MCC Championship - Pairings Round 6

Pairings for Round 6. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP


1 MICHAEL A ROHDE (4.0) ALEX LENDERMAN (5.0)
2 RASHAD BABAEV (3.5) IRINA KRUSH (3.5)
3 ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY (3.0) MAGE PANCHANATHAN (3.0)
4 SIDD RAVICHANDRAN (3.0) JUSTIN SARKAR (3.0)
5 EVAN Z RABIN (2.5) SERGEY KUDRIN (2.5)
6 JAY BONIN (2.5) ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ (2.5)
7 YEFIM TREGER (2.5) MARIAN WAXMAN (2.5)
8 MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (2.0) LEONID G YUDASIN (2.0)
9 BRIAN HULSE (2.0) HENRY C SOBO (2.0)
10 JASON J MARGIOTTA (2.0) JAKE S MILLER (2.0)
11 JAMES R WEST (1.5) GEORGE P BERG (1.5)
12 NELSON M FARBER (1.5) EDWARD FRUMKIN (1.0)
1 GEORGE TOM (1.0) BYE (please call the club)
½ JOHN P FEDOROWICZ (3.5) BYE
½ ROBERT L HESS (3.5) BYE

IM Jay Bonin and SM Yaakov Norowitz victorious at last St. John's Masters!

Perennial Speed Powerhouse Yaacov Norowitz scored 3½ points in the December 15th St. John's Masters at the Marshall Chess Club. Yaacov's opponents tried to confuse things with some unusual openings, but when the smoke cleared, the Senior Master emerged unfazed by the complications. Leif Pressman trotted out the Budapest Gambit in Round 2, but Yaacov simplified his positional advantage into a won endgame. Round 3 saw FM Asa Hoffmann testing out an unorthodox Queen's Pawn opening (with 2... Bg4 and 3...Bxf3), but again Norowitz nursed a pawn advantage into a won game. Finally in the last round, Yaacov took no chances, grabbing a fast draw with IM Jay Bonin, who also had won his first three games.

Bonin and Norowitz shared first and second prize, taking home $250 each. Hoffmann, who rebounded with a last-round victory over NM Oliver Chernin, scored 3-1, along with IM Justin Sarkar, who bowed out of the festivities with a pre-declared last-round bye. They each won $70. Michael Layevskiy, the second-lowest-rated player at the start, showed that it's not so bad on the bottom, when he defeated NM Leiff Pressman in Round 3-- a 320 point upset which easily clinched the $30 Upset Prize. Michael also won the $30 Under 2300 prize to boot!

The St. John's Masters tournaments had been held on the third Tuesday of the month. This was the last such event, however. Starting in 2010, the monthly tournaments will be sponsored by the Marshall Chess Club, along with interested patrons.

The first "Marshall Masters" tournament will be at 7 pm on the third Tuesday of the month of January: January 19th.

These events are open to players rated over 2100. Players under 2100 may also qualify to register by scoring at least 2½ points in one of the "4 Rated Games Tonight!" action tournaments held every Thursday night at 7 pm since the last Tuesday Masters tournament.. You can also follow the action each round on Board 1 on ICC, if you can't make it out to the Marshall.

Steve Immitt

MCC Championship: Results Round 5 and Standings

Results for Round 5


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Results for Round 5. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP

1 0 JUSTIN SARKAR (3.0) 1 ALEX LENDERMAN (4.0)
2 ½ SIDD RAVICHANDRAN (2.5) ½ RASHAD BABAEV (3.0)
3 1 ROBERT L HESS (2.5) 0 JAY BONIN (2.5)
4 1 JOHN P FEDOROWICZ (2.5) 0 EVAN Z RABIN (2.5)
5 1 IRINA KRUSH (2.5) 0 SERGEY KUDRIN (2.5)
6 1 MAGE PANCHANATHAN (2.0) 0 YEFIM TREGER (2.5)
7 ½ MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (1.5) ½ BRIAN HULSE (1.5)
8 0 GEORGE P BERG (1.5) 1 ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ (1.5)
9 ½ JAMES R WEST (1.0) ½ NELSON M FARBER (1.0)
10 1 HENRY C SOBO (1.0) 0 GEORGE TOM (1.0)
½ EDWARD FRUMKIN (0.5) BYE
½ ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY (2.5) BYE
½ MARIAN WAXMAN (2.0) BYE
½ JAKE S MILLER (1.5) BYE
½ JASON J MARGIOTTA (1.5) BYE
½ LEONID G YUDASIN (1.5) BYE
½ MICHAEL A ROHDE (3.5) BYE

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SwissSys Standings. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP-4 DAY

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	ALEX LENDERMAN	2577	W18	W6	W7	W8	W9	5.0
2	MICHAEL A ROHDE	2489	H---	W20	W22	W12	H---	4.0
3	ROBERT L HESS	2655	L4	W27	W26	D5	W12	3.5
4	JOHN P FEDOROWICZ	2512	W3	D12	D5	D11	W14	3.5
5	IRINA KRUSH	2479	W15	D17	D4	D3	W11	3.5
6	RASHAD BABAEV	2412	W16	L1	W15	W7	D8	3.5
7	MAGE PANCHANATHAN	2522	W14	W9	L1	L6	W13	3.0
8	SIDD RAVICHANDRAN	2489	W24	W26	D11	L1	D6	3.0
9	JUSTIN SARKAR	2421	W27	L7	W23	W17	L1	3.0
10	ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY	2151	H---	L11	W25	W22	H---	3.0
11	SERGEY KUDRIN	2622	H---	W10	D8	D4	L5	2.5
12	JAY BONIN	2352	W25	D4	W17	L2	L3	2.5
13	YEFIM TREGER	2242	D28	L22	W20	W24	L7	2.5
14	EVAN Z RABIN	2157	L7	D25	W28	W21	L4	2.5
15	ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ	2047	L5	W29	L6	D18	W24	2.5
16	MARIAN WAXMAN	1979	L6	D24	D18	W23	H---	2.5
17	LEONID G YUDASIN	2600	W19	D5	L12	L9	H---	2.0
18	BRIAN HULSE	2200	L1	D19	D16	D15	D21	2.0
19	JAKE S MILLER	2032	L17	D18	L24	W28	H---	2.0
20	HENRY C SOBO	2002	H---	L2	L13	D27	W28	2.0
21	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1963	L26	H---	W27	L14	D18	2.0
22	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1942	H---	W13	L2	L10	H---	2.0
23	JAMES R WEST	2200	H---	D28	L9	L16	D25	1.5
24	GEORGE P BERG	2074	L8	D16	W19	L13	L15	1.5
25	NELSON M FARBER	1963	L12	D14	L10	H---	D23	1.5
26	LEIF A PRESSMAN	2283	W21	L8	L3	U---	U---	1.0
27	EDWARD FRUMKIN	2035	L9	L3	L21	D20	H---	1.0
28	GEORGE TOM	1924	D13	D23	L14	L19	L20	1.0
29	ANATOLY FILLER OSTROVSKIY	1887	U---	L15	U---	U---	U---	0.0

MCC Championships Pairings Round 4

Results for Round 4. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP

Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name
1 1 ALEX LENDERMAN (3.0) 0 SIDD RAVICHANDRAN (2.5)
2 0 JAY BONIN (2.5) 1 MICHAEL A ROHDE (2.5)
3 .5 ROBERT L HESS (2.0) .5 IRINA KRUSH (2.0)
4 .5 SERGEY KUDRIN (2.0) .5 JOHN P FEDOROWICZ (2.0)
5 1 RASHAD BABAEV (2.0) 0 MAGE PANCHANATHAN (2.0)
6 0 LEONID G YUDASIN (1.5) 1 JUSTIN SARKAR (2.0)
7 1 YEFIM TREGER (1.5) 0 GEORGE P BERG (1.5)
8 1 EVAN Z RABIN (1.5) 0 MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (1.5)
9 1 ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY (1.5) 0 JASON J MARGIOTTA (1.5)
10 .5 ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ(1.0) .5 BRIAN HULSE (1.0)
11 1 MARIAN WAXMAN (1.0) 0 JAMES R WEST (1.0)
12 1 JAKE S MILLER (0.5) 0 GEORGE TOM (1.0)
13 .5 EDWARD FRUMKIN (0.0) .5 HENRY C SOBO (0.5)
½ NELSON M FARBER (0.5) BYE

