Rawlins, Mao Win Monday Under-1600

Guy Rawlins and Tyson Mao tied for first place in the December edition of the Marshall Chess Club's Monday Night Under-1600. They scored 4 points to take a prize of $112 apiece.

A half-point behind, Joseph Fortunato, James Black, Edward Daley, and Moshe Fohrman split the third-place money ($13.25 each), and Werner Buhrer won the under-1300 prize of $75.

Jim Frawley directed a field of 25. Prizes were increased over what was advertised because of the large turnout.

The next Monday Under-1600 begins on January 5 (register by 6:45 PM). It's open to all players rated under 1600 or unrated, and one game per week is played at a time limit of Game/90.

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Final Standings. Marshall Chess Club Monday U1600-12/1-12/29

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Guy Rawlins	1510	1515	L16	W23	W17	W11	W4	4.0	112.00
2	Tyson Francis Mao	1451	1496	H---	W16	W5	H---	W10	4.0	112.00
3	Joseph Fortunato	1594	1593	W15	W12	H---	D4	D6	3.5	13.25
4	James A Black	1535	1543	W13	W19	W8	D3	L1	3.5	13.25
5	Edward L Daley	1379	1409	W25	W14	L2	H---	W12	3.5	13.25
6	Werner Buhrer	1269	1305	L14	W25	W21	W13	D3	3.5	75.00
7	Moshe Fohrman	unr.	1602	H---	H---	W16	D12	W11	3.5	13.25
8	Danny Torres	1433	1432	W17	W21	L4	L10	W15	3.0
9	Tyler T Schwartz	1374	1356	L21	W24	W22	H---	H---	3.0
10	James D Rice	unr.	1557	H---	H---	W19	W8	L2	3.0
11	Dominique Oden	1412	1414	W24	H---	W14	L1	L7	2.5
12	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1390	W22	L3	W20	D7	L5	2.5
13	Randy Dorleans	1114	1136	L4	H---	W23	L6	W16	2.5
14	Ron Anderson	1566	1507	W6	L5	L11	L16	W21	2.0
15	Ken Cohen	1359	1315	L3	L22	W25	W18	L8	2.0
16	George Grimbilas	1097	1166	W1	L2	L7	W14	L13	2.0
17	Ean Fonseca	1063	1083	L8	W18	L1	U---	W25	2.0
18	Paul Radak	unr.	1050	L19	L17	W24	L15	W22	2.0
19	Alejandro Beasley	1364	1351	W18	L4	L10	U---	U---	1.0
20	Ralph J Godfrey	945	942	H---	H---	L12	F23	U---	1.0
21	Norman M Ford	unr.	1199	W9	L8	L6	U---	L14	1.0
22	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	1077	L12	W15	L9	U---	L18	1.0
23	Steven Khais	961	947	H---	L1	L13	F20	U---	0.5
24	Adrian Durkin	852	829	L11	L9	L18	D25	U---	0.5
25	Larry Yates	unr.	753	L5	L6	L15	D24	L17	0.5

Lapshun, Bonin , and Hoffman Win December Open II

IM Yuri Lapshun, IM Jay Bonin, and FM Asa Hoffman tied for first in the second December Open at the Marshall on December 27-28. Each scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to bring home $106.67.

Justus Williams won the Under-2000 prize ($87) with 3 points. Williams, had a remarkable tournament, winning two and drawing two against all-expert opposition for a performance over 2300 and a gain of more than 100 rating points. He's only in the fifth grade, so you know he's one to watch.

Kadhir Pillai won the Under-1700 prize ($73) with 2 1/₂, including knocking off NM George Berg in the last round.

Leif Pressman directed teh 33-player field--note that the prizes were greater than advertised because of the large turnout.

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Standings. December Open II

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Yury Lapshun	2512	2511	W11	W21	W4	D3	3.5	106.67
2	Jay Bonin	2391	2390	W29	W23	D5	W9	3.5	106.67
3	Asa Hoffmann	2295	2304	W12	W16	W15	D1	3.5	106.67
4	Eric J Fleischman	2267	2273	W10	W20	L1	W15	3.0
5	Raven M Sturt	2149	2153	W24	W8	D2	D6	3.0
6	Justus Williams	1691	1797	W28	W29	D14	D5	3.0	87.00
7	Beatriz Marinello	2200	2185	W22	L15	D21	W19	2.5
8	Edward A Frumkin	2035	2031	W33	L5	W16	H---	2.5
9	Darrian Robinson	1928	1940	H---	W27	W23	L2	2.5
10	Anthony Greco	1910	1907	L4	W17	D13	W22	2.5
11	Kavinay Sivakumar	1891	1893	L1	W32	W24	H---	2.5
12	Miles Hinson	1857	1871	L3	W30	W25	H---	2.5
13	Kadhir And Pillai	1612	1654	H---	H---	D10	W23	2.5	73.00
14	Mitchell Fitzko	2089	2084	W17	H---	D6	U---	2.0
15	Michael Pappaceno	2059	2063	W18	W7	L3	L4	2.0
16	Sriran Dattatreya	1624	1630	W32	L3	L8	W25	2.0
17	Bingjie Liu	1362	1389	L14	L10	W32	W24	2.0
18	Ken Cohen	1359	1373	L15	L22	W33	W31	2.0
19	Moshe Fohrman	962	994	H---	H---	W27	L7	2.0
20	Henry C Sobo	2052	2042	W26	L4	D22	U---	1.5
21	William Dubinsky	1777	1804	W30	L1	D7	U---	1.5
22	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1706	L7	W18	D20	L10	1.5
23	George P Berg	2101	2074	W25	L2	L9	L13	1.0
24	Eric Bobrow	1539	1514	L5	W33	L11	L17	1.0
25	Omar S Khan	1475	1467	L23	W26	L12	L16	1.0
26	Henry Mori	1198	1190	L20	L25	X29	U---	1.0
27	Anthony J Russo	1109	1079	H---	L9	L19	H---	1.0
28	Edward A Gaillard	2163	2150	L6	U---	U---	U---	0.0
29	David A Petty	2002	1987	L2	L6	F26	U---	0.0
30	Edward Scher	1995	1970	L21	L12	U---	U---	0.0
31	Quasar Hampton	1328	1311	U---	U---	U---	L18	0.0
32	Steven Khais	961	956	L16	L11	L17	U---	0.0
33	Ralph J Godfrey	945	939	L8	L24	L18	U---	0.0

And the official crosstable is also available on the USCF website.

