Rohde Wins Saturday G/60

GM Michael Rohde won the Marshall Chess Club Saturday G/60 on August 30. He scored a perfect 4-0 to top a field of 29 and collect the $145 first prize.

Seven (!) players tied for second with 3-1: FM Ilye Figler, NM Yevgeni Margulis, Kassa Korley, Eigen Wang, Kevin Rosenberg, Jason Fredericks, and Marc Nazario all earned $31.

Justus Williams, Malik Perry, and Omar Khan split the under-1700 prize ($24 apiece) with 2-2.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Michael A Rohde	2471	2483	W14	W5	W2	W3	4.0	145.00
2	Ilye Figler	2331	2334	W15	W11	L1	W4	3.0	31.00
3	Yevgeni Margulis	2178	2188	W20	W13	W9	L1	3.0	31.00
4	Kassa Korley	2124	2127	W29	W17	W19	L2	3.0	31.00
5	Eigen Wang	2074	2079	W16	L1	W20	W14	3.0	31.00
6	Kevin Rosenberg	1893	1908	W24	L10	W17	W11	3.0	31.00
7	Jason Fredericks	1814	1843	H---	W26	D8	W12	3.0	31.00
8	Marc Chri Nazario	1752	1799	H---	W28	D7	W13	3.0	31.00
9	Asa Hoffmann	2273	2267	W27	W12	L3	U---	2.0
10	Robert P Cousins	2150	2154	W22	W6	U---	U---	2.0
11	Raven M Sturt	2091	2078	W21	L2	W22	L6	2.0
12	Alena Kats	1980	1967	W23	L9	W16	L7	2.0
13	Frank R Paciulli	1904	1890	W18	L3	W25	L8	2.0
14	Darrian Robinson	1882	1881	L1	W29	W24	L5	2.0
15	Paul Rachlin	1865	1862	L2	D21	W27	D20	2.0
16	Justus Williams	1545	1573	L5	W27	L12	W24	2.0	24.00
17	Malik Perry	1541	1596	W28	L4	L6	W21	2.0	24.00
18	Omar S Khan	1378	1449	L13	L20	W29	W22	2.0	24.00
19	Daniel Vulis	1992	1987	H---	W25	L4	U---	1.5
20	Linda V Diaz	1726	1730	L3	W18	L5	D15	1.5
21	Kadhir And Pillai	1617	1614	L11	D15	W23	L17	1.5
22	Gordon Yang	1634	1615	L10	W23	L11	L18	1.0
23	Ken Cohen	1390	1373	L12	L22	L21	X25	1.0
24	Andrulla Blanchette	1332	1322	L6	B---	L14	L16	1.0
25	Daniel Rafimayeri	1024	1023	B---	L19	L13	F23	1.0
26	Serge Adelson	1914	1902	H---	L7	U---	U---	0.5
27	Scott Chaiet	1835	1806	L9	L16	L15	H---	0.5
28	Jeff Kelleher	2030	2001	L17	L8	U---	U---	0.0
29	Michael Bogaty	1630	1602	L4	L14	L18	U---	0.0

Kern Wins Scholastic Novice

John Kern went 4-0 to win the Back To School Thursday Scholastic Novice tournament at the Marshall Chess Club on August 28th.

Following Kern with 3-1 were Alex Afanasyev (Second Place on tiebreaks), Jesse Wilensky (Third Place), Alexander Tablan (Fourth Place), and Eric Dickstein. Edward Pinzon scored 2 1/₂ to win the prize for top player rated under 1200.

21 players competed under the direction of Steve Immitt of the Chess Center of New York.

The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Izoria, Rohde, Bonin Win 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight

Grandmasters Zviad Izoria and Michael Rohde, and IM Jay Bonin, shared first prize in the Chess Center of New York's Ten Grand Prix Points Tonight action tournament on Thursday night, August 28. The trio won $120 (and, let me see, three and a third Grand Prix points) apiece. They scored 3 1/₂ points.

Kassa Korley and NM Yevgeni Margulis won $53 each as the top scorers rated under 2200, with three points. Scot McElheny also scored three points, and won $95 as the top player under 2000. 33 players competed.

The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Four-way Tie Atop Thursday Night Members' Open

IM Renato Maranja defeated Geaorge Berg in the fourth round of the Thursday Night Members' Open, knocking Berg down into a tie for first with Naranja, NM Brian Hulse, and Andrew Hellenschmidt.

The last round is next Thursday (September 4) at 7 PM. The next tournament begins on Thursday September 11. The event is open to all Marshall members.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Renato C Naranja	2215	2210	L14	W16	W9	W3	3.0
2	Brian Hulse	2200	2195	W17	D4	D7	W11	3.0
3	George P Berg	2036	2051	W16	W14	W13	L1	3.0
4	Andrew Hellenschmidt	2033	2054	W15	D2	D5	W13	3.0
5	Edward A Gaillard	2166	2158	W11	D9	D4	D7	2.5
6	Marian Waxman	1992	1987	H---	L7	W17	X14	2.5
7	Edward Scher	1952	1979	D13	W6	D2	D5	2.5
8	Mark E Gerstl	2029	2022	H---	H---	D15	D9	2.0
9	Edward A Frumkin	2000	2002	W18	D5	L1	D8	2.0
10	Linda V Diaz	1726	1737	H---	H---	U---	W15	2.0
11	Sandra L Oliver	1668	1682	L5	W18	W12	L2	2.0
12	Ken Cohen	1390	1384	B---	L13	L11	X16	2.0
13	Yefim Treger	2259	2231	D7	W12	L3	L4	1.5
14	Nelson M Farber	1890	1902	W1	L3	H---	F6	1.5
15	Edward A Moscovic	1659	1675	L4	W17	D8	L10	1.5
16	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1663	L3	L1	B---	F12	1.0
17	Paul T Doganges	1805	1782	L2	L15	L6	U---	0.0
18	Eric Michael Hecht	1658	1642	L9	L11	U---	U---	0.0

Molina Leads Wednesday Under-2000

Turpana Molina scored a third straight big upset and is all alone in the lead in the Marshall's Wednesday Night Under-2000. Molina, rated 923 on the wallchart, bested 1700-rated Kevin Coyle and is now the only perfect score in the tournament.

