ERNESTS ROZKALNS MEMORIAL SPEED TOURNAMENT

HELD SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

TWO SECTIONS, OPEN AND RESERVE, WITH TWO GROUPS IN EACH SECTION

OPEN SECTION GROUP WINNERS:

GROUP 1, TIE BETWEEN AARON KRAUSE AND ASHISH MISHRA

PLAYOFF:  WON BY ASHISH MISHRA, 2-0

GROUP 1, WON BY EVAN SEGHERS

PLAYOFF BETWEEN GROUP WINNERS:

WON BY EVAN SEGHERS, 2-1

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RESERVE SECTION

GROUP 1, WON BY DEVYANSHU MOHAPATRA

GROUP 2, WON BY SHASHWATH SABARISH    

The original posting did not state correctly the name of the winner of Group 2 in the Reserve Section.  The posting has been changed to show that Shashwath won first place in Group 2.  My apologies to Shashwath.  signed/jim nickell

WCC Early Fall Swiss Rating Report and events over the next few days...

Hi all - great event! See the rating report below, and at USCF.

Congratulations to Mike and Ashish for a strong showing of 3.5 / 4.0 in the Open Section.
Congratulations, also, to Devyanshu for finishing the clean sweep of 4.0 in the Reserve Section.

Upcoming Events:

• Sep 25 - Remember, we'll see you on Wed for the Ernests Rozkalns Memorial Speed Event: * 2+ Sections (likely 4 sections, 2 open / 2 reserve) * G/5 * EF $1 * Many Rounds
  Let Jim know early (reply to the email he sent or to this post) to keep it running smoothly :)
• Sep 27 - Also, the WI SE College Chess League event scheduled for UW-Whitewater this Friday has been moved to the Medical College of Wisconsin (on the near NW side of Milw). It's a USCF rated event, let me (or Reid) know if you plan on attending and we'll get you all of the logistics.
• Sep 28 - Saturday, the BC Open is being held in Brookfield, 4 rounds G/60d5 in one day - check it out on King Registration if you're likely to attend - space is limited.
• Finally, SWCC is in the middle of an event now, but has a few things coming up:
  • Oct 10 - Action event in Hales Corners
  • Oct 12 - HC Challenge in Brookfield - check on King Registration for details
  • Oct 17+ - Challenger Checkmate Swiss - their next 4 week G90 event in HC

Thanks again - have a great week and hopefully we'll see you Wed.

John D

OPEN

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Mike La Budde	WI	12391010	1961	1974	1600	W 13/B	W 7/W	W 10/B	D 2/W	3.5
2	Ashish Kumar Mishra	OH	16280074	1868	1917	1800	W 20/B	W 6/W	W 3/W	D 1/B	3.5
3	William P Williams	WI	10310547	2200	2200	1600	W 12/B	W 11/W	L 2/B	W 4/W	3.0
4	Aaron Paul Krause	WI	12422831	1917	1926	1600	W 15/W	W 5/B	W 8/W	L 3/B	3.0
5	John De Mastri	WI	12580948	1692	1724	1600	W 21/B	L 4/W	W 19/B	W 10/W	3.0
6	Elie Gendloff	WI	12493180	1626	1642	1200	W 26/W	L 2/B	W 23/W	W 17/B	3.0
7	Robin J Grochowski	WI	11164412	1715	1713		B	L 1/B	W 20/W	D 8/B	2.5
8	James Jay Coons	WI	12551569	1704	1709	1400	W 27/B	W 19/W	L 4/B	D 7/W	2.5
9	Abraham Albiter Benitez	WI	30432498	1483	1508		L 10/B	H	W 18/W	X	2.5
10	Nicholas Sloan	WI	12772484	1820	1805	1400	W 9/W	W 17/B	L 1/W	L 5/B	2.0
11	John Jack Creed	WI	12442084	1700	1700		W 22/W	L 3/B	D 17/W	D 13/B	2.0
12	Kevin Klandrud	WI	15938368	1639	1637		L 3/W	L 16/B	X	W 20/B	2.0
13	James W Nickell	WI	11300855	1500	1510		L 1/W	W 22/B	H	D 11/W	2.0
14	Agastya Bhadoria	WI	16376618	1509	1495		H	U	D 21/B	W 23/W	2.0
15	Lee Chaveriat	WI	15201114	1354	1347		L 4/B	D 21/W	W 22/B	H	2.0
16	Gabriel Panner	IL	15342038	1876	1882		H	W 12/W	U	U	1.5
17	Benjamin Kerns	WI	31621823	1677	1649		W 23/B	L 10/W	D 11/B	L 6/W	1.5
18	Benjamin Allan Corcoran	WI	12911710	1659	1634		H	U	L 9/B	W 21/W	1.5
19	David Arvid Periard	WI	30683882	1567P18	1581P21		W 24/B	L 8/B	L 5/W	F	1.0
20	Michael Lawrence	WI	12937940	1407	1400		L 2/W	W 25/B	L 7/B	L 12/W	1.0
21	Shravan Sabarish	WI	31184590	1130	1163		L 5/W	D 15/B	D 14/W	L 18/B	1.0
22	Randy Quist	WI	12849330	1045	1032		L 11/B	L 13/W	L 15/W	B	1.0
23	Quinn Worman	WI	31975179	1029P4	1029P7		L 17/W	X	L 6/B	L 14/B	1.0
24	Ethan J Allen	WI	10311390	2141	2119		L 19/W	H	U	U	0.5
25	Evan M Hansen	WI	30180479	1085	1077		H	L 20/W	F	U	0.5
26	Mike Gundlach	WI	30499807	1049	1047		L 6/B	H	U	U	0.5
27	Tr Haas	WI	16553240	1150	1148		L 8/W	F	U	U	0.0

