Mike Splane - USCF Life Master

Revised May 12, 2013

About Mike

Contact: Mike.Splane@sjsu.edu

NEWS: US AMATEUR TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP February 20, 2012

Career Statistics	My Articles	Date	Dana’s Blog
Streaks	Why I often delay castling	2005	Doing Nothing
Tournament Results	Space advantage in the opening	2005	San Jose Defense
Against the Best	How to analyze	2008	Fun French
Results by Year	How to stop losing at chess	2009	Master Class
Results by Rating	How to form a plan	2010	Mike vs an IM
Results by Color	Improving chess form	2011	Stealing a Win
	The San Jose Defense - games	2012	Human Reasoning
	Evaluating your position	2012	Decision Making

2013 Games with Notes

I lost if the result is listed in red.

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Alok Singh	1875	5/9	Owens Defence	1-0	37
Ray Fergerson	1937	5/2	Sicilian Rossilimo	Draw	28
Chris Waroff	1887	4/25	Petroff	1-0	21
George Jeffers	1809	1/31	Sicilian Kupreichik	0-1	25
Ray Fergerson	1955	1/17	Ruy Lopez	1-0	58
Felix Hernandez-Campos	1956	1/10	Alapin Sicilian	Draw	26
James Bennett	1818	1/3	Semi Tarrasch	0-1	43

2012 Games with Notes

I lost if the result is listed in red.

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Gaudenci Delacruz	2000	12/22	French	1-0	26
Rayan Taghizadeh	1986	12/22	San Jose Defense	0-1	42
Alex Kourotttchenko	1872	12/13	Queens Gambit Dec.	0-1	30
Ray Fergerson	1943	12/6	Ruy Lopez	1-0	44
Joji Escoto	2023	8/9	San Jose Defense	0-1	27
Praveen Narayanan	2039	8/2	French	1-0	29
Alex Levitan	2105	7/26	Modern	Draw	44
Milosz Zielinski	UNR	7/19	San Jose Defense	0-1	40
Paul Savage	1760	7/12	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	18
Raphael Yelluas	1767	6/28	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	26
Richard Hatarik	2164	6/24	Ruy Lopez	1-0	11
Michael Wang	1977	6/24	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	23
Dharim Bacus	2307	6/23	San Jose Defense	0-1	22
Pranav Nagarajan	1941	6/23	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	80
Charles Tang	1850	6/21	San Jose Defense	Draw	30
George Mandrusov	2033	6/14	Pirc	1-0	36
George Mandrusov	2033	6/14	English	1-0	42
Lev Feldman	2040	6/7	Caro Kann	0-1	21
Lev Feldman	2040	6/7	French	Draw	51
Praveen Narayanan	2017	5/31	Dutch	0-1	42
Praveen Narayanan	2017	5/31	Caro Kann	1-0	100+
Steve Svoboda	1983	5/24	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	59
Praveen Narayanan	2010	5/12	Caro Kann	0-1	50+
Kesav Viswanadha	2148	5/12	San Jose Defense	0-1	39
Michael Da Cruz	2035	5/12	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	25
Paulo Santanna	2141	5/10	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	34
J L DeJong	2014	5/3	Pirc	0-1	64
Alex Kourotttchenko	1900	4/26	Ruy Lopez	1-0	28
Colin Chow	2077	2/19	French	Draw	42
Praveen Narayanan	1984	2/19	Caro Kann	1-0	29
Ken Arnold	2348	2/18	Irregular QP	Draw	22
Nathan Porter	1662	2/18	French	1-0	42
Felix Hernandez-Campos	1982	2/2	Irregular QP	0-1	63
Steve Svoboda	1988	1/26	Kings Indian Attack	0-1	28
Cihan Baran	1905	1/12	San Jose Defense	0-1	27
Alex Kourotttchenko	1937	1/5	Ruy Lopez	1-0	30
Milos Pavlovic	2593	1/2	Benko Gambit	1-0	51
Richard Yi	1914	1/2	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	44
Michael Da Cruz	2000	1/1	San Jose Defense	0-1	33
Nicholas Karas	2108	1/1	O’Kelly Sicilian	1-0	14
Michael Yang	1943	1/1	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	50

2011 Games with Notes

I lost if the result is listed in red.

