Treger and Frumkin Maintain FIDE Thursdays Lead

NMs Yefim Treger and Ed Frumkin drew their third-round game on April 17 to maintain joint possession of first place in the Marshall FIDE Thursdays tournament. Gerd Kathstede amd Sandra Oliver are tied for third, a half-point behind the leaders.

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SwissSys Standings. MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAY

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	YEFIM TREGER	2276	2280	W6	W3	D2	2.5
2	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2014	2032	W4	W7	D1	2.5
3	GERD KATHSTEDE	2142	2150	W9	L1	W5	2.0
4	SANDRA OLIVER	1669	1705	L2	W10	W8	2.0
5	GEORGE P BERG	2064	2056	W10	H---	L3	1.5
6	MARIAN WAXMAN	1977	1988	L1	H---	W9	1.5
7	JAMES A BLACK	1661	1678	H---	L2	W10	1.5
8	THOMAS MALLOY	1751	1731	H---	H---	L4	1.0
9	EDWARD SCHER	1968	1944	L3	H---	L6	0.5
10	JERRY J MONACO	1758	1713	L5	L4	L7	0.0

Berkun Wins Wednesday Under-2000

Boris Berkun won he Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000 after drawing with second-place finisher Kenneth Collins in the final round on April 15th. Berkun scored 4.5 out of 5 to win $132.00. Kenneth Collins scored 4-1 to win sole second prize, worth $77.00. Third place was shared by Dennis Moore and Gabriel Rigono; each scored 3.5 points and collected $27.50. Top Under 1700 was James Black with 3 points, good for $66.00. There were 22 players in the event.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall Chess Club Wed U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	BORIS BERKUN	1919	1946	W12	W4	W3	W7	D2	4.5	132.00
2	KENNETH COLLINS	1676	1730	W21	W14	H---	W9	D1	4.0	77.00
3	DENNIS R MOORE	1968	1950	W6	D9	L1	W10	W12	3.5	27.50
4	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	1720	W13	L1	W16	W8	D5	3.5	27.50
5	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1793	1782	H---	D10	D12	W6	D4	3.0
6	JAMES A BLACK	1632	1659	L3	W17	W20	L5	W16	3.0	66.00
7	DANIEL Y PI	1717	1738	W16	W20	H---	L1	U---	2.5
8	JAMES R LOWE	1705	1698	H---	W15	H---	L4	D11	2.5
9	KEVIN COYLE	1700	1711	W17	D3	W10	L2	U---	2.5
10	KYLE MOON	1645	1642	W23	D5	L9	L3	W19	2.5
11	PANAGIOTIS LOUKAS	1553	1564	L20	W19	L14	W21	D8	2.5
12	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1553	1582	L1	W13	D5	W15	L3	2.5
13	PAUL TON	1193	1253	L4	L12	W17	W18	D15	2.5
14	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1910	1890	W18	L2	W11	U---	U---	2.0
15	MICHAEL M GUTIERREZ	1700	1637	D19	L8	W21	L12	D13	2.0
16	WERNER BUHRER	1400	1415	L7	X23	L4	W20	L6	2.0
17	KEN COHEN	1396	1367	L9	L6	L13	B---	W21	2.0
18	LLOYD B MILLER	1462	1414	L14	L21	D19	L13	W22	1.5
19	NOAH SCHOLNICK	1366	1369	D15	L11	D18	H---	L10	1.5
20	ANATOLY TREGER	1923	1844	W11	L7	L6	L16	U---	1.0
21	HENRY MORI	1163	1177	L2	W18	L15	L11	L17	1.0
22	KYLAS-FILLER-JOHN	1385	1372	U---	U---	U---	U---	L18	0.0
23	ALFRED GRONER	unr.	1245	L10	F16	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Ramirez Leads Monday Under-1600

Jose Ramirez moved into sole first place in the Marshall Monday Under-1600 with a win on April 13. Ramirez is the only remaining perfect scores; Lawrence Carlos is a half-point behind going into next Monday's final round..

