2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge

Final standings are now available for all sections EXCEPT U-2000 - pending.  Chess femmes are in red and Goddesschess prize winners notated at the end of their scores. (Updated about 7:32 p.m. to add U-2000 section):

Master/Expert Cross Table No. Name St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Score
NOLAN HENDRICKSON, 1st Place, $300
1. Hendrickson, Nolan (2)........ WI 2202 D8 W13 W10 W3 D2 4.0

ALEXANDER VELIKANOV, 2nd Place, $200
2. Velikanov, Alexander (4)...... WI 2199 W4 D10 D5 W6 D1 3.5

Tie for 3rd Place ($33 each):
3. Williams, William (3)......... WI 2200 W9 W12 -H- L1 D4 3.0
4. Zhou, Jerry Zhexua (11)....... WI 2049 L2 W14 W12 D5 D3 3.0
5. Schneider, Thomas (12)........ WI 2025 D6 W8 D2 D4 D7 3.0

6. Smail, Benedict A (5)......... WI 2143 D5 D7 W13 L2 D9 2.5
7. Jin, David (8)................ WI 2081 L10 D6 W11 D8 D5 2.5
8. Becker, Allen J (9)........... WI 2065 D1 L5 D9 D7 W14 2.5
9. Jing, Aaron (10).............. WI 2056 L3 D11 D8 W14 D6 2.5

10. Santarius, Erik (1)........... WI 2403 W7 D2 L1 -U- -H- 2.0
11. Kinsman, Jim A (13)........... WI 2005 L12 D9 L7 -H- -B- 2.0

12. Breider, Jon P (6)............ WI 2119 W11 L3 L4 -U- -U- 1.0
13. Cen, Kent Y (7)............... IL 2110 W14 L1 L6 -U- -U- 1.0
14. Ellis, James S (14)........... IA 2000 L13 L4 -B- L9 L8 1.0


U2000 Cross Table No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 Score
RICHARD MARTIN III and TROY ZIMMERMAN, tie for 1st Place, $75 each
1. Martin III, Richard (1)....... WI 1979 W20 D2 W9 W8 D3 4.0
2. Zimmermann, Troy J (8)........ WI 1887 W18 D1 D4 W14 W6 4.0

3. Modes, Daniel R (7)........... IL 1888 D5 W14 -H- W13 D1 3.5
4. Rajendra, Anupama (13)........ WI 1808 W27 D10 D2 D7 W9 3.5 ($100.00)
5. Dreuth, Adam W (21)........... WI 1598 D3 L13 W21 W22 W10 3.5

6. Rajendra, Avinash (3)......... WI 1940 W17 W12 D8 D9 L2 3.0
7. Both, Robert K (5)............ WI 1900 W24 L8 -H- D4 W19 3.0

8. Cardenas, David R (2)......... WI 1975 W16 W7 D6 L1 -U- 2.5
9. Grochowski, Andrew (4)........ WI 1935 W22 W11 L1 D6 L4 2.5
10. Hoffman, Guy G (6)............ WI 1900 W23 D4 D13 D11 L5 2.5
11. Bruch, Robert M (9)........... WI 1837 W25 L9 W17 D10 -U- 2.5
12. Christensen, Wade (10)........ WI 1830 W26 L6 W15 -H- -N- 2.5
13. Ulrich, Rachel J (11)......... WI 1818 D21 W5 D10 L3 D16 2.5
14. Coons, James Jay (12)......... WI 1813 W19 L3 W18 L2 D17 2.5
15. Oberg, John E (15)............ WI 1714 -H- D21 L12 D18 W23 2.5
16. Sagunsky, David L (16)........ WI 1708 L8 L18 W20 W21 D13 2.5
17. Hildeman, Jonathan (17)....... WI 1702 L6 W26 L11 W25 D14 2.5
18. Reinke, Robert T (22)......... WI 1579 L2 W16 L14 D15 W22 2.5
19. Bakalinsky, Jacob (26)........ WI 1223 L14 W24 -H- W23 L7 2.5

