Winter Swiss Crosstables Final

OPEN

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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 | ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA             |3.5  |W   9|W  15|W   6|H    |
   OH | 16280074 / R: 1950   ->1963     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ROBERT LEE MURPHY               |3.0  |W  18|W  10|D   4|H    |
   WI | 12558337 / R: 1822   ->1825     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | JAMES JAY COONS                 |3.0  |W  19|D  11|W  17|H    |
   WI | 12551569 / R: 1759   ->1757     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JOHN DE MASTRI                  |3.0  |W  21|W   5|D   2|H    |
   WI | 12580948 / R: 1600   ->1663     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | CLARK O. MCCUTCHIN              |2.5  |W  16|L   4|W  11|H    |
   WI | 12539124 / R: 1900   ->1900     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | NICHOLAS SLOAN                  |2.5  |W  12|W   7|L   1|H    |
   WI | 12772484 / R: 1782   ->1786     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | KEVIN KLANDRUD                  |2.5  |W  25|L   6|W  21|H    |
   WI | 15938368 / R: 1626   ->1617     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | JAMES W NICKELL                 |2.5  |W  22|L  13|W  19|H    |
   WI | 11300855 / R: 1500   ->1509     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | ADISA M REED                    |2.5  |L   1|W  23|W  22|H    |
   WI | 30132900 / R: 1454   ->1461     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | BENJAMIN KERNS                  |2.0  |W  20|L   2|D  12|H    |
   WI | 31621823 / R: 1669   ->1650     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | ELIE GENDLOFF                   |2.0  |W  24|D   3|L   5|H    |
   WI | 12493180 / R: 1600   ->1602     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | SHRAVAN SABARISH                |2.0  |L   6|W  25|D  10|H    |
   WI | 31184590 / R: 1395   ->1406     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | ETHAN J ALLEN                   |1.5  |H    |W   8|U    |U    |
   WI | 10311390 / R: 2119   ->2120     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | ZOLTAN ESZES                    |1.5  |H    |L  17|W  23|U    |
   WI | 11411771 / R: 1884   ->1856     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   15 | ROBIN J GROCHOWSKI              |1.5  |B    |L   1|H    |U    |
   WI | 11164412 / R: 1657   ->1651     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   16 | MICHAEL LAWRENCE                |1.5  |L   5|L  21|W  25|H    |
   WI | 12937940 / R: 1400   ->1400     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   17 | ED KOPP                         |1.5  |H    |W  14|L   3|U    |
   WI | 30904814 / R: 1335P19->1378P21  |     |     |     |     |     |
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   18 | THOMAS A SIMONIS                |1.5  |L   2|L  20|W  24|H    |
   WI | 12717181 / R: 1335   ->1308     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   19 | LEE CHAVERIAT                   |1.5  |L   3|W  24|L   8|H    |
   WI | 15201114 / R: 1294   ->1284     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   20 | ADAM NINNEMAN                   |1.5  |L  10|W  18|H    |U    |
   WI | 15763277 / R: 1228   ->1256     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   21 | RANDY QUIST                     |1.5  |L   4|W  16|L   7|H    |
   WI | 12849330 / R:  909   -> 988     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   22 | JASWANTH AKKINA                 |1.5  |L   8|B    |L   9|H    |
   WI | 30298526 / R:  754   -> 752     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   23 | QUINN WORMAN                    |0.5  |H    |L   9|L  14|U    |
   WI | 31975179 / R: 1221P19->1209P21  |     |     |     |     |     |
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   24 | SHASHWATH SABARISH              |0.5  |L  11|L  19|L  18|H    |
   WI | 31378607 / R:  905   -> 893     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   25 | VEDA ANISH KAKUMANU JR.         |0.5  |L   7|L  12|L  16|H    |
   WI | 30466766 / R:  842   -> 836     |     |     |     |     |     |
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RESERVE

