2008 Sacramento Chess Championship
July 6, 2008

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Master-Expert Standings
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
1 Daniel Schwarz 2249 W17 D9 W10 W12 W2 D3 5.0
2 IM Ricardo De Guzman 2436 W8 W10 W9 D3 L1 W6 4.5
3 Michael Aigner 2273 W35 W18 W7 D2 D6 D1 4.5
4 James Al-shamma 2134 W29 L8 W17 W25 D5 W13 4.5
5 IM Walter J Shipman 2253 W23 H--- W16 H--- D4 W11 4.5
6 Viktors Pupols 2214 W26 D16 W13 W22 D3 L2 4.0
7 Yian Liou 1956 W31 W14 L3 D11 D9 W22 4.0
8 Brendan T Purcell 2045 L2 W4 W27 W26 D12 H--- 4.0
9 Bela Evans 2303 W27 D1 L2 W24 D7 D10 3.5
10 Zoran Lazetich 2207 W32 L2 L1 W17 W26 D9 3.5
11 Luke Harmon 1859 L14 W37 W28 D7 W18 L5 3.5
12 Gregory Young 2213 W15 W28 W25 L1 D8 U--- 3.5
13 Larry Snyder 2037 D24 W30 L6 W21 W22 L4 3.5
14 Kenneth B Hills 2120 W11 L7 L22 W19 W27 H--- 3.5
15 Thomas McCumiskey 1875 L12 W36 D18 D16 W25 H--- 3.5
16 Timothy S Randall 2046 W20 D6 L5 D15 W28 U--- 3.0
17 Isaac Zhang 1893 L1 W32 L4 L10 W23 W26 3.0
18 Jason L Mueller 2107 W19 L3 D15 W23 L11 H--- 3.0
19 Nikunj Chandr Oza 1847 L18 W35 L26 L14 W31 W29 3.0
20 Conrad Cota Jr 1791 L16 L23 W31 L27 W32 W25 3.0
21 Kayven Riese 1788 H--- L22 W30 L13 W24 H--- 3.0
22 Arnav S Shah 1837 D34 W21 W14 L6 L13 L7 2.5
23 Alonzo McCaulley 1887 L5 W20 D24 L18 L17 W27 2.5
24 Nicholas Karas 1788 D13 D33 D23 L9 L21 W31 2.5
25 Martin J Marshall 1939 W37 W34 L12 L4 L15 L20 2.0
26 Glenn Leotaud 1879 L6 W31 W19 L8 L10 L17 2.0
27 Brendan Jose* Birt 1904 L9 W29 L8 W20 L14 L23 2.0
28 Lawrence Martinez 1911 W36 L12 L11 W32 L16 U--- 2.0
29 Carl Honor* Harmon 1557 L4 L27 L32 B--- W30 L19 2.0
30 Rebekah Liu 1699 D33 L13 L21 L31 L29 W32 1.5
31 Charles Sullivan 1726 L7 L26 L20 W30 L19 L24 1.0
32 Nicolas* Oca Homer 1616 L10 L17 W29 L28 L20 L30 1.0
33 Rohan S Sathe 1943 D30 D24 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
34 Charles Brunton 2079 D22 L25 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
35 Brendan Jose Birt 1904 L3 L19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
36 Carl Honor Harmon 1557 L28 L15 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
37 Nicolas Oca Homer 1616 L25 L11 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
1st Place: Daniel Schwarz, $325 & Trophy
2nd Place: Michael Aigner, IM Ricardo DeGuzman, IM Walter Shipman, $83.34 each
1st Place U2200: James Al-Shamma, $185
2nd Place U2200: Brendan Purcell, $150
Reserve Standings
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
1 Douglas E Legvold 1934 W34 W12 W10 W15 W5 D3 5.5
2 Romeo Pilar 1652 W37 W29 L15 W11 W22 W5 5.0
3 Arun Gomatam 1795 W30 D17 W13 D6 W23 D1 4.5
4 Ted Xiao 1731 W39 L5 W40 D18 W24 W16 4.5
5 Jamshid Alamehzadeh 1841 W26 W4 W16 W8 L1 L2 4.0
6 Ruichen Wang unr. W28 D21 W32 D3 D16 D7 4.0
7 Rohan S Sathe 1943 W31 L16 W21 D22 W12 D6 4.0
