The annual Gem City Open Chess Tournament was held this past weekend in Dayton, Ohio at the Dayton Chess Club. Family commitments kept me away from this year’s event, but the results of the tournament are now available from the USCF and it looks like it was quite an amazing tournament! Ronald Burnett is the #1 rated player in the State of Ohio and he took first place among the 32 participants in the primary open tournament. For details on the Gem City Open and other tournaments in the Dayton area, visit the DCC’s website.

Stats courtesy of the United States Chess Federation.

Section 1 – Open

Pair Num Player Name USCF Rtg (Pre->Post) Total Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1 RONALD WAYNE BURNETT R: 2449->2448 4.0 H W 27 W 5 W 14 D 3
2 WILLIAM SEDLAR R: 2236->2239 4.0 W 12 D 15 W 10 W 7 D 5
3 JAMES A MILLS R: 2200->2217 4.0 H W 21 W 23 W 15 D 1
4 ANNORJAN NAGULESWARAN R: 2154->2150 3.5 W 17 D 7 D 16 D 8 W 14
5 NOAH KEATING-ADAMS R: 2108->2128 3.5 W 18 W 13 L 1 W 17 D 2
6 HAFEZ TARI R: 2097P22->2101 3.5 W 8 D 14 L 7 W 26 W 16
7 CONNOR KEUCHEL R: 1939 ->2001 3.5 W 28 D 4 W 6 L 2 W 15
8 STEVE E CHARLES R: 1827 ->1930 3.5 L 6 W 18 W 12 D 4 W 13
9 HANS MULTHOPP R: 2207 ->2200 3.0 D 16 W 22 L 15 W 24 D 10
10 VIKRAM SRIVASTAVA R: 1982 ->1988 3.0 D 30 W 25 L 2 W 27 D 9
11 CALEB D JAQUISH R: 1930 ->1937 3.0 D 24 L 19 W 30 H W 23
12 RICHARD MERCER R: 1911 ->1932 3.0 L 2 W 31 L 8 W 25 W 19
13 DAVID M FRIEDMAN R: 2169 ->2144 2.5 W 20 L 5 W 26 D 16 L 8
14 BLAKE K BAUMGARTNER R: 2060 ->2069 2.5 W 32 D 6 W 19 L 1 L 4
15 JOHN M MILLER R: 2063 ->2067 2.5 W 31 D 2 W 9 L 3 L 7
16 LEO J ZAMANSKY R: 1987 ->2001 2.5 D 9 W 30 D 4 D 13 L 6
17 GARY BERRY 1834 ->1855 2.5 L 4 W 28 W 20 L 5 D 21
18 VINCENT JINGWEI BAKER R: 1804 ->1820 2.5 L 5 L 8 W 31 D 20 W 27
19 THOMAS P MAGAR R: 2200 ->2200 2.0 D 21 W 11 L 14 D 23 L 12
20 ARISTO S LIU R: 1989 ->1958 2.0 L 13 W 24 L 17 D 18 D 26
21 GREGG STARK R: 1929 ->1919 2.0 D 19 L 3 L 24 W 30 D 17
22 DENNIS J GITTRICH R: 1844 ->1826 2.0 H L 9 D 25 D 28 D 24
23 PETER CARL ANDREAS R: 1800 ->1825 2.0 H W 29 L 3 D 19 L 11
24 BRENNEN KEUCHEL R: 1752 ->1777 2.0 D 11 L 20 W 21 L 9 D 22
25 ALEXANDER IAN CRETSOS R: 1764 ->1770 2.0 D 29 L 10 D 22 L 12 W 28
26 KEEVIN LEE R: 1767 ->1768 2.0 H B L 13 L 6 D 20
27 VITO CARLA R: 1701 ->1695 1.5 B L 1 D 29 L 10 L 18
28 JEFFREY BAUGHAM R: 1640 ->1625 1.5 L 7 L 17 B D 22 L 25
29 ANAGH KULKARNI R: 2016 ->1980 1.0 D 25 L 23 D 27 U U
30 JENNIFER ISHEE R: 1814 ->1786 1.0 D 10 L 16 L 11 L 21 D 31
31 MARK KELLIE R: 1780 ->1752 1.0 L 15 L 12 L 18 H D 30
32 JENNIFER ISHEE R: 1814 ->1786 0.0 L 14 U U U U

