NY International Pictures

The Marshall's photo page for the New York International has some new pictures. Here are a few of them:

GMs Alejandro Ramirez and Sergey Erenberg post-mortem their last-round game as tournament winner GM Mark Paragua looks on.

GMs Ramirez and Paragua before their blitz tiebreaker for first place

Tournament sponsor Fedor Khrapatin awards the first-place trophy to GM Mark Paragua

OK, listen up! (Standing, L-R: Iryna Zenyuk, Nick Conticello, Tournament Director Steve Immit, Fedor Khrapatin, Dr, Frank Brady, FM Jon Jacobs. Seated: IM Yuri Lapshun)

(all these pictures are by by Larry Price)

Check out the rest on the Marshall's website. There are also blog posts and web pages with photos from the event by Chris Bird, Ed Gaillard, and Liz Vicary.

BONIN SWEEPS THE WEEKEND

The last weekend of July was a profitable one for Jay Bonin. The veteran IM tied for first in both the Saturday G/60 and the Sunday Action tournaments at the Marshall Chess Club, taking home a total of $157.67 for his efforts.

On Saturday, Bonin and FM Ilye Figler took a short draw to tie for first with GM Michael Rohde, who won his last three games after starting with a bye. The Sunday G/30 was a very strong event, with 9 masters (five rated over 2200 and four other NMs) in the lists. GM Rohde made it to the first round this time, but was knocked off by Vladimir Polyakin in the first round and by Bonin in the third. Bonin was nicked for a draw by Kassa Korley at the start, but yielded only a draw to co-winner Yefim Treger in the fourth round and beat Sam Barsky at the end to seal the deal.

FM Figler had the misfortune to play his former student, newly minted FM Alec Getz in the last round on Sunday; they tied for third by drawing. Barsky's 3.5/5 was good for the Under 2200 prize, while visiting Marylander John Sprague was the only player under 2000 to make 3 points.

26 entered on Saturday, 18 on Sunday.

(tournament report by Nick Conticello, Chief TD)

Click to show the crosstable of the Saturday G/60

SwissSys Standings. Saturday G/60

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Michael A Rohde	2484	2487	H---	W13	W19	W4	3.5	86.67
2	Jay Bonin	2361	2367	W8	W6	W11	D3	3.5	86.67
3	Ilye Figler	2339	2349	W14	W5	W10	D2	3.5	86.67
4	Kassa Korley	2112	2121	W22	W12	W16	L1	3.0
5	Eigen Wang	2064	2068	W23	L3	W13	W15	3.0
6	Alena Kats	1944	1945	W20	L2	D8	W18	2.5	16.25
7	Scott Chaiet	1835	1840	W24	L10	W21	H---	2.5	16.25
8	Howard Goldowsky	1795	1809	L2	W20	D6	W19	2.5	16.25
9	Christopher Wu	1780	1805	L10	W24	D17	W11	2.5	16.25
10	Asa Hoffmann	2261	2258	W9	W7	L3	U---	2.0
11	Yevgeni Margulis	2179	2165	W21	W17	L2	L9	2.0
12	Andrew Ding	1814	1806	W26	L4	L15	W21	2.0
13	Nicholas Cravotta	1801	1813	W15	L1	L5	W22	2.0
14	Chris Maksymowicz	1787	1776	L3	L19	W25	W23	2.0
15	Eyal Koren	unr.	1805	L13	W23	W12	L5	2.0
16	Vladimir Polyakin	2114	2101	D19	W18	L4	U---	1.5
17	Tony Blum	1904	1898	W25	L11	D9	U---	1.5
18	Anders Larson	1721	1722	H---	L16	W22	L6	1.5
19	Michael Mendez Jr	1620	1646	D16	W14	L1	L8	1.5	32.50
20	Kimberly Ding	1478	1464	L6	L8	W26	D24	1.5	32.50
21	Matthew K Owen	1690	1674	L11	W25	L7	L12	1.0
22	Eric Michae Hecht	1615	1597	L4	W26	L18	L13	1.0
23	Lenn Uchima	1537	1530	L5	L15	W24	L14	1.0
24	Ken Cohen	1302	1299	L7	L9	L23	D20	0.5
25	Eric Zhang	1313	1305	L17	L21	L14	U---	0.0
26	James Gettinger	676	675	L12	L22	L20	U---	0.0