Anatoly Treger, Aigboje Aregbeyen, and Gabriel Rigono are tied for second with 2 1/₂. The next round is at 7 PM on September 3.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Wed, U2000 8/13-9/10/2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	Turpana Molina	923	1080	W12	W11	W10	3.0
2	Anatoly Treger	1862	1864	D13	W17	W15	2.5
3	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1756	1770	W14	W7	D4	2.5
4	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1718	W22	W6	D3	2.5
5	William Dubinsky	1802	1797	D19	D13	W18	2.0
6	Daniel Y Pi	1709	1712	W20	L4	W19	2.0
7	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1666	W23	L3	W20	2.0
8	James R Lowe	1650	1651	W16	H---	H---	2.0
9	James Souce	1792	1781	H---	D19	D13	1.5
10	Kevin Coyle	1700	1666	W24	D15	L1	1.5
11	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1665	W21	L1	D16	1.5
12	Kenneth R Collins	1641	1619	L1	W21	H---	1.5
13	Willy Gissen	1616	1639	D2	D5	D9	1.5
14	Fidel De Los Santos	1541	1547	L3	W23	D17	1.5
15	James A Black	1191	1251	W18	D10	L2	1.5
16	Leonid Levit	1066	1087	L8	B---	D11	1.5
17	Joshua Ochse	1769	1753	H---	L2	D14	1.0
18	Paul McCormick	1657	1627	L15	W24	L5	1.0
19	Yuta Kakutani	1611	1614	D5	D9	L6	1.0
20	Howard Pinn	1511	1499	L6	W22	L7	1.0
21	John Kylas	1384	1387	L11	L12	W24	1.0
22	Johan Grobler	1257	1246	L4	L20	B---	1.0
23	Rudolf Radna	unr.	1201	L7	L14	H---	0.5
24	Ken Cohen	1390	1357	L10	L18	L21	0.0

Asa Hoffman Lecture -- Tuesday Septermber 30

MARSHALL CHESS
CLUB

Presents

FM ASA HOFFMANN

FIDE MASTER, DISTINGUISHED
AUTHOR, NOTED LECTURER,

PROMINENT TEACHER,
SPARRING PARTNER OF CHAMPIONS

FM Asa Hoffmann

Photo Courtesy NY
Masters

Tuesday, September
30, 2008 7:30 PM

“Chess Potpourri”

Followed by

15 Minute “Ask
the Wizard” Forum

Refreshments

Lectures free to
Marshall Chess Club members, $20 for non-members.

Marshall Chess Club

23 West 10^th
Street

New York, NY 10011

Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281

www.marshallchessclub.org

Fortunato Leads Monday Under-1600

Joseph Fortunato leads the Monday Night Under-1600 Open with a perfect 3-0 score. Justus Williams, Alexander Kamens, and Douglas Hare are a half-point back.

There's no game next Monday (Labor Day). Two rounds remain in the event.

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Standings. Marshall CC Monday U1600 8/11/08-9/15/0

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Joseph Fortunato	1522	1548	W24	W9	W5	3.0
2	Justus Williams	1545	1552	W17	D12	W7	2.5
3	Alexander H Kamen	1297	1331	W20	H---	W13	2.5
4	Douglas Hare	1208	1243	H---	W15	W12	2.5
5	Guy Rawlins	1555	1547	W26	W14	L1	2.0
6	Peter Laico	1533	1512	L9	W20	W18	2.0
7	Tyson Francis Mao	1419	1413	W27	W10	L2	2.0
8	Arunas Mazonas	1293	1303	H---	W19	D11	2.0
9	James A Black	1191	1228	W6	L1	W22	2.0
10	Reva Shree Singh	908	951	B---	L7	W16	2.0
11	Werner Buhrer	unr.	1301	H---	X28	D8	2.0
12	Ken Cohen	1390	1373	W28	D2	L4	1.5
13	David B Smith	1271	1254	W25	H---	L3	1.5
14	Newton I Steers	1235	1240	W21	L5	H---	1.5
15	Katja Scholz	unr.	914	H---	L4	W25	1.5
16	Derek C Kleinbaum	1243	1207	H---	H---	L10	1.0
17	Jim Papadopoulos	1212	1198	L2	W21	L20	1.0
18	Jim Ferraiuolo	1099	1095	H---	H---	L6	1.0
19	Daniel Feinberg	1078	1087	D23	L8	H---	1.0
20	Yvette Donato	unr.	1214	L3	L6	W17	1.0
21	Randy Dorleans	unr.	1048	L14	L17	W24	1.0
22	Charissa Orozco	unr.	750	H---	H---	L9	1.0
23	Adam Cooper	1497	1483	D19	F26	U---	0.5
24	Henry Mori	1138	1106	L1	H---	L21	0.5
25	Ralph Godfrey	unr.	350	L13	H---	L15	0.5
26	Bradford Corbett	1216	1210	L5	F23	U---	0.0
27	Turner Corbett	1015	1010	L7	U---	U---	0.0
28	Alfred Groner	unr.	750	L12	F11	U---	0.0

Lenderman, Hoffman, Treger Tie in Marshall August GP

The Marshall's August Grand Prix (August 23-24) ended in a three-way tie for first between IM Alex Lenerman, FM Asa Hoffman, and NM Yefim Treger with 3 1/₂ out of 4. They collected $141.67 each for the win.

Right below with three points were Sam Barsky, Vladmir Polyakin, and Raven Sturt. They shared the Under-2200 prize, worth $33.33 apiece.

Top players under 2000 were Tony Blum and Eve Litvak, whose 3 1/₂ scores got them $50 each.

