Central California Open
By Dennis M . Wajckus
Over 110 players converged on Fresno to take part in the 5th Annual Central California Open the weekend of 14th- 16th August , 2014 . This major tournament is the absolute favorite chess event of the year in the greater Fresno area .
In the Open section IM Ricardo De Guzman ( 2459 ) took 1st with 4.5 pts , in a tie for 2nd & 3rd lone GM Enrico Sevillano ( 2558 ) & IM Ray Kaufman ( 2409 ) each picked up 4 pts . 1st & 2nd tie for under 2200 went to Julian Lin ( 2177 ) & Rayan Taghizadeh ( 2172 ).
Top under 2000 was David Pan ( 1872 ) and 2nd was Enoch Israel ( 1754 ). Nine other players won prizes with 3.5 points in a tie for 2-3rd and under 1800 .
First under 1600 was David Kazuma Fujii ( 1521 ) with 4.5 pts , 1st under 1400 was Alan Wolf ( 1255 ) with 4.0 pts .
Taking the top under 1200 section was Robert Wyatt ( 1148 ) with 4.0 pts , who tied with Zozimo Kiwan ( 991 ) who was first under 1000 with the same 4.0 score . Top under 800 was Dylan Jacob Smith ( 717 ) with 3.5 pts ; top under 600 honors went to Alex Hamilton ( 494 ) with 3.0 pts .
The Blitz event was won by NM Ian Schoch ( 2467 ) with 6.5 pts . Top under 2100 was Richard Yi ( 2067 ) also with 6.5 pts . Christopher Bolin ( 1579 ) took top under 1600 with 6 points .
The mixed doubles contest was won by the team of Shijie Chen ( 2230 ) & Ke Chen ( 1919 ) with 6 points .
This event did not take place in 2013 and the name of the hotel was changing hands . Fresno club members feel next years event will draw more players and experience a larger turnout .
Fresno life club members Dennis & Marian ran the chess book and equipment store with a nice selection of materials .
Come out for the 6th annual event next August . Fresno is midway between LA & the Bay Area and Sacramento and is considered the capital of central California and the 5th largest city in the state .
The Fresno Chess Foundation has recently received our full nonprofit status as a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ). Donations to our foundation are tax deductible . This also means future Central California Open event could be bigger and better than ever !
White : Galen Balcom ( 1639 ) Black : Jesse Turner ( 1950 ) A57 Benko Gambit
1 . d4 Nf6 2 . c4 c5 3 . d5 b5 4 . cxb5 a6 5 . Nc3 axb5 6 . Nxb5 Qa5 + 7 . Nc3 Bb7 8 . Bd2 d6 9 . e4 Nbd7 10 . Nf3 g6 11 . Be2 Bg7 12.0 – 0 0 – 0 13 . Qc2 Rfb8
Central California Open
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Open |
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1 |
IM Ricardo De Guzman |
4.5 |
2-3 |
GM Enrico Sevillano |
4 |
|
IM Ray Kaufman |
|
U2200 Julian Lin |
3.5 |
Rayan Taghizadeh |
|
U2000 |
|
1 |
David Pan |
4.5 |
U1800 Enoch Israel |
4 |
2-3 Brett Becker |
3.5 |
& |
Owen Overton |
2nd Glen Rudelis |
U1800 Andrew Peng |
Robert Angres |
William Sartorio |
Isaac Ruddell |
Gene Mora |
|
U1600 |
|
1 |
David Fujii |
4.5 |
2-3 Blake Wong |
4 |
|
Christopher Bohlin Alan Wolf |
|
2 nd |
Prarthan Ghosh |
3.5 |
U1400 |
U1200 |
1-2 Robert Wyatt |
4 |
|
Zozimo Kiwan |
|
3 |
Bryan Wong |
3.5 |
|
Anthony Faulks Dylan Smith |
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U600 Alex Hamilton |
3 |
14 . Rab1 Ba6 15 . Bxa6 Rxa6 16 . a3 Nb6 17 . e5 Ng4 18 . exd6 exd6 19 . Ne4 Qa4 20 . Qxa4 Nxa4 21 . b4 f5 22 . Neg5 c4 23 . Ne6 Bf6 24 . Nfd4 Ne5 25 . Rfc1 Nb6 26 . Nc6 Nxc6 27 . dxc6 Kf7 28 . Ng5 + Bxg5 29 . Bxg5 Rxa3 30 . Be3 d5 31 . c7 Rc8 32 . Bxb6 c3 33 . Kf1 d4 34 . Bxd4 Rxc7 35 . b5 1 – 0
Page 14 CalChess Journal Summer 2014