Thursday, April 29, 2010

April Swiss Results

Crosstable

Round Four Results

Frank      1       Jonathan    0
Vince      0       Duy           1
Nam       .5      Huy           .5
Anthony  .5      Khoa        .5
Kartik     .5      Herb         .5
Emily       1       Jim            0
Lee          0      Brad          1
Calvin      .5     Collin         .5

Congratulations to Frank on winning the April Swiss!

Nam v Huy (front) Frank v Jonathan (rear)

Don't forget our May Swiss starts May 5th.

Vince v Duy (front) Wandering Emily v Jim (rear)

Don't forget. It's not too late to register for this Saturday's event at the Laurel Mountain Elementary school. The open is section is adults only. See the "Austin Chess Tournaments" link to the right for details.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Round Three Results & Round Four Pairings

Round Three Results (4/21)

Jonathan    1      Nam         0
Jim            0       Frank       1
Duy          .5       Anthony   .5
Roger       0        Vince       1
Herb         .5       Emily       .5
Huy          1        Calvin      0
Kenneth    0F     Khoa       1F
Kartik       1        Lee          0
Dang         0        Brad        1
John          0        Collin       1

Club Members in Action!

Round Four Pairings (4/28)

Frank (1716, 2.5)      Jonathan  (1561, 3.0)
Vince (1590, 2.0)      Duy (1629, 2.0)
Nam (1594, 2.0)       Huy (1461, 2.0)
Anthony (1552, 2.0)  Khoa (1450, 2.0)
Kartik (1231, 2.0)     Herb (1714, 1.5)
Emily (1387, 1.5)      Jim (1475, 1.5)
Roger (1221, 1.5)     Brad (1273, 1.0)
Calvin (1407, 1.0)     Collin (946, 1.0)
Lee (1090, 0.5)         John (1133, 0.0)

Dang                         Bye

Our May Swiss will start on May 5th. If you would like to play but need a first round bye, please let me know in advance if possible.

Please note that Austin Kids (Nam Nguyen--TD) is running a Tournament this Saturday, April 24th. See the links on the right of the screen for details.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Draw Central!

Three of the top five boards drew their games this week. Like the rare triple play in baseball, one game ended with a bishop and knight versus lone king ending with the possessor of the two minor pieces unable to convert  the win.

Round Two Results

Frank     .5    Anthony  .5
Jim         .5    Duy         .5
Nam       1     Kartik      0
Jonathan  1F  Kenneth   0F
Calvin     .5    Herb        .5
Lee         0     Huy          1
Dang       0     Vince        1
Brad        0     Khoa        1
Emily       1     John T.      0
Collin       0     Roger        1


Round Three Pairings

Jonathan  2.0       Nam  2.0
Jim          1.5       Frank 1.5
Duy         1.5       Anthony 1.5
Roger      1.5       Vince   1.0
Herb        1.0       Emily   1.0
Huy          1.0       Calvin  1.0
Kenneth    1.0       Khoa   1.0
Kartik       1.0       Lee      0.5
Dang         0.0      Brad     0.0
John          0.0      Collin    0.0

Thursday, April 8, 2010

April Swiss Up and Going with 19 Players!

We have an excellent turnout for our April Swiss and things ran fairly smoothly. Pairing and results for the first round are as follows:

Khoa 1450    0     Frank  1716    1
Duy   1629    1     Emily  1387     0
Brad  1273    0     Nam  1594      1
Vince  1590   0     Kartik 1231    0
John T. 1133  0    Jonathan 1561 1
Anthony 1552 1   Dang  1078      0
Collin  946      0   Jim  1475         1
Huy  1461       0   Kenneth  unr    1
0.5 point byes--Herb, Calvin, Lee

Huy v. Kenneth


Time pressure affected the above game with Huy up material but down on time. With less than a minute on his clock Huy traded Queen and pawn for Rook and Bishop and then had to part with his remaining  rook to prevent Kenneth from Queening. The resulting Rook v. Pawns ending was quickly resolved in Kenneth's favor.


Jim v. Collin (left) Vince v. Kartik (right)

The biggest upset of the first round was earned by Kartik who overcame a 359 point rating gap to defeat Vincent in their game. After a trade of Queens leaving Vince with a Bishop and three pawns v. three pawns on opposite sides of the board. Vince attempted to run his pawns home only to find his pawns blocked by the black king, meanwhile black's advancing pawns trapped the bishop with White's King too far away to help.


Brad v Nam

Pairings for Round Two

Frank                     Anthony
Jim                         Duy
Nam                      Kartik
Jonathan                Kenneth
Calvin                    Herb
Lee                        Huy
Dang                     Vince
Brad                      Khoa
Emily                      John T.
Collin--1.0 point Bye


Jonathan v John

March Quick Quads

We had a good turnout of 12 players for our March Quick Quads. Crosstable

                                        Jonathan v Huy


Kenneth v Jim

Quads winners were Herb, Duy and Kenneth. Congratulations!


March Swiss Results