20. Pokorski, Jeffrey (14)........ WI 1760 L1 L23 L16 -B- W26 2.0
21. Hegelmeyer, John A (25)....... WI 1507 D13 D15 L5 L16 W25 2.0

22. James, Nikhil (18)............ WI 1627 L9 W25 -H- L5 L18 1.5
23. Monosov, Natanel A (20)....... WI 1608 L10 W20 -H- L19 L15 1.5

24. Wainscott, Chris (19)......... WI 1618 L7 L19 -H- D26 -U- 1.0
25. Sydlewski, Dean Wi (23)....... WI 1571 L11 L22 -B- L17 L21 1.0
26. Ma, Leo (24).................. WI 1567 L12 L17 -H- D24 L20 1.0

27. Bakalinsky, Roman (27)........ WI 964 L4 -N- -N- -N- -N- 0.0
U1500 Cross Table No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 Score
JACK THAIN, 1st Place, Under 1500, $80
1. Thain, Jack (1)............... IL 1477 W19 W20 W13 W8 D3 4.5


2. Weber, Bryan Scott (15)....... WI 1190 L6 W18 W10 W16 W8 4.0

3. Etzel, Steven W (2)........... WI 1465 -H- D14 W17 W7 D1 3.5
4. Saycocie, Vanisa (19)......... WI 1146 W12 L16 -H- W20 W13 3.5 ($37.50)
5. Ulrich, Anne E (23)........... WI 928 -B- L13 W21 D17 W16 3.5 ($37.50)
6. Kosterman, Dennis (5)......... WI 1407 W2 L8 W22 D13 D7 3.0
7. Huang, Sabrina (13)........... WI 1227 W9 D17 W14 L3 D6 3.0
8. Cai, Haoyu (16)............... WI 1160 W18 W6 W16 L1 L2 3.0

9. Pahl, Sandra R (3)............ WI 1456 L7 W21 W12 -H- -N- 2.5
10. Huang, Alena (4).............. WI 1419 L20 W19 L2 D14 W17 2.5 
11. Buck, Finn (8)................ WI 1357 L17 L15 -H- W23 W20 2.5
12. Breuer, Michael A (9)......... WI 1347 L4 W23 L9 W22 D14 2.5
13. Rasmussen, Kenneth (11)....... WI 1317 W22 W5 L1 D6 L4 2.5
14. Etta, Kevin J (20)............ WI 1098 W21 D3 L7 D10 D12 2.5
15. Bakalinsky, Roman (22)........ WI 964 -N- W11 -H- -N- W21 2.5

16. Wright, Gary M (7)............ WI 1375 W23 W4 L8 L2 L5 2.0
17. Breuer, Ryan M (18)........... WI 1151 W11 D7 L3 D5 L10 2.0

18. Venkat, Abhyudhaya (6)........ IL 1394 L8 L2 -H- L19 W22 1.5
19. Holmes, Russ (12)............. WI 1237 L1 L10 D23 W18 -U- 1.5
20. Mehta, Moulik A (14).......... WI 1223 W10 L1 -H- L4 L11 1.5

21. Khaliq, Abdul (10)............ WI 1342 L14 L9 L5 -B- L15 1.0
22. Landey, Charles N (21)........ WI 1036 L13 -B- L6 L12 L18 1.0

23. Sondhi, Kunal (17)............ WI 1158 L16 L12 D19 L11 -U- 0.5


U1000 Cross Table No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 Score
RITIKA PANDEY and RUILIN YAN, Tie for 1st Place, Under 1000, $25 each
1. Pandey, Ritika (3)............ WI 885 W4 W8 W9 L2 D3 3.5 ($25.00)
2. Yan, Ruilin (5)............... WI 826 L6 W10 W3 W1 D4 3.5

3. An, Limin (2)................. WI 939 D10 W6 L2 W9 D1 3.0
4. Ma, Angela (9)................ WI 563 L1 W11 -H- W7 D2 3.0
5. Buck, Luke (10)............... WI 562 L7 W12 -H- D8 W9 3.0
6. Iyer, Akshay (11)............. WI 520 W2 L3 -H- W11 D8 3.0