Click to show the crosstable of the Sunday G/30

SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Sunday Action, 7/27/2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Jay Bonin	2361	2369	D10	W14	W15	D2	W5	4.0	71.00
2	Yefim Treger	2267	2274	W12	W11	D5	D1	W8	4.0	71.00
3	Ilye Figler	2339	2334	W16	W7	W8	L5	D4	3.5	19.00
4	Alec Getz	2220	2224	W13	L8	W16	W6	D3	3.5	19.00
5	Sam Barsky	2132	2144	W9	W18	D2	W3	L1	3.5	49.00
6	Yevgeni Margulis	2179	2164	L11	W13	W12	L4	W18	3.0
7	Robert P Cousins	2128	2121	W17	L3	L11	W10	W13	3.0
8	Vladimir Polyakin	2114	2131	W15	W4	L3	W11	L2	3.0
9	John L Sprague	1696	1714	L5	L12	W14	W18	W17	3.0	41.00
10	Kassa Korley	2112	2111	D1	L15	W18	L7	W14	2.5
11	Vuksan Marasevic	1725	1773	W6	L2	W7	L8	H---	2.5
12	Richard Hallenbeck	1955	1941	L2	W9	L6	L13	B---	2.0
13	Mustafa Atakay	1850	1856	L4	L6	W17	W12	L7	2.0
14	Jake L Kaufman	1901	1894	H---	L1	L9	W16	L10	1.5
15	Michael A Rohde	2484	2457	L8	W10	L1	U---	U---	1.0
16	Nitai D Leve	2038	2021	L3	W17	L4	L14	U---	1.0
17	Kenneth Baney Jr	1456	1445	L7	L16	L13	B---	L9	1.0
18	Henry Mori	1138	1136	B---	L5	L10	L9	L6	1.0

Marshall Thursday Night Members Only: Round 4 Results

The Marshall's Thusday Night Member-Only Open is a one game per week tournament open to all Marshall members. In the current event, a tide of draws in round 4 left a four-way tie for first. The final round is next Thursday, and the next tournament starts on August 7th.

Click to show the current standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Yefim Treger	2267	2270	W10	D3	W6	D2	3.0
2	Evan S Rosenberg	2222	2229	W7	D8	W11	D1	3.0
3	Brian Hulse	2207	2215	W12	D1	W8	D5	3.0
4	Aleksa Ostrovskiy	2064	2078	H---	D5	W14	W9	3.0
5	Edward A Gaillard	2174	2173	W18	D4	H---	D3	2.5
6	Dorothy Teasley	2000	2004	H---	W13	L1	W14	2.5
7	Leon Zukoff	1957	1962	L2	W15	W16	D8	2.5
8	Renato C Naranja	2215	2204	W15	D2	L3	D7	2.0
9	Edward A Frumkin	2014	1998	D13	D14	W12	L4	2.0
10	George P Berg	2010	1999	L1	D16	W17	D11	2.0
11	Marian Waxman	2001	1998	H---	W17	L2	D10	2.0
12	Jerry J Monaco	1618	1628	L3	W18	L9	W16	2.0
13	Ken Cohen	1302	1315	D9	L6	L15	X17	1.5
14	Edward Scher	1931	1920	H---	D9	L4	L6	1.0
15	Sandra L Oliver	1654	1652	L8	L7	W13	U---	1.0
16	Shumin Ye	1148	1166	H---	D10	L7	L12	1.0
17	Khadeejah Gray	1368	1366	H---	L11	L10	F13	0.5
18	Steven Chernick	1581	1567	L5	L12	U---	U---	0.0

Maltese Sweeps July 24th "Four Rated Games"

Adam Maltese scored a perfect 4-0 to top a field of 34 in the July 24th installment of the Chess Center of New York's "Four Rated Games Tonight" series. Senior Master Grigoriy Braylovskiy and IM Jay Bonin tied for second with 3 1/₂.

The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Four-way Tie in Marshall July Grand Prix

Gabriel Battaglini, Marc Tyler Arnold, Jay Bonin, Yefim Treger tied for first in the Marshall's July Grand Prix on July 19-20, scoring 3 1/₂
out of 4 to lead a field of 33 players.

