Naranja Wins Thursday Night Members' Swiss

IM Renato Naranja defeated expert Andrew Hellenschmidtin the last round to take clear first in the Marshall's Thursday Night Members' Swiss. Naranja scored 4-1 and won $108. A half-point behind, NMs Brian Hulse, Ed Gaillard, and George Berg tied for second and third prizes (worth $36 each).

In the final round Linda Diaz upset NM Ed Frumkin and Ken Cohen scored a 269-rating-point upset as well. They joined Edward Scher--who had a exceptionally solid tournament, winning one game and drawing four masters and experts--in sharing the under-2000 prize with 3 points (worth $18 apiece).

The next Members' Swiss starts Thursday September 11. The tournament is open to all Marshall members. Rounds are Thursdays at 7 PM (please come a little early to register), and the time limit is 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by one hour sudden death.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Renato C Naranja	2215	2214	L14	W17	W11	W4	W5	4.0	108.00
2	Brian Hulse	2200	2192	W16	D5	D6	W12	D4	3.5	36.00
3	Edward A Gaillard	2166	2161	W12	D11	D5	D6	W10	3.5	36.00
4	George P Berg	2036	2054	W17	W14	W13	L1	D2	3.5	36.00
5	Andrew Hellenschmidt	2033	2049	W15	D2	D3	W13	L1	3.0
6	Edward Scher	1952	1980	D13	W10	D2	D3	D9	3.0	18.00
7	Linda V Diaz	1726	1756	H---	H---	U---	W15	W11	3.0	18.00
8	Ken Cohen	1390	1413	B---	L13	L12	X17	W15	3.0	18.00
9	Mark E Gerstl	2029	2020	H---	H---	D15	D11	D6	2.5
10	Marian Waxman	1992	1982	H---	L6	W16	X14	L3	2.5
11	Edward A Frumkin	2000	1989	W18	D3	L1	D9	L7	2.0
12	Sandra L Oliver	1668	1682	L3	W18	W8	L2	U---	2.0
13	Yefim Treger	2259	2232	D6	W8	L4	L5	U---	1.5
14	Nelson M Farber	1890	1902	W1	L4	H---	F10	U---	1.5
15	Edward A Moscovic	1659	1654	L5	W16	D9	L7	L8	1.5
16	Paul T Doganges	1805	1781	L2	L15	L10	U---	B---	1.0
17	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1663	L4	L1	B---	F8	U---	1.0
18	Eric Michael Hecht	1658	1642	L11	L12	U---	U---	U---	0.0