Hoffman Wins Rapids

In the Friday Rapids on December 26, FM Asa Hoffmann won a double-round event over a 6 player field with a 9 wins and only one draw (against Matt Fischler).

Victory For Justus

Justus Williams won all three games to win the Marshall's Under-1800 Victory tournament on Tuesday December 23. He took home $40 for the win. Jerry Monaco, Amir Moazami, and Glenn Kaplan tied for second and won $6.67. The next Victory tournament will be on January 27.

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Standings. Victory U1800

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Justus Williams	1691	1724	W3	W4	W2	3.0	40.00
2	Jerry J Monaco	1781	1753	L4	W3	L1	1.0	6.67
3	Amir Moazami	1619	1609	L1	L2	W4	1.0	6.67
4	Glenn A Kaplan	1479	1490	W2	L1	L3	1.0	6.67

Black Leads Under-1600

The fourth round of the Monday Night Under-1600 saw the tournament's first three draws, and left James Black in sole possession of first place with 3 1/₂ points. Joseph Fortunato, Guy Rawlins, Tyson Mao, Werner Buhrer, and James Rice are all a half-point back going into next week's final round.

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Wall Chart. Marshall Chess Club Monday U1600-12/2008

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Joseph Fortunato	B 12	W 8	bye	B 3
	1594 12932570	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0
2	Ron Anderson	W 13	B 9	W 7	B 15
	1566 12981570	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
3	James A Black	B 14	W 11	B 6	W 1
	1535 13696544	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5
4	Guy Rawlins	W 15	B 17	W 16	B 7
	1510 12961650	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
5	Tyson Francis Mao	bye	B 15	W 9	bye
	1451 12785061	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.0
6	Danny Torres	B 16	W 20	W 3	B 24
	1433 13228653	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
7	Dominique Oden	W 19	bye	B 2	W 4
	1412 13578760	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.5
8	Iqbal Chaklader	W 21	B 1	W 18	W 25
	1399 13995413	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
9	Edward L Daley	B 22	W 2	B 5	bye
	1379 12806096	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5
10	Tyler T Schwartz	B 20	W 19	B 21	bye	bye
	1374 13467631	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
11	Alejandro Beasley	W 23	B 3	W 24	----
	1364 12637489	1.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0
12	Ken Cohen	W 1	B 21	W 22	B 23
	1359 10086353	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
13	Werner Buhrer	B 2	W 22	B 20	W 14
	1269 13993710	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
14	Randy Dorleans	W 3	bye	W 17	B 13
	1114 14003465	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5
15	George Grimbilas	B 4	W 5	B 25	W 2
	1097 13617957	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
16	Ean Fonseca	W 6	B 23	B 4	----
	1063 12654885	0.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0
17	Steven Khais	bye	W 4	B 14	- 18
	961 12741101	0.5	0.5	0.5	F0.5
18	Ralph J Godfrey	bye	bye	B 8	- 17
	945 13999464	0.5	1.0	1.0	F1.0
19	Adrian Durkin	B 7	B 10	W 23	B 22	----
	852 13456604	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
20	Norman M Ford	W 10	B 6	W 13	----
	unr. 12331030	1.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0
21	Gerrit Albertson	B 8	W 12	W 10	----
	unr. 14012281	0.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0
22	Larry Yates	W 9	B 13	B 12	W 19
	unr. 14067851	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
23	Paul Radek	B 11	W 16	B 19	W 12
	unr.	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
24	James D Rice	bye	bye	B 11	W 6
	unr. 14090836	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0
25	Moshe Fohrman	bye	bye	W 15	B 8
	unr. 14064982	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.5

Busy Weekend

The Chess Center of New York ran a bunch of events on the weekend of December 20-21 at the Marshall:

On Saturday, the NY December Action was won by IM Alex Lenderman with 4 1/₂ out of 5. Lenderman topped a field of 24 players, including 2 Grandmasters, by a full point. He took home $164 for the victory.

Second place was shared by GM Sergey Kudrin, GM Michael Rohde, NM Adam Maltese, FM Asa Hoffmann, and FM Erez Klein, all with with 3 1/₂; all won $35.

Ben Gershenov won the Under-2200 prize of $68 with 3 points, and Jake Miller and Eve Litvak shared the Under-2000 prize ($28 each).

Steve Immitt directed; the full crosstable is on the USCF website.

Sunday saw Aleksandr Ostrovskiy win the 8th annual New York December Under 13 Open with a perfect 4-9 score. Justus Williams finished clear second, a half point behind. Three players scored 3-1; in tiebreak order: Alex Yung (third place), John Kern (fourth), and Anthony Cortese (fifth). Zhengjia Jiang took sixth and Oliver Neubauer seventh (both with 2 1/₂), while Michael Wu (eighth), Justin Cooper (ninth), and Warren Wang (tenth) rounded out the prize list.

Meanwhile, in the December Under-13 Novice, Ella Papanek took first place with 4-0; Daniel Yedidia (second) and Verona Gowrie (third) scored 3-1; the 2 1/₂-point scorers were Praveen Balakrishnan (4th), Thomas Benson (5th), Teseo Torras (6th), Liam Pharr (7th), Clara Neubauer (8th), and Clay Papanek (9th); Alexander Wright placed 10th with 2-2, and Cole Jacklin was the top Unrated player with 1 1/₂.

