[chess image] The Pasadena Chess Club


The Pasadena Chess Club meets in the Elmer and Teen Slavik Memorial Building at the Boys and Girls Club, 3230 East Del Mar, Pasadena 91107 (between Rosemead Blvd and San Gabriel Blvd). It's on the south side of Del Mar. Use the west driveway to enter and the east driveway to exit. There is a large parking lot we can use, but occasional events in other buildings on Friday nights might not leave enough parking for everybody, but there is no time limit & no charge for parking on the streets after 6:00 PM, including Del Mar in front of the Boys & Girls Club.

The club will meet from 6:45 to 11:00 PM. Anticipate that start time for all games will move to 7 PM sharp, so we can get out by 11 PM with the same time control we use now (40/90, SD/30).


At the meeting on April 4, 2010, the members of the Pasadena Chess Club re-elected the following people, to fill the 5 offices defined in the club constitution:

Board of Directors of the Pasadena Chess Club
President
and
Tournament Director
Randy Hough
Vice President Gordon Brooks
Vice President
and
Tournament Director
Raymond Boncato
Secretary Tim Thompson
Treasurer Neil Hultgren

When? Friday nights opening at 6:45 PM, tournament games start promptly at 7:00 PM. Check the schedule below to make sure we are not closed.

Where? Boys and Girls Club, 3230 East Del Mar, Pasadena 91107 (between Rosemead Blvd and San Gabriel Blvd). See description at the top of this page.

The club is closed on most holidays, and other days, as shown in the schedule!

The Pasadena Chess Club is one of the older chess clubs still extant in Southern California. During the 1930's the club successfully hosted a number of international competitions, which included the participation of Alexander Alekhine, then world chess champion. Recent events include successful simultaneous exhibitions by SM Levon Altunian and IM Jack Peters (chess columnist for the Los Angeles Times), and the Tim Pellant Memorial Masters Open.

Archived results have been removed. You can find cross tables for tournaments dating back to 1991 through the USCF member service area.


The 2011 playing calendar is in the table below. We will post the results of the tournaments as they are completed. A list of club champions follows the calendar.

For all regular tournaments:


For all other tournaments:


For ALL tournaments:

2012 Schedule of events
On nights marked CLOSED we are really CLOSED!
The building will not be open.
Pasadena Chess Club: cross tables for all club tournaments
DATES NAME ROUNDS COMMENTS
05/25/2012
08/31/2012
11/23/2012
12/28/2012
CLOSED CLOSED This list is subject to change without notice. We may lose the room on short notice, so pay attention to the CLOSED dates.

We do adopt planned closures to avoid conflicts with major tournaments in the area.

01/06/2012
02/10/2012
Dr. Richard Lewis Memorial 6 rounds 40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.

2012: Current standings after round 4

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable
1st: Mher Mikayelyan
U2000 (tie): Tim Thompson
U2000 (tie): Phil Chase
U2000 (tie): David Minasyan
U2000 (tie): Neil Hultgren
U1800 (tie): Tony Kukavica
U1800 (tie): Rolando Tenoso
U1600: Scott Xue
U1400: Jay Schoby
U1200: Evan Anthopoulos

02/17/2012 Quick Chess
Tournament
5 double rounds Game/10, separate rating system, $10 entry fee, 80% returned

02/24/2012
03/30/2012
Club
Championship

2011 Champion

Yusheng
Xia

6 rounds Prize fund $1,000 guaranteed
Entry fee $25
USCF & club membership required
2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable
1st: Yusheng Xia
2nd-4th (tie): Mike Carlson
2nd-4th (tie): Albert Lu
2nd-4th (tie): Jesse Victoria
U2000: Albert Lu
2nd U2000 (tie): Phil Chase
2nd U2000 (tie): Shaurya Jain
2nd U2000 (tie): Dave Matson
2nd U2000 (tie): David Minasyan
2nd U2000 (tie): Tim Thompson
2nd U2000 (tie): Abraham White
U1800 (tie): Asatour Dovlatyan
U1800 (tie): Christopher Hung
U1800 (tie): Rolando Tenoso
U1600 (tie): Robert Head
U1600 (tie): Larry Hu
U1600 (tie): Kevin Qian
U1600 (tie): Justin Tay
U1600 (tie): John Yu
U1400: Rob Minoofar
2nd U1400 (tie): Alex Hung
2nd U1400 (tie): Jennifer Lu
2nd U1400 (tie): Jim Marshall
2nd U1400 (tie): Hugo Medina
2nd U1400 (tie): Winston Qian
2nd U1400 (tie): Jacky Quan
U1200: Shaileja Jain
Unrated: Manika Saoji

