New Year's Swiss - projected pairings Round 4

new year swiss Open - Round 4 Pairing Sheet, Page 1

Board             White                                                     Black

101. ___ Oliver, Alexander (2.5,1630)             ___ Seghers, Evan C (2.5,2171)

102. ___ Cravetz, Gregory John (2.5,1857)    ___ Kerns, Benjamin (2.0,1679)

103. ___ Richlen, Dj (2.0,1609)                       ___ Sabarish, Shravan (2.0,1596)

104. ___ De Mastri, John (1.5,1677)               ___ Chaveriat, Lee (2.0,1427)

105. ___ Klandrud, Kevin (1.5,1461)               ___ Coons, James Jay (1.5,1700)

106. ___ Sloan, Nicholas (1.0,1695)                ___ Sabarish, Shashwath (1.5,1352)

107. ___ Jensen, Alex D (1.0,1591)                 ___ Grochowski, Robin J (1.0,1712)

108. ___ Gendloff, Elie (1.0,1600)                    ___ Kopp, Ed (1.0,1261)

109. ___ Lawrence, Michael (0.0,1412)           ___ Nickell, James W (0.5,1510)

new year swiss u1200 - Round 4 Pairing Sheet, Page 1
Board             White                                                         Black
201. ___ Akkina, Jaswanth (2.5,1132)             ___ Everette, Samuel (2.5,1098)
202. ___ Richlen, Cole (2.5,897)                     ___ Kakumanu, Veda Anish (2.0,975)
203. ___ Waller, Matt (2.0,915)                       ___ Muthupandiyan, Avinas (2.0,1057)
204. ___ Takale, Shivam (1.5,745)                  ___ Srivathsan, Hrishikes (1.5,1125)
205. ___ Slavik, Trinity (1.5,754)                   ___ Vanderheyden, Oscar (1.5,760)
206. ___ Mading, James E (1.0,647)               ___ Balachandran, Hrishid (1.0,1029)
207. ___ Yadav, Kush (1.0,698)                       ___ Dewees, Justin (1.0,800)
Jampani, Aaditya (0.0,269) Please Wait

New Year's Swiss cross tables

new year swiss -- Open Cross Table, Page 1

No. Gr Name(Team)                                 St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Score

1. Seghers, Evan C (1) .......................... WI 2171 W15 W14 D2         2.5

2. Cravetz, Gregory John (2) ................. WI 1857 W16 W9 D1           2.5

3. Oliver, Alexander (9) ..........................      1630 -H- W11 W8           2.5

4. Kerns, Benjamin (7) ........................... WI 1679 W20 L8 W16          2.0

5. Richlen, Dj (10) .................................. WI 1609 W18 -H- D9            2.0

6. Sabarish, Shravan (12) ...................... WI 1596 -H- D13 W14         2.0

7. Chaveriat, Lee (17) ............................ WI 1427 L14 W18 W15         2.0

8. Murphy, Robert Lee (3) ...................... WI 1806 -H- W4 L3               1.5

9. Coons, James Jay (5) ........................ WI 1700 W19 L2 D5             1.5

10. De Mastri, John (8) ............................ WI 1677 W17 -H- -N-          1.5

11. Klandrud, Kevin (16) .......................... WI 1461 -H- L3 W19           1.5

12. Sabarish, Shashwath (20) ................. WI 1352 -H- L15 W20         1.5

13. Grochowski, Robin J (4) .................... WI 1712 -H- D6 -N-             1.0

14. Sloan, Nicholas (6) ............................ WI 1695 W7 L1 L6              1.0

15. Gendloff, Elie (11) .............................. WI 1600 L1 W12 L7             1.0

16. Jensen, Alex D (13) ........................... WI 1591 L2 W20 L4             1.0

17. Ninneman, Adam (19) ....................... WI 1369 L10 D19 -H-           1.0

18. Kopp, Ed (21) .................................... WI 1261 L5 L7 -B-                1.0

19. Nickell, James W (15) ........................ WI 1510 L9 D17 L11            0.5

20. Lawrence, Michael (18) ..................... WI 1412 L4 L16 L12             0.0

new year swiss -- u1200 Cross Table, Page 1

No. Gr Name(Team)                                 St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3     Score