Steve Immitt and Sophia Rohde directed the Under-13 events, and the complete crosstables are available from USCF.

Yashsavi Sharad topped a field of 12 in the Sunday Afternoon Under-1400 Action, scoring 4-0 and winning $60. Daniel Zhu and Moshe Fohrman scored 3-1 to splic second and third prizes, $28 each. Steve Immitt directed, and by now you can probably guess where the crosstable is.

We're not done yet! On Sunday evening, Bora Yagiz won the Sliding Scale Quad. His 2 1/₂ poins were worth $64. Steve Immitt directed, and the crosstable etc. See what you miss if you go away for a few days?

Lenderman Wins "Four Rated Games Tonight"

IM Alex Lenderman won the Chess Center Of New York's "Four Rated Games Tonight" on December 18 with a perfect 4-0 score. It's always nice to have a new title for a post!

Lenderman's sweep was good for a $103 payoff. FM Boris Privman finished second a half-point behind for $69, and NM Leif Pressman was in sole possession of third with 3-1 for $65.

Pressman's payoff was actually the Under-2200 prize, and the fourth place finishers--GM Maurice Ashley, NM Yefim Treger, NM Yevgeni Margulis, NM Jerald Times, van Z Rabin, Michael Ellenbogen, and NM Joseph Lux--all picked up $5 for their 2 1/₂ point scores.

Aaron Landesman and Gabor Schnitzler won the Under-2000 prize with 2-2 scores, getting $29 each.

Steve Immitt directed the 23-player G/30 event. The crosstable is available from the USCF. The next Four Rated Games will be on Jan 1, 2009.

Hulse Leads Thursday Night Members' Open

NM Brian Hulse leads the Marshall Thursday Night Members' Open with 2 o;1/₂ points after the third round on December 25. Hulse defeated the previous occupant of first place, NM Ed Frumkin.

Long-time Marshall regular Ken Cohen scored a big upset, defeating Ed Scher (rated 636 points above him) to move into a tie for second with Frumkin, Nelson Farber, and Mark Gerstl.

The tournament takes a break for the Christmas and New Year's holidays, and will resume on Thursday January 8 at 7 PM. By then the suspense will be killing us.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Brian Hulse	B 7	W 5	W 3
	2210 10078644	1.0	1.5	2.5
2	George P Berg	W 8	B 6	W 7
	2101 12523517	0.5	1.0	1.5
3	Edward A Frumkin	B 9	W 12	B 1
	2035 10136580	1.0	2.0	2.0
4	Nelson M Farber	W 10	bye	B 5
	2025 12813964	1.0	1.5	2.0
5	Mark E Gerstl	B 11	B 1	W 4
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.5	2.0
6	Edward Scher	bye	W 2	B 11
	1995 10076366	0.5	1.0	1.0
7	Sarathi Ray	W 1	B 8	B 2
	1993 12655562	0.0	1.0	1.5
8	Marian Waxman	B 2	W 7	B 10
	1991 10109540	0.5	0.5	1.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 3	B 10	B 12
	1781 12547456	0.0	0.5	1.5
10	Edward A Moscovic	B 4	W 9	W 8
	1658 10098530	0.0	0.5	0.5
11	Ken Cohen	W 5	bye	W 6
	1359 10086353	0.0	1.0	2.0
12	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	B 3	W 9
	1071 12668990	1.0	1.0	1.0

Whitley , Berkun, Treger, and Maksymowicz Win Under-2000

Errol Whitley and Boris Berkun drew their top board game, allowing Anatoly Treger and Chris Maksymowicz to catch up and tie for first place in the Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000 Swiss. All scored 3-1 and won $60.

A half-point back Edward Moscovic, Kenneth Collins, and Ken Cohen finished tied for the Under-1700 prize ($20 each).

The next Wednesday Under-2000 begins on January 7 and is open to all players rated below 2000 or unrated. Register by 6:45 PM. One game a week is played at 7 PM each Wednesday through February 4.

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Final Standings. Wednesday Under 2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Errol Whitley	1956	1961	H---	W8	W4	D2	3.0	60.00
2	Boris Berkun	1926	1931	W12	D6	W11	D1	3.0	60.00
3	Anatoly Treger	1867	1873	W17	L4	W10	W6	3.0	60.00
4	Chris Maksymowicz	1751	1780	W16	W3	L1	W9	3.0	60.00
5	William Dubinsky	1807	1816	W15	H---	W7	U---	2.5
6	Edward A Moscovic	1656	1705	W10	D2	W13	L3	2.5	20.00
7	Kenneth R Collins	1599	1618	D13	W19	L5	W14	2.5	20.00
8	Ken Cohen	1330	1386	B---	L1	W15	D11	2.5	20.00
9	Mark A Sinz	1831	1819	H---	D14	W12	L4	2.0
10	Linda V Diaz	1808	1795	L6	W17	L3	W18	2.0
11	Sriniva Ramanujam	1784	1771	W18	H---	L2	D8	2.0
12	Gabriel Rigono	1706	1709	L2	W18	L9	W17	2.0
13	David S Kantey	1808	1790	D7	W20	L6	U---	1.5
14	Kyle Moon	1591	1586	H---	D9	H---	L7	1.5
15	Joel R Sneed	1549	1527	L5	H---	L8	W19	1.5
16	James A Black	1451	1447	L4	B---	H---	U---	1.5
17	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1676	L3	L10	W20	L12	1.0
18	Fid De Los Santos	1510	1491	L11	L12	B---	L10	1.0
19	Arunas Mazonas	1301	1287	H---	L7	H---	L15	1.0
20	Tyson Francis Mao	1451	1439	H---	L13	L17	U---	0.5

December St. John's Masters Games

Steve Immitt was kind enough to send along the scores of the top-board games from the December St. John's Masters, and so here they are for your edification. Steve directs your attention to the 62-mover struggle between IM Alex Lenderman and GM Mike Rohde in Round 3: "a particularly exciting game--not the typical 'GM draw' this time!"