Section 2 – Premier

Pair Num Player Name USCF Rtg (Pre->Post) Total Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1 NOLAN XUHUI SONG R: 1744 ->1803 4.5 W 23 H W 14 W 13 W 5
2 ARVIND SAI PRASAD R: 1651 ->1705 4.0 W 24 W 25 L 5 W 23 W 10
3 J W R TERRY III R: 1443 ->1640 4.0 W 34 D 29 W 9 W 4 D 6
4 ROGER E BLAINE R: 1732 ->1734 3.5 W 31 D 14 W 7 L 3 W 13
5 OM BORKAR R: 1585 ->1685 3.5 W 22 W 21 W 2 H L 1
6 LOREN RODGERS R: 1660 ->1676 3.5 D 28 W 15 W 19 H D 3
7 ASHWIN KALYANAKUMAR R: 1646 ->1663 3.5 D 9 W 26 L 4 W 28 W 18
8 JOEL DAVID DEWYER R: 1750 ->1726 3.0 L 12 L 24 W 32 W 31 W 14
9 DANIEL PAUL CUNNINGHAM R: 1680 ->1678 3.0 D 7 W 17 L 3 W 19 D 12
10 JASON YUYANG WANG R: 1688 ->1678 3.0 W 30 W 12 L 13 W 20 L 2
11 DAVID GUEHL R: 1652 ->1626 3.0 D 15 D 28 D 24 H W 23
12 DAVID B RIEF R: 1554 ->1612 3.0 W 8 L 10 W 22 D 18 D 9
13 RICHARD JAMES SCHMIDT R: 1393 ->1480 3.0 B W 18 W 10 L 1 L 4
14 DANIEL ANDREW BEGLEY R: 1614 ->1624 2.5 W 20 D 4 L 1 W 24 L 8
15 JEREMY KOEBEL R: 1562 ->1576 2.5 D 11 L 6 W 17 D 16 D 22
16 WILLIAM MICHAEL FRANKLIN R: 1565 ->1562 2.5 L 21 W 30 D 28 D 15 D 20
17 ERIC GITTRICH R: 1558 ->1562 2.5 H L 9 L 15 W 27 W 28
18 CHRISTIAN BECHTOLD R: 1533 ->1523 2.5 W 32 L 13 W 25 D 12 L 7
19 SWATHI SENTHIL R: 1469 ->1506 2.5 H W 27 L 6 L 9 W 31
20 EVAN Y HUANG R: 1500 ->1504 2.5 L 14 B W 27 L 10 D 16
21 LOU FRISCOE R: 1700 ->1700 2.0 W 16 L 5 L 23 W 25 U
22 SUJAN RACHURI R: 1697 ->1654 2.0 L 5 W 31 L 12 D 26 D 15
23 ROBERT CHALLAN R: 1598 ->1592 2.0 L 1 W 32 W 21 L 2 L 11
24 ARVIND KUMAR R: 1540 ->1544 2.0 L 2 W 8 D 11 L 14 D 26
25 RUSSELL STINSON R: 1485 ->1497 2.0 W 33 L 2 L 18 L 21 W 30
26 EVAN E SHELTON R: 1454 ->1467 2.0 D 27 L 7 H D 22 D 24
27 JAMES T LAKE R: 1655 ->1600 1.5 D 26 L 19 L 20 L 17 X
28 ISAAC DANIEL PARTEE R: 1493 ->1487 1.5 D 6 D 11 D 16 L 7 L 17
29 KEEVIN LEE R: 1768 ->1761 1.0 H D 3 U U U
30 KUNAL DATTATRAYA BORDE R: 1619 ->1536 1.0 L 10 L 16 L 31 B L 25
31 YUTONG CAO R: 1530 ->1499 1.0 L 4 L 22 W 30 L 8 L 19
32 RAYMOND DOUGLAS GIFFORD R: 1489 ->1446 0.5 L 18 L 23 L 8 H F
33 DAVID GUEHL R: 1652 ->1626 0.0 L 25 U U U U
34 CHRISTIAN BECHTOLD R: 1533 ->1523 0.0 L 3 U U U U

Section 3 – Reserve

Pair Num Player Name USCF Rtg (Pre->Post) Total Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1 JUSTIN WU R: 1367 ->1455 4.0 W 15 D 9 W 2 D 3 W 5
2 KEVIN ZHU R: 1324 ->1426 4.0 W 18 W 5 L 1 W 8 W 3
3 ETHAN CHUNG R: 1389 ->1415 3.5 W 17 W 8 W 10 D 1 L 2
4 TYLER RUTHERFORD R: 915P22->1161 3.5 L 8 W 17 H W 12 W 9
5 ETHAN FANG R: 1398 ->1400 3.0 W 6 L 2 W 14 W 7 L 1
6 JOHN CHARLES RAGNER R: 1381 ->1372 3.0 L 5 W 14 D 9 W 11 D 10
7 STEVE A PHILLIPS R: 1294 ->1299 3.0 L 9 W 15 W 13 L 5 W 14
8 EMMA CHENG R: 1225 ->1276 3.0 W 4 L 3 W 16 L 2 W 13
9 KEN H BROWN R: 1150 ->1274 3.0 W 7 D 1 D 6 W 10 L 4
10 STELLA HUANG R: 1403 ->1372 2.5 W 13 W 16 L 3 L 9 D 6
11 LEON BAO R: 1276 ->1260 2.5 L 14 W 18 H L 6 W 15
12 DESTYNN KEUCHEL R: 1455 ->1371 2.0 L 16 L 13 W 17 L 4 W 18
13 JULIE ELIZABETH SHEIL R: 1186 ->1192 2.0 L 10 W 12 L 7 W 18 L 8
14 JORDAN ZIPFEL R: 1061 ->1076 2.0 W 11 L 6 L 5 X L 7
15 DANIEL DONG R: 1319 ->1268 1.5 L 1 L 7 H W 17 L 11
16 ANDREW GIFFORD R: 1200 ->1201 1.0 W 12 L 10 L 8 F F
17 JUSTIN HUANG R: 1245 ->1167 1.0 L 3 L 4 L 12 L 15 X
18 JASON ZIPFEL R: 1184 ->1121 1.0 L 2 L 11 B L 13 L 12

Section 4 – Cross-Pair

Pair Num Player Name USCF Rtg (Pre->Post) Total Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1 VITO CARLA R: 1695 ->1704 1.0 W 3 U 0 U 0
2 JEFFREY BAUGHAM R: 1625 ->1628 1.0 U 0 U 0 W 4
3 RICHARD JAMES SCHMIDT R: 1480 ->1469 0.0 L 1 U 0 U 0
4 JASON ZIPFEL R: 1121 ->1117 0.0 U 0 U 0 L 2