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Chess Life Online 2010 October GM Kraai California Class Champion
Chess Life Online 2010 October GM Kraai California Class Champion | GM Kraai California Class Champion |
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| By Aditya Kumar | |
| November 30, 2010 | |
GM Jesse Kraai, Photo Elizabeth Vicary New York 2009
Throughout the tournament, Kraai stayed ahead in the Open Section, though he was held to a draw by NM Arjoe Loanzon as well as IM Ricardo DeGuzman. Loanzon along with rising Bay Area junior Evan Sandberg captured the third place in the Open section and finished the tournament with 3.5/6. Like most Bay Area Chess tournaments, the juniors topped the wall charts in both the Expert and the A sections. James Kwok led the expert with 4.5/6 and netted $700; Kyle Shin, Cameron Wheeler, and Jayakrishnan Ramachandran followed close behind with 4/6, splitting $500 amongst themselves. The A section had a four-way tie for the first place with Rayan Taghizadeh, Benjamin Tong, Randolph Moore, and Aditya Kumar. The Championship had a two and three day option, in addition to a one-day tournament meant for children under the 1000 rating cap. Bay Area Chess Organizer Salman Azhar and Chief TDs Tom Langland and John McCumiskey managed this Thanksgiving chess event with an impressive tally of 12 sections! The tournament was held under the auspices of Bay Area Chess, the same non-profit that hosts the annual Memorial Day Weekend Championship and New Years Open and is the most active USCF affiliate west of Texas. Final standings can be seen on http://bayareachess.com/ |