Club News
Bradley Guan Wins DuPage County Championship
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
Ex-Naperville North Captain Bradley Guan returned from college in Pennsylvania to go a perfect four-for-four at the 4th Annual DuPage County Chess Championship. 27 competed in the Championship section. Altogether, 116 players faced off in six rated sections Sunday, December 27. The tournament was held at Benedictine University in Lisle.
The event was organized by Jeff DiOrio of Elite Chess... who also happened to be Bradley's Naperville North coach when they won the IHSA team championships earlier this year.
Guan finished a half point better than Akshay Indusekar and Wisconsin's Avinash Rajendra. Akshay was a member of the back-to-back University of Illinois final four teams, has now graduated, and works in Washington, DC for a major consulting firm. Akshay and Avinash drew head-to-head in the final round.
Wallach and Bronfeyn Top December Caveman 4X3
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
Ken Wallach and Daniel Bronfeyn both compiled perfect 3-0 scores at the Caveman Ches tournament held December 19 in Park Ridge. 72 competed in three sections. US Chess Crosstables are available here.
Wallach's closest-rated opponent was 349 points lower (Joe Emole) while Bronfeyn's was 357 points less (Adam Bareket).
But lest you think that ratings disparities are insurmountable, Adam had upset organizer Kevin Bachler in the first round despite a 457-point differential.
Middleton Tops Chess Wars IX
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Bronfeyn Wins December Kings and Queens
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
Daniel Bronfeyn won all four of his matches against all-age competition at the December 13 Kings and Queens Challenge in Wheeling. US Chess crosstables are posted.
Finishing a half-point back was Mariano Acosta who took a half-point bye in the third round but won his other three matches.
Tying for third place with 3.0 was the trio of Dimitar Mardov, Nicholas Ladan and Matthew Stone. Both Dimitar and Matthew fell victim to the event champion.
Matthew raised his rating 209 points to 1442 with the event, upsetting both a 1600 (2nd round) and a 1500 (3rd round) in the tournament.
20 players competed in the Open.
Sean Insley Wins 2015 Black Friday Open in DeKalb
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Indian Creek's Sean Insley posted the lone perfect score at the four-round 2015 Black Friday Open in DeKalb. The one-section event was conducted November 27 attracting 16.
A point back at 3.0, tying for second place, were the trio of Tom Segreto, Sreyansh Mamidi and Austin Insley, Sean's brother.
Four entrants finished with 2.5 including David Chen, Rahul Bammidi, Gary Sargent and Vikram Oberai.