The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Arnold, Hoffman, and Privman Win July 17 "Four Rated Games Tonight"

Senior Master Marc Tyler Arnold and FMs Asa Hoffman and Boris Privman tied for first in last Thursday's installment of the long-running Original Four Rated Games Tonight tournament series, with 3 1/₂ out of (you guessed it) 4. They topped a field of 33 players. Andre Harding directed for the Chess Center of New York. The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

4-WAY TIE IN MARSHALL JULY OPEN

A child didn't lead them, but he certainly outearned them.

Young David Hua was the big money winner at the Marshall CC July Open, winning the $133 prize for best result by a player rated 1700-1999. He did better than the four players who tied for the top three prizes; those hapless souls only took home $122.75 each with their 3.5 scores.

The winners were veterans Ilye Figler, Yefim Treger, Yevgeni Margulis, and junior Kassa Korley. Newcomer Molson Hart scored 2.5, a half point worse than Hua, and made "only" $112 as best Under 1700.

Astonishingly, 49 entries played the weekend after the World Open. A similar event, but with guaranteed prizes, will be held the weekend of July 19-20.

(Nick Conticello, Chief TD)

Click to show the crosstable

SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC July Open 2-Day 7/12-13/08

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Ilye Figler	2339	2342	W29	W20	W18	D3	3.5	122.75
2	Yefim Treger	2267	2273	W24	W8	D9	W12	3.5	122.75
3	Yevgeni Margulis	2179	2195	W27	W39	W16	D1	3.5	122.75
4	Kassa Korley	2112	2131	W32	W22	D5	W13	3.5	122.75
5	Jay Bonin	2361	2354	W10	W14	D4	D9	3.0
6	James R West	2200	2195	D41	D13	W17	W19	3.0
7	Edward A Gaillard	2174	2176	W30	D19	W23	H---	3.0
8	Vladimir Polyakin	2114	2118	W36	L2	W32	W22	3.0
9	Robert Guevara	2059	2074	W49	W40	D2	D5	3.0
10	David A Hua	1948	1962	L5	W49	W45	W18	3.0	133
11	Boris Privman	2253	2238	W26	L16	W40	D14	2.5
12	Sarkis Agaian	2092	2090	W35	D23	W31	L2	2.5
13	Eigen Wang	2064	2065	W37	D6	W33	L4	2.5
14	Haotian Zheng	2033	2041	W42	L5	W24	D11	2.5
15	Evan Mey Sandberg	1955	1952	W45	L18	D35	W31	2.5
16	Ben Gershenov	1890	1908	W47	W11	L3	D21	2.5
17	Molson Hart	1549	1627	H---	W21	L6	W30	2.5	112
18	Elizabeth Vicary	2099	2092	W48	W15	L1	L10	2.0
19	Payam Parhami	2018	2021	H---	D7	W34	L6	2.0
20	Edward A Frumkin	2014	2017	W43	L1	W26	U---	2.0
21	George P Berg	2010	1988	D28	L17	W41	D16	2.0
22	Mark M Young	1985	1977	W44	L4	W27	L8	2.0
23	Randel Eng	1950	1946	W38	D12	L7	D25	2.0
24	Darrian Robinson	1840	1838	L2	W46	L14	W43	2.0
25	Jasmine Grant	1804	1808	H---	L31	W42	D23	2.0
26	Christopher Wu	1780	1779	L11	W36	L20	W45	2.0
27	Gordon Yang	1639	1656	L3	W47	L22	W40	2.0
28	William Fisher	1556	1604	D21	H---	W29	U---	2.0
29	Francis C Romano	1913	1898	L1	W43	L28	H---	1.5
30	Anthony Greco	1910	1885	L7	D42	W46	L17	1.5
31	Jake L Kaufman	1901	1895	H---	W25	L12	L15	1.5
32	Serge Adelson	1898	1890	L4	W44	L8	H---	1.5
33	Nolan Kordsmeier	1840	1842	H---	W41	L13	U---	1.5
34	Miles Hinson	1829	1824	L39	W37	L19	H---	1.5
35	Kaly Shatdarsanam	1726	1732	L12	W38	D15	U---	1.5
36	Alan J Zhang	1551	1532	L8	L26	D38	W47	1.5
37	Joel R Sneed	1429	1452	L13	L34	W49	H---	1.5
38	Shumin Ye	1148	1229	L23	L35	D36	W49	1.5
39	Asa Hoffmann	2261	2253	W34	L3	U---	U---	1.0
40	Paul Rachlin	1866	1843	B---	L9	L11	L27	1.0
41	Uri N Feld	1719	1717	D6	L33	L21	H---	1.0
42	Richard Ziet	1697	1691	L14	D30	L25	H---	1.0
43	Jerry J Monaco	1618	1608	L20	L29	W44	L24	1.0
44	Ken Cohen	1302	1294	L22	L32	L43	B---	1.0
45	Brandon Borden	1241	1281	L15	W48	L10	L26	1.0
46	Anthony J Russo	1109	1108	H---	L24	L30	H---	1.0
47	Matthew Danielson	720	719	L16	L27	B---	L36	1.0
48	Jason J Margiotta	1818	1793	L18	L45	U---	U---	0.0
49	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1647	L9	L10	L37	L38	0.0

