Thursday, April 2, 2026

WCC Online USCF Rated Play Schedule

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 to the 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

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    Wednesday, March 4, 2026

    Annual WCC Club Championship R5 results, R6 tentative pairings

    Hi all - 

    Heading into the last round, Evan S has a slim 0.5 point lead over Greg C and Aaron K in the Upper Section, while Jahnav has a full point lead over Rudransh in the Lower.
    Many possible outcomes - going to be fun!
    - good luck to all!

    I'm aware of the following updates - anything else I haven't seen:
    • (Wed) Sloan requests bye in the Upper Section
    Currently:
        Upper Section:
            Requested Byes - Sloan
            Forced Bye - none
        Lower Section:
            Requested Byes - none
            Forced Bye - Yadav

    Crosstables and pairings below are updated to reflect this.  As always, pairings are tentative, and subject to change - check often, even if you have a bye.  Let us know if you can't make it on Wed.

    Thanks - John
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    Remember to check the links to rules posts (to the right) as needed - if you want to see anything else there let me know.  Working on a post about how Swiss pairings work, maybe next week...
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    2026 WCC Club Chp -- Upper                                   Cross Table, Page 1

      No. Gr    Name(Team)                   St   Rate   Rd 1  Rd 2  Rd 3  Rd 4  Rd 5  Score

       1.    Seghers, Evan C (1) ..........  WI     2142 W14   W5    -H-   W7    W6      4.5

       2.    Cravetz, Gregory John (4) ....  WI     1874 W15   D17   W16   D6    W9      4.0
       3.    Krause, Aaron Paul (6) .......  WI     1829 W23   L16   W14   W11   W7      4.0

       4.    La Budde, Mike (2) ...........  WI     1903 W18   L9    W22   D10   W12     3.5
       5.    Lilly, Hobart W (8) ..........  WI     1758 W20   L1    D18   W22   W13     3.5

       6.    Becker, John R (3) ...........  WI     1900 D11   W24   W8    D2    L1      3.0
       7.    Oliver, Alexander (5) ........  WI     1849 W19   W21   W9    L1    L3      3.0
       8.    Sabarish, Shravan (7) ........  WI     1770 W28   -H-   L6    W18   D10     3.0
       9.    Coons, James Jay (9) .........  WI     1750 W25   W4    L7    W16   L2      3.0
      10.    Grochowski, Robin J (11) .....  WI     1705 D26   -H-   W27   D4    D8      3.0
      11.    Jensen, Alex D (17) ..........  WI     1569 D6    W13   -H-   L3    W17     3.0

      12.    De Mastri, John (10) .........  WI     1715 L16   W26   W21   -H-   L4      2.5
      13.    Creed, John Jack (12) ........  WI     1700 -H-   L11   W24   W26   L5      2.5
      14.    Reed, Adisa M (15) ...........  WI     1642 L1    W20   L3    D19   W24     2.5
      15.    Klandrud, Kevin (18) .........  WI     1501 L2    -H-   D29   D21   W26     2.5
      16.    Sihra, Ridham (25) ...........  WI     1260 W12   W3    L2    L9    -H-     2.5

      17.    Kerns, Benjamin (14) .........  WI     1693 W27   D2    -H-   -N-   L11     2.0
      18.    Gendloff, Elie (16) ..........  WI     1600 L4    W28   D5    L8    D19     2.0
      19.    Nickell, James W (19) ........  WI     1500 L7    D29   -H-   D14   D18     2.0
      20.    Lawrence, Michael (22) .......  WI     1400 L5    L14   D28   -H-   W29     2.0
      21.    Kakumanu, Veda Anish (29) ....  WI     1084 -B-   L7    L12   D15   D23     2.0