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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 | HRISHID BALACHANDRAN            |3.5  |W   8|W   6|W   5|H    |
   WI | 30956400 / R:  559   -> 768     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | MICHAEL S BUTLER                |2.5  |H    |W  12|W   9|U    |
   WI | 31347931 / R:  869   -> 879     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | SAMUEL EVERETTE                 |2.5  |L   9|W   4|W  11|H    |
   WI | 31836507 / R:  677   -> 673     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | RALPH F KLASS                   |2.5  |W  10|L   3|W   6|H    |
   WI | 14366034 / R:  495   -> 602     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | PETER BUCHER                    |2.5  |W  14|W  15|L   1|H    |
   WI | 30067906 / R:  570   -> 570     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | DEVYANSHU MOHAPATRA             |1.5  |W  11|L   1|L   4|H    |
   WI | 30263431 / R:  888   -> 812     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | VICTOR CHAVEZ-PAEZ              |1.5  |H    |U    |W  15|U    |
   WI | 31944421 / R:  672P8 -> 672P9   |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | GAUTHAM DASARI                  |1.5  |L   1|L  11|W  14|H    |
   WI | 31483609 / R:  738P4 -> 577P7   |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | GRANT DAVIDSON                  |1.5  |W   3|H    |L   2|U    |
   WI | 30325572 / R:  421P21-> 476P23  |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | KUSH YADAV                      |1.5  |L   4|W  14|L  12|H    |
   WI | 32184400 / R:  588P4 -> 456P7   |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | RONALD BUCHER                   |1.5  |L   6|W   8|L   3|H    |
   WI | 30187848 / R:  423P17-> 446P20  |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | SHIVAM TAKALE                   |1.5  |H    |L   2|W  10|U    |
   WI | 30889029 / R:  347P24-> 392     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | THOMAS ANTON BOROWSKI           |0.5  |H    |U    |U    |U    |
   WI | 30471236 / R:  171   -> 171     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | AADITYA V JAMPANI               |0.5  |L   5|L  10|L   8|H    |
   WI | 32020397 / R:  191P7 -> 166P10  |     |     |     |     |     |
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   15 | RAVI KUMAR DASARI               |0.5  |H    |L   5|L   7|U    |
   WI | 32293137 / R: Unrated-> 162P2   |     |     |     |     |     |
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WCC Lending Library Is Available - Jan update

Hi Chess People!  

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
Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated	Horowitz	Satish Akkina	18 Dec 24	15 Jan 25	OVERDUE return when you can, or let me know when
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)

Early Winter Swiss Crosstables

OPEN

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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 | ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA             |4.0  |W  11|W  16|W   7|W   6|
   OH | 16280074 / R: 1938   ->1950     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |
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    2 | CLARK O. MCCUTCHIN              |2.5  |H    |W  18|D   4|D   7|
   WI | 12539124 / R: 1900   ->1900     |     |     |W    |B    |W    |
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    3 | NICHOLAS SLOAN                  |2.5  |H    |U    |X    |W   9|
   WI | 12772484 / R: 1779   ->1782     |     |     |     |     |B    |
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    4 | JAMES JAY COONS                 |2.5  |D  17|W  13|D   2|D   8|
   WI | 12551569 / R: 1738   ->1727     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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    5 | BENJAMIN KERNS                  |2.5  |L   9|H    |W  18|W  13|
   WI | 31621823 / R: 1693   ->1669     |     |B    |     |W    |B    |
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    6 | JOHN DE MASTRI                  |2.5  |D  12|W  17|W  14|L   1|
   WI | 12580948 / R: 1632   ->1651     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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    7 | KEVIN KLANDRUD                  |2.5  |W  19|W   9|L   1|D   2|
   WI | 15938368 / R: 1610   ->1626     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |
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    8 | SHRAVAN SABARISH                |2.5  |H    |D  14|W  10|D   4|
   WI | 31184590 / R: 1206   ->1281     |     |     |B    |W    |W    |
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    9 | CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN              |2.0  |W   5|L   7|W  16|L   3|
   WI | 12631974 / R: 1244   ->1363     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |
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   10 | VEDA ANISH KAKUMANU JR.         |2.0  |L  16|W  20|L   8|X    |
   WI | 30466766 / R:  798   -> 842     |     |B    |W    |B    |     |
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   11 | ADISA M REED                    |1.5  |L   1|W  19|D  13|F    |
   WI | 30132900 / R: 1465   ->1454     |     |W    |B    |W    |     |
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   12 | LEE CHAVERIAT                   |1.5  |D   6|W  15|U    |U    |
   WI | 15201114 / R: 1227   ->1294     |     |B    |W    |     |     |
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   13 | QUINN WORMAN                    |1.5  |W  15|L   4|D  11|L   5|
   WI | 31975179 / R: 1128P15->1221P19  |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |
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   14 | ROBIN J GROCHOWSKI              |1.0  |D  18|D   8|L   6|U    |
   WI | 11164412 / R: 1731   ->1682     |     |B    |W    |B    |     |
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   15 | ELIE GENDLOFF                   |1.0  |L  13|L  12|W  20|U    |
   WI | 12493180 / R: 1612   ->1600     |     |W    |B    |B    |     |
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   16 | JAMES W NICKELL                 |1.0  |W  10|L   1|L   9|U    |
   WI | 11300855 / R: 1523   ->1500     |     |W    |B    |W    |     |
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   17 | ABRAHAM ALBITER BENITEZ         |0.5  |D   4|L   6|F    |U    |
   WI | 30432498 / R: 1632   ->1619     |     |B    |W    |     |     |
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   18 | THOMAS A SIMONIS                |0.5  |D  14|L   2|L   5|U    |
   WI | 12717181 / R: 1325   ->1335     |     |W    |B    |B    |     |
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   19 | MIKE GUNDLACH                   |0.0  |L   7|L  11|U    |U    |
   WI | 30499807 / R: 1097   ->1088     |     |W    |W    |     |     |
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   20 | RANDY QUIST                     |0.0  |U    |L  10|L  15|U    |
   WI | 12849330 / R:  941   -> 901     |     |     |B    |W    |     |
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RESERVE

