Raven Sturt Wins Fide Thursdays in Dramatic Finish

The Marshall Chess Club Fide Thursdays tournament came down to the wire when event leader Zahar Hilkevich lost his queen in extreme mutual time pressure against Marshall member George Berg. Both players had less than one minute remaining in a position that, according to George, was "probably drawn."

Zahar's misfortune gave the tournament victory to Raven Sturt, the highest rated player of the event, after a win against Paulo Santanna.

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SwissSys Standings. FIDE Rated Thurs.

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	RAVEN M STURT	2296	W6	W5	L2	W3	W7	W8	5.0
2	ZAHAR HILKEVICH	2201	W10	D7	W1	W9	W5	L3	4.5
3	GEORGE P BERG	2084	W17	D4	D7	L1	W10	W2	4.0
4	YEFIM TREGER	2257	D15	D3	D5	D7	D8	W13	3.5
5	FRITZ GASPARD	2108	W12	L1	D4	W6	L2	W14	3.5
6	ANDRE E HARDING	2029	L1	D15	W12	L5	W13	B---	3.5
7	SARATHI RAY	2079	W13	D2	D3	D4	L1	H---	3.0
8	PAULO SANTANNA	2040	L11	H---	W15	W14	D4	L1	3.0
9	OSCAR L MALDONADO	2211	H---	H---	W17	L2	U---	U---	2.0
10	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2000	L2	D12	L13	W17	L3	H---	2.0
11	WILLIAM FISHER	1885	W8	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	2.0
12	JOHN J BRENDEL	1952	L5	D10	L6	L16	W17	U---	1.5
13	ANTHONY GRECO	1902	L7	L17	W10	H---	L6	L4	1.5
14	PAUL TON	1795	D18	H---	H---	L8	U---	L5	1.5
15	MARK E GERSTL	2008	D4	D6	L8	U---	U---	U---	1.0
16	MARIAN WAXMAN	1991	U---	U---	U---	W12	U---	U---	1.0
17	EDWARD SCHER	1945	L3	W13	L9	L10	L12	U---	1.0
18	DOROTHY filler TEASLEY	2000	D14	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.5