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Lev Feldman	2007	12/15	French	1-0	47
Lev Feldman	2007	12/15	Benko Gambit	0-1	23
Steve Svoboda	1996	12/8	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	40
Steve Svoboda	1996	12/8	Reti	0-1	32
J L DeJong	2022	12/1	Irregular Q-Pawn	0-1	56
J L DeJong	2022	12/1	French	1-0	50
Steve Svoboda	1901	9/22	Alapin Sicilian	Draw	22
Frisco Del Rosario	2071	9/15	Irregular Q-Pawn	Draw	29
Cihan Baran	1921	9/8	San Jose Defense	0-1	27
James Bennett	1855	8/25	Benko Gambit	0-1	38
ANONYMOUS	1958	8/18	French – Fort Knox	1-0	13
Hunter Klotz-Burwell	1858	8/6	San Jose Defense	0-1	40
Rahul Swaminathan	1374	8/6	San Jose Defense	0-1	31
Jeffrey Tao	1788	7/24	San Jose Defense	0-1	30
Colin Chow	1935	7/24	San Jose Defense	0-1	46
Aditya Kumar	1924	7/23	French	1-0	36
Prashant Periwal	1855	7/21	Alapin Sicilian	0-1	22
James Bennett	1871	7/14	Ruy Lopez	1-0	60
Salman Azhar	1500	6/30	San Jose Defense	0-1	24
Cihan Baran	1944	6/9	French	1-0	39
Ray Fergerson	1872	6/2	San Jose Defense	0-1	67
Alex Levitan	2051	5/19	Pirc	Draw	52
James Bennett	1871	5/12	San Jose Defense	0-1	24
Andre Paradela	1827	5/5	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	30
Frisco Del Rosario	2084	2/15	Ruy Neo-Steinitz	Draw	19
Eric Steger	1968	2/10	San Jose Defense	0-1	31
Frisco Del Rosario	2084	2/3	San Jose Defense	1-0	44
George Mandrusov	2046	2/1	Petroff	1-0	44
Joji Escoto	1958	1/25	Delayed Dutch	0-1	22
Joji Escoto	1958	1/25	Delayed Dutch	Draw	16
Alex Levitan	2063	1/20	Ruy Lopez Classical	1-0	40
George Jeffers	1958	1/18	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	36
Eric Steger	1968	1/13	San Jose Defense	0-1	45
Udit Iyengar	1912	1/11	San Jose Defense	0-1	45
Ray Fergerson	1858	1/6	Ruy Lopez Berlin	1-0	31
Vignesh Panchanathan	1950	1/4	French	1-0	52

2010 Games with Notes

I lost if the result is listed in red. Please let me know if you spot any typos.

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Kesav Viswanadha	1970	12/21	San Jose Defense	0-1	46
Alex Levitan	2061	12/16	Benko Gambit	0-1	49
Hemang Jangle	1858	12/14	Elephant Gambit	1-0	23
J L DeJong	2011	12/9	Benoni	Draw	58
Cameron Wheeler	2021	12/7	San Jose Defense	0-1	29
Frisco Del Rosario	2093	12/2	Petroff	Draw	12
Allan Beilin	1876	11/30	French	1-0	49
Wolfgang Behm	1661	11/18	Center Game	0-1	27
Ray Fergerson	1871	11/11	Ruy Lopez Berlin	Draw	28
George Mandrusov	2065	9/2	Petroff	1-0	66
Alok Singh	1866	8/26	Reversed Slav	0-1	37
Lev Feldman	2089	7/29	French	1-0	25
Frisco Del Rosario	2093	7/22	Elephant Gambit	Draw	39
Eric Steger	1993	7/15	Four Knights	Draw	53
J L DeJong	2000	7/8	French	1-0	34
George Mandrusov	2065	6/24	English	0-1	38
Daniel Liu	2037	6/19	Elephant Gambit	Draw	15
Arjoe Loanzon	2232	6/19	Scandinavian	1-0	47
Rayan Taghizadeh	1680	6/19	Elephant Gambit	Draw	19
Daniel Steiner	1772	6/19	Ruy Lopez	1-0	54
Bruce Matzner	1801	6/17	Scandinavian	1-0	22
Arvind Sankar	1650	6/10	Elephant Gambit	0-1	40
Alex Levitan	2014	5/20	Tarrasch Defense	0-1	71
Fred Leffingwell	1754	5/13	Caro Kann	1-0	26
Felix Hernandez-Campos	1920	5/6	English	Draw	10
Romulo Fuentes	2186	5/2	Elephant Gambit	1-0	~ 20
James Kwok	1919	5/2	Elephant Gambit	0-1	25
Micah Cohan	2069	5/1	French	Draw	37
Gaudenci Delacruz	2007	5/1	Elephant Gambit	0-1	49
Aditya Kumar	1885	5/1	French	1-0	50
Ray Fergerson	1856	4/29	Ruy Lopez	Draw	33
Alex Levitan	1999	4/22	Ruy Lopez	1-0	39
Frisco Del Rosario	2105	4/15	Bird’s	Draw	15
Hunter KlotzBurwell	1704	4/10	Elephant Gambit	0-1	40
Rayan Taghizadeh	1648	4/10	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	38
Arun Giridharan	1645	4/10	Elephant Gambit	0-1	15
Charles Lin	1348	4/10	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	24
Arun Giridharan	1645	4/8	Ruy Lopez	1-0	11
Andre Paradela	1804	3/25	Elephant Gambit	0-1	60
Joji Escoto	1896	3/18	French	Draw	24
Colin Chow	1788	3/7	Pirc	Draw	53
Max Chen	1783	3/7	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	60
Samuel Sevian	2160	3/6	Pirc	1-0	35
Tanuj Vasudera	1881	3/6	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	27
George Mandrusov	2050	2/4	Ruy Lopez	1-0	43
Lev Feldman	2054	1/28	Benoni	1-0	34
David Bischel	1687	1/21	French	1-0	27
J L DeJong	1997	1/14	French	Draw	29
Alex Levitan	2019	1/7	Benoni	0-1	57
Philip Seitzer	2073	1/3	Alapin Sicilian	0-1	40
Yian Liou	2197	1/2	Pirc 150 Attack	1-0	~ 30
Andy Lee	2317	1/1	Ruy Lopez	0-1	30
Steven Zierck	2402	1/1	Pirc	Draw	40