Lenderman Wins St. John's Masters

IM Alex Lenderman won the St. John's Masters on December 15 with a score of 3 1/₂ out of 4. Lenderman gave up only a draw to GM Michael Rohde en route to winning $300.

Second prize was shared by IM Yury Lapshun and IM Jay Bonin at 3-1; each won $150. FM Alec Getz and expert Evan Rabin shared the Under-2400 and Under-2300 prizes with 2 1/₂; each picked up $45, and Rabin also collected $30 prize for biggest upset for his first-round win over FM Asa Hoffman. The complete crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Thanks again to our sponsor, St. John's University; Dr. Frank Brady, tournament organizer; Steve Immitt, chief TD; and to Ed Frumkin and Glen Statile for helping with relaying the moves on Board One to ICC each round.

The next third-Tuesday-of-the-month St. John's Masters Tournament is on January 20th at 7:00 pm. The tournament is open to players rated 2100 and above, as well as any player Under 2100 who scores at least 2½ points in one of the "4 Rated Games Tonight!" Thursday Night Action tournaments between December 18th and January 15th. The games from the top boards will again be shown live on ICC beginning 7 pm January 20th.

See everyone next month!

Carnage Continues In Under-1600

James Black has the only remaining perfect score in the Marhsall Monday Under-1600 after the three rounds. The holiday spirit continued to work on the contestants, as all twelve games on December 15 were decisive. There still hasn't been a single draw in the whole tournament! Next round is Monday December 22 at 7 PM.

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Wall Chart. Marshall Chess Club Monday U1600

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Joseph Fortunato	B 12	W 8	bye
	1594 12932570	1.0	2.0	2.5
2	Ron Anderson	W 13	B 9	W 7
	1566 12981570	1.0	1.0	1.0
3	James A Black	B 14	W 11	B 6
	1535 13696544	1.0	2.0	3.0
4	Guy Rawlins	W 15	B 17	W 16
	1510 12961650	0.0	1.0	2.0
5	Tyson Francis Mao	bye	B 15	W 9	bye
	1451 12785061	0.5	1.5	2.5
6	Danny Torres	B 16	W 20	W 3
	1433 13228653	1.0	2.0	2.0
7	Dominique Oden	W 19	bye	B 2
	1412 13578760	1.0	1.5	2.5
8	Iqbal Chaklader	W 21	B 1	W 18
	1399 13995413	1.0	1.0	2.0
9	Edward L Daley	B 22	W 2	B 5	bye
	1379 12806096	1.0	2.0	2.0
10	Tyler T Schwartz	B 20	W 19	B 21	bye	bye
	1374 13467631	0.0	1.0	2.0
11	Alejandro Beasley	W 23	B 3	W 24
	1364 12637489	1.0	1.0	1.0
12	Ken Cohen	W 1	B 21	W 22
	1359 10086353	0.0	0.0	1.0
13	Werner Buhrer	B 2	W 22	B 20
	1269 13993710	0.0	1.0	2.0
14	Randy Dorleans	W 3	bye	W 17
	1114 14003465	0.0	0.5	1.5
15	George Grimbilas	B 4	W 5	B 25
	1097 13617957	1.0	1.0	1.0
16	Ean Fonseca	W 6	B 23	B 4
	1063 12654885	0.0	1.0	1.0
17	Steven Khais	bye	W 4	B 14
	961 12741101	0.5	0.5	0.5
18	Ralph J Godfrey	bye	bye	B 8
	945 13999464	0.5	1.0	1.0
19	Adrian Durkin	B 7	B 10	W 23
	852 13456604	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Norman M Ford	W 10	B 6	W 13
	unr. 12331030	1.0	1.0	1.0
21	Gerrit Albertson	B 8	W 12	W 10
	unr. 14012281	0.0	1.0	1.0
22	Larry Yates	W 9	B 13	B 12
	unr. 14067851	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Paul Radek	B 11	W 16	B 19
	unr.	0.0	0.0	1.0
24	James D Rice	bye	bye	B 11
	unr. 14090836	0.5	1.0	2.0
25	Moshe Fohrman	bye	bye	W 15
	unr. 14064982	0.5	1.0	2.0

Bonin and Margulis Win December Open

IM Jay Bonin and NM Yevgeni Margulis scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to tie for first in the Marshall December Open on December 13-14. They took home $87 each for topping a field of 23.

Tied for third at 3-1 were FM Boris Privman, NM James West, and NM George Berg, who earned $15.33 apiece.

Daniel Vulis and Kapil Chandran won the Under-2000 prize ($30 each) with 2 1/₂; Reva Shree Singh and Steven Khais were top under-1700 with 2 1/₂ (worth $25 each).

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Jay Bonin	2391	2393	W12	W11	D5	W6	3.5	87.00
2	Yevgeni Margulis	2180	2193	D3	W8	W14	W9	3.5	87.00
3	Boris Privman	2231	2232	D2	D9	W19	W11	3.0	15.33
4	James R West	2214	2213	D14	W13	W7	D5	3.0	15.33
5	George P Berg	2101	2110	W16	W18	D1	D4	3.0	15.33
6	Yefim Treger	2271	2269	H---	W15	W10	L1	2.5
7	Daniel Vulis	1991	1992	W21	H---	L4	W12	2.5	30.00
8	Kapil Chandran	1921	1928	H---	L2	W17	W14	2.5	30.00
9	Evan Z Rabin	2136	2133	H---	D3	W15	L2	2.0
10	Nelson M Farber	2025	2022	W20	H---	L6	H---	2.0
11	Alena Kats	2001	1999	W17	L1	W16	L3	2.0
12	Jerry J Monaco	1781	1775	L1	W22	W18	L7	2.0
13	Ilan Kreitner	2000	1996	H---	L4	W20	U---	1.5
14	Jake S Miller	1921	1915	D4	B---	L2	L8	1.5
15	Alan J Zhang	1703	1700	B---	L6	L9	D16	1.5
16	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1695	L5	W21	L11	D15	1.5
17	Reva Shree Singh	1251	1255	L11	D20	L8	B---	1.5	25.00
18	Steven Khais	961	980	X23	L5	L12	D20	1.5	25.00
19	Jason J Margiotta	1777	1775	H---	H---	L3	U---	1.0
20	Ken Cohen	1359	1337	L10	D17	L13	D18	1.0
21	Henry Mori	1198	1195	L7	L16	B---	U---	1.0
22	Ralph J Godfrey	945	944	B---	L12	U---	U---	1.0
23	David Lewis	1941	1941	F18	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Lenderman Super In Rapids

