Summer Swiss - R1 results, R2 tentative pairings

Round 2 tonight, handful of upsets in R1 across both sections!  Exciting fighting chess.  Good luck all and see you later!

John D

WCC Summer Swiss - open                     Cross Table

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

   1.    Sloan, Nicholas (4) ..........  WI     1719 W15     1.0

   2.    Gendloff, Elie (7) ...........  WI     1600 W16     1.0

   3.    Klandrud, Kevin (8) ..........  WI     1590 W17     1.0

   4.    Hegelmeyer, John Albert (9) ..  WI     1558 W18     1.0

   5.    Senthil, Aadit (10) ..........  WI     1516 W13     1.0

   6.    Lawrence, Michael (13) .......  WI     1403 W14     1.0

   7.    Kakumanu, Veda Anish (18) ....  WI     1130 -B-     1.0

   8.    Coons, James Jay (2) .........  WI     1783 -H-     0.5

   9.    Lilly, Hobart W (3) ..........  WI     1721 D11     0.5

  10.    Grochowski, Robin J (6) ......  WI     1679 -H-     0.5

  11.    Chaveriat, Lee (11) ..........  WI     1501 D9      0.5

  12.    Markosyan, Maria (15) ........  CT     1339 -H-     0.5

  13.    Nooren, Anthony Christophe (1)  WI     1873 L5      0.0

  14.    De Mastri, John (5) ..........  WI     1686 L6      0.0

  15.    Nickell, James W (12) ........  WI     1500 L1      0.0

  16.    Simonis, Thomas A (14) .......  WI     1342 L2      0.0

  17.    Akkina, Jaswanth (16) ........  WI     1332 L3      0.0

  18.    Kurumaddali, Rudransh (17) ...  WI     1138 L4      0.0

WCC Summer Swiss - open - Round 2           Pairing Sheet

 Board                     White                                 Black

   101.  ___  Gendloff, Elie (1.0,1600)         ___  Senthil, Aadit (1.0,1516)        

   102.  ___  Lawrence, Michael (1.0,1403)      ___  Klandrud, Kevin (1.0,1590)       

   103.  ___  Kakumanu, Veda Anish (1.0,1130)   ___  Coons, James Jay (0.5,1783)      

   104.  ___  Grochowski, Robin J (0.5,1679)    ___  Lilly, Hobart W (0.5,1721)       

   105.  ___  Chaveriat, Lee (0.5,1501)         ___  De Mastri, John (0.0,1686)       

   106.  ___  Nooren, Anthony Chris (0.0,1873)  ___  Simonis, Thomas A (0.0,1342)     

   107.  ___  Akkina, Jaswanth (0.0,1332)       ___  Nickell, James W (0.0,1500)      

              Kurumaddali, Rudransh (0.0,1138)       Please Wait

              Sloan, Hegelmeyer, Markosyan - requested byes

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WCC Summer Swiss - reserve                  Cross Table

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

   1.    Sirumala, Vrishank Reddy (1) .  WI      991 W11     1.0

   2.    Everette, Samuel (2) .........  WI      939 W12     1.0

   3.    Wells, Bradley (6) ...........  WI      754 W13     1.0

   4.    Keitlow, Liam (7) ............  WI      750 W14     1.0

   5.    Landey, Charles N (8) ........  WI      680 W15     1.0

   6.    Mading, James E (11) .........  WI      595 W10     1.0

   7.    Mishra, Aranyak (15,m) .......  WI      200 -B-     1.0

   8.    Slavik, Trinity (3) ..........  WI      814 -H-     0.5

   9.    Chavez-Paez, Victor (5) ......  WI      761 -H-     0.5

  10.    Yadav, Kush (4) ..............  WI      780 L6      0.0

  11.    Batra, Kian (9) ..............  WI      669 L1      0.0

  12.    Dasari, Gautham (10) .........  WI      643 L2      0.0

  13.    Killada, Jayadev (12) ........  WI      501 L3      0.0

  14.    Graney, Owen (13) ............  WI      500 L4      0.0

  15.    Mishra, Brihad (14,m) ........  WI      402 L5      0.0

WCC Summer Swiss - reserve - Round 2        Pairing Sheet

 Board                     White                                 Black

   201.  ___  Sirumala, Vrishank Red (1.0,991)  ___  Landey, Charles N (1.0,680)      

   202.  ___  Keitlow, Liam (1.0,750)           ___  Everette, Samuel (1.0,939)       

   203.  ___  Mading, James E (1.0,595)         ___  Wells, Bradley (1.0,754)         

   204.  ___  Chavez-Paez, Victor (0.5,761)     ___  Mishra, Aranyak (1.0,m,200)      