7. Zender-Alexander, Debra (4)... WI 838 W5 L9 -H- L4 W10 2.5
8. Brandt, John (6).............. WI 769 W11 L1 -H- D5 D6 2.5

9. Scalzo II, David A (1)........ WI 973 W12 W7 L1 L3 L5 2.0
10. Snyder, Robert Hug (7)........ WI 669 D3 L2 D12 -B- L7 2.0
11. Burgin, W H (12).............. WI 417 L8 L4 -B- L6 -X- 2.0

12. Pandey, Divya (8)............. WI 570 L9 L5 D10 -H- -F- 1.0

2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge - R3 Standings

Rounds 1 through 3 were held yesterday, Rounds 4 and 5 today.  The Southwest Chess Club blog now has R4 pairings posted.  Here are the standings for all sections after R3.  Chess femmes are highlighted in red:

Master/Expert

  No. Name St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Score

1. Hendrickson, Nolan (2)........ WI 2202 D11 W10 W7 2.5
2. Williams, William (3)......... WI 2200 W12 W9 -H- 2.5
3. Velikanov, Alexander (4)...... WI 2199 W5 D7 D6 2.0
4. Smail, Benedict A (5)......... WI 2143 D6 D8 W10 2.0
5. Zhou, Jerry Zhexua (11)....... WI 2049 L3 W13 W9 2.0
6. Schneider, Thomas (12)........ WI 2025 D4 W11 D3 2.0
7. Santarius, Erik (1)........... WI 2403 W8 D3 L1 1.5
8. Jin, David (8)................ WI 2081 L7 D4 W14 1.5
9. Breider, Jon P (6)............ WI 2119 W14 L2 L5 1.0
10. Cen, Kent Y (7)............... IL 2110 W13 L1 L4 1.0
11. Becker, Allen J (9)........... WI 2065 D1 L6 D12 1.0
12. Jing, Aaron (10).............. WI 2056 L2 D14 D11 1.0
13. Ellis, James S (14)........... IA 2000 L10 L5 -B- 1.0
14. Kinsman, Jim A (13)........... WI 2005 L9 D12 L8 0.5


U2000

  No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 Score

1. Martin III, Richard (1)....... WI 1979 W26 D7 W4 2.5
2. Cardenas, David R (2)......... WI 1975 W19 W13 D3 2.5
3. Rajendra, Avinash (3)......... WI 1940 W20 W9 D2 2.5
4. Grochowski, Andrew (4)........ WI 1935 W14 W8 L1 2.0
5. Hoffman, Guy G (6)............ WI 1900 W15 D12 D10 2.0
6. Modes, Daniel R (7)........... IL 1888 D16 W11 -H- 2.0
7. Zimmermann, Troy J (8)........ WI 1887 W21 D1 D12 2.0
8. Bruch, Robert M (9)........... WI 1837 W22 L4 W20 2.0
9. Christensen, Wade (10)........ WI 1830 W25 L3 W18 2.0
10. Ulrich, Rachel J (11)......... WI 1818 D23 W16 D5 2.0 11. Coons, James Jay (12)......... WI 1813 W17 L6 W21 2.0
12. Rajendra, Anupama (13)........ WI 1808 W27 D5 D7 2.013. Both, Robert K (5)............ WI 1900 W24 L2 -H- 1.5
14. James, Nikhil (18)............ WI 1627 L4 W22 -H- 1.5
15. Monosov, Natanel A (20)....... WI 1608 L5 W26 -H- 1.5
16. Dreuth, Adam W (21)........... WI 1598 D6 L10 W23 1.5
17. Bakalinsky, Jacob (26)........ WI 1223 L11 W24 -H- 1.5
18. Oberg, John E (15)............ WI 1714 -H- D23 L9 1.0
19. Sagunsky, David L (16)........ WI 1708 L2 L21 W26 1.0
20. Hildeman, Jonathan (17)....... WI 1702 L3 W25 L8 1.0
21. Reinke, Robert T (22)......... WI 1579 L7 W19 L11 1.0
22. Sydlewski, Dean Wi (23)....... WI 1571 L8 L14 -B- 1.0
23. Hegelmeyer, John A (25)....... WI 1507 D10 D18 L16 1.0
24. Wainscott, Chris (19)......... WI 1618 L13 L17 -H- 0.5
25. Ma, Leo (24).................. WI 1567 L9 L20 -H- 0.5
26. Pokorski, Jeffrey (14)........ WI 1760 L1 L15 L19 0.0
27. Bakalinsky, Roman (27)........ WI 964 L12 -N- -N- 0.0


