Treger, Aregbeyen, Molina Win Wednesday Under-2000

Anatoly Treger and Aigboje Aregbeyen made a peaceful last-round draw and were joined at the top of the Marshall's Wednesday Night Under-2000 Swiss by Turpana Molina, who scored a 782 point upset victory. Molina came into the tournament with a rating of just 923--that's not a typo--but won four games against players more than 700 points higher rated, losing only to Aregbeyen in round 4.

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

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Anatoly Treger	1862	1867	D13	W16	W22	W12	D2	4.0
2	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1756	1773	W14	W9	D12	W3	D1	4.0
3	Turpana Molina	923	1257	W17	W11	W4	L2	W8	4.0
4	Kevin Coyle	1700	1689	W24	D22	L3	W14	W12	3.5
5	James R Lowe	1650	1669	W23	H---	H---	D15	W11	3.5
6	William Dubinsky	1802	1798	D18	D13	W10	H---	H---	3.0
7	Linda V Diaz	1726	1737	H---	H---	U---	W21	W17	3.0
8	Daniel Y Pi	1709	1699	W19	L12	W18	W9	L3	3.0
9	Jerry J Monaco	1667	1666	W25	L2	W19	L8	W13	3.0
10	Paul McCormick	1657	1648	L22	W24	L6	W20	W16	3.0
11	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1656	W21	L3	D23	W22	L5	2.5
12	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1697	W20	W8	D2	L1	L4	2.5
13	Willy Gissen	1616	1627	D1	D6	D15	W23	L9	2.5
14	Fidel De Los Santos	1541	1539	L2	W25	D16	L4	W23	2.5
15	James Souce	1792	1778	H---	D18	D13	D5	U---	2.0
16	Joshua Ochse	1769	1743	H---	L1	D14	W19	L10	2.0
17	Kenneth R Collins	1641	1612	L3	W21	H---	H---	L7	2.0
18	Yuta Kakutani	1611	1614	D6	D15	L8	H---	H---	2.0
19	Howard Pinn	1511	1503	L8	W20	L9	L16	W24	2.0
20	Johan Grobler	1257	1258	L12	L19	B---	L10	W25	2.0
21	John Kylas	1384	1383	L11	L17	W24	L7	H---	1.5
22	James A Black	1191	1259	W10	D4	L1	L11	U---	1.5
23	Leonid Levit	1066	1081	L5	B---	D11	L13	L14	1.5
24	Ken Cohen	1390	1357	L4	L10	L21	W25	L19	1.0
25	Rudolf Radna	unr.	1173	L9	L14	H---	L24	L20	0.5

The next Wednesday Under-2000 starts next week (September 17). It's one game a week at 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by one hour sudden death. The tournament is open to all rated under 2000. Rounds start at 7 PM; please arrive a little early to register.