RESERVE

No.	Player Name	State	USCF ID	Pre	Post	Norm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Devyanshu Mohapatra	WI	30263431	775	897		W 13/B	W 6/W	W 7/W	W 2/B	4.0
2	James E Mading	WI	12780703	377	682		W 4/B	W 9/W	W 10/B	L 1/W	3.0
3	Michael S Butler	WI	31347931	858	835		L 6/B	W 13/W	D 9/B	W 7/W	2.5
4	Charles N Landey	WI	12531107	767	777		L 2/W	W 8/B	W 11/W	H	2.5
5	Veda Anish Kakumanu Jr.	WI	30466766	758	755		W 12/W	L 7/B	D 6/W	W 10/B	2.5
6	Jaswanth Akkina	WI	30298526	583	750		W 3/W	L 1/B	D 5/B	W 9/W	2.5
7	Shashwath Sabarish	WI	31378607	586	685		W 11/W	W 5/W	L 1/B	L 3/B	2.0
8	Abigail Liu	WI	17062691	620P10	612P14		L 9/B	L 4/W	W 13/B	W 12/W	2.0
9	Shivasanjith Sendhilkumar	WI	30468092	872	803		W 8/W	L 2/B	D 3/W	L 6/B	1.5
10	Mark Rodman	WI	31919446	663P9	621P12		H	W 14/B	L 2/W	L 5/W	1.5
11	Michael Fitzsimmons	WI	31980534	992P3	767P6		L 7/B	W 12/W	L 4/B	F	1.0
12	Samuel Everette	WI	31836507	557P15	522P19		L 5/B	L 11/B	W 14/W	L 8/B	1.0
13	Thomas Anton Borowski	WI	30471236	139	140		L 1/W	L 3/B	L 8/W	B	1.0
14	Arnav Arun	WI	31559132	510	449		H	L 10/W	L 12/B	F	0.5

WCC Early Fall Swiss - R3 Results and Tentative R4 Pairings (9/17 update)

Please find below the results from tonight and the final crosstable.

Congrats to Mike / Ashish for tied first in the Open, and Devyanshu for a clean sweep in the Reserve sections.  Well done, all!

I've submitted to USCF and will update here with the rating report when it is published.

Thanks and see you next week for the blitz!!