U1500

  No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 Score

1. Thain, Jack (1)............... IL 1477 W21 W11 W8 3.0
2. Cai, Haoyu (16)............... WI 1160 W19 W6 W7 3.0
3. Huang, Sabrina (13)........... WI 1227 W5 D12 W14 2.54. Etzel, Steven W (2)........... WI 1465 -H- D14 W12 2.0
5. Pahl, Sandra R (3)............ WI 1456 L3 W23 W17 2.0 6. Kosterman, Dennis (5)......... WI 1407 W9 L2 W18 2.0
7. Wright, Gary M (7)............ WI 1375 W22 W13 L2 2.0
8. Rasmussen, Kenneth (11)....... WI 1317 W18 W10 L1 2.0
9. Weber, Bryan Scott (15)....... WI 1190 L6 W19 W16 2.0
10. Ulrich, Anne E (23)........... WI 928 -B- L8 W23 2.011. Mehta, Moulik A (14).......... WI 1223 W16 L1 -H- 1.5
12. Breuer, Ryan M (18)........... WI 1151 W20 D3 L4 1.5
13. Saycocie, Vanisa (19)......... WI 1146 W17 L7 -H- 1.5 14. Etta, Kevin J (20)............ WI 1098 W23 D4 L3 1.5
15. Bakalinsky, Roman (22)........ WI 964 -N- W20 -H- 1.5
16. Huang, Alena (4).............. WI 1419 L11 W21 L9 1.0 17. Breuer, Michael A (9)......... WI 1347 L13 W22 L5 1.0
18. Landey, Charles N (21)........ WI 1036 L8 -B- L6 1.0
19. Venkat, Abhyudhaya (6)........ IL 1394 L2 L9 -H- 0.5
20. Buck, Finn (8)................ WI 1357 L12 L15 -H- 0.5
21. Holmes, Russ (12)............. WI 1237 L1 L16 D22 0.5
22. Sondhi, Kunal (17)............ WI 1158 L7 L17 D21 0.5
23. Khaliq, Abdul (10)............ WI 1342 L14 L5 L10 0.0


U1000

  No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 Score

1. Pandey, Ritika (3)............ WI 885 W7 W6 W2 3.02. Scalzo II, David A (1)........ WI 973 W12 W5 L1 2.0
3. Yan, Ruilin (5)............... WI 826 L9 W10 W4 2.0
4. An, Limin (2)................. WI 939 D10 W9 L3 1.5
5. Zender-Alexander, Debra (4)... WI 838 W8 L2 -H- 1.5 6. Brandt, John (6).............. WI 769 W11 L1 -H- 1.5
7. Ma, Angela (9)................ WI 563 L1 W11 -H- 1.5 8. Buck, Luke (10)............... WI 562 L5 W12 -H- 1.5
9. Iyer, Akshay (11)............. WI 520 W3 L4 -H- 1.5
10. Snyder, Robert Hug (7)........ WI 669 D4 L3 D12 1.0
11. Burgin, W H (12).............. WI 417 L6 L7 -B- 1.0
12. Pandey, Divya (8)............. WI 570 L2 L8 D10 0.5
Eleven chess femmes!  That's good for close to a 15% participation rate and we're very happy about that.  Good luck to all the players in the remaining rounds, and I hope some of the ladies will consider submitting a game for consideration for a best game prize.  It's not just the highest rated players who have a chance to win some best game prize money!

