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            GM Koltanowski Marathon

Start Date: 7:20pm Friday, February 14th, 2020 (Registration closes at 7:10pm.)

Location: 2622 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Ca

Tournament Format: Four rounds, one game every Friday.
Rounds: Feb 14th, 21st, 28th, March 13th.

No Round March 6th due to the Berkeley Senior, and Calchess Women’s State!

 

Fee: $40.00
GM’s IM’s and Masters free.
(Entry fee deducted from winnings.)

Time Control: G/90, 30 second increment.  If a player is more than 30 minutes late, their game will be forfeited.

Tournament is both FIDE, and USCF rated!

Prize fund: $500
1st Place $200: 2nd Place $120:
1st U2000 $60: 1st U1800 $60: 1st U1600  $60.

 

IM John Grefe Marathon round 6 Alex Shrauger vs NM Roger Poehlmann. the above position is a variation that could of happened. It is black to move the above position is a draw, however black can still stir up trouble with Bf6! Bc1 (white waits) Bd8! Bf4 Bb6! and if white plays Be3 its a draw by a miracle, but if Bc1 then Bg1! Bd2 Bh2! Bf4. g5! Hxg5 h4! gives black great winning chances!

Experience vs Youth! Berkeley Chess Club’s Youngest Member Jayden Xu (10 years old) battling it out against our most experienced Member Alan Glasscoe. In this Game Experience beat youth!

Byes: Three half-point byes are available before 6pm Thursday, upon request; no byes for last round. If you don’t request a bye and don’t show up for the round, you will receive a forfeit. Byes can be requested via email at tournaments@berkeleychessschool.org or call 510-612-4547. Who: If you are under 13 years old, you must have a USCF rating of at least 1300. There is no rating requirements if the player is over 13 years old. USCF: Tournament will follow USCF rules. USCF membership must be current through the end of the tournament. Do you need to renew your USCF Membership? Renew here!

Current Pairings

GM Koltanowski Marathon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pairings for Round 4. GM Koltanowski Marathon: Open

Bd Res White Res Black
1   IM Elliott C Winslow (2225 3.0)   IM Ladia Jirasek (2441 3.0)
2   Fredric Dutter (2016 2.5)   NM Roger M Poehlmann (2266 2.5)
3   NM Michael Walder (2126 2.0)   Alex Shrauger (1769 2.0)
4   Tobias Stowell (1325 2.0)   Greg Lope (2083 2.0)
5   Steven Svoboda (1980 1.5)   David J Trestor (1826 1.5)
6   Matthew Northrup (1480 1.5)   Joe S Urquhart Jr (1945 1.5)
7   Scott McCargar (1843 1.5)   Ben Lemkin (1471 1.5)
8   Mark Paetz (1788 1.5)   Ralph Nagel (1280 1.5)
9   Evan Mertens (1220 1.0)   Alan Glasscoe (1800 1.0)
10   Mohammad Soltani (1600 1.0)   Samuel Agdamag (1674 1.0)
11   Rico Adkins (1655 1.0)   Jerry Morgan (1462 1.0)
12   NM Thomas F Maser (1927 0.0)   Anthony Henline (1345 0.5)
  1 Mohammad R Asgari (1679 0.0)   See T.D.
  ½ Elizabeth Shaughnessy (1500 1.0)   BYE

Berkeley Senior Championship

Pairings for Round 5. berkeley senior championship: senior

Bd Res White Res Black
1   IM Timothy W Taylor (2359 3.5)   IM Vince McCambridge (2329 3.5)
2   Farid Mark Watson (1924 3.0)   IM Elliott C Winslow (2234 3.0)
3   NM Roger M Poehlmann (2255 2.5)   NM Michael Walder (2102 2.5)
4   Michael J Kenny (1918 2.5)   Clarence E Lehman (1900 2.0)
5   Scott McCargar (1823 2.0)   Michael Ho (1862 2.0)
6   Frisco Del Rosario (1918 1.5)   Mohammad Soltani (1738 2.0)
7   Fredric Dutter (1969 1.5)   Jeff Andersen (1631 1.5)
8   Thomas E Boyd (1600 1.5)   Samuel Za Agdamag (1631 1.5)
9   Ralph Nagel (1357 1.5)   John Edwards-El (966 1.0)

Calchess Women's State Championship

 

 