IM Alex Lenderman shot out the lights in the Friday Night Super Rapids on December 12 with an 8-0 score.

Frumkin Leads Thursday Night Members' Open

NM Ed Frumkin moved into first place after two rounds of the Marshall Thursday Night Members' Open. He has the only remaining perfect score.

The Holiday Spirit doesn't seem to have reached the Thursday night crew--three of the five games this week were drawn.

There's still time for Marshall members to enter the tournament, which runs through January 15 (no games December 25 or January 1) with one game a week at 7 PM. To enter, register by 6:45. Come on in and show these guys how it's done.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
3	Edward A Frumkin	B 9	W 12
	2035 10136580	1.0	2.0
1	Brian Hulse	B 7	W 5
	2210 10078644	1.0	1.5
4	Nelson M Farber	W 10	bye
	2025 12813964	1.0	1.5
5	Mark E Gerstl	B 11	B 1
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.5
2	George P Berg	W 8	B 6
	2101 12523517	0.5	1.0
6	Edward Scher	bye	W 2
	1995 10076366	0.5	1.0
7	Sarathi Ray	W 1	B 8
	1993 12655562	0.0	1.0
11	Ken Cohen	W 5	bye
	1359 10086353	0.0	1.0
12	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	B 3
	1071 12668990	1.0	1.0
8	Marian Waxman	B 2	W 7
	1991 10109540	0.5	0.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 3	B 10
	1781 12547456	0.0	0.5
10	Edward A Moscovic	B 4	W 9
	1658 10098530	0.0	0.5

Kacheishvili Wins "Four Rated Games Tonight"!

Surprisingly enough, GM Giorgi Kacheishvili won the Chess Center of New York's "Original Four Rated Games Tonight" on Thursday, December 11. He scored 3 1/₂ points and earned $80.

Three players tied for second with 3-1: IM Jay Bonin and Yefim Treger split $40 each, while Natanael Moraes (rated 1970 on the wall chart) picked up $50 for the best score under 2200.

Moshe Uminer, Bora Yagiz, and Gabor Schnitzler split the Under-2000 prize, scoring 2-2 and taking home $15 each.

The complete results are available from the USCF website. Andre Harding directed a field of 17 players; no zombie re-entrants this week.

Holiday Spirit watch: only four draws in the tournament--one each round. Not bad!

Chess Holiday Spirt Takes Over Under-2000

The players in the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000 seem to have caught the chess version of the holiday spirit from the Under-1600s--all eight games in the third round on December 10 were decisive.

Errol Whitley, Boris Berkun, William Dubinsky, and Edward Moscovic are tied for first with 2 1/₂ points. The final round will be be next Wednesday, December 17th, at 7:00 PM.

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Standings. Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Errol Whitley	1956	1961	H---	W8	W7	2.5
2	Boris Berkun	1926	1931	W15	D4	W10	2.5
3	William Dubinsky	1807	1816	W19	H---	W11	2.5
4	Edward A Moscovic	1656	1704	W14	D2	W9	2.5
5	Anatoly Treger	1867	1868	W16	L7	W14	2.0
6	Mark A Sinz	1831	1832	H---	D12	W15	2.0
7	Chris Maksymowicz	1751	1766	W13	W5	L1	2.0
8	Ken Cohen	1330	1359	B---	L1	W19	2.0
9	David S Kantey	1808	1789	D11	W20	L4	1.5
10	Sriniva Ramanujam	1784	1781	W17	H---	L2	1.5
11	Kenneth R Collins	1599	1604	D9	W18	L3	1.5
12	Kyle Moon	1591	1600	H---	D6	H---	1.5
13	James A Black	1451	1446	L7	B---	H---	1.5
14	Linda V Diaz	1808	1791	L4	W16	L5	1.0
15	Gabriel Rigono	1706	1698	L2	W17	L6	1.0
16	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1687	L5	L14	W20	1.0
17	Fid De Los Santos	1510	1496	L10	L15	B---	1.0
18	Arunas Mazonas	1301	1295	H---	L11	H---	1.0
19	Joel R Sneed	1549	1519	L3	H---	L8	0.5
20	Tyson Francis Mao	1451	1439	H---	L9	L16	0.5

All Games Decisive In Under-1600

Round two of the Marshall Monday Under-1600 Swiss resulted in ten more decisive games. There have been no draws in the tournament yet. It seems that in Chess, the Holiday spirit involves a lot of bloodshed.

