Southern California (SCCF) State Championships Rounds 3 & 4
31st Southern California Championship
July 11-14, 2019
Site: Temecula Chess Club, 27403 Ynez Road, Suite #213, Temecula CA 92591
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Round 3 Highlights
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Robert Shlyakhtenko (Above)
Brandon Xia (Above)
1.
Q1: Black has one move to keep the balance, can you find it? 37..._____________
2.
Marius Lucan (Above)
Arman Baradaran (Above)Standings After Round 3
| No. | Player | USCF Rtg |
1 RS |
2 GS |
3 MC |
4 ML |
5 BX |
6 AB |
7 BS |
8 ML |
Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Shlyakhtenko | 2381 | X | 1 | 1 | ½ | 2½ | |||||
| 2 | Gabriel Sam | 2345 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | |||||
| 3 | Michael Casella | 2329 | 0 | X | ½ | ½ | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Ming Lu | 2280 | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | 1½ | |||||
| 5 | Brandon Xia | 2268 | ½ | ½ | X | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Arman Baradaran | 2205 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | Dr. Bryan Shapiro | 2081 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1½ | |||||
| 8 | Marius Lucan | 2079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
Round 4 Highlights
4.
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Standings After Round 4
| No. | Player | USCF Rtg |
1 RS |
2 GS |
3 MC |
4 ML |
5 BX |
6 AB |
7 BS |
8 ML |
Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Shlyakhtenko | 2381 | X | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | ||||
| 2 | Gabriel Sam | 2345 | X | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | ||||
| 3 | Michael Casella | 2329 | 0 | 0 | X | ½ | ½ | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Ming Lu | 2280 | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 2½ | ||||
| 5 | Brandon Xia | 2268 | ½ | ½ | X | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Arman Baradaran | 2205 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Dr. Bryan Shapiro | 2081 | ½ | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1½ | ||||
| 8 | Marius Lucan | 2079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
