Treger Still Perfect in Thursday Members' Open

NM Yefim Treger is the only remaining perfect score sfter two rounds of the Marshall Thursday Night Members-Only Open. NM Brian Hulse, Andrew Hellenschmidt, WIM Dorothy Teasley, Marian Waxman, and Edward Scher are a half-point behind.

There's still time to enter--next round is on Thursday February 5 at 7 PM; register to play by 6:45.

Click to show the crosstable

Wall Chart, hursday Members-Only 01/22/09 - 02/19/09

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Yefim Treger	B 7	W 6
	2251 12656884	1.0	2.0
2	Brian Hulse	W 8	B 14
	2206 10078644	0.5	1.5
3	Edward A Gaillard	B 9	W 13
	2171 10105552	0.0	1.0
4	George P Berg	W 11	B 12
	2130 12523517	0.5	0.5
5	And Hellenschmidt	B 13	W 9	bye
	2049 12593461	1.0	1.5
6	Edward A Frumkin	W 15	B 1
	2025 10136580	1.0	1.0
7	Nelson M Farber	W 1	bye
	2025 12813964	0.0	0.5
8	Mark E Gerstl	B 2	W 10
	2012 12376680	0.5	1.0
9	Dorothy Teasley	W 3	B 5
	2005 10074258	1.0	1.5
10	Sarathi Ray	bye	B 8
	1992 12655562	0.5	1.0
11	Marian Waxman	B 4	W 16
	1989 10109540	0.5	1.5
12	Edward Scher	bye	W 4
	1973 10076366	0.5	1.5
13	Edward A Moscovic	W 5	B 3
	1699 10098530	0.0	0.0
14	Sandra Oliver	bye	W 2
	1659 12531739	1.0	1.0
15	Ken Cohen	B 6	bye	bye
	1291 10086353	0.0	0.5
16	Lloyd Miller	bye	B 11
	unr. 14123926	0.5	0.5

Treger Still Perfect in Wednesday Under-2000

Anatoly Treger ran his score to 4-0 in the Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000. He lads the field by a full point after a round where all the games were decisive.

Tied for second with 3-1 are Sabrij Mehmedovic, Linda Diaz, and Chris Maksymowicz. The final round will be next Wednesday, February 4, at 7 PM.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings, Wednesday Under-2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Anatoly Treger	1864	1894	W17	W15	W5	W6	4.0
2	Sabrij Mehmedovic	1899	1896	W12	D4	D9	W15	3.0
3	Linda V Diaz	1830	1849	W23	D5	H---	W7	3.0
4	Chris Maksymowicz	1764	1781	W14	D2	D7	W13	3.0
5	Dennis R Moore	1937	1933	W22	D3	L1	W9	2.5
6	Errol Whitley	1965	1957	H---	H---	W11	L1	2.0
7	Boris Berkun	1926	1910	W16	D9	D4	L3	2.0
8	Mark A Sinz	1845	1841	D13	H---	F12	W18	2.0
9	Jerry J Monaco	1766	1773	W18	D7	D2	L5	2.0
10	Thomas Malloy	1728	1727	H---	H---	L13	W19	2.0
11	Kenneth R Collins	1621	1636	H---	D20	L6	W22	2.0
12	Paul McCormick	1582	1588	L2	W23	X8	U---	2.0
13	Fid De Los Santos	1543	1577	D8	D16	W10	L4	2.0
14	Gui Van Der Werve	1334	1364	L4	B---	W20	U---	2.0
15	Ken Cohen	1291	1289	B---	L1	X22	L2	2.0
16	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1670	L7	D13	L18	B---	1.5
17	James A Black	1581	1576	L1	D22	L21	W23	1.5
18	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1500	L9	H---	W16	L8	1.5
19	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1844	1830	H---	H---	U---	L10	1.0
20	Edward A Moscovic	1699	1674	H---	D11	L14	U---	1.0
21	Ron Anderson	1566	1582	U---	U---	W17	U---	1.0
22	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1675	L5	D17	F15	L11	0.5
23	Howard Pinn	1500	1471	L3	L12	H---	L17	0.5

Colas, Vural, and Kunin Top Under-1800 Victory

Guy Colas, Corey Vural, and Abraham Kunin scored 3-1 to tie for first in the Marshall Chess Club Under-1800 Victory tournament on Tuesday January 27. Winning the 4-round Game/30 event was worth $32each. Guido Van Der Werve won the under-1400 prize ($24).

Click to show the crosstable

Standings, Victory Under-1800

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Guy Colas	1771	1759	L8	W7	W6	W4	3.0	32.00
2	Corey Jay Vural	1635	1647	W4	W8	D3	H---	3.0	32.00
3	Abraham Kunin	1484	1539	H---	W5	D2	W7	3.0	32.00
4	John Hardin	unr.	1622	L2	W6	W5	L1	2.0
5	Esser Aristide	1787	1743	D6	L3	L4	W8	1.5
6	Guido Van Der Werve	1334	1341	D5	L4	L1	B---	1.5	24.00
7	Cesar A Gutierrez	unr.	1366	H---	L1	W8	L3	1.5
8	Henry Mori	1175	1200	W1	L2	L7	L5	1.0

