Rank & File

The U1800 section was won by Jaren
Huang with 6.5/8. 2nd-4th with
6/8 scores were Gabriella Kay, Dioniver
Medrano and Pio Reyes.
15.Qc1 Bh7 16.Bd1 Nb6 17.Ne3
Bd3 18.a4 Ra8 19.Qb2 Nc6 20.Nh2
Be7 21.g3 O-O 22.f4 f6 23.exf6 Bxf6
24.Neg4 Bf5 25.a5 Nc8 26.Bf3 Nd6
27.Nf2 Qd7 28.Nhg4 Bxg4 29.Nxg4
Nf7 30.Re2 Nfd8 31.Rae1 Qa7
32.Nxf6+ Rxf6 33.Kg2 Qf7 34.Qc1
Ne7 35.g4 Rg6 36.Kh2 Ra7 37.g5
Nf5 38.Bh5 Nh4 39.Rf1 Qf5 40.Qe1
hxg5 41.Bxg6 Qxg6 42.fxg5 Qh5
43.Ref2 Nf5 44.Rg2 g6 45.Rxf5
gxf5 46.g6 Rg7 47.Qg3 e5 48.Qxe5
Rxg6 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Rxg6 Qxg6
51.Qxd8 Qh5 52.Qe7+ Kg8 53.Qg5+
Qxg5 54.Bxg5 Kg7 55.Kg3 Kg6
56.Kf4 Kh5 57.Bd8 1-0
Pio Reyes
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The U1600 section was won by
Henry Romero with a 7/8 score. 2nd-
3rd were Dylan Gould and Jonathan
Chen.
Jaren Huang
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The U1400 section saw Jasmine
Yang easily pick up first place with
a 7/8 result, losing only to 2nd place
winner Naren Krishnan in the final
round, who finished a half point behind
at 6.5/8. 3rd-4th with 6/8 were
Henry Ortiz and Donald Yan.
Dioniver Medrano
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51st American Open
11.26.2015 B12
Round 1
Medrano, Dioniver -
Harbone, Anthony
Gabriella Kay
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 h6
5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Nd7 7.c3 a6 8.a3
c5 9.b4 c4 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Re1 Nb6
12.Nf1 Rc8 13.Bd2 Ne7 14.h3 Na4
Jasmine Yang
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www.scchess.com Dec 2015-Jan-Feb 2016
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