MCC Championship Results Round 3

Results for Round 3. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP

Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name
16 0 MAGE PANCHANATHAN (2.0) 1 ALEX LENDERMAN (2.0)
17 .5 SERGEY KUDRIN (1.5) .5 SIDD RAVICHANDRAN (2.0)
18 0 LEONID G YUDASIN (1.5) 1 JAY BONIN (1.5)
19 .5 JOHN P FEDOROWICZ (1.5) .5 IRINA KRUSH (1.5)
20 0 JASON J MARGIOTTA (1.5) 1 MICHAEL A ROHDE (1.5)
21 0 LEIF A PRESSMAN (1.0) 1 ROBERT L HESS (1.0)
22 1 JUSTIN SARKAR (1.0) 0 JAMES R WEST (1.0)
23 1 RASHAD BABAEV (1.0) 0 ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ (1.0)
24 0 GEORGE TOM (1.0) 1 EVAN Z RABIN (0.5)
25 0 HENRY C SOBO (0.5) 1 YEFIM TREGER (0.5)
26 .5 BRIAN HULSE (0.5) .5 MARIAN WAXMAN (0.5)
27 0 NELSON M FARBER (0.5) 1 ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY (0.5)
28 1 GEORGE P BERG (0.5) 0 JAKE S MILLER (0.5)
29 1 MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (0.5) 0 EDWARD FRUMKIN (0.0)

MCC Championship Results R2

Results for Round 2. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP

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Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name

16 .5 IRINA KRUSH (1.0) .5 LEONID G YUDASIN (1.0)
17 1 ALEX LENDERMAN (1.0) 0 RASHAD BABAEV (1.0)
18 0 JUSTIN SARKAR (1.0) 1 MAGE PANCHANATHAN (1.0)
19 .5 JAY BONIN (1.0) .5 JOHN P FEDOROWICZ (1.0)
20 1 SIDD RAVICHANDRAN (1.0) 0 LEIF A PRESSMAN (1.0)
21 0 ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY (0.5) 1 SERGEY KUDRIN (0.5)
22 1 MICHAEL A ROHDE (0.5) 0 HENRY C SOBO (0.5)
23 0 YEFIM TREGER (0.5) 1 JASON J MARGIOTTA (0.5)
24 .5 JAMES R WEST (0.5) .5 GEORGE TOM (0.5)
25 1 ROBERT L HESS (0.0) 0 EDWARD FRUMKIN (0.0)
26 .5 JAKE S MILLER (0.0) .5 BRIAN HULSE (0.0)
27 .5 EVAN Z RABIN (0.0) .5 NELSON M FARBER (0.0)
28 .5 MARIAN WAXMAN (0.0) .5 GEORGE P BERG (0.0)
29 1 ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ (0.0) 0 Anatoly Ostrovskiy (FILLER)
½ MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (0.0) BYE

MCC Championship -- Standings after Round 1

Standings. MARSHALL CC CHAMPIONSHIP

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Tot
1 LEONID G YUDASIN 2600 W25 1.0
2 ALEX LENDERMAN 2577 W20 1.0
3 MAGE PANCHANATHAN 2522 W21 1.0
4 JOHN P FEDOROWICZ 2512 W19 1.0
5 SIDD RAVICHANDRAN 2489 W22 1.0
6 IRINA KRUSH 2479 W23 1.0
7 JUSTIN SARKAR 2421 W24 1.0
8 RASHAD BABAEV 2412 W26 1.0
9 JAY BONIN 2352 W27 1.0
10 LEIF A PRESSMAN 2283 W28 1.0
11 SERGEY KUDRIN 2622 H--- 0.5
12 MICHAEL A ROHDE 2489 H--- 0.5
13 YEFIM TREGER 2242 D18 0.5
14 JAMES R WEST 2200 H--- 0.5
15 ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY 2151 H--- 0.5
16 HENRY C SOBO 2002 H--- 0.5
17 JASON J MARGIOTTA 1942 H--- 0.5
18 GEORGE TOM 1924 D13 0.5
19 ROBERT L HESS 2655 L4 0.0
20 BRIAN HULSE 2200 L2 0.0
21 EVAN Z RABIN 2157 L3 0.0
22 GEORGE P BERG 2074 L5 0.0
23 ALEXANDER ROSS KATZ 2047 L6 0.0
24 EDWARD FRUMKIN 2035 L7 0.0
25 JAKE S MILLER 2032 L1 0.0
26 MARIAN WAXMAN 1979 L8 0.0
27 NELSON M FARBER 1963 L9 0.0
28 MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY 1963 L10 0.0

St. John Masters, October 20th

NM Yaacov Norowitz was the clear winner of the October 20th St. John's Masters tournament, as 3½ points in four rounds was good enough for the $300 first prize.. Norowitz drew top-seeded GM Leonid Yudasin in Round 3, when the Grandmaster was unable to make any dents in Yaacov's Carok-Kann Defense. A pawn to the good in the final round, Yudasin once again was unable to bring home the point against IM Jay Bonin, whose drawing technique more than made up for his pawn deficit.

Yudasin, Bonin and Ramon Manon-Og all tied for 2nd-4th with 3 points, winning $130 a piece. Manon-Og also took home the $40 Upset Prize, for his first round victory over IM Justin Sarkar, where he was the 289-point underdog. Zahar Hiklevich was a half-point further back, the only player with 2½ points, which was good enough to clinch the $40 Under 2300 prize.

The St. John's Masters tournaments are held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Marshall Chess Club. The next edition is Tuesday November 17th at 7 pm. The tournament is open to all players rated at least 2100. Players under 2100 may also qualify to participate by scoring at least 2½ points in one of the weekly "4 Rated Games Tonight!" Thursday Night Action Tournaments held at 7 pm at the Club since the previous month's St. John's Masters.

If you can't make it to the Club you can still follow the games on the top boards, which are broadcast live each round on ICC.

Thanks again to our sponsor, St. John's University, for making these tournaments possible.

Board 1 games from the Masters

Steve Immitt

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October "St. John's
Masters At The Marshall Chess Club!"

Tuesday, October 20,
2009:

World-Famous Marshall Chess Club

New York City

Final Standings!

#	Name	USCF ID	Rating	New Rating	State	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Prize
1	Yaacov Norowitz	12566496	2377	2402	NJ	W11	W5	D2	W7	3½	$300
2	GM Leonid G Yudasin	12542077	2601	2594	NY	W9	W8	D1	D3	3	$130
3	IM Jay Bonin	10098327	2388	2393	NY	D10	W12	W4	D2	3	$130
4	Ramon A Manon-Og Jr	14235205	2124	2176	NY	W6	W7	L3	W8	3	$130 + $40 Upset Prize: Round 1
5	Zahar Hilkevich	12716073	2173	2177	NY	W19	L1	D12	W10	2½	$40
6	IM Justin Sarkar	12561884	2413	2393	NY	L4	W16	D11	H---	2
7	FM Asa Hoffmann	10076994	2327	2317	NY	W18	L4	W9	L1	2
8	Leif A Pressman	12693373	2285	2280	NY	W20	L2	W18	L4	2
9	Sam Barsky	12550168	2149	2159	NY	L2	W20	L7	W17	2
10	Aaron Landesman	12913985	2123	2128	NY	D3	W14	D13	L5	2
11	Joseph W Lux	10101433	2103	2110	NJ	L1	W19	D6	D12	2
12	Michael J Hehir	12141790	2059	2074	NY	W17	L3	D5	D11	2
13	Joshua Colas	13242201	2013	2038	NY	D14	W15	D10	U---	2
14	Roy Greenberg	10054737	2200	2182	NJ	D13	L10	L15	W19	1½
15	Conrad Ho	13390280	2155	2149	ONT	D16	L13	W14	U---	1½
16	Bora Yagiz	12661990	1928	1929	NY	D15	L6	L17	B---	1½
17	Matt J Parry	12825619	2266	2236	NY	L12	L18	W16	L9	1
18	Michael Zhong	12872161	2103	2106	CA	L7	W17	L8	U---	1
19	Michael Layevskiy	12675402	1959	1945	NY	L5	L11	B---	L14	1
20	Daniel Vulis	12711455	2100	2089	NY	L8	L9	U---	U---	0

Tied Players Are Listed Above In Order Of Their Pre-Tournament Ratings

FIDE Thursdays - Hoffmann wins clear 1st

Asa had a slightly better position against Ed Scher, and once he saw Marc Widmaier upsetting Yefim Treger, offered the draw and clinched first. Ed Scher joined Frumkin, Treger, and Widmaier in splitting 2nd, 3rd, and the U2000 prizes. See below for the final results.
A reminder to all that Thursday, October 22nd, will be the first round of the Member's Only Swiss, and not a FIDE Swiss.

