U.S. Class Chess Championships

Hilton Houston Hobby Airport

Friday, September 30, 2011 - Sunday, October 2, 2011

Date

Start: Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 8:00 PM
End: Sunday, October 2, 2011 @ 7:00 PM

Address

Hilton Houston Hobby Airport
8181 Airport Blvd. Houston, TX

Fees

$75 by 9/23, $85 after. Special EF for all Class E and Unrated Players, and for U18 in Class C and D - $45 by 9/23, $55 after.

Registration Closing Date

Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 11:59 PM PST

Brief Description

5SS, G/120. $11,000 b/200 paid full entries. Special EF counts as 2/3. Free Parking! $89 HR - Call (713) 645-3000. RATED PLAYERS MAY PLAY UP ONE CLASS. National Titles as Plaques for each Class winner. All divisions are USCF rated. Master Division is also FIDE rated. SEPTEMBER SUPPLEMENT USED. CURRENT USCF MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED.

U.S. CLASS 3-DAY SCHEDULE

All Games G/120, 5 Second Delay. Round 1 - Friday 8pm, Round 2 Saturday 1pm, Round 3 Saturday 6:30pm, Round 4 Sunday 9:30am, Round 5 Sunday 2:30pm

U.S. CLASS 2-DAY SCHEDULE

Round 1 Saturday 10am (G/60), Merge with 3-Day Schedule on Round 2

U.S. CLASS PRIZES

• Master (2200/up) $1,300 – 650 – 350 (U2400: 400 – 200 – 100), • Expert (2000-2199) $800 – 400 – 200, • Class A (1800-1999) $800 – 400 – 200, • Class B (1600-1799) $800 – 400 – 200, • Class C (1400-1599) $800 – 400 – 200, • Class D (1200-1399) $800 – 400 – 200, • Class E (U1200) $300 – 200 – 100, • Unrated $300 – 100 **FIRST PLACE, ON TIE BREAKS, IN EACH CLASS ALSO GETS CHAMPION'S PLAQUE**

SCHOLASTIC SCHEDULE

ALL ROUNDS SATURDAY. 5SS G/30. Games: 10am, 11:30am, 1:15pm, 2:30pm, 3:45pm. Awards at 5pm (Approx.)

SCHOLASTIC PRIZES

Individual Trophies to Top 15 in each Division (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12). Tie-Breaks will determine standings for tied players. Added -- Team Plaque to the Top 3 School Teams in each Section. The Top 4 players count towards the Team Standings (minimum of 2). Commemorative Medals for all Scholastic Tournament Players.

BLITZ TOURNAMENT

After Round 3 of Regular Event. NOT USCF Rated. G/5, $10 EF, Onsite Registration Only. 80% of Entry Fees returned in Prizes. Two Sections: Open & U1800.

MASTER DIVISION (3-DAY)

GM AXEL BACHMANN 2614, GM MAURICIO FLORES 2604, IM WEN LIANG LI 2549, IM MAX CORNEJO 2480, IM ALFONSO A ALMEIDA 2442, ALEXANDER CHUA 2332, WGM KATERINA NEMCOVA 2295, FM JEFFERY XIONG 2279, FM MICHAEL LANGER 2237, WGM NADYA ORTIZ 2233, JAROD PAMATMAT 2213, ALEXANDER VELIKAVOV 2150, SARAH CHIANG 2139, JONATHAN CHIANG 2118, NAVEEN BALAKRISHNAN 2048, FM TOMMY HE 2127, BOVEY LIU 2015,

MASTER DIVISION (2-DAY)

GM TIMUR GAREYEV 2702, IM SALVIJUS BERCYS 2573, GM JULIO C SADORRA 2561, FM CONRAD HOLT 2536, IM MILOS PAVLOVIC 2528, IM PUCHEN WANG 2518, ARTUR K SAFIN 2320, KEVIN CAO 2211,

EXPERT DIVISION (3-DAY)

MARK DEJMEK 2165, WIM LUCIANA MORALES 2162, ERNESTO MALAZARTE 2114, RUIFENG LI 2060, AKSHAY MALHOTRA 2040, WFM DANIELA DE LA PARRA 1987, FRANK BRACK 1980, MARK MAYZENBERG 1957, RYAN SWERDLIN 1951, JEFFREY SERNA 1934, NATHAN FEWEL 1930, JUAN DELGADO JR 1859, ALEX MABRY 1835,

EXPERT DIVISION (2-DAY)

FM CHRIS LAND 2178, ODUNAYO AJIBOYE 2107, MBUGUA BO GITHORO 2050, CURRAN RAY HAN 1973, ATULYA VAIDYA 1968, ALEXANDER JIANG 1963, AUSTIN JIANG 1942, ELTON JOH AGUILAR 1940, MARCELL SZABO 1878, TIANMING XIE 1868, CHRISTOPHER CHEN 1856, ANTHONY NGUYEN 1848, SAM L CAPOCYAN 1827,

CLASS A (3-DAY)