2009 Games with Notes

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Antonio Rabadan	1615	12/9	French	1-0	32
Bruce Matzner	1906	11/19	Scandinavian	1-0	34
Antonio Rabadan	1615	9/3	Pirc	0-1	39
Alex Kourotttchenko	1834	8/27	Double Fianchetto	1-0	39
Vishtasb Golshan	1813	8/20	Ruy Lopez	1-0	60
Alex Levitan	2028	8/6	Ruy Lopez	1-0	54
Frisco Del Rosario	2054	7/30	Modern	Draw	23
Alok Singh	1917	7/16	Queen Pawn	0-1	22
Emory Tate	2360	6/27	Pirc	1-0	21
Paul Richter	1776	6/27	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	40
Kyle Shin	1956	6/27	French	Draw	60+
Tanuj Vasudera	1821	6/27	Pirc	0-1	41
Wasim Azhar	1654	6/25	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	23
Christopher Tsai	1772	6/18	Pirc	1-0	15
Michael Lico	1667	6/11	Caro Kann	1-0	25
Gaudenci Delacruz	2000	5/28	French	1-0	27
Bruce Matzner	1827	5/21	Scandinavian	1-0	36
Dan Burkhard	2005	5/14	Pirc	Draw	16
Steve Svoboda	1900	5/7	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	42
James Bennett	1713	4/30	Pirc w/o d4	0-1	53
Lev Feldman	1980	2/5	Benoni	Draw	21
George Mandrusov	1959	1/29	Ruy Lopez	1-0	23
J L DeJong	1969	1/22	Benoni	0-1	37
Vishtasb Golshan	1830	1/15	Birmingham Defense	1-0	35

2008 Games with Notes

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Bah Shimohammadi	1661	12/18	Pirc	0-1	22
Eric Steger	1861	12/4	Pirc/Benoni	1-0	55
Ricardo DeGuzman	2430	11/30	French	0-1	28
Evan Sandberg	2030	11/29	Modern	0-1	47
Michael Aigner	2276	11/29	Modern	Draw	26
Ojas Chinchwadkar	1790	11/28	French	1-0	82
Arun Giridharan	1531	11/13	French	1-0	19
Frisco Del Rosario	2022	9/25	Sicilian	1-0	25
William Johns	1780	9/18	English ***	0-1	28
J L DeJong	2006	9/11	French	1-0	27
Richard Roubel	1884	9/4	Ruy Lopez	1-0	27
Bruce Matzner	1800	8/28	Irregular Q Pawn	0-1	29
Alex Levitan	2045	8/14	QGD Tarrasch	0-1	56
Lev Feldman	1937	7/31	Modern	1-0	42
Rohan Satha	1939	7/24	Ruy Lopez	Draw	20
Eric Steger	1879	7/17	Alapin Sicilian	0-1	40
Serge Bierhuizen	1839	7/10	French	1-0	27
William Johns	1763	6/26	Irregular Q Pawn	0-1	39
Alok Singh	1804	6/5	Scandinavian	1-0	16
Serge Bierhuizen	1839	5/29	Alapin Sicilian ***	0-1	24
Abdalla Kinyariro	1761	5/15	Ruy Lopez	1-0	22
Christopher Wu	1718	5/8	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	33
Alex Levitan	2011	5/1	QGD Tarrasch	1-0	51
William Johns	1740	4/24	Sicilian Dragon	0-1	52
Randolph Moore	1640	4/17	Gauss Gambit	1-0	16
Ray Fergerson	1881	2/28	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	24
Alex Levitan	2021	2/21	Caro Kann	1-0	30
Louie Arquie	1847	2/14	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	34
Jose Chau-Lee	1741	2/7	Maroczy Bind ***	0-1	29
Alex Levitan	2021	1/31	Caro Kann	1-0	51
Eric De Mund	1588	1/17	Pirc Defense	0-1	20
Vishtasb Golshan	1790	1/3	Birmingham Defense	1-0	27

