Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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

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Monday, April 13, 2026

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 IDPlayer NameStateUSCF IDPrePostNormR1R2R3Total
1RislonAethelred TemplinWI1661429218531882/20W6W3W23
2Magister_MilitumGregory John CravetzWI129369251796/13W4W7L12
3RealGojiraJohn De MastriWI1258094814971502W5L1W72
4dudeimthebestLee ChaveriatWI152011141476/13L2W6D51.5
5veda2015Veda Anish KakumanuWI304667661092/12L3BD41.5
6kid2323Jim ManskeWI1228038014521428L1L4B1
7JaswnathJaswanth AkkinaWI302985261147/12BL2L31

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

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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

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    Saturday, April 4, 2026

    2026 WCC Club Championship Final results

    Thanks again to all for another successful club championship.  We always appreciate everyone's help in making these successful!
    Congratulations to 5-time club champion Evan Seghers in the Upper Section and to 1st time winner Jahnav Vivek in the Lower Section.  Very well done!
    Please review the full results below!

    John D
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    Three quick reminders:
    • The first USCF rated online event in our new series will be on Monday 4/13 at 7PM on chess.com.  You need to be a member of the WCC club on chess.com, and your USCF membership must be current (only affects USCF Online Rating).  Scheduled now for 7 rounds of 5|2, but the number of rounds will depend on the number of entries.  Look forward to seeing you there.  Ping me with any questions.
    • Next Wed 4/15, in person at the Eagle's club is our semi-annual unrated Blitz event.  Many rounds of 5|0 action.  See you there!
    • Our next classical event is the Spring Swiss, a 4-round G100d5 event starting on 4/22.  2 Sections Upper (1200+) and Lower (U1200).  
      • Our lower section champion, Jahnav, qualifies to play in the Upper section for this event by both winning that section and being over 1200 as a result - congratulations, again!
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    Upper
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total
    1 Evan C Seghers WI 13712498 2156 2169 W12 W8 H W5 W7 W4 5.5
    2 Aaron PAUL Krause WI 12422831 1829 1839 W19 L20 W12 W16 W5 D3 4.5
    3 Mike La Budde WI 12391010 1909 1900 W15 L9 W26 D11 W10 D2 4
    4 GREGORY John CRAVETZ WI 12936925 1874 1876 W17 D14 W20 D7 W9 L1 4
    5 Alexander Oliver WI 32706083 1850 1855 W21 W25 W9 L1 L2 W8 4
    6 Shravan Sabarish WI 31184590 1824 1824 W27 H L7 W15 D11 W16 4
    7 JOHN R BECKER WI 12410468 1900 1900 D16 W18 W6 D4 L1 H 3.5
    8 HOBART W LILLY WI 12499405 1758 1765 W22 L1 D15 W26 W13 L5 3.5
    9 James Jay Coons WI 12551569 1719 1729 W28 W3 L5 W20 L4 D11 3.5
    10 JOHN DE MASTRI WI 12580948 1754 1728 L20 W23 W25 H L3 W17 3.5
    11 Robin J Grochowski WI 11164412 1697 1702 D23 H W29 D3 D6 D9 3.5
    12 Adisa M Reed WI 30132900 1641 1649 L1 W22 L2 D21 W18 W20 3.5
    13 John Jack Creed WI 12442084 1700 1700 H L16 W18 W23 L8 H 3
    14 Benjamin Kerns WI 31621823 1651 1658 W29 D4 H U L16 W21 3
    15 Elie Gendloff WI 12493180 1600 1603 L3 W27 D8 L6 D21 W22 3
    16 ALEX D JENSEN WI 12755833 1596 1653 D7 W13 H L2 W14 L6 3
    17 KEVIN KLANDRUD WI 15938368 1586 1550 L4 H D24 D25 W23 L10 2.5
    18 LEE CHAVERIAT WI 15201114 1563 1543 H L7 L13 W24 L12 W25 2.5
    19 Shashwath Sabarish WI 31378607 1555 1486 L2 L29 L23 B D25 W28 2.5
    20 Ridham Sihra WI 30238581 1258 1383 W10 W2 L4 L9 H L12 2.5
    21 JAMES W NICKELL WI 11300855 1500 1500 L5 D24 H D12 D15 L14 2
    22 MICHAEL LAWRENCE WI 12937940 1400 1400 L8 L12 D27 H W24 L15 2
    23 Ed Kopp WI 30904814 1237 1301 D11 L10 W19 L13 L17 D27 2
    24 Jaswanth Akkina WI 30298526 1298 1293 L26 D21 D17 L18 L22 B 2
    25 Veda Anish Kakumanu WI 30466766 1114 1156 B L5 L10 D17 D19 L18 2
    26 Nicholas Sloan WI 12772484 1713 1693 W24 H L3 L8 U U 1.5
    27 THOMAS A SIMONIS WI 12717181 1354 1324 L6 L15 D22 L28 H D23 1.5
    28 ADAM NINNEMAN WI 15763277 1350 1351 L9 H U W27 U L19 1.5
    29 Avinash Muthupandiyan WI 15901297 1279 1313 L14 W19 L11 H U U 1.5

    Lower
    No. Player Name State USCF ID Pre Post Norm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total
    1 Jahnav Vivek WI 31608679 1144 1207 W5 W3 W2 W6 W8 W4 6
    2 RUDRANSH KURUMADDALI WI 30818618 1007 1026 W10 W4 L1 W5 W6 W7 5
    3 Samuel Everette WI 31836507 1086 1008 W9 L1 L6 W7 L4 W8 3
    4 Victor Chavez-Paez WI 31944421 761 778 W7 L2 L5 W10 W3 L1 3
    5 James E Mading WI 12780703 624 647 L1 B W4 L2 L7 W11 3
    6 Vrishank reddy Sirumala WI 32504549 548 740 D8 W11 W3 L1 L2 F 2.5
    7 Aaditya Vardhan Jampani WI 32020397 201 406 L4 H W9 L3 W5 L2 2.5
    8 Trinity Slavik WI 32479549 841 827 D6 H W10 U L1 L3 2
    9 Shivam Takale WI 30889029 715 649 L3 L10 L7 W11 B F 2
    10 Kush Yadav WI 32184400 683 638 L2 W9 L8 L4 L11 B 2
    11 CHARLES N LANDEY WI 12531107 799 706 H L6 U L9 W10 L5 1.5

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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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