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 |
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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