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SwissSys Standings. MARSHALL CC MONDAY U1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	JOSE RAMIREZ	1291	1368	W3	X14	W15	W8	4.0
2	LAWRENCE CARLOS	unr.	1789	W5	W6	W4	H---	3.5
3	GUY RAWLINS	1584	1576	L1	W31	W10	W12	3.0
4	IQBAL CHAKLADER	1472	1479	W30	W26	L2	W19	3.0
5	KEN COHEN	1396	1413	L2	W34	W23	W20	3.0
6	TAKAYUKI ISHIKAWA	1299	1362	W21	L2	W13	W15	3.0
7	AMOS CHARLES GO	unr.	1648	D24	D17	W16	W14	3.0
8	JOSEPH FORTUNATO	1546	1526	W29	H---	W11	L1	2.5
9	WERNER BUHRER	1400	1378	H---	L20	W32	W25	2.5
10	RANDY DORLEANS	1223	1224	H---	W33	L3	X26	2.5
11	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1036	1094	W27	W13	L8	H---	2.5
12	ALEXANDER GEORGE	unr.	1560	H---	W18	W24	L3	2.5
13	ARTHUR J QUINN	1553	1501	W28	L11	L6	W31	2.0
14	CYRIL SIGAMONEY	1534	1525	B---	F1	W30	L7	2.0
15	JAMES HAMILTON	1479	1437	W34	W25	L1	L6	2.0
16	LLOYD B MILLER	1462	1434	L25	W29	L7	W30	2.0
17	DANNY TORRES	1408	1392	D20	D7	D25	H---	2.0
18	ALEXANDER J CRUMP	1309	1305	H---	L12	W33	H---	2.0
19	EAN FONSECA	1246	1258	H---	W22	H---	L4	2.0
20	GEORGE GRIMBILAS	1008	1047	D17	W9	H---	L5	2.0
21	ZACHARY YOUNG	unr.	1285	L6	H---	D22	W29	2.0
22	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	unr.	1312	H---	L19	D21	W27	2.0
23	ALFRED GRONER	unr.	1317	H---	H---	L5	W28	2.0
24	REVA SHREE SINGH	1388	1392	D7	W32	L12	U---	1.5
25	LISAKO M ISHIKAWA	1058	1093	W16	L15	D17	L9	1.5
26	RALPH J GODFREY	882	881	B---	L4	H---	F10	1.5
27	JOHN TELLIS	1432	1365	L11	W28	L29	L22	1.0
28	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1239	1224	L13	L27	W34	L23	1.0
29	NORMAN M FORD	1218	1219	L8	L16	W27	L21	1.0
30	GERRIT ALBERTSON	1085	1076	L4	B---	L14	L16	1.0
31	LARRY YATES	749	748	H---	L3	H---	L13	1.0
32	CHRISTINA CRUMP	unr.	994	H---	L24	L9	H---	1.0
33	JOELLE PERRY	unr.	866	H---	L10	L18	U---	0.5
34	DANIEL FEINBERG	1098	1080	L15	L5	L28	U---	0.0

Barbosa Wins Sunday Game/30

IM Oliver Barbosa won the Sunday Game 30 Tournament played at the Club on April 12. Barbosa scored 5 points in 5 rounds, winning $65.00. Second and Third Place was shared by 4 players, who also split the Under 2200 Class Prize: NM Yefim Treger, NM James West, Lamel Mc Bryde, and Steadroy Lloyd, each scored 3 points and each won $25.00. The prize for best Under 2000 went to Michael Bodek, scoring 2.5 points and winning $30.00. (Rilwan Ameen, scored 3 points, but Mr. Ameen was a filler, and therefore ineligible for any prize money.)

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SwissSys Standings. MCC G/30: 041209

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	IM OLIVER BARBOSA	2525	2533	W13	W2	W3	W7	W4	5.0	65.00
2	YEFIM TREGER	2276	2263	W4	L1	L8	W10	W7	3.0	25.00
3	JAMES R WEST	2202	2195	D5	W10	L1	D9	W11	3.0	25.00
4	LAMEL MC BRYDE	2030	2068	L2	W13	W5	W8	L1	3.0	25.00
5	STEADROY A LLOYD	2023	2048	D3	D8	L4	W13	W9	3.0	25.00
6	RILWAN-FILLER-AMEEN	1873	1909	U---	U---	W16	W15	W13	3.0	30.00
7	ALEX EYDELMAN	2038	2043	D10	W15	W9	L1	L2	2.5
8	MICHAEL H BODEK	1997	2007	D9	D5	W2	L4	D10	2.5
9	ANDREW RYBA	2069	2044	D8	W11	L7	D3	L5	2.0
10	LOREN E WEISS	1836	1864	D7	L3	W11	L2	D8	2.0
11	GABOR J SCHNITZLER	1887	1860	H---	L9	L10	W16	L3	1.5
12	MATTHEW RYAN FISCHLER	2048	2050	W16	U---	U---	U---	U---	1.0
13	MAURICIO CAMEJO	2036	1982	L1	L4	W15	L5	L6	1.0
14	FRANK BRADY	1763	1770	U---	W16	U---	U---	U---	1.0
15	POLLY P WRIGHT	1700	1677	H---	L7	L13	L6	D16	1.0
16	RAYMOND VINCENT ZAFFARESE	1545	1535	L12	L14	L6	L11	D15	0.5

