1) Mechanics' Institute Club News
NM Paul Galegos defeated Victor Ossipov to grab the lead in the Winter Tuesday Night Marathon with two rounds to go. Trailing Gallegos score of 5.5 from 6 are Ossipov, Drake Wang and Louiza Livschitz with 5 points.
Kerry Lawless passes on two more MI simuls from the 1950s. Several readers sent along information on MI simuls which will appear in the next Newsletter.
Svetozar Gligoric April 1952 (+24, =9, -4) (Schmitt lost, Bagby drew, Gross drew, Currie drew, Linklater won, Mathews drew, Woolfe won) SACRAMENTO CHESS NEWS Vol 3 No 4 (May 2, 1952):
Gligoric,S - Woolfe,L [D16]
MI Simul - April 1952
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Nd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 b5 8.e5 e6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne4 Bb7 11.Qg4 Nd7 12.Ba3 Nb6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxg7 Bxa3 15.Qxh8+ Bf8 16.a5 Na4 17.Bxc4 Qxa5 18.0–0 Qxc3 19.Be2 Qd2 20.Bf3 Nc3 21.Qh7 Qxd4 22.Bh5 Qf4 23.g3 Qf5 24.Qxf5 exf5 25.e6 Be7 26.exf7+ Kf8 27.Rfe1 Nd5 28.Re6 a6 29.Rxh6 b4 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Rxa8 Bxa8 32.Rxa6 b3 33.Bd1 b2 34.Bc2 Bb7 35.Ra5 Kxf7 36.Bxf5 Nc3 0–1
Mechanics' institute Exhibition OLAF ULVESTAD TACKLES 21 PLAYERS
San Francisco, March 21, Olaf Ulvested of Seattle, Washington, took on 21 chess players in a simultaneous exhibition at the Mechanics' Institute. He won 17, lost 3 (to Curtis Wilson, J. R. Moore, and Allan Bourke), and drew 1 (with Lowell Tullis)
PRECITA VALLEY CHESS HERALD Vol 4 No 3, March 1959
2) People Open by Michael Aigner
The People's Tournament was rated by USCF today (2/21). Thanks to the guys from East Bay Chess Club (David, Andy and Vinay) for saving the event on short notice! Also thanks to Jamie Sawhill and Richard Koepcke for directing the 1800+ sections on President's Day weekend.
The turnout was a very respectable 111 players. A total of 51 came for the B and Reserve sections on February 11-12 while 60 participated in the Open and A sections on February 18-20. A few dedicated players even spent both weekends at the chess board!
February 11-12 results: (under 1800)
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200602126001
February 18-20 results: (over 1800)
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200602206011
Section winners:
Open = Michael Aigner, 5.0/6
U2200 = Uri Andrews, 4.5/6
Class A = Daichi Siegrist, 5.5/6
Class B = Ian Jones, 4.5/5
Reserve = Rahul Desirazu, Tejas Mulye, Vishal Dasari and Michael Shaw, all at 4.0/5
U1400 = Austin Lloyd, 3.5/5
I took a bunch of photos during the second weekend and will post them on the CalChess photo albums when I have a chance.
3) US Championship
The last spot in the US Championship was decided last weekend when the USCF Executive Board decided to not take action on the allegation that GM Boris Kreiman had bought his last round game against IM Ricardo DeGuzman at the American Open in Los Angeles in 2005. The tournament director and several of the top participants in the event pointed to the extremely poor play by DeGuzman with the White pieces and the absence of both players from the game for prolonged periods of time as evidence the game was fixed. The Executive Board circulated the game score to a group of GMs to evaluate the play and this group was unable to come to a unanimous decision whether it was rigged. The result was that the Executive Board, lacking a consensus among the consulted GMs and without a tape of the players discussing the deal, felt it could not prove beyond a doubt that the game was not legitimate. IM-elect David Pruess would have earned the spot had the Board come to a different conclusion.
Below are the two groups of 32.