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MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAYS, Final Results, October 15th

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	D12	W11	W4	D2	W8	D5	4.5	184.00
2	YEFIM TREGER	2223	W5	W7	D8	D1	W3	L4	4.0	85.50
3	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2013	W15	D20	D6	W10	L2	X11	4.0	85.50
4	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	W9	L1	W20	D6	W2	4.0	85.50
5	EDWARD SCHER	1900	L2	W16	W14	H---	W9	D1	4.0	85.50
6	GEORGE P BERG	2028	D9	W19	D3	D8	D4	D7	3.5
7	JOHN J BRENDEL	1932	W21	L2	W20	U---	W10	D6	3.5
8	SARATHI RAY	2058	W13	W14	D2	D6	L1	U---	3.0
9	SERGE ADELSON	1888	D6	L4	W17	W13	L5	D12	3.0
10	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	H---	W12	L3	L7	W17	3.0
11	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1915	H---	L1	H---	W15	D14	F3	2.5
12	ANTHONY GRECO	1900	D1	H---	L10	D14	D17	D9	2.5
13	JEFFRE TANNENBAUM	1900	L8	H---	W19	L9	X18	U---	2.5
14	MARIAN WAXMAN	1994	W16	L8	L5	D12	D11	U---	2.0
15	PAUL RACHLIN	1871	L3	D21	H---	L11	U---	W19	2.0
16	JERRY J MONACO	1738	L14	L5	W21	U---	B---	U---	2.0
17	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	H---	L18	L9	W19	D12	L10	2.0
18	LAWRENCE CARLOS	1959	L20	W17	H---	U---	F13	U---	1.5
19	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L6	L13	L17	W21	L15	1.5
20	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	W18	D3	L7	L4	U---	U---	1.5
21	POLLY P WRIGHT	1700	L7	D15	L16	B---	L19	U---	1.5

The Return of Frawley

Yes, for those us who have missed him, long time Marshall member and Assistant Manager Jim Frawley has re-entered the lists, holding William Dubinsky to a draw in the first round. Way to go, Jim!
If you think this is a blatant display of favoritism by the writers of this blog (the Marshall Staff), well...you're right! To offset this, we'll try to con(vince) Jim to post some of his games, and perhaps do the same to the other participants.
Standings after Round 1 below, enjoy!

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Wednesday U2000, October 14, 2009

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Tot
1	DENNIS R MOORE	1991	W14	1.0
2	ZACHARY H COHN	1919	W15	1.0
3	SABRIJ MEHMEDOVIC	1902	W16	1.0
4	DAVID S KANTEY	1870	W17	1.0
5	JAMES A BLACK	1852	W18	1.0
6	MARCUS FENNER	1850	W19	1.0
7	STEVEN THOMA LAMB	1810	W20	1.0
8	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	W13	1.0
9	BORIS BERKUN	1959	D11	0.5
10	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1892	D12	0.5
11	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	D9	0.5
12	JAMES M FRAWLEY	1660	D10	0.5
13	TONY S GONZALES	1888	L8	0.0
14	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L1	0.0
15	ALBERT BETANCOURT	1684	L2	0.0
16	CAROLINE HO	1661	L3	0.0
17	HOWARD PINN	1500	L4	0.0
18	DELMAR L GATES	1483	L5	0.0
19	RUS ABZHEKENOV JR	1241	L6	0.0
20	KEN COHEN	1174	L7	0.0

U1600 - Four tied for the lead

After three rounds, it's Chaklander, Rawlins, Genadinik, and Ean Fonseca tied with 2.5 out of 3. Results for the rest of the pack below.

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MARSHALL CC MONDAY UNDER 1600

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	IQBAL H CHAKLADER	1595	W15	W5	H---	2.5
2	GUY RAWLINS	1540	W16	W7	D3	2.5
3	ALEX GENADINIK	1539	W18	W6	D2	2.5
4	EAN FONSECA	1487	W12	H---	W9	2.5
5	RON ANDERSON	1534	W8	L1	W10	2.0
6	ARTHUR J QUINN	1477	W11	L3	W14	2.0
7	ALBERTO SANTOS	1431	W19	L2	W16	2.0
8	PEDRO R GARCIA	1182	L5	B---	W18	2.0
9	JORDAN GALLAGHER	1313	W20	D14	L4	1.5
10	WERNER BUHRER	1278	H---	W17	L5	1.5
11	LUIS FONSECA	1153	L6	W20	H---	1.5
12	GERRIT ALBERTSON	1128	L4	H---	W19	1.5
13	SONIA F KAUFMAN	671	H---	L16	W20	1.5
14	DAVID BEAR SMITH	1356	H---	D9	L6	1.0
15	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	1244	L1	H---	H---	1.0
16	KEN COHEN	1240	L2	W13	L7	1.0
17	HUGH JACOBSON	1159	H---	L10	H---	1.0
18	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1201	L3	H---	L8	0.5
19	STEPHEN MOORE	1105	L7	H---	L12	0.5
20	CHARITY BRICKMAN	unr.	L9	L11	L13	0.0

Clean Sweep for Treger

NM Yefim Treger swept all opposition in this weekend's U2300, winning clear first with a perfect 4 out of 4.

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Marshall CC October U2300

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	YEFIM TREGER	2210	W24	W26	W18	W8	4.0	190.00
2	ALENA KATS	2059	W19	W33	D8	D5	3.0	48.83
3	JAKE S MILLER	2040	W28	L8	W26	W18	3.0	48.83
4	YUTA KAKUTANI	1905	W22	D7	W20	H---	3.0	48.83
5	ANATOL OSTROVSKIY	1900	W38	D16	W14	D2	3.0	48.83
6	ALEXANDER KATZ	1899	W37	D10	D15	W16	3.0	48.83
7	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1891	W30	D4	D10	X23	3.0	48.83
8	BORIS PRIVMAN	2231	W11	W3	D2	L1	2.5
9	JAMES R WEST	2200	L26	W21	W25	D11	2.5
10	GEORGE P BERG	2030	W36	D6	D7	D12	2.5
11	RONALD M SAYLO	1968	L8	W24	W27	D9	2.5
12	MATTHEW ZEITLIN	1924	H---	H---	W34	D10	2.5
13	DARREN D LUSTIG	1864	D32	W19	D16	H---	2.5
14	SHAHZAD HASAN	1753	H---	W35	L5	W30	2.5
15	LEIF A PRESSMAN	2285	D35	W34	D6	U---	2.0
16	DARRIAN ROBINSON	1980	W25	D5	D13	L6	2.0
17	EVE V LITVAK	1964	H---	H---	D22	D21	2.0
18	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1959	W27	W31	L1	L3	2.0
19	FRANK R PACIULLI	1867	L2	L13	W28	W34	2.0
20	JOSEPH TAN	1801	H---	W23	L4	D22	2.0
21	ARAVIND KUMAR	1738	H---	L9	W37	D17	2.0
22	DANIEL PRESSA	1540	L4	W36	D17	D20	2.0	87.00
23	ARTHUR MACASPAC	2138	H---	L20	W31	F7	1.5
24	DAVI ANTONUCCI JR	1767	L1	L11	D36	B---	1.5
25	ROBERT KWONG	1757	L16	W38	L9	D29	1.5
26	LIKEKE AIPA	1755	W9	L1	L3	H---	1.5
27	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L18	W29	L11	D31	1.5
28	LEO C DONOFRIO	1698	L3	H---	L19	W37	1.5
29	KEN COHEN	1174	L33	L27	B---	D25	1.5
30	MICHAEL MORIN	1068	L7	B---	H---	L14	1.5
31	EAMON O'ROURKE	1060	B---	L18	L23	D27	1.5
32	ZAROUG A JALEEL	2042	D13	H---	U---	U---	1.0
33	PAUL R JOSEPH	1897	W29	L2	U---	U---	1.0
34	NICHOLAS MIC KATZ	1403	B---	L15	L12	L19	1.0
35	ILAN KREITNER	2003	D15	L14	U---	U---	0.5
36	JAMES A BLACK	1852	L10	L22	D24	U---	0.5
37	AMIT BHALLI	unr.	L6	H---	L21	L28	0.5
38	REVA SHREE SINGH	1522	L5	L25	U---	U---	0.0

FIDE Thursdays - Hoffmann & Treger down to the wire

FM Asa Hoffmann and NM Yefim Treger both won in Round 5, creating an interesting final round as Hoffmann & Treger drew in Round 4. To secure 1st place, we're likely to see both go all out in Round 6.

