Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIV

Update - the final results/standings are in from Round 4!  USCF ratings changes will be posted later tonight, probably:

Winners/top finishers in the Open and Reserve Sections and results/rankings for the ladies:

OPEN SECTION (46)

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

1. Santarius, Erik (1)........... WI 2381 W30 W29 W5 D3 3.5
2. Sawalani, Navin (5)........... WI 2249 D19 W14 W11 W10 3.5
14. Ulrich, Rachel J (29)......... WI 1721 W41 L2 D12 W37 2.5 (Rachel wins $100 from Goddesschess)
25. Rajendra, Anupama (35)........ WI 1611 W43 L18 L19 W38 2.0 (Anupama wins $80 from Goddesschess)
43. Karimikonda, Teja (46)........ WI 1242 L25 W41 L30 L22 1.0 (Teja wins $40 from Goddesschess)

RESERVE SECTION (36)

1. MacLeish, Brian (3)........... WI 1568 W29 W25 D3 W10 3.5
2. Shefsky, Michael W (1)........ WI 1586 L14 W26 W30 W12 3.0
3. Kaczmarek, Daniel (7)......... WI 1467 W17 W23 D1 D6 3.0
4. Wright, Gary M (9)............ WI 1395 W30 L11 W27 W16 3.0
5. Reese Sr, Gregory (11)........ WI 1383 L23 W27 W28 W18 3.0
6. Andersson, Mitchel (13)....... WI 1358 W37 W24 D11 D3 3.0
7. Pahl, Sandra R (14)........... WI 1342 L11 W28 W20 W13 3.0
8. Ulrich, Susanna G (18)........ WI 1279 L25 W17 W21 W14 3.0  
9. Loomer, Xavier Mar (21)....... WI 1182 L21 W36 W24 W23 3.0
10. McVicker, Marqis (37)......... WI nnnn W20 W15 W13 L1 3.0 (an excellent tournament for Marqis)
15. Huang, Alena (15)............. WI 1335 L13 L10 W35 W31 2.0
18. Murali, Anjana (22)........... WI 1169 -H- D22 W25 L5 2.0
20. Huang, Sabrina (27)........... WI 914 L10 W35 L7 W29 2.0
31. Wanek, Ellen A (28)........... WI 906 L26 W37 L14 L15 1.0
33. Ulrich, Anne E (36)........... WI 182 -N- -N- -N- W37 1.03
4. Murali, Ananya (30)........... WI 753 -H- L19 L29 L22 0.5
35. Newton, Jan L (33)............ WI 579 L28 L20 L15 -N- 0.0
37. Foat, Patricia J (35)......... WI 350 L6 L31 L32 L33 0.0

Rachel Ulrich in the Open and Sandra Pahl in the Reserve also win paid entry to Hales Corners Chess Challenge XV, should they choose to play in that event (April, 2012!)

Southwest Chess Club blog entry and photos.

Hales Corners Challenge IX: Goddesschess Prize Winners

Photos of the Reserve Section winners of the Goddesschess prizes! (Hales Corners Challenge IX, April 25, 2009)Sandra Pahl

Elizabeth Emery

Hales Corners Challenge IX

From USCF, here are excerpted final standings for the Open and Reserve Sections (full final standings) - and I hope I did not miss any of the chess femmes! Final standings, Hales Corners Challenge IX (April 25, 2009): Open Section (56 players) (4 rounds): 1 MESGEN AMANOV 3.5 (IL 2391) 22 NICOLE NIEMI 2.0 WI (1861) (Winner of Goddesschess prize $65) Reserve Section (51 players) (4 rounds): 1 ADEM MUSIC 4.0 IL (1594) 5 SANDRA R PAHL 3.0 WI (1372) (50% of Goddesschess prize $20) 10 ELIZABETH CATHERINE EMERY 3.0 WI (877) (50% of Goddesschess prize $20) 13 JOANNA HUANG 2.5 WI (1462) 27 ALENA HUANG 2.0 WI (1260) 29 RACHEL J ULRICH 2.0 IL (1187) 37 DANAE MALISSA ALEXANDER 1.5 WI (810) 43 STEPHANIE MARIE YAHR 1.0 WI (881) 45 CLAUDIA JOY SCHNEIDER 1.0 WI (718) 46 SUSANNA KRIVULIS 1.0 WI )662P5) 49 ISABELLA ILCHENKO 0.5 WI (425P25) Congratulations to the winners of the Goddesschess prizes! Assuming I have all of the chess femmes named above who participated in the HCC IX (11), there was an overall participation rate of 10.28% for the chess femmes, with strong participation in the Reserve section of 19.61%. Hmmm, with so many chess femmes playing in the Reserve section, we may need to rethink our prize structure a bit. Well, with our Goddesschess anniversary get-together coming up shortly in New York (May 12-19), that will be added to our agenda for discussion. We would really like to see more chess femmes participate in the Open, but we were absolutely delighted to see so many chess femmes come out to play in the Reserve. What to do, what to do... Stay tuned for the Hales Corners Challenge X!!!