2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge

Hola darlings!  Taking place right now down at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel on Layton just south of Howell Avenue -- a nice playing venue. 

To update, I visited the blog of my adopted chess club, Southwest Chess Club, and as of about 9:30 last night there were 61 pre-registered players.  When official play began this morning, there were 75 PLAYERS!  A fantastic walk-up registration the morning-of and a great turnout for this first-ever Milwaukee event. 

No official results posted yet.  It's going to be a long busy day for the organizers with rounds at 10:00 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.!  EEK! 

I'm not sure how this all works with prizes.  The prizes advertised were for a registration of 40 players.  Since there were nearly double that amount, what does that mean for prizes?  I've no idea.  I should ask! 

I am eager to see if any more chess femmes registered this morning.  I'll let you know as soon as I do.  Stay tuned for more...  Meanwhile, Ellen Wanek and I are mixing up our pawns in a game over at chess.com.  She snatched a pawn from me, curses!  But I have a few tricks up my sleeve, bwaahaahaa!  I won't go down without a nasty bloody fight, Ellen.  You may outrate me by 300 points, but you don't scare me at all.  Ha!  You're just too nice.

2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge: Prize Update!

You read it here first!  (Sounds like an old International Chessoid headline!)  Yep, Goddesschess is giving an opportunity for some G-chess love to be spread among male and female players alike by increasing the kitty for Best Game Prizes.   More below --

Because we now know that there will not be at least two (or any) females competing in the Master/Expert section of the 2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge, we have decided to allocate the $100 in prize money set aside for a chess femme prize in that Section as follows:

(1):  U-2000 Section, top female finisher prize is increased by $25 to $100
(2):  U-1500 Section, top female finisher prize remains at $50, and a second place prize of $25 is added
(3):  U-1000 Section, prize qualification ($25 for top female finisher) is reduced to two female players competing in the Section from three

$50 left over from the intended prize for a chess femme competing in the Master/Expert Section has been donated to the Best Game Prizes fund to increase it accordingly.  This is the original Best Game Prizes structure:

Best Game Prizes: Master/Expert Section $50; U2000 Section $25; and U1500 Section $25.)

We at Goddesschess hope that some chess femmes will submit their games - from whatever Section they play in - for consideration as a best game.  We all know that those male chess masters and experts play a lot of boring chess against each other - snore... even if no one is rude enough to mention that fact.  Oops.  Pretend you didn't just read that :)

2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge

There's still time to register - you can register tomorrow prior to the tournament's start!  There has been a great turn-out for the premiere of this event.  Southwest Chess Club went out on a limb to put this together (they are not a large or particularly well-financed chess club, by any means!) and I'm so happy to see players coming out in support!  With this kind of participation, I hope we will see a 2013 Milwaukee Summer Challenge.

Milwaukee Summer Challenge, July 14-15, 2012

5SS; G/120 with 5 second delay; 4 Sections: Master/Expert (closed), U2000, U1500, and U1000.

Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel, 4747 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, 414-481-8000 (mention Southwest Chess Club for $79 room rate).

EF: $40 All Sections (except U1000); U1000 Entry Fee: $25; all $5 more after 7/11. Prizes based on 40 total entries.
Master/Expert (closed section): 1st-$300, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100;
U2000: 1st-$150;
U1500: 1st-$80;
U1000: 1st-$50.

Reg: 8:30-9:30; Rds: Saturday, July 14: 10:00am, 2:30pm, and 7:00pm, Sunday July 15: 10:00am and 2:30pm. ENT: Allen Becker, N112 W17033 Vista Court, Apt. D, Germantown, WI 53022; Questions: TD Tom Fogec, 414-405-4207 (cell) (Best Game Prizes: Master/Expert Section $50; U2000 Section $25; and U1500 Section $25.)

REVISED BYE POLICY

You can take one 1/2 point bye in any round. You need to request the bye prior to the start of the tournament. All bye requests are irrevocable (you may not change your mind at a later time).

FLYER

Note: Anupama Rajendra, winner of the National All Girls Championship recently held in Chicago, has entered this weekend's event.