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MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAYS

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	D13	W9	W7	D2	W4	4.0
2	YEFIM TREGER	2223	W3	W8	D4	D1	W6	4.0
3	EDWARD SCHER	1900	L2	W15	W12	H---	W11	3.5
4	SARATHI RAY	2058	W10	W12	D2	D5	L1	3.0
5	GEORGE P BERG	2028	D11	W18	D6	D4	D7	3.0
6	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2013	W21	D19	D5	W14	L2	3.0
7	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	W11	L1	W19	D5	3.0
8	JOHN J BRENDEL	1932	W20	L2	W19	U---	W14	3.0
9	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1915	H---	L1	H---	W21	D12	2.5
10	JEFFRE TANNENBAUM	1900	L4	H---	W18	L11	X17	2.5
11	SERGE ADELSON	1888	D5	L7	W16	W10	L3	2.5
12	MARIAN WAXMAN	1994	W15	L4	L3	D13	D9	2.0
13	ANTHONY GRECO	1900	D1	H---	L14	D12	D16	2.0
14	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	H---	W13	L6	L8	2.0
15	JERRY J MONACO	1738	L12	L3	W20	U---	B---	2.0
16	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	H---	L17	L11	W18	D13	2.0
17	LAWRENCE CARLOS	1959	L19	W16	H---	U---	F10	1.5
18	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L5	L10	L16	W20	1.5
19	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	W17	D6	L8	L7	U---	1.5
20	POLLY P WRIGHT	1700	L8	D21	L15	B---	L18	1.5
21	PAUL RACHLIN	1871	L6	D20	H---	L9	U---	1.0

Wednesday Night Showdown on Board 1...

...brought David Kantley a big win, earning him a tie with Steven Lamb for 1st place in the U2000 tournament. Results and prize winners are listed below.

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MARSHALL CC WEDNESDAY U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	W7	H---	D4	W13	W2	4.0	81.00
2	STEVEN THOMA LAMB	1813	W16	W13	W9	W6	L1	4.0	81.00
3	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	W8	L6	W7	W11	3.5	14.33
4	JAMES A BLACK	1852	H---	W18	D1	W9	D6	3.5	14.33
5	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	W14	L9	W12	H---	W8	3.5	14.33
6	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1673	W18	W10	W3	L2	D4	3.5	51.00
7	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	L1	W14	D10	L3	W12	2.5
8	ROMAN ABDOLAHZADI	unr.	H---	L3	W15	W10	L5	2.5
9	SABRIJ MEHMEDOVIC	1902	W11	W5	L2	L4	U---	2.0
10	MARCUS FENNER	1850	W12	L6	D7	L8	D15	2.0
11	THOMAS D MURPHY	1680	L9	W16	L13	W14	L3	2.0
12	DELMAR L GATES	1483	L10	W15	L5	X16	L7	2.0
13	CASEY JACOBS	1298	W15	L2	W11	L1	U---	2.0
14	KEN COHEN	1240	L5	L7	D16	L11	B---	1.5
15	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L13	L12	L8	D17	D10	1.0
16	ANDREW M FOX	1377	L2	L11	D14	F12	U---	0.5
17	QUASAR FILLER HAMPTON	1368	U---	U---	U---	D15	U---	0.5
18	SERGE ADELSON	1888	L6	L4	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Monday U1600 - Three tied for the lead

In his "going away from the U1600 party", Iqbal Chaklander is tied for first, with Guy Rawlins and Alex Genadinik (who may also shortly "graduate" from the U1600 section).
Further standings below.

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MARSHALL CC MONDAY UNDER 1600

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	IQBAL H CHAKLADER	1595	W14	W7	2.0
2	GUY RAWLINS	1540	W11	W9	2.0
3	ALEX GENADINIK	1539	W15	W8	2.0
4	EAN FONSECA	1487	W17	H---	1.5
5	JORDAN GALLAGHER	1313	W20	D10	1.5
6	WERNER BUHRER	1278	H---	W16	1.5
7	RON ANDERSON	1534	W12	L1	1.0
8	ARTHUR J QUINN	1477	W13	L3	1.0
9	ALBERTO SANTOS	1431	W19	L2	1.0
10	DAVID BEAR SMITH	1356	H---	D5	1.0
11	KEN COHEN	1240	L2	W18	1.0
12	PEDRO R GARCIA	1182	L7	X19	1.0
13	LUIS FONSECA	1153	L8	W20	1.0
14	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	1244	L1	H---	0.5
15	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1201	L3	H---	0.5
16	HUGH JACOBSON	1159	H---	L6	0.5
17	GERRIT ALBERTSON	1128	L4	H---	0.5
18	SONIA F KAUFMAN	671	H---	L11	0.5
19	STEPHEN MOORE	1105	L9	F12	0.0
20	CHARITY BRICKMAN	unr.	L5	L13	0.0

FIDE Thursdays Round 4 – October 1, 2009

A straw vote was taken among the players before the round on whether they would like the FIDE time control of G/120 to be utilized in future Members Only Swisses instead of the more traditional 30/90, SD/60. The vote was 6 to 3 in favor of G/120, so we will institute that change with the event beginning on January 7, 2010 (there are no further announcements in Chess Life of the event starting October 22, so that one cannot be changed). And now for the results:

Asa Hoffmann vs. Yefim Treger: ½-½
The battle of our top two players began with 1 b3. Despite castling on opposite wings, the game ended as a draw.

Sarathi Ray vs. George Berg: ½-½
This interesting Closed Sicilian went down to the wire, as George defended very well as an ending with Bishop vs. Knight, turned into Knight vs. pawns and then just pawns, ending in lone Kings just before George’s flag would have fallen.

Ed Frumkin vs. Tony Gonzales: 1-0
Our Friday night manager played an interesting King’s Indian, fighting White’s massive pawn center with tactical threats. Black didn’t move a pawn to his fourth rank until move 14 (!). After some brief fireworks, White ended up with Knight and extra pawn vs. Bishop and after putting his King on the wrong square, Black discovered that a Rook pawn can frustrate a Bishop as well as it does a Knight, so White prevailed in this battle of club-logo cap wearers.

Marc Widmaier vs. Sandra Oliver: 1-0
This one was over shortly after I saw White’s Queen at b7 with much of Black’s Queenside still home.

Serge Adelson vs. Jeff Tannenbaum: 1-0
A wild game in which Jeff resigned, overlooking a saving move (with a pawn about to promote, he could have given up Queen for Rook to prevent mate).

Tony Greco vs. Marian Waxman: ½-½
This game continued a new trend. With seven members of the Board of Governors playing in this tournament, all three intramural matchups of Board members to date have been drawn (Greco-Hoffmann in Round 1, Frumkin-Oliver in round 2, and now this one). Jeff Tannenbaum and Polly Wright have yet to be paired against fellow Board members, but there are still two rounds left). Oliver-Greco looks to be a possible Round 5 pairing.

William Dubinsky vs. Paul Rachlin: 1-0
Both sides passed up draws in a position where Black had two pawns and an attack for a Bishop, with a Rook for each side being the only major material swapped off. Paul unfortunately overlooked a cheapo in time pressure (about 1 minute left with about 6 or 7 for his opponent), leading to a sudden checkmate.

