ChessPalace - 21st Anniversary recap

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Thomas Medrek

21st Anniversary Tournament

Chess Palace celebrated its 21st Anniversary on Sunday August 14th. Established in 1990, the chess club continues to march with friendly play and competitive tournaments. Both strong players and strong supporters alike enjoyed the five round tournament filled with raffles and prizes. In a scholastic section a group of young players joined the crowd for lunch with Italian sandwiches and Chinese food. The winner in the end is none other than IM Zhanibek Amanov with 4.5 points. The IM's draw was against NM Jeff Phillips who tied for second with FM Ortiz and experts Alex King and Nicanor Navarro. In the scholastic section, Siddarth Somasundaram went undefeated with a perfect 5/5, followed by Justin Kao for second and Jacob Wiczyk for third.

The last round was no easy feat for the top players. The top 4-rated masters were on boards 1 and 2 as they battle it out. Alex King won his final game against a fellow expert to cash in on some prize. Craig Hilby finished with 3.5/5 to claim the class-A prize and Christopher Kao scored the same winning his last game against a strong class-A to complete his stellar performance and take the class-B prize and 65 rating points!

Where there's many fighting chess, there were also the celebration. Chinese food, Vietnamese egg rolls, salad, bread, sandwiches, and fruits were all on the menu; and there was plenty for everyone. In addition, raffle prizes were drawn out in between rounds and NM Jeff Phillips was awarded the recognition award for his selfless contribution to chess and the club. Shyam Gandhi was awarded the sportsmanship player award.

21st Anniversary: Anniversary Open

#	*Name*	*Rtng*	*Rd 1*	*Rd 2*	*Rd 3*	*Rd 4*	*Rd 5*	*Total*
1	IM Zhanibek Amanov	2472	W10	W21	W4	D2	W6	4.5
2	Jeff Phillips	2208	W29	W11	W14	D1	D3	4.0
3	Eduardo Ortiz	2290	W28	D8	W21	W5	D2	4.0
4	Nicanor Navarro	2174	W16	W23	L1	W12	W11	4.0
5	Alexander B King	2143	W19	W15	W7	L3	W14	4.0
6	Reynaldo Del Pilar	2309	H---	W18	W12	W8	L1	3.5
7	Sergey Yurenok	2181	W13	W17	L5	W15	D9	3.5
8	Craig Hilby	1950	W34	D3	W31	L6	W17	3.5
9	Richard R Wong	2046	W25	L12	W28	W16	D7	3.5
10	Christopher Kao	1794	L1	W32	W22	D14	W21	3.5
11	Karl Tolentino	1960	W39	L2	W13	W18	L4	3.0
12	Shyam S Gandhi	1797	W37	W9	L6	L4	W24	3.0
13	Ernesto Lim	1683	L7	W30	L11	W34	W23	3.0
14	Kiana Arab	2168	W35	W36	L2	D10	L5	2.5
15	R C Rice	1925	W22	L5	W25	L7	D16	2.5
16	Wesley Walsh	1619	L4	W38	W23	L9	D15	2.5
17	Joseph Scherzinger	1854	W38	L7	D19	W31	L8	2.5
18	Joseph Bellinger	1826	W33	L6	W24	L11	D20	2.5
19	Patrick Thompson	1616	L5	W33	D17	L21	W22	2.5
20	Jonathan Quach	1536	L21	L31	W33	W28	D18	2.5
21	David Portwood	1998	W20	L1	L3	W19	L10	2.0
22	Hilarion Bemida	1343	L15	W35	L10	W26	L19	2.0
23	David Baran	1938	W24	L4	L16	W25	L13	2.0
24	Doug Ecks	1395	L23	W29	L18	W32	L12	2.0
25	David Reynolds	1545	L9	W37	L15	L23	W34	2.0
26	Alan B Chu	1599	U---	U---	W38	L22	W33	2.0
27	Herbert Faeth	1911	U---	U---	U---	W29	W37	2.0
28	Qinhong Chen	1731	L3	W34	L9	L20	D30	1.5
29	Timothy Chou	1692	L2	L24	D32	L27	W38	1.5
30	Christina Kao	1392	L36	L13	L35	W37	D28	1.5
31	Alfred Tabayoyong	1734	H---	W20	L8	L17	U---	1.5
32	Danilo Jorda	1936	H---	L10	D29	L24	H---	1.5
33	Justin Kang	1318	L18	L19	L20	W38	L26	1.0
34	Kaitlyn Yang	1421	L8	L28	W37	L13	L25	1.0
35	Fausto Oviedo	1626	L14	L22	W30	U---	U---	1.0
36	Aldrich Ong	1818	W30	L14	U---	U---	U---	1.0
37	Joaquin III Acevedo	1139	L12	L25	L34	L30	L27	0.0
38	Jonathan Alfafara	1342	L17	L16	L26	L33	L29	0.0
39	Eric R Pangilanan	1505	L11	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0

21st Anniversary: Anniversary Scholastic

#	*Name*	*Rtng*	*Rd 1*	*Rd 2*	*Rd 3*	*Rd 4*	*Rd 5*	*Total*
1	Siddharth Somasundaram	1398	W4	W7	W5	W2	W3	5.0
2	Justin Kao	1133	W8	D6	W3	L1	W5	3.5
3	Jacob Miller Wiczyk	669	W12	W4	L2	W10	L1	3.0
4	Daniel Dermody	561	L1	L3	W8	W9	W6	3.0
5	Michael Dong Wu	1123	W13	W11	L1	W6	L2	3.0
6	Matthew Kelley	712	W14	D2	W7	L5	L4	2.5
7	Ethan Pau	996	W9	L1	L6	W12	D8	2.5
8	Gabriel Sam	536	L2	W14	L4	W11	D7	2.5
9	David Reynolds	181	L7	W12	W11	L4	D10	2.5
10	Neil Tendolkar	unr.	L11	W13	W14	L3	D9	2.5
11	Ethan Connor Aquino	683	W10	L5	L9	L8	W13	2.0
12	Joshua Ramoy	unr.	L3	L9	W13	L7	W14	2.0
13	Joshua Yang	188	L5	L10	L12	W14	L11	1.0
14	Tanner Webb	unr.	L6	L8	L10	L13	L12	0.0