Barbosa Wins Saturday Game/30

IM Oliver Barbosa won the Saturday Game 30 on April 11, scoring 4-0 to win $130.00. Aleksandr Ostrovskiy and Edward Kopiecki winished a half-point behind, winning $70.50, and fourth place went to Aaron Landesman with 3 ($54), and Eric Bobrow also scored 3 to win the $65 under-2000 prize.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	IM oliver barbosa	2525	2530	W16	W8	W12	W6	4.0	130.00
2	ALEKSANDR A OSTROVSKIY	2069	2095	W18	W13	D3	W11	3.5	70.50
3	Edward Kopiecki	1900	1953	W25	W4	D2	W7	3.5	70.50
4	AARON LANDESMAN	2086	2079	W5	L3	W16	W12	3.0	54.00
5	ERIC BOBROW	1569	1632	L4	W25	W15	W13	3.0	65.00
6	FM ASA HOFFMANN	2323	2312	W23	W15	D7	L1	2.5
7	SAMUEL N BARTON	2000	2002	W19	W9	D6	L3	2.5
8	Richard H Hallenbeck	1948	1941	W14	L1	D10	W20	2.5
9	EVE D ZHURBINSKIY	1827	1816	W26	L7	D20	W17	2.5
10	ORLANDO GONZALEZ	1673	1721	W11	L12	D8	W18	2.5
11	JAMES R WEST	2202	2164	L10	W24	W17	L2	2.0
12	Alex Herrera	1998	1991	W24	W10	L1	L4	2.0
13	ALEXIS PAREDES	1920	1888	W21	L2	W19	L5	2.0
14	MADELINE O BENDER	1484	1507	L8	L16	W26	W23	2.0
15	DARRIAN ROBINSON	1977	1946	W20	L6	L5	Z19	1.5
16	MIGUEL GARCIA	1682	1673	L1	W14	L4	D22	1.5
17	ABRAHAM KUNIN	1651	1643	H---	W22	L11	L9	1.5
18	BINGJIE LIU	1561	1547	L2	D21	W22	L10	1.5
19	JOHN GALVIN	1541	1540	L7	W26	L13	Z15	1.5
20	ARAVIND KUMAR	1497	1531	L15	W23	D9	L8	1.5
21	KEN COHEN	1456	1473	L13	D18	L23	W24	1.5
22	Joseph J Mele	1204	1212	B---	L17	L18	D16	1.5
23	SHAWN SWINDELL	1777	1726	L6	L20	W21	L14	1.0
24	JULIE E FLAMMANG	1526	1513	L12	L11	W25	L21	1.0
25	MICHAEL WU	1357	1349	L3	L5	L24	W26	1.0
26	SASHA PRYSTUPA	1215	1194	L9	L19	L14	L25	0.0

Barbosa Wins Super-Rapids

Oliver Barbosa topped a field of 14, including 7 Masters, in the Friday April 10 Super-Rapids.

Treger and Frumkin Lead FIDE Thrusdays

NM Yefim Treger and NM Ed Frumkin lead the Marshall FIDE Thursdays tournament with the only remaining perfect scores after two rounds.

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SwissSys Standings. MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAY

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	YEFIM TREGER	2276	2287	W6	W4	2.0
2	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2014	2022	W5	W8	2.0
3	GEORGE P BERG	2064	2069	W9	H---	1.5
4	GERD KATHSTEDE	2142	2141	W7	L1	1.0
5	SANDRA OLIVER	1669	1685	L2	W9	1.0
6	MARIAN WAXMAN	1977	1972	L1	H---	0.5
7	EDWARD SCHER	1968	1959	L4	H---	0.5
8	JAMES A BLACK	1661	1657	H---	L2	0.5
9	JERRY J MONACO	1758	1733	L3	L5	0.0

Berkun Leads Wednesday Under-2000

Boris Berkun ran his score to 4-0 in the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000 on April 8, and maintains a half-point lead over Kenneth Collins going into next week's final round.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall Chess Club Wed U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	BORIS BERKUN	1919	1955	W8	W3	W4	W6	4.0
2	KENNETH COLLINS	1676	1720	W20	W9	H---	W7	3.5
3	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	1716	W14	L1	W13	W10	3.0
4	DENNIS R MOORE	1968	1948	W11	D7	L1	W16	2.5
5	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1793	1786	H---	D16	D8	W11	2.5
6	DANIEL Y PI	1717	1738	W13	W18	H---	L1	2.5
7	KEVIN COYLE	1700	1711	W19	D4	W16	L2	2.5
8	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1553	1585	L1	W14	D5	W15	2.5
9	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1910	1890	W21	L2	W12	U---	2.0
10	JAMES R LOWE	1705	1704	H---	W15	H---	L3	2.0
11	JAMES A BLACK	1632	1652	L4	W19	W18	L5	2.0
12	PANAGIOTIS LOUKAS	1553	1557	L18	W17	L9	W20	2.0
13	WERNER BUHRER	1400	1421	L6	X22	L3	W18	2.0
14	PAUL TON	1193	1239	L3	L8	W19	W21	2.0
15	MICHAEL M GUTIERREZ	1700	1651	D17	L10	W20	L8	1.5
16	KYLE MOON	1645	1637	W22	D5	L7	L4	1.5
17	NOAH SCHOLNICK	1366	1374	D15	L12	D21	H---	1.5
18	ANATOLY TREGER	1923	1844	W12	L6	L11	L13	1.0
19	KEN COHEN	1396	1360	L7	L11	L14	B---	1.0
20	HENRY MORI	1163	1184	L2	W21	L15	L12	1.0
21	LLOYD B MILLER	1462	1402	L9	L20	D17	L14	0.5
22	ALFRED GRONER	unr.	1245	L16	F13	U---	U---	0.0