      22.    Sloan, Nicholas (13) .........  WI     1696 W29   -H-   L4    L5    -N-     1.5
      23.    Sabarish, Shashwath (21) .....  WI     1498 L3    L27   L26   -B-   D21     1.5
      24.    Chaveriat, Lee (20) ..........  WI     1498 -H-   L6    L13   W29   L14     1.5
      25.    Ninneman, Adam (24) ..........  WI     1367 L9    -H-   -N-   W28   -N-     1.5
      26.    Kopp, Ed (26) ................  WI     1241 D10   L12   W23   L13   L15     1.5
      27.    Muthupandiyan, Avinash (28) ..  WI     1150 L17   W23   L10   -H-   -N-     1.5

      28.    Simonis, Thomas A (23) .......  WI     1400 L8    L18   D20   L25   -H-     1.0
      29.    Akkina, Jaswanth (27) ........  WI     1186 L22   D19   D15   L24   L20     1.0


    2026 WCC Club Chp Upper - Round 6                          Pairing Sheet, Page 1

     Board                     White                                 Black

       101.  ___  Seghers, Evan C (4.5,2142)        ___  Cravetz, Gregory John (4.0,1874) 
       102.  ___  La Budde, Mike (3.5,1903)         ___  Krause, Aaron Paul (4.0,1829)    
       103.  ___  Becker, John R (3.0,1900)         ___  Lilly, Hobart W (3.5,1758)       
       104.  ___  Oliver, Alexander (3.0,1849)      ___  Grochowski, Robin J (3.0,1705)   
       105.  ___  Coons, James Jay (3.0,1750)       ___  Sabarish, Shravan (3.0,1770)     
       106.  ___  De Mastri, John (2.5,1715)        ___  Jensen, Alex D (3.0,1569)        
       107.  ___  Creed, John Jack (2.5,1700)       ___  Klandrud, Kevin (2.5,1501)       
       108.  ___  Reed, Adisa M (2.5,1642)          ___  Sihra, Ridham (2.5,1260)         
       109.  ___  Nickell, James W (2.0,1500)       ___  Kerns, Benjamin (2.0,1693)       
       110.  ___  Gendloff, Elie (2.0,1600)         ___  Lawrence, Michael (2.0,1400)     
       111.  ___  Kopp, Ed (1.5,1241)               ___  Kakumanu, Veda Anish (2.0,1084)  
       112.  ___  Muthupandiyan, Avinas (1.5,1150)  ___  Chaveriat, Lee (1.5,1498)        
       113.  ___  Sabarish, Shashwath (1.5,1498)    ___  Ninneman, Adam (1.5,1367)        
       114.  ___  Akkina, Jaswanth (1.0,1186)       ___  Simonis, Thomas A (1.0,1400)     



    2026 WCC Club Chp -- Lower                                   Cross Table, Page 1

      No. Gr    Name(Team)                   St   Rate   Rd 1  Rd 2  Rd 3  Rd 4  Rd 5  Score

       1.    Vivek, Jahnav (3) ............  WI     1007 W9    W6    W2    W4    W7      5.0

       2.    Kurumaddali, Rudransh (2) ....  WI     1025 W11   W3    L1    W9    W4      4.0

       3.    Chavez-Paez, Victor (5) ......  WI      788 W5    L2    L9    W11   W6      3.0

       4.    Sirumala, Vrishank Reddy (10)   WI      548 D7    W10   W6    L1    L2      2.5
       5.    Jampani, Aaditya Vardhan (11)   WI      259 L3    -H-   W8    L6    W9      2.5

       6.    Everette, Samuel (1) .........  WI     1108 W8    L1    L4    W5    L3      2.0
       7.    Slavik, Trinity (4) ..........  WI      846 D4    -H-   W11   -N-   L1      2.0
       8.    Takale, Shivam (7) ...........  WI      708 L6    L11   L5    W10   -B-     2.0
       9.    Mading, James E (9) ..........  WI      633 L1    -B-   W3    L2    L5      2.0

