TWO SECTIONS, OPEN AND RESERVE, WITH TWO GROUPS IN EACH SECTION

OPEN SECTION GROUP WINNERS:

GROUP 1, TIE BETWEEN AARON KRAUSE AND ASHISH MISHRA

PLAYOFF:  WON BY ASHISH MISHRA, 2-0

GROUP 1, WON BY EVAN SEGHERS

PLAYOFF BETWEEN GROUP WINNERS:

WON BY EVAN SEGHERS, 2-1

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RESERVE SECTION

GROUP 1, WON BY DEVYANSHU MOHAPATRA

GROUP 2, WON BY SHASHWATH SABARISH    


The original posting did not state correctly the name of the winner of Group 2 in the Reserve Section.  The posting has been changed to show that Shashwath won first place in Group 2.  My apologies to Shashwath.  signed/jim nickell

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

WCC Early Fall Swiss Rating Report and events over the next few days...

Hi all - great event! See the rating report below, and at USCF.

Congratulations to Mike and Ashish for a strong showing of 3.5 / 4.0 in the Open Section.
Congratulations, also, to Devyanshu for finishing the clean sweep of 4.0 in the Reserve Section.

Upcoming Events:
  • Sep 25 - Remember, we'll see you on Wed for the Ernests Rozkalns Memorial Speed Event: * 2+ Sections (likely 4 sections, 2 open / 2 reserve) * G/5 * EF $1 * Many Rounds
    Let Jim know early (reply to the email he sent or to this post) to keep it running smoothly :)
  • Sep 27 - Also, the WI SE College Chess League event scheduled for UW-Whitewater this Friday has been moved to the Medical College of Wisconsin (on the near NW side of Milw). It's a USCF rated event, let me (or Reid) know if you plan on attending and we'll get you all of the logistics.
  • Sep 28 - Saturday, the BC Open is being held in Brookfield, 4 rounds G/60d5 in one day - check it out on King Registration if you're likely to attend - space is limited.
  • Finally, SWCC is in the middle of an event now, but has a few things coming up:
    • Oct 10 - Action event in Hales Corners
    • Oct 12 - HC Challenge in Brookfield - check on King Registration for details
    • Oct 17+ - Challenger Checkmate Swiss - their next 4 week G90 event in HC
Thanks again - have a great week and hopefully we'll see you Wed.

John D

OPEN
No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Mike La Budde WI 12391010 1961 1974 1600 W 13/B W 7/W W 10/B D 2/W 3.5
2 Ashish Kumar Mishra OH 16280074 1868 1917 1800 W 20/B W 6/W W 3/W D 1/B 3.5
3 William P Williams WI 10310547 2200 2200 1600 W 12/B W 11/W L 2/B W 4/W 3.0
4 Aaron Paul Krause WI 12422831 1917 1926 1600 W 15/W W 5/B W 8/W L 3/B 3.0
5 John De Mastri WI 12580948 1692 1724 1600 W 21/B L 4/W W 19/B W 10/W 3.0
6 Elie Gendloff WI 12493180 1626 1642 1200 W 26/W L 2/B W 23/W W 17/B 3.0
7 Robin J Grochowski WI 11164412 1715 1713 B L 1/B W 20/W D 8/B 2.5
8 James Jay Coons WI 12551569 1704 1709 1400 W 27/B W 19/W L 4/B D 7/W 2.5
9 Abraham Albiter Benitez WI 30432498 1483 1508 L 10/B H W 18/W X 2.5
10 Nicholas Sloan WI 12772484 1820 1805 1400 W 9/W W 17/B L 1/W L 5/B 2.0
11 John Jack Creed WI 12442084 1700 1700 W 22/W L 3/B D 17/W D 13/B 2.0
12 Kevin Klandrud WI 15938368 1639 1637 L 3/W L 16/B X W 20/B 2.0
13 James W Nickell WI 11300855 1500 1510 L 1/W W 22/B H D 11/W 2.0
14 Agastya Bhadoria WI 16376618 1509 1495 H U D 21/B W 23/W 2.0
15 Lee Chaveriat WI 15201114 1354 1347 L 4/B D 21/W W 22/B H 2.0
16 Gabriel Panner IL 15342038 1876 1882 H W 12/W U U 1.5
17 Benjamin Kerns WI 31621823 1677 1649 W 23/B L 10/W D 11/B L 6/W 1.5
18 Benjamin Allan Corcoran WI 12911710 1659 1634 H U L 9/B W 21/W 1.5
19 David Arvid Periard WI 30683882 1567P18 1581P21 W 24/B L 8/B L 5/W F 1.0
20 Michael Lawrence WI 12937940 1407 1400 L 2/W W 25/B L 7/B L 12/W 1.0
21 Shravan Sabarish WI 31184590 1130 1163 L 5/W D 15/B D 14/W L 18/B 1.0
22 Randy Quist WI 12849330 1045 1032 L 11/B L 13/W L 15/W B 1.0
23 Quinn Worman WI 31975179 1029P4 1029P7 L 17/W X L 6/B L 14/B 1.0
24 Ethan J Allen WI 10311390 2141 2119 L 19/W H U U 0.5
25 Evan M Hansen WI 30180479 1085 1077 H L 20/W F U 0.5
26 Mike Gundlach WI 30499807 1049 1047 L 6/B H U U 0.5
27 Tr Haas WI 16553240 1150 1148 L 8/W F U U 0.0

RESERVE
No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Devyanshu Mohapatra WI 30263431 775 897 W 13/B W 6/W W 7/W W 2/B 4.0
2 James E Mading WI 12780703 377 682 W 4/B W 9/W W 10/B L 1/W 3.0
3 Michael S Butler WI 31347931 858 835 L 6/B W 13/W D 9/B W 7/W 2.5
4 Charles N Landey WI 12531107 767 777 L 2/W W 8/B W 11/W H 2.5
5 Veda Anish Kakumanu Jr. WI 30466766 758 755 W 12/W L 7/B D 6/W W 10/B 2.5
6 Jaswanth Akkina WI 30298526 583 750 W 3/W L 1/B D 5/B W 9/W 2.5
7 Shashwath Sabarish WI 31378607 586 685 W 11/W W 5/W L 1/B L 3/B 2.0
8 Abigail Liu WI 17062691 620P10 612P14 L 9/B L 4/W W 13/B W 12/W 2.0
9 Shivasanjith Sendhilkumar WI 30468092 872 803 W 8/W L 2/B D 3/W L 6/B 1.5
10 Mark Rodman WI 31919446 663P9 621P12 H W 14/B L 2/W L 5/W 1.5
11 Michael Fitzsimmons WI 31980534 992P3 767P6 L 7/B W 12/W L 4/B F 1.0
12 Samuel Everette WI 31836507 557P15 522P19 L 5/B L 11/B W 14/W L 8/B 1.0
13 Thomas Anton Borowski WI 30471236 139 140 L 1/W L 3/B L 8/W B 1.0
14 Arnav Arun WI 31559132 510 449 H L 10/W L 12/B F 0.5