Lux and Tamarkin Wiin NY Experts

Veteran NMs Joe Lux and Larry Tamarkin shared first place in the NY Experts on Tuesday April 7 with 3-1 scores, each winning $47.50. Third place was shared by Nick Panico and Nicholas Proudfoot, each scoring 2.5 points and winning $12.50. Best Under 1800 was won by Shahzad Hasan with 1.5 points, worth $30.00. There were ten players in all.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC NY Experts

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	JOSEPH W LUX	2069	2105	W9	W2	W4	U---	3.0	47.50
2	LAWRENCE S TAMARKIN	2033	2057	W3	L1	W10	W7	3.0	47.50
3	NICK F PANICO	2139	2130	L2	W8	W5	D4	2.5	12.50
4	NICHOLAS PROUDFOOT	2083	2078	W6	W10	L1	D3	2.5	12.50
5	MARCUS FENNER	1970	1965	H---	D7	L3	W10	2.0
6	BORA YAGIZ	1924	1931	L4	W9	D7	H---	2.0
7	MICHAEL PAPPACENO	2053	2014	D8	D5	D6	L2	1.5
8	SHAHZAD HASAN	1663	1664	D7	L3	L9	B---	1.5	30.00
9	KEVIN ODENWALDER	1788	1783	L1	L6	W8	U---	1.0
10	HENRY MORI	1150	1149	B---	L4	L2	L5	1.0

Ramirez, Carlos Lead Monday Under-1600

Jose Ramirez and Lawrence Carlos lead the Marshall Monday Under-1600 with perfect scores after the third round on April 6.

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SwissSys Standings. MARSHALL CC MONDAY U1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	JOSE RAMIREZ	1291	1342	W5	X6	W7	3.0
2	LAWRENCE CARLOS	unr.	1789	W9	W10	W8	3.0
3	JOSEPH FORTUNATO	1546	1552	W26	H---	W12	2.5
4	ALEXANDER GEORGE	unr.	1748	H---	W18	W17	2.5
5	GUY RAWLINS	1584	1561	L1	W28	W19	2.0
6	CYRIL SIGAMONEY	1534	1536	B---	F1	W27	2.0
7	JAMES HAMILTON	1479	1461	W34	W20	L1	2.0
8	IQBAL CHAKLADER	1472	1471	W27	W21	L2	2.0
9	KEN COHEN	1396	1401	L2	W34	W31	2.0
10	TAKAYUKI ISHIKAWA	1299	1326	W29	L2	W22	2.0
11	EAN FONSECA	1246	1249	H---	W30	H---	2.0
12	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1036	1094	W24	W22	L3	2.0
13	GEORGE GRIMBILAS	1008	1050	D15	W16	H---	2.0
14	AMOS CHARLES GO	unr.	1552	D17	D15	W23	2.0
15	DANNY TORRES	1408	1389	D13	D14	D20	1.5
16	WERNER BUHRER	1400	1374	H---	L13	W32	1.5
17	REVA SHREE SINGH	1388	1394	D14	W32	L4	1.5
18	ALEXANDER J CRUMP	1309	1308	H---	L4	W33	1.5
19	RANDY DORLEANS	1223	1224	H---	W33	L5	1.5
20	LISAKO M ISHIKAWA	1058	1097	W23	L7	D15	1.5
21	RALPH J GODFREY	882	881	B---	L8	H---	1.5
22	ARTHUR J QUINN	1553	1501	W25	L12	L10	1.0
23	LLOYD B MILLER	1462	1427	L20	W26	L14	1.0
24	JOHN TELLIS	1432	1386	L12	W25	L26	1.0
25	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1239	1236	L22	L24	W34	1.0
26	NORMAN M FORD	1218	1232	L3	L23	W24	1.0
27	GERRIT ALBERTSON	1085	1080	L8	B---	L6	1.0
28	LARRY YATES	749	748	H---	L5	H---	1.0
29	ZACHARY YOUNG	unr.	872	L10	H---	D30	1.0
30	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	unr.	872	H---	L11	D29	1.0
31	ALFRED GRONER	unr.	996	H---	H---	L9	1.0
32	CHRISTINA CRUMP	unr.	994	H---	L17	L16	0.5
33	JOELLE PERRY	unr.	866	H---	L19	L18	0.5
34	DANIEL FEINBERG	1098	1080	L7	L9	L25	0.0

Bonin, Hoffman, and Berg Win April Open

IM Jay Bonin, FM Asa Hoffmann and NM George Berg shared first place in the Marshall Chess Club April Open on April 4-5. Each scored 3.5 in four rounds and won $123.33.

There was also a three way tie for the Under 2000 Class Prize between Marcus Fenner, Frank Paciulli and Jason Margiotta, each scoring 2.5 points, worth $33.33 apiece. The Under 1700 Class Prize was split 6 ways: Etan Lankri, Ken Cohen, Justin Cooper, Christopher Winterowd, Reva Shree Singh, and David Karp all scored 2 points to win $14.17 each.