04/06/2012 Annual
Election
Meeting

Championship
Trophy
Presentation

Quick
Chess
Tournament

4 double rounds Game/10, separate rating system, $10 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable

Alen Melikadamian wins 10-0
(same as last year!)

2nd-3rd (tie): Robert Xue
2nd-3rd (tie): Fei Yu Yang
U2000: Romeo Reario
U1800: Sos Hakobyan
U1600 (tie): Razmik Hambarttsumyan
U1600 (tie): Arman Hairapetyan

04/13/2012
05/11/2012
Pasadena
City
Championship
5 rounds
2 sections
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30
$15 entry fee
80% returned in prizes.

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable

Section 1
1st-3rd (tie): Tianyi He
1st-3rd (tie): Mike Carlson
1st-3rd (tie): Albert Lu
U2000: Terrence Sun
U1800 (tie): Christopher Hung
U1800 (tie): Gerald Ruiz
U1800 (tie): Annie Wang

Section 2
1st: George Situ
2nd-3rd (tie): Bill Kang
2nd-3rd (tie): Jason McKeen
U1600: Robert Head
U1400: Robert Minoofar
U1200: Shaileja Jain

05/18/2012 Action
Tournament
3 rounds Game/30, double rated quick & regular both, $10 entry fee, 80% returned

05/25/2012 CLOSED Closed to avoid conflict with Memorial Day Classic
06/01/2012
06/30/2012
Mt. Wilson
Open
5 rounds
2 sections
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable

Section One:
1-2 (tie): Jesse Victoria
1-2 (tie): Jonathan Homidian
U2000: Wendell Salveron
U1800: Vachagan Hovsepyan

Section Two:
1-2 (tie): Roberto Queioro
1-2 (tie): Razmik Gevorgyan
U1500 (tie): Tim Deng
U1500 (tie): Jennifer Lu
U1500 (tie): Jim Marshall
U1300: Winston Qian
U1100 (tie): Hugo Medina
U1100 (tie): Giao Nguyen

07/06/2012
08/24/2012
Liberty
Open
8 rounds
Extra Byes
Allowed
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.
Arrive by 6:45 PM to register before round 1.

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable

1-3 (tie): John Hale
1-3 (tie): Jesse Victoria
1-3 (tie): Gregg Fritchle
U2000 1-3 (tie): Jonathan Homidian
U2000 1-3 (tie): Terrence Sun
U2000 1-3 (tie): Kelly Zhang
U1800 1st: Roberto Queiro
U1800 2-4 (tie): Sos Hakobyan
U1800 2-4 (tie): George Situ
U1800 2-4 (tie): Annie Wang
U1600 (tie): Scott Xue
U1600 (tie): Alexander Hung
U1400 (tie): Winston Qian
U1400 (tie): Shaileja Jain
U1300: Sean Nguyen
UR: Vincent Lin

08/31/2012 CLOSED
09/07/2012
10/05/2012
San Gabriel
Valley
Championship
5 rounds
2 sections
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.
Arrive by 6:45 PM to register before round 1.