Rawlins and Schwartz Lead Monday Under-1600

After three rounds of the Marshall Monday Night Under-1600, Guy Rawlins and Tyler Schwartz remain atop the 24-player field with perfect scores. Edward Daley is also undefeated, a half-point behind the leaders.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings. Marshall CC Monday Under-1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Guy Rawlins	1512	1538	W12	W14	W7	3.0
2	Tyler Schwartz	1375	1419	W19	W6	W11	3.0
3	Edward L Daley	1379	1411	W24	W4	H---	2.5
4	James A Black	1581	1566	W10	L3	W15	2.0
5	Joseph Fortunato	1565	1541	L14	W21	W16	2.0
6	Barry Schneitzer	1542	1524	W23	L2	X17	2.0
7	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1481	W15	W20	L1	2.0
8	Danny Torres	1385	1375	L16	W23	W14	2.0
9	Werner Buhrer	1371	1350	L20	W24	W22	2.0
10	Ken Cohen	1291	1304	L4	W19	W20	2.0
11	Guido Van Der Werve	1334	1327	H---	W16	L2	1.5
12	Randy Dorleans	1201	1202	L1	H---	W18	1.5
13	Arunas Mazonas	1301	1288	D21	H---	U---	1.0
14	Ean Fonseca	1248	1263	W5	L1	L8	1.0
15	Irving Manriquez	1129	1134	L7	W25	L4	1.0
16	Gerrit Albertson	1062	1092	W8	L11	L5	1.0
17	Jim Ferraiuolo	1037	1037	H---	H---	F6	1.0
18	Ralph J Godfrey	888	880	H---	H---	L12	1.0
19	Sonia Kaufman	unr.	750	L2	L10	B---	1.0
20	Norman M Ford	unr.	1244	W9	L7	L10	1.0
21	Larry Yates	unr.	1140	D13	L5	D24	1.0
22	Lloyd B Milller	unr.	750	H---	H---	L9	1.0
23	David B Smith	1204	1186	L6	L8	H---	0.5
24	Andrew Arthur Johnson	unr.	985	L3	L9	D21	0.5
25	Adrian-FILLER Durkin	991	975	U---	L15	U---	0.0

Lenderman, Bonin, and Fleischman Win Marshall January Grand Prix

IM Alex Lenderman, IM Jay Bonin, and NM Eric Fleischman each scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to win the Marshall Chess Club January Grand Prix on January 24-25. The trio gained $141.67 each for the victory.

NM Yevgeni Margulis and Harry Wheeler split the under-2200 prize ($50 each) with 3 points, while Michael Kats also scored 3 and picked up the $100 under-2000 prize.

Leif Pressman directed the 37-player event.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings, Marshall January Open

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Alex Lenderman	2523	2522	W19	W6	W9	D3	3.5	141.67
2	Jay Bonin	2389	2388	D36	W26	W14	W7	3.5	141.67
3	Eric J Fleischman	2245	2259	W20	W17	W15	D1	3.5	141.67
4	Erez N Klein	2263	2260	W35	L7	W18	W15	3.0
5	Kassa Korley	2228	2225	W29	W10	L7	W16	3.0
6	Yevgeni Margulis	2185	2184	W31	L1	W20	W22	3.0	50.00
7	Harry Bro Wheeler	2088	2108	W32	W4	W5	L2	3.0	50.00
8	Michael Alex Kats	1937	1949	W22	W16	H---	H---	3.0	100.00
9	Boris Privman	2221	2226	W25	W27	L1	D12	2.5
10	Medina Parrilla	1991	1993	W23	L5	W29	H---	2.5
11	Miles Hinson	1899	1902	L27	W34	W25	H---	2.5
12	Paul R Joseph	1853	1860	W33	L15	W21	D9	2.5
13	Eve D Zhurbinskiy	1816	1828	L14	W23	W31	H---	2.5
14	Yefim Treger	2251	2242	W13	H---	L2	D18	2.0
15	George P Berg	2130	2124	W24	W12	L3	L4	2.0
16	Edward A Frumkin	2025	2015	W28	L8	W24	L5	2.0
17	Alena Kats	2010	2020	W37	L3	H---	H---	2.0
18	Darrian Robinson	1953	1954	D30	W36	L4	D14	2.0
19	Terence P Lamb	1887	1870	L1	L31	W34	W26	2.0
20	Jerry J Monaco	1766	1772	L3	W30	L6	W31	2.0
21	Alexander Reis	1433	1461	H---	H---	L12	W35	2.0
22	Ken Cohen	1291	1327	L8	W28	X36	L6	2.0
23	Aristide Esser	unr.	1776	L10	L13	W28	W29	2.0
24	Kyle Moon	1709	1704	L15	W33	L16	H---	1.5
25	Lilia Meil Poteat	1607	1623	L9	W35	L11	H---	1.5
26	Reva Shree Singh	1326	1353	H---	L2	W30	L19	1.5
27	Michael A Rohde	2537	2520	W11	L9	U---	U---	1.0
28	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1663	L16	L22	L23	B---	1.0
29	Gordon Yang	1627	1624	L5	W32	L10	L23	1.0
30	Mario F Russo	1547	1527	D18	L20	L26	D32	1.0
31	Bingjie Liu	1513	1530	L6	W19	L13	L20	1.0
32	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1486	L7	L29