WILLIAM MOLINA 1977, CLIFF BUNCH 1976, STEVEN P MATTHEWS 1939, JEFFREY M SERNA 1934, IVAN WIJETUNGE 1921, CARL FREEMAN 1914, ROBERT HATFIELD 1912, DANIEL NG 1895, JORDAN PAMATMAT 1889, WILLIAM GARRETT 1846, CHARLES DAVIS 1821, JOHN MASTERS 1791, DEX WEBSTER 1788, CAISSA PALANG 1787, ABHISHEK OBILI 1750, BARRINGTON MALCOLM 1718, BEN RYAN 1609,

CLASS A (2-DAY)

ERICK VALLARINO 1991, ANDY SHAO 1968, ANTHONY GUERRA 1963, JOE CIMA 1927, ALAN C RODENSTEIN 1885, LUIS GONZALEZ 1848, B G DENNISON JR 1825, SAMUEL BAKER 1810, DUY MINH NGUYEN 1785, CLARISSA ABELLA 1779, VENKAT KOTTA 1736, JOHN JACKSON 1719, EMILY NGUYEN 1719, KEVIN HU 1678, ROHIT BHATTA 1678, SANJAY ANNIGERI 1659, DAVID HSIEH 1650, PRIYA TRAKRU 1643, PALANIAPPAN ARUNACHALAM 1605,

CLASS B (3-DAY)

3-DAY: ALFREDO GARCIA 1795, CHRISTOPHER MILLER 1790, ROLAND GONZALES 1734, CHARLES BLAIR 1676, ETHAN RODRIGUEZ 1659, CHARLES VENTIMIGLIA 1634, DUANE EARL SOLLEY 1632, JOSHUA BRANNON 1629, LOUIS RIMPEL 1619, JASON METPALLY 1565, DON WEBSTER 1551, DALE E BIRD 1545, GEOFFREY CHARLES 1543, HARINI BALAKRISHNAN 1520, SCOTT PE SWERDLIN 1502, TED INGRAM 1491, WARREN PALANG 1466, DAVID C LI 1433,

CLASS B (2-DAY)

NITHEJ PILLI 1783, ANGELITO ABELLA 1773, JOEL PALLAPATI 1722, GABRIEL GUERRA 1705, WILLIAM COOPER JR 1669, NAM NGUYEN 1663, RAHUL RAJAVEL 1651, RAM KRISHNA 1620, KHOA MINH NGUYEN 1612, USMAN QURESHI 1553, SADIA QURESHI 1545, HIREN PREMKUMAR 1530, ATREYA VAIDYA 1487, CHASE FRUTOS 1462, KENNETH WANG 1451,

CLASS C (3-DAY)

DAN CASTILLO 1590, BRIAN SHICOFF 1576, BEN KARREN 1558, DOYLE LOBAUGH 1539, MICHAEL LABELLE 1512, SCOTT ALAN SHIVE 1492, JEROME GRIMM 1489, DILESH BANSAL 1486, ADE KUJIMIYO 1475, CHRISTOPHER SPINELLI 1461, DON PUTNAM 1434, FOSTER LUDINGTON 1397, ANDY HUDSON 1202,

CLASS C (2-DAY)

BRITTANY NGUYEN 1590, BEN WEBB 1589, JERRYBERT MERCADO 1570, FREDDY BURKLOW 1546, GLEN LIU 1527, JOE CROPPER 1510, JOSEPH A PERKINS 1500, LAKSHMANA VISWANATH 1458, DANG MINH NGUYEN 1455, MICHAEL TISSERAND 1432, KENNETH BAKER 1427, ANDREW NI 1404, PATRICK ROY HAN 1392, CAMILLE KAO 1379, VIKRAM MULLICK 1303,

CLASS D (3-DAY)

NICHOLAS WEBSTER 1353, SANDFORD PEEK 1336, STEVE KUZMA 1277, RUSSELL GARDNER 1275, JOHN C WARREN 1262, JOSEPH BINDER 1249, ARYAMAN BANSAL 1217, QUAYLE JOHNSON 1213, JIE LIU 1121,

CLASS D (2-DAY)

CINDY NAM 1379, ADAM M DRAKE 1336, CECILIA TISSERAND 1299, FRED WIETFELDT 1239, JAMES T COOPER 1204, ANDREW SCHMITT 1200, LOUIS FERNANDES 1185, DAVID CASAS 1152, JOSEPH H BOYLE JR 1012, PETER FUCHS 1006, COLLIN LE 989, CHARLIE WATKINS 935, WILLIAM ELLSWORTH 825,

CLASS E (3-DAY)

JASMINE POWELL 1123, RICHARD PAUL FRAY 1119, SELWIN BAQUERANO 1092, KEVIN B LIU 1089, DAVID WEBSTER 1034, ROSS L LEONE 1008, THOMAS R TAYLOR 979, H WAYNE SAMPSON 950, ROBERT CURRAN JR 912, COLT CAMPBELL 909, ANTONIO PEREIRA 876, BEN COAN 785, YATIN OBILI 397,

CLASS E (2-DAY)