2007 Games with Notes

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
George Mandrusov	1889	12/13	Q G D	0-1	53
Louie Arquie	1875	12/6	Pirc ***	0-1	13
Jose Chau-Lee	1669	11/29	Caro Kann	1-0	30
Simul Games		11/15	1. e4 games
Steven Zierck	1997	8/9	Sicilian	Draw	30
Alex Levitan	2020	8/2	Caro Kann	1-0	62
Alok Singh	1840	7/26	Reti	0-1	13
Antonio Rabadan	1590	7/19	Caro Kann	1-0	30
Andrew Yeh	1627	7/12	Sicilian	0-1	30
George Mandrusov	1824	6/28	Belgrade Gambit	0-1	39
Steve Pait	1627	6/21	Semi-Slav	0-1	36
Louie Arquie	1842	6/14	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	33
David Childress	1753	6/7	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	17
Jose Chau-Lee	1658	5/31	Semi-Slav	0-1	36
Andre Paradela	1757	5/24	Pirc	1-0	45
Wolfgang Pieb	1707	5/17	Alapin Sicilian	Draw	55
J L DeJong	1900	2/1	French	1-0	31
George Mandrusov	1665	1/25	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	24
Alok Singh	1840	1/18	English	0-1	56
Louie Arquie	1777	1/11	Modern	0-1	47
David Childress	1788	1/4	Alapin Sicilian	Draw	44

2006 Games with Notes

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Alex Levitan	2045	9/14	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	66
Vishtasb Golshan	1846	8/31	Sicilian	0-1	29
Louie Arquie	1726	8/24	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	30
Bruce Matzner	1800	8/10	Alekhine	1-0	21
Frisco Del Rosario	2074	8/3	Four Knights	0-1	41
Albert Rich	2269	7/27	Caro Kann ***	0-1	32
J L DeJong	1900	7/20	French ***	1-0	32
Richard Roubel	1800	7/13	Pirc	0-1	36
Alex Prazma	1735	6/29	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	18
Edward Bee	1592	6/22	Blackmar Diemer ***	0-1	25
J L DeJong	1909	2/2	French	1-0	28
Lev Feldman	2021	1/26	1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5	Draw	54
Visbtash Golshan	1834	1/19	Alapin Sicilian	1-0	38
Mark Kokish	1771	1/12	English	0-1	31
Alok Singh	1689	1/5	Caro Kann	1-0	50

2005 Games with Notes

Opponent	Rating	Date	Opening	Result	Moves
Lev Feldman	2026	3/31	Belgrade Gambit	1-0	45
Fred Leffingwell	1724	3/24	French	1-0	26
Antonio Rabadan	1635	3/3	Dragon	0-1	41
Steve Pait	1568	2/24	Vienna Gambit	1-0	28
Visbtash Golshan	1727	2/17	4 Pawns Attack	1-0	38
J L DeJong	1905	2/10	Semi-Benoni	0-1	10
Frisco Del Rosario	2104	1/27	Pirc	0-1	34
Alex Levitan	2065	1/20	Belgrade Gambit ***	1-0	56
Mark Kokish	1558	1/13	English ***	0-1	31

Games (Prior to 2005) California Chess Links Other Chess Links

1. d3 systems	BayAreaChess.com	Chess Cafe
Alekhine's Defense	Burlingame Chess Club	Chess.com
An AntiPirc System	Dana McKenzie’s Chess Blog	Chess Lab
Franco-Sicilian	Kolty Chess Club in Campbell	Michigan Chess Assn
Queens Gambit - Tarrasch	Mechanics Institute	Tactics Practice
Sicilian 2. c3 Nf6	Northern California Chess Assn	Toledo Chess Club
Symmetrical King Pawns	Places to play chess	US Chess Federation
Unusual Openings		USCF player-search