Paul Doganges vs. Fidel De Los Santos: 0-1
I didn’t get a chance to see any of this one; I think it was already over before my position settled down.

Polly Wright got a full point bye and played in the G/30 upstairs. Ed Scher took a bye this week. Lawrence Carlos, John Brendel and Jerry Monaco were too late to get byes for the week since they needed to be requested before Round 3. Hopefully all will be back next week.

Top board pairings will probably be Ray vs. Hoffmann and Treger vs. Frumkin (all 3-1)
and Berg vs. Widmaier and Scher vs. Adelson (all 2½-1½). Adelson has already played both Berg and Widmaier.

Submitted by Ed Frumkin

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MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAYS

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	D14	W10	W6	D2	3.0
2	YEFIM TREGER	2223	W7	W9	D3	D1	3.0
3	SARATHI RAY	2058	W15	W12	D2	D5	3.0
4	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2013	W19	D16	D5	W11	3.0
5	GEORGE P BERG	2028	D8	W21	D4	D3	2.5
6	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	W8	L1	W16	2.5
7	EDWARD SCHER	1900	L2	W20	W12	H---	2.5
8	SERGE ADELSON	1888	D5	L6	W18	W15	2.5
9	JOHN J BRENDEL	1932	W17	L2	W16	U---	2.0
10	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1915	H---	L1	H---	W19	2.0
11	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	H---	W14	L4	2.0
12	MARIAN WAXMAN	1994	W20	L3	L7	D14	1.5
13	LAWRENCE CARLOS	1959	L16	W18	H---	U---	1.5
14	ANTHONY GRECO	1900	D1	H---	L11	D12	1.5
15	JEFFRE TANNENBAUM	1900	L3	H---	W21	L8	1.5
16	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	W13	D4	L9	L6	1.5
17	POLLY P WRIGHT	1700	L9	D19	L20	B---	1.5
18	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	H---	L13	L8	W21	1.5
19	PAUL RACHLIN	1871	L4	D17	H---	L10	1.0
20	JERRY J MONACO	1738	L12	L7	W17	U---	1.0
21	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L5	L15	L18	0.5

Lamb sole leader

Steven Lamb leads the Wednesday night pack with a perfect 4.0. Even if he loses this Wednesday, Steven will still tie for first place, as his closest pursuers are a point behind.

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MARSHALL CC WEDNESDAY U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	STEVEN THOMA LAMB	1813	W15	W11	W8	W4	4.0
2	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	W13	H---	D3	W11	3.0
3	JAMES A BLACK	1852	H---	W18	D2	W8	3.0
4	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1673	W18	W12	W5	L1	3.0
5	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	W7	L4	W13	2.5
6	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	W17	L8	W10	H---	2.5
7	ROMAN ABDOLAHZADI	unr.	H---	L5	W14	W12	2.5
8	SABRIJ MEHMEDOVIC	1902	W9	W6	L1	L3	2.0
9	THOMAS D MURPHY	1680	L8	W15	L11	W17	2.0
10	DELMAR L GATES	1483	L12	W14	L6	X15	2.0
11	CASEY JACOBS	1298	W14	L1	W9	L2	2.0
12	MARCUS FENNER	1850	W10	L4	D13	L7	1.5
13	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	L2	W17	D12	L5	1.5
14	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L11	L10	L7	D16	0.5
15	ANDREW M FOX	1377	L1	L9	D17	F10	0.5
16	QUASAR FILLER HAMPTON	1368	U---	U---	U---	D14	0.5
17	KEN COHEN	1240	L6	L13	D15	L9	0.5
18	SERGE ADELSON	1888	L4	L3	U---	U---	0.0

Monday U1600 - Two Tie for First

Chaklader and Rawlins came through with big last round wins to split first prize, each taking home $104.50. Congrats!

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MARSHALL CC MONDAY U1600, August 17th through September 21st, FINAL STANDINGS

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	IQBAL CHAKLADER	1554	W14	W5	L2	W10	W4	4.0	104.50
2	GUY RAWLINS	1498	W21	W7	W1	L4	W9	4.0	104.50
3	DANE A JACKSON	1540	L16	W8	D6	W15	W11	3.5	18.33
4	ALEX GENADINIK	1539	W18	D15	W11	W2	L1	3.5	18.33
5	ALBERTO SANTOS	1327	W9	L1	D7	W12	W10	3.5	18.33
6	ROBERT D VINSON	1123	D10	W23	D3	D11	W13	3.5	66.00
7	KEN COHEN	1291	W22	L2	D5	D8	W14	3.0
8	STEPHEN MOORE	1105	H---	L3	W22	D7	W18	3.0
9	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L5	W21	X23	W14	L2	3.0
10	EAN FONSECA	1487	D6	W17	W15	L1	L5	2.5
11	WILLIAM K HO	1432	W12	W16	L4	D6	L3	2.5
12	LUIS FONSECA	1149	L11	W22	H---	L5	W19	2.5
13	MICHAEL MORIN	926	L20	W18	H---	W17	L6	2.5
14	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	1281	L1	W19	W16	L9	L7	2.0
15	WERNER BUHRER	1307	W19	D4	L10	L3	U---	1.5
16	DAVID BEAR SMITH	1212	W3	L11	L14	U---	D17	1.5
17	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1186	H---	L10	H---	L13	D16	1.5
18	LEON LAI	1183	L4	L13	H---	X23	L8	1.5
19	CHRISTINA S CRUMP	873	L15	L14	H---	W22	L12	1.5
20	SAUL-FILLER PRIEVER	1659	W13	U---	U---	U---	U---	1.0
21	YVETTE G DONATO	1183	L2	L9	B---	U---	L22	1.0
22	SONIA F KAUFMAN	unr.	L7	L12	L8	L19	W21	1.0
23	JOSEPH MC NIESH	1377	H---	L6	F9	F18	U---	0.5

Wednesday U2000 - Two Still Pefect

Lamb and Rahman lead the pack with perfect scores. They'll face each other Wednesday the 30th, and the winner will most likely win the tourney.

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MARSHALL CC WEDNESDAY U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	STEVEN THOMA LAMB	1813	W14	W7	W3	3.0
2	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1673	W16	W9	W8	3.0
3	SABRIJ MEHMEDOVIC	1902	W12	W6	L1	2.0
4	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	W10	H---	D5	2.0
5	JAMES A BLACK	1852	H---	W16	D4	2.0
6	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	W15	L3	W13	2.0
7	CASEY JACOBS	1298	W17	L1	W12	2.0
8	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	W11	L2	1.5
9	MARCUS FENNER	1850	W13	L2	D10	1.5
10	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	L4	W15	D9	1.5
11	ROMAN ABDOLAHZADI	unr.	H---	L8	W17	1.5
12	THOMAS D MURPHY	1680	L3	W14	L7	1.0
13	DELMAR L GATES	1483	L9	W17	L6	1.0
14	ANDREW M FOX	1377	L1	L12	D15	0.5
15	KEN COHEN	1240	L6	L10	D14	0.5
16	SERGE ADELSON	1888	L2	L5	U---	0.0
17	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L7	L13	L11	0.0

FIDE Thursdays Round 3

Holding at 21 players, the Treger-Ray battle on Board 1 literally went down to the last minute for Yefim and ended up in a drawn Queen and Pawns ending (next time, use a delay clock !!). Marc Widmaier played the thematic e6 pawn sacrifice to inflict an ugly position on top-ranked Asa Hoffmann, but somehow Asa escaped, consolidated and won. Berg-Frumkin slipped into a drawn Rook ending as Black squandered a promising middle game attack. Sandra Oliver’s From Gambit didn’t pan out, as after a Queen exchange she was down a piece for virtually no compensation to John Brendel, who duly delivered checkmate. Marian Waxman repeated the opening error of two weeks prior from Rachlin-Frumkin against Ed Scher and Ed pocketed the exchange, weathered a counterattack and simplified into a relatively easy win. The all Tony game of Gonzales-Greco was a very nice win by the former (after the loss or sacrifice of a pawn, Gonzales won an exchange and cut off Greco’s king with the extra Rook). Jeff Tannenbaum beat Paul Doganges, Serge Adelson beat Fidel De Los Santos and Jerry Monaco beat Polly Wright quickly enough for Polly to enter the G/30 with a bye and Jerry to play a filler game. Lawrence Carlos, William Dubinsky and Paul Rachlin took byes. So far only Ed Scher has a bye next week, so the top pairings appear to be Hoffmann-Treger and Ray-Berg, the first three with 2½-½ scores and the last as top-ranked 2-1.