HENRY WIETFELDT 1179, ERNEST FERNANDES 1148, MILES TISSERAND 1094, VINCENT ZHENG 1071, SAMUEL W TIAN 1050, ANH NHU NGUYEN 1011, PRATYUSH SAI POTU 1007, JORGE TREVINO 983, ADRIAN PATTERSON 963, TERILYN LEONE 920, COLE FRUTOS 844, JAKE WEBB 813, AUGUST WIETFELDT 780,

UNRATED DIVISION (3-DAY)

SHELDON WANG, DMITRIY SHTEYMAN, SIYUE HUANG, DELOUISE PHILEMON, SHAWN HANRAHAN, CRAIG INDERWIESEN, ALEXANDROV OLZHAS, FERNANDO, BHARANA,

UNRATED DIVISION (2-DAY)

SASA POCEK, CHARMAINE POCEK, IAN WHITE, LESTER ROBINSON,

SCHOLASTIC ENTRIES: K-12

RIGEL GALGANA 1512, BRIAN CHAU 1431, VISHNU THIAGARAJAN 1170, JASMINE POWELL 1123, CHRISTIAN PENA 867, LUIS TORRES 835, JOSHUA MORRIS 753, AUBREY COOK 529, JONATHAN TRAN unr., ALEJANDRO RESENDEZ unr.,

SCHOLASTIC ENTRIES: K-9

ZOHEB HIRANI 1488, MARK ZHU 1487, AARON PAN 1462, CAITLYN YEUNG 1425, KEVIN NGUYEN 1359, MICHAEL FENG 1330, JORDAN SHAW 1252, BARRY XIE 1225, SAMUEL VALLEE 1139, RANDY CUETOS CAMPOS 1037, ALAN CHAU 1005, JARED INGRAM 961, KASE CARRERA 905, ZHAID BHOJANI 785, JAMELIA REED 457, DAEJA HALL 194, BENJAMIN WRIGHT 101, CHRISTOPHER HA unr., SEAN PRICE unr.,

SCHOLASTIC ENTRIES: K-6

ALEX BIHN 1490, JACKIE SUN 1354, NATHANIEL FERNANDES 1338, BENJAMIN HE 1269, ERIC DAI 1174, RANNON HUO 1163, ERIC LI 1130, BRYAN PAN 1128, JAKA TANUGRAHA 1086, ANURAAG MADABUSHI 1085, PRANAV GOPALAKRISHNAN 1070, FAVIAN SUN 1045, DAVID WEBSTER 1034, ELLIOT GLATMAN 1030, DIVYESH KHATRI 924 ROBERT CURRAN JR 912, MASON YEH 885, CHAD GRAHAM 871, NITHYA ERABELLI 830, NIKHIL ERABELLI 807,

SCHOLASTIC ENTRIES: K-6 (Cont.)

SRIJITH KAMBALA 766, GABRIELLE MERCADO 754, POOJA SASHITAL 739, JOHN ZHANG 657, ABRAHAM EYRE 636, BOYANCE T'AIRA 620, JUSTIN OCA 616, DIVYA SASHITAL 606, RAJ KOHLI 606, ANDREW CAI 526, VINCE WILLIAMS 492, ALEXANDER HANEY 461, JOSEPH ADAMS 354, MAXWELL JEFFERSON 342, KYARA BROWN 106, SAMUEL SHTEYMAN unr., GREGORY FOSSATI unr., KAIWEN CHEN unr., ANDY NGUYEN unr.,

SCHOLASTIC ENTRIES: K-3

JACOB BUERGLER 1468, KYLAN NAIDOO 1388, ZACHARY GUO 1360, CHARLES HAWTHORN 1348, ANDREW WANG 1253, MAGGIE NI 1167, WILLIAM FAN 1113, HENRY HAWTHORN 1107, JASON GAO 1096, ANJIE ZHOU 1045, HARVEY ZHU 922, SARA LIN 753, ANDRE CHAU 746, SHREYANTH RAVI 740, SIMONA KAO 738, MAX SMUDA 709,

SCHOLASTIC ENTRIES: K-3 (Cont.)

JOSEPH XIA 688, RAM BOJJA 678, TARUN JANGAMA 677, ANIRUDH KARUNAKARAN 668, SAMEER GUPTA 648, JUSTIN HUNG 641, DANIEL HUNG 638, LOIC DUGGAL 467, HARSHIN SANAM 446, ASHWIN RADHAKRISHNAN 443, SEAN MCGINLEY 404, YATIN OBILI 397, ANUSHKA RAVI 389, JADEN OCA 347, HELEN LE 284, ELENA OLIVEIRA 270, KENNEDY KYLE 224, THEO HUNT 139, MAPLE YEH 128, BRANDY XIE 118, CHRISTINE S TIAN unr., MATTHEW HA unr., CHEN, WEI-JIA unr.,

Additional Information

HOTEL RATE: Call (713) 645-3000. $89 Until 9/14. After that date, Regular Rates may apply. Please mention Group Code USCC. Mailed entries - Check payable to: FRANCISCO GUADALUPE, 305 WILLOW POINTE DR., LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573. Info and Entry Form: flguadalupe@aol.com

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