   205.  ___  Yadav, Kush (0.0,780)             ___  Killada, Jayadev (0.0,501)       

   206.  ___  Mishra, Brihad (0.0,m,402)        ___  Batra, Kian (0.0,669)            

   207.  ___  Dasari, Gautham (0.0,643)         ___  Graney, Owen (0.0,500)           

              Slavik - requested byes

Late Spring Swiss - crosstables

Open

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Evan C Seghers	WI	13712498	2164	2168	H	W12	W5	W4	3.5
2	ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA	OH	16280074	1879	1895	W6	W11	W3	U	3
3	HOBART W LILLY	WI	12499405	1721	1732	W13	W16	L2	W8	3
4	James Jay Coons	WI	12551569	1764	1767	D19	W21	W10	L1	2.5
5	JOHN DE MASTRI	WI	12580948	1686	1696	H	W19	L1	W9	2.5
6	MICHAEL LAWRENCE	WI	12937940	1403	1463	L2	W22	H	W11	2.5
7	GREGORY John CRAVETZ	WI	12936925	1876	1871	H	D15	W16	U	2
8	Elie Gendloff	WI	12493180	1600	1600	D21	H	W14	L3	2
9	Jahnav Vivek	WI	31608679	1250	1264	L16	X13	W21	L5	2
10	Nicholas Sloan	WI	12772484	1719	1707	W14	H	L4	U	1.5
11	KEVIN KLANDRUD	WI	15938368	1594	1569	W22	L2	D12	L6	1.5
12	Ridham Sihra	WI	30238581	1557	1599	W20	L1	D11	U	1.5
13	Maria Markosyan	CT	32076454	1339	1349	L3	F9	W22	D14	1.5
14	Ed Kopp	WI	30904814	1304	1322	L10	W18	L8	D13	1.5
15	Robin J Grochowski	WI	11164412	1678	1687	H	D7	U	U	1
16	LEE CHAVERIAT	WI	15201114	1506	1475	W9	L3	L7	L18	1
17	JAMES W NICKELL	WI	11300855	1500	1511	U	U	U	W21	1
18	CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN	WI	12631974	1360	1365	U	L14	U	W16	1
19	Aadit Senthil	WI	30460564	1516	1518	D4	L5	H	U	1
20	Aaron PAUL Krause	WI	12422831	1838	1812	L12	H	U	U	0.5
21	Jaswanth Akkina	WI	30298526	1332	1305	D8	L4	L9	L17	0.5
22	james felker	WI	33094669	1349	1229	L11	L6	L13	U	0

under1200

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Veda Anish Kakumanu	WI	30466766	1130	1173	W8	W13	W6	W4	4
2	Trinity Slavik	WI	32479549	814	818	W14	L7	W8	W9	3
3	Vrishank reddy Sirumala	WI	32504549	992	981	W15	L6	W10	W7	3
4	Samuel Everette	WI	31836507	939	953	W9	H	W7	L1	2.5
5	Kush Yadav	WI	32184400	780	768	H	L12	W11	W13	2.5
6	Pruthvi Vinith	WI	30493570	935	976	W10	W3	L1	U	2
7	Arnav Arun	WI	31559132	670	716	W11	W2	L4	L3	2
8	James E Mading	WI	12780703	595	598	L1	W14	L2	W15	2
9	Victor Chavez-Paez	WI	31944421	761	740	L4	W16	W13	L2	2
10	Kian Batra	WI	32621020	669	664	L6	W15	L3	W14	2
11	Aaditya Vardhan Jampani	WI	32020397	406	399	L7	B	L5	W16	2
12	CHARLES N LANDEY	WI	12531107	680	727	H	W5	U	U	1.5
13	Gautham Dasari	WI	31483609	643	602	W16	L1	L9	L5	1
14	Jayadev Killada	WI	33102070	412	327	L2	L8	W16	L10	1
15	Brihad MISHRA	WI	33102291	402	210	L3	L10	B	L8	1
16	Aranyak Mishra	WI	30466844	200	102	L13	L9	L14	L11	0