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SwissSys Standings. MCC April Open: 040609

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	JAY BONIN	2378	2386	W26	W16	W13	D2	3.5	123.33
2	ASA HOFFMANN	2323	2337	W14	W8	W15	D1	3.5	123.33
3	GEORGE P BERG	2064	2073	W30	D11	W19	W12	3.5	123.33
4	Oliver Barbosa	2299	2292	H---	W35	D12	W15	3.0
5	YEFIM TREGER	2276	2273	W10	D7	D9	W17	3.0
6	JAMES R WEST	2202	2195	W20	D9	D17	W18	3.0
7	LEIF PRESSMAN	2176	2177	W22	D5	D11	W16	3.0
8	HARRY BROACH WHEELER	2113	2110	W24	L2	W30	W21	3.0
9	MICHAEL J HEHIR	2048	2057	W36	D6	D5	D11	2.5
10	MARCUS FENNER	1970	1952	L5	D22	W25	W24	2.5	33.33
11	FRANK R PACIULLI	1872	1899	W33	D3	D7	D9	2.5	33.33
12	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1827	1836	W38	W27	D4	L3	2.5	33.33
13	BORIS PRIVMAN	2235	2232	W29	W25	L1	U---	2.0
14	STEADROY A LLOYD	2023	2022	L2	W20	H---	H---	2.0
15	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2014	2018	W31	W18	L2	L4	2.0
16	DAVID A HUA	1995	1989	W21	L1	W31	L7	2.0
17	ANNA R MATLIN	1991	1990	W23	D19	D6	L5	2.0
18	DAN E MAYERS	1880	1868	W32	L15	W23	L6	2.0
19	WILLIAM FRAME	1854	1847	W34	D17	L3	D26	2.0
20	etan lankri	1669	1670	L6	L14	W27	W32	2.0	14.17
21	KEN COHEN	1456	1457	L16	W38	X29	L8	2.0	14.17
22	JUSTIN COOPER	1402	1426	L7	D10	W35	H---	2.0	14.17
23	Christopher R Winterowd	1399	1403	L17	W37	L18	W33	2.0	14.17
24	REVA SHREE SINGH	1371	1398	L8	B---	W26	L10	2.0	14.17
25	DAVID KARP	1269	1298	B---	L13	L10	W30	2.0	14.17
26	ALEXANDER GEORGE SABO	1718	1697	L1	W32	L24	D19	1.5
27	SETH LONG	1313	1314	H---	L12	L20	W34	1.5
28	LAWRENCE S TAMARKIN	2033	2034	W37	U---	U---	U---	1.0
29	EDWARD SCHER	1968	1963	L13	W36	F21	U---	1.0
30	Michael M Gutierrez	1700	1666	L3	W33	L8	L25	1.0
31	DARIO ALFRED DELL'ORTO	1660	1653	L15	W34	L16	U---	1.0
32	SAVVAS ZAFEIROPOULOS	1261	1258	L18	L26	W37	L20	1.0
33	HENRY MORI	1150	1166	L11	L30	W36	L23	1.0
34	MARIO MEDINA III	1069	1075	L19	L31	W38	L27	1.0
35	Alberto V. Rivera	unr.	1247	H---	L4	L22	D37	1.0
36	Christian Johannes Stadler	unr.	1354	L9	L29	L33	W38	1.0
37	RALPH J GODFREY	842	851	L28	L23	L32	D35	0.5
38	CHUKWUEBUKA NNAYELU ARIZE	unr.	1018	L12	L21	L34	L36	0.0

Treger, Farber, Aoufa Lead FIDE Thursdays

After four rounds of the first Marshall Chess Club FIDE Thursdays tournament, NM Yefim Treger, Nelson Farber, and Mohamed Aoufa are tied for first place with 3 points each. The exciting conclusion comes next Thursday, March 26.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	YEFIM TREGER	2275	2268	L14	W11	W7	W6	3.0
2	NELSON M FARBER	2021	2045	W8	W14	D6	D5	3.0
3	MOHAMED AOUFA	1761	1805	L6	W17	W13	W12	3.0
4	RICARDO PEREZ BILLINGHURST	2178	2167	H---	D12	X10	D7	2.5
5	GEORGE P BERG	2109	2106	W11	L7	W14	D2	2.5
6	PAULO SANTANNA	2060	2070	W3	W10	D2	L1	2.5
7	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2017	2041	W15	W5	L1	D4	2.5
8	SANDRA OLIVER	1659	1671	L2	H---	W15	X14	2.5
9	LEIF PRESSMAN	2220	2216	D12	W13	H---	U---	2.0
10	MARK E GERSTL	2012	2000	W16	L6	H---	H---	2.0
11	EDWARD SCHER	1948	1935	L5	L1	B---	X16	2.0
12	MARIAN WAXMAN	1989	1981	D9	D4	H---	L3	1.5
13	LINDA V DIAZ	1863	1839	H---	L9	L3	X15	1.5
14	SARATHI RAY	1992	1993	W1	L2	L5	F8	1.0
15	JAMES A BLACK	1642	1623	L7	H---	L8	H---	1.0
16	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	1550	1548	L10	H---	H---	F11	1.0
17	KEN COHEN	1396	1393	U---	L3	U---	B---	1.0

Wednesday Under-2000 Begins

The new edition of the Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000 got underway on March 18 with a field of 20 players. You can still enter the tournament--register by 6:45 PM Wednesday to play one slow game each week.

