2005 Sacramento Chess Championship
July 2-4, 2005
Final Standings


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Master-Expert
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
1 IM Ricardo De Guzman 2444 2454 W14 W2 D7 W9 W6 W3 5.5
2 Michael Pearson 2203 2221 W8 L1 W10 W4 W5 W9 5.0
3 Drake Wang 2162 2178 W18 L6 W4 W7 W9 L1 4.0
4 Larry Snyder 2053 2066 W19 W16 L3 L2 W15 W10 4.0
5 Ramon Yusu Qiu 1819 1864 B--- L13 W12 W14 L2 W16 4.0
6 Nicolas A Yap 2258 2254 W11 W3 L9 W15 L1 D8 3.5
7 Richard Koepcke 2212 2207 W20 D10 D1 L3 W11 H--- 3.5
8 Damian Nash 1919 1951 L2 W20 H--- W13 D10 D6 3.5
9 Michael Aigner 2285 2275 W16 W15 W6 L1 L3 L2 3.0
10 David Chock 1922 1942 W13 D7 L2 W12 D8 L4 3.0
11 Nikunj C Oza 1856 1865 L6 W19 L15 W18 L7 W17 3.0
12 Jamshid Alamehzadeh 1883 1892 H--- H--- L5 L10 W14 W13 3.0
13 Benjamin S Haun 2091 2060 L10 W5 D14 L8 W17 L12 2.5
14 Martin Marshall 1981 1959 L1 B--- D13 L5 L12 W18 2.5
15 Kenneth B Hills 2165 2148 W17 L9 W11 L6 L4 U--- 2.0
16 Prashant Periwal 1875 1853 L9 L4 W18 L17 W19 L5 2.0
17 Jojo Zhao 1737 1731 L15 L18 W19 W16 L13 L11 2.0
18 William Burmich 817P 908P L3 W17 L16 L11 B--- L14 2.0
19 Gregory Young 1874 1833 L4 L11 L17 B--- L16 U--- 1.0
20 PI Stewart Katz 1926 1913 L7 L8 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Official USCF pre- and post-ratings.
1st Place: Ricardo DeGuzman, $325 and trophy
2nd Place: Michael Pearson, $145
1st & 2nd Place U2200:  Ramon Qiu, Larry Snyder, & Drake Wang, $66.67 each

Reserve
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
1 Daichi Siegrist 1875 1883 W6 D12 W15 W8 D2 W5 5.0
2 Matt B Zavortink 1883 1915 W24 W11 W3 W4 D1 H--- 5.0
3 Arnav S Shah 1723 1811 W21 W20 L2 W25 W9 W8 5.0
4 Jeff A Young 1772 1796 W16 W19 W7 L2 L5 W11 4.0
5 Maximo M Fajardo 1836 1845 W26 W14 D8 D19 W4 L1 4.0
6 Kevin Gafni 1754 1780 L1 W13 W10 W23 L8 W14 4.0
7 Bob E Baker 1705 1749 W28 D27 L4 W16 W14 D9 4.0
8 Teodoro Porlares 1894 1886 W15 W10 D5 L1 W6 L3 3.5
9 Davis Xu 1747 1762 D27 D23 W11 W12 L3 D7 3.5
10 Sreekar Jasthi 1637 1677 W13 L8 L6 D21 W22 W20 3.5
11 Alonzo McCaulley 1792 1778 W18 L2 L9 W26 W17 L4 3.0
12 Tejas R Mulye 1450 1500 B--- D1 D14 L9 D18 D13 3.0
13 Edward Wu 1796 1771 L10 L6 W26 D15 W21 D12 3.0
14 Fredy P Ferrer 1587 1602 W29 L5 D12 W22 L7 L6 2.5
15 Vincent Rubianes 1701 1699 L8 W29 L1 D13 D16 D17 2.5
16 Alexander Lun 1537 1559 L4 D22 W24 L7 D15 D21 2.5
17 Brian Astle 1564 1578 L20 W21 L22 W24 L11 D15 2.5
18 Kenneth J White 1634 1644 L11 W24 L23 W20 D12 U--- 2.5
19 Michael Da-Cruz 1800 1804 W22 L4 W20 D5 U--- U--- 2.5
20 Glenn C Leotaud 1722 1700 W17 L3 L19 L18 W26 L10 2.0
21 Marvin Shu 1690 1650 L3 L17 B--- D10 L13 D16 2.0
22 Robert V Russo 1643 1616 L19 D16 W17 L14 L10 H--- 2.0
23 Dalton Peterson 1784 1776 D25 D9 W18 L6 U--- U--- 2.0
24 John J Locke 1726 1677 L2 L18 L16 L17 B--- W26 2.0
25 Von Motschenbacher 1714 1734 D23 D28 W27 L3 U--- U--- 2.0
26 Greg M Sarafian 1614 1569 L5 B--- L13 L11 L20 L24 1.0
27 David Cater 1991 1965 D9 D7 L25 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
28 Daichi Siegrist 1875 1883 L7 D25 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
29 Jamshid Alamehzadeh 1892 1858 L14 L15 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Official USCF pre- and post-ratings.
1st Place, 2nd Place, and 1st U2000:, Arnav Shah,
Daichi Siegrist, and Matt Zavortink, $165 each
(Daichi Siegrist wins trophy on tie-breaks)
2nd Place U2200: Bob Baker, Kevin Gafni, & Jeff Young, $28.34 each