Spring Swiss Crosstables

open

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	JOHN DE MASTRI	WI	12580948	1728	1772	W21	W9	D5	W3	3.5
2	Aaron PAUL Krause	WI	12422831	1839	1838	W11	W16	L3	W8	3
3	Nicholas Sloan	WI	12772484	1693	1719	W12	W10	W2	L1	3
4	ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA	OH	16280074	1895	1879	H	L5	W19	W9	2.5
5	James Jay Coons	WI	12551569	1700	1729	H	W4	D1	D6	2.5
6	KEVIN KLANDRUD	WI	15938368	1552	1607	W19	L14	W16	D5	2.5
7	HOBART W LILLY	WI	12499405	1765	1721	L15	D8	X22	D11	2
8	Robin J Grochowski	WI	11164412	1682	1684	H	D7	W10	L2	2
9	Elie Gendloff	WI	12493180	1603	1600	W18	L1	W17	L4	2
10	LEE CHAVERIAT	WI	15201114	1535	1539	W20	L3	L8	W19	2
11	Ridham Sihra	WI	30238581	1477	1493	L2	H	W18	D7	2
12	Ed Kopp	WI	30904814	1302	1304	L3	L19	X21	W15	2
13	Evan C Seghers	WI	13712498	2164	2164	W17	H	U	U	1.5
14	Ethan J Allen	WI	10311390	2091	2092	H	W6	U	U	1.5
15	ADAM NINNEMAN	WI	15763277	1351	1367	W7	H	U	L12	1.5
16	ALEX D JENSEN	WI	12755833	1653	1627	W22	L2	L6	U	1
17	MICHAEL LAWRENCE	WI	12937940	1400	1403	L13	W22	L9	U	1
18	Jahnav Vivek	WI	31608679	1246	1233	L9	H	L11	D22	1
19	james felker	WI	33094669	Unr	1349	L6	W12	L4	L10	1
20	JAMES W NICKELL	WI	11300855	1500	1500	L10	H	U	U	0.5
21	Aadit Senthil	WI	30460564	1487	1480	L1	H	F12	U	0.5
22	Jaswanth Akkina	WI	30298526	1294	1267	L16	L17	F7	D18	0.5

under 1200

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	RUDRANSH KURUMADDALI	WI	30818618	992	1120	W14	W8	W7	W3	4
2	Veda Anish Kakumanu	WI	30466766	1156	1130	W9	L7	W12	W10	3
3	Vrishank reddy Sirumala	WI	32504549	940	992	W18	W17	W11	L1	3
4	Kush Yadav	WI	32184400	638	780	L8	W9	W6	W12	3
5	Kian Batra	WI	32621020	639	704	U	W6	X14	X7	3
6	Samuel Everette	WI	31836507	1008	939	W10	L5	L4	W13	2
7	Shagun Sharma	MI	31379143	990	1020	W15	W2	L1	F5	2
8	MICHAEL MILLIGAN	WI	13266695	832	857	W4	L1	F10	W16	2
9	Victor Chavez-Paez	WI	31944421	766	769	L2	L4	W15	W14	2
10	Arnav Arun	WI	31559132	688	670	L6	X16	X8	L2	2
11	Trinity Slavik	WI	32479549	827	814	W16	H	L3	U	1.5
12	Brihad MISHRA	WI	33102291	Unr	402	H	X18	L2	L4	1.5
13	CHARLES N LANDEY	WI	12531107	706	696	U	U	W17	L6	1
14	Gautham Dasari	WI	31483609	640	643	L1	W15	F5	L9	1
15	James E Mading	WI	12780703	647	595	L7	L14	L9	W17	1
16	Jayadev Killada	WI	33102070	Unr	412	L11	F10	B	L8	1
17	Aranyak Mishra	WI	30466844	Unr	200	H	L3	L13	L15	0.5
18	Aarav Sinha	WI	30796307	1061	1024	L3	F12	U	U	0

4/28 Online Event Results

Hi all - tonight's play was a relative success - moving from the chess.com tournament system allowed us to run a RR successfully, but I think communication could have been better, and we only had 4 players participate.  We did get all games in and the results are noted here:

For the 5/11 event, I'll post a few days ahead of time, and remind folks in our Wed meeting- instructions on how to access the club chat and find pairings and results.

Take care and see you all tomorrow.

THANKS TO ED, LEE AND SAM FOR HELPING US DO SOME NEW THINGS AT WCC!!

John D

2026 Club Speed Championship Results

Hi all  - what a fun evening - we had a total of 29 players, including a number of parents who usually don't play - GREAT to see more folks participating, especially in these unrated, casual events.

We broke these into 4 sections with roughly even rating mixes, and played a double-RR in each section.  Competition was fierce, with several tiebreaks along the way to determine a winner!

The 4 section winners were Evan Seghers (11.5 / 12.0), Aaron Krause (11.0 / 12.0, won tiebreak with Ridham Sihra), Kevin Klandrud (11.0 / 12.0), and John DeMastri (12.5 / 14.0, won tiebreak with Nick Sloan).

Semifinals were close as well, with Evan beating Aaron, and John edging past Kevin in the other match.

Congratulations to Evan for "winning the exhibition" (apologies to Hans Kmoch) and the title, besting John in the final!  We will get pics with the plaque (which has been found!!) posted as soon as it can be updated.

