Fall Swiss - 10/14 - 11/11 - R2 results, tentative R3 (11/4) pairings - NO CHESS 10/28 !!

Hi all -

Note - 10/28 - NO CHESS - Eagles Club will be refinishing the floor, so R3 is 11/4, and R4 is 11/11.

Couple of notes:
- Love to see the new players and the huge U1200 section.  Hope you all have fun and continue to play regularly.  If you have any questions about anything :) come see a TD.
- Couple of recent events to talk through:  There's NEVER any reason for anyone else in the room to EVER talk to a player in an active game.  Whatever it might be about, it isn't allowed.  If the room is ON FIRE, get a TD, don't interrupt the players yourself :)
- There was also a discussion about rules as well - both players agreed about what happened, but didn't know what the actual rule was.  Say it with me: "Get a TD".  No point arguing with your opponent, you'll both just get mad.  Let a TD resolve it.  In this case there was a touch-move violation, and they didn't know what the resolution was.  We reminded them that it's: 

   a) replace the touched piece - reset the position to before the touch, 

   b) if the touched piece can be legally moved in the original position, it must be the piece moved, 

or else (can't be legally moved),

   c) there's no penalty (but repeatedly doing this would be distracting behavior, which would get a penalty)

Look over to the right - There's a bunch of posts describing rules that less-experienced players might want to get familiar with (and even some more experienced players, too...).  

Brad Wells (U1200) - you were a no-show and withdrawn.  If you'd like to rejoin, send a message with what happened on Wed

See below for last night's results, and prospective pairings for next week.  I know of requested byes next round for Nooren, and Robin's withdrawn from the event.

If you need a bye (or will be late, or anything else), please leave a note below on this post or send an email (chess@demastri.com) or text (312-952-6495).

- John

Open Section Crosstable

No.	Player Name	Rating	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Nooren, Anthony (1)	1827	W10	W7			2.0
2	De Mastri, John (4)	1687	W11	D6			1.5
3	Gendloff, Elie (6)	1600	W8	-H-			1.5
4	Kopp, Ed (10)	1386	D6	W12			1.5
5	Vivek, Jahnav (13)	1254	W12	-H-			1.5
6	Lilly, Hobart W (3)	1700	D4	D2			1.0
7	Coons, James Jay (2)	1700	W13	L1			1.0
8	Kakumanu, Veda Anish (12)	1257	L3	W13			1.0
9	Grochowski, Robin J (5)	1685	-H-	-N-			0.5
10	Nickell, James W (8)	1500	L1	D11			0.5
11	Everette, Samuel (11)	1301	L2	D10			0.5
12	Lawrence, Michael (7)	1508	L5	L4			0
13	Klandrud, Kevin (9)	1449	L7	L8			0

Open Section Pairings

No.	White	Black
101.	De Mastri, John (1.5,1687)	Vivek, Jahnav (1.5,1254)
102.	Kopp, Ed (1.5,1386)	Gendloff, Elie (1.5,1600)
103.	Lilly, Hobart W (1.0,1700)	Coons, James Jay (1.0,1700)
104.	Nickell, James W (0.5,1500)	Kakumanu, Veda Anish (1.0,1257)
105.	Lawrence, Michael (0.0,1508)	Everette, Samuel (0.5,1301)
	Klandrud, Kevin (0.0,1449)	Please Wait

Reserve Section Crosstable

No.	Player Name	Rating	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Pasam, Tarak Ram (8)	679	W18	W12			2.0
2	Mishra, Brihad (12)	266	W8	W13			2.0
3	Ananth, Aathvik (14)	0	W11	X9			2.0
4	Igl, Aaron (1)	1100	W17	-H-			1.5
5	Arun, Arnav (4)	843	-H-	W14			1.5
6	Jampani, Aaditya Vardhan (11)	399	W7	-H-			1.5
7	Sirumala, Vrishank Reddy (2)	932	L6	W16			1.0
8	Chavez-Paez, Victor (3)	914	L2	W15			1.0
9	Wells, Bradley (5)	841	W16	F3			1.0
10	Batra, Kian (6)	822	L12	W18			1.0
11	Yadav, Kush (7)	762	L3	W17			1.0
12	Ikram, Harri (17)	0	W10	L1			1.0
13	Anderson, Keanu (15)	0	W15	L2			1.0
14	Killada, Jayadev (10)	424	-H-	L5			0.5
15	Mading, James E (9)	517	L13	L8			0
16	Gottam, Avanika Reddy (13)	239	L9	L7			0
17	Routray, Advik (18)	0	L4	L11			0
18	Gottam, Advaith Reddy (16)	0	L1	L10			0

Reserve Section Pairings

No.	White	Black
201.	Pasam, Tarak Ram (2.0,679)	Mishra, Brihad (2.0,266)
202.	Igl, Aaron (1.5,1100)	Ananth, Aathvik (2.0,0)
203.	Arun, Arnav (1.5,843)	Jampani, Aaditya Vardh (1.5,399)
204.	Yadav, Kush (1.0,762)	Sirumala, Vrishank Red (1.0,932)
205.	Chavez-Paez, Victor (1.0,914)	Ikram, Harri (1.0,0)
206.	Batra, Kian (1.0,822)	Anderson, Keanu (1.0,0)
207.	Mading, James E (0.0,517)	Killada, Jayadev (0.5,424)
208.	Gottam, Avanika Reddy (0.0,239)	Gottam, Advaith Reddy (0.0,0)
	Routray, Advik (0.0,0)	Please Wait

If you're on this list come see me:
    <coming soon>

10-7-2026 Blitz Event Results

We had a nice turnout last night - 24 total players including a bunch of kids!!
We split into 4 sections seeded evenly by blitz rating, as a double RR - and fun was had by all.

The section winners were:

Charles Johnson (10/10) - Aaron Krause (12/12) - Shravan Sabarish (10/10) and Shashwanth Sabarish (9/10)

After a draw to seed the semis, and some very interesting chess, we had the following results

Charles Johnson beat Shashwanth Sabarish
and
Shravan Sabarish beat Aaron Krause (needed an extra game after the first two split!)

After a minute to catch our breath, Charles and Shravan fough a tough final, with the results:

Fall Blitz WCC Champion - Charles Johnson
Fall Blitz WCC Runner-Up - Shravan Sabarish

Congratulations to Charles and Shravan for a wonderful performance and thanks to everyone for a great event.  Thanks also to Jim and Kevin for running the event (and to Ed Kopp for becoming a new Club TD - congrats!!  You'll be rueing your decision soon enough, lol).

See you next week for the start of a new event.

- John

(just like earlier in the year i have a few envelopes from the Dog Days event and earlier "abandoned" ones :) I'll post the names - if you see yours come see me next Wed)