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Marshall Chess Club Wed U2000

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	DENNIS R MOORE	B 11
	1968 12422575	1.0
2	ANATOLY TREGER	W 12
	1923 12688021	1.0
3	BORIS BERKUN	B 13
	1919 12029870	1.0
4	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	W 14
	1910 12675402	1.0
5	DANIEL Y PI	B 15
	1717 12843515	1.0
6	KEVIN COYLE	W 16
	1700 10115663	1.0
7	MICHAEL M GUTIERREZ	B 17
	1700 12459430	0.5
8	GABRIEL RIGONO	W 18
	1700 10074819	1.0
9	KENNETH COLLINS	B 19
	1676 12931648	1.0
10	KYLE MOON	W 20
	1645 13076084	1.0
11	JAMES A BLACK	W 1
	1632 13696544	0.0
12	PANAGIOTIS LOUKAS	B 2
	1553 12938853	0.0
13	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	W 3
	1553 12612788	0.0
14	LLOYD B MILLER	B 4
	1462 14123926	0.0
15	WERNER BUHRER	W 5
	1400 13993710	0.0
16	KEN COHEN	B 6
	1396 10086353	0.0
17	NOAH SCHOLNICK	W 7			bye
	1366 13075892	0.5
18	PAUL TON	B 8
	1193 12797680	0.0
19	HENRY MORI	W 9
	1163 13879677	0.0
20	ALFRED GRONER	B 10
	unr. 13996051	0.0

Lenderman and Rohde Top St. John's Masters

IM Alex Lenderman and GM Michael Rohde won the March 17th edition of tthe h St. John's Masters with 3.5 out of 4. Each won $300 for topping the 26-player field.

GM Nick De Firmian and NM Yaacov Norowitz tied for second place ($110) with 3-2 scores. The Under-2300 class money was shared out among NM Richard Shtivelband, NM Kassa Korley, NM Leif Pressman, Zakhar Khilkevich, Mikhail Sher, and Aaron Landesman, all with 2 points. Khilkevich also picked up the $50 upset prize for his first-round draw with Lenderman.

Steve Immitt directed. The full results are available from the USCF website.

McCormack Wins Monday Under-1600

Edward McCormack topped a field of 26 in the Monday Under-1600 which concluded on March 16th. McCormack won all his games after a first-round draw en route to winning the $156 first prize.

Alex Genadinik took clear second with 4-1, worth $91. Guy Rawlins won the third-prize money ($65) and Ean Fonseca won $78 as top player rated under 1300; both scored 3.5.

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Standings. Marshall CC Monday Under-1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Edward McCormack	1554	1587	D20	W4	W2	W8	W5	4.5	156.00
2	Alex Genadinik	1458	1500	W16	W14	L1	W7	W8	4.0	91.00
3	Guy Rawlins	1523	1522	W24	W13	L8	W9	D6	3.5	65.00
4	Ean Fonseca	1246	1290	H---	L1	W24	W11	W12	3.5	78.00
5	Arthur J Quinn	1553	1533	L13	W19	W18	W6	L1	3.0
6	Tyson Francis Mao	1541	1525	D10	W20	W11	L5	D3	3.0
7	Cyril Sigamoney	1534	1508	H---	W21	D12	L2	X13	3.0
8	James J Hamilton	1479	1472	W22	W25	W3	L1	L2	3.0
9	Danny Torres	1408	1398	H---	D10	W16	L3	W15	3.0
10	Sarah H Ascherman	1070	1119	D6	D9	W25	U---	W16	3.0
11	Werner Buhrer	1400	1355	D17	W26	L6	L4	W22	2.5
12	Demos Sfakianakis	1307	1299	H---	W17	D7	D15	L4	2.5
13	Paul Ton	1193	1246	W5	L3	H---	W23	F7	2.5
14	Enrique Diaz-Alvarez	unr.	1481	W15	L2	H---	U---	W18	2.5
15	Ken Cohen	1319	1294	L14	D24	W21	D12	L9	2.0
16	Larry Ralph Yates	754	778	L2	B---	L9	W19	L10	2.0
17	Lloyd B Miller	693	736	D11	L12	H---	D20	D19	2.0
18	Reva Shree Singh	1268	1283	H---	W23	L5	U---	L14	1.5
19	Norman M Ford	1218	1152	L25	L5	W22	L16	D17	1.5
20	David B Smith	1204	1198	D1	L6	H---	D17	U---	1.5
21	Daniel Feinberg	1098	1069	H---	L7	L15	L22	W26	1.5
22	Nick Rubinfier	823	845	L8	H---	L19	W21	L11	1.5
23	Joseph Fortunato	1579	1523	H---	L18	H---	L13	U---	1.0
24	Jim Ferraiuolo	1037	1039	L3	D15	L4	U---	H---	1.0
25	Teppei Monjiyama	unr.	1122	W19	L8	L10	U---	U---	1.0
26	Ralph J Godfrey	882	873	H---	L11	U---	U---	L21	0.5

