1999 Sacramento Chess Championship
January 16-18, 1999
Final Standings

Open
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 James Mac Farland 2339 2364 W12 D11 W3 W6 D2 D5 4.5 
2 Walter J Shipman 2406 2398 D8 W10 D4 D7 D1 W6 4.0 
3 Kenan Zildzic 2321 2319 D10 W9 L1 W4 D6 W8 4.0 
4 Arthur L Braden 2244 2256 D9 W8 D2 L3 W12 W10 4.0 
5 Mladen Vucic 2449 2440 H--- B--- L6 W11 W7 D1 4.0 
6 Paul G Cripe 2228 2248 W13 W7 W5 L1 D3 L2 3.5 
7 David Pruess 2219 2224 W14 L6 W11 D2 L5 W9 3.5 
8 Andy C Lee 2129 2135 D2 L4 D10 W13 W11 L3 3.0 
9 Gregg Richter 2032 2037 D4 L3 L12 W10 W13 L7 2.5 
10 Mark G Brown 2088 2067 D3 L2 D8 L9 B--- L4 2.0 
11 Michael Aigner 2144 2125 X--- D1 L7 L5 L8 H--- 2.0 
12 Matthew R Gross 2124 2109 L1 D13 W9 H--- L4 U--- 2.0 
13 Ricky Grijalva 1655 1663 L6 D12 B--- L8 L9 U--- 1.5 
14 John W Meadows 1568 1567 L7 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 
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1st Place: Jim MacFarland, 4.5-1.5; $215 & Trophy
2nd Place: Arthur Braden, Walter Shipman, Mladen Vucic, & Kenan Zildzic, 4-2, $35 each
1st Place U2200:  Andy Lee, 3-3, $100
2nd Place U2200:  Gregg Richter, 2.5-3.5, $75

1600-1999
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Michael G Da-Cruz 1960 1975 W3 W18 W6 D9 D4 W5 5.0 
2 Roy L Mc Collough 1660 1760 W21 W11 L9 W12 W6 W4 5.0 
3 Danny E Rivera 1614 1675 L1 W15 B--- W8 D13 W9 4.5 
4 Riley J Hughes 1843 1840 W20 D16 W7 W5 D1 L2 4.0 
5 Alberto Cisneros 1705 1763 W25 W14 W10 L4 W9 L1 4.0 
6 Damarcus T Thomas R/E 1646 1692 W15 W23 L1 W18 L2 W10 4.0 
7 Zachary Karnazes 1341 1443 D11 W26 L4 D21 W17 W16 4.0 
8 David Lloyd Barker 1765 1771 W24 L10 W22 L3 W18 W13 4.0 
9 Martin J Whalley 1800 1794 W27 W22 W2 D1 L5 L3 3.5 
10 John W Meadows 1568 1601 B--- W8 L5 D13 W16 L6 3.5 
11 Brian R Davis 1757 1740 D7 L2 W17 L16 W21 W19 3.5 
12 Adam Greenspan 1933 1905 L22 W20 W16 L2 W14 H--- 3.5 
13 Ralph P Palmeri 1756 1730 L16 W24 W14 D10 D3 L8 3.0 
14 H Paul Lillebo 1799 1782 W17 L5 L13 W19 L12 W18 3.0 
15 Benjamin S Haun 1527 1531 L6 L3 W19 W24 H--- H--- 3.0 
16 Maximo M Fajardo 1734 1713 W13 D4 L12 W11 L10 L7 2.5 
17 David L Johnson 1484 1500 L14 W21 L11 D22 L7 W24 2.5 
18 Clinton E Young R/E 1878 1812 W19 L1 W23 L6 L8 L14 2.0 
19 Kevin Schambers 1574 1557 L18 B--- L15 L14 W20 L11 2.0 
20 Calixto Magaoay 1676 1648 L4 L12 L21 W23 L19 B--- 2.0 
21 Edward B Lepape 1836 1760 L2 L17 W20 D7 L11 U--- 1.5 
22 Michael A Marque 1707 1698 W12 L9 L8 D17 U--- U--- 1.5 
23 Alan F Howe 1679 1642 H--- L6 L18 L20 W24 U--- 1.5 
24 Alexande Karnazes 1361 1331 L8 L13 B--- L15 L23 L17 1.0 
25 Clinton E Young 1878 1861 L5 W27 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0 
26 Don R Copeland 1557 1532 H--- L7 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5 
27 Damarcus T Thomas 1648 1632 L9 L25 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 
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1st-2nd Place: Michael Da-Cruz and Roy McCollough, 5-1; $155 each
(Trophy to Da-Cruz on tie-break.)
1st-2nd Place U1800:  David Lloyd Barker, Alberto Cisneros, Zachary Karnazes, and
Damarcus Thomas, 4-2, $43.75 each