Amateur
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
1 Christian Dypoldt 1468 1598 W28 W12 W6 W5 W11 D2 5.5
2 Mukund Chillakanti 1476 1543 W32 W22 D11 W4 W20 D1 5.0
3 Arthur Liou 1427 1566 W17 L11 W15 W13 W7 W6 5.0
4 Vijay K Jasthi 1500 1505 D18 W40 W37 L2 W25 W11 4.5
5 Albert Frank Gu 1328 1474 W14 W13 W8 L1 L6 W20 4.0
6 Charles Sun 1532 1549 W25 W26 L1 W12 W5 L3 4.0
7 Avinash Kumar 1278 1442 L11 W14 W33 W17 L3 W19 4.0
8 Kartik Chillakanti 1380 1416 W38 W15 L5 W31 D9 D14 4.0
9 Daniel H Linger 1250 1385 H--- W16 D18 W26 D8 H--- 4.0
10 Caleb Toy 1320 1340 H--- L37 W40 W35 D19 W17 4.0
11 Rahul Subramaniam 1481 1504 W7 W3 D2 W20 L1 L4 3.5
12 Stephen Knoeck unr. 1539 W24 L1 W21 L6 W26 D13 3.5
13 Paul Gafni 1538 1520 W23 L5 W22 L3 W31 D12 3.5
14 Jason Gurtovoy 1744 1699 L5 L7 W32 W39 W30 D8 3.5
15 Jeff Kottcamp 1470 1458 W27 L8 L3 H--- W28 W25 3.5
16 Terry N Toy 1488 1461 H--- L9 L30 W23 W35 W27 3.5
17 Corbett Carroll 1570 1528 L3 W23 W27 L7 W18 L10 3.0
18 Stephen M Lee 1369 1378 D4 W30 D9 L19 L17 W31 3.0
19 Craig Christensen 1500 1500 W29 L20 D25 W18 D10 L7 3.0
20 Anthony Blessing 1451 1432 W41 W19 W36 L11 L2 L5 3.0
21 Jerry Chen 1455 1418 D35 D36 L12 W29 D27 D24 3.0
22 Christopher Y Wu 1288 1320 W33 L2 L13 H--- W36 D26 3.0
23 Grant E Jones 1006 1116 L13 L17 W38 L16 W40 W36 3.0
24 Stephen D Lupton 1376 1343 L12 L35 D28 W40 W37 D21 3.0
25 Elliott Bezdecheck F 1040 1210 L6 W39 D19 W36 L4 L15 2.5
26 Marvin F Gilbert 1507 1500 W39 L6 W35 L9 L12 D22 2.5
27 Jessica L Jones 1252 1259 L15 W38 L17 W33 D21 L16 2.5
28 Hebert Diaz-Flores 1191 1195 L1 L31 D24 W32 L15 W39 2.5
29 Juan M Gonzalez 1217 1196 L19 W41 L31 L21 D39 W35 2.5
30 Kevin M Garbe 1336 1341 H--- L18 W16 W37 L14 U--- 2.5
31 Steven Fering unr. 1186 L36 W28 W29 L8 L13 L18 2.0
32 Clarence Lai 915 905 L2 L33 L14 L28 W41 W37 2.0
33 Robert F Purvis 1486 1311 L22 W32 L7 L27 H--- H--- 2.0
34 Michael Parmon 1243 1248 X--- U--- U--- U--- W38 U--- 2.0
35 Shrinivas Sivakumar 1194 1188 D21 W24 L26 L10 L16 L29 1.5
36 Gregory G Kelly 1311 1245 W31 D21 L20 L25 L22 L23 1.5
37 Brahms Lewis 307 401 H--- W10 L4 L30 L24 L32 1.5
38 Matthew Lai 837 841 L8 L27 L23 W41 L34 D40 1.5
39 Yuki A Siegrist 1237 1185 L26 L25 W41 L14 D29 L28 1.5
40 Tim Lewis 1231 1155 H--- L4 L10 L24 L23 D38 1.0
41 Tyler W Russo 395 386 L20 L29 L39 L38 L32 H--- 0.5
Official USCF pre- and post-ratings.
1st Place: Christian Dypoldt, $235 trophy
2nd Place and 1st Place U1400:  Mukund Chillakanti & Arthur Liou, $130 each
2nd Place U1400 & 1st Place Junior:  Kartik Chillakanti, Albert Frank Gu,
Avirash Kumar, Daniel Linger, Charles Sun, & Caleb Toy, $28.33 each