Alamo Winter Open Results
        February 23-24, 2008

     4 round Swiss: 30/90, SD/60
          

The Winter Open, held Feb. 23-24 in San Antonio, drew 26 players. Ernesto Malazarte (2127 was clear first in the 14-player Open section with 3.5 out of 4. Tied for second and U2200 with 3 were expert Don Sutherland and John Niven. (Niven, rated 1702, could have been in the Reserve but he was “playing up”!) Four players shared the U2000 prize: Martin Gordon, Zhaosu Ye, Allen Eckert and Charles Allen, each scoring 2.

Evan Xiang (1550), a third grade student from Houston, won the Reserve section with 3.5. Gary Cobb (1161) was clear second with 3. Michael LaBelle and Harini Balakrishnan tied for U1600 and U1400 with 2.5. Visakh Unnikrishnam, Jr. was top unrated with 1.5.

The guaranteed prizes were paid, 2/3 in all categories. Martin Gordon directed for the San Antonio Chess Club.

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] Prize
1 Ernesto Malazarte 13517950 2127 W3 W6 D5 W4 3.5 8 10 9  
2 Don C Sutherland 10408016 2176 W9 L4 W8 W5 3.0 7 8.5 7  
3 John Niven 12471790 1702 L1 W14 W7 W6 3.0 7 7.5 6  
4 John Paul Hyltin 10399289 2078 W7 W2 D10 L1 2.5 8.5 10 8  
5 Selby K Anderson 10380405 2225 W11 W10 D1 L2 2.5 8.5 9.5 8  
6 Martin D Gordon 12406332 1891 W14 L1 W12 L3 2.0 4 8 6  
7 Charles C Allen 12916084 1591 L4 B--- L3 W12 2.0 3.5 6.5 3  
8 Allen Eckert 12430464 1700 L10 W11 L2 B--- 2.0 3 6 3  
9 Zhaosu Ye 13181590 1732 L2 H--- W14 D11 2.0 1.5 4.5 3.5  
10 Gregg Stanley 10400481 2079 W8 L5 D4 U--- 1.5 4 6.5 5  
11 Ellen Xiang 21029572 1780 L5 L8 B--- D9 1.5 3.5 6 1.5  
12 Nave Balakrishnan 13479723 1604 H--- D13 L6 L7 1.0 3.5 5.5 3  
13 Matthew Liu 12892273 1884 H--- D12 U--- U--- 1.0 0 1 3  
14 David Pacheco III 13731991 1189 L6 L3 L9 H--- 0.5 4 7 0  

SwissSys Standings. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Behemoth Wannabee Section

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] Prize
1 Evan Xiang 12966415 1550 W2 D4 X9 W3 3.5 7.5 7.5 7.5  
2 Gary E Cobb 12759066 1161 L1 B--- W11 W7 3.0 6 6 5  
3 Alfredo Garcia 12429518 1707 D7 W5 W4 L1 2.5 8 10 7  
4 Raymond A Grillo 12498848 1631 W11 D1 L3 W8 2.5 6.5 7.5 6.5  
5 Michael Labelle 12504966 1536 W12 L3 D7 W9 2.5 6.5 7.5 6  
6 Hari Balakrishnan 13479717 1159 H--- L9 W10 W11 2.5 4.5 4.5 4.5  
7 James R Cain 10237556 1400 D3 W8 D5 L2 2.0 5 8.5 6  
8 Ashleigh Milam 13743004 813 D9 L7 X12 L4 1.5 4 6.5 3  
9 Eugene Mack 12439988 1651 D8 W6 F1 L5 1.5 3.5 6 5  
10 V Unnikrishnan Jr 13481901 unr. H--- U--- L6 B--- 1.5 0 2.5 1.5  
11 Jonathan D Rea 12773482 1295 L4 W12 L2 L6 1.0 6 8.5 3  
12 Jacob A Rossi 13851023 unr. L5 L11 F8 U--- 0.0 1 3.5 0  

