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Sunday, May 01, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Apr. 16-17 : Laredo Open
$5600 Guaranteed
73 Players
73 Players
GM Axel Bachmann wins clear first ($1200)
USCF Results here
Rnd. 1: Lost to IM Roberto Del Campo (2415 FIDE) Mexico's #6 in Rnd. 1
Rnd. 2: Beat an unrated in Rnd 2.
Rnd. 3: Lost to Caissa Palang (1677) I don't feel so bad losing to the goddess of chess :)
I played pretty well for most of the game, but lost my way in the end.
I should have never played 3 games in one day!
Rnd. 4: Won against a 1547
Rnd. 5: Draw against a 1916
IM Del-Campo vs GM Axel Bachmann Rnd. 5 (The game was drawn)
UTB vs UTB in round 4 Bd 1
GM Axel Bachmann in Rnd. 1
IM Roberto Del Campo just played ...Bg5 vs Joel Sauceda in Rnd 2.
GM Axel Bachmann playing White in rnd. 2
Rnd. 1: Lost to IM Roberto Del Campo (2415 FIDE) Mexico's #6 in Rnd. 1
Rnd. 2: Beat an unrated in Rnd 2.
Rnd. 3: Lost to Caissa Palang (1677) I don't feel so bad losing to the goddess of chess :)
I played pretty well for most of the game, but lost my way in the end.
I should have never played 3 games in one day!
Rnd. 4: Won against a 1547
Rnd. 5: Draw against a 1916
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Last Round Blues
I had a pretty solid performance in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago.
Round 1 White against NM JAMES V ROHRBAUGH (2200) Draw
The last time I played James was way back in 1999 at the TEXAS ACTION CHAMPIONSHIP. Looks like I had a pretty solid performance there too.
We both felt that in this even position, playing for a win involved risk that we were not willing to accept. I offered the draw after my last move f4, and James accepted. I had ideas of a rook lift or g4 (after moving the King to the h-file of course)
Round 2 Black against MITCHELL VERGARA (2117) Draw
Mitch was playing 2 boards from me in round 1, and I noticed that he took 39 min. on one move. I remember thinking to myself when I was paired against him that all I have to do is get him to do that a couple of times and I could easily win on time.
Mitch dropped a pawn out of the opening and I had a dominating position, but I could not bring home the full point.
Mitch dropped a pawn out of the opening and I had a dominating position, but I could not bring home the full point.
After reaching time control (30 moves in 90 min then G/60) Mitch took more than 30 min. to play Nxe5. I took my time and am proud to have come up with the best move Qd6. The other line is 31...Rxe5 32.Qxd3 cxd3 33.Rxc6 which looks good for Black, but Rybka likes Qd6 better.
Round 3 White against GREGG STANLEY(2053) Draw
In this complex position Gregg offered a draw with about 90 sec. left on his clock to make 10 moves. I had about 15 min.
The gambler in me wanted to play on, but I took too long to decide and in the end took the draw.
The move I was looking at was Qb6.
Round 4 Black against MARTIN D GORDON (1965) Loss
I felt invincible going into the last round. Although Martin is rated higher, he would be the lowest rated player I would face. Confidence is great thing, but over confidence will usually get you in trouble. I would normally never play a move like 5..h5
Too much Rybka analysis is also to blame. Computers grab dangerous pawns and keep them. It not that easy for us humans to do the same. The move that sent my position towards a loss was the pawn grab. 19...Bxa3. (18...Bxa3 is ok.)
I was analyzing the game with the tournament winner ERNESTO L MALAZARTE (2177). He said he preffered my position before move 18. He scolded me for not getting my K-side pieces out before opening up the position.
A last round win would have given me a 1947 rating. A draw 1927. Hey you know what they say, what ever won't kill you will make you stronger.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Spring Open
March 26-27 San Antonio
4-SS, 30/90, SD/60.
Details here.