Yudasin, Braylovskiy Take July St. John's Masters

This time, Greg Braylovskiy got it right. The young American Senior Master tied for first in his second attempt at the St. John's Masters, after losing to Jaan Ehlvest in the last round a year ago. This time, he won 3 games and made a short draw with Israeli GM Leonid Yudasin to earn a tie for the first and second prizes with the former Candidate and walk off with $275.

GM Zviad Izoria arrived too late for the first round, and made a quick draw with his friend GM Jaan Ehlvest in the second round. Izoria won his last two games to tie for third and top Under 2400 with Expert Gregory Kimmel. Kimmel knocked off Israeli master Dov Gorman in the last round to win $100.

Five players tied for Under 2300 honors and won $9 each, but among these Kassa Korley's result stands out. The junior talent faced the toughest field of anyone, one IM and 3 GM's, and still managed 50%! Korley beat Jay Bonin at the start, drew with Michael Rohde and Jaan Ehlvest, and lost only to Izoria in the third round. Rohde and Ehlvest also made 2 points each, the latter drawing all four of his games. Bonin was less fortunate, losing to Dan Lowinger in the second round and withdrawing. Lowinger joined FM Boris Privman, WIM Shernaz Kennedy, and Yevgeniy Margulis at the two point plateau to tie Korley for the Under 2300 prize.

None of Korley's upsets could quite match Margulis' conquest of Israeli IM Eli Vovsha in sheer numerical magnitude, so Margulis picked up an additional $45.

Twenty-two players and one filler competed. Thanks to Assistant TD Ed Frumkin for his usual fine support, and to MCC Vice President Thomas Malloy, pinch-hitting in the role of refreshment supervisor for Dr. Frank Brady. The next event in the series will take place on Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

(tournament report by Nick Conticello, Chief TD)

Click to show the crosstable

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	GM Leonid G Yudasin	2620	2623	W17	W8	W10	D2	3.5	275.00
2	Gregor Braylovsky	2414	2432	W22	W13	W11	D1	3.5	275.00
3	GM Zviad Izoria	2692	2695	H---	D9	W15	W11	3.0	100.00
4	Gregory J Kimmel	2051	2082	L8	W22	W17	W10	3.0	100.00
5	IM Eli Vovsha	2514	2498	L13	W12	W14	D8	2.5
6	GM Michael A Rohde	2484	2480	W14	D15	D9	D7	2.5
7	Adam Samuel Maltese	2324	2322	L20	W19	W13	D6	2.5
8	Jon Jacobs	2314	2322	W4	L1	W20	D5	2.5
9	GM Jaan Ehlvest	2687	2658	D12	D3	D6	D15	2.0
10	Dov Gorman	2347	2336	W19	W20	L1	L4	2.0
11	FM Ilye Figler	2339	2335	W18	W16	L2	L3	2.0
12	FM Boris Privman	2253	2257	D9	L5	W16	D17	2.0	9.00
13	Yevgeni Margulis	2179	2190	W5	L2	L7	W20	2.0	9.00/Upset1
14	Daniel L Lowinger	2179	2191	L6	W21	L5	W19	2.0	9.00
15	Kassa Korley	2112	2137	W21	D6	L3	D9	2.0	9.00
16	WIM Shernaz Kennedy	1900	1906	W23	L11	L12	B---	2.0	9.00
17	Leif Pressman	2195	2190	L1	W18	L4	D12	1.5
18	Aleksandr Ostrovskiy	2064	2065	L11	L17	W22	H---	1.5
19	Sarkis Agaian	2092	2080	L10	L7	B---	L14	1.0
20	Lawrence Tamarkin	2061	2063	W7	L10	L8	L13	1.0
21	IM Jay Bonin	2361	2336	L15	L14	U---	U---	0.0
22	Sam Barsky	2132	2112	L2	L4	L18	U---	0.0
23	Anatoliy-HOUSE Ostrovskiy	1902	1892	L16	U---	U---	U---	0.0

July Open final results

Ilye Figler and Yevgeni Margulis drew their last-round game and were joined by master Yefim Treger and expert Kassa Korley in a four-way tie for first place with 3 ¹/₂ points.

