27th Southern California Championship
July 9-12, 2015
Welcome to the official site of the 27th annual SCCF state invitational championship. Thank you to all of our donors whose generous contributions made this year's event possible.
Standings
| No. | Player | USCF Rtg |
1 KK |
2 JB |
3 MB |
4 KK |
5 JP |
6 AK |
7 TA |
8 IS |
Total | Place |
| 1 | Keaton Kiewra | 2502 | X | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2nd place, $$1200 |
| 2 | John Bryant | 2493 | 0 | X | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 3rd place, $$800 |
| 3 | Michael Brown | 2449 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1st place, $$1800 |
| 4 | Konstantin Kavutskiy | 2434 | ½ | ½ | 0 | X | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 1½ | 6th place, $$200 |
| 5 | Jack Peters | 2427 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | - | 0 | ½ | 3 | 4-5th place, $$500 |
| 6 | Alexander Kretchetov | 2424 | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | |
| 7 | Tatev Abrahamyan | 2417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | X | 1 | 3 | 4-5th place, $$500 |
| 8 | Ilya Serpik | 2380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | X | 1 | 7th place, $$200 |
Pairings & Results
Round 1: Thursday July 9, 4 p.m.
Round 2: Friday July 10, 10 a.m.
Round 3: Friday July 10, 4 p.m.
Round 4: Saturday July 11, 10 a.m.
Round 5: Saturday July 11, 4 p.m.
Round 6: Sunday July 12, 10 a.m.
Round 7: Sunday July 12, 4 p.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Peters | ½-½ | Serpik |
| 2 | Kretchetov | Canceled | Abrahamyan |
| 3 | Kiewra | 0-1 | Brown |
| 4 | Kavutskiy | ½-½ | Bryant |
Round 2: Friday July 10, 10 a.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Kretchetov | Canceled | Kiewra |
| 2 | Serpik | 0-1 | Brown |
| 3 | Abrahamyan | 0-1 | Bryant |
| 4 | Peters | 1-0 | Kavutskiy |
Round 3: Friday July 10, 4 p.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Bryant | 1-0 | Peters |
| 2 | Brown | 1-0 | Abrahamyan |
| 3 | Kiewra | 1-0 | Serpik |
| 4 | Kavutskiy | Canceled | Kretchetov |
Round 4: Saturday July 11, 10 a.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Brown | 1-0 | Kavutskiy |
| 2 | Abrahamyan | 0-1 | Kiewra |
| 3 | Peters | 1-0 | Kretchetov |
| 4 | Bryant | 1-0 | Serpik |
Round 5: Saturday July 11, 4 p.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Serpik | ½-½ | Kretchetov |
| 2 | Kiewra | ½-½ | Peters |
| 3 | Kavutskiy | 0-1 | Abrahamyan |
| 4 | Bryant | 0-1 | Brown |
Round 6: Sunday July 12, 10 a.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Kiewra | ½-½ | Kavutskiy |
| 2 | Abrahamyan | 1-0 | Serpik |
| 3 | Peters | 1-0 | Brown |
| 4 | Kretchetov | 0-1 | Bryant |
Round 7: Sunday July 12, 4 p.m.
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Brown | Canceled | Kretchetov |
| 2 | Abrahamyan | 1-0 | Peters |
| 3 | Serpik | ½-½ | Kavutskiy |
| 4 | Bryant | 0-1 | Kiewra |
Games
[Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Peters, Jack"] [Black "Serpik, Ilia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 b6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Ba2 Rb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 c5 13. Bc4 g6 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Rab1 Bg7 16. b4 f5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd2 Bh6 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Nc1 Bxc1 21. Rexc1 Qh4 22. Bd3 Bb7 23. f3 Rf7 24. Rb4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxd5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Raf8 28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Rxb6 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rf2 32. Rbxd6 Rxc2 33. R6d2 Rc4 34. Re2 Rxa4 35. g3 Rb8 36. Rd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Black "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A67"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 Re8 14. h3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe4 16. Bf2 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe2 18. Qxd6 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Bxc5 Bd7 21. Bd4 Nh5 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Ng3 25. Rfb1 Re4 26. Kf2 Ne2 27. Re1 Rae8 28. Be5 f6 29. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 fxe5 31. f5 Rc8 32. Kd3 Rc5 33. c4 h5 34. fxg6 hxg4 35. Rb1 Rc7 36. Rb6 Kg7 37. g3 e4+ 38. Kxe4 Rxc4+ 39. Kf5 Rc5+ 40. Kxg4 Rc4+ 41. Kf5 Rc5+ 42. Ke6 Rc4 43. Kf5 Rc5+ 44. Ke6 Rc4 45. Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Kiewra, Keaton"] [Black "Brown, Michael W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 Rfc8 13. Bd1 Qd8 14. Bc2 b5 15. Re1 b4 16. Ne5 Qa5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ndxc4 Qa6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne5 Qb6 21. Rb1 Qd8 22. Ba4 e3 23. fxe3 Bxb1 24. Qxb1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qb7 Rb8 27. Qf3 Qd5 28. Nc6 Rb7 29. Be5 Qxf3 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. gxf3 Rb7 32. Bb3 Nd7 33. Bd6 Rb6 34. Ba3 a5 35. Bb2 Rc8 36. Re2 Rb7 37. Ba3 Nb6 38. Bc5 a4 39. Bc2 Nd7 40. Bd6 Rb6 41. Be7 Rc4 42. Kf2 f5 43. a3 Kf7 44. Bb4 Rcxb4 45. axb4 Rxb4 46. Bd3 Nb6 47. Ra2 f4 48. Be4 fxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Kf6 50. h4 Nd5+ 51. Kd3 Rb3+ 52. Kc4 Ne3+ 53. Kc5 a3 54. Ra1 Rc3+ 55. Kb4 Rc4+ 56. Kb5 Rxd4 57. Rxa3 Ng2 58. Kc5 Rd8 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Peters, Jack"] [Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. f5 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rc8 18. Rd2 g6 19. f6 Bf8 20. Kb1 h5 21. Re2 a5 22. Qd2 a4 23. Rc1 a3 24. b3 Ba6 25. Ree1 Bh6 26. Qxb4 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 h4 28. Nh1 Qb7 29. Qxa3 Rh5 30. Rd1 Rg5 31. Rd2 Rg4 32. Be3 g5 33. Nf2 Rb4 34. Bxg5 Bf1 35. Bh6 Ra8 36. Qc1 Bxg2 37. c3 Be4+ 38. Ka1 Qc7 39. Rb2 Rc8 40. Qg5 Qxc3 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qxf7+ Kc6 43. Bd2 Qxe5 44. Bxb4 Kb6 45. a4 Rc2 46. Nd1 Rc1+ 47. Ka2 Rxd1 48. Ba5+ 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C66"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Ba4 Qe8 10. Bc2 Kh8 11. Nf1 Ng8 12. Ng3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. d4 Nge7 15. Nh4 f4 16. Qd3 Ng6 17. Nh5 Bh6 18. g3 Nce7 19. dxe5 Bf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qh5 24. exd6 Rf6 25. d7 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Rfg6 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Serpik, Ilia"] [Black "Brown, Michael W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. e5 O-O 10. exf6 axb3 11. fxg7 Re8 12. cxb3 d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Qf3 Ra5 15. Na4 Ne5 16. Qf4 Ng6 17. Qg3 Ba7 18. Bd2 Rd5 19. b4 b5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Rxc5+ 22. Kb1 Qd5 23. Bb4 Bf5+ 24. Bd3 Rc4 25. Bf8 Ra4 26. b3 Re2 27. Bxf5 Raxa2 28. Qf3 Nf4 29. Qxd5 Reb2+ 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Black "Peters, Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qh3 h6 15. Nxe6 Kf7 16. Qf5+ Kg8 17. Bf4 cxb2 18. Rad1 Qxa3 19. Bxe5 Qxa2 20. Qg6 Rh7 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Qxb6 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Brown, Michael W."] [Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E36"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. g3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd1 Qe7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rc3 19. Qa4 Bd5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc4 22. Nb5 a5 23. Qb3 Rfc8 24. Rad1 Nd5 25. e4 Nc3 26. Nd6 Nxd1 27. Nxc4 Qc7 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Rxd1 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qxb4 31. axb4 Rc4 32. Rb1 Rxe4 33. Kf3 Rc4 34. b5 Kf8 35. b6 Rc8 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. b7 Rb8 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Rb6+ Kc7 40. Kc5 Rxb7 41. Rxb7+ Kxb7 42. Kd6 h5 43. Ke7 Kc6 44. Kxf7 Kd5 45. Kxg7 Ke4 46. Kg6 Kf3 47. Kxh5 Kxf2 48. g4 e5 49. g5 e4 50. g6 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Kiewra, Keaton"] [Black "Serpik, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Kg8 9. Ne6 Qe8 10. Nxc7 Qg6 11. Nxa8 Qxg2 12. Rf1 Nc5 13. Be3 Bh3 14. Qe2 Qxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxa7 Kf7 19. Nb6 Bc5 20. Re1 Nd2+ 21. Ke2 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 Nc4 23. Be3 Rc8 24. c3 Nxb2 25. Rb1 Na4 26. Rxb7+ Kf6 27. Ra7 Nxc3+ 28. Kd3 e4+ 29. Kd2 Rc4 30. Ra5 Nb1+ 31. Ke1 Nc3 32. a3 Nb1 33. Kf1 Nc3 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. Bxc5 Kf5 36. Bd4 Nb5 37. Bb2 g5 38. a4 Nc7 39. Ke2 h5 40. Ba3 Ke5 41. a5 Na6 42. Ke3 g4 43. Bb2+ Kf5 44. Kd4 Kf4 45. Kc4 Kf3 46. Bd4 h4 47. Kb5 Nb8 48. Kb6 Kg2 49. Kb7 Kxh2 50. Kxb8 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Brown, Michael