Lapshun, Bonin , and Hoffman Win December Open II

IM Yuri Lapshun, IM Jay Bonin, and FM Asa Hoffman tied for first in the second December Open at the Marshall on December 27-28. Each scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to bring home $106.67.

Justus Williams won the Under-2000 prize ($87) with 3 points. Williams, had a remarkable tournament, winning two and drawing two against all-expert opposition for a performance over 2300 and a gain of more than 100 rating points. He's only in the fifth grade, so you know he's one to watch.

Kadhir Pillai won the Under-1700 prize ($73) with 2 1/₂, including knocking off NM George Berg in the last round.

Leif Pressman directed teh 33-player field--note that the prizes were greater than advertised because of the large turnout.

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Standings. December Open II

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Yury Lapshun	2512	2511	W11	W21	W4	D3	3.5	106.67
2	Jay Bonin	2391	2390	W29	W23	D5	W9	3.5	106.67
3	Asa Hoffmann	2295	2304	W12	W16	W15	D1	3.5	106.67
4	Eric J Fleischman	2267	2273	W10	W20	L1	W15	3.0
5	Raven M Sturt	2149	2153	W24	W8	D2	D6	3.0
6	Justus Williams	1691	1797	W28	W29	D14	D5	3.0	87.00
7	Beatriz Marinello	2200	2185	W22	L15	D21	W19	2.5
8	Edward A Frumkin	2035	2031	W33	L5	W16	H---	2.5
9	Darrian Robinson	1928	1940	H---	W27	W23	L2	2.5
10	Anthony Greco	1910	1907	L4	W17	D13	W22	2.5
11	Kavinay Sivakumar	1891	1893	L1	W32	W24	H---	2.5
12	Miles Hinson	1857	1871	L3	W30	W25	H---	2.5
13	Kadhir And Pillai	1612	1654	H---	H---	D10	W23	2.5	73.00
14	Mitchell Fitzko	2089	2084	W17	H---	D6	U---	2.0
15	Michael Pappaceno	2059	2063	W18	W7	L3	L4	2.0
16	Sriran Dattatreya	1624	1630	W32	L3	L8	W25	2.0
17	Bingjie Liu	1362	1389	L14	L10	W32	W24	2.0
18	Ken Cohen	1359	1373	L15	L22	W33	W31	2.0
19	Moshe Fohrman	962	994	H---	H---	W27	L7	2.0
20	Henry C Sobo	2052	2042	W26	L4	D22	U---	1.5
21	William Dubinsky	1777	1804	W30	L1	D7	U---	1.5
22	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1706	L7	W18	D20	L10	1.5
23	George P Berg	2101	2074	W25	L2	L9	L13	1.0
24	Eric Bobrow	1539	1514	L5	W33	L11	L17	1.0
25	Omar S Khan	1475	1467	L23	W26	L12	L16	1.0
26	Henry Mori	1198	1190	L20	L25	X29	U---	1.0
27	Anthony J Russo	1109	1079	H---	L9	L19	H---	1.0
28	Edward A Gaillard	2163	2150	L6	U---	U---	U---	0.0
29	David A Petty	2002	1987	L2	L6	F26	U---	0.0
30	Edward Scher	1995	1970	L21	L12	U---	U---	0.0
31	Quasar Hampton	1328	1311	U---	U---	U---	L18	0.0
32	Steven Khais	961	956	L16	L11	L17	U---	0.0
33	Ralph J Godfrey	945	939	L8	L24	L18	U---	0.0

And the official crosstable is also available on the USCF website.