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Marshall CC August GP 8/23-24/2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Alex Lenderman	2528	2525	W17	W15	W6	D2	3.5	141.67
2	Asa Hoffmann	2273	2285	W18	W16	W8	D1	3.5	141.67
3	Yefim Treger	2259	2261	D9	W30	W22	W13	3.5	141.67
4	Sam Barsky	2117	2118	W19	L6	W12	W15	3.0	33.33
5	Vladimir Polyakin	2100	2102	W27	H---	D11	W17	3.0	33.33
6	Raven M Sturt	2091	2104	W24	W4	L1	W16	3.0	33.33
7	James R West	2200	2191	W33	D11	D14	D10	2.5
8	Richard Tuhrim	2074	2076	W28	W26	L2	H---	2.5
9	George P Berg	2036	2030	D3	L12	W30	W22	2.5
10	Jeff Kelleher	2030	2034	H---	H---	W21	D7	2.5
11	Tony Blum	1940	1965	W13	D7	D5	H---	2.5	50.00
12	Eve V Litvak	1883	1897	H---	W9	L4	W24	2.5	50.00
13	Kyle Morrison	2205	2191	L11	W33	W26	L3	2.0
14	Mitchell Fitzko	2080	2083	W25	H---	D7	U---	2.0
15	Mark M Young	1985	1986	W20	L1	W18	L4	2.0
16	Edward Scher	1952	1947	W29	L2	W20	L6	2.0
17	Kevin Rosenberg	1893	1894	L1	W28	W31	L5	2.0
18	Darrian Robinson	1882	1875	L2	W29	L15	W30	2.0
19	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1677	L4	D25	D23	X26	2.0
20	Ben Wolfson	1540	1535	L15	B---	L16	X31	2.0
21	Thomas Schneider	1432	1478	H---	D32	L10	W27	2.0
22	Amir Moazami	1374	1381	B---	W23	L3	L9	2.0
23	Henry Mori	1138	1149	H---	L22	D19	X32	2.0
24	Yuta Kakutani	1611	1622	L6	H---	W32	L12	1.5
25	Ken Cohen	1390	1397	L14	D19	L27	B---	1.5
26	Daniel W Voje	1939	1932	W31	L8	L13	F19	1.0
27	Richard Rivera Jr	1765	1727	L5	L31	W25	L21	1.0
28	Malik Perry	1541	1536	L8	L17	B---	U---	1.0
29	Mindy S Conyers	1461	1456	L16	L18	H---	H---	1.0
30	Reva Shree Singh	908	975	W32	L3	L9	L18	1.0
31	Cesar A Gutierrez	unr.	1572	L26	W27	L17	F20	1.0
32	Kaly Shatdarsanam	1726	1677	L30	D21	L24	F23	0.5
33	Loren Weiss	1821	1816	L7	L13	U---	U---	0.0

The next weekend Grand Prix at the Marshall will be the New York September Open on Septemer 13-14.

Spectacular DeFrimian-Lapshun Game

Here's the DeFirmian-Lapshun game mentioned in the report on the August St. John's Masters'. Nick Conticello wrote: "Nick De Firmian and Yury Lapshun saw the first board unoccupied and sat down to play on the famous Capablanca table under the unblinking scrutiny of Frank Marshall's bust. Fittingly, the players followed the game Capablanca-Marshall, New York 1918, which introduced the Marshall Countergambit in the Ruy Lopez! De Firmian, White, varied from the Cuban's play with a now standard Bishop move, but Lapshun had a new idea of his own..."

I suppose someone will just have to write in and tell us what happens when you show the game to Herr Fritz. Or you could just play it over and enjoy it.

Rohde, Bonin, and Chernin Tie in "Four Rated Games Tonight"

GM Michael Rohde, IM Jay Bonin, and NM Oliver Chernin tied for first with 3 1/₂ in teh August 21st running of the Chess Center of New York's long-running "Four Rated Games Tonight" G/30 tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Berg a Point Ahead of the Field in Thursday Night Members'

George Berg beat NM Yefim Treger to keep his perfect score and pull a full point ahead of the field in the Marshall Thursday Night Members' Open. Draws on boards two and three in the third round left a big knot of players at two points.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	George P Berg	2036	2056	W14	W12	W8	3.0
2	Renato C Naranja	2215	2206	L12	W14	W10	2.0
3	Brian Hulse	2200	2194	W16	D5	D6	2.0
4	Edward A Gaillard	2166	2161	W7	D10	D5	2.0
5	Andrew Hellenschmidt	2033	2042	W13	D3	D4	2.0
6	Edward Scher	1952	1975	D8	W11	D3	2.0
7	Sandra L Oliver	1668	1684	L4	W17	W15	2.0
8	Yefim Treger	2259	2242	D6	W15	L1	1.5
9	Mark E Gerstl	2029	2023	H---	H---	D13	1.5
10	Edward A Frumkin	2000	2002	W17	D4	L2	1.5
11	Marian Waxman	1992	1987	H---	L6	W16	1.5
12	Nelson M Farber	1890	1902	W2	L1	H---	1.5
13	Edward A Moscovic	1659	1686	L5	W16	D9	1.5
14	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1663	L1	L2	B---	1.0
15	Ken Cohen	1390	1384	B---	L8	L7	1.0
16	Paul T Doganges	1805	1781	L3	L13	L11	0.0
17	Eric Michael Hecht	1658	1641	L10	L7	U---	0.0

The fourth round will be played next Thursday (8/28) at 7 PM.

Wednesday Under-2000, Round 2

Three perfect scores remain after two rounds of the Wednesday Night Under-2000 Swiss. Aigboje Aregbeyen, Gabriel Rigono, and Turpana Molina are all 2-0. Molina, the lowest rated player in the event at 923, scored a second straight big upset win against 1700-rated Michael Gutierrez. That's 777 points, for those of you keeping score at home.

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Wall Chart. Marshall CC Wed, U2000 8/13-9/10/2008

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Anatoly Treger	B 14	W 4
	1862 12688021	0.5	1.5
2	William Dubinsky	W 15	B 14
	1802 12043220	0.5	1.0
3	James Souce	bye	B 15
	1792 11466001	0.5	1.0
4	Joshua Ochse	bye	B 1
	1769 12668857	0.5	0.5
5	Aigboje Aregbeyen	B 16	W 10
	1756 12987908	1.0	2.0
6	Daniel Y Pi	W 17	B 9
	1709 12843515	1.0	1.0
7	Kevin Coyle	B 18	W 22
	1700 10115663	1.0	1.5
8	Michael Gutierrez	W 19	B 24
	1700 12459430	1.0	1.0
9	Gabriel Rigono	B 20	W 6
	1700 10074819	1.0	2.0
10	Jerry J Monaco	W 21	B 5
	1667 12547456	1.0	1.0
11	Paul McCormick	B 22	W 18
	1657 12725165	0.0	1.0
12	James R Lowe	W 23	bye
	1650 12891685	1.0	1.5
13	Kenneth R Collins	B 24	W 19	bye	bye
	1641 12931648	0.0	1.0
14	Willy Gissen	W 1	W 2
	1616 12841187	0.5	1.0
15	Yuta Kakutani	B 2	W 3
	1611 12873621	0.5	1.0
16	Fidel De Los Santos	W 5	B 21
	1541 12612788	0.0	1.0
17	Howard Pinn	B 6	W 20
	1511 12089560	0.0	1.0
18	Ken Cohen	W 7	B 11
	1390 10086353	0.0	0.0
19	John Kylas	B 8	B 13			bye
	1384 10099901	0.0	0.0
20	Johan Grobler	W 9	B 17
	1257 12668044	0.0	0.0
21	Rudolf Radna	B 10	W 16
	unr. 13996066	0.0	0.0
22	James A Black	W 11	B 7
	1191 13696544	1.0	1.5
23	Leonid Levit	B 12	bye
	1066 13359283	0.0	1.0
24	Turpana Molina	W 13	W 8
	923 12761501	1.0	2.0

FILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT: 4-WAY TIE IN AUGUST ST. JOHN'S

The St. John's Masters has seen some of the most illustrious names in American chess as participants. But for sheer depth of strong players, the August 19, 2008 edition will be hard to surpass. Thirteen of the 27 entries had FIDE titles. There were former Champions of the United States (Nick De Firmian, Irina Krush, Jennifer Shahade) and Canada (Pascal Charbonneau.) There was a US Junior Champion (Robert Hess,) a Pan-American junior champion (Alec Getz,) and a former World Cadet Champion (Alex Lenderman.) There was at least one former State Champion (Jay Bonin) and several Marshall Chess Club Champions (Leonid Yudasin, Bonin, Yury Lapshun.) There was even a former Candidate for the World Championship (Yudasin.)

When battle was finished, the GM's Pascal Charbonneau and Leonid Yudasin and the IM's Jay Bonin and Alex Lenderman divided the top four prizes and earned $197.50 each. Charbonneau and Bonin won their first three games and took a quick draw with each other in the last round, while Yudasin and Lenderman drew in the third round and won their last games, the latter upsetting former US Championship runner-up GM Alex Stripunsky.

The big stars did not hog all the glory. Expert Marajudin Daftani and "A" player Nelson Farber each managed a draw against IM Krush and divided the Under 2300 prize, taking home $27.50 for their 2.5 scores. But Farber, an attorney and aspiring filmmaker, earned another $55 by scoring the biggest upset of the evening, a win over Master Adam Maltese, who outrated him by over 400 points. Farber's performance rating of 2381 made this the best result of his chess career.

One game which had no effect on the prize distribution was nonetheless notable. After the Charbonneau-Bonin quickie draw, Nick De Firmian and Yury Lapshun saw the first board unoccupied and sat down to play on the famous Capablanca table under the unblinking scrutiny of Frank Marshall's bust. Fittingly, the players followed the game Capablanca-Marshall, New York 1918, which introduced the Marshall Countergambit in the Ruy Lopez! De Firmian, White, varied from the Cuban's play with a now standard Bishop move, but Lapshun had a new idea of his own and the game ended in an exciting draw. We hope to procure a complete score quickly from Mr. Lapshun and post the game as a postscript to this report. At any rate, your reporter had one last smile on this summer night.

Thanks to co-sponsor, St. John's Masters founder, and Marshall Chess Club President Dr. Frank Brady, Dr. Glenn Statile, and Assistant TD Ed Frumkin for their support.
The next event in the series will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 at 7:00 PM.

by Nick Conticello,
Chief TD, Marshall Chess Club

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St. John's Masters 8/19/2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	GM Leonid G Yudasin	2620	2631	W25	W8	D2	W9	3.5	197.50
2	IM Alex Lenderman	2528	2552	W20	W13	D1	W11	3.5	197.50
3	GM Pascal Charbonneau	2524	2546	W21	W11	W5	D4	3.5	197.50
4	IM Jay Bonin	2370	2397	W24	W7	W17	D3	3.5	197.50
5	IM Robert L Hess	2538	2545	W16	W6	L3	W13	3.0
6	GM Michael A Rohde	2471	2472	W23	L5	W20	W15	3.0
7	GM Nick E De Firmian	2571	2559	W15	L4	W18	D8	2.5
8	IM Yury Lapshun	2520	2519	W27	L1	W16	D7	2.5
9	Marajudin Daftani	2180	2193	D12	W19	W10	L1	2.5	27.50
10	Nelson M Farber	1890	1938	W14	D12	L9	W19	2.5	27.50/Upset1
11	GM Alexan Stripunsky	2601	2581	W18	L3	W14	L2	2.0
12	WGM Irina Krush	2534	2501	D9	D10	L15	W20	2.0
13	Mackenzie Molner	2397	2390	W28	L2	W24	L5	2.0
14	Adam Samu Maltese	2318	2307	L10	W21	L11	W24	2.0
15	Evan S Rosenberg	2216	2229	L7	W27	W12	L6	2.0
16	Michael Thaler	2210	2216	L5	W28	L8	W21	2.0
17	Grigo Braylovskiy	2445	2430	D19	W26	L4	U---	1.5
18	FM Alec Getz	2242	2243	L11	W23	L7	H---	1.5
19	Raven M Sturt	2091	2088	D17	L9	W26	L10	1.5
20	Yevgeni Margulis	2178	2182	L2	W25	L6	L12	1.0
21	Leif Pressman	2177	2168	L3	L14	W28	L16	1.0
22	Lawrence-FILLER- Tamarkin	2122	2129	U---	U---	W23	U---	1.0
23	Michae Ellenbogen	2111	2105	L6	L18	L22	W27	1.0
24	WIM Shernaz Kennedy	1900	1909	L4	W29	L13	L14	1.0
25	WGM Jennifer Shahade	2318	2301	L1	L20	D27	U---	0.5
26	Sam Barsky	2117	2107	H---	L17	L19	U---	0.5
27	Nick F Panico III	2114	2103	L8	L15	D25	L23	0.5
28	Justin D Karp	2038	2026	L13	L16	L21	H---	0.5
29	Nagib-FILLER- Gebran	2024	2013	U---	L24	U---	U---	0.0

Monday Night Under-1600 Second Round

Three players--Guy Rawlins, Joseph Fortunato, and Tyson Francis Mao-- have perfect scores after the second round of the Marshall's Monday Night Under-1600 tournament on August 18.

You can stil enter the tournament (with two byes) next Monday. It's one round every Monday at 7PM through September 15, except September 1 (Labor Day).