W."] [Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E92"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. d5 Nh5 9. g3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nd2 f4 12. Bxh5 fxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Qe2 Bh6 15. Nde4 Qxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxe3 17. Ke2 Bd4 18. h4 Nc5 19. Raf1 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Bh3 21. Rf3 Rf8 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne4 Bd4 24. b3 h6 25. Rf6 Bf5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Kf3 Bh3 28. Bg4 Bf1 29. Bf5 Bd3 30. Nxd6 Be2+ 31. Kxe2 cxd6 32. g4 Kg7 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 a5 35. Kf3 b6 36. Be4 Bc5 37. Kg4 Bb4 38. Kf5 Bc5 39. Ke6 Bb4 40. Kd7 Bc5 41. Kc6 Kf7 42. g6+ Ke7 43. Kb5 Ke8 44. Ka4 Be3 45. a3 Bh6 46. Kb5 Be3 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 Bd2 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 dxc5 51. Kxc5 Bh6 52. Kd6 Kd8 53. Kxe5 Ke7 54. d6+ Kd7 55. Bf5+ Kc6 56. Ke6 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Black "Serpik, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ne2 Bb4 14. Rf1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 a5 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Nf5 c5 21. Nd2 Bc8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nc4 Qh6 25. fxe5 Ba6 26. Nd6 Nxe5 27. Nxe8 Ng4 28. h3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kh2 Nxd1 31. Nf6+ gxf6 32. Qxd1 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Rd8 34. d4 cxd4 35. Qg1 Qxe4 36. Rd1 d3 37. Qxb6 Ra8 38. Qxf6 Kf8 39. Rf1 Qd5 40. Re1 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Kiewra, Keaton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B46"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3 g6 12. Bh6 c5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Na4 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. c4 d4 17. f4 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Rae1 Rh5 21. Nb2 a5 22. Be2 Rh8 23. Bg4 Ra6 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Nxe5 26. Be4 Rh5 27. Qf4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Kg7 29. Nd3 f6 30. Rfe1 Re6 31. Qd2 Nxd3 32. Rxe6 Nxe1 33. Qxe1 Re5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Qxh4 Qf7 36. Qe4 Qf5 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qe7 Qf4 39. Qd8 Qg3 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Qxc5 Kf4 42. Qf8+ Ke3 43. c5 d3 44. c6 d2 45. Qc5+ Kf4 46. Qc4+ Kg5 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Peters, Jack"] [Black "Kretchetov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C76"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Nf3 Rhe8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bg5 Qc5+ 18. Qd4 Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 f6 20. e6 Bb5 21. Bh4 Re7 22. h3 Nh6 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. a4 b4 25. Bf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nf5 27. a5 Rd2 28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 Nd6 30. Rb1 Nb5 31. Bc4 c6 32. Rxc6+ 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E39"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. c5 f6 22. Rh5 e5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Rh4 bxc5 25. Ra4 a6 26. c4 Rb2 27. Ra5 f5 28. Re1 f4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxe5 Rf8 31. Rxc5 Bh3 32. f4 Rxa2 33. Rc7 h6 34. Be4 a5 35. Ree7 Bf5 36. Bd5 a4 37. Rf7 Re8 38. Rfe7 Rf8 39. Rf7 Re8 40. Rce7 Rb8 41. Rb7 Re8 42. Rfe7 Rd8 43. Rxg7 a3 44. Rge7 Rb2 45. Ra7 a2 46. Ra6 Bh7 47. Rea7 Re8 48. Be6 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 a1=Q 50. Rxa1 Rxa1 51. Rxa1 Rxe6 52. Rc1 Kg7 53. c5 Be4 54. Rd1 Kf6 55. Rd8 Kf5 56. Kg3 Rg6+ 57. Kh4 Kxf4 58. Rf8+ Ke3 59. Re8 Kd4 60. Rc8 Rf6 61. Re8 Bc6 62. Rd8+ Kxc5 63. h3 Bd5 64. Rd7 Kd4 65. Re7 Be4 66. Ra7 Ke3 67. Ra1 Bf3 68. Ra4 Kf2 69. Ra2+ Be2 70. Ra4 Kg2 71. Re4 Kf2 72. Ra4 h5 73. Rb4 Kg2 74. Re4 Bf3 75. Ra4 Re6 76. Rb4 Be2 77. Rb3 Re4+ 78. Kg5 h4 79. Ra3 Bf3 80. Rb3 Kg3 81. Ra3 Re5+ 82. Kf6 Re1 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Serpik, Ilia"] [Black "Kretchetov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. N1d2 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. Nf3 g6 13. Bd2 Bg7 14. c4 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Nc1 Bg4 17. Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Kiewra, Keaton"] [Black "Peters, Jack"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D03"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Rc1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Nd2 Bc5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. N4b3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Kf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd2 26. Rc7 Be3 27. Rxb7 Bb6 28. Ke2 Rd5 29. Nd2 Re5+ 30. Kd1 Rf5 31. Nc4 Rf1+ 32. Ke2 Rf2+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2 34. Nxb6 Rxb2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Nd7 Rxa2 37. Rb7 h5 38. Ne5 Kf6 39. Nxf7 a5 40. Nd6 h4 41. Rb5 hxg3 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. Rxg5 g2 44. Nd2 Ra4 45. Rxg2 Rf4 46. Ne4 a4 47. Kd4 a3 48. Rg3 Rf5 49. Rxa3 Rd5+ 50. Ke3 Rd1 51. Ra7+ Rd7 52. Ra1 Rd5 53. Rb1 Rd8 54. Nc5 Rd5 55. Nd3 Rh5 56. Ke4 Ra5 57. Rb6 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Ra5 59. Nb4 Ra1 60. Nc2 Rd1 61. Nd4 Re1+ 62. Kd2 Re4 63. Kd3 Re1 64. Nf3 Ra1 65. Ke4 Kf6 66. Rb8 Ra4+ 67. Nd4 Ra1 68. Rf8+ Ke7 69. Rf2 Re1+ 70. Ne2 Kd6 71. Rh2 Rf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Black "Brown, Michael W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Qe2 b5 17. a4 Bb6 18. b4 Re6 19. Rad1 e4 20. Nh4 Ne5 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Bc4 23. Qh5 Qxd2 24. Kh1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Rxd1 26. Qg3 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 Rc1 28. a5 Ba7 29. Nf5 Ng6 30. Qxc7 Bxf2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd2 Rf1 33. Bd3 Bg1+ 34. Kg3 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Rxf5 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Serpik, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. h3 a6 10. Ba2 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Be3 bxa4 14. Qd3 d5 15. dxe5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Rxe7 Bf5 21. Rxf7 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Kretchetov, Alexander"] [Black "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. b4 h5 11. a4 g4 12. a5 Bh6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Qa4 d5 15. e5 Qg5 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Nb3 h4 19. Qb5 h3 20. Nc5+ bxc5 21. Ra6 hxg2 22. Qxc6+ Ke7 23. Qxc5+ Ke8 24. Rfa1 Qh4 25. Ra8 Bg5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kxg2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ng1 Rh2 30. Qb5+ c6 31. Qxc6+ Kf8 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kd1 Rxf2 34. Qa4 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qd2+ 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Kiewra, Keaton"] [Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Qd6 7. Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Peters, Jack"] [Black "Brown, Michael W."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c6 16. Nh2 Qc7 17. f4 Bg7 18. Nf3 c5 19. d5 c4 20. f5 Nc5 21. Kh1 Rab8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. Rf1 Bd7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qf3 Ra8 28. Ne2 gxf5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. exf5 Kh8 31. Ng3 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qxd5 33. Nde4 Qc6 34. Rd1 d5 35. Nxf6 Qxf6 36. Nh5 Qg5 37. Qxd5 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 Qxf5 39. Qxb5 Qe6 40. Rd6 Qe7 41. Qc6 Kg8 42. Rxh6 Rd8 43. Nxg7 Qg5 44. Nh5 1-0 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Bryant, John Daniel"] [Black "Kiewra, Keaton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Bxd6 11. d4 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 Bg6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. a5 Nd5 18. a6 bxa6 19. Rxa6 Rab8 20. Na3 Qb7 21. g3 Rfc8 22. Nc2 Bc5 23. Ng5 Ne5 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. b4 Bb6 27. Qe4 Bd8 28. Nxe6 Bf6 29. c4 Nxb4 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Nc5 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Rc7 33. Be3 a5 34. Kf1 Be7 35. Na4 Rxc4 36. Nb6 Rc6 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Na4 Rc4 40. Nb2 Rc7 41. Kd2 Nd5 42. Ned3 Nb6 43. Nd1 Nc4+ 44. Ke2 Re7+ 45. Kf1 a4 46. Nc3 a3 0-1 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Serpik, Ilia"] [Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 dxe5 16. dxe5 g6 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. h4 Bxh4 20. Qg4 Be7 21. Re3 h5 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rg3 