Anyone rated under 1600 or unrated can still enter the tournament, which consists of one game every Monday night at 7 PM (register by 6:45, please). The new time control is 90 minutes for the game.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall Chess Club Monday U1600-12/1-1

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	Joseph Fortunato	1594	1608	W19	W9	2.0
2	James A Black	1535	1547	W17	W11	2.0
3	Danny Torres	1433	1454	W14	W15	2.0
4	Edward L Daley	1379	1409	W21	W7	2.0
5	Tyson Francis Mao	1451	1456	H---	W13	1.5
6	Dominique Oden	1412	1413	W20	H---	1.5
7	Ron Anderson	1566	1548	W12	L4	1.0
8	Guy Rawlins	1510	1480	L13	W18	1.0
9	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1408	W16	L1	1.0
10	Tyler T Schwartz	1374	1357	L15	W20	1.0
11	Alejandro Beasley	1364	1354	W22	L2	1.0
12	Werner Buhrer	1269	1264	L7	W21	1.0
13	George Grimbilas	1097	1137	W8	L5	1.0
14	Ean Fonseca	1063	1062	L3	W22	1.0
15	Norman M Ford	unr.	1405	W10	L3	1.0
16	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	1370	L9	W19	1.0
17	Randy Dorleans	1114	1110	L2	H---	0.5
18	Steven Khais	961	958	H---	L8	0.5
19	Ken Cohen	1359	1332	L1	L16	0.0
20	Adrian Durkin	852	847	L6	L10	0.0
21	Larry Yates	unr.	750	L4	L12	0.0
22	Paul Radek	unr.	663	L11	L14	0.0

Kacheishvili Wins Marshall December Grand Prix

Sometimes it seems that the majority of our news items are titled "Kacheishvili Wins [event name]". On December 6-7, GM Georgi Kacheishvili did it again, sweeping a field of 30 to win the Marshall December Grand Prix and $250.

FM Alec Getz was the sole occupant of second place with 3 1/₂, worth $100. Im Jay Bonin and Harry Wheeler tied for third with 3 points, Bonin taking the $75 third-place money and Wheeler $100 for top player under 2200. Tamir Koren, rated only 1666 on the wallchart, won the Under-2000 prize of $100 with 2 1/₂.

Leif Pressman directed the 30-player field.

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Standings. Marshall December Grand Prix

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Gior Kacheishvili	2657	2663	W15	W7	W13	W6	4.0	250.00
2	Alec Getz	2260	2265	W27	W22	W14	H---	3.5	100.00
3	Jay Bonin	2391	2385	W17	D5	D10	W14	3.0	75.00
4	Harry Bro Wheeler	2088	2087	L12	W27	W26	W13	3.0	100.00
5	Yefim Treger	2271	2274	W19	D3	H---	H---	2.5
6	Iryna Zenyuk	2239	2238	W25	D10	W11	L1	2.5
7	Yevgeni Margulis	2180	2181	W21	L1	W19	D10	2.5
8	Pieter A Bierkens	2145	2141	H---	H---	W24	D12	2.5
9	Evan Z Rabin	2136	2133	H---	H---	D21	W24	2.5
10	George P Berg	2101	2111	W26	D6	D3	D7	2.5
11	Edward A Frumkin	2035	2031	W28	H---	L6	W20	2.5
12	Tamir Koren	1666	1708	W4	L15	W22	D8	2.5	100.00
13	Yaacov Norowitz	2200	2193	W18	W24	L1	L4	2.0
14	Denys Lesyk	2041	2052	W30	W23	L2	L3	2.0
15	Aaron Landesman	1975	1978	L1	W12	D16	H---	2.0
16	Tony Blum	1969	1974	L23	W18	D15	H---	2.0
17	Miles Hinson	1857	1856	L3	W20	H---	H---	2.0
18	Michael H Bodek	1831	1834	L13	L16	W27	W26	2.0
19	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1704	L5	W25	L7	W28	2.0
20	Steven Khais	961	1008	B---	L17	W28	L11	2.0
21	Zachary A Rivkin	1823	1828	L7	B---	D9	U---	1.5
22	Jacob Berman	1356	1351	B---	L2	L12	H---	1.5
23	Alex Lenderman	2511	2493	W16	L14	U---	U---	1.0
24	Ismael D Pagan	1865	1874	W29	L13	L8	L9	1.0
25	Alexander Reis	1457	1450	L6	L19	H---	H---	1.0
26	Ken Cohen	1359	1356	L10	B---	L4	L18	1.0
27	William Graif	1846	1829	L2	L4	L18	H---	0.5
28	Reva Shree Singh	1251	1215	L11	H---	L20	L19	0.5
29	Asa Hoffmann	2295	2281	L24	U---	U---	U---	0.0
30	Gabrielle Rivkin	1532	1530	L14	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Kacheishvili Wins "Four Rated Games Tonight"

This is our most frequently-repeated headline! On Thursday, December 4, GM Giorgi Kacheishvili scored a clean 4-0 to win the Chess Center of New York's "Original Four Rated Games Tonight". He picked up $130 for the victory.

Second place was a huge tie at 3-1: GM Maurice Ashley, IM Jay Bonin, NM Yefim Treger, FM Alec Getz, and FM Boris Privman all picked up $26, while NM Leif Pressman and Nitai Leve pulled down $41 in under-2200 money.

Moshe Uminer, Yefrem Zats, and Aaron Landesman split the Under-2000 prize, scoring 2-2 and taking home $24 each.

The complete results are available from the USCF website. Andre Harding directed a field of 27 players and a replicant Treger.

Thursday Night Members' Open Begins

The latest instance of the Thursday Night Members' open got underway on December 4 with 12 players. The tournament runs through January 15 (no games December 25 or January 1) with one game a week at 7 PM. To enter, register by 6:45.

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Standings. 120408

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Tot	Prize
1	Brian Hulse	2210	2213	W9	1.0
2	Edward A Frumkin	2035	2038	W10	1.0
3	Nelson M Farber	2025	2027	W11	1.0
4	Mark E Gerstl	2012	2013	W12	1.0
5	Jim Ferraiuolo	1071	1071	B---	1.0
6	George P Berg	2101	2099	D8	0.5
7	Edward Scher	1995	1995	H---	0.5
8	Marian Waxman	1991	1994	D6	0.5
9	Sarathi Ray	1993	1989	L1	0.0
10	Jerry J Monaco	1781	1776	L2	0.0
11	Edward A Moscovic	1658	1655	L3	0.0
12	Ken Cohen	1359	1358	L4	0.0

Bobby Fischer Revisited

On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 6:30 PM, the Marshall Chess Club will be the recipient of an extensive archive of letters, telegrams, photographs and other memorabilia concerning Bobby Fischer, the only American ever to become the World’s Chess Champion. Fischer died in January of 2008.