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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 | DEVYANSHU MOHAPATRA             |4.0  |W   6|W  10|W   2|W   4|
   WI | 30263431 / R:  912   -> 966     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |
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    2 | JASWANTH AKKINA                 |3.0  |W  11|W   4|L   1|W   5|
   WI | 30298526 / R:  659   -> 754     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |
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    3 | SHASHWATH SABARISH              |2.5  |H    |L   7|W   9|X    |
   WI | 31378607 / R:  962   -> 934     |     |     |B    |W    |     |
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    4 | GAUTHAM DASARI                  |2.0  |W   5|L   2|W   6|L   1|
   WI | 31483609 / R: Unrated-> 738P4   |     |W    |W    |B    |W    |
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    5 | SAMUEL EVERETTE                 |2.0  |L   4|W  12|W  10|L   2|
   WI | 31836507 / R:  724   -> 682     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |
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    6 | KUSH YADAV                      |2.0  |L   1|W  11|L   4|W  10|
   WI | 32184400 / R: Unrated-> 588P4   |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |
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    7 | CHARLES N LANDEY                |1.5  |H    |W   3|U    |U    |
   WI | 12531107 / R:  848   -> 891     |     |     |W    |     |     |
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    8 | MICHAEL S BUTLER                |1.5  |H    |W   9|U    |F    |
   WI | 31347931 / R:  852   -> 869     |     |     |B    |     |     |
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    9 | JAMES E MADING                  |1.5  |H    |L   8|L   3|W  12|
   WI | 12780703 / R:  680   -> 656     |     |     |W    |B    |B    |
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   10 | RALPH F KLASS                   |1.0  |W  12|L   1|L   5|L   6|
   WI | 14366034 / R:  541   -> 495     |     |W    |W    |B    |W    |
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   11 | AADITYA V JAMPANI               |1.0  |L   2|L   6|W  12|U    |
   WI | 32020397 / R:  101P4 -> 191P7   |     |B    |B    |B    |     |
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   12 | THOMAS ANTON BOROWSKI           |0.0  |L  10|L   5|L  11|L   9|
   WI | 30471236 / R:  231   -> 171     |     |B    |B    |W    |W    |
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Don’t Be cRule – New Post Series

Update 14-Jan-25 - I changed these rule posts into pages (linked at the right), so this post space can be less cluttered, and reserved for tournament updates and other dynamic items...  I will leave this one post up so you can find the rest, and I will bring it to the top as I post new items.

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I’ll occasionally be posting on rules matters that show up in WCC or other local events as TDs discuss them. 