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Marshall CC Monday U1600 8/11/08-9/15/0

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Guy Rawlins	B 12	W 11
	1555 12961650	1.0	2.0
2	Justus Williams	W 13	B 6
	1545 13534356	1.0	1.5
3	Peter Laico	B 15	W 22
	1533 12484365	0.0	1.0
4	Joseph Fortunato	W 16	B 15
	1522 12932570	1.0	2.0
5	Tyson Francis Mao	W 19	B 20
	1419 12785061	1.0	2.0
6	Ken Cohen	B 21	W 2
	1390 10086353	1.0	1.5
7	Alexander H Kamen	W 22	bye			bye
	1297 12932713	1.0	1.5
8	Arunas Mazonas	bye	W 18
	1293 12812417	0.5	1.5
9	David B Smith	B 23	bye
	1271 12427205	1.0	1.5
10	Derek C Kleinbaum	bye	- 25	----	----	----
	1243 13328693	0.5	F0.5
11	Newton I Steers	W 24	B 1
	1235 12596287	1.0	1.0
12	Bradford Corbett	W 1	----	----	----	----
	1216 12844333	0.0	U0.0
13	Jim Papadopoulos	B 2	W 24
	1212 12727388	0.0	1.0
14	Douglas Hare	bye	W 27
	1208 13339357	0.5	1.5
15	James A Black	W 3	W 4
	1191 13696544	1.0	1.0
16	Henry Mori	B 4	bye
	1138 13879677	0.0	0.5
17	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	bye
	1099 12668990	0.5	1.0
18	Daniel Feinberg	W 26	B 8
	1078 12514009	0.5	0.5
19	Turner Corbett	B 5	----	----	----	----
	1015 12894023	0.0	U0.0
20	Reva Shree Singh	bye	W 5
	908 13551611	1.0	1.0
21	Alfred Groner	W 6	----	----	----	----
	unr. 13996051	0.0	U0.0
22	Yvette Donato	B 7	B 3
	unr. 14001495	0.0	0.0
23	Ralph Godfrey	W 9	bye
	unr. 13999464	0.0	0.5
24	Randy Dorleans	B 11	B 13
	unr. 14003465	0.0	0.0
25	Werner Buhrer	bye	- 10
	unr. 13993710	0.5	X1.5
26	Adam Cooper	B 18	----	----	----	----
	unr. 13771233	0.5	U0.5
27	Katja Scholz	bye	B 14
	unr.	0.5	0.5

Rohde Wins Sunday Action

GM Michael Rohde score 4 1/₂ out of 5 to win the Marshall's Sunday Action (Game/30) on August 17. Rohde took home $110 for the effort. IM Jay Bonin finsihed second with 4 points ($64), and NM Leif Pressman--who nicked Rohde for a draw in the third round--tied for third with NM Sam Barsky and expert Aaron Landesman at 3 1/₂, worth $35.33 each.

The Under-2000 prize was split 5 ways: Andrew Ryba, Nicholas Ryba, Max Yelsky, Darrian Robinson, and Michael Bodek scored 2 points and collected $10 each.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Sunday Action Aug. 17, 2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	GM Michael A Rohde	2471	2472	W5	W18	D3	W10	W4	4.5	110.00
2	IM Jay Bonin	2370	2373	W11	D9	D10	W7	W6	4.0	64.00
3	Leif Pressman	2177	2178	W19	W14	D1	L4	W15	3.5	35.33
4	Sam Barsky	2117	2134	H---	W16	W9	W3	L1	3.5	35.33
5	Aaron Landesman	2001	2019	L1	D15	W19	W18	W9	3.5	35.33
6	Adam Samu Maltese	2318	2305	W12	L10	W13	W8	L2	3.0
7	Yefim Treger	2259	2261	F14	W17	W12	L2	W10	3.0
8	Levy Rozman	2058	2052	W22	L13	W14	L6	W16	3.0
9	Raven M Sturt	2091	2085	W23	D2	L4	W13	L5	2.5
10	Richard Tuhrim	2074	2086	W21	W6	D2	L1	L7	2.5
11	Andrew A Ryba	1952	1946	L2	W23	D18	L15	W17	2.5	10.00
12	Nicholas A Ryba	1942	1936	L6	W21	L7	D14	B---	2.5	10.00
13	Max Yelsky	1890	1898	H---	W8	L6	L9	W21	2.5	10.00
14	Darrian Robinson	1882	1875	X7	L3	L8	D12	W22	2.5	10.00
15	Michael H Bodek	1694	1727	L18	D5	W23	W11	L3	2.5	10.00
16	Eve V Litvak	1883	1877	H---	L4	D17	W19	L8	2.0
17	Gabor Schnitzler	1767	1764	H---	L7	D16	W22	L11	2.0
18	Vladimir Polyakin	2100	2087	W15	L1	D11	L5	U---	1.5
19	Kenneth Cruz	1777	1763	L3	W22	L5	L16	H---	1.5
20	Kamil-FILLER- Witek	576	645	U---	U---	U---	W21	U---	1.0
21	Henry Mori	1138	1098	L10	L12	D22	L20	L13	0.5
22	Ralph J Godfrey	unr.	1097	L8	L19	D21	L17	L14	0.5
23	Malik Perry	1541	1529	L9	L11	L15	U---	U---	0.0

Big Turnout = Big Prizes in Saturday G/60

IM Jay Bonin, FM Adam Maltese, and NM Yefim Treger topped a field of 33 in the Marshall's Saturday Game/60 on August 16.