The archive is being donated to the Club by Russell Targ, the former husband of the late Joan Fischer Targ, Bobby Fischer’s sister.

“Once this archive is listed and cataloged, it will be an important resource to chess historians and scholars,” said Dr. Frank Brady, President of the Marshall Chess Club, and Fischer’s biographer.

Dr. Brady is also donating his vast collection of Fischer documents, clippings and ephemera to the Club.

Included in the Targ Collection is the original scoresheet, in Fischer’s handwriting, of his famous “Game of the Century,” played when he was only 13 years of age, and foretold his ascent to the summit of world chess.

Some of the chess items from the collection will be on display this Monday, December 8th.

The public is invited to attend the giving ceremony.

For further information, please contact Ms. Inez Cintron at 212-477-3716.

Only Maksymowicz Perfect in Under-2000

After the second round of the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000, only Chris Maksymowicz remains with a perfect score. The field is up to 20 players, and entry is still open (register by 6:45 next Wednesday), though only two rounds remain.

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Standings. Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	Chris Maksymowicz	1751	1772	W14	W9	2.0
2	Errol Whitley	1956	1957	H---	W15	1.5
3	Boris Berkun	1926	1924	W12	D7	1.5
4	David S Kantey	1808	1805	D8	W17	1.5
5	William Dubinsky	1807	1811	W16	H---	1.5
6	Sriniva Ramanujam	1784	1788	W20	H---	1.5
7	Edward A Moscovic	1656	1686	W11	D3	1.5
8	Kenneth R Collins	1599	1612	D4	W18	1.5
9	Anatoly Treger	1867	1859	W19	L1	1.0
10	Mark A Sinz	1831	1824	H---	D13	1.0
11	Linda V Diaz	1808	1800	L7	W19	1.0
12	Gabriel Rigono	1706	1707	L3	W20	1.0
13	Kyle Moon	1591	1600	H---	D10	1.0
14	James A Black	1451	1446	L1	B---	1.0
15	Ken Cohen	1330	1329	B---	L2	1.0
16	Joel R Sneed	1549	1543	L5	H---	0.5
17	Tyson Francis Mao	1451	1447	H---	L4	0.5
18	Arunas Mazonas	1301	1295	H---	L8	0.5
19	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1682	L9	L11	0.0
20	Fid De Los Santos	1510	1496	L6	L12	0.0

Margulis and Corbblah Win NY Experts

The monthly NY Experts action event on Decemer 2 was won by NM Yevgeni Margulis and Jonathan Corbblah with 3-1 scores. Fabrice Fiol and Aaron Landesman tied for third a half-point behind the leaders. Gabor Schnitzler won the Under-1800 prize. Eight players participated.

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NY Experts

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Yevgeni Margulis	2180	2181	H---	W8	D4	W6	3.0	38.00
2	Jonathan Corbblah	2088	2096	W4	L6	W7	W3	3.0	38.00
3	Fabrice Fiol	2184	2180	H---	W7	W6	L2	2.5	10.00
4	Aaron Landesman	1975	1990	L2	W5	D1	W8	2.5	10.00
5	Evan Z Rabin	2136	2118	L6	L4	W8	W7	2.0
6	Andre E Harding	1980	1995	W5	W2	L3	L1	2.0
7	Gabor Schnitzler	1757	1749	B---	L3	L2	L5	1.0	24.00
8	William Dubinsky	1777	1767	H---	L1	L5	L4	0.5

New Monday Under-1600 Underway

The December instance of the Marshall Monday Under-1600 Swiss is off and running. Twenty players participated in Round One on December 1, and all ten games were decisive. Anyone rated under 1600 or unrated can still enter the tournament, which consists of one game every Monday night at 7 PM (register by 6:45, please). The new time control is 90 minutes for the game.

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SwissSys Standings. Monday U1600: Marshall Chess Club Monday U1600-12/1-1

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Tot	Prize
1	Joseph Fortunato	1594	1601	W13	1.0
2	Ron Anderson	1566	1571	W14	1.0
3	James A Black	1535	1538	W15	1.0
4	Danny Torres	1433	1437	W16	1.0
5	Dominique Oden	1412	1414	W17	1.0
6	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1400	W18	1.0
7	Edward L Daley	1379	1380	W19	1.0
8	Alejandro Beasley	1364	1365	W20	1.0
9	George Grimbilas	1097	1146	W11	1.0
10	Norman M Ford	unr.	1769	W12	1.0
11	Guy Rawlins	1510	1477	L9	0.0
12	Tyler T Schwartz	1374	1370	L10	0.0
13	Ken Cohen	1359	1350	L1	0.0
14	Werner Buhrer	1269	1262	L2	0.0
15	Randy Dorleans	1114	1110	L3	0.0
16	Ean Fonseca	1063	1057	L4	0.0
17	Adrian Durkin	852	850	L5	0.0
18	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	750	L6	0.0
19	Larry Yates	unr.	750	L7	0.0
20	Paul Radek	unr.	750	L8	0.0

Lapshun Wins Game/30

IM Yuri Lapshun won the Sunday Game/30 on November 30. Lapshun scored 4 1/₂ out of 5 and won $105. FM Asa Hoffmann and NM Yaacov Norowitz tied for second with 4 points, good for $52.50.

NM Olson Ortiz won the under-2200 prize ($57) with 3 1/₂, and Aaron Landesman closed out a big weekend by scoring 3 points to win the $48 Under-2000 prize.

Twenty one players showed up to bid farewell to November under the direction of Leif Pressman.

