Friday, December 4

CalChess Top 20 Adults -- December 2009

The December rating list is considered the 'annual' supplement by the US Chess Federation. With this in mind, I compiled the Top 20 chess players in CalChess, including both adults and elite juniors. Check out this link on the USCF website for a longer list of 200 players, dropping down into the 1800s.

The big mover this fall was 16 year old FM Steven Zierk (photo by Shorman at right), who jumped from 2312 over the summer to 2401 after the State Championship on Thanksgiving weekend. The bulk of the increase came at the Western States Open in Reno, where "Zkid" shocked GM Loek van Wely with this miniature, drew with two other Grandmasters and beat strong IM Enrico Sevillano. Another successful local player was GM Vinay Bhat (photo by Truong at top left), who gained 67 USCF and 36 FIDE rating points at two tournaments: the Montreal International and the SPICE Cup at Texas Tech University.

CalChess Top 20 Masters (USCF Rating, FIDE Rating)
1 GM Friedel, Josh 2609 2551
2 GM Bhat, Vinay 2566 2510
3 GM Kraai, Jesse 2545 2509
4 IM Shankland, Sam 2541 2486
5 IM Florean, Andrei 2484 2420
6 IM DeGuzman, Ricardo 2453 2404
7 IM Zilberstein, Dmitry 2432 2392
8 IM Pruess, David 2419 2389
9 FM Strugatsky, Vladimir 2414 2390
10 IM Donaldson, John 2390 2394
11 FM Zierk, Steven 2387 2306
12 FM Naroditsky, Danya 2375 2339
13 IM Mezentsev, Vladimir 2367 2383
14 FM Cusi, Ronald 2325 2322
15 IM Ganbold, Odondoo 2322 2346
16 NM Schwarz, Daniel 2313 2232
17 NM Lee, Andy 2305 2273
18 FM Evans, Bela 2282 2262
19 NM Pearson, Michael 2280 2167
20 FM Cunningham, Robin 2279 2302

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