Author: Chris Roberts

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    Summer Fun 2 Draws 57 Players

    Summer Fun 2 Draws 57 Players

    With an undefeated score of 4.5-0.5, top seed Karl Tolentino won clear first place in the SGVCC’s Summer Fun 2 upper section. The 5-round event ended July 18, 2023. Runner-up at 4-1 was Leo Wang. Arthur Zhang was best under 1900 at 3.5-1.5 and Derek Li, Benjamim Teng and Darren Wang tied for best under 1700 at 2.5-2.5. Jocelyn Fan won the best under 1500 section with a score of 4-1. Runners-up in that section with a score of 3.5-1.5 were Alex Behzadi, David G. Faulkner, and Evie Hsing. Chasen Chwang took top honors in best under 1000 with a score of 3.0-2.0. Congrats to all!


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    NM Tolentino Plays Blitz vs Super GM Nakamura

    Hey Folks- Check out our own Karl Tolentino playing blitz with Nakamura recently. Took place at this Culver City coffee shop Laura has featured in our LA Chess Social Blog. Quite the scene down there these days! 

    John

    First Time (second half of the video, first person was ~expert strength):

    Second Time (second half of the video, first person was master strength):