Rnd 4
Andrew Nat Lozano(2.5) vs Ernesto Malazarte(2.5) 0-1
Ernesto Malazarte vs James V Rohrbaugh 1/2-1/2
Sadia beat Christian to tie for first with 3.5/4.0
Rnd 4
Andrew Nat Lozano(2.5) vs Ernesto Malazarte(2.5) 0-1
James V Rohrbaugh(2.0) vs Mitchell Vergara(2.0)
Andrew Istafanous(1.5) vs Gregg Stanley(1.5) 0-1
Martin D Gordon(1.5) vs Ivan Wijetunge(1.5) 1-0
Zhaosu Ye(1.5) vs Anthony Guerra (1.0) 0-1
Alfredo Garcia(0.5) vs Robert D Bradley(1.0)
Rnd 3
Ernesto Malazarte vs James V Rohrbaugh 1/2-1/2
Andrew Nat Lozano vs Martin D Gordon 1-0
Anthony Guerra vs Mitchell Vergara 0-1
Ivan Wijetunge vs Gregg Stanley 1/2-1/2
Robert D Bradley vs Andrew Istafanous 1/2-1/2
# Name/Rtng/ID St/Tm Rd 1 Rd 2 1 Selby K Anderson TX W 7 W 10
2200 10380405
0.0 0.5 2 James V Rohrbaugh TX B 8 W 13
2200 11047963
0.5 1.5 3 Ernesto Malazarte TX W 9 B 5
2166 13517950
1.0 2.0 4 Mitchell Vergara TX B 10 W 8
2083 12546673
0.5 1.0 5 Gregg Stanley TX W 11 W 3
2057 10400481
1.0 1.0 6 Andrew Nat Lozano TX B 12 bye
1998 13417670
1.0 1.0 7 Martin D Gordon TX B 1 bye
1943 12406332
1.0 1.0 8 Ivan Wijetunge TX W 2 B 4
1915 12511643
0.5 1.0 9 Anthony Guerra TX B 3 W 12
1897 12722825
0.0 1.0 10 Andrew Istafanous TX W 4 B 1
1882 13747667
0.5 1.0 11 Robert D Bradley TX B 5 bye
1881 12522082
0.0 0.0 12 Alfredo Garcia TX W 6 B 9
1806 12429518
0.0 0.0 13 Zhaosu Ye TX bye B 2
1720 13181590
1.0 1.0
In the reserve
Sadia beat Christian to tie for first with 3.5/4.0
I predict that Christian will win the U1800 section.
Recent Open Events by the San Antonio Chess Club
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
2nd Jerry Hanken FIDE Winter Open
I would like to thank the Berry twins for their hospitality and for running a great event. I had a great time and made many new friends. I would also like to thank Prakash and his son Aadithya for tolerating me on the Dallas-Stillwater leg of the trip.
Last round drama
Jeffery Xiong was tied with the IM on 5.5/6.0
Since they had already played, they were paired against two players on 4.5/6.0
Goran Vojinovic vs William Orton(2200)
Jeffery Xiong vs Sergey Galant(2142)
Most people predicted wins for the leaders.
The IM drew relatively quickly leaving the door open for Jeffrey to get clear first with a win. But Sergey was having none of that and won in this very interesting Knight ending. Look at where the kings are!
Ruifeng Li may have had the edge at one time in his game against the IM in Round 3
Ruifeng Li vs Goran Vojinovic
Sergey Galant had an interesting Knight ending against the IM in a losing effort in round 5. Perhaps what he learned in that game helped him to beat Jeffery Xiong in the last round.
Queen-side? We don't need no stinking queen-side.
My Third round opponent Jason Wawrzaszek contemplating the merits of the London System.
Jeffery vs the IM from round 4
Monday, February 21, 2011
FIDE rating
My first FIDE rating will be based on the following results. According to the FIDE rating calculator it will be: 1982
- Loss Feinstein, Michael 2261
- Win Pamatmat, Jordan James 1702
- Win Li, Zhichao 2176
- Loss Saheli, Nath 2123
- Win Fritze, Melvin P 1780
- Win Maldonado Jr, Ernest 1721
- Loss Wawrzaszek, Jason 2016
- Draw Markley, Jim 1952
- Loss Patton, Thomas A 2080
- Win Tuttle, Jeremy E 1882
Thursday, February 17, 2011
2nd Jerry Hanken FIDE Winter Open
Feb 19-20-2 Stillwater,Oklahoma
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Busy Chess w-end coming up. Feb 18-21
The USAT events:
East (Parsippany, NJ),
West (Southern California),
North (Northbrook, Illinois),
South (Orlando, Florida)
I will be getting my FIDE rating in Oklahoma at the 2nd Jerry Hanken FIDE Winter Open
I need to play 5 FIDE players in the 7 round event. Details of my first FIDE rating norm here.
East (Parsippany, NJ),
West (Southern California),
North (Northbrook, Illinois),
South (Orlando, Florida)
I will be getting my FIDE rating in Oklahoma at the 2nd Jerry Hanken FIDE Winter Open
I need to play 5 FIDE players in the 7 round event. Details of my first FIDE rating norm here.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Team play, last round drama etc.
There's nothing quite like playing in a team event.
