1
2-4
5
C
Sunny Kahlon
Dmitri Dobrynin
Lee Cooper
Shivansh Tomar
Steven Hwang
Satvik Singireddy
Prarthan Ghosh
5.5
4.5
D
Shawn Knapp
Sudha Kowtha
Vishal Mehta
U1200 Pratheek Sankeshi
Jason Zhong
Nishan Chatterjee
Robert Thayer
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The B Section also had a clear
winner. That was Seaver
Dahlgren with 5.5 points. Five
players tied for second place.
They are Stephen Ho,
Brandon Ho, Jonathan Xu,
Amir Dhami and Kevin Pan.
Winning the C section was
Sunny Kahlon with 5.5 points.
Tied for 2nd to 4th were Dmitri
Dobrynin, Lee Couper and
Shivansh Tomar. Three
players tied for 5th place. They
are Steven Hwang, Satvik
Singireddy and Prarthan
Ghosh.
Shawn Knapp, Sudha Kowtha
and Vishal Mehta won the D
Section for players under
1400. Taking top under 1200
were Pratheek Sankeshi,
Jason Zhong, Nishan
Chatterjee and Robert Thayer.
The tournament was
organized by Salman Azhar
and Judit Sztaray with Bay
Area Chess. The Chief
Tournament Director was
Richard Koepcke.
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The following are some games
from the event. Analysis
computer assisted.
The first two games are wins
by International Master
Vladimi Mezentsev from
rounds 4 and 5.
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4
White: IM Mezentsev(2444)
Black: Julian Lin (2146)
B52 Sicilian Defense
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0
Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6
8.d4 d5 9.exd5 Qxd5
10.c4!?
Tournament winner NM Aleskerov
Photo by Richard Shorman
equality.
An interesting pawn sac.
10...Qxc4 11.Na3 Qd5
12.Nb5 0–0–0 13.Qa4N a6
14.Nc3 Qh5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Bf4 Rd3 17.Rac1 Rhd8
18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Ne4 Bxg3
20.hxg3 Nxe4 (diagram)
26.Qh4+! 1–0
26…Qxh4 27.Rxd1+ K~
28.gxh4 and White is a rook
up.
White: NM Manvelyan(2347)
Black: IM Mezentsev(2444)
D43 Semi Slav
21.Rxc6+ Kb8 22.Qxe4
bxc6 23.Ne5 Rd1
24.Nxc6+ Kc7 25.Nxd8
Kxd8? (diagram)
25...Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Kxd8
would lead to approximate
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e4
b5 7.Qc2 Na6 8.a4N Nb4
9.Qb1 Bd7 10.axb5 cxb5
11.b3!? Be7 12.bxc4 bxc4
13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Nd2!?
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