Submitted by Ed Frumkin

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MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAYS

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	D16	W15	W10	2.5
2	YEFIM TREGER	2223	W7	W6	D3	2.5
3	SARATHI RAY	2058	W11	W14	D2	2.5
4	GEORGE P BERG	2028	D12	W19	D5	2.0
5	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2013	W17	D13	D4	2.0
6	JOHN J BRENDEL	1932	W20	L2	W13	2.0
7	EDWARD SCHER	1900	L2	W18	W14	2.0
8	TONY S GONZALES	1863	H---	H---	W16	2.0
9	LAWRENCE CARLOS	1959	L13	W21	H---	1.5
10	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	W12	L1	1.5
11	JEFFRE TANNENBAUM	1900	L3	H---	W19	1.5
12	SERGE ADELSON	1888	D4	L10	W21	1.5
13	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	W9	D5	L6	1.5
14	MARIAN WAXMAN	1994	W18	L3	L7	1.0
15	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1915	H---	L1	H---	1.0
16	ANTHONY GRECO	1900	D1	H---	L8	1.0
17	PAUL RACHLIN	1871	L5	D20	H---	1.0
18	JERRY J MONACO	1738	L14	L7	W20	1.0
19	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L4	L11	0.5
20	POLLY P WRIGHT	1700	L6	D17	L18	0.5
21	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	H---	L9	L12	0.5

Grandmaster Challenge, September 19th

GM Alex Lenderman took sole 1st, with 5 out of 6 points. Second through fourth places were taken by GM Rohde, GM Babev, and IM Lapshun.

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Grandmaster Challenge, September 19th

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	ALEX LENDERMAN	2574	W26	W9	W11	W2	D3	D4	5.0	350.00
2	MICHAEL A ROHDE	2500	W16	W12	W15	L1	W9	D3	4.5	166.67
3	YURY LAPSHUN	2500	W27	W14	D5	W7	D1	D2	4.5	166.67
4	RASHAD BABAEV	2497	W17	L15	W14	W13	W5	D1	4.5	166.67
5	GIOR KACHEISHVILI	2662	W13	W10	D3	D6	L4	W12	4.0	41.67
6	ZVIAD IZORIA	2652	W32	L11	W8	D5	W15	D7	4.0	41.67
7	SERGEY KUDRIN	2615	W20	D8	W19	L3	W16	D6	4.0	41.67
8	JAY BONIN	2383	W30	D7	L6	W27	D10	W15	4.0	50.00
9	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	W25	L1	W20	W17	L2	W14	4.0	50.00
10	JUSTIN SARKAR	2411	W23	L5	L13	W30	D8	W21	3.5
11	PARKER BI GU ZHAO	2396	W24	W6	L1	L15	W20	D13	3.5
12	ILYE FIGLER	2281	W28	L2	W23	W19	H---	L5	3.5
13	MIKHAIL M SHER	2165	L5	W24	W10	L4	W19	D11	3.5	100.00
14	BRIAN HULSE	2218	W31	L3	L4	W23	W17	L9	3.0
15	YEVGENI MARGULIS	2201	W22	W4	L2	W11	L6	L8	3.0
16	BENJAMIN J KATZ	2132	L2	D28	W25	W21	L7	H---	3.0
17	JUSTUS D WILLIAMS	1992	L4	W22	W29	L9	L14	W25	3.0	37.50
18	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1956	H---	L29	L27	W31	W23	D20	3.0	37.50
19	FERMIN ARIAS	1553	W29	W21	L7	L12	L13	W28	3.0	50.00
20	ARTHUR MACASPAC	2154	L7	W30	L9	W25	L11	D18	2.5
21	MAURICIO CAMEJO	1997	H---	L19	W28	L16	W26	L10	2.5
22	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1457	L15	L17	L24	W32	W30	H---	2.5
23	YEFREM ZATS	1977	L10	W32	L12	L14	L18	W30	2.0
24	MILES HINSON	1977	L11	L13	W22	H---	H---	U---	2.0
25	SHERNAZ KENNEDY	1900	L9	W26	L16	L20	W32	L17	2.0
26	SAM BARSKY	2147	L1	L25	D31	W28	L21	U---	1.5
27	JUSTIN KARP	2032	L3	D31	W18	L8	U---	U---	1.5
28	FRANK R PACIULLI	1867	L12	D16	L21	L26	W33	L19	1.5
29	EREZ N KLEIN	2257	L19	W18	L17	U---	U---	U---	1.0
30	GEORGE TOM	1911	L8	L20	W32	L10	L22	L23	1.0
31	STUART J CHAGRIN	1854	L14	D27	D26	L18	U---	U---	1.0
32	PHINEAS HOROWITZ	929	L6	L23	L30	L22	L25	H---	0.5
33	LILY Filler FAERMAN	1893	U---	U---	U---	U---	L28	U---	0.0

Justin plus Justus equals 8 points!

We had a large turnout for the Saturday G/60, with one expected result, IM Sarkar going 4-0, and one unexpected result, Justus Williams going 4-0!

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Marshall CC G/60, September 19th

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	JUSTIN SARKAR	2411	2422	W26	W8	W5	W4	4.0
2	JUSTUS D WILLIAMS	1992	2034	W36	W23	W13	W7	4.0
3	JAKE S MILLER	2035	2055	W30	D22	W16	W13	3.5
4	JAY BONIN	2383	2376	W21	W17	W15	L1	3.0
5	CHRISTOPHER WU	2106	2111	W11	W10	L1	W19	3.0
6	SHAWN SWINDELL	1679	1735	L13	W33	W14	W16	3.0
7	DARRIAN ROBINSON	1970	1947	D12	W34	W22	L2	2.5
8	ALEXIS PAREDES	1913	1912	W31	L1	W27	D10	2.5
9	JAMES A BLACK	1852	1836	L23	W36	W17	D11	2.5
10	KADHIR AND PILLAI	1803	1822	W37	L5	W18	D8	2.5
11	RAWN PROWELL	1662	1687	L5	W35	W30	D9	2.5
12	DANNY FENG	1575	1580	D7	L27	W28	W24	2.5
13	SAM BARSKY	2147	2119	W6	W18	L2	L3	2.0
14	ALENA KATS	2068	2012	L22	W28	L6	W27	2.0
15	ERIC N LIAO	2040	2045	W29	W19	L4	U---	2.0
16	ROCHEL BALLANTYNE	1880	1858	W35	W25	L3	L6	2.0
17	SCOTT CHAIET	1851	1836	W32	L4	L9	X30	2.0
18	POBO EFEKORO	1832	1817	W33	L13	L10	W31	2.0
19	MIGUEL GARCIA	1794	1785	W24	L15	W34	L5	2.0
20	AZEEZ ALADE	1765	1732	L25	L30	W33	W32	2.0
21	MICHAEL BOGATY	1683	1707	L4	W32	W25	U---	2.0
22	MYLES FOSTER	1655	1683	W14	D3	L7	D23	2.0
23	MICHAEL LIM	1404	1454	W9	L2	D26	D22	2.0
24	KEN COHEN	1240	1263	L19	B---	W29	L12	2.0
25	MAXIME BURGER	unr.	1737	W20	L16	L21	W29	2.0
26	AARON O SCHEIN	1699	1695	L1	W31	D23	U---	1.5
27	OMAR S KHAN	1532	1545	H---	W12	L8	L14	1.5
28	CASEY JACOBS	1298	1296	H---	L14	L12	W34	1.5
29	JOEL OGUNREMI	1623	1585	L15	W37	L24	L25	1.0
30	BINGJIE LIU	1606	1613	L3	W20	L11	F17	1.0
31	JOHN PAUL GARCIA	1508	1501	L8	L26	W37	L18	1.0
32	RANDY RIVERA	1426	1436	L17	L21	W36	L20	1.0
33	MATTHEW LIM	1369	1373	L18	L6	L20	W37	1.0
34	VISHNU SRINIVAS	973	968	B---	L7	L19	L28	1.0
35	REVA SHREE SINGH	1386	1379	L16	L11	H---	U---	0.5
36	DANIE KOSTOVETSKY	1587	1556	L2	L9	L32	U---	0.0
37	DAVID KARP	1324	1295	L10	L29	L31	L33	0.0

