[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 2010 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:

2010 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
02/12/2010
07/02/2010
09/03/2010
11/26/2010
12/24/2010
12/31/2010
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.

01/08/2010
02/05/2010
Dr. Richard Lewis Memorial 5 rounds 40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.
Final Standings: USCF Rated Crosstable

1st: Fei Yue Yang
2nd & U2000: Dave Matson
3rd (tie): Randy Hough
3rd (tie): Hubert Jung
3rd (tie): Axel Muller
3rd (tie): Jesse Victoria
U1800: Rolando Tenoso
U1600 (tie): Christopher Hung
U1600 (tie): Kevin Qian
U1600 (tie): Ron Woolsey
U1600 (tie): Huangsheng Xue
U1400: Larry Hu
U1200 (tie): Max Cheng
U1200 (tie): Jim Marshall
Unrated: Thomas Garcia

02/12/2010 CLOSED Closed to avoid conflict with USATW
02/19/2010
03/26/2010
Club
Championship

Winner and
New Champion

Jesse
Victoria

6 rounds Prize fund $750 guaranteed
Note corrected flyer
PDF Flyer
Entry fee $25
USCF & club membership required
Prize list on flyer
Final Standings: USCF Rated Cross Table

1st: Jesse Victoria
2nd/3rd (tie): Konstantin Kavutskiy
2nd/3rd (tie): Robert Xue
U2000 (tie): Julio-Cesar Marin
U2000 (tie): Dave Matson
U2000 (tie): Axel Muller
U1800: Robert Orum
U1600: Stephen McLaughlin
U1400: Bill Kang
U1200: Henrik Wang

04/02/2010 Annual
Election
Meeting

Championship
Trophy
Presentation

Quick
Chess
Tournament

5 double rounds Game/10, separate rating system, $10 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes
Alen Melikadamian wins 10-0
Final Standings: USCF Rated Cross Table
04/09/2010
05/14/2010
Pasadena
City
Championship
6 rounds
2 sections
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30
$15 entry fee
80% returned in prizes.
Final Standings: USCF Rated Cross Table

Section One:
1st: Larry Stevens
2nd/3rd (tie): Ron jabali
2nd/3rd (tie): Hubert Jung
U2000: Hubert Jung
U1800 (tie): Shaurya Jain
U1800 (tie): Jonathan Homidian
Section Two:
1st: Christopher Hung
2nd/3rd (tie): Armen Sarkissian
2nd/3rd (tie): Rafael jones
U1600: Scott Xue
U1400: Max Cheng
U1200: Winston Qian

05/21/2010 Quick Chess
Tournament
5 double rounds Game/10, separate rating system, $10 entry fee, 80% returned
Final Standings
USCF Rated Crosstable

1st: Fei Yue Yang
U2000 (tie): Yusheng Xia
U2000 (tie): Arnor Bielvedt
U1800: Albert Lu
U1600: Danny Machuca
U1400 (tie): Cary Johnson
U1400 (tie): Eugene Kong

05/28/2010 Action Chess
Tournament
3 rounds
multiple sections
Game/30, both quick & regular ratings, $10 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes
Final Standings
USCF Rated Crosstables

Section 1
1st: Randy Hough
2nd (tie): Ron Jabali
2nd (tie): Fei yue Yang
2nd (tie): Armen Samuelian
Section 2
1st: Brendyn Estolas
2nd (tie): Jonathan Homidian
2nd (tie): Rolando Tenoso
Section 3
1st: Annie Wang
2nd (tie): Cary Johnson
2nd (tie): Theodore Pringle
2nd (tie): Vachagan Hovsepyan

06/04/2010
06/25/2010
Mt. Wilson
Open
2 sections
4 rounds
40 moves in 85 minutes followed by SD/30, $15 entry fee, 80% returned in prizes.
Final Standings
USCF Rated Cross Table

Section 1
1st: Jesse Victoria
2nd (tie): Fei yue Yang
2nd (tie): David Minasyan
2nd (tie): Jonathan Homidian
Section 2
1st: Yuting Chen
2nd (tie): Albert Lu
2nd (tie): Ruperto Dilig, Jr.
2nd (tie): Gerald Harrison
2nd (tie): Jason McKeen
2nd (tie): Robert Orum
Section 3
1st: Jennifer Lu
2nd (tie): Thomas Hogue
2nd (tie): Cary Johnson

U2000 (tie): David Minasyan
U2000 (tie): Jonathan Homidian
U1600 (tie): Yuting Chen
U1600 (tie): Huangsheng Xue
U1600 (tie): Scott Xue
U1200 (tie): Jennifer Lu
U1200 (tie): Theodore Pringle
U1200 (tie): Jennifer Yu

07/02/2010 CLOSED
07/09/2010
07/30/2010
Liberty
Open
3 sections
4 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.
Final Standings: USCF Rated Crosstable

Section 1
1st: Robert Xue
2nd (tie): Gordon Brooks
2nd (tie): Randy Hough
2nd (tie): Jesse Victoria
U1900 (tie): Albert Lu
U1900 (tie): Gerald Ruiz
Section 2
1st: Gerald Harrison
(U1600) 2nd (tie): Robert Orum
2nd (tie): Derrick Sia
U1600: Kevin Qian
Section 3
1st: John Yu
2nd: Bill Kang
U1200: James Marshall

08/06/2010
08/27/2010
Tim Pellant
Memorial
2 sections
4 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.
Final Standings

Section 1
1st: Larry Stevens
2nd (tie): Jesse Victoria
2nd (tie): Axel Muller
2nd (tie): Phil Chase
U2000: Phil Chase
U1900/U1800 (tie): Anthony Hung
U1900/U1800 (tie): Vachagan Hovsepyan
U1900/U1800 (tie): Annie Wang
Section 2
1st-3rd (tie): Jason McKeen
1st-3rd (tie): Armen Siwajian
1st-3rd (tie): Razmik Hambartsumyan
1st U1400: Jennifer Lu
2nd U1400: Alexander Hung
U1200/UR (tie): Jennifer Yu
U1200/UR (tie): Samuel Andalon

09/03/2010 CLOSED
09/10/2010
10/15/2010
San Gabriel
Valley
Championship
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.

10/22/2010
11/19/2010
Crown City
Open
2 sections
5 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.

11/26/2010 CLOSED
12/03/2010
12/17/2010
A Rose
For Your
Queen
4 sections
3 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.

12/24/2010
12/31/2010
CLOSED

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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