Pairings for Round 5. calchess women’s state championship: Womens

Bd Res White Res Black
10   Yesun Lee (1850 3.0)   WCM Omya Vidyarthi (1912 3.5)
11   WGM Carla Heredia (2233 3.0)   Saikhanchimeg Tsogtsaikhan (2172 3.0)
12   Lauren Goodkind (1833 2.5)   Rhianna Jane Lope (922 2.5)
13   Barbara Goodkind (1812 2.5)   Simona Nayberg (1894 1.5)
14   Megan E Miraglia (1163 1.0)   Renate Otterbach (1072 1.5)
15   Elizabeth Shaughnessy (1500 1.0)   Avigail Tiomkin (1135 1.0)

Current Standings

GM Koltanowski Marathon

SwissSys Standings. GM Koltanowski Marathon: Open

# Name Rtng Post Club Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 IM Elliott C Winslow 2225 2245   W24 W8 B— W3 4.0
2 NM Roger M Poehlmann 2266 2271 1 H— W25 W11 W6 3.5
3 IM Ladia Jirasek 2441 2433   W28 W10 W4 L1 3.0
4 NM Michael Walder 2126 2125   W13 W23 L3 B— 3.0
5 Greg Lope 2083 2075 1 H— D21 W22 H— 2.5
6 Fredric Dutter 2016 2015   W14 W22 H— L2 2.5
7 Steven Svoboda 1980 1987   H— H— H— W20 2.5
8 Alex Shrauger 1769 1768   W26 L1 B— H— 2.5
9 WGM Carla Heredia 2226 2227   H— H— W16 U— 2.0
10 Joe S Urquhart Jr 1945 1937 3 W15 L3 H— D16 2.0
11 Scott McCargar 1843 1832   D16 W19 L2 H— 2.0
12 Alan Glasscoe 1800 1753   L25 W15 L18 B— 2.0
13 Rico Adkins 1655 1666   L4 L17 W27 W25 2.0
14 Peter Sherwood 1600 1632   L6 W28 W26 U— 2.0
15 Mohammad Soltani 1600 1652   L10 L12 W20 W24 2.0
16 Matthew Northrup 1480 1602   D11 W27 L9 D10 2.0
17 Ben Lemkin 1471 1552   L20 W13 D21 D28 2.0
18 Tobias Stowell 1325 1444 2 D21 H— W12 U— 2.0
19 Ralph Nagel 1280 1325 1 H— L11 W23 H— 2.0
20 David J Trestor 1826 1799   W17 H— L15 L7 1.5
21 Mark Paetz 1788 1748   D18 D5 D17 L23 1.5
22 Elizabeth Shaughnessy 1500 1554 4 W27 L6 L5 H— 1.5
23 Anthony Henline 1345 1364   H— L4 L19 W21 1.5
24 Samuel Agdamag 1674 1638   L1 L26 W28 L15 1.0
25 Jerry Morgan 1462 1500   W12 L2 U— L13 1.0
26 Evan Mertens 1220 1285   L8 W24 L14 U— 1.0
27 NM Thomas F Maser 1927 1855   L22 L16 L13 H— 0.5
28 Mohammad R Asgari 1679 1633   L3 L14 L24 D17 0.5

Berkeley Senior Championship

SwissSys Standings. berkeley senior championship: senior

# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 IM Vince McCambridge 2329 2338 W12 W16 D2 W10 W3 4.5 500.00
2 IM Elliott C Winslow 2234 2244 W11 W14 D1 D3 W6 4.0 250.00
3 IM Timothy W Taylor 2359 2358 W8 W5 W4 D2 L1 3.5  
4 NM Roger M Poehlmann 2255 2250 W7 W6 L3 H— D5 3.0  
5 NM Michael Walder 2102 2101 W21 L3 D10 W15 D4 3.0  
6 Farid Mark Watson 1924 1937 W15 L4 W18 W11 L2 3.0 75.00
7 Clarence E Lehman 1900 1904 L4 L11 W13 W12 W9 3.0 75.00
8 Frisco Del Rosario 1918 1905 L3 W13 D12 L9 W15 2.5  
9 Michael J Kenny 1918 1903 H— L10 W14 W8 L7 2.5  
10 Michael Ho 1862 1893 H— W9 D5 L1 D11 2.5  
11 Scott McCargar 1823 1835 L2 W7 W19 L6 D10 2.5  
12 Jeff Andersen 1631 1679 L1 W17 D8 L7 B— 2.5  
13 Thomas E Boyd 1600 1608 H— L8 L7 W20 W18 2.5  
14 Ralph Nagel 1357 1374 B— L2 L9 D18 W20 2.5 150.00
15 Mohammad Soltani 1738 1743 L6 B— W16 L5 L8 2.0  
16 Fredric Dutter 1969 1948 W18 L1 L15 H— U— 1.5  
17 Stewart Katz 1809 1786 W20 L12 H— U— U— 1.5  
18 Samuel Za Agdamag 1631 1591 L16 B— L6 D14 L13 1.5  
19 Elizabeth Shaughnessy 1500 1494 H— H— L11 U— U— 1.0  
20 John Edwards-El 966 959 L17 H— H— L13 L14 1.0 150.00
21 David J Trestor 1789 1784 L5 U— U— U— U— 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. berkeley senior championship: Extra Rate

# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Tot Prize
1 Alan Glasscoe 1800 1802 W2 1.0  
2 Ralph Nagel 1357 1353 L1 0.0  

Calchess Women's State Championship

 

SwissSys Standings. calchess women’s state championship: Womens

# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 WCM Omya Vidyarthi 1912 1941 W9 W13 D2 W6 D4 4.0 500.00
2 WGM Carla Heredia 2233 2226 W11 W10 D1 D4 D3 3.5 175.00
3 Saikhanchimeg Tsogtsaikhan 2172 2173 D4 W5 W6 H— D2 3.5 175.00
4 Yesun Lee 1850 1910 D3 W7 W12 D2 D1 3.5 175.00
5 Lauren Goodkind 1833 1867 H— L3 W10 W8 W9 3.5 175.00
6 Simona Nayberg 1894 1887 H— W8 L3 L1 W7 2.5  
7 Barbara Goodkind 1812 1789 H— L4 W13 W12 L6 2.5  
8 Renate Otterbach 1072 1120 H— L6 B— L5 W12 2.5 150.00
9 Rhianna Jane Lope 922 992 L1 B— H— W13 L5 2.5 150.00
10 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 2204 2178 W12 L2 L5 B— U— 2.0  
11 Elizabeth Shaughnessy 1500 1503 L2 H— U— H— W13 2.0  
12 Megan E Miraglia 1163 1133 L10 B— L4 L7 L8 1.0  
13 Avigail Tiomkin 1135 1093 B— L1 L7 L9 L11 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. calchess women’s state championship: Extra Rate

# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot Prize
1 Samuel Za Agdamag 1631 1632 U— W4 1.0  
2 Megan E Miraglia 1163 1200 W3 U— 1.0  
3 Avigail Tiomkin 1135 1110 L2 U— 0.0  
4 Rhianna Jane Lope 922 921 U— L1 0.0  

Berkeley Chess Club all time winners

All Time Winners

The following list is for those that got clear first or tied for first place in any BCC Marathon since

the 2007 BCC Grand Re Opening until the end of 2018

1)NM Roger Poehlmann 20 wins!

2)IM Ladia Jirasek 13 wins (5 in a row!) 1 was a Perfect score 6/6!

3)IM Elliott Winslow 12 wins

4) Farid Watson 7 wins

5)NM Todd Rumph 6 wins

6)NM Derek O'Connor: 6 wins

7)Steven Krasnov 5 wins

8)Greg Lope 4 wins

9)WFM Uyanga Byambaa 4 wins two with perfect 6/6 scores! Also the only Female winner in BCC History)

10)FM Robin Cunningham 4 wins

11)Salar Jahedi 4 wins

12)2 wins each. FM Josiah Stearman, NM Michael Lei Wang, Joshua Cao,

Ethan Chamberlain, NM Robert Hatarik, David Trestor, Craig Andries

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GM Koltanowski Marathon February 14th-March 13th Friday’s 7:20pm $40 IM Elliott Winslow EXPRESS REGISTRATION
Cal Chess Women’s State Championship March 6th-8th Friday -Sunday $50 WCM Omya Vidyarthi EXPRESS REGISTRATION
Berkeley Senior Championship March 6th-8th Friday -Sunday $50 IM Vincent McCambridge EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Walter Browne Marathon May 8th-June 12th Friday’s 7:20pm $40   EXPRESS REGISTRATION
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