Big Money Blitz
- Date
- Friday, April 4
- Event Format
- 6SS
- Time Control
- G/5 d0
- Entry Fee
- $25 for members, $40 for non-members
- Prizes
- $$750 Guaranteed
- Round Times
- 7:45pm first round, rest ASAP
Big Money Blitz!!
Same format as our normal Friday Night Blitz (six double rounds), but this event has a guaranteed prize fund:
Open Section: $300-$150 Top Under 2100: $75
U1900 Section: $75-$50 Top U1700: $50 Top U1500: $50
This is a US Chess Federation rated event. USCF membership is required for all players. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.
Need to withdraw or take a bye? Email td@boylstonchess.org at least 30 minutes before the round.
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Registration is now closed, please register at the tournament.
| # | Name | USCF ID | Regular/Blitz Rating | Blitz | Bye RequestsByes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jianchao Zhou (GM) | 15524414 | 2670 | 2640 | |
| 2 | Denys Shmelov (IM) | 13433622 | 2470 | 2470 | |
| 3 | Danila Poliannikov (FM) | 14969622 | 2440 | 2234 | |
| 4 | Mikayel Mkrtchyan (NM) | 30698398 | 2359 | 2359 | |
| 5 | Sherif Khater (NM) | 12748218 | 2333 | 2333 | |
| 6 | Nikhil Kalghatgi (NM) | 13797221 | 2253 | 2169 | |
| 7 | Andrew Hoy (NM) | 12846607 | 2250 | 2192 | |
| 8 | Ryan Young (NM) | 13228778 | 2112 | 2087 | |
| 9 | Kateryna Odnorozhenko (WIM) | 30200342 | 2088 | 1985 | |
| 10 | JOseph Perl | 12595285 | 2056 | 1969 | |
| 11 | Peter Davis | 15949766 | 2026 | unr | |
| 12 | Charles Slade | 12487244 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| 13 | Igor Starobinets | 12891598 | 1937/12 | 1937/12 | |
| 14 | Phu Vo | 14522024 | 1930 | 1930 | |
| 15 | Samanyu Alluri | 30185788 | 1894 | 1730 | |
| 16 | Gabriel Jacobs | 30932216 | 1869 | 1869 | |
| 17 | Gary Nepravishta | 15881492 | 1869 | 1822 | |
| 18 | Parinya Jain | 16918131 | 1848 | 1652 | |
| 19 | Elliott Wu | 12887861 | 1807 | 1544 | |
| 20 | Pamil Jain | 16904675 | 1639 | 1260 | |
| 21 | Akshaj Balasubramanian | 32251215 | 1620/17 | 1620/17 | Any rounds after 9:30pm (if any) |
| 22 | Zachary Tower | 30739679 | 1605 | 1341 | |
| 23 | Sadie Edelman | 14258262 | 1577 | 1500/22 | |
| 24 | Justin Guerra | 12912297 | 1535 | 1529 | |
| 25 | Zachary Sylvane | 13819305 | 1526 | 1168 | |
| 26 | Luc Ferrara | 30242739 | 1514 | unr | |
| 27 | Aria Mansouri Tehrani | 31344984 | 1479 | 1307 | |
| 28 | Haley Cope | 14620637 | 1290 | 940 | |
| 29 | Josep Puig Ruiz | 31352673 | 1116/12 | 1112/22 | |
| 30 | Paul Soltsyiak | 31571134 | 380 | 315/18 | |
| 31 | Shea Winter | unr | unr |
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jianchao Zhou | 11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 2670 15524414 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | |
| 2 | Denys Shmelov | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2470 13433622 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 3 | Danila Poliannikov | 13 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2440 14969622 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 7.5 | |
| 4 | Mikayel Mkrtchyan | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2359 30698398 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | |
| 5 | Sherif Khater | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2333 12748218 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | |
| 6 | Nikhil Kalghatgi | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 2253 13797221 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 7 | Andrew Hoy | 17 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| 2250 12846607 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | |