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable
1st-5th (tie): John Hale
1st-5th (tie): Yusheng Xia
1st-5th (tie): Robert Xue
1st-5th (tie): Fei Yue Yang
1st-5th (tie): Richard Yang
U2000 1st: Richard Yang
U2000 2nd-4th (tie): Shaurya Jain
U2000 2nd-4th (tie): Jeffrey Ding
U2000 2nd-4th (tie): Gordon Brooks
U1800 1st: Brian Cheng
U1800 2-4 (tie): Christopher Hung
U1800 2-4 (tie): Gerry Harrison
U1800 2-4 (tie): Scott Xue
U1600 1st-4th (tie): Kevin Qian
U1600 1st-4th (tie): Jennifer Lu
U1600 1st-4th (tie): Alex Hung
U1600 1st-4th (tie): Tim Deng
U1400 1st-2nd (tie): Vincent Lin
U1400 1st-2nd (tie): Sean Nguyen
U1200 1st-2nd (tie): Cory Chen
U1200 1st-2nd (tie): Kyle Li
UR 1st: James Jen

10/12/2012
11/16/2012
Crown City
Open
6 rounds 40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.
Arrive by 6:45 PM to register before round 1.

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable
Section ONE
1st-3rd (tie): Jesse Victoria
1st-3rd (tie): Robert Xue
1st-3rd (tie): Richard Yang
4th (tie): Yusheng Xia
4th (tie): Albert Lu
U2000 1st: Richard Yang
U2000 2nd: Phil Chase
U2000 3rd (tie): Anthony Hung
U2000 3rd (tie): Alvin Huang
U2000 3rd (tie): Greg Hall
U1800 1st-3rd (tie): Asatour Dovlatyan
U1800 1st-3rd (tie): George Situ
U1800 1st-3rd (tie): Hovanes Salvaryan

Section TWO
1st: Jason McKeen
2nd: Bill Kang
3rd (tie): Scott Xue
3rd (tie): John Yu
U1550 1st: Felix Gao
U1550 2nd: Ruben Barbalace
U1550 3rd-4th (tie): Tim Deng
U1550 3rd-4th (tie): Alexander Hung
U1400 1st: Richard Shu
U1400 2nd: Vincent Lin
U1400 3rd: Cory Chen

11/23/2012 CLOSED
11/30/2012
12/21/2012
A Rose
For Your
Queen
4 rounds
3 sections
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $10 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.
Arrive by 6:45 PM to register before round 1.

2011 Final Standings:
USCF Rated Crosstable

Section ONE
1st: Jonathan Homidian
Section TWO
1st (tie): Jeffrey Ding
1st (tie): Annie Wang
Section THREE
1st (tie): Rolando Tenoso
1st (tie): Ronald Morris
Section FOUR
1st: Shaileja Jain
Section FIVE
1st: Theodore Pringle

12/28/2012 Closed Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
01/04/2013
02/08/2013
Dr. Richard Lewis Memorial 6 rounds 40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.

The Champions of the Pasadena Chess Club
A list of champions of the Pasadena Chess Club follows. We don't know who was champion prior to 1967. There was no champion in 1994 because the championship tournament was unexpectedly interrupted when we lost our meeting venue and it was never completed.

1967 Donald Cotton
1968 Andrew Vinock
1969 Alan Carpenter
1970 Don Bicknell
1971 Al Larsen
1972 Greg Francis
1973 Al Larsen
1974 Greg Francis
1975 Jerome Hanken
1976 Neilen Hultgren
1977 Don Bicknell
1978 Rob Salgado
1979 Rob Salgado
1980 Charles Novitski
1981 William Pennucci
1982 William Pennucci
1983 Tim Pellant
1984 Bobby Avila
1985 Don Bicknell
1986 Don Bicknell
1987 Francisco Alonso
1988 Don Bicknell
1989 Don Bicknell
1990 Mel Tyner
1991 Michael Zachary
1992 Matthew Beelby
1993 Andy Sacks
1994 no champion
1995 Matthew Beelby
1996 William Longren
1997 Levon Altounian
1998 Levon Altounian & Mark Saylor
1999 Matthew Beelby
2000 Randy Hough
2001 Levon Altounian
2002 Tonci Korsano Saavedra
2003 William Longren
2004 Mike Zaloznyy
2005 Randy Hough
2006 Chris Lee
2007 Dave Matson
2008 Tianyi He
2009 Konstantin Kavutskiy
2010 Jesse Victoria



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