A total of $480 in prizes were paid out--$120 more than the advertised because of the large turnout. The three winners scored 3 1/₂ and earned $106.67 each. The $80 prize for top player rated under 2000 went to Alena Kats with 3 points. Gordon Yang and Malik Perry split the under-1700 prize with 2 points, getting $40 each.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Jay Bonin	2370	2374	W20	W10	W4	D3	3.5	106.67
2	Adam Samu Maltese	2318	2321	D12	W18	W14	W6	3.5	106.67
3	Yefim Treger	2259	2270	W25	W9	W8	D1	3.5	106.67
4	Nitai D Leve	2077	2084	W26	W11	L1	W16	3.0
5	Alena Kats	1980	1999	W27	D19	D7	W13	3.0	80.00
6	Ilye Figler	2331	2327	W16	H---	W19	L2	2.5
7	James R West	2200	2187	W21	D14	D5	D11	2.5
8	Michael Ellenbogen	2111	2110	W22	W15	L3	H---	2.5
9	Eigen Wang	2074	2068	W33	L3	D21	W15	2.5
10	Levy Rozman	2058	2057	W23	L1	W25	H---	2.5
11	Anna Ginzburg	1915	1919	W30	L4	W22	D7	2.5
12	Kapil Chandran	1762	1783	D2	L13	W26	W21	2.5
13	Raven M Sturt	2091	2072	L18	W12	W20	L5	2.0
14	Tony Blum	1940	1944	W28	D7	L2	H---	2.0
15	Edward P Kopiecki	1904	1897	W31	L8	W17	L9	2.0
16	Eve V Litvak	1883	1881	L6	W33	W18	L4	2.0
17	Gordon Yang	1634	1631	L24	W30	L15	W28	2.0	40.00
18	Malik Perry	1541	1605	W13	L2	L16	W25	2.0	40.00
19	Vladimir Polyakin	2100	2095	X32	D5	L6	U---	1.5
20	Max Yelsky	1890	1879	L1	W26	L13	D22	1.5
21	William Graif	1649	1655	L7	W23	D9	L12	1.5
22	Kadhir And Pillai	1617	1623	L8	W28	L11	D20	1.5
23	Omar S Khan	1378	1373	L10	L21	W30	H---	1.5
24	Yevgeni Margulis	2178	2179	W17	U---	U---	U---	1.0
25	Chris Maksymowicz	1723	1704	L3	W27	L10	L18	1.0
26	Lenn Uchima	1529	1519	L4	L20	L12	W31	1.0
27	Stanislaus Dsouza	1306	1287	L5	L25	L31	W33	1.0
28	Douglas Hare	1208	1229	L14	L22	W33	L17	1.0
29	Shumin Ye	1202	1207	U---	W31	U---	U---	1.0
30	Reva Shree Singh	908	904	L11	L17	L23	B---	1.0
31	Andrulla Blanchette	787	846	L15	L29	W27	L26	1.0
32	Christian Sbarro	1599	1599	F19	U---	U---	U---	0.0
33	Ken Cohen	1390	1338	L9	L16	L28	L27	0.0

Meanwhile, Upstairs...

GM Michael Rohde, IM Jay Bonin and NM Yevgeni Margulis scored 3 1/₂ to tie for first in the Chess Center of New York's Original Four Rated Games Tonight on Thursday August 14.

Andre Harding directed the 28-player event, which is held every Thursday night at the Marshall Chess Club. The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Berg Leads Thursday Night Members' Open

Draws on the top two boards left expert George Berg as the only perfect score after two rounds of the Marshall Thursday Night Members' Open.

If you're a Marshall member, you can still enter the tournament next week (with byes for rounds one and two). The tournament is one game every Thursday at 7 PM, through September 4.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	George P Berg	2036	2043	W15	W9	2.0
2	Yefim Treger	2259	2254	D7	W12	1.5
3	Brian Hulse	2200	2198	W14	D5	1.5
4	Edward A Gaillard	2166	2164	W10	D6	1.5
5	Andrew Hellenschmidt	2033	2039	W11	D3	1.5
6	Edward A Frumkin	2000	2006	W16	D4	1.5
7	Edward Scher	1952	1969	D2	W13	1.5
8	Renato C Naranja	2215	2202	L9	W15	1.0
9	Nelson M Farber	1890	1902	W8	L1	1.0
10	Sandra L Oliver	1668	1680	L4	W16	1.0
11	Edward A Moscovic	1659	1676	L5	W14	1.0
12	Ken Cohen	1390	1389	B---	L2	1.0
13	Marian Waxman	1992	1982	H---	L7	0.5
14	Paul T Doganges	1805	1786	L3	L11	0.0
15	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1663	L1	L8	0.0
16	Eric Michael Hecht	1658	1641	L6	L10	0.0

Big Upsets Kick Off Under-2000

The first round of the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000 Swiss featured two huge upsets. Turpana Molina, rated only 923, knocked off Kenneth Coles, rated 1641. That's a 718-point upset! James Black defeated Paul McCormick in a 466-point upset. (Say, isn't that name familiar? Yes indeeed--Black had a big upset victory on Monday night, too.)

There's still time to enter the tournament! It's open to all rated under 2000 (USCF membership required). One game at a a slow time control (30/90, SD/60) is played every Wednesday at 7 PM.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Wed, U2000 8/13-9/10/2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Tot	Prize
1	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1756	1762	W16	1.0
2	Daniel Y Pi	1709	1716	W17	1.0
3	Kevin Coyle	1700	1704	W18	1.0
4	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1704	W19	1.0
5	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1702	W20	1.0
6	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1669	W21	1.0
7	James R Lowe	1650	1651	W22	1.0
8	James A Black	1191	1237	W14	1.0
9	Turpana Molina	923	983	W15	1.0
10	Anatoly Treger	1862	1855	D12	0.5
11	William Dubinsky	1802	1796	D13	0.5
12	Willy Gissen	1616	1626	D10	0.5
13	Yuta Kakutani	1611	1619	D11	0.5
14	Paul McCormick	1657	1629	L8	0.0
15	Kenneth R Collins	1641	1610	L9	0.0
16	Fid De Los Santos	1541	1533	L1	0.0
17	Howard Pinn	1511	1502	L2	0.0
18	Ken Cohen	1390	1384	L3	0.0
19	John Kylas	1384	1378	L4	0.0
20	Johan Grobler	1257	1254	L5	0.0
21	Rudolf Radna	unr.	1206	L6	0.0
22	Leonid Levit	1066	1064	L7	0.0

Monday Night Under-1600 Underway

Twenty-three players entered the August running of the Marshall's Monday Night Under-1600 Swiss. The first round featured one upset win (James Black defeated Peter Laico, a 342-point upset) and one upset draw (Daniel Feinberg drew Adam Cooper, 419 points above his rating).

If you're a USCF member rated under 1600, you can still enter the tournament. Rounds are each week at 7 PM (come early if you're entering) and the time limit is 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by 60-minute sudden death. Come on--wouldn't you like to look forward to Mondays for a change?