FIDE Thursdays, Round 2

The number of players swelled from 17 to 21 with the addition of Marc Widmaier (our 6th FIDE-rated player), William Dubinsky, Tony Gonzales and Fidel De Los Santos. In the battles among the 1-0 scorers, Treger fended off Brendel’s Sicilian Wing Gambit and Ray won a King and Pawn ending from Waxman in which both sides had doubled c pawns. Frumkin and Oliver ended as a mutually embarrassing draw. Hoffmann narrowly edged Dubinsky in a Knight and Pawn ending, Berg accepted Paul Doganges’ Blackmar Gambit and successfully retained the extra material while Widmaier beat Serge Adelson. Carlos beat De Los Santos, reversing an upset from two Thursday events ago, Scher beat Monaco and Polly Wright won an exchange from Paul Rachlin before giving it back and drawing. Tony Greco, Jeff Tannenbaum and Tony Gonzales took byes, so we had nine games this week. Top board for Round 3 should be Treger-Ray (Ray does have a prior win from Treger—I’m sure somebody was going to ask) and it will be interesting to see what the computer does with the five player 1½ group. I apologize for less opening and middlegame information than usual, but Sandra and I preferred to play skittles upstairs after our relatively short game. The prize fund will be raised now that we have exceeded 20 players and we could still use some more with FIDE ratings. With three place prizes, an under 2000 prize and only 5 players rated 2000 or higher, anybody could win this thing, even a late entrant.

Reported by Ed Frumkin

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MARSHALL CC FIDE THURSDAYS

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	YEFIM TREGER	2223	2230	W12	W10	2.0
2	SARATHI RAY	2058	2080	W15	W8	2.0
3	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	2305	D11	W14	1.5
4	GEORGE P BERG	2028	2029	D16	W18	1.5
5	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2013	2012	W17	D7	1.5
6	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	1966	H---	W16	1.5
7	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	1754	W9	D5	1.5
8	MARIAN WAXMAN	1994	1987	W21	L2	1.0
9	LAWRENCE CARLOS	1959	1937	L7	W20	1.0
10	JOHN J BRENDEL	1932	1934	W19	L1	1.0
11	ANTHONY GRECO	1900	1913	D3	H---	1.0
12	EDWARD SCHER	1900	1905	L1	W21	1.0
13	TONY S GONZALES	1863	1863	H---	H---	1.0
14	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1915	1912	H---	L3	0.5
15	JEFFRE TANNENBAUM	1900	1891	L2	H---	0.5
16	SERGE ADELSON	1888	1881	D4	L6	0.5
17	PAUL RACHLIN	1871	1854	L5	D19	0.5
18	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	1793	H---	L4	0.5
19	POLLY P WRIGHT	1700	1701	L10	D17	0.5
20	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	1577	H---	L9	0.5
21	JERRY J MONACO	1738	1723	L8	L12	0.0

Wednesday U2000

Three players tied for the lead after round two in the Wednesday U2000. It's still not too late to join the tournament, with byes in rounds one and two.

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MARSHALL CC WEDNESDAY U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	SABRIJ MEHMEDOVIC	1902	1917	W9	W8	2.0
2	STEVEN THOMA LAMB	1813	1817	W16	W12	2.0
3	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1673	1721	W14	W7	2.0
4	TONY S GONZALES	1863	1866	H---	W13	1.5
5	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	1858	W10	H---	1.5
6	JAMES A BLACK	1852	1870	H---	W14	1.5
7	MARCUS FENNER	1850	1830	W11	L3	1.0
8	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	1694	W17	L1	1.0
9	THOMAS D MURPHY	1680	1678	L1	W16	1.0
10	FID DE LOS SANTOS	1580	1578	L5	W17	1.0
11	DELMAR L GATES	1483	1504	L7	W15	1.0
12	CASEY JACOBS	1298	1326	W15	L2	1.0
13	ROMAN ABDOLAHZADI	unr.	1463	H---	L4	0.5
14	SERGE ADELSON	1888	1846	L3	L6	0.0
15	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	1646	L12	L11	0.0
16	ANDREW M FOX	1377	1370	L2	L9	0.0
17	KEN COHEN	1240	1234	L8	L10	0.0

17 Starters at the September 10-October 15 FIDE Thursdays

We are happy to see some new participants in this Thursday slow event (G/120 to be rateable by FIDE), including 12 seeking FIDE ratings. The five with FIDE ratings already are regulars Yefim Treger, George Berg, Ed Frumkin and Marian Waxman, joined by G/30 regular Asa Hoffmann. In addition to longstanding Thursday regulars Ed Scher, Jeff Tannenbaum, Jerry Monaco and Sandra Oliver, we were joined by occasional Sarathi Ray and Lawrence Carlos, returning former regular (newly retired) Tony Greco, new member but familiar face John Brendel, Wednesday regulars Serge Adelson and Paul Rachlin, and G/30 convert (we hope) Polly Wright. We may have set a new record with seven of the fifteen members of the Marshall Board of Governors playing in the same event (this is the most I remember in my 4 years and change on the Board).

Round 1 pairings:

Greco ½ -Hoffmann ½ : Asa’s beloved Czech Benoni didn’t get him anything special; Tony had the usual big space advantage.
Treger 1-Scher 0: Ed’s Scandinavian left him down his usual pawn, and by his own admission he missed a couple of chances to stay in the game.
Tannenbaum 0- Ray 1: I must admit I didn’t get a chance to look at this one, since I was in enough difficulties in my own game.
Berg ½ -Adelson ½ : George was up a pawn or two until Black got in a neat rook offer based on a back rank mate.
Rachlin 0-Frumkin 1: My opponent declined a draw offer and then apparently miscounted the material, liquidating into a pawn down same color Bishop ending which was probably dead lost.
Waxman 1-Monaco 0: The last game to finish – Marian lost the Exchange but seemed to be holding with Knight vs. Rook when Jerry walked into a Knight fork rather than return the exchange for a probable draw.
Oliver 1-Carlos 0: The big upset of the night – by the time I saw it, Sandra had a Rook against an armada of pawns which hadn’t yet advanced very far, so she prevailed.
Brendel 1-Wright 0: This looked like a Wing Gambit in the Sicilian or something similar in which Polly put up a good fight.

The prize fund is $175-$125-$100 and $100 under 2000 based on 20 players and if we exceed 20, the prizes will be raised. We expect more players next week (Paul Doganges (1800), another Thursday regular, took a first round bye). We especially need players with FIDE ratings so that this event can fulfill its mission of enabling players without them to play at least four games against those who already have them. There are only four players rated over 2000 so far, so anybody can win it. There are six rounds in the event and two ½ point byes are permitted (byes in the last three rounds must be committed to before Round 4 (October 1)).

[posted by Ed Frumkin]

Hoffmann cleans up

Asa Hoffmann decided to hand out lessons galore on Sunday, and take home first place. Raven Sturt, Arthur Macaspac, and Miguel Garcia took prizes for 2nd, 3rd, and U2000, with Leonid Exler winning the U1700 prize.

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Marshall CC Sunday Action 09/06/09

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	ASA HOFFMANN	2313	2315	W6	W15	D5	W2	D4	4.0
2	RAVEN M STURT	2239	2245	D9	W14	W3	L1	W5	3.5
3	ARTHUR MACASPAC	2154	2164	H---	W9	L2	W13	W7	3.5
4	MIGUEL GARCIA	1794	1876	D7	W13	D12	W6	D1	3.5
5	KASSA KORLEY	2286	2274	W8	W12	D1	D7	L2	3.0
6	KYLE LEIG CLAYTON	2016	2007	L1	W8	W15	L4	W10	3.0
7	MITCHELL FITZKO	2042	2034	D4	W10	H---	D5	L3	2.5
8	EDWARD P KOPIECKI	1992	1966	L5	L6	D14	W15	B---	2.5
9	KEVIN DRESHER	1929	1911	D2	L3	L10	B---	W11	2.5
10	LEONID EXLER	1666	1714	H---	L7	W9	W12	L6	2.5
11	MICHAEL MENDEZ JR	1552	1570	L12	B---	L13	W14	L9	2.0
12	JAKE S MILLER	2035	1993	W11	L5	D4	L10	U---	1.5
13	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1956	1928	H---	L4	W11	L3	U---	1.5
14	GABOR SCHNITZLER	1802	1782	H---	L2	D8	L11	U---	1.0
15	RYAN TAM	1537	1533	B---	L1	L6	L8	U---	1.0

A cool C-note for Barbossa

Oliver Barbossa walked home with first prize on Saturday, coming ahead of GM Rohde and IM Sarkar. David Spigel and Casey Jacobs tooks home the class prizes.