24-09 - Early Fall Swiss -- Open                             Cross Table, Page 1

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

   1.    La Budde, Mike (4) ...........  WI     1950 W14   W8    W10   D2      3.5

   2.    Mishra, Ashish Kumar (7) .....  OH     1860 W20   W6    W3    D1      3.5

   3.    Williams, William P (1) ......  WI     2200 W12   W11   L2    W4      3.0

   4.    Krause, Aaron Paul (5) .......  WI     1927 W15   W5    W7    L3      3.0

   5.    De Mastri, John (12) .........  WI     1648 W22   L4    W19   W10     3.0

   6.    Gendloff, Elie (13) ..........  WI     1639 W27   L2    W23   W17     3.0

   7.    Coons, James Jay (9) .........  WI     1728 W28   W19   L4    D8      2.5

   8.    Grochowski, Robin J (11) .....  WI     1693 -B-   L1    W20   D7      2.5

   9.    Albiter Benitez, Abraham (22)   WI     1206 L10   -H-   W18   -X-     2.5

  10.    Sloan, Nicholas (8) ..........  WI     1736 W9    W17   L1    L5      2.0

  11.    Creed, John Jack (10) ........  WI     1708 W21   L3    D17   D14     2.0

  12.    Klandrud, Kevin (15) .........  WI     1637 L3    L16   -X-   W20     2.0

  13.    Bhadoria, Agastya (18) .......  WI     1514 -H-   -N-   D22   W23     2.0

  14.    Nickell, James W (19) ........  WI     1500 L1    W21   -H-   D11     2.0

  15.    Chaveriat, Lee (20) ..........  WI     1425 L4    D22   W21   -H-     2.0

  16.    Panner, Gabriel (6) ..........  IL     1866 -H-   W12   -N-   -N-     1.5

  17.    Kerns, Benjamin (14) .........  WI     1638 W23   L10   D11   L6      1.5

  18.    Corcoran, Benjamin Allan (16)   WI     1602 -H-   -N-   L9    W22     1.5

  19.    Periard, David Arvid (17) ....  WI     1567 W24   L7    L5    -F-     1.0

  20.    Lawrence, Michael (21) .......  WI     1400 L2    W26   L8    L12     1.0

  21.    Quist, Randy (24) ............  WI     1145 L11   L14   L15   -B-     1.0

  22.    Sabarish, Shravan (25) .......  WI     1099 L5    D15   D13   L18     1.0

  23.    Worman, Quinn (28) ...........  WI     1029 L17   -X-   L6    L13     1.0

  24.    Allen, Ethan J (2) ...........  WI     2141 L19   -H-   -N-   -N-     0.5

  25.    Seghers, Evan C (3) ..........  WI     2124 -H-   -N-   -U-   -U-     0.5

  26.    Hansen, Evan M (26) ..........  WI     1085 -H-   L20   -F-   -N-     0.5

  27.    Gundlach, Mike (27) ..........  WI     1049 L6    -H-   -U-   -U-     0.5

  28.    Haas, Tr (23) ................  WI     1150 L7    -F-   -U-   -U-     0.0

24-09 - Early Fall Swiss -- Reserve                          Cross Table, Page 1

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

   1.    Mohapatra, Devyanshu (5) .....  WI      822 W13   W6    W7    W2      4.0

   2.    Mading, James E (12) .........  WI      435 W5    W9    W10   L1      3.0

   3.    Kakumanu, Veda Anish Anish (2)  WI      868 W12   L7    D6    W10     2.5

   4.    Butler, Michael S (3) ........  WI      845 L6    W13   D9    W7      2.5

   5.    Landey, Charles N (4) ........  WI      831 L2    W8    W11   -H-     2.5

   6.    Akkina, Jaswanth (11) ........  WI      441 W4    L1    D3    W9      2.5

   7.    Sabarish, Shashwath (8) ......  WI      597 W11   W3    L1    L4      2.0

   8.    liu, abigail (13) ............  WI      265 L9    L5    W13   W12     2.0

   9.    sendhilkumar, Shivasanjith (6)  WI      732 W8    L2    D4    L6      1.5

  10.    rodman, Mark (7) .............  WI      633 -H-   W14   L2    L3      1.5

  11.    Fitzsimmons, Michael (1) .....  WI      992 L7    W12   L5    -F-     1.0

  12.    Everette, Samuel (10) ........  WI      447 L3    L11   W14   L8      1.0

  13.    Borowski, Thomas Anton (14) ..  WI      137 L1    L4    L8    -B-     1.0

  14.    Arun, Arnav (9) ..............  WI      588 -H-   L10   L12   -F-     0.5

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(9/17 - Open pairings updated below.  We now have one waiting in Reserve and Open, we can certainly get you both a rated game on Wed, so please show up!!  STILL NEED that misreported Reserve result...)

