Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX

Thank you to Tom Fogec, who sent me the following, highlighting all of the chess femmes and how they did!  This year there was a new playing venue, the Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, April 12, 2014.  Four rounds in one day.  Too stressful for me, alas.

Chess Femmes in RED

Hales Corners Challenge XIX - OpenCross Table, Page 1

No. Name St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Score

1. Santarius, Erik (1)........... WI 2429 D15 W10 W28 W12 3.5
2. Velikanov, Alexander (2)...... WI 2343 W22 W40 D14 W13 3.5
3. Betaneli, Alex (3)............ WI 2316 W8 W7 D6 W14 3.5
4. Brown, Christopher (33)....... WI 1758 W46 W52 D5 W21 3.5
5. Smail, Benedict A (5)......... WI 2220 W16 W21 D4 D6 3.0
6. Becker, Allen J (9)........... WI 2119 W24 W23 D3 D5 3.0
7. Ulrich, Rachel J (13)......... WI 2070 W27 L3 W26 W23 3.0
8. Aranovich, Gary (17).......... WI 1971 L3 W41 W30 -X- 3.0
9. Shi, Tinglin (18)............. WI 1944 W11 L12 W41 W28 3.0
10. Joachim, Peter Jam (28)....... WI 1802 W36 L1 W40 W22 3.0
11. Cooper, Jeff (4).............. WI 2238 L9 D19 W36 W31 2.5
12. Parker, Anthony L (7)......... WI 2190 -H- W9 W34 L1 2.5
13. Harder, Brady R (8)........... WI 2120 D25 W35 W33 L2 2.5
14. Martin III, Richard (10)...... WI 2096 W17 W18 D2 L3 2.5
15. McNeil, David (15)............ MN 2028 D1 L28 W45 W34 2.5
16. Krause, Aaron P (19).......... WI 1943 L5 W42 W44 D19 2.5
17. Parmet, Daniel Edw (23)....... WI 1903 L14 D27 W47 W37 2.5
18. Desmoulin, Stephan (24)....... WI 1895 W52 L14 D37 W33 2.5
19. Wainscott, Chris (29)......... WI 1801 W43 D11 D31 D16 2.5
20. Williams, William (6)......... WI 2205 L23 D33 W48 D27 2.0
21. Mhaskar, Rohan (14)........... WI 2041 W32 L5 W29 L4 2.0
22. Cardenas, David R (16)........ WI 2002 L2 W30 W35 L10 2.0
23. Khadem, Masoud (20)........... IL 1938 W20 L6 W42 L7 2.0
24. Fricano, Paul (21)............ WI 1915 L6 W48 W43 -F- 2.0
25. Geder, John (22).............. WI 1912 D13 L26 D46 W39 2.0
26. Tan, Jonathan (25)............ IL 1871 L40 W25 L7 W44 2.0
27. Coons, James Jay (26)......... WI 1858 L7 D17 W51 D20 2.0
28. Chua, Zachary Z (34)......... WI 1755 W47 W15 L1 L9 2.0
29. Zhang, Edward (35)............ IL 1737 L48 W39 L21 W43 2.0
30. Bevans, Paul (36)............. WI 1729 W38 L22 L8 W46 2.0
31. Sagunsky, David L (37)........ WI 1725 D51 W45 D19 L11 2.0
32. Christensen, Wade (27)........ WI 1852 L21 D47 L39 W48 1.5
33. Grochowski, Andrew (30)....... WI 1790 W44 D20 L13 L18 1.5
34. Pokorski, Jeffrey (31)........ WI 1785 D45 W51 L12 L15 1.5
35. Franek, Martin Joh (32)....... IL 1759 W37 L13 L22 D38 1.5
36. Moore, Micheal A (40)......... WI 1705 L10 D46 L11 W51 1.5
37. MacLeish, Brian (44).......... WI 1655 L35 W53 D18 L17 1.5
38. Mohammed, Sarfaraz (49)....... WI 1538 L30 L43 W50 D35 1.5
39. Shefsky, Michael W (52)....... WI 1493 -H- L29 W32 L25 1.5
40. Rajendra, Avinash (12)........ WI 2070 W26 L2 L10 -F- 1.0
41. Wang, Ricky (39).............. IL 1711 W50 L8 L9 -F- 1.0
42. Dreuth, Adam W (38)........... WI 1711 W53 L16 L23 -U- 1.0
43. Hegelmeyer, John (41)......... WI 1684 L19 W38 L24 L29 1.0
44. Jensen, Alex D (42)........... WI 1676 L33 W50 L16 L26 1.0
45. Ulrich, Anne E (43)........... WI 1668 D34 L31 L15 D47 1.0
46. Huang, Alena (45)............. WI 1620 L4 D36 D25 L30 1.0
47. Lynk Sr, Rodney B (46)........ WI 1600 L28 D32 L17 D45 1.0
48. Bakalinsky, Jacob (47)........ WI 1584 W29 L24 L20 L32 1.0
49. Corcoran, Benjamin (48)....... WI 1562 -N- -N- W53 -U- 1.0
50. Murtaugh, William (51)........ WI 1510 L41 L44 L38 W53 1.0
51. Hegelmeyer, John W (50)....... WI 1526 D31 L34 L27 L36 0.5
52. McKinney, Christop (11)....... WI 2090 L18 L4 -U- -U- 0.0
53. Rasmussen, Kenneth (53)....... WI 1392 L42 L37 L49 L50 0.0

