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31st Southern California Championship
July 11-14, 2019

Welcome to the official site of the 31st annual SCCF state invitational championship. Thank you to all of our donors whose generous contributions made this year's event possible.

Standings

Standings

No. Player USCF
Rtg
1
RS
2
GS
3
MC
4
ML
5
BX
6
AB
7
BS
8
ML
Total Place
1 Robert Shlyakhtenko 2381 X 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1st Place, $$2,000
2 Gabriel Sam 2345 0 X 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2nd Place, $$1,500
3 Michael Casella 2329 0 0 X 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 3 5th-6th Place, $$300
4 Ming Lu 2280 0 ½ 0 X ½ 1 1 1 4 3rd Place, $$1,000
5 Brandon Xia 2268 ½ 0 ½ ½ X 0 1 1 4th Place, $$300
6 Arman Baradaran 2205 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 3 5th-6th Place, $$300
7 Dr. Bryan Shapiro 2081 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 1 7th Place, $$300
8 Marius Lucan 2079 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 8th Place, $$300

TLA

Donations to help support this event are greatly appreciated!

SCCF deeply thanks our donors:
Alessandro Steinfl of Steinfl + Bruno, LLP
Richard Martin

Tournament rules and format are as follows:

Format: Eight player single round robin

Participants: Seeds for event are as follows: the incumbent champion, three highest rated players that accept invitations (based on March supplement), three from the Candidates Tournament, and the top finisher in the SuperStates K-12 Championship (SoCal resident). In the event the top SuperStates player declines, then seeding is by descending rating.

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 2000 may participate, if not otherwise qualified, for a $100 (Use form below).

Candidates Advance Entry $100 for non-qualifiers:

Full name:
USCF ID No.:

Players invited from State Championship Qualifiers are exempt from entry fees. Candidates Tournament will be at the UCLA Chess Club on 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles CA, 90095.

Time Control: 40 Moves in 90 Minutes, Sudden Death 30 min, 5 Second Delay, NO INCREMENT.

Round Times: Thursday @ 4 pm; Friday, Saturday & Sunday @ 10 am & 4 pm.

Tiebreak playoff: Two 5 minute blitz games, then one 5 minute (White) / 4 minute (Black) Armageddon game.

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

Phones: Phones and other technological devices to be given to TD before start of each round

Score sheets: One copy of score sheet MUST be given by each player to TD at the conclusion of each round to qualify for the State Championship.

Tournament Director: SCCF President Sean J. Manross - US Chess ID 13105845

Prize schedule:

$$6,000 guaranteed prizes, and any ensuing sponsorship will also go to prize fund.
Prize distribution: Checks awarded on-site.

Prize Schedule (Probable distribution)
1st Place $2,000 and title of state champion
2nd Place $1,500
3rd Place $1,000
4th Place $300
5th Place $300
6th Place $300
7th Place $300
8th Place $300

Prize Fund generously increased by donation from Alessandro Steinfl of Steinfl + Bruno, LLP.

Site: Temecula Chess Club, 27403 Ynez Road, Suite #213, Temecula CA 92591

Spectators: All spectators welcome

Candidates

Event TLA

Candidates Tournament @ UCLA - Ackerman Building 248
June 9: CANDIDATES IN NEW ROOM @ UCLA - KERCKHOFF HALL

When: June 8-9, 2019 from 8 am - 10 pm both days
Site: UCLA Chess Club on 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles CA, 90095
Format: 4-round Swiss
Time control: Game - 40 moves/90 minutes with 5 sec/delay, 60 min sudden death
Registration: Saturday, June 8 @ 9-9:45 a.m.
Rounds:
Round 1: Saturday, June 8 @ 10 am
Round 2: Saturday, June 8 @ 4 pm
Round 3: Sunday, June 9 @ 10 am
Round 4: Sunday, June 9 @ 4 pm
Prizes: No prizes/awards ceremony.
TD: SCCF President Sean J. Manross - US Chess ID 13105845
Top 3 finishers qualify for State Championship July 11-14

May 24 Update: Qualifiers

Players invited to the Candidates Tournament based on their results are listed here.

Please note that these qualifiers will have to arrive at the Candidates and CLAIM their free entry, or do so by confirming their attendance through email, prior to the event.