I first played in a team event at the 2008 USAT- N : Click here
We finished 3rd and won the U1900 Prize with the following team:
- 2000 WILLIAM M WENZ 1.5/4.0
- 1905 STANLEY T GARVIN 0.5/4.0
- 1851 IVAN WIJETUNG 3.5/4.0
- 1823 NEIL J GLEASON 2.0/3.0
- 1643 NOLAN R HENDRICKSON 3.5/5.0
Yes, that's the same Nolan who played board 1 this time around. (3 years and 560 rating points later!)
We also won the best team name prize with "Team Name Here". Mainly because it confused long time Wisconsin TD Guy Hoffman, who said somethig like "What's going on here, this team needs to tell me what their name is before I can do the pairings".
That was such great experience that I have wanted to play in another team event ever since, but it took this long to actually do it! I talked to Ken last year about playing in the 2011 Texas Team event, so I just had to find two more members. Once Donnie was in we just needed a board 1
My goal was to win the U1900 prize, so board 1 had to be rated 2112 or less. I didn't even consider Nolan at first since I knew his rating was around 2165, but when I looked at his Dec. rating it was 2110! All I had to do to convince him to come down to Texas (from Milwaukee) was that the would get the opportunity play at least 3 masters and that the Texas Team was FIDE rated.
The team was set! (Avg. rating 1899.5!)
All we needed was was to come up with a team name. There was only one condition it had to be funny. I came up with "Ken and the Barbies".
Going into the last round this was the situation for U1900 honors:
There were 2 other U1900 teams playing each other one on 1.0 point and the other on 2.0, if the 2.0 team won we would have to win our match against the higher rated UTD C team just to tie for first. Luckily for us the 1.0 team beat the 2.0 fairly quickly.
All we needed was a draw!
This was the match-up
1 Nolan Hendrickson (2110) vs FM Tautvydas Vedrickas (2353)
2 WFM Saheli Nath (2133) vs Ivan Wijetunge (1909)
3 Kenneth Artz (1792) vs Gerald E Roberts (1891)
4 Rheanna English (1741) vs Donald Briggs (1787)
2 WFM Saheli Nath (2133) vs Ivan Wijetunge (1909)
3 Kenneth Artz (1792) vs Gerald E Roberts (1891)
4 Rheanna English (1741) vs Donald Briggs (1787)
Nolan destroyed the FM fairly quickly!
I was in trouble.
Ken was completely outplaying his higher rated opponent.
Donnie was in trouble.
But things were looking good for the team.
Disaster strikes! Ken drops his Queen
Looks like we are going down 3-1
Donnie to the rescue!
He comes back from a huge material deficit to win his game!
We are now guaranteed 1st place 1900!
Right about then my WFM opponent drops a rook! But I only have a few min. left and she has about an hour. Maybe I should have offered a draw, but hey I have a rook! It turns out that my advantage was worth less than 2 pawns, because she has several advanced pawns and aggressively placed King and Knight.
In desperation I played ...f5+, and she replied e x f e.p. ?? we then get this position with White to play.
Saheli Nath (2133) - Ivan Wijetunge (1909) [A03]
Texas Team Dallas (5), 23.01.2011
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.f4 Nf6 [4...f6 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qh4 Bf5] 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.d3 0-0 [11...c4 12.dxc4 dxc4] 12.Nd2 Nd7 [12...a5 13.a4 Qb4] 13.Kh1 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.e4 Qb4 16.Qe2 g6 [16...Qc3 17.Rac1 a5] 17.c4 [17.f5 exf5 18.exf5 Rae8 19.Qf2 Nh5 20.g4] 17...Rad8 18.e5 Nh5 19.Kh2 Ng7 [19...Qc3 20.Rac1 (20.g4; 20.Rad1) 20...Qd4 21.g3 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Qxd3] 20.g4 Rd7 [20...f5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.g5;
