Hulse Leads Thursday Night Members' Open

NM Brian Hulse leads the Marshall Thursday Night Members' Open with 2 o;1/₂ points after the third round on December 25. Hulse defeated the previous occupant of first place, NM Ed Frumkin.

Long-time Marshall regular Ken Cohen scored a big upset, defeating Ed Scher (rated 636 points above him) to move into a tie for second with Frumkin, Nelson Farber, and Mark Gerstl.

The tournament takes a break for the Christmas and New Year's holidays, and will resume on Thursday January 8 at 7 PM. By then the suspense will be killing us.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Brian Hulse	B 7	W 5	W 3
	2210 10078644	1.0	1.5	2.5
2	George P Berg	W 8	B 6	W 7
	2101 12523517	0.5	1.0	1.5
3	Edward A Frumkin	B 9	W 12	B 1
	2035 10136580	1.0	2.0	2.0
4	Nelson M Farber	W 10	bye	B 5
	2025 12813964	1.0	1.5	2.0
5	Mark E Gerstl	B 11	B 1	W 4
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.5	2.0
6	Edward Scher	bye	W 2	B 11
	1995 10076366	0.5	1.0	1.0
7	Sarathi Ray	W 1	B 8	B 2
	1993 12655562	0.0	1.0	1.5
8	Marian Waxman	B 2	W 7	B 10
	1991 10109540	0.5	0.5	1.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 3	B 10	B 12
	1781 12547456	0.0	0.5	1.5
10	Edward A Moscovic	B 4	W 9	W 8
	1658 10098530	0.0	0.5	0.5
11	Ken Cohen	W 5	bye	W 6
	1359 10086353	0.0	1.0	2.0
12	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	B 3	W 9
	1071 12668990	1.0	1.0	1.0