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SwissSys Standings. Sunday G/30

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Yury Lapshun	2512	2522	H---	W16	W4	W5	W3	4.5	105.00
2	Asa Hoffmann	2322	2325	W8	W6	L3	W13	W9	4.0	52.50
3	Yaacov Norowitz	2200	2222	W19	W7	W2	W9	L1	4.0	52.50
4	Kassa Korley	2234	2233	D13	W12	L1	W8	W11	3.5
5	Olson Ortiz	2157	2170	W20	W11	D9	L1	W10	3.5	57.00
6	Raven M Sturt	2125	2116	W17	L2	L8	W12	W13	3.0
7	Justin D Karp	2045	2043	W15	L3	W20	D11	H---	3.0
8	Aaron Landesman	1982	1990	L2	W17	W6	L4	W14	3.0	48.00
9	Alec Getz	2251	2242	W22	W10	D5	L3	L2	2.5
10	Aleksa Ostrovskiy	2122	2113	W21	L9	D13	W16	L5	2.5
11	Alex Eydelman	2078	2070	W14	L5	W19	D7	L4	2.5
12	Gabor Schnitzler	1722	1741	H---	L4	W22	L6	W17	2.5
13	Stephen Alex Welt	1871	1891	D4	W22	D10	L2	L6	2.0
14	Simon Chang	1219	1253	L11	L20	B---	W19	L8	2.0
15	Jaja Nyamekye	1057	1087	L7	B---	L16	D17	D21	2.0
16	Lawrence Tamarkin	2091	2083	H---	L1	W15	L10	U---	1.5
17	Eric Bobrow	1476	1463	L6	L8	W21	D15	L12	1.5
18	Anatol Ostrovskiy	1865	1866	U---	U---	U---	W21	U---	1.0
19	Frank R Paciulli	1854	1828	L3	W21	L11	L14	U---	1.0
20	Daniel B Nussbaum	1643	1642	L5	W14	L7	U---	U---	1.0
21	Javier Ign Rivera	1314	1289	L10	L19	L17	L18	D15	0.5
22	Jake S Miller	1930	1903	L9	L13	L12	U---	U---	0.0

Hoffman and Landesman Win Saturday G/60

FM Asa Hoffmann and Aaron Landesman scored 3.5 out of 4 to tie for first pace in the Saturday Game/60 on November 29. They won $87 each. Eigen Wang and Darrian Robinson tied for third with 3 points, Wang winning $45 in third-place money and Robinson $55 for top score for a player rated between 1700-1999. Ethan Segall won $55 in under-1700 money for his 2.5 point score. Twenty-two players shook off tryptophan stupors to play; Matt Fischler and Leif Pressman directed.

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SwissSys Standings. Saturday G/60

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Asa Hoffmann	2322	2321	W11	W4	W14	D3	3.5	87.00
2	Aaron Landesman	1982	1990	W22	D15	W6	W14	3.5	87.00
3	Eigen Wang	2102	2109	W12	D5	W15	D1	3.0	45.00
4	Darrian Robinson	1907	1929	W19	L1	W13	W9	3.0	55.00
5	Jordan Ginsberg	1892	1903	W17	D3	D10	H---	2.5
6	Scott Chaiet	1800	1817	D10	W16	L2	W15	2.5
7	Ethan R Segall	1648	1650	L18	W20	W21	H---	2.5	55.00
8	Benjamin J Katz	2083	2067	L13	W21	D11	H---	2.0
9	Nitai D Leve	2079	2059	L14	W19	W12	L4	2.0
10	Justin D Karp	2045	2041	D6	W13	D5	U---	2.0
11	Stephen Alex Welt	1871	1877	L1	W22	D8	H---	2.0
12	Jonathan Williams	1869	1863	L3	W17	L9	W19	2.0
13	Kapil Chandran	1861	1863	W8	L10	L4	X20	2.0
14	Jasmine Grant	1804	1832	W9	W18	L1	L2	2.0
15	Anna Ginzburg	1885	1872	W20	D2	L3	L6	1.5
16	Bingjie Liu	1370	1369	H---	L6	L19	W21	1.5
17	Christopher C Lee	1368	1387	L5	L12	W22	H---	1.5
18	Ilan Kreitner	2000	1990	W7	L14	U---	U---	1.0
19	Edward E Bryan	1459	1466	L4	L9	W16	L12	1.0
20	Winston S Bailey	1207	1203	L15	L7	B---	F13	1.0
21	Ken Cohen	1330	1307	H---	L8	L7	L16	0.5
22	Danie Kostovetsky	1481	1455	L2	L11	L17	U---	0.0

Adeyemi Wins Friday Rapids

Kola Adeyemi won first place in the Friday rapids on November 28 with a score of 6-2. 5 players participated in a double round-robin.

New Wednesday Under-2000 Begins

The latest incarnation of the Wednesday Night Under-2000 Swiss began on November 26 with 16 players. It's only four rounds this time (December 3, 10, and 17), and you can still enter--register by 6:45; rounds are at 7 PM.

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SwissSys Standings. Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Tot	Prize
1	Boris Berkun	1926	1930	W12	1.0
2	Anatoly Treger	1867	1873	W13	1.0
3	William Dubinsky	1807	1811	W14	1.0
4	Sriniva Ramanujam	1784	1788	W15	1.0
5	Chris Maksymowicz	1751	1755	W16	1.0
6	Edward A Moscovic	1656	1677	W11	1.0
7	Ken Cohen	1330	1330	B---	1.0
8	Mark A Sinz	1831	1831	H---	0.5
9	David S Kantey	1808	1802	D10	0.5
10	Kenneth R Collins	1599	1608	D9	0.5
11	Linda V Diaz	1808	1791	L6	0.0
12	Gabriel Rigono	1706	1700	L1	0.0
13	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1692	L2	0.0
14	Joel R Sneed	1549	1543	L3	0.0
15	Fid De Los Santos	1510	1504	L4	0.0
16	James A Black	1451	1445	L5	0.0