      10.    Landey, Charles N (6) ........  WI      766 -H-   L4    -N-   L8    W11     1.5

      11.    Yadav, Kush (8) ..............  WI      665 L2    W8    L7    L3    L10     1.0


    2026 WCC Club Chp Lower - Round 6                          Pairing Sheet, Page 1

     Board                     White                                 Black

       201.  ___  Chavez-Paez, Victor (3.0,788)     ___  Vivek, Jahnav (5.0,1007)         
       202.  ___  Jampani, Aaditya Vardh (2.5,259)  ___  Kurumaddali, Rudransh (4.0,1025) 
       203.  ___  Sirumala, Vrishank Red (2.5,548)  ___  Takale, Shivam (2.0,708)         
       204.  ___  Slavik, Trinity (2.0,846)         ___  Everette, Samuel (2.0,1108)      
       205.  ___  Mading, James E (2.0,633)         ___  Landey, Charles N (1.5,766)      
                  Yadav, Kush (1.0,665)                  Please Wait                      


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    Tuesday, March 3, 2026

    Feb Quad and Ladder - final results and closing notes

    Hi everybody - 

    Congrats to the quad / section winners:
    • Quad A: Seghers / Coons tied for 1st/2nd
    • Quad B: 1st - DeMastri, 2nd - Jensen
    • Quad C: 1st - Klandrud, 2nd - Chaveriat
    • Quad D: 1st - Pezewski, 2nd - Kopp
    • Quad E: Muthupandiyan / Vivek tied for 1st/2nd
    • Quad F: 1st - Slavik, 3-way tie for 2nd
    Couple of more points here:
    • Thanks to everyone for making this event a success, we only had one irremediable quad section pairing, all other quads complete as expected - big, big thank you to everyone for committing to this event.  I look forward to running the next one later this year!
    • The goal of this was to create more competitive games - we had only 7 draws in quad play out of 74 rated games!!  There were no draws in the ladder week.  This looks like a success from the competitive games metric.
    • Everything shows as 8 rounds because USCF...  The last quad was more of a regular 4 week event (as planned), so it reports as 8 rounds (4 weeks with 2 games/week), so USCF extended all of the sections to 8 rounds in this event.  Doesn't affect any other parts of this.
    • If you played in multiple sections (quad / extra games / ladder), the ratings for each section here start from your last rated event, view the actual final updates on the USCF site as they're updated (will repost here when they're rerated for chronological order).  Extra games section shows all actually played games as close to the actual order they were played as allowed for rounds/rating.
    • we had a couple of membership issues preventing us from rating this event, thanks to everyone for getting those resolved quickly
    John D


    Quad A
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 Evan C Seghers WI 13712498 2139 2148 W3 W3 F2 F2 W4 W4 U U 4
    2 James Jay Coons WI 12551569 1766 1766 W4 L4 X1 X1 L3 W3 U U 4
    3 Alexander Oliver WI 32706083 1849 1849 L1 L1 W4 W4 W2 L2 U U 3
    4 John Jack Creed WI 12442084 1700 1700 L2 W2 L3 L3 L1 L1 U U 1

    Quad B
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 JOHN DE MASTRI WI 12580948 1715 1759 W4 W4 W3 D3 W2 D2 U U 5
    2 ALEX D JENSEN WI 12755833 1569 1596 L3 D3 W4 W4 L1 D1 U U 3
    3 Benjamin Kerns WI 31621823 1693 1651 W2 D2 L1 D1 L4 L4 U U 2
    4 Elie Gendloff WI 12493180 1600 1600 L1 L1 L2 L2 W3 W3 U U 2

    Quad C
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 KEVIN KLANDRUD WI 15938368 1501 1586 W3 W3 W4 W4 W2 L2 U U 5
    2 LEE CHAVERIAT WI 15201114 1504 1531 W4 W4 W3 L3 L1 W1 U U 4
    3 JAMES W NICKELL WI 11300855 1500 1500 L1 L1 L2 W2 L4 W4 U U 2
    4 MICHAEL LAWRENCE WI 12937940 1400 1400 L2 L2 L1 L1 W3 L3 U U 1

