Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival , May 7- 8

[Hal Bond]

Collingwood pairings Round one:
Pairings for Round 1. Collingwood Somborac: Roster

Bd Res White Res Black

1 Aiden Li (1351 0.0) FM Eugene Hua (2420 0.0)
2 IM Brian Hartman (2349 0.0) Japveer Narula (1349 0.0)
3 Iassen Pelev (1333 0.0) Alexander Strugach (2158 0.0)
4 Kyrylo Demchenko (2134 0.0) Evan O'Connor-Fernando (1302 0.0)
5 Edgar Zapata (1134 0.0) Vishruth Sharma (2113 0.0)
6 Gordon Gooding (2018 0.0) Jeremy Clark (1014 0.0)
7 Aekaay Puppala ( 876 0.0) Vaibhav Bhat (1981 0.0)
8 Nicolae Oancea (1955 0.0) Charlie Trudeau ( 855 0.0)
9 Ayla Maslov ( 768 0.0) Hongyi Li (1951 0.0)
10 Andrew Colvin (1934 0.0) Ali Yunuslu ( 679 0.0)
11 Yan Maslov ( 405 0.0) Michelle Hua (1882 0.0)
12 Ferdinand Supsup (1860 0.0) Paul Amodeo (unr. 0.0)
13 Evan Andersen (unr. 0.0) Raj Verma (1828 0.0)
14 Aaron Reeve Mendes (1790 0.0) Shubham Bhardwaj (unr. 0.0)
15 Richard Campbell (unr. 0.0) Hancy Jiang (1746 0.0)
16 Ande Li (1676 0.0) Sam Chen (unr. 0.0)
17 Jeffrey Gibbens (unr. 0.0) Craig Sadler (1616 0.0)
18 Eddie Lu (1585 0.0) Sachen Gombu (unr. 0.0)
19 Caleb Hart (unr. 0.0) Robert Gillanders (1561 0.0)
20 Eric Qian (1559 0.0) Evan Liu (unr. 0.0)
21 Tanishq Patil (unr. 0.0) Brian Clarke (1464 0.0)
22 Mehmet Uyanik (1435 0.0) Milan Somborac (unr. 0.0)
23 Kristine Tkachenko (unr. 0.0) Ashley Qian (1425 0.0)
24 Max Manga (1391 0.0) Robert Todasco (unr. 0.0)
25 Ravichandran Udaiyarajan (unr. 0.0) Austin Hunter (1358 0.0)
½ Sasha Starr (2148 0.0) BYE
½ Nava Starr (2123 0.0) BYE
½ Tim Knechtel (1612 0.0) BYE
½ Pranav Pydi (unr. 0.0) BYE
½ Tanush Sharma (unr. 0.0) BYE

[Hal Bond]

The 4th round pairings hint at the upsets so far in Collingwood.

Pairings for Round 4. Collingwood Somborac: Roster

Bd Res White Res Black

1 Hancy Jiang (1746 3.0) Gordon Gooding (2018 3.0)
2 Vaibhav Bhat (1981 3.0) Iassen Pelev (1333 3.0)
3 FM Eugene Hua (2420 2.5) Andrew Colvin (1934 2.5)
4 Sasha Starr (2148 2.5) Nicolae Oancea (1955 2.5)
5 Vishruth Sharma (2113 2.5) Kyrylo Demchenko (2134 2.0)
6 Shubham Bhardwaj (unr. 2.0) IM Brian Hartman (2349 2.0)
7 Alexander Strugach (2158 2.0) Ande Li (1676 2.0)
8 Robert Todasco (unr. 2.0) Nava Starr (2123 2.0)
9 Hongyi Li (1951 2.0) Eddie Lu (1585 2.0)
10 Michelle Hua (1882 2.0) Mehmet Uyanik (1435 2.0)
11 Raj Verma (1828 2.0) Max Manga (1391 2.0)
12 Craig Sadler (1616 1.5) Ravichandran Udaiyarajan (unr. 2.0)
13 Brian Clarke (1464 1.5) Aaron Reeve Mendes (1790 1.5)
14 Eric Qian (1559 1.5) Austin Hunter (1358 1.5)
15 Pranav Pydi (unr. 1.5) Ashley Qian (1425 1.5)
16 Robert Gillanders (1561 1.0) Evan Andersen (unr. 1.5)
17 Aiden Li (1351 1.0) Jeffrey Gibbens (unr. 1.0)
18 Richard Campbell (unr. 1.0) Japveer Narula (1349 1.0)
19 Evan O'Connor-Fernando (1302 1.0) Sam Chen (unr. 1.0)
20 Sachen Gombu (unr. 1.0) Edgar Zapata (1134 1.0)
21 Caleb Hart (unr. 1.0) Ali Yunuslu ( 679 1.0)
22 Paul Amodeo (unr. 1.0) Evan Liu (unr. 1.0)
23 Milan Somborac (unr. 0.5) Tanishq Patil (unr. 0.5)
24 Tanush Sharma (unr. 0.5) Aekaay Puppala ( 876 0.0)
25 Charlie Trudeau ( 855 0.0) Yan Maslov ( 405 0.0)
26 Kristine Tkachenko (unr. 0.0) Ayla Maslov ( 768 0.0)