The full crosstable is available from the USCF web site.

Marshall July Open after three rounds

After three rounds of the July Open 7/12-13/2008, FM Ilye Figler and expert Yevgeni Margulis are the only remaining perfect scores. The tournament drew an amazing 49 players!

Click to show the crosstable

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Ilye Figler	2339	2346	W31	W16	W13	3.0
2	Yevgeni Margulis	2179	2191	W37	W30	W19	3.0
3	Jay Bonin	2361	2360	W18	W14	D6	2.5
4	Yefim Treger	2267	2269	W34	W12	D9	2.5
5	Edward A Gaillard	2174	2177	W24	D15	W23	2.5
6	Kassa Korley	2112	2125	W32	W17	D3	2.5
7	Sarkis Agaian	2092	2095	W28	D23	W25	2.5
8	Eigen Wang	2064	2071	W39	D11	W26	2.5
9	Robert Guevara	2059	2069	W48	W33	D4	2.5
10	Boris Privman	2253	2242	W36	L19	W33	2.0
11	James R West	2200	2191	D42	D8	W29	2.0
12	Vladimir Polyakin	2114	2113	W44	L4	W32	2.0
13	Elizabeth Vicary	2099	2103	W47	W22	L1	2.0
14	Haotian Zheng	2033	2037	W43	L3	W34	2.0
15	Payam Parhami	2018	2026	H---	D5	W35	2.0
16	Edward A Frumkin	2014	2017	W38	L1	W36	2.0
17	Mark M Young	1985	1982	W49	L6	W37	2.0
18	David A Hua	1948	1950	L3	W48	W40	2.0
19	Ben Gershenov	1890	1905	W41	W10	L2	2.0
20	William Fisher	1556	1598	D21	H---	W31	2.0
21	George P Berg	2010	1989	D20	L29	W42	1.5
22	Evan Mey Sandberg	1955	1944	W40	L13	D28	1.5
23	Randel Eng	1950	1949	W45	D7	L5	1.5
24	Anthony Greco	1910	1901	L5	D43	W46	1.5
25	Jake L Kaufman	1901	1903	H---	W27	L7	1.5
26	Nolan Kordsmeier	1840	1843	H---	W42	L8	1.5
27	Jasmine Grant	1804	1803	H---	L25	W43	1.5
28	Kaly Shatdarsanam	1726	1731	L7	W45	D22	1.5
29	Molson Hart	1549	1578	H---	W21	L11	1.5
30	Asa Hoffmann	2261	2253	W35	L2	U---	1.0
31	Francis C Romano	1913	1897	L1	W38	L20	1.0
32	Serge Adelson	1898	1890	L6	W49	L12	1.0
33	Paul Rachlin	1866	1859	B---	L9	L10	1.0
34	Darrian Robinson	1840	1833	L4	W46	L14	1.0
35	Miles Hinson	1829	1824	L30	W39	L15	1.0
36	Christopher Wu	1780	1778	L10	W44	L16	1.0
37	Gordon Yang	1639	1634	L2	W41	L17	1.0
38	Jerry J Monaco	1618	1614	L16	L31	W49	1.0
39	Joel R Sneed	1429	1454	L8	L35	W48	1.0
40	Brandon Borden	1241	1281	L22	W47	L18	1.0
41	Matthew Danielson	720	719	L19	L37	B---	1.0
42	Uri N Feld	1719	1717	D11	L26	L21	0.5
43	Richard Ziet	1697	1691	L14	D24	L27	0.5
44	Alan J Zhang	1551	1530	L12	L36	D45	0.5
45	Shumin Ye	1148	1164	L23	L28	D44	0.5
46	Anthony J Russo	1109	1108	H---	L34	L24	0.5
47	Jason J Margiotta	1818	1792	L13	L40	U---	0.0
48	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1670	L9	L18	L39	0.0
49	Ken Cohen	1302	1294	L17	L32	L38	0.0

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