    Quad D
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 REID ALEXANDER PEZEWSKI WI 14306385 1400 1435 W2 W2 W3 D3 W4 W4 U U 5.5
    2 Ed Kopp WI 30904814 1241 1202 L1 L1 W4 D4 X3 X3 U U 3.5
    3 Jaswanth Akkina WI 30298526 1186 1298 W5 W5 L1 D1 F2 F2 U U 2.5
    4 Anirudh Sribhasyam WI 30969692 800 814 U U L2 D2 L1 L1 U U 0.5
    5 ADAM NINNEMAN WI 15763277 1367 1312 L3 L3 U U U U U U 0

    Quad E
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 Avinash Muthupandiyan WI 15901297 1300 1273 W3 D3 W4 D4 W2 L2 U U 4
    2 Jahnav Vivek WI 31608679 1007 1143 W4 L4 W3 W3 L1 W1 U U 4
    3 Veda Anish Kakumanu WI 30466766 1084 1081 L1 D1 L2 L2 W4 W4 U U 2.5
    4 RUDRANSH KURUMADDALI WI 30818618 1025 1007 L2 W2 L1 D1 L3 L3 U U 1.5

    Quad F
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 Trinity Slavik WI 32479549 846 841 H H W6 W6 W3 W3 L5 W5 6
    2 Shivam Takale WI 30889029 708 715 L5 W5 H H W4 W4 L3 W3 5
    3 Kush Yadav WI 32184400 665 683 W6 W6 W5 W5 L1 L1 W2 L2 5
    4 James E Mading WI 12780703 633 575 B B H H L2 L2 X6 X6 5
    5 Vrishank reddy Sirumala WI 32504549 205 548 W2 L2 L3 L3 W6 W6 W1 L1 4
    6 Aaditya Vardhan Jampani WI 32020397 259 228 L3 L3 L1 L1 L5 L5 F4 F4 0

    Ladder Games
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 Mike La Budde WI 12391010 1900 1909 W6 U U U U U U U 1
    2 Nicholas Sloan WI 12772484 1696 1709 W7 U U U U U U U 1
    3 Ed Kopp WI 30904814 1241 1284 W8 U U U U U U U 1
    4 Avinash Muthupandiyan WI 15901297 1300 1305 W10 U U U U U U U 1
    5 Veda Anish Kakumanu WI 30466766 1084 1106 W9 U U U U U U U 1
    6 James Jay Coons WI 12551569 1766 1755 L1 U U U U U U U 0
    7 Elie Gendloff WI 12493180 1600 1600 L2 U U U U U U U 0
    8 JAMES W NICKELL WI 11300855 1500 1500 L3 U U U U U U U 0
    9 Jahnav Vivek WI 31608679 1007 984 L5 U U U U U U U 0
    10 Shagun Sharma MI 31379143 902 896 L4 U U U U U U U 0

    Extra Games
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
    1 REID ALEXANDER PEZEWSKI WI 14306385 1400 1441 U U W8 U U U U U 1
    2 THOMAS A SIMONIS WI 12717181 1400 1355 L5 U W5 U U U U U 1
    3 Shagun Sharma MI 31379143 902 948 U W7 U U U U U U 1
    4 CHARLES N LANDEY WI 12531107 766 793 U W5 U U U U U U 1
    5 James E Mading WI 12780703 633 677 W2 L4 L2 U U U U U 1
    6 Ed Kopp WI 30904814 1241 1226 U U D7 U U U U U 0.5
    7 Hrishikesh Srivathsan WI 16964942 1063 1038 U L3 D6 U U U U U 0.5
    8 JOHN DE MASTRI WI 12580948 1715 1684 U U L1 U U U U U 0

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    Saturday, February 28, 2026

    44th Waukesha Memorial Results under 1200

     


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