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Marshall CC Monday U1600 8/11/08-9/15/0

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Guy Rawlins	B 12
	1555 12961650	1.0
2	Justus Williams	W 13
	1545 13534356	1.0
3	Peter Laico	B 14
	1533 12484365	0.0
4	Joseph Fortunato	W 15
	1522 12932570	1.0
5	Adam Cooper	B 17
	1497 12870975	0.5
6	Tyson Francis Mao	W 18
	1419 12785061	1.0
7	Ken Cohen	B 20
	1390 10086353	1.0
8	Alexander H Kamen	W 21	bye			bye
	1297 12932713	1.0
9	David B Smith	B 22
	1271 12427205	1.0
10	Derek C Kleinbaum	bye
	1243 13328693	0.5
11	Newton I Steers	W 23
	1235 12596287	1.0
12	Bradford Corbett	W 1	----	----	----	----
	1216 12844333	0.0
13	Jim Papadopoulos	B 2
	1212 12727388	0.0
14	James A Black	W 3
	1191 13696544	1.0
15	Henry Mori	B 4
	1138 13879677	0.0
16	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	bye
	1099 12668990	0.5
17	Daniel Feinberg	W 5
	1078 12514009	0.5
18	Turner Corbett	B 6	----	----	----	----
	1015 12894023	0.0
19	Reva Shree Singh	bye
	908 13551611	1.0
20	Alfred Groner	W 7
	unr. 13996051	0.0
21	Yvette Donato	B 8
	unr. 14001495	0.0
22	Ralph Godfrey	W 9
	unr. 13999464	0.0
23	Randy Dorleans	B 11
	unr. 14003465	0.0

Three tie for first in "Not the US Open"

Senior Master Grigoriy Braylovskiy, FM Ilye Figler, and NM Michael Thaler scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to tie for first in the Marshall Chess Club's "Not The US Open" weekender on August 8-9.

The tournament attracted 38 players. The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Figler wins "Four Rated Games Tonight"

FM Ilye Figler scored 4-0 to win the Chess Center of New York's "Original Four Rated Games Tonight" at the Marshall Chess Club on Thursday August 7. GM Michael Rohde and IM Jay Bonin shared sednd and third with 3 1/₂.

Thirty-two players competed; the crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Thursday Night Members Only, Round 1

Fifteen players turned out for the first round of the August-September edition of the Thursday Night Members Only open. Neither of the top seeds won in the first round--NM Yefim Treger was held to a draw by Edward Sher, and Nelson Farber defeated IM Renato Naranja.

If you missed the first round, you can still enter starting with Round 2, next Thursday August 14. The tournament is open to all Marshall members.

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Bd	#	Res	White Player Name	#	Res	Black Player Name
1	8	½	Edward Scher	1	½	Yefim Treger
2	2	0	Renato C Naranja	9	1	Nelson M Farber
3	10	0	Paul T Doganges	3	1	Brian Hulse
4	4	1	Edward A Gaillard	11	0	Sandra L Oliver
5	12	0	Jerry J Monaco	5	1	George P Berg
6	6	1	And Hellenschmidt	13	0	Edward A Moscovic
7	14	0	Eric Michae Hecht	7	1	Edward A Frumkin
	15	1	Ken Cohen			BYE

Young and Perry win Wednesday Under-2000

Mark Young and Malik Perry each scored 4 out of 5 to tie for first in the Wednesday Under-2000 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club. Topping the field of 21 (plus two fillers) was worth $100 each.

Perry's performance was especially notable, since he started the tournament rated only 1487.

Third and Fourth prizes were shared by Gabriel Rigono and Jerry Monaco with 3 1/₂.

The next Wednesday tournament, open to USCF members rated under 2000, begins on August 13 and runs through September 10.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Wed. U2000 7/9-8/6, 2008

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Mark M Young	1985	1989	H---	W21	W4	D5	W6	4.0	100.00
2	Malik Perry	1487	1568	L9	W23	W16	X12	W5	4.0	100.00
3	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1706	D17	H---	H---	W15	W10	3.5	52.00
4	Jerry J Monaco	1618	1656	W22	W12	L1	H---	W11	3.5	63.00
5	Anatoly Treger	1871	1863	D10	W14	W13	D1	L2	3.0
6	David S Kantey	1773	1768	D16	D10	W8	W11	L1	3.0
7	James R Lowe	1661	1687	H---	H---	U---	W19	W14	3.0
8	Ken Cohen	1302	1370	D19	H---	L6	W21	W17	3.0
9	William Dubinsky	1754	1761	W2	D13	H---	U---	H---	2.5
10	Caroline Ho	1584	1603	D5	D6	H---	W16	L3	2.5
11	Kenneth Cruz	1777	1744	D21	W17	H---	L6	L4	2.0
12	Yigal Nochomovitz	1837	1825	W15	L4	H---	F2	U---	1.5
13	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1785	1779	W23	D9	L5	U---	U---	1.5
14	Kenneth R Collins	1684	1666	H---	L5	W17	U---	L7	1.5
15	Steven Chernick	1581	1566	L12	W22	H---	L3	U---	1.5
16	Daniel Y Pi	1526	1530	D6	W19	L2	L10	U---	1.5
17	Shumin Ye	1148	1155	D3	L11	L14	B---	L8	1.5
18	Nicholas A-FILLER- Ryba	1942	1945	U---	U---	U---	U---	W19	1.0
19	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1649	D8	L16	D21	L7	L18	1.0
20	Saul-FILLER- Priever	1609	1620	U---	U---	W23	U---	U---	1.0
21	Ben A Kessler	1536	1525	D11	L1	D19	L8	U---	1.0
22	Rudolf Radna	unr.	750	L4	L15	H---	U---	U---	0.5
23	Fid De Los Santos	1565	1532	L13	L2	L20	U---	U---	0.0

Panico wins NY Experts

Nick Panico III won the New York Experts on Tuesday night, August 5. Panico scored a perfect 4/4 in the Game/30 event, and earned $66. Second prize ($38) went to Bora Yagiz with 3 points, and third was shared by Shernaz Kennedy, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, and NM Larry Tamarkin with 2 1/₂, worth $9.33. The under-1800 prize of $33 was won by Peter Hess with 1 1/₂.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC NY Experts 8/5/08

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Nick F Panico III	2114	2139	W8	W10	W3	W6	4.0	66.00
2	Bora Yagiz	1912	1922	L3	W12	W7	W9	3.0	38.00
3	Lawrence Tamarkin	2122	2125	W2	W6	L1	D4	2.5	9.33
4	Aleksandr Ostrovskiy	2042	2043	L6	W9	W8	D3	2.5	9.33
5	Shernaz Kennedy	1900	1917	D10	W11	L6	B---	2.5	9.33
6	Leif Pressman	2177	2168	W4	L3	W5	L1	2.0
7	Anatoliy-FILLER- Ostrovskiy	1912	1898	W12	D8	L2	U---	1.5
8	Peter Hess	1672	1680	L1	D7	L4	W12	1.5	33.00
9	Shahzad Hasan	1719	1700	H---	L4	D12	L2	1.0
10	Sam Barsky	2117	2106	D5	L1	U---	U---	0.5
11	Vladimir Polyakin	2100	2089	H---	L5	U---	U---	0.5
12	Ryan Tam	1399	1402	L7	L2	D9	L8	0.5

Perfect Justus in Under-1600

Justus Williams made a perfect 5-0 score to win the Marshall Monday Night Under-1600 tournament that ran from July 7 to August 4. He finished a full point and a half ahead of the field and won $114.