SwissSys Standings. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Side

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] Prize
1 Charles C Allen 12916084 1591 W4 1.0 0 0 1  
2 Eugene Mack 12439988 1651 D3 0.5 0 0.5 0.5  
3 Ashleigh Milam 13743004 813 D2 0.5 0 0.5 0.5  
4 Gary E Cobb 12759066 1161 L1 0.0 0 1 0  

SwissSys Standings. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Side2

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] Prize
1 Eugene Mack 12439988 1651 W2 1.0 0 0 1  
2 David Pacheco III 13731991 1189 L1 0.0 0 1 0  

SwissSys Wall Chart. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Behemoth's Section

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Selby K Anderson B 8 W 4 B 3 W 2
  2225 10380405 (2254) 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
2 Don C Sutherland W 9 B 5 W 11 B 1
  2176 10408016 (2128) 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
3 Ernesto Malazarte B 10 W 6 W 1 B 5
  2127 13517950 (2128) 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5
4 Gregg Stanley W 11 B 1 W 5 ----
  2079 10400481 (2039) 1.0 1.0 1.5 U1.5
5 John Paul Hyltin B 13 W 2 B 4 W 3
  2078 10399289 (1959) 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
6 Martin D Gordon W 14 B 3 W 12 B 10
  1891 12406332 (1866) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
7 Matthew Liu bye B 12 ---- ----
  1884 12892273 (1790) 0.5 1.0 U1.0 U1.0
8 Ellen Xiang W 1 B 11 bye W 9
  1780 21029572 (1707) 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5
9 Zhaosu Ye B 2 bye W 14 B 8
  1732 13181590 (1540) 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.0
10 John Niven W 3 B 14 W 13 W 6
  1702 12471790 (1724) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
11 Allen Eckert B 4 W 8 B 2 bye
  1700 12430464 (1634) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
12 Nave Balakrishnan bye W 7 B 6 B 13
  1604 13479723 (1552) 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
13 Charles C Allen W 5 bye B 10 W 12
  1591 12916084 (1562) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
14 David Pacheco III B 6 W 10 B 9 bye
  1189 13731991 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5

SwissSys Wall Chart. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Behemoth Wannabee Section

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Alfredo Garcia B 6 W 5 B 3 W 4
  1707 12429518 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
2 Eugene Mack B 10 W 9 - 4 B 5
  1651 12439988 (1633) 0.5 1.5 F1.5 1.5
3 Raymond A Grillo W 7 B 4 W 1 W 10
  1631 12498848 (1647) 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
4 Evan Xiang B 8 W 3 - 2 B 1
  1550 12966415 (1503) 1.0 1.5 X2.5 3.5
5 Michael Labelle W 12 B 1 B 6 W 2
  1536 12504966 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
6 James R Cain W 1 B 10 W 5 B 8
  1400 10237556 (1389) 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
7 Jonathan D Rea B 3 W 12 W 8 B 9
  1295 12773482 (1073) 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
8 Gary E Cobb W 4 bye B 7 W 6
  1161 12759066 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
9 Hari Balakrishnan bye B 2 W 11 W 7
  1159 13479717 (1166) 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
10 Ashleigh Milam W 2 W 6 - 12 B 3
  813 13743004 0.5 0.5 X1.5 1.5
11 V Unnikrishnan Jr bye ---- B 9 bye
  unr. 13481901 0.5 U0.5 0.5 1.5
12 Jacob A Rossi B 5 B 7 - 10 ----
  unr. 13851023 0.0 0.0 F0.0 U0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Side

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Eugene Mack B 4
  1651 12439988 (1633) 0.5
2 Charles C Allen W 3
  1591 12916084 (1562) 1.0
3 Gary E Cobb B 2
  1161 12759066 0.0
4 Ashleigh Milam W 1
  813 13743004 0.5

SwissSys Wall Chart. San Antonio Winter Open 2008: Side2

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Eugene Mack B 2
  1651 12439988 (1633) 1.0
2 David Pacheco III W 1
  1189 13731991 0.0