20...dxc4 21.Nxc4] 21.Rac1 Qa5 22.Rc2 Rfd8 23.Rf3 Rb7 24.Qf2 Rc8 25.Qh4 Qc7 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.d4 c4 [27...Qb6;
27...Qb6;
27...Qa5 28.Rfc3 Rbc7 29.dxc5] 28.bxc4 dxc4 29.Rxc4 Qd8 30.Qxd8+ Rxd8 31.Rb3 Rbd7 32.Ne4 Ne8 33.Rbb4 Kg7 34.Nc5 Rd5 35.Rb7 Kf8 36.Nb3 Ra8 37.Ra4 a5 38.Kg3 Ng7 39.Kf3 h5 40.Ke3 hxg4 41.hxg4 Ne8 42.Nc5 Rdd8 43.Ke4 Rdc8 44.Rb5 f5+ 45.exf6 Nd6+ 46.Ke5 Nxb5 47.Nxe6+ Kf7 48.Ng5+ Kf8 49.d5 Re8+ 50.Ne6+ Kf7 51.f5 gxf5 52.gxf5 Rh8 [52...Rad8] 53.Rg4 Ra7 [53...Rag8 54.Rg7+ Rxg7 55.fxg7] 54.a4 1-0
Frank Berry sent me this quote about team play:
Texas Team Dallas (5), 23.01.2011
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.f4 Nf6 [4...f6 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qh4 Bf5] 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.d3 0-0 [11...c4 12.dxc4 dxc4] 12.Nd2 Nd7 [12...a5 13.a4 Qb4] 13.Kh1 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.e4 Qb4 16.Qe2 g6 [16...Qc3 17.Rac1 a5] 17.c4 [17.f5 exf5 18.exf5 Rae8 19.Qf2 Nh5 20.g4] 17...Rad8 18.e5 Nh5 19.Kh2 Ng7 [19...Qc3 20.Rac1 (20.g4; 20.Rad1) 20...Qd4 21.g3 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Qxd3] 20.g4 Rd7 [20...f5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.g5;
20...dxc4 21.Nxc4] 21.Rac1 Qa5 22.Rc2 Rfd8 23.Rf3 Rb7 24.Qf2 Rc8 25.Qh4 Qc7 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.d4 c4 [27...Qb6;
27...Qb6;
27...Qa5 28.Rfc3 Rbc7 29.dxc5] 28.bxc4 dxc4 29.Rxc4 Qd8 30.Qxd8+ Rxd8 31.Rb3 Rbd7 32.Ne4 Ne8 33.Rbb4 Kg7 34.Nc5 Rd5 35.Rb7 Kf8 36.Nb3 Ra8 37.Ra4 a5 38.Kg3 Ng7 39.Kf3 h5 40.Ke3 hxg4 41.hxg4 Ne8 42.Nc5 Rdd8 43.Ke4 Rdc8 44.Rb5 f5+ 45.exf6 Nd6+ 46.Ke5 Nxb5 47.Nxe6+ Kf7 48.Ng5+ Kf8 49.d5 Re8+ 50.Ne6+ Kf7 51.f5 gxf5 52.gxf5 Rh8 [52...Rad8] 53.Rg4 Ra7 [53...Rag8 54.Rg7+ Rxg7 55.fxg7] 54.a4 1-0
Frank Berry sent me this quote about team play:
"When you play for a team you have the unanimous support of
your teammates and the struggle is absolutely uncompromising!"
GM Eduard Gufeld 1936-2002
The grand daddy of Team Events is the USAT East event that draws around 300 teams! Anatoly Karpov has played there.
2010 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM 1139
2009 WORLD TEAM 2009 1203
2008 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM 1249
#of players in bold.
The grand daddy of Team Events is the USAT East event that draws around 300 teams! Anatoly Karpov has played there.
2010 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM 1139
2009 WORLD TEAM 2009 1203
2008 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM 1249
#of players in bold.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Rounds 4 & 5
Team results here
USCF results here
Ivan Wijetunge, Nolan Hendrickson, Kenneth Artz & Donald Briggs Jr
It's great when everything goes as planned!
Not only did we have a great time playing/analyzing/socializing together:
Our team won clear 1st U1900!
Nolan
* Won the Board 1 prize! (Beating 2 FIDE Masters to go 4-1)
* Got a Master rating!
* Got his final FIDE rating norm
I got my USCF rating to a all time high (1915) and got my first FIDE rating norm.
Round 5
Ken and the Barbies (1899.5) vs University Texas Dallas C (2029.5)
Match tied 2-2
| Bd | Black | White | ||
| 1 | Nolan Hendrickson (2110) | Tautvydas Vedrickas (2353) | 1-0 | |
| 2 | Nath Saheli (2133) | Ivan Wijetunge (1909) | 1-0 | |
| 3 | Kenneth Artz (1792) | Gerald E Roberts (1891) | 0-1 | |
| 4 | Rheanna English (1741) | Donald Briggs (1787) | 0-1 |
FIDE Rating Norms
I have my first FIDE rating norm.
- Loss Feinstein, Michael 2261
- Win Pamatmat, Jordan James 1702
- Win Li, Zhichao 2176
- Non FIDE
- Loss Saheli, Nath 2123
- Win Langer, Michael 2261
- Non FIDE
- Loss Bercys, Salvijus 2460
- Non FIDE
- Win Vedrickas, Tautvydas 2324
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Texas Team
There are 15 teams.