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Saturday G/60, September 5th

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	OLIVER A BARBOSA	2594	2595	W8	W9	W3	D4	3.5	100.00
2	MICHAEL A ROHDE	2500	2491	D12	W15	D4	W10	3.0	25.00
3	JUSTIN SARKAR	2411	2414	W17	W16	L1	W7	3.0	25.00
4	LEIF A PRESSMAN	2322	2344	W11	W6	D2	D1	3.0	25.00
5	KASSA KORLEY	2286	2282	W13	D7	D10	W11	3.0	25.00
6	ZIVKO STIJOVIC	2146	2145	W20	L4	D8	W13	2.5
7	NITAI D LEVE	2127	2144	W19	D5	W9	L3	2.5
8	ALENA KATS	2068	2091	L1	W18	D6	W12	2.5
9	RAVEN M STURT	2239	2223	W18	L1	L7	W19	2.0
10	DANIEL L LOWINGER	2169	2177	H---	W12	D5	L2	2.0
11	DAVID E SPIGEL	1923	1942	L4	W19	W16	L5	2.0	50.00
12	HENRY C SOBO	2012	2009	D2	L10	W14	L8	1.5
13	MATTHEW HORWITZ	1903	1888	L5	D14	W15	L6	1.5
14	ALAN J ZHANG	1743	1763	L16	D13	L12	W18	1.5
15	CASEY JACOBS	1298	1327	H---	L2	L13	W20	1.5	50.00
16	MICHAE ELLENBOGEN	2138	2118	W14	L3	L11	U---	1.0
17	ILAN KREITNER	2000	2005	L3	W20	U---	U---	1.0
18	ALEXANDE ILNYTSKY	1874	1853	L9	L8	W20	L14	1.0
19	KEN COHEN	1240	1239	L7	L11	B---	L9	1.0
20	MIGUEL GARCIA	1794	1740	L6	L17	L18	L15	0.0

New York Knights, Week 1 Recap

In case you haven't heard, the United States Chess League (USCL) kicked off it's opening week, with the New York Knights, playing on site at the Marshall Chess Club, against the New Jersey Knockouts.

Board One: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) vs GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1/2-1/2
Giorgi and Joel went into a Qc2 Nimzo, where white sac'd a pawn for pressure. Black quickly gave back the pawn to complete development, shortly won the pawn back with a slightly better position. But with time pressure looming, Giorgi and Joel agreed to a draw.

Board Two: IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1-0
Dean had Pascal under tremendous pressure throughout this game, but it looked to those of us kibitzing on ICC that Black finally had the draw in sight. Pascal must have disagreed, as in time pressure he swapped his remaining bishop and knight for all white's pawns, leaving white with only two knights. One problem - Black had one pawn left and his king in the corner. Dean quickly trapped Pascal in a mating net.

Board Three: NM Matthew Herman (NY) vs NM Victor Shen (NJ) 0-1
According to NM Evan Rosenberg, Matthew looked "totally comfortable, both position wise, and lounged on the plush crimson Marshall seat". It seemed to me that Matt's position was for choice in the Kan Sicilian, but when I looked at the game 45 minutes later, the black pieces were swarming all over the place. Victor wrapped things up with a nice exchange sac, forcing resignation.

Board Four: NM Arthur Shen (NJ) vs NM Yaacov Norowitz (NY) 0-1
This was a rating mismatch, as Yaacov is currently rated 2378, while Arthur lists at 2112. Yaacov has been on a rampage lately, and his rating increase beat the USCL cut-off, giving the Knights a big edge on the lower boards. The game developed into a Nf6 Caro-Kan, where black recaptured on f6 with a pawn. Black's pawn structure looks terrible, he's completely behind in development, so what happens? Black wins, of course. Times like this I wonder if I'll ever understand chess.

Alas, a 2½ - 1½ loss for our Knights. Week two's opponents are the Seattle Sluggers, with a late 9pm start. Feel free to drop by the Marshall, or if you can't, watch online via the Internet Chess Club.

And of course, visit the Knight's blog at http://newyorkknights.blogspot.com, and the USCL website at http://www.uschessleague.com.

Six Degrees of Separation is one thing...

...but a six way tie for first is ridiculous! Nevertheless, it happened in the Members Only tournament which just concluded. George Berg and Jason Margiotta held both Yefim Treger and Brian Hulse to draws on boards one and two, while Ed Frumkin and Marc Widmaier won on boards 3 and 4, creating the logjam atop the leader board.

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Final Standings: Marshall Thursday Members Only, 6 Aug 09 through 3 Sep 09

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	YEFIM TREGER	2245	W9	D8	W2	D4	D3	3.5	40.00
2	BRIAN HULSE	2203	W10	W3	L1	W7	D6	3.5	40.00
3	GEORGE P BERG	2071	W12	L2	W9	W8	D1	3.5	40.00
4	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2029	H---	D5	W15	D1	W8	3.5	40.00
5	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	D4	H---	W14	W10	3.5	40.00
6	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1925	W16	H---	H---	W13	D2	3.5	40.00
7	MARIAN WAXMAN	1993	W15	D13	D8	L2	W9	3.0
8	DOROTHY TEASLEY	2014	W14	D1	D7	L3	L4	2.0
9	EDWARD SCHER	1913	L1	W11	L3	W15	L7	2.0
10	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	1906	L2	H---	H---	W11	L5	2.0
11	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L9	D12	L10	W14	2.0
12	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	L3	D14	D11	U---	W15	2.0
13	LAWRENCE CARLOS	2030	H---	D7	H---	L6	U---	1.5
14	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L8	D12	B---	L5	L11	1.5
15	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L7	B---	L4	L9	L12	1.0
16	KEN COHEN	1291	L6	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Wallchart: Marshall Thursday Members Only, 6 Aug 09 through 3 Sep 09

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	YEFIM TREGER	B 10	W 6	B 2	W 5	B 3
	2245 12656884	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.0	3.5	3.5
2	BRIAN HULSE	W 11	B 3	W 1	B 7	B 9
	2203 10078644	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5
3	GEORGE P BERG	B 13	W 2	B 10	W 6	W 1
	2071 12523517	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5
4	LAWRENCE CARLOS	bye	B 7	bye	W 9	----
	2030 14123418	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	U1.5	1.5
5	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	bye	B 8	W 15	B 1	W 6
	2029 10136580	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5
6	DOROTHY TEASLEY	W 14	B 1	W 7	B 3	B 5
	2014 10074258	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
7	MARIAN WAXMAN	B 15	W 4	B 6	W 2	B 10
	1993 10109540	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
8	MARC WIDMAIER	bye	W 5	bye	B 14	W 11
	1953 12618946	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
9	JASON J MARGIOTTA	W 16	bye	bye	B 4	W 2
	1925 12520555	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5
10	EDWARD SCHER	W 1	B 12	W 3	B 15	W 7
	1913 10076366	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
11	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	B 2	bye	bye	W 12	B 8
	1906 10078954	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
12	PAUL T DOGANGES	bye	W 10	B 13	B 11	W 14
	1800 12455623	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
13	SANDRA OLIVER	W 3	B 14	W 12	----	W 15
	1717 12531739	0.0	0.5	1.0	U1.0	2.0	2.0
14	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	B 6	W 13	bye	W 8	B 12
	1552 12612788	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
15	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	W 7	bye	B 5	W 10	B 13
	1381 12727388	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
16	KEN COHEN	B 9	----	----	----	----
	1291 10086353	0.0	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0	0.0