Joseph Fortunato, Dominique Oden, and unrated Hector Alvarado finished in second place with 3 1/₂, winning $38. The $57 prize for top under-1200 was won by James Black with 3 points.

The next of these tournaments, open only to USCF members rated under 1600, begins on August 11.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Mon U1600 7/7/08-8/4/08

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Justus Williams	1516	1602	W9	W19	W7	W2	W4	5.0	114.00
2	Joseph Fortunato	1502	1511	H---	W13	W10	L1	W6	3.5	38.00
3	Dominique Oden	1359	1395	W12	D11	L4	W10	W9	3.5	38.00
4	Hector Alvarado	unr.	1648	H---	W8	W3	W11	L1	3.5	38.00
5	Alexander H Kamen	1337	1343	H---	W22	D11	D9	H---	3.0
6	James A Black	1178	1221	L11	W18	W19	W12	L2	3.0	57.00
7	Caroline Ho	1584	1572	D13	W16	L1	U---	W17	2.5
8	Ken Cohen	1302	1298	D10	L4	D13	D18	W19	2.5
9	Shumin Ye	1148	1231	L1	W17	W16	D5	L3	2.5
10	Werner Buhrer	unr.	1350	D8	W21	L2	L3	W13	2.5
11	Charlie Rosado	1524	1505	W6	D3	D5	L4	U---	2.0
12	Dana Kristal	1132	1106	L3	B---	B---	L6	L15	2.0
13	Johan Grobler	1260	1262	D7	L2	D8	D20	L10	1.5
14	Saul-FILLER- Priever	1609	1611	U---	U---	W18	U---	U---	1.0
15	Ron Anderson-FILLER	1562	1564	U---	U---	U---	U---	W12	1.0
16	Malik Perry	1487	1453	W18	L7	L9	U---	U---	1.0
17	Joachim Zink	1277	1223	L19	L9	B---	U---	L7	1.0
18	Jim Ferraiuolo	1143	1127	L16	L6	L14	D8	H---	1.0
19	Rob J Caliolo	unr.	1115	W17	L1	L6	U---	L8	1.0
20	Juan-FILLER Franco	1429	1422	U---	U---	U---	D13	U---	0.5
21	Max Aranoff	1307	1291	H---	L10	U---	U---	U---	0.5
22	Bruce Aranoff	964	959	H---	L5	U---	U---	U---	0.5

Hess Sweeps August Open

IM Robert Hess swept through a field of 34 to win the New York August Open (August 2-3). His perfect 4-0 score included a fine win against GM Leonid Yudasin, and earned him $367. GM Michael Rohde, Senior Master Grigory Braylovskiy, and NM Yefim Treger tied for second with 3 points and took home $92 each.

Hess sacrificed a piece to trap Yudasin's king in the center and score a dramatic last-round victory to wrap up first prize. Here's the game:


The 32-player Under-2000 section was won by Kevin Dresher and Anatoly Treger with 3 1/₂ out of 4. They won $138 for their efforts. Terence Lamb, Richard Rivera Jr, Michael Bodek, and Peter Hess split the under-1800 prize with 3 points, winning $23 each.

Crosstables are available on the USCF website. Steve Immitt directed for the Chess Center of New York.

Sturt Proves His Point

Expert Raven Sturt scored 3-0 on Saturday night (August 2nd) to win the Chess Center of NY's "Prove Your Point" at the Marshall Chess Club. The perfect score collected $40. Second place went to Zhengjia Jiang with 2 points, winning $10.

There were 8 entries. The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Yudasin, Stripunsky Top "10 Grand Prix Points Tonight"

GMs Leonid Yudasin and Alexander Stripunsky topped the Chess Center of New York's "10 Grand Prix Points Tonight" quickplay event at the Marshall on Thursday night (July 31).

NM Yevgeni Margulis finished in sole third place with 3 1/₂. Forty-four players competed. The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Five-way tie in Thursday Members Open

In the last game to finish in the Marshall Thursday-night Members' Open, Master Yefim Treger held a tense endgame against young expert Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, causing a five-way tie for first. Treger and Ostrovskiy were joined by masters Evan Rosenberg, Brian Hulse, and Ed Gaillard at 3 1/₂.

The next Members Open starts Thursday August 7.

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	#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Yefim Treger	12656884	2267	W8	D3	W9	D2	D5	3.5	43.20
2	Evan S Rosenberg	20101315	2222	W10	D6	W11	D1	D3	3.5	43.20
3	Brian Hulse	10078644	2207	W12	D1	W6	D4	D2	3.5	43.20
4	Edward A Gaillard	10105552	2174	W18	D5	H---	D3	W9	3.5	43.20
5	Aleksa Ostrovskiy	12881112	2064	H---	D4	W15	W7	D1	3.5	43.20
6	Renato C Naranja	13024036	2215	W16	D2	L3	D10	W11	3.0
7	Edward A Frumkin	10136580	2014	D14	D15	W12	L5	W10	3.0
8	George P Berg	12523517	2010	L1	D13	W17	D11	W14	3.0
9	Dorothy Teasley	10074258	2000	H---	W14	L1	W15	L4	2.5
10	Leon Zukoff	11099599	1957	L2	W16	W13	D6	L7	2.5	54.00
11	Marian Waxman	10109540	2001	H---	W17	L2	D8	L6	2.0
12	Jerry J Monaco	12547456	1618	L3	W18	L7	W13	U---	2.0
13	Shumin Ye	13112073	1148	H---	D8	L10	L12	B---	2.0
14	Ken Cohen	10086353	1302	D7	L9	L16	X17	L8	1.5
15	Edward Scher	10076366	1931	H---	D7	L5	L9	U---	1.0
16	Sandra L Oliver	12531739	1654	L6	L10	W14	U---	U---	1.0
17	Khadeejah Gray	12713423	1368	H---	L11	L8	F14	H---	1.0
18	Steven Chernick	12680785	1581	L4	L12	U---	U---	U---	0.0