Four Tie in Sunday Game/30

IM Jay Bonin, NM Leif Pressman, Steadroy Lloyd and Gary Patella tied for first in the Sunday Game/30 on March 15. The quartet topped the 26-player field with 4-1 scores. The USCF website has the full results.

Four Tie In Saturday Game/60

Ben Gershenov, IM Justin Sarkar, IM Jay Bomin, and FM Asa Hoffman tied for first place in the Marshall Saturday G/60 on March 14. All four scored 3.5 out of 4 and won $92.50 for topping the 37-player field.

Souvik Roychoudhury won the Under-2000 prize ($93) with 3 points. Dario Dell'orto, Lilia Poteat, Omar Khan, Alexander Kamen, Reva Shree Singh, Savvas Zafeiropoulos, and Jason Yung split the under-1700 class prizes ($13.29 each).

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	JUSTIN SARKAR	2457	2458	W17	W10	W13	D3	3.5	92.50
2	JAY BONIN	2372	2371	D20	W31	W9	W8	3.5	92.50
3	ASA HOFFMANN	2315	2327	W18	W16	W15	D1	3.5	92.50
4	BEN GERSHENOV	2085	2103	D31	W20	W11	W14	3.5	92.50
5	FRITZ P GASPARD	2098	2087	D22	W24	D7	W16	3.0
6	ANNA R MATLIN	2009	2021	W32	W23	D8	H---	3.0
7	SOUV ROYCHOUDHURY	1944	1968	W27	D9	D5	W17	3.0	93.00
8	JAMES R WEST	2217	2210	W21	W29	D6	L2	2.5
9	LEVY ROZMAN	2037	2038	W25	D7	L2	W20	2.5
10	DARRIAN ROBINSON	1967	1966	W26	L1	W30	D12	2.5
11	JOSHUA COLAS	1895	1887	D28	W22	L4	W21	2.5
12	FRANK R PACIULLI	1864	1868	W34	L13	W25	D10	2.5
13	YEVGENI MARGULIS	2201	2200	W19	W12	L1	U---	2.0
14	HARRY BRO WHEELER	2122	2089	L30	W28	W19	L4	2.0
15	MARCUS R FENNER	2002	2003	W35	W30	L3	U---	2.0
16	JAKE S MILLER	1920	1913	W37	L3	W23	L5	2.0
17	SERGE ADELSON	1863	1854	L1	W35	W26	L7	2.0
18	DARREN D LUSTIG	1835	1814	L3	L26	W37	W30	2.0
19	ETHAN R SEGALL	1709	1711	L13	W37	L14	W33	2.0
20	DAMARCUS T THOMAS	1853	1855	D2	L4	W32	L9	1.5
21	MICHAEL MENDEZ JR	1715	1700	L8	D33	W24	L11	1.5
22	DARIO A DELL'ORTO	1674	1670	D5	L11	D33	H---	1.5	13.29
23	LILIA MEIL POTEAT	1587	1610	W36	L6	L16	H---	1.5	13.29
24	OMAR S KHAN	1482	1487	H---	L5	L21	W32	1.5	13.29
25	ALEXANDER H KAMEN	1469	1472	L9	W27	L12	H---	1.5	13.29
26	REVA SHREE SINGH	1388	1415	L10	W18	L17	H---	1.5	13.29
27	SAV ZAFEIROPOULOS	1262	1276	L7	L25	W35	H---	1.5	13.29
28	JASON YUNG	1076	1106	D11	L14	D31	H---	1.5	13.29
29	ILAN KREITNER	2000	1994	W33	L8	U---	U---	1.0
30	GUY COLAS	1684	1694	W14	L15	L10	L18	1.0
31	ERIC ZHANG	1604	1603	D4	L2	D28	U---	1.0
32	JOSHUA ABADY	1413	1405	L6	W34	L20	L24	1.0
33	KEN COHEN	1396	1413	L29	D21	D22	L19	1.0
34	Derrick Nash	unr.	1238	L12	L32	H---	H---	1.0
35	CHRISTO WINTEROWD	1399	1374	L15	L17	L27	H---	0.5
36	HENRY C SOBO	2042	2012	L23	U---	U---	U---	0.0
37	PAUL TON	1193	1190	L16	L19	L18	U---	0.0

Zhe Quan Wins Rapids

The Friday Night Rapids on March 13th was a 6 player double round robin tournament. FM Zhe Quan won the tournament with a 9-1 score, losing only one game to second place finisher NM Leif Pressman (7-10). FM Asa Hoffmann and NM Larry Tamarkin shared third with 4-6 scores.

