Bonin and Margulis Win December Open

IM Jay Bonin and NM Yevgeni Margulis scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to tie for first in the Marshall December Open on December 13-14. They took home $87 each for topping a field of 23.

Tied for third at 3-1 were FM Boris Privman, NM James West, and NM George Berg, who earned $15.33 apiece.

Daniel Vulis and Kapil Chandran won the Under-2000 prize ($30 each) with 2 1/₂; Reva Shree Singh and Steven Khais were top under-1700 with 2 1/₂ (worth $25 each).

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Jay Bonin	2391	2393	W12	W11	D5	W6	3.5	87.00
2	Yevgeni Margulis	2180	2193	D3	W8	W14	W9	3.5	87.00
3	Boris Privman	2231	2232	D2	D9	W19	W11	3.0	15.33
4	James R West	2214	2213	D14	W13	W7	D5	3.0	15.33
5	George P Berg	2101	2110	W16	W18	D1	D4	3.0	15.33
6	Yefim Treger	2271	2269	H---	W15	W10	L1	2.5
7	Daniel Vulis	1991	1992	W21	H---	L4	W12	2.5	30.00
8	Kapil Chandran	1921	1928	H---	L2	W17	W14	2.5	30.00
9	Evan Z Rabin	2136	2133	H---	D3	W15	L2	2.0
10	Nelson M Farber	2025	2022	W20	H---	L6	H---	2.0
11	Alena Kats	2001	1999	W17	L1	W16	L3	2.0
12	Jerry J Monaco	1781	1775	L1	W22	W18	L7	2.0
13	Ilan Kreitner	2000	1996	H---	L4	W20	U---	1.5
14	Jake S Miller	1921	1915	D4	B---	L2	L8	1.5
15	Alan J Zhang	1703	1700	B---	L6	L9	D16	1.5
16	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1695	L5	W21	L11	D15	1.5
17	Reva Shree Singh	1251	1255	L11	D20	L8	B---	1.5	25.00
18	Steven Khais	961	980	X23	L5	L12	D20	1.5	25.00
19	Jason J Margiotta	1777	1775	H---	H---	L3	U---	1.0
20	Ken Cohen	1359	1337	L10	D17	L13	D18	1.0
21	Henry Mori	1198	1195	L7	L16	B---	U---	1.0
22	Ralph J Godfrey	945	944	B---	L12	U---	U---	1.0
23	David Lewis	1941	1941	F18	U---	U---	U---	0.0