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