Goddess Chess Prizes for this event:

(1) in Master/Expert, $100 to top scoring female finisher provided at least 2 females play;

(2) in U2000, $75, to top scoring female finisher provided at least 2 females play;

(3) in U1500, $50, to top scoring female finisher provided at least 3 females play;

(4) in U1000, $25, to top scoring female finisher provided at least 3 females play;

There are no tie-breaks; if tie score the prize money is split; and

Must score a draw or win in any section to qualify for prize.

Many thanks to GM Susan Polgar's mighty blog for picking up the story and publishing it for Southwest Chess Club.

Whoop whoop whoop!  So happy about Anupama Rajendra coming to play at the Challenge! 

According to Southwest Chess Club's blog info (I'm writing this at 7:30 p.m. more or less, so there will probably be later updates), current registration:

Master/Expert:  11
U-2000:  22
U-1500:  19
U-1000:  8

Two Huang sisters are playing!  Two Ulrich sisters are playing!  A national female champion is playing! 

Stay tuned -- we're doing some tinkering with the prizes for the chess femmes, but we need to clear things with the organizers first!

2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge

Hola darlings!
In honor of my adopted chess club's new endeavor in putting together a two-day event for the first time ever, Goddesschess is sponsoring some modest prizes for the ladies only:

Milwaukee Summer Challenge, July 14-15, 2012

5SS; G/120 with 5 second delay; 4 Sections: Master/Expert (closed), U2000, U1500, and U1000. Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel, 4747 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, 414-481-8000 (mention Southwest Chess Club for $79 room rate). EF: $40 All Sections (except U1000); U1000 Entry Fee: $25; all $5 more after 7/11. Prizes based on 40 total entries. Master/Expert (closed section): 1st-$300, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100; U2000: 1st-$150; U1500: 1st-$80; U1000: 1st-$50. Reg: 8:30-9:30; Rds: Saturday, July 14: 10:00am, 2:30pm, and 7:00pm, Sunday July 15: 10:00am and 2:30pm. ENT: Allen Becker, N112 W17033 Vista Court, Apt. D, Germantown, WI 53022; Questions: TD Tom Fogec, 414-405-4207 (cell) (Best Game Prizes: Master/Expert Section $50; U2000 Section $25; and U1500 Section $25.)

Goddess Chess Prizes for this event:

(1) in Master/Expert, $100 to top scoring female finisher provided at least 2 females play;

(2) in U2000, $75, to top scoring female finisher provided at least 2 females play;

(3) in U1500, $50, to top scoring female finisher provided at least 3 females play;

(4) in U1000, $25, to top scoring female finisher provided at least 3 females play;

There are no tie-breaks; if tie score the prize money is split; and
Must score a draw or win in any section to qualify for prize.

Registration form.

SWCC is hoping for a minimum of 40 players.  Please come out and support this new event.  If there is a good turn-out, I think there is a good possibility that for the next Milwaukee Summer Challenge Goddesschess will up the ante on the ladies' prizes.

2012 Milwaukee Summer Challenge

My adopted chess club, Southwest Chess Club, is introducing an entirely new tournament to the Milwaukee chess scene and something that we usually don't see -- a two day, five-round Swiss!  I hope we'll see a great turn-out for this event.  If this one is successful, maybe we'll see more (and bigger prizes) in the future.

Saturday & Sunday, July 14-15, 2012

5-Round Swiss; G/120 with 5 second delay
4 Sections: Master/Expert (closed), U2000, U1500, and U1000

Best Game prizes in top three sections!

ENTRY FEE: $40 – All Sections (except U1000), U1000 Entry Fee: $25
(all sections $5 more after July 11, 2012)
SITE REGISTRATION: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ROUNDS: Sat.: 10 am -- 2:30 pm -- 7 pm
Sun: 10 am -- 2:30 pm
Pairings by WinTD---No Computer Entries---No Smoking

The event will be held at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel (near Milwaukee airport: 4747 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee - 414-481-8000). Mention Southwest Chess Club for $79 room rate.

More information and registration form.