1. Akkina, Jaswanth (1) ......................... WI 1132 W16 W5 -H-             2.5

2. Everette, Samuel (3) .......................... WI 1098 W12 D6 W9             2.5

3. Richlen, Cole (8) ................................ WI 897 W17 D4 W10             2.5

4. Muthupandiyan, Avinash (4) .............. WI 1057 D15 D3 W12            2.0

5. Kakumanu, Veda Anish (6) ................ WI 975 W13 L1 W11              2.0

6. Waller, Matt (7) .................................. WI 915  W14 D2 -H-               2.0

7. Srivathsan, Hrishikesh (2) ..................WI 1125 -H- -N- W14             1.5

8. Vanderheyden, Oscar (12) ................ WI 760 -H- L10 W15              1.5

9. Slavik, Trinity (13) .............................. WI 754 W11 -H- L2                1.5

10. Takale, Shivam (14) .......................... WI 745 -H- W8 L3                 1.5

11. Balachandran, Hrishid (5) .................. WI 1029 L9 W13 L5             1.0

12. Dewees, Justin (10) ........................... 800 L2 W17 L4                    1.0

13. Yadav, Kush (15) ............................... WI 698 L5 L11 W17             1.0

14. Mading, James E (16) ....................... WI 647 L6 X16 L7                 1.0

15. Landey, Charles N (11) ...................... WI 792 D4 -N- L8                 0.5

16. Sendhilkumar, Shivasanjith (9) .......... WI 809 L1 F14 -U-                0.0

17. Jampani, Aaditya (17) ........................ WI 269 L3 L12 L13               0.0

Winter Swiss is complete and rated!

Hi all - Last night's event is rated - but (naturally) there's an issue getting a couple of games rated in the new system that the USCF is correcting now - will update here when that's done. Open section is correct below.

Congrats to Evan in the Open section and to Hrishid in the Reserve section.

Remember, next week is blitz (unrated), and then the holiday party, then we start the new year. The new year begins two new adventures for WCC - 1) our new U1200 and 1200+ sections, with the right for the Reserve winners to play in the 1200+ section if they'd like, and 2) our rated quad events starting sometime in Q1 next year. Plan accordingly, and check here and on the website next week for updated scheduling information.

Reminder - There's no reason for a forfeit. We've had several over the last couple of events, and another last night. Please text or email if you know you're going to be absent. It's just common courtesy. Personally, I don't want to move to the SWCC policy - 1 forfeit and you're out, with a fine to be paid before you can play at the club again - but if this remains an issue, it will get discussed at the next board meeting...

- John

OPEN

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Evan Seghers	WI	13712498	2180	2174		D11	W22	W9	W4	3.5
2	Aaron PAUL Krause	WI	12422831	1811	1829		H	W12	W10	D7	3
3	ZOLTAN ESZES	WI	11411771	1706	1716		W13	D10	W14	H	3
4	HOBART W LILLY	WI	12499405	1700	1758		W15	W5	W6	L1	3
5	ALEX JENSEN	WI	12755833	1579	1591		W21	L4	W17	W11	3
6	ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA	OH	16280074	1906	1895		W19	W8	L4	H	2.5
7	Robin J Grochowski	WI	11164412	1728	1726		D14	H	W20	D2	2.5
8	Nicholas Sloan	WI	12772484	1700	1695		W16	L6	W21	H	2.5
9	JOHN DE MASTRI	WI	12580948	1667	1674		W17	H	L1	W14	2.5
10	Benjamin Kerns	WI	31621823	1664	1679		W18	D3	L2	W12	2.5
11	Elie Gendloff	WI	12493180	1600	1600		D1	D20	W18	L5	2
12	James Coons	WI	12551569	1784	1737		D20	L2	X	L10	1.5
13	MICHAEL LAWRENCE	WI	12937940	1455	1412		L3	L17	H	W21	1.5
14	LEE CHAVERIAT	WI	15201114	1398	1432		D7	W19	L3	L9	1.5
15	ADAM NINNEMAN	WI	15763277	1341	1369		L4	H	W19	U	1.5
16	Ed Kopp	WI	30904814	1319	1261		L8	L18	B	D17	1.5
17	Samuel Everette	WI	31836507	996	1098		L9	W13	L5	D16	1.5
18	Michael Butler	WI	31347931	912	990		L10	W16	L11	H	1.5
19	KEVIN KLANDRUD	WI	15938368	1519	1461		L6	L14	L15	B	1
20	Aadit Senthil	WI	30460564	1402	1424		D12	D11	L7	U	1
21	Matt Waller	WI	32473555	920	915		L5	B	L8	L13	1
22	Shivasanjith Sendhilkumar	WI	30468092	809	809		B	L1	F	U	1

