28th Southern California Championship
July 7-10, 2016

No.	Player	USCF Rtg	1 JB	2 KK	3 ES	4 LA	5 CH	6 JS	7 IS	8 CC	Total	Place
1	John Bryant	2550	X	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	5½	1st-2nd+T
2	Keaton Kiewra	2533	½	X	1	½	½	1	1	1	5½	1st-2nd
3	Enrico Sevillano	2531	0	0	X	½	0	0	1	1	2½	6th
4	Levon Altounian	2523	0	½	½	X	½	½	½	1	3½	4th-5th
5	Craig Hilby	2484	½	½	1	½	X	½	½	1	4½	3rd
6	Joshua Sheng	2444	0	0	1	½	½	X	½	1	3½	4th-5th
7	Ildar Salakhutdinov	2319	½	0	0	½	½	½	X	0	2	7th
8	Craig Clawitter	2225	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	8th

Round 1: Thursday July 7, 4 p.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Sevillano	0-1	Sheng
2	Salakhutdinov	½-½	Altounian
3	Kiewra	½-½	Bryant
4	Hilby	1-0	Clawitter

Round 2: Friday July 8, 10 a.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Salakhutdinov	0-1	Kiewra
2	Sheng	0-1	Bryant
3	Altounian	1-0	Clawitter
4	Sevillano	0-1	Hilby

Round 3: Friday July 8, 4 p.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Clawitter	0-1	Sevillano
2	Bryant	1-0	Altounian
3	Kiewra	1-0	Sheng
4	Hilby	½-½	Salakhutdinov

Round 4: Saturday July 9, 10 a.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Bryant	½-½	Hilby
2	Altounian	½-½	Kiewra
3	Sevillano	1-0	Salakhutdinov
4	Clawitter	0-1	Sheng

Round 5: Saturday July 9, 4 p.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Sheng	½-½	Salakhutdinov
2	Kiewra	1-0	Sevillano
3	Hilby	½-½	Altounian
4	Clawitter	0-1	Bryant

Round 6: Sunday July 10, 10 a.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Kiewra	½-½	Hilby
2	Altounian	½-½	Sheng
3	Sevillano	0-1	Bryant
4	Salakhutdinov	0-1	Clawitter

Round 7: Sunday July 10, 4 p.m.

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Bryant	½-½	Salakhutdinov
2	Altounian	½-½	Sevillano
3	Sheng	½-½	Hilby
4	Clawitter	0-1	Kiewra

Games were be played on DGT boards and broadcast live at www.temeculachess.com/live and www.twitch.tv/temeculachess.

Games here and here.

L to R: Bryant, Clawitter, Sevillano, Kiewra, Hilby, Sheng, Altounian, and Salakhutdinov.

Tournament rules and format are as follows:

Format: Eight player single round robin.

Participants: Selection for event is as follows: three highest rated players that accept invitations (based on April supplement), three from Candidates Tournament, and last year's winner. Additionally, the top finisher in the SuperStates K-12 Championship (SoCal resident) is seeded into the event. In the event the top SuperStates player declines, then seeding is by top four rated players who accept, three from Candidates, and last year's winner.

Qualifying for Candidates Tournament: Appropriate result in any of selected tournaments (qualifiers will be posted in next Rank and File and on the SCCF website here), and players over 2200 and 2000 may participate, if not otherwise qualified, for a $50 and $99 entry, respectively. Players invited from State Championship Qualifiers are exempt from entry fees. Candidates Tournament will be at the Star Prep Center in Los Angeles on June 11 and 12.

Time Control: 40/90 with 30 sec increment, 30 min sudden death

Tiebreak playoff: Two 3 minute + 2 second increment blitz games, then one 5 minute (White) / 3 minute (Black) + 2 second increment Armageddon game.

Ratings: The tournament will be USCF-rated but not FIDE-rated.

Tournament Director: Phil Chase. Assistant TD, Brian Bugaj.

Prize schedule:

$$5,000 guaranteed prizes, and any ensuing sponsorship will also go to prize fund.

Prize Schedule
1st Place	$1,500 and title of state champion
2nd Place	$1,100
3rd Place	$800
4th Place	$600
5th Place	$400
6th Place	$300
7th Place	$200
8th Place	$100

Also, prizes of new top-flight luggage donated to all participants by KLC Travel Company (Jason Chen and Ke Chen).

Site: Temecula Chess Club.

Spectators: Spectators by invitation only.