Hulse and Frumkin Lead Thursday Night Members' Open

Having takes two weeks off for Yuletide feasting, the warriors of the Thursday Night Members' Open returned to battle on January 8.

NM Ed Frumkin defeated Ken Cohen to join NM Brian Hulse (who drew with Nelson Farber) in the lead with a score of 3-1. Farber, Mark Gerstl, and Sarathi Ray are tied for third place, a half-point behind the leaders, going into next Thursday's final round.

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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	B 4
	2210 10078644	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.0
2	George P Berg	W 8	B 6	W 7	B 5
	2101 12523517	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
3	Edward A Frumkin	B 9	W 13	B 1	W 12
	2035 10136580	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
4	Nelson M Farber	W 11	bye	B 5	W 1
	2025 12813964	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
5	Mark E Gerstl	B 12	B 1	W 4	W 2
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
6	Edward Scher	bye	W 2	B 12	----	----
	1995 10076366	0.5	1.0	1.0	U1.0
7	Sarathi Ray	W 1	B 8	B 2	W 13
	1993 12655562	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
8	Marian Waxman	B 2	W 7	B 11	----
	1991 10109540	0.5	0.5	1.5	U1.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 3	B 11	B 13	W 10
	1781 12547456	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0
10	William Dubinsky	----	----	----	B 9
	1768 12043220	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0	0.5
11	Edward A Moscovic	B 4	W 9	W 8	----	----
	1658 10098530	0.0	0.5	0.5	U0.5
12	Ken Cohen	W 5	bye	W 6	B 3
	1359 10086353	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
13	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	B 3	W 9	B 7
	1071 12668990	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0