RESERVE

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Pruthvi Vinith	WI	30493570	999	984		W6	W4	L2	W7	3
2	Hrishid Balachandran	WI	30956400	939	936		W7	X	W1	L3	3
3	James Mading	WI	12780703	641	755		W5	F	W9	W2	3
4	Peter Bucher	WI	30067906	458	504		W8	L1	L7	W6	2
5	Aaditya Jampani	WI	32020397	283	271		L3	B	L6	X	2
6	Trinity Slavik	WI	32479549	763	696		L1	D7	W5	L4	1.5
7	Kush Yadav	WI	32184400	530	583		L2	D6	W4	L1	1.5
8	Emily Stone		32662953	0	154		L4	F	U	U	0
9	Aarav Kalra		32677407	0	362		U	U	L3	F	0

SPECIAL

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Hrishid Balachandran	WI	30956400	939	958		W2	U	U	U	1
2	CHARLES LANDEY	WI	12531107	808	787		L1	U	U	U	0

Turkey Quad

 Players 1-4

No. Gr Name(Team)                             St Rate 1   2   3   4    Score

1. Corcoran, Benjamin Allan ................. WI 1608 x   W  W  W    3.0
2. Pezewski, Reid Alexander ................   WI 1400 L    x   W  D     1.5
3. Lilly, Hobart W ..................................  WI 1700 L    L    x  W     1.0
4. Chaveriat, Lee ..................................    WI 1359 L    D   L   x      0.5
Players 5-8

No. Gr Name(Team)                             St Rate 1    2   3  4    Score

1. Seaman, Christopher ........................ WI 1357    x   W   L  W     2.0
2. Everette, Samuel ..............................   WI 1040   L    x   W W     2.0
3. Vinith, Pruthvi ................................... WI 884     W  L    x  W     2.0
4. Landey, Charles N ............................  WI 757     L   L    L   x      0.0
Players 9-12

No. Gr Name(Team)                             St Rate 1    2    3  4   Score

1. Vanderheyden, Oscar Daniel ............ WI nnnn  x    D   W W    2.5
2. Chavez-Paez, Victor .........................   WI 784    D    x    L  W    1.5
3. Diderrich, Nathaniel .......................... WI 671    L    W   x   D    1.5
4. Mading, James E ..............................   WI 600    L    L    D  x     0.5

11/5/2025 Board Meeting Highlights - PLEASE READ

Hi all - on behalf of the WCC Board of Directors, the meeting we had last night finds the club on a great footing financially, we approved our annual Christmas / Holiday party and next year's Chess in the Park event, and agreed on a number of ways to improve how the club runs and manages its online presence. Full notes will be posted to the website shortly.

Additionally, I'm happy to announce a couple of changes to tournament play that we're adopting to improve the competitiveness of games for everyone.  Please read through these carefully.

• NEW SWISS SECTIONS - UPPER (1200+) and LOWER (U1200)
• Effective 12/1/2025 (after the current running event),  the structure of our standard 4-week Swiss events will change from an Open Section and a Reserve (U1000) section to add a rating floor of 1200 to the (currently) Open section.  We're open to suggestions for names, but for this post, I'll use the terms Upper (1200+) and Lower (U1200) sections.
• Reason - having such a wide spread of ratings in our Upper section means that everyone (at all ratings) only has 1 or 2 games with players near their own rating, with the other games not being very competitive, which is not much fun for either player.  This change allows for better games more often.
• We will use the live (not published) rating when entering, so if a player is quickly improving - the most common reason for lower rated players to want to  "play up" - they don't have to wait several weeks for the rating to be published before they are eligible for the Upper section.
• The winner of the Lower section is now awarded the right to "play up" in the Upper section for the next WCC Swiss.  
• There will be no "TD discretion" here - if you want to play in the Upper section, either win the Lower section in the prior event, or meet the new 1200 rating floor.
• Note that this is still well below other club's or weekend events' rating minimums for "open" play, which is commonly 1600.
• For reference, players under 1200 playing in the Open section for the last 4 events have a combined record of 5-43-5 (win-loss-draw) against players over 1200, including 1-24-0 against over 1600+ players and 2-13-2 against 1400-1599 players.  They have a much more competitive 8-8-4 record against under 1200 (peer) opponents.
• New QUAD Events, and the WCC Ladder System
• We will be adding two new events to the calendar for 2026 (exact dates will be published shortly).  These will be "quads" - 4 person round robin events run over 4 weeks as follows:]
• Quads are determined by rating - the goal is to get 6 competitive games in one event!
• Each night for the first 3 weeks, you play 2 G45/d5 games against one other player in your quad.  Ideally, after 3 weeks you will have played everyone in your quad!
• Things happen, and one hard thing about quads is that forfeits really mess them up, so we're trying to build a structure that makes it great for all players involved:
• The 4th week is reserved as a makeup week.  If you have to miss a week, that's ok, we can accommodate that by having you play on the 4th week.
• To ensure that most players who commit to play actually finish the quad, players are eligible to play in quads ONLY if they:
• Have 10 or more rated games at WCC in the last six months
• Have no more than 1 forfeit loss in that same time period
• To ensure everyone gets a game, unless otherwise communicated, if you are not physically at WCC at 7:00, you will be forfeited and your opponent is free to play that night in the Ladder (see below).  You can still  make up the games with that opponent in week 4.
• BUT - "I don't want to play in the quads" or "I'm new at WCC, and I'm not yet eligible" or "My quad opponent didn't show up"  - what can I do for those four weeks??
• We're trying to make sure EVERYONE gets a competitive game, whether you play the quads or not, so we're also introducing the idea of the "WCC Ladder"
• Each of the 4 weeks of the quad will run "Ladder Play" in parallel for those not in the Quads.
• The Ladder works like this:
• The ladder starts with all club players ranked by rating
• Everyone not playing in a quad match (including quad players who have no opponent that night) are paired off with a player close to them on the ladder.
• Those two will play one USCF rated G/100d5 game
• The result of the the game changes the position of the players on the ladder - if the higher rated player wins, no change to ladder position.  If the lower rated player wins they jump ahead of the other player on the ladder.  If they draw, the higher rated player moves down one position, and the lower rated player moves up.
• Future Ladder pairings are based on Ladder position, not rating, so it reflects your actual WCC performance.
• This means everyone that comes to WCC gets a game with someone close to them in rating, and there's no multiple week commitment.  Importantly, it means that a quad player whose opponent bails STILL gets a game that night!
• The 4th week's Ladder play can include quad players who have finished playing all of their opponents.
• If players like this kind of event, we can add 1 week of "Ladder Play" after every couple of events.  Many players have asked for formats with less time commitment than 4 weeks - this may be a way to provide that while still allowing quality games.