Farber and Santanna Lead FIDE Thursdays

Nelson Farber and Paulo Santanna drew their game on March 12 and jointly maintain the lead after three rounds of teh Marshall FIDE Thursdays.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	YEFIM TREGER	B 9	W 11	B 7
	2275 12656884 (2185)	0.0	1.0	2.0
2	LEIF PRESSMAN	W 10	B 12	bye
	2220 12693373 (2057)	0.5	1.5	2.0
3	RICARDO PEREZ BILLINGHURST	bye	B 10	- 8
	2178 12934661 (2114)	0.5	1.0	X2.0
4	GEORGE P BERG	B 11	W 7	B 9
	2109 12523517 (2103)	1.0	1.0	2.0
5	PAULO SANTANNA	W 13	B 8	W 6
	2060 12891989 (2029)	1.0	2.0	2.5
6	NELSON M FARBER	B 14	W 9	B 5
	2021 12813964 (2003)	1.0	2.0	2.5
7	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	W 15	B 4	W 1
	2017 10136580 (2043)	1.0	2.0	2.0
8	MARK E GERSTL	B 16	W 5	- 3
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.0	F1.0
9	SARATHI RAY	W 1	B 6	W 4
	1992 12655562	1.0	1.0	1.0
10	MARIAN WAXMAN	B 2	W 3	bye
	1989 10109540 (2044)	0.5	1.0	1.5
11	EDWARD SCHER	W 4	B 1	bye
	1948 10076366	0.0	0.0	1.0
12	LINDA V DIAZ	bye	W 2	B 13
	1863 12908194	0.5	0.5	0.5
13	MOHAMED AOUFA	B 5	W 17	W 12
	1761 12932228	0.0	1.0	2.0
14	SANDRA OLIVER	W 6	bye	B 15
	1659 12531739	0.0	0.5	1.5
15	JAMES A BLACK	B 7	bye	W 14
	1642 13696544	0.0	0.5	0.5
16	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	W 8	bye	bye
	1550 12733449 (1975)	0.0	0.5	1.0
17	KEN COHEN	----	B 13	----
	1396 10086353	U0.0	0.0	U0.0

Moore Wins Under-2000

Dennis Moore wrapped up sole first place the Wednesday Under-2000 with a final round draw on March 11, worth $156. Boris Berkun, Vladimir Gramagin, and Michael Gutierrez tied for second with 4-1 ($62 each), and James Black was top under-1700 with 3 points ($78).

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Dennis R Moore	1937	1971	W21	W24	W13	W2	D4	4.5	156.00
2	Boris Berkun	1934	1955	W8	W9	W3	L1	W6	4.0	52.00
3	Vladimir Gramagin	1849	1861	W16	W10	L2	W11	W8	4.0	52.00
4	Michael Gutierrez	1706	1735	D18	W17	X24	W6	D1	4.0	52.00
5	Chris Maksymowicz	1813	1803	L17	H---	W21	W10	X14	3.5
6	Anatoly Treger	1874	1863	W11	W12	W20	L4	L2	3.0
7	Gabriel Rigono	1706	1691	W26	L13	L11	W23	W17	3.0
8	James A Black	1642	1673	L2	W16	W26	W13	L3	3.0	78.00
9	James R Lowe	1705	1699	W23	L2	H---	H---	D10	2.5
10	Kyle Moon	1648	1645	W19	L3	W17	L5	D9	2.5
11	Tyson Francis Mao	1541	1567	L6	W23	W7	L3	D21	2.5
12	Madeline O Bender	1506	1547	W14	L6	H---	W16	U---	2.5
13	Serge Adelson	1903	1874	W25	W7	L1	L8	U---	2.0
14	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1844	1819	L12	W22	H---	H---	F5	2.0
15	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	1550	1553	H---	H---	W19	U---	U---	2.0
16	Fid De Los Santos	1522	1519	L3	L8	W25	L12	W26	2.0
17	Howard Pinn	1500	1515	W5	L4	L10	W26	L7	2.0
18	Noah Scholnick	1414	1428	D4	L20	H---	W19	U---	2.0
19	Irving Manriquez	1129	1149	L10	B---	L15	L18	W25	2.0
20	Michael Layevskiy	1905	1889	H---	W18	L6	U---	U---	1.5
21	Kenneth R Collins	1647	1620	L1	H---	L5	D22	D11	1.5
22	Solomon Lister	1441	1436	L24	L14	H---	D21	D23	1.5
23	Ken Cohen	1319	1311	L9	L11	B---	L7	D22	1.5
24	Jerry J Monaco	1732	1730	W22	L1	F4	U---	U---	1.0
25	Panagiotis Loukas	1553	1480	L13	L26	L16	B---	L19	1.0
26	Llyod Miller	1404	1393	L7	W25	L8	L17	L16	1.0