Candidates Advance Entry $100 for non-qualifiers:

Full name:
USCF ID No.:

Candidates Tournament Standings Round 2

No. Name ID Rating Post Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Total Notes
1 Costello, Alex 14702870 2323 2341 2551 W10 W8 W6 D3 3.5 Declined seat
2 Casella, Michael 12440626 2293 2312 2521 W11 W4 D3 W7 3.5 Qualified
3 Shlyakhtenko, Robert 14951916 2380 2386 2471 W9 W7 D2 D1 3.0 Qualified
4 Salik, Serkan 14927970 2202 2202 2023 W14 L2 W13 W11 3.0 Qualified
5 Baradaran, Arman 14466706 2169 2180 2272 D6 W16 L7 W12 2.5  
6 Sam, Gabriel 14468457 2350 2336 1975 D5 W15 L1 D8 2.0  
7 Lu, Ming 15211462 2264 2259 2193 W12 L3 W5 L2 2.0  
8 Wen, Teddy 15215643 2207 2198 2042 W13 L1 D12 D6 2.0  
9 Wen, Tommy 15215658 2185 2175 2020 L3 L12 W16 W13 2.0  
10 Shapiro MD, Dr. Bryan 12670320 2112 2088 1615 L1 L13 W14 W15 2.0 Qualified
11 Vu, Leonard 15005368 2052 2041 1759 L2 W14 W15 L4 2.0  
12 Kedjejian, Nareg 14215657 1857 1895 2103 L7 W9 D8 L5 1.5  
13 Zahzouhi, Daniel 15125045 1552 1598 1965 L8 W10 L4 L9 1.0  
14 Hernandez, Sergio 16840926 1342 1340 1709 L4 L11 L10 -B- 1.0  
15 Kylasa, Abhishek 13033458 1184 1183 1754 -B- L6 L11 L10 1.0  
16 Eidelman, Gabriel 14949655 2222 2201 1778 -H- L5 L9 -U- 0.5  

Pairings & Results

Pairings

Round 1: Thursday July 11, 4 p.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Gabriel Sam 1-0 Arman Baradaran
2 Brandon Xia ½-½ Michael Casella
3 Robert Shlyakhtenko 1-0 Ming Lu
4 Dr. Bryan Shapiro 1-0 Marius Lucan

Round 2: Friday July 12, 10 a.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Arman Baradaran 1-0 Brandon Xia
2 Michael Casella 0-1 Robert Shlyakhtenko
3 Ming Lu 1-0 Dr. Bryan Shapiro
4 Marius Lucan 0-1 Gabrial Sam

Round 3: Friday July 12, 4 p.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Marius Lucan 0-1 Arman Baradaran
2 Dr. Bryan Shapiro ½-½ Michael Casella
3 Gabriel Sam ½-½ Ming Lu
4 Robert Shlyakhtenko ½-½ Brandon Xia

Round 4: Saturday July 13, 10 a.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Arman Baradaran 0-1 Robert Shlyakhtenko
2 Michael Casella 0-1 Gabriel Sam
3 Ming Lu 1-0 Marius Lucan
4 Brandon Xia 1-0 Dr. Bryan Shapiro

Round 5: Saturday July 13, 4 p.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Ming Lu 1-0 Arman Baradaran
2 Marius Lucan 1-0 Michael Casella
3 Gabriel Sam 1-0 Brandon Xia
4 Dr. Bryan Shapiro 0-1 Robert Shlyakhtenko

Round 6: Sunday July 14, 10 a.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Arman Baradaran 1-0 Dr. Bryan Shapiro
2 Michael Casella 1-0 Ming Lu
3 Brandon Xia 1-0 Marius Lucan
4 Robert Shlyakhtenko 1-0 Gabriel Sam

Round 7: Sunday July 14, 4 p.m.

Board White Result Black
1 Michael Casella 1-0 Arman Baradaran
2 Ming Lu ½-½ Brandon Xia
3 Marius Lucan 0-1 Robert Shlyakhtenko
4 Gabriel Sam 1-0 Dr. Bryan Shapiro

Games & Blog

Games will be broadcast Live here. This link will expire in two weeks.

Blog coverage by NM Craig Clawitter.
Round one analysis here.
Round two analysis is here.
Round three & four analysis here.

Games are also posted here where you can use the ChessBase game viewer and analysis engine.

Pictures

Baradaran
Casella
Lu
Lucan
Sam
Dr. Shapiro
Shlyakhtenko
Xia

More pictures are posted here.

Playoff

Tiebreak playoff

Two 5 minute blitz games, then one 5 minute (White) / 4 minute (Black) Armageddon game.

Player USCF
Rtg
R1
R2 R3 Total
           
           



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