I'm happy we have such a talented group of long-serving and senior playing members of the board, as well as a number of other members that provide tremendous insight on how we can improve everyone's overall chess experience.  I look forward to implementing these ideas, and to hearing everyone's feedback.  Feel free to reply below or send an email.

Thanks!

John D

WCC President

wcc-tds@googlegroups.com

chess@demastri.com

11/6/2025

FALL SWISS CROSSTABLE - Reserve

 

No.	Player
1 WI	PRUTHVIVINITH 30493570 Exp: 2026-03-31	3.5	W 6 ⚪️	W 5 ⚫️	W 4 ⚪️	D 2 ⚪️
2 WI	HRISHIDBALACHANDRAN 30956400 Exp: 2026-01-31	3.5	W 11 ⚫️	W 12 ⚪️	W 5 ⚪️	D 1 ⚫️
3 WI	JAMES EMADING 12780703 Exp: 2026-11-30	3.0	L 12 ⚫️	W 11 ⚪️	X 13	W 4 ⚫️
4 WI	ELENA JANEAMMERMAN 14343815 Exp: 2026-09-30	2.0	W 10 ⚪️	W 7 ⚫️	L 1 ⚫️	L 3 ⚪️
5 WI	ELIAMMERMAN 14343800 Exp: 2027-10-31	2.0	W 13 ⚪️	L 1 ⚪️	L 2 ⚫️	W 7 ⚫️
6 WI	TRINITYSLAVIK 32479549 Exp: 2026-06-30	2.0	L 1 ⚫️	L 10 ⚪️	W 8 ⚫️	W 11 ⚪️
7 WI	OSCARVANDERHEYDEN 32608450 Exp: 2026-10-31	2.0	B	L 4 ⚪️	W 12 ⚫️	L 5 ⚪️
8 WI	COLERICHLEN 17208440 Exp: 2025-11-30	1.5	H	L 9 ⚫️	L 6 ⚪️	X 13
9 WI	CHARLES NLANDEY 12531107 Exp: 2027-06-30	1.5	H	W 8 ⚪️	U	U
10 WI	JOHN HUGHDe MASTRI 32533777 Exp: 2026-08-31	1.5	L 4 ⚫️	W 6 ⚫️	H	U
11 WI	RALPH FKLASS 14366034 Exp: 2025-11-30	1.0	L 2 ⚪️	L 3 ⚫️	B	L 6 ⚫️
12 WI	KUSHYADAV 32184400 Exp: 2027-01-31	1.0	W 3 ⚪️	L 2 ⚫️	L 7 ⚪️	U
13 WI	THOMAS ANTONBOROWSKI 30471236 Exp: 2026-02-28	1.0	L 5 ⚫️	B	F 3