Rh8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qc2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Qxe5 27. Bf4 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Re3 Rc4 30. Be5+ Nf6 31. Rd1 g5 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. Rd6 Re4 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Bxf6 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Rxf6 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxa7 Re2 39. f3 Rb2 40. a4 Rb3 41. Rb7 g4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. a5 Rxc3 44. axb6 Rb3 45. Rb8 Kf5 46. b7 Ke5 47. Kg1 Ke4 48. Re8 Rxb7 49. Rxe6+ Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "27th Southern California Ch."] [Site "Beverly Hills"] [Date "2015.07.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Peters, Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2015.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2015.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 h6 14. Be3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qd6 21. Bd3 h5 22. g5 g6 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. Qe3 Rfe8 25. Nf3 Bb5 26. Ne5 Bxd3 27. cxd3 Rac8 28. d4 a5 29. Qd3 Bf8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. f5 Qc7 33. f6 Qf7 34. Qd3 Rf8 35. Rf1 Qc7 36. Rc1 Qd7 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Qg6 Qd7 39. Qxh5 Bxf6 40. gxf6 Qh7+ 41. Qxh7+ Kxh7 42. f7 Kg7 43. Kc2 a4 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Rf4 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kh5 48. Rf6 Kxh4 49. Kf4 Kh5 50. Ke5 Kg5 51. Kxe6 1-0
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Format
Tournament rules and format are as follows:
Format: Eight player single round robin.
Participants: Selection for event is as follows: three highest rated players that accept invitations (based on April supplement), three from Candidates Tournament, and last year's winner. Additionally, the top finisher in the SuperStates K-12 Championship (SoCal resident) is seeded into the event. In the event the top SuperStates player declines, then seeding is by top four rated players who accept, three from Candidates, and last year's winner.
Qualifying for Candidates Tournament: Appropriate result in any of selected tournaments (qualifiers will be posted in next Rank and File and on the SCCF website here), and players over 2200 and 2000 may participate, if not otherwise qualified, for a $50 and $99 entry, respectively. Players invited from State Championship Qualifiers are exempt from entry fees. Candidates Tournament will be at Academic Chess Center in Laguna Hills on June 6 and 7.
Time Control: 40/90, SD/30 w/ 30 sec increment
Ratings: The tournament will be USCF-rated but not FIDE-rated.
Tournament Director: David King
Prize schedule:
$$5500 guaranteed prizes, and any ensuing sponsorship will also go to prize fund.
Site: Beverly Hills High School, Room 300 and Education Development Center.
Format: Eight player single round robin.
Participants: Selection for event is as follows: three highest rated players that accept invitations (based on April supplement), three from Candidates Tournament, and last year's winner. Additionally, the top finisher in the SuperStates K-12 Championship (SoCal resident) is seeded into the event. In the event the top SuperStates player declines, then seeding is by top four rated players who accept, three from Candidates, and last year's winner.
Qualifying for Candidates Tournament: Appropriate result in any of selected tournaments (qualifiers will be posted in next Rank and File and on the SCCF website here), and players over 2200 and 2000 may participate, if not otherwise qualified, for a $50 and $99 entry, respectively. Players invited from State Championship Qualifiers are exempt from entry fees. Candidates Tournament will be at Academic Chess Center in Laguna Hills on June 6 and 7.
Time Control: 40/90, SD/30 w/ 30 sec increment
Ratings: The tournament will be USCF-rated but not FIDE-rated.
Tournament Director: David King
Prize schedule:
$$5500 guaranteed prizes, and any ensuing sponsorship will also go to prize fund.
| Tentative Prize Schedule | |
| 1st Place | $1800 and title of state champion |
| 2nd Place | $1200 |
| 3rd Place | $800 |
| 4th Place | $600 |
| 5th Place | $400 |
| 6th Place | $300 |
| 7th Place | $200 |
| 8th Place | $200 |
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