8 Stoyan I Elitzin 1795 H--- W25 W17 L5 W18 D9 4.0
9 Dalton G Peterson 1753 W33 D24 D18 W28 D15 D8 4.0
10 Peter Korzeb 1795 W20 W46 L1 D24 W17 H--- 4.0
11 Michael J Blake 1570 W50 D22 D19 L2 W41 W23 4.0
12 Kenneth Law 1651 W49 L1 W51 W39 L7 W31 4.0
13 Samyukta Bhat 1614 D44 W48 L3 W37 D19 W26 4.0
14 Michael Lico 1528 D48 W44 L22 W36 W46 H--- 4.0
15 Michael G Da-cruz 1857 W42 W27 W2 L1 D9 U--- 3.5
16 Vijay M Mohan 1775 W40 W7 L5 W46 D6 L4 3.5
17 Robert V Russo 1636 W36 D3 L8 W35 L10 W25 3.5
18 Bob E Baker 1548 W51 D23 D9 D4 L8 W34 3.5
19 John J Locke 1664 L25 W33 D11 W34 D13 D20 3.5
20 Aditya Kumar 1362 L10 W45 W29 L23 W43 D19 3.5
21 Stefan Markov 1814 W43 D6 L7 W42 W27 U--- 3.5
22 Von Motschenbacher 1785 W35 D11 W14 D7 L2 U--- 3.0
23 Virgil Vigil 1662 W53 D18 D24 W20 L3 L11 3.0
24 Alan F Howe 1581 W45 D9 D23 D10 L4 H--- 3.0
25 Willan The Sy 1283 W19 L8 L46 W52 W28 L17 3.0
26 Austin Cheng 1201 L5 W43 L39 W29 W30 L13 3.0
27 Jennifer Livschitz 1645 W41 L15 D35 W32 L21 H--- 3.0
28 Michael Shaw 1522 L6 W38 W52 L9 L25 W45 3.0
29 Nithin Dhananjayan unr. W47 L2 L20 L26 W44 W41 3.0
30 Elliot Bezdecheck 1383 L3 L36 W49 W40 L26 W43 3.0
31 Steve Ross 1315 L7 L40 W38 W51 W39 L12 3.0
32 James Ren 1335 D38 W52 L6 L27 D42 W48 3.0
33 John Phelps 1306 L9 L19 H--- D45 W51 W38 3.0
34 William Lombard III 1497 L1 W49 D36 L19 W35 L18 2.5
35 Stephen D Lupton 1348 L22 W50 D27 L17 L34 W39 2.5
36 Michael R Winters 1262 L17 W30 D34 L14 H--- H--- 2.5
37 Gary A Click 1275 L2 W47 D42 L13 H--- H--- 2.5
38 Weiming Zhang unr. D32 L28 L31 D44 W40 L33 2.0
39 Aman P Madhav 495 L4 B--- W26 L12 L31 L35 2.0
40 Colin Chow 1030 L16 W31 L4 L30 L38 W52 2.0
41 Suraj Nair 1265 L27 L42 W53 W48 L11 L29 2.0
42 Nitin Gomatam 1489 L15 W41 D37 L21 D32 U--- 2.0
43 Gilbert Han 1083 L21 L26 B--- W47 L20 L30 2.0
44 Donald Dixon 1171 D13 L14 L47 D38 L29 W51 2.0
45 Joel Iniguez-Aguiar 1042 L24 L20 H--- D33 W47 L28 2.0
46 Cha' Kaula 1632 X--- L10 W25 L16 L14 U--- 2.0
47 Michael T Fischer 1523 L29 L37 W44 L43 L45 W50 2.0
48 William Archbold 595 D14 L13 H--- L41 B--- L32 2.0
49 John Edwards-el 1269 L12 L34 L30 W50 H--- H--- 2.0
50 Christian Archbold 883 L11 L35 H--- L49 W52 L47 1.5
51 Prem Talwai 861 L18 B--- L12 L31 L33 L44 1.0
52 Gabe Ross 493 B--- L32 L28 L25 L50 L40 1.0
53 Michael Parmon 1283 L23 U--- L41 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
1st Place: Douglas Legvold, $325 & trophy
2nd Place: Romeo Pilar, $250
1st & 2nd Place 1600-1799:  Arun Gomatam, , & Ted Xiao, $167.50 each
1st & 2nd Place 1400-1599: Michael Blake & Michael Lico, $167.50 each
1st Place U1400:  Aditya Kumar, $185
2nd Place U1400: Elliott Bezdecheck, Austin Cheng, John Phelps, James Ren,
Steve Ross, & Willan The Sy, $25 each
1st Place Junior: Samyukta Bhat, Kenneth Law, & Rohan Sathe, $33.34 each