Round 3
University Texas Dallas B vs Ken and the Barbies (1899.5)
We lost 3-1 the only bright spot was my win against Zhichao Li (2179)
| Bd | Black | White | ||
| 1 | Salvijus Bercys(2558) | Nolan Hendrickson (2110) | -448 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Ivan Wijetunge (1909) | Zhichao Li (2179) | -270 | 1-0 |
| 3 | John R Enderle (1740) | Kenneth Artz (1792) | +52 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Donald Briggs (1787) | Tony Paul (1501) | +286 | 0-1 |
Round 2
Prodigy Knight 2 (1722.0) vs Ken and the Barbies (1899.5)
We shut em out 4-0!
| Bd | Black | White | ||
| 1 | Samuel M Baker (1865) | Nolan Hendrickson (2110) | +245 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Ivan Wijetunge (1909) | Jordan J Pamatmat (1772) | +137 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Rae Crowe M (1679) | Kenneth Artz (1792) | +113 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Donald Briggs (1787) | Parker McWatters (1572) | +215 | 1-0 |
Round 1
We went down 3-1 to the top seed(3-Day). Our lone victory was Nolan Hendrickson's upset of FM Michael Langer.
Ken and the Barbies (1899.5) vs WikiLeaks: Chess is a Draw (2195.3)
| Bd | Black | White | ||
| 1 | Nolan Hendrickson (2110) | Michael Langer (2309) | -199 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Michael Feinstein (2230) | Ivan Wijetunge (1909) | -321 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Kenneth Artz (1792) | Drew J Sarkisian (2130) | -338 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Joshua S Newsham (2112) | Donald Briggs (1787) | -325 | 1-0 |
Round 1 Michael Feinstein (2230) vs Ivan Wijetunge (1909)
Looks bad for Black, but Rybka found the remarkable 13...Qc7 and Black may be better.
1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.Nf3 Nf5 [6...Nd7 7.b4] 7.b4 Nxe3 8.fxe3 b6 [8...a5 9.c3 Nc6 (9...axb4 10.cxb4 b6 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.c6 -1.19/15 6:25 ) 10.b5 Ne7] 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.0-0 bxc5 12.Ng5 Be7 13.Rxf7 Bxg5 [13...Qc7 14.Qh5 (14.Rxg7 Qxe5 15.Qh5+ Kd7 16.Rxe7+ Kxe7 17.Qf7+ Kd6 18.bxc5+ Kc6 19.Qxe6+ Qxe6 20.Nxe6) 14...g6 15.Nxe6 gxh5 16.Nxc7+ Kxf7 17.b5 Bg5] 14.Rxd7 Bxe3+ 15.Kh1 Nxd7 16.Qg4 0-0 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Na3 Nb6 19.Nb5 Rae8 20.Qd6 cxb4 21.Nc7 Rd8 22.Qxb4 0-1
Friday, January 14, 2011
Texas Team Championship
January 21-23 or 22-23, 2011
If you have played in a team event you know how much fun it is. If not I strongly encourage you to give it a try. You have about a month to get a team together.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
1st Annual Austin Chess Club Championship - Recap
Click here for final results.
Click here for USCF results
Congratulations to the Austin Chess Club for putting up such a great show. 135 players from all over Texas and other states/countries participated. Even though a lot more players than expected showed up, the organizers did a great job and fun was had by all. They are already planning for a bigger and better 2012 event!
Click here for USCF results
Congratulations to the Austin Chess Club for putting up such a great show. 135 players from all over Texas and other states/countries participated. Even though a lot more players than expected showed up, the organizers did a great job and fun was had by all. They are already planning for a bigger and better 2012 event!
I had a great time and was paired up every game!
- Bye
- Loss ERNESTO L MALAZARTE (2153)
- Draw WILLIAM MOLINA (1971)
- Win DREW J SARKISIAN (2120)
- Loss BENJAMIN CORARETTI (2134)
A last round win would have given me clear first U2000, with a draw I would have tied for first. But it was not to be. I equalized as black, but blundered right after that!.
I was happy with my position as Black. I was sure that I could take advantage of the White pawn structure in the end game. I was behind on time and decided to play a few quick moves to gain some time (60 sec. increment) . Big mistake! I played Nb4?? which loses to Qb3.
Although I went 1-2=1, my rating should still get to 1911 which will be an all time high.
There were many interesting people at the event.
Serbian IM Goran Vojinovic (Winner of the event after he beat the GM in round 4)
Interesting hair styles
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