I hold a Local TD certification but there are a number of Senior TDs in our local rota, and I certainly rely on them when necessary (with attribution). 

I’ll usually cover one or two topics in each post, and I’ll try to begin with OTB ground rules and common scenarios. Even if you’re an experienced player, it may help (or even save you ½ point here and there) to be well acquainted with these… 

Items on my initial list to cover include:

• Getting rulings during a game
• How to offer a draw properly
• How to claim a draw properly (not the same thing as above...)
• Keeping score, taking notes, electronic scoresheets

I seem to have gotten through most of these, let me know what you want to see next.  If not, I'll probably resort to these:

• How does the Swiss system and pairings work
• How the rating system works
• Explaining the USCF class and "title" systems

You can always drop me a line at chess@demastri.com if you want to see anything covered.

John DeMastri

chess@demastri.com

Archive:

Dec '24 - Getting a Ruling During a Game

Dec '24 - How to Properly Offer a Draw

Dec '24 - Keeping Score 

Jan '25 - Claiming a Draw

Early Winter Swiss - x tables after round 3

No. Gr Name                                             St Rate Rd 1     Rd 2     Rd 3     Score

1. Mishra, Ashish Kumar (1) .................. OH 1942 W10     W15     W5         3.0

2. De Mastri, John (6) ............................ WI 1671 D11       W17     W13       2.5

3. Mccutchin, Clark O. (2) ...................... WI 1900 -H-        W18     D4          2.0

4. Coons, James Jay (4) ........................ WI 1789 D17      W12     D3          2.0

5. Klandrud, Kevin (9) ............................ WI 1612 W19     W7        L1          2.0

6. Sabarish, Shravan (13) ...................... WI 1342 -H-        D13     W16        2.0

7. Seaman, Christopher (16) ................. WI 1232 W9         L5       W15        2.0

8. Sloan, Nicholas (3) ............................ WI 1794 -H-         -N-         -X-        1.5

9. Kerns, Benjamin (7) ........................... WI 1645 L7         -H-         W18      1.5

10. Reed, Adisa M (11) ............................ WI 1471 L1         W19     D12       1.5

11. Chaveriat, Lee (15) ............................ WI 1272 D2         W14     -N-        1.5

12. Worman, Quinn (17) .......................... WI 1106 W14     L4         D10       1.5

13. Grochowski, Robin J (5) .................... WI 1765 D18     D6         L2          1.0

14. Gendloff, Elie (8) ................................ WI 1635 L12     L11         W20      1.0

15. Nickell, James W (10) ........................ WI 1506 W16     L1         L7         1.0

16. Kakumanu, Veda Anish, Jr (20) ......... WI 795 L15         W20     L6         1.0

17. Albiter Benitez, Abraham (12) ............ WI 1445 D4         L2         -F-       0.5

18. Simonis, Thomas A (14) .................... WI 1325 D13         L3         L9      0.5

19. Gundlach, Mike (18) .......................... WI 1061 L5         L10         -N-     0.0

20. Quist, Randy (19) .............................. WI 1027 -U-         L16         L14    0.0 

No. Gr Name                                             St Rate Rd 1     Rd 2     Rd 3     Score

1. Mohapatra, Devyanshu (1) ................ WI 922 W9          W8     W3         3.0

2. Everette, Samuel (5) .......................... WI 762 L4          W12     W8         2.0

3. Akkina, Jaswanth (7) ......................... WI 605 W10         W4     L1          2.0

4. Dasari, Gautham (11) ........................ WI nnnn W2         L3     W9         2.0

5. Landey, Charles N (2) ........................ WI 848 -H-         W7     -N-          1.5

6. Butler, Michael S (3) .......................... WI 824 -H-         W11     -N-         1.5

7. Sabarish, Shashwath (4) ................... WI 764 -H-         L5         W11     1.5

8. Klass, Ralph F (8) .............................. WI 558 W12         L1     L2         1.0

9. Yadav, Kush (9) ................................. WI 400 L1         W10     L4         1.0

10. Jampani, Aaditya V (12) .................... WI nnnn L3     L9         W12     1.0

11. Mading, James E (6) ......................... WI 698 -H-      L6         L7         0.5

12. Borowski, Thomas Anton (10) ........... WI 141 L8         L2      L10         0.0