[Hal Bond]

Pairings for Round 5. Collingwood Somborac: Roster

Bd Res White Res Black

1 Hancy Jiang (1746 3.5) FM Eugene Hua (2420 3.5)
2 Iassen Pelev (1333 3.5) Sasha Starr (2148 3.5)
3 Gordon Gooding (2018 3.5) Vaibhav Bhat (1981 3.5)
4 IM Brian Hartman (2349 3.0) Vishruth Sharma (2113 3.0)
5 Ravichandran Udaiyarajan (unr. 3.0) Alexander Strugach (2158 3.0)
6 Nava Starr (2123 3.0) Hongyi Li (1951 3.0)
7 Nicolae Oancea (1955 2.5) Michelle Hua (1882 3.0)
8 Kyrylo Demchenko (2134 2.5) Aaron Reeve Mendes (1790 2.5)
9 Andrew Colvin (1934 2.5) Eric Qian (1559 2.5)
10 Ashley Qian (1425 2.5) Raj Verma (1828 2.5)
11 Max Manga (1391 2.5) Ande Li (1676 2.0)
12 Sam Chen (unr. 2.0) Robert Gillanders (1561 2.0)
13 Mehmet Uyanik (1435 2.0) Paul Amodeo (unr. 2.0)
14 Japveer Narula (1349 2.0) Shubham Bhardwaj (1320 2.0)
15 Ali Yunuslu ( 679 2.0) Robert Todasco (unr. 2.0)
16 Edgar Zapata (1134 1.5) Brian Clarke (1464 1.5)
17 Austin Hunter (1358 1.5) Pranav Pydi (unr. 1.5)
18 Evan Andersen (unr. 1.5) Aiden Li (1351 1.5)
19 Tanishq Patil (unr. 1.5) Sachen Gombu (unr. 1.5)
20 Jeffrey Gibbens (unr. 1.5) Evan O'Connor-Fernando (1302 1.0)
21 Aekaay Puppala ( 876 1.0) Caleb Hart (unr. 1.0)
22 Ayla Maslov ( 768 1.0) Charlie Trudeau ( 855 1.0)
23 Richard Campbell (unr. 1.0) Tanush Sharma (unr. 0.5)
24 Evan Liu (unr. 1.0) Milan Somborac (unr. 0.5)
25 Yan Maslov ( 405 0.0) Kristine Tkachenko (unr. 0.0)

[Hal Bond]

The standings after 4 rounds also feature a new look!

Standings. Collingwood Somborac: Roster
# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total