Hi all - busy week!  This is it, the last round, many folks still in contention - good luck all!!

Find R3 results and prospective R4 pairings below.   We currently have an odd number in Reserve, but we all know these pairings are very likely to change - show up and we'll find someone for you to play!!

NOTE - I NEED A RESULT FROM RESERVE FOR R3:

Sendhilkumar - Butler was marked 1-1 on the sheet.  Clearly can't be...

I paired as a draw - please let me know who actually won...

I'm bringing some snacks and maybe some cookies (have to talk to Trishie), so get there early...

See you Wed.

PS - Thanks to Reid for all things chess at UWM including bringing the Western back to life - check out the events up there, well run, on time, and if you can play quicker time controls (which is what everyone SAYS they want...), they're all for you!!!   But don't under any circumstances go to this lichess study on "Why I Hate Chess" unless you intend to see what a dope I am and laugh at me in the chat, lol...

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 - 9/11 - couple of bye requests, and unfortunately that leaves us with an odd player in open - do come out and we'll see what we can do to get a game - updated pairings below.  likely last update today - busy afternoon (it's 1:45 PM now) if you need to get ahold of me, text 312-952-6495

 - 9/9 - couple of withdraws and bye requests, and cleaned up bye allocations...  see updated pairings below.

What a fun round last night, many close games - congrats to the winners, and thanks to Evan and Gabriel for coming out and playing!  Always room for more players.

As you look through the standing and pairings below, remember the general rule - if you're paired and don't show up, I do remove you from the draw - you won't get paired for the rest of the event.  If you make some effort to contact us (smoke signals, skywriters, although I guess that's redundant...), we'll do what we can to make sure everyone gets a game.  If you've been (forcibly) withdrawn, and want back in, send me an email and we'll see what can be done.

Plenty of quick chess going on at UWM and in the area over the next few weeks...

 - UWM next Fri 9/13 is the first round of the SE WI College Chess League.  It's Free (as in beer, although as in speech is, I'm certain, implied), so no reason not  to play

 - UWM next Sat 9/14 is the <fill in adverb here> named "Milw Open - Chesswaukee II"

     - both of these are quicker, one day events, Fri is 3xG/30 and Sat is 4xG/60

 - in Brookfield on 9/28 is the 11th BC Open - 4xG/60

 - Hales Corners HC Challenge XXXV is 10/12 - 4xG60

 - for those closer to the border, the weekend of 10/12 is also the Midwest Class in Wheeling, IL

(also - Ashish, you left your scorebook, you can pick it up next week)

Thanks - see you Wed!  

- John

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and...we're off!   

40 entries (!), with more coming next week, maybe??  It's still OK to enter for rounds 2-4 - you'll get a 1/2 pt bye for R1, just let me know!

Find below the results of the first round (as a crosstable) and tentative pairings for R2.  

And, as happens, Wed PM and pairing changes - as of now there are no idle players in either section.  I'll keep this post updated This is the last update for today, text me (312-952-6495) if you need anything from now to game time,   I always recommend coming out on Wed, we can almost always get everyone a game.

If you need to pay the $5 entry fee, no issues, just come find me next week, thanks!  As always, send an email or reply to this post if there's an issue with anything here, you know you won't be here next week, any questions, or just to say "Hi, John" :)  

Thanks - John

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There's a new event starting next week (Wed, 8/28).   It's a regular 4/SS G/100;d5 with Open and Reserve (U1000) sections.  Once school's back underway I'm thinking of doing something special for R4 (9/18), so stay tuned !!!

Wanted to say congrats to Eli and Aarav who both had 4.0 sweeps in the Hot Summer Swiss Open and Reserve sections, well done (thanks Jim for TDing). And kudos also to Kevin K for winning the reserve section last weekend at the WI closed with 4.5 / 5,0.  

WCC travels well - we always have good results in these weekend events.  Great Job All  !!

As always, PLEASE preregister if you're planning on playing - makes that first round go that much easier!  Feel free to reply to this post or send an email to me and we'll get you registered - include your name, uscf ID and section.

Do it now, while you're thinking about it!

- John D