GROUP A |
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GROUP B |
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TITLE |
RTG |
LAST |
FIRST |
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TITLE |
RTG |
LAST |
FIRST |
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1 |
GM |
2774 |
NAKAMURA |
HIKARU |
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1 |
GM |
2729 |
KAMSKY |
GATA |
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2 |
GM |
2707 |
IBRAGIMOV |
ILDAR |
|
2 |
GM |
2722 |
KAIDANOV |
GREGORY |
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3 |
GM |
2686 |
ONISCHUK |
ALEXANDER |
|
3 |
GM |
2678 |
GULKO |
BORIS |
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4 |
GM |
2662 |
AKOBIAN |
VARUZHAN |
|
4 |
GM |
2665 |
SHABALOV |
ALEXANDER |
|
5 |
IM |
2662 |
FINEGOLD |
BENJAMIN |
|
5 |
GM |
2657 |
IVANOV |
ALEXANDER |
|
6 |
GM |
2642 |
GOLDIN |
ALEXANDER |
|
6 |
GM |
2643 |
NOVIKOV |
IGOR |
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7 |
GM |
2642 |
STRIPUNSKY |
ALEXANDER |
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7 |
GM |
2633 |
CHRISTIANSEN |
LARRY |
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8 |
GM |
2627 |
KUDRIN |
SERGEY |
|
8 |
GM |
2629 |
BECERRA |
JULIO |
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9 |
GM |
2624 |
BENJAMIN |
JOEL |
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9 |
GM |
2623 |
SHULMAN |
YURY |
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10 |
GM |
2604 |
DLUGY |
MAX |
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10 |
IM |
2614 |
PERELSHTEYN |
EUGENE |
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11 |
GM |
2600 |
DE FIRMIAN |
NICK |
|
11 |
GM |
2593 |
FISHBEIN |
ALEXANDER |
|
12 |
GM |
2577 |
SERPER |
GREGORY |
|
12 |
GM |
2590 |
YERMOLINSKY |
ALEX |
|
13 |
GM |
2562 |
GUREVICH |
DMITRY |
|
13 |
GM |
2558 |
FEDOROWICZ |
JOHN |
|
14 |
IM |
2548 |
GONZALEZ |
RENIER |
|
14 |
GM |
2555 |
WOJTKIEWICZ |
ALEKS |
|
15 |
IM |
2540 |
KRAAI |
JESSE |
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15 |
GM |
2535 |
KREIMAN |
BORIS |
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16 |
IM |
2525 |
SCHNEIDER |
DMITRY |
|
16 |
IM |
2528 |
MILMAN |
LEV |
|
17 |
IM |
2513 |
FRIEDEL |
JOSHUA |
|
17 |
GM |
2507 |
BROWNE |
WALTER |
|
18 |
IM |
2486 |
STEIN |
ALAN |
|
18 |
IM |
2491 |
KRIVENTSOV |
STANISLAV |
|
19 |
IM |
2479 |
FLOREAN |
ANDREI |
|
19 |
IM |
2469 |
ZATONSKIH |
ANNA |
|
20 |
FM |
2441 |
TATE, JR |
EMORY |
|
20 |
IM |
2464 |
IPPOLITO |
DEAN |
|
21 |
IM |
2440 |
BERCYS |
SALVIJUS |
|
21 |
FM |
2458 |
MUHAMMAD |
STEPHEN |
|
22 |
IM |
2427 |
LENDERMAN |
ALEX |
|
22 |
IM |
2440 |
LUGO |
BLAS |
|
23 |
IM |
2424 |
FERNANDEZ |
DANIEL |
|
23 |
IM |
2425 |
GINSBURG |
MARK |
|
24 |
FM |
2420 |
SCHNEIDER |
IGOR |
|
24 |
IM |
2422 |
VIGORITO |
DAVID |
|
25 |
WGM |
2393 |
GOLETIANI |
RUSUDAN |
|
25 |
IM |
2399 |
SARKAR |
JUSTIN |
|
26 |
WGM |
2331 |
BAGINSKAITE |
CAMILLA |
|
26 |
WFM |
2325 |
ABRAHAMYAN |
TATEV |
|
27 |
|
2318 |
KLEIMAN |
JAKE |
|
27 |
WIM |
2271 |
TUVSHINTUGS |
BATCHIMEG |
|
28 |
WFM |
2238 |
ROSS |
LAURA |
|
28 |
|
2266 |
LIU |
ELLIOTT |
|
29 |
WIM |
2172 |
EPSTEIN |
ESTHER |
|
29 |
WFM |
2162 |
AIRAPETIAN |
CHOUCHANIK |
|
30 |
WFM |
2118 |
VICARY |
ELIZABETH |
|
30 |
WFM |
2149 |
ITKIS |
HANA |
|
31 |
|
2101 |
ZENYUK |
IRYNA |
|
31 |
|
2034 |
WEST |
VANESSA |
|
32 |
|
1663 |
COTTRELL |
KELLY |
|
32 |
WCM |
1872 |
CHRISTIANSEN |
NATASHA |
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|
|
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|
|
|
78946 |
Total rating points in section |
79106 |