1 Iassen Pelev 1333 W9 W11 W41 D4 3.5
2 Gordon Gooding 2018 W47 W21 W22 D5 3.5
3 FM Eugene Hua 2420 W33 W23 D17 W16 3.5
4 Vaibhav Bhat 1981 W45 W25 W14 D1 3.5
5 Hancy Jiang 1746 W44 W32 W15 D2 3.5
6 Sasha Starr 2148 H--- W36 W18 W17 3.5
7 Vishruth Sharma 2113 W34 W20 D16 D15 3.0
8 IM Brian Hartman 2349 W29 L22 W38 W24 3.0
9 Alexander Strugach 2158 L1 W48 W29 W23 3.0
10 Hongyi Li 1951 W48 L14 W34 W22 3.0
11 Michelle Hua 1882 W54 L1 W47 W25 3.0
12 Ravichandran Udaiyarajan unr. L35 W46 W26 W37 3.0
13 Nava Starr 2123 H--- D24 W43 W30 3.0
14 Max Manga 1391 W30 W10 L4 D19 2.5
15 Kyrylo Demchenko 2134 W43 W26 L5 D7 2.5
16 Andrew Colvin 1934 W31 W27 D7 L3 2.5
17 Nicolae Oancea 1955 W46 W35 D3 L6 2.5
18 Aaron Reeve Mendes 1790 D24 W42 L6 W38 2.5
19 Raj Verma 1828 L32 W54 W36 D14 2.5
20 Eric Qian 1559 W49 L7 H--- W35 2.5
21 Ashley Qian 1425 W55 L2 H--- W42 2.5
22 Eddie Lu 1585 W39 W8 L2 L10 2.0
23 Ande Li 1676 W28 L3 W27 L9 2.0
24 Shubham Bhardwaj 1320 D18 D13 W50 L8 2.0
25 Mehmet Uyanik 1435 W52 L4 W28 L11 2.0
26 Robert Gillanders 1561 W51 L15 L12 W32 2.0
27 Paul Amodeo unr. W50 L16 L23 W49 2.0
28 Sam Chen unr. L23 W33 L25 W43 2.0
29 Japveer Narula 1349 L8 W39 L9 W44 2.0
30 Robert Todasco unr. L14 W45 W53 L13 2.0
31 Ali Yunuslu 679 L16 L50 W55 W51 2.0
32 Evan Andersen unr. W19 L5 D37 L26 1.5
33 Aiden Li 1351 L3 L28 W40 D36 1.5
34 Edgar Zapata 1134 L7 W49 L10 D39 1.5
35 Austin Hunter 1358 W12 L17 H--- L20 1.5
36 Jeffrey Gibbens unr. W37 L6 L19 D33 1.5
37 Craig Sadler 1616 L36 W44 D32 L12 1.5
38 Brian Clarke 1464 D40 W53 L8 L18 1.5
39 Sachen Gombu unr. L22 L29 W46 D34 1.5
40 Tanishq Patil unr. D38 L41 L33 W52 1.5
41 Tim Knechtel 1612 H--- W40 L1 U--- 1.5
42 Pranav Pydi unr. H--- L18 W52 L21 1.5
43 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302 L15 W51 L13 L28 1.0
44 Richard Campbell unr. L5 L37 W45 L29 1.0
45 Aekaay Puppala 876 L4 L30 L44 W53 1.0
46 Charlie Trudeau 855 L17 L12 L39 W54 1.0
47 Jeremy Clark 1014 L2 W55 L11 U--- 1.0
48 Ayla Maslov 768 L10 L9 L51 W55 1.0
49 Evan Liu unr. L20 L34 W54 L27 1.0
50 Ferdinand Supsup 1860 L27 W31 L24 U--- 1.0
51 Caleb Hart unr. L26 L43 W48 L31 1.0
52 Milan Somborac unr. L25 H--- L42 L40 0.5
53 Tanush Sharma unr. H--- L38 L30 L45 0.5
54 Yan Maslov 405 L11 L19 L49 L46 0.0
55 Kristine Tkachenko unr. L21 L47 L31 L48 0.0

[Hal Bond]

Congratulations to FM Eugene Hua and Sasha Starr on their 4.5 scores to win the first annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival. Nava Starr ad Michelle Hua also finished in the money, making it a real family affair. Looking forward to next year!