| 8 | Ryan Young | 18 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| 2112 13228778 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | |
| 9 | Kateryna Odnorozhenko | 19 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
| 2088 30200342 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 10 | Joseph Perl | 20 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 3 |
| 2056 12595285 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| 11 | Peter Davis | 1 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 8 |
| 2026 15949766 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| 12 | Charles Slade | 2 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 7 |
| 2000 12487244 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| 13 | Igor Starobinets | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 |
| 1937 12891598 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| 14 | Phu Vo | 4 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| 1930 14522024 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | |
| 15 | Samanyu Alluri | 5 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 16 |
| 1894 30185788 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | |
| 16 | Shea Winter | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 1884 30178627 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | |
| 17 | Gabriel Jacobs | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
| 1869 30932216 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | |
| 18 | Gary Nepravishta | 8 | 12 | 9 | 20 | bye (1) | 17 |
| 1869 15881492 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 19 | Parinya Jain | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | bye (1) |
| 1848 16918131 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | |
| 20 | Akshaj Balasubramanian | 10 | 15 | 17 | 18 | bye (½) | bye (½) |
| 1620 32251215 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliott Wu | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 1807 12887861 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 2 | Pamil Jain | 8 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| 1639 16904675 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| 3 | Zachary Tower | bye (1) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 1605 30739679 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | |
| 4 | Sadie Edelman | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| 1577 14258262 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Justin Guerra | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 1535 12912297 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | |
| 6 | Zachary Sylvane | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 1526 13819305 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Luc Ferrara | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 1514 30242739 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | |
| 8 | Aria MansouriTehrani | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 1479 31344984 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | |
| 9 | Haley Cope | 4 | bye (½) | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1290 14620637 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 10 | Josep PuigRuiz | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1116 31352673 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 11 | Paul Soltsyiak | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 380 31571134 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Open - Round 6 | ||||
| Bd | Res | White Player | Res | Black Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denys Shmelov | 1 | Nikhil Kalghatgi |