U1600
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Daniel Schwarz 1375 1440 W21 W2 H--- W23 W5 W7 5.5 
2 Manuel M Alimboyoguen unr. 1622 W11 L1 W26 W19 W13 W9 5.0 
3 John P Goudy 1505 1501 W12 W22 L6 L5 W14 W16 4.0 
4 Robert D Pounds R/E 1547 1532 W23 W17 L5 L6 W11 W13 4.0 
5 Weldon E Dodson R/E 1572 1576 W20 W25 W4 W3 L1 U--- 4.0 
6 Howard Pearson 1407 1495 W8 W29 W3 W4 U--- U--- 4.0 
7 Gerald Schwarz 1313 1332 W31 W24 H--- W27 D9 L1 4.0 
8 Dave Migliore unr. 1551 L6 W32 W10 W22 H--- H--- 4.0 
9 Dietmar Mayer 1461 1440 D14 W16 D19 W17 D7 L2 3.5 
10 Leo M Burgess 1228 1242 L30 W18 L8 D20 W21 W19 3.5 
11 John M Mahoney 1279 1281 L2 W20 W25 H--- L4 W15 3.5 
12 Penn Everett 1200 1210 L3 H--- D14 W24 D19 W20 3.5 
13 Bruce A Stone 1445 1422 D15 W14 D27 W16 L2 L4 3.0 
14 Christoph Johnson 1144 1174 D9 L13 D12 W25 L3 W26 3.0 
15 Andrew J Thomas 1086 1135 D13 L19 D18 W26 W17 L11 3.0 
16 Michael S Johnson 1215 1254 W33 L9 W22 L13 W23 L3 3.0 
17 Michael Shaw 1243 1221 W28 L4 W24 L9 L15 W23 3.0 
18 W Ray Seiple 1197 1185 L22 L10 D15 W28 H--- W24 3.0 
19 Eric Seiple 1302 1292 D27 W15 D9 L2 D12 L10 2.5 
20 Mallory Br Alpers 837 880 L5 L11 W31 D10 W22 L12 2.5 
21 Jeremy Tempkin 703 715 L1 L28 H--- W31 L10 W25 2.5 
22 Marvin F Gilbert 1500 1418 W18 L3 L16 L8 L20 W28 2.0 
23 Michael Re Alpers 803 813 L4 B--- W28 L1 L16 L17 2.0 
24 Eli A Cuaresma unr. 1045 W26 L7 L17 L12 W28 L18 2.0 
25 Nathan Shaw 696 687 B--- L5 L11 L14 W31 L21 2.0 
26 Michael Fischer R/E 1272 1198 L24 W31 L2 L15 B--- L14 2.0 
27 Mark Altchek unr. 1401 D19 W33 D13 L7 U--- U--- 2.0 
28 Jed A Cuaresma unr. 808 L17 W21 L23 L18 L24 L22 1.0 
29 Weldon E Dodson 1572 1554 W32 L6 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0 
30 Don R Copeland 1557 1561 W10 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0 
31 George Bundage unr. 564 L7 L26 L20 L21 L25 U--- 0.0 
32 Michael Fischer 1272 1262 L29 L8 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 
33 Robert D Pounds 1547 1497 L16 L27 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 
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U1600 Section Prize Winners
1st Place:  Daniel Schwarz, 5.5-0.5, $160 and Trophy
2nd Place: Manuel Alimboyoguen, 5-1, $110
1st Place U1400:  Gerald Schwarz, 4-2, $90
2nd Place U1400:  Leo Burgess, Penn Everett, and John Mahoney, 3.5-2.5, $25 each
1st Place Junior:  Christopher Johnson and Andrew Thomas, 3-3, $40 each
(Donated Trophy to Johnson on tie-break.)

DONATED UPSET VICTORY PRIZE (largest rating differential), ROUNDS 1-4:
David Johnson, $40