I hope you all enjoy these more casual, fun events as much as I enjoy running them.  Thanks, as always, to Jim and Kevin for helping with setup, registration, general floor TD work and teardown - very much appreciated.

See you next week for the first round of the Spring Swiss - I'll put up a blog post soon to open registration, but you can always email the TDs, reply here, or let one of us know, and we'll get you signed up.  It will be two sections, Upper (1200+) and Lower (U1200).  Jahnav Vivek, by winning the Lower section, is also eligible to enter the upper section.

- John D

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Reminder - TONIGHT - Club Speed Championship * many sections * EF $1

Title says it all - see you tonight for some blitz fun, many games, many sections - details will be determined at runtime depending on number and ratings mix of players.  This event is NOT USCF rated, and it's only one George, so you don't even have to risk your rating - come on down and play!

This event did have a plaque associated with it...but has been lost to the mists of time.  If you happened to win this in the past, and remember that "Oh, yeah, it's in the corner of my basement..." - please bring it back to the event tonight - appreciated.

See you tonight - 

John D

Results for first online USCF rated play event!

Hey everyone - we had 7 players for a fun, quick blitz event tonight hosted by the Waukesha Chess Club online at chess.com .  Here's the rated USCF crosstable, along with a link to the event itself and a link to the games (as PGN).  This 5|2 event affected only online blitz ratings for USCF, which are different from the chess.com site's hosted rating.

No.	Chess.com ID	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Rislon	Aethelred Templin	WI	16614292	1853	1882/20		W6	W3	W2	3
2	Magister_Militum	Gregory John Cravetz	WI	12936925		1796/13		W4	W7	L1	2
3	RealGojira	John De Mastri	WI	12580948	1497	1502		W5	L1	W7	2
4	dudeimthebest	Lee Chaveriat	WI	15201114		1476/13		L2	W6	D5	1.5
5	veda2015	Veda Anish Kakumanu	WI	30466766		1092/12		L3	B	D4	1.5
6	kid2323	Jim Manske	WI	12280380	1452	1428		L1	L4	B	1
7	Jaswnath	Jaswanth Akkina	WI	30298526		1147/12		B	L2	L3	1

Rislon (Aethelred Templin) took first, and Magister_Militum (Greg Cravetz) took second.  Congratulations!!  

Thanks to everyone who played.  Couple of questions:

• Should we configure this as a RR if we have less than 15 ppl?  If not chess.com will limit the number of rounds in a swiss.  How about up to 7 is a single round robin.  8-15 is two sections of RR, split by rating, and over 16 it's a regular old swiss.  This makes sense for the 5|2 - folks on board with that?
  
• I was a little surprised (coming from the old ICC, where TDs were close to gods, lol), at how little control I had to manage this event.  Will see about this over the next two weeks before the next one.
• What do folks think about the 10|2 coming up?  Leave it as is?  How would you change it?

John D

WCC Online USCF Rated Play Schedule

Reminder that the first event in this series is tonight at 7PM on chess.com.  Ping me online (RealGojira on chess.com) if you have any questions.

Hi all - thanks to everyone who responded to the survey I sent out a few weeks ago.  There was literally no-one opposed to having some form of online events, so based on the responses received here's what I'm proposing:

• 5 round events every two weeks, alternating Mon/Tues on chess.com
• Time controls 5|2 and 10|2, alternating between Mon/Tues
• The 5|2 affects USCF Online Blitz rating only, 10|2 affects USCF Online Rapid rating only
• There will be NO CHARGE for these events, but for now I'm limiting them to people we know IRL at WCC.  (There is a USCF rating fee, but a generous benefactor :) will help defray those costs)

So - unless I get overwhelmingly negative response here's what I'll do:

• I will commit to one cycle of these (4/13, 4/28, 5/11, 5/26) and then we can assess how it went.
• You can register on chess.com before the event, but I need to know you as a member of WCC by name and uscf id - we might open to other SE WI or Madison players if there's interest.
• I will print flyers and send a note to the club email list (and maybe the WCA list) as well.
• I will add an "Online WCC Schedule" area to the blog and website

Couple of questions:

• How to prevent cheating?
• We can't.  But chess.com does devote serious resources to preventing cheating.  The real defense is that we know who we're playing in real life.  It's amazing how that prevents most people from cheating.
• Why chess.com?  Why Mondays and Tuesdays?  Why 5 and 10 min?
• These were overwhelmingly the most popular answers to the survey.  We might change these over time.

We're discussing or doing these things (RR, online play, match play) because YOU said you wanted new / more options to play, either in discussions, comments to the club board or via online survey.  If you don't think this is a good idea, let us know.  If nobody shows up, they'll stop :)

- John