| 2 | 2 | Andrew Hoy | 0 | Charles Slade |
| 3 | 2 | Mikayel Mkrtchyan | 0 | Igor Starobinets |
| 4 | 1.5 | Jianchao Zhou | 0.5 | Sherif Khater |
| 5 | 2 | Danila Poliannikov | 0 | Joseph Perl |
| 6 | 2 | Ryan Young | 0 | Peter Davis |
| 7 | 1 | Samanyu Alluri | 1 | Shea Winter |
| 8 | 1 | Kateryna Odnorozhenko | 1 | Phu Vo |
| 9 | 2 | Gabriel Jacobs | 0 | Gary Nepravishta |
| 2 | Parinya Jain | bye | ||
| 1 | Akshaj Balasubramanian | bye | ||
| U1900 - Round 6 | ||||
| Bd | Res | White Player | Res | Black Player |
| 12 | 0 | Pamil Jain | 2 | Justin Guerra |
| 13 | 1 | Elliott Wu | 1 | Josep PuigRuiz |
| 14 | 2 | Aria MansouriTehrani | 0 | Paul Soltsyiak |
| 15 | 0 | Sadie Edelman | 2 | Luc Ferrara |
| 16 | 2 | Zachary Tower | 0 | Zachary Sylvane |
| # | Place | Player | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jianchao Zhou | 2670 | WW 14 | WW 3 | WD 2 | WW 6 | WW 4 | WD 7 | 11.0 / 12 |
| 2 | 2 - 3 | Denys Shmelov | 2470 | WW 9 | WW 8 | DL 1 | DD 4 | WD 5 | DD 6 | 8.0 / 12 |
| 3 | Andrew Hoy | 2250 | WW 11 | LL 1 | DD 7 | DD 10 | WW 16 | WW 9 | 8.0 / 12 | |
| 4 | 4 - 5 | Danila Poliannikov | 2440 | WD 10 | DD 7 | WW 12 | DD 2 | LL 1 | WW 13 | 7.5 / 12 |
| 5 | Mikayel Mkrtchyan | 2359 | DD 15 | WW 13 | DD 6 | DD 7 | DL 2 | WW 10 | 7.5 / 12 | |
| 6 | 6 | Nikhil Kalghatgi | 2253 | WW 16 | WW 17 | DD 5 | LL 1 | DD 9 | DD 2 | 7.0 / 12 |
| 7 | 7 - 8 | Sherif Khater | 2333 | WD 12 | DD 4 | DD 3 | DD 5 | WD 8 | DL 1 | 6.5 / 12 |
| 8 | Ryan Young | 2112 | WW 20 | LL 2 | DD 10 | DD 16 | DL 7 | WW 14 | 6.5 / 12 | |
| 9 | 9 - 11 | Charles Slade | 2000 | LL 2 | WW 20 | DD 16 | WW 17 | DD 6 | LL 3 | 6.0 / 12 |
| 10 | Igor Starobinets | 1937 | DL 4 | WD 15 | DD 8 | DD 3 | WW 11 | LL 5 | 6.0 / 12 | |
| 11 | Gabriel Jacobs | 1869 | LL 3 | DD 14 | WW 18 | DD 13 | LL 10 | WW 20 | 6.0 / 12 | |
| 12 | 12 | Samanyu Alluri | 1894 | DL 7 | WW 18 | LL 4 | DD 15 | DD 19 | DD 16 | 5.5 / 12 |
| 13 | 13 - 17 | Joseph Perl | 2056 | WD 18 | LL 5 | DD 17 | DD 11 | WD 15 | LL 4 | 5.0 / 12 |
| 14 | Peter Davis | 2026 | LL 1 | DD 11 | DD 15 | DD 19 | WW 17 | LL 8 | 5.0 / 12 | |
| 15 | Phu Vo | 1930 | DD 5 | DL 10 | DD 14 | DD 12 | DL 13 | DD 19 | 5.0 / 12 | |
| 16 | Shea Winter | 1884 | LL 6 | WW 19 | DD 9 | DD 8 | LL 3 | DD 12 | 5.0 / 12 | |
| 17 | Parinya Jain | 1848 | WW 19 | LL 6 | DD 13 | LL 9 | LL 14 | B -- | 5.0 / 12 | |
| 18 | 18 | Akshaj Balasubramanian | 1620 | DL 13 | LL 12 | LL 11 | WW 20 | H -- | H -- | 4.5 / 12 |
| 19 | 19 | Kateryna Odnorozhenko | 2088 | LL 17 | LL 16 | DD 20 | DD 14 | DD 12 | DD 15 | 4.0 / 12 |
| 20 | 20 | Gary Nepravishta | 1869 | LL 8 | LL 9 | DD 19 | LL 18 | B -- | LL 11 | 3.0 / 12 |
| # | Place | Player | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Justin Guerra | 1535 | WW 5 | DD 3 | DD 4 | WW 9 | WW 2 | WW 7 | 10.0 / 12 |
| 2 | 2 | Aria MansouriTehrani | 1479 | WW 7 | WW 6 | WW 9 | DD 3 | LL 1 | WW 11 | 9.0 / 12 |
| 3 | 3 - 4 | Elliott Wu | 1807 | WW 4 | DD 1 | WW 8 | DD 2 | DD 7 | DD 5 | 8.0 / 12 |
| 4 | Luc Ferrara | 1514 | LL 3 | WW 11 | DD 1 | DD 5 | WW 6 | WW 8 | 8.0 / 12 | |
| 5 | 5 | Josep PuigRuiz | 1116 | LL 1 | DD 7 | WW 11 | DD 4 | WW 9 | DD 3 | 7.0 / 12 |
| 6 | 6 | Zachary Tower | 1605 | B -- | LL 2 | DD 7 | WW 8 | LL 4 | WW 9 | 6.0 / 12 |
| 7 | 7 | Pamil Jain | 1639 | LL 2 | DD 5 | DD 6 | WW 11 | DD 3 | LL 1 | 5.0 / 12 |
| 8 | 8 - 9 | Sadie Edelman | 1577 | WW 10 | LL 9 | LL 3 | LL 6 | WW 11 | LL 4 | 4.0 / 12 |
| 9 | Zachary Sylvane | 1526 | WW 11 | WW 8 | LL 2 | LL 1 | LL 5 | LL 6 | 4.0 / 12 | |
| 10 | 10 | Haley Cope | 1290 | LL 8 | H -- | U -- | U -- | U -- | U -- | 1.0 / 12 |
| 11 | 11 | Paul Soltsyiak | 380 | LL 9 | LL 4 | LL 5 | LL 7 | LL 8 | LL 2 | 0.0 / 12 |