And for her next move … San Fernando Valley chess champ hits the world stage By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL | Los Angeles Daily News September 15, 2017 at 7:35 pm Julia Sevilla started playing chess when she was still little. Her dad, Fernando Sevilla, was an avid chess player growing up in the Philippines, inspired by […]
12 year old Matus, youngest ever to win SPFGI & $110,000+ scholarships & cash prizes
Photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/evO2vwT2IbfW8GHb2 # Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot 1 1 WFM NASTASSJA MATUS 2088 W34 (w) W24 (b) W32 (w) W5 (b) W10 (w) D3 (b) 5.5 2 2-4 WCM THALIA CERVANTES 2188 W42 (w) W22 (b) W11 (w) W6 (b) D3 (w) D7 […]
2017 SPFGI Photos & Results
2017 SPFGI Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/evO2vwT2IbfW8GHb2 SPFGI Champion: WFM Nastassja Matus (Approximately $110,000 in scholarship and cash prizes) SPFGI Runner Ups: WCM Thalia Cervantes (Approximately $104,000 scholarship as past champion + $834), WFM Anahi Ortiz (Approximately $56,000 scholarship + $834), Julia Sevilla (Approximately $48,000 scholarship + $834) Bughouse Champions: WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet (CAN) – Saey Kamtekar (UT) Puzzle […]
SPFGI final round pairings
Final round pairings Bd Res White Res Black 1 WFM ANAHI ORTIZ VERDEZOTO (2094 4.5) WIM NASTASSJA MATUS (2088 5.0) 2 WIM DANITZA VAZQUEZ MACCARINI (2253 4.0) WCM THALIA CERVANTES (2188 4.5) 3 ANGELICA CHIN (1958 4.0) JULIA SEVILLA (2047 4.0) 4 WIM MAILI-JADE OUELLET (2316 3.5) WFM SASHA KONOVALENKO (1956 3.5) 5 WIM THANH […]
SPFGI round 5 pairings
Round 5 pairings Bd Res White Res Black 1 WCM THALIA CERVANTES (2188 4.0) WFM ANAHI ORTIZ VERDEZOTO (2094 4.0) 2 WIM NASTASSJA MATUS (2088 4.0) WIM MAILI-JADE OUELLET (2316 3.5) 3 FM QIYU ZHOU (2337 3.0) ANGELICA CHIN (1958 3.0) 4 WIM DANITZA VAZQUEZ MACCARINI (2253 3.0) GLORIA FRIEDMAN (1799 3.0) 5 ANDREA BOTEZ […]
Ortiz of Ecuador wins SPFGI Puzzle Solving Championship on tiebreaks / Ouellet – Kamtekar win Bughouse
Last Name First Name Score Time State/Country USCF Rat Fide Rat Ortiz Anahi 20 9:27 Ecuador 2096 2002 Sevilla Julia 20 9:42 S-CA 2047 1651 Cervantes Thalia 20 9:47 MO 2188 2032 Matus Nastassja 20 9:51 MN 2088 1865 Vazquez Danitza 20 10:00 Puerto Rico 2132 2203 Zhou Iris 20 10:57 MO 1904 1570 Nguyen […]
SPFGI round 4 pairings
Round 4 pairings Bd Res White Res Black 1 WFM ANAHI ORTIZ VERDEZOTO (3.0) FM QIYU ZHOU (3.0) 2 WIM THANH THUY NGUYEN (3.0) WIM NASTASSJA MATUS (3.0) 3 VERONIKA ZILAJEVA (3.0) WCM THALIA CERVANTES (3.0) 4 WIM MAILI-JAD OUELLET (2.5) CINDY ZHANG (2.5) 5 WFM SVILTLANA DEMCHENKO (2.5) WIM DANITZA VAZQUEZ MACCARINI (2.5) 6 […]
6 remain perfect after 3 at SPFGI
Standings after 3 rounds 2017 SPF GIRLS’ INVITATIONAL # Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot 1 1-6 FM QIYU ZHOU 14945625 2337 W36 W37 W11 ~4 3 2 WIM THANH THUY NGUYEN 16219014 2193 W32 W17 W13 ~5 3 3 WCM THALIA CERVANTES 15470615 2188 W39 W18 W12 […]
SPFGI round 3 pairings
Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/evO2vwT2IbfW8GHb2 Round 3 pairings Bd Res White Res Black 1 FM QIYU ZHOU (2.0) JULIA SEVILLA (2.0) 2 WFM SVILTLANA DEMCHENKO (2.0) WIM MAILI-JAD OUELLET (2.0) 3 WFM SASHA KONOVALENKO (2.0) WIM THANH THUY NGUYEN (2.0) 4 WCM THALIA CERVANTES (2.0) ANGELICA CHIN (2.0) 5 SHEENA ZENG (2.0) WFM ANAHI ORTIZ VERDEZOTO (2.0) 6 WIM […]
WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet wins SPFGI Blitz Championship
SPFGI photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/evO2vwT2IbfW8GHb2 Final standings Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1 WIM MAILI-JADE OUELLET 2316 WW41 WW19 WW18 WL4 WW9 9 2 to 4 FM QIYU ZHOU 2337 WW35 WW42 WL26 WW29 WL3 8 WIM THANH THUY NGUYEN 2193 WW25 WW31 WL11 WW10 WL2 8 WFM ANAHI […]