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|
2467.1 |
Average of section |
2472.1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2663 |
Average of top 10 |
2659.3 |
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How the players
qualified
1 |
GM Hikaru Nakamura |
Defending US Champion |
2 |
WGM Rusa Goletiani * |
Defending US Women's Champion |
3 |
GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz |
2004 ChessCafe.com Grand Prix Winner |
4 |
GM Alexander Ivanov |
Foxwoods 2005 |
5 |
GM Alexander Stripunsky |
Foxwoods 2005 |
6 |
GM Julio Becerra |
Foxwoods 2005 |
7 |
GM Yury Shulman |
Foxwoods 2005 |
8 |
Iryna Zenyuk * |
Foxwoods 2005 |
9 |
WM Esther Epstein * |
Foxwoods 2005 |
10 |
GM Alexander Fishbein |
Chicago Open 2005 |
11 |
IM Blas Lugo |
Chicago Open 2005 |
12 |
IM Benjamin Finegold |
Chicago Open 2005 |
13 |
GM Dmitry Gurevich |
Chicago Open 2005 |
14 |
Chouchanik Airapetian * |
Chicago Open 2005 |
15 |
GM Nick de Firmian |
National Open 2005 |
16 |
IM Renier Gonzalez |
National Open 2005 |
17 |
IM Stanislav Kriventsov |
National Open 2005 |
18 |
IM Dmitry Schneider |
National Open 2005 |
19 |
Kelly Cottrell * |
National Open 2005 |
20 |
GM Walter Browne |
Senior Open |
21 |
FM Daniel Fernandez |
Junior Invitational Championship |
22 |
GM John Fedorowicz |
World Open 2005 |
23 |
IM Josh Friedel |
World Open 2005 |
24 |
GM Sergey Kudrin |
World Open 2005 |
25 |
GM Joel Benjamin |
World Open 2005 |
26 |
IM Eugene Perelshteyn |
World Open 2005 |
27 |
WFM Laura Ross * |
World Open 2005 |
28 |
WCM Natasha Christiansen * |
World Open 2005 |
29 |
GM Larry Christiansen |
US Open 2005 |
30 |
Salvijus Bercys (1) |
US Open 2005 |
31 |
IM David Vigorito |
US Open 2005 |
32 |
GM Gregory Serper |
US Open 2005 |
33 |
Elizabeth Vicary * |
US Open 2005 |
34 |
WFM Hana Itkis * |
US Open 2005 |
35 |
GM Gregory Kaidanov |
Rating seed |
36 |
GM Gata Kamsky |
Rating seed |
37 |
GM Alexander Onischuk |
Rating seed |
38 |
GM Boris Gulko |
Rating seed |
39 |
GM Ildar Ibraigimov |
Rating seed |
40 |
GM Alexander Shabalov |
Rating seed |
41 |
GM Varuzhan Akobian |
Rating seed |
42 |
GM Igor Novikov |
Rating seed |
43 |
FM Lev Milman (2) |
Replacement named by AF4C |
44 |
WGM Anna Zatonskih * |
Women's rating seed |
45 |
Vanessa West (3) |
Replacement named by AF4C |
46 |
WGM Camilla Baginskaite * |
Women's rating seed |
47 |
WFM Tatev Abrahamyan * |
Women's rating seed |
48 |
FM Igor Schneider (4) |
Replacement named by AF4C |
49 |
GM Alex Yermolinsky |
American Open |
50 |
GM Boris Kreiman |
American Open |
51 |
GM Alexander Goldin |
National Congress |
52 |
FM Emory Tate |
National Congress |
53 |
IM Andrei Florean |
State Champion of Champions |
54 |
IM Jesse Kraai |
North American Open |
55 |
IM Stephen Muhammad |
North American Open |
56 |
FM Alan Stein |
North American Open |
57 |
IM Mark Ginsburg |
North American Open |
58 |
WIM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs* |
North American Open |
59 |
IM Dean Ippolito |
Qualifier Grand Prix |
60 |
IM Alex Lenderman |
AF4C wildcard |
61 |
GM Max Dlugy |
AF4C wildcard |
62 |
IM Justin Sarkar |
Grand Prix runner-up (filled vacant spot) |
63 |
Jake Kleiman |
Grand Prix runner-up (filled vacant spot) |
64 |
Elliott Liu |
Scholastic Champion of Champions |
(1) Greg Shahade withdrew (2) Women's rating seed Susan Polgar
withdrew (3) Women's rating seed Irina Krush withdrew (4) Women's rating
seed Jennifer Shahade withdrew
4) Upcoming Events
Mechanics' Institute
A.J. Fink Amateur - March 4 and 5
Max Wilkerson - March 18
Imre Konig - April 15
Charles Powell - May 6
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