Hales Corners Challenge XIX - Reserve Cross Table

No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 Score
1. Najeeb, Hadi (4).............. WI 1492 W37 W8 W14 W7 4.0
2. Kulkarni, Pranav (2).......... WI 1552 W33 D6 W26 W15 3.5
3. Carerros, Charles (1)......... WI 1599 W19 L7 W36 W21 3.0
4. Monosov, Natanel A (6)........ WI 1478 W22 W21 D15 D6 3.0
5. Ulrich, Susanna G (7)......... WI 1461 L14 W38 W41 W24 3.0
6. Seghers, Reid Nath (9)........ WI 1426 W23 D2 W35 D4 3.0
7. Lawrence, Michael (10)........ WI 1402 W10 W3 W13 L1 3.0
8. Xu, Arthur Zihan (11)......... IL 1366 W24 L1 W40 W28 3.0
9. Wright, Gary M (12)........... WI 1328 W25 L13 W45 W26 3.0
10. Huiras, Nathan (23)........... WI 1199 L7 W32 W30 W18 3.0
11. Jace, Adam A (35)............. WI 917 L32 W31 W23 W20 3.0
12. Khassenov, Magzhan (40)....... WI 656 L38 W49 W34 W33 3.0
13. Johnson, Jay Richa (3)........ MN 1525 W20 W9 L7 D14 2.5
14. Molkentin, TJ (19)............ WI 1246 W5 W18 L1 D13 2.5
15. Gaddipati, Harsha (26)........ WI 1110 W30 W17 D4 L2 2.5
16. Gopal, Aditya (27)............ WI 1046 L43 W44 D33 W35 2.5
17. Karimikonda, Teja (5)......... WI 1487 L21 L15 W48 W36 2.0
18. Huang, Sabrina (8)............ WI 1435 W34 L14 W38 L10 2.0
19. Holmes, Russ (13)............. WI 1316 L3 L26 W49 W41 2.0
20. Michaels, James (15).......... WI 1300 L13 W41 W29 L11 2.0
21. Shi, Stephen (17)............. WI 1272 W17 L4 W27 L3 2.0
22. Schatz, Noah F (18)........... WI 1259 L4 W28 W42 -N- 2.0
23. DeLair, Ethan (21)............ WI 1221 L6 W29 L11 W45 2.0
24. Gomoll, Rachel (24)........... WI 1196 L8 W45 W43 L5 2.0
25. Yang, Steven Xob (25)......... WI 1157 L9 W46 L32 W42 2.0
26. White, Gavin Otto (31)........ WI 997 W46 W19 L2 L9 2.0
27. Gomoll, Jacob (32)............ WI 989 W48 L37 L21 W43 2.0
28. Stewart, Zachary W (34)....... WI 977 W47 L22 W37 L8 2.0
29. Iyer, Pranav (37)............. WI 850 W49 L23 L20 W40 2.0
30. Hogg, Neil (38)............... WI 830 L15 W47 L10 W38 2.0
31. Gaddipati, Haasa (44)......... WI 595 L41 L11 W44 W47 2.0
32. Klapper, Bret Alle (47)....... WI nnnn W11 L10 W25 -U- 2.0
33. Hogg, Alexander (14).......... WI 1307 L2 W40 D16 L12 1.5
34. Srivastava, Vivek (20)........ WI 1238 L18 D36 L12 W49 1.5
35. Neumann, Curt E (22).......... WI 1212 -H- W43 L6 L16 1.5
36. Bundy, David (45)............. WI 369 -B- D34 L3 L17 1.5
37. Seeber, Kody (16)............. WI 1277 L1 W27 L28 -U- 1.0
38. Jain, Kyle Deepak (28)........ WI 1016 W12 L5 L18 L30 1.0
39. Seghers, Mark Staf (29)....... WI 1007 -U- -U- -U- W48 1.0
40. Wanek, Ellen Ann (30)......... WI 1004 W44 L33 L8 L29 1.0
41. Anand, Devesh Kuma (33)....... WI 982 W31 L20 L5 L19 1.0
42. Hegelmeyer, Jason (36)........ WI 905 L45 W48 L22 L25 1.0
43. Rockley, James D (39)......... WI 813 W16 L35 L24 L27 1.0
44. Nielsen, Craig (41)........... WI 634 L40 L16 L31 W46 1.0
45. Ball, Salli (46).............. WI nnnn W42 L24 L9 L23 1.0
46. Przedwiecki, Alyssa (43)...... WI 608 L26 L25 D47 L44 0.5
47. Prasad, Anoushka (49)......... WI nnnn L28 L30 D46 L31 0.5
48. Anand, Divyesh Kum (42)....... WI 608 L27 L42 L17 L39 0.0
49. Nielsen, Tina (48)............ WI nnnn L29 L12 L19 L34 0.0