Standings. Collingwood Somborac: Roster

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 FM Eugene Hua 2420 W42 W30 D24 W15 W10 4.5
2 Sasha Starr 2148 H--- W43 W23 W24 W9 4.5
3 Vaibhav Bhat 1981 W37 W17 W11 D9 D4 4.0
4 Gordon Gooding 2018 W51 W27 W31 D10 D3 4.0
5 IM Brian Hartman 2349 W32 L31 W26 W16 W14 4.0
6 Alexander Strugach 2158 L9 W39 W32 W30 W21 4.0
7 Michelle Hua 1882 W49 L9 W51 W17 W24 4.0
8 Nava Starr 2123 H--- D16 W33 W36 W18 4.0
9 Iassen Pelev 1333 W6 W7 W47 D3 L2 3.5
10 Hancy Jiang 1746 W38 W25 W12 D4 L1 3.5
11 Max Manga 1391 W36 W18 L3 D13 W30 3.5
12 Kyrylo Demchenko 2134 W33 W19 L10 D14 W23 3.5
13 Raj Verma 1828 L25 W49 W43 D11 W27 3.5
14 Vishruth Sharma 2113 W41 W20 D15 D12 L5 3.0
15 Andrew Colvin 1934 W22 W34 D14 L1 D20 3.0
16 Shubham Bhardwaj 1320 D23 D8 W52 L5 W32 3.0
17 Mehmet Uyanik 1435 W53 L3 W35 L7 W34 3.0
18 Hongyi Li 1951 W39 L11 W41 W31 L8 3.0
19 Robert Gillanders 1561 W50 L12 L21 W25 W35 3.0
20 Eric Qian 1559 W40 L14 H--- W44 D15 3.0
21 Ravichandran Udaiyarajan unr. L44 W48 W19 W45 L6 3.0
22 Ali Yunuslu 679 L15 L52 W55 W50 W36 3.0
23 Aaron Reeve Mendes 1790 D16 W29 L2 W26 L12 2.5
24 Nicolae Oancea 1955 W48 W44 D1 L2 L7 2.5
25 Evan Andersen unr. W13 L10 D45 L19 W42 2.5
26 Brian Clarke 1464 D46 W54 L5 L23 W41 2.5
27 Ashley Qian 1425 W55 L4 H--- W29 L13 2.5
28 Sachen Gombu unr. L31 L32 W48 D41 W46 2.5
29 Pranav Pydi unr. H--- L23 W53 L27 W44 2.5
30 Ande Li 1676 W35 L1 W34 L6 L11 2.0
31 Eddie Lu 1585 W28 W5 L4 L18 U--- 2.0
32 Japveer Narula 1349 L5 W28 L6 W38 L16 2.0
33 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302 L12 W50 L8 L35 W43 2.0
34 Paul Amodeo unr. W52 L15 L30 W40 L17 2.0
35 Sam Chen unr. L30 W42 L17 W33 L19 2.0
36 Robert Todasco unr. L11 W37 W54 L8 L22 2.0
37 Aekaay Puppala 876 L3 L36 L38 W54 W50 2.0
38 Richard Campbell unr. L10 L45 W37 L32 W54 2.0
39 Ayla Maslov 768 L18 L6 L50 W55 W48 2.0
40 Evan Liu unr. L20 L41 W49 L34 W53 2.0
41 Edgar Zapata 1134 L14 W40 L18 D28 L26 1.5
42 Aiden Li 1351 L1 L35 W46 D43 L25 1.5
43 Jeffrey Gibbens unr. W45 L2 L13 D42 L33 1.5
44 Austin Hunter 1358 W21 L24 H--- L20 L29 1.5
45 Craig Sadler 1616 L43 W38 D25 L21 U--- 1.5
46 Tanishq Patil unr. D26 L47 L42 W53 L28 1.5
47 Tim Knechtel 1612 H--- W46 L9 U--- U--- 1.5
48 Charlie Trudeau 855 L24 L21 L28 W49 L39 1.0
49 Yan Maslov 405 L7 L13 L40 L48 W55 1.0
50 Caleb Hart unr. L19 L33 W39 L22 L37 1.0
51 Jeremy Clark 1014 L4 W55 L7 U--- U--- 1.0
52 Ferdinand Supsup 1860 L34 W22 L16 U--- U--- 1.0
53 Milan Somborac unr. L17 H--- L29 L46 L40 0.5
54 Tanush Sharma unr. H--- L26 L36 L37 L38 0.5
55 Kristine Tkachenko unr. L27 L51 L22 L39 L49 0.0

[Aris Marghetis]

Congrats Hal on your event! And that's great that two families had two winners each!!