Prizes won by the female players:

OPEN SECTION:

Rachel Ulrich won $120

Anne Ulrich won $40

Alena Huang won $40

Rachel Ulrich also won the gift bag and free entry to HCC XX ($40)

RESERVE SECTION:

Susanna Ulrich won $60

Teja Karimikonda won $40

Sabrina Huang won $40

Rachel Gomoll won $40

Haasa Gaddipati won $40

Ellen Wanek won $20

Salli Ball won $20

Alyssa Przedwiecki won $10

Anoushka Prasad won $10

Susanna Ulrich also won the gift bag and free entry to HCC XXI ($30)

 

Congratulations to all of the chess femmes who participated.  I hope you'll all come back for Challenge XX!

Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX - April 12, 2014!

Hola darlings!

I won't be there in person tomorrow, but I will be there in spirit, and in Goddesschess Prize Money, woo woo!  The latest email I received, there are 89 pre-registered players, 11 of which are you, my dear chess femmes. 

Can we break a record?  Let's go for it, ladies.  Top $800 in Goddesschess prize money winnings (paid out in Challenge XVIII) and we set a new record.  I know you can do it...

You know, sitting here tonight, surrounded by incipient chaos of house sale and trying to find a new place for myself to live, I can't help but think of all those countless dreams I've had over the years, but none more than now, recently (does it mean something?), that I somehow, miraculously, was born again as a chess prodigy who became the first female World Chess Champion and also the Queen of England more or less at the same time. Well, what can I say? The Prince of Wales ("Wills", that is) IS a hunk of a man.  I would definitely take that job on...

Of course, as dreams do, "I" jump from time to time, era to era, but chess is always there, and so is that Prince.  Hmmmm.... Maybe in my next life.  So, if you someday see a very imperial Queenish-figure holding a Staunton style Queen between her thumb and forefinger in an official portrait, with a half-cocked smile and dimples showing, that will be me, darlings.  Swear it!

But, for now, I have to be content with "Dream On" by Aerosmith. I think these lyrics are the best chess-related I've ever heard, whether Steven Tyler has ever played chess or not.  Just read them, and think about it:

"Dream On"

Every time that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer [Will we make NM before 21, or 71...]
The past is gone [We supposedly forget about our prior losses --- but we NEVAH do...]
It went by like dusk to dawn [Hell, yeah]
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay [Yes, all chessplayers pay their dues...]

Yeah, I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win  [So true. Until you lose, how do you know how to win?]

Half my life's in books' written pages [Chess master books...]
Live and learn from fools and from sages [Yeah.  Some of them are crap, some of them are gems.]
You know it's true
All the things you do, come back to you [Oh yeah.  It's called ELO, baby!]

Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Sing with me, sing it for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Dream on, dream on, dream on, [I will always dream of myself as World Chess Champion...
Dream until your dream come true [and Queen of England, too...]
Dream on, dream on, dream on,
And dream until your dream come true
Dream on [7x]

Sing with me, sing it for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing it for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Sing with me, sing it for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing it for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Want to see a video of Aerosmith in their prime singing "Dream On":

Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX!

Update:  As of last night, there are 79 pre-registered players, of which 11 are chess femmes:  3 in the Open and 8 in the Reserve. Woo woo! 

And as of earlier today, there are now 82 pre-registered players, 38 in the Open, and 44 in the Reserve!  Chess femmes in the Open are:  Rachel Ulrich (2070); Anne Ulrich (1668); and Alena Huang (1620).  In the Reserve:  Teja Karimikonda (1487); Susanna Ulrich (1461); Sabrina Huang (1435); Rachel Gomoll (1196); Ellen Wanek (1004) (she is my chess buddy and my chess nemesis at chess.com); Alyssa Przedwiecki (608); Anoushka Prasad (no rating).  I know I'm missing, I'm just too tired to go through the list again, sorry!

I do have gift bags, I just haven't had the time lately to put them together (and I don't have the actual bags, ahem.  I forgot, once again, to pick them up today.) I have forgotten (gasp!) to get them together in the midst of getting the sale of this house ready and trying to find a new place of my own to buy, and inspections, and all other kinds of stuff that is just boring but frustrating and exhausting. I'm pretty close to just calling a halt to the entire process and calling the deal OFF! THAT is how bad it has gotten the past few weeks. My health (not always so good) is suffering, as is my peace of mind (most important of all). Arrrrgggghhhh!

So, alas, I won't be attending Challenge XIX, but I will be there in spirit. And I've GOT to get those gift bags for the chess femmes who win out in each section ready! I'll be following the action, and reporting as I can.

Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX!!!!!

Hola darlings!

Goddesschess is funding prizes for the chess femmes who participate in the Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX on April 12, 2014, woo woo!  The same as we've done for several previous challenges: in the Open, $40 for a win, $20 for a draw; in the Reserve, $20 for a win, $10 for a draw.  Entry fees to Challenge XX will also be paid for the top finishing female player in the Open and Reserve Sections, if she chooses to register.

Goddesschess is also once again providing special gift bags to the top female finisher in each of the Open and Reserve Sections.  I have so much fun shopping for chessly items.  Be it noted that my definition of "chessly items" has somewhat expanded over the past several Challenges, as such unique items are rather difficult to find...

Challenge XIX is being held at the gorgeous Olympia Resort, a totally new venue:

Olympia Resort Hotel, 1350 Royale Mile Rd., Oconomowoc, WI 53066; 1-800-558-9573 (mention Southwest Chess Club for $99 room rate).

Life Master Sheldon Gelbart will also be providing post-game analysis to anyone who inquires.  I've quite got over my fear of him, LOL!  His insight is incredible, and his enthusiasm for our wonderful game - I would put him up against anyone!  I have kibbutzed during many analyses he has provided to players at all levels during various Challenges, and have always walked away feeling so enlightened based on what he said.  If only I could remember it all...alas.

FORMAT: Four Round Swiss System - Four Games in One Day - USCF Rated

TIME CONTROL: Game in 60 Minutes; 6 second delay

ENTRY FEE: $40 - Open; $30 - Reserve
(both sections $5 more after April 9, 2014)

Comp Entry Fee for USCF 2200+: Entry fee subtracted from any prizes won

SITE REGISTRATION: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

ROUNDS: 10 am -- 1 pm -- 3:30 pm -- 6 pm

Pairings by WinTD---No Computer Entries---No Smoking    

You can print out a registration form and mail it in with your check, or register in person on April 12, 2014 between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.  See also Southwest Chess Club's blog information on Challenge XIX. 

I will be following reports of the action closely at the Southwest Chess Club's blog, where results and photos will be posted.  In Challenge XVIII, Goddesschess paid out a record amount of prize money to the Chess Femmes.  Can we do it again???

Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX!

Hola darlings!

It's coming around to that time of year again, chessplayers.  The Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX, on April 12, 2014!

This year's playing venue is a well known gracious hotel in southeastern Wisconsin:  The Olympia Resort Hotel, Spa and Conference Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Olympia Resort Hotel lobby

You can get all the information you need on and print out the entry form.  The Challenge is worth 10 Grand Prix points and Junior Grand Prix points (don't know how many Junior GP points).

This is all in one day action (4 games), G-60, 6 second delay.  Early registration fee (prior to April 9, 2014) is $40 for the Open Section and $30 for the Reserve Section.  $5 more each after April 9th and same day entry.  Games are at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.  Prizes are awarded at end of play.

Goddesschess is once again sponsoring prizes for female chessplayers.  The top female finishers from Challenge XVIII receive entry fee paid by Goddesschess, should they choose to play in Challenge XIX.  Female prizes are awarded in addition to any other prize a player may win.  Open Section: $20 for a win; $10 for a draw.  Reserve Section: $10 for a win; $5 for a draw.  Entry will be paid by Goddesschess for top female finisher in each Section if they play in Challenge XX in October, 2014.

For the past few Challenges, I've had lots of fun putting together gift bags of chessly items (or chess-themed items) for the top female finisher in each Section.  I am already shopping, darlings! 

Please come out and support this wonderful 2X a year southeastern Wisconsin regional event.  Southwest Chess Club also sponsors the Milwaukee Summer Challenge, this year scheduled for June 21-22, 2014 (Holy Summer Solstice!)  Goddesschess will also be offering prizes for the chess femmes in that event.  Stay tuned!

P.S.  I did a quick check of restaurants in the area of the Olympia Resort Hotel, in case you feel the need to spread your wings rather than eating at the hotel's restaurant, and there are several within a mile or less, although it doesn't look like there are any sidewalks so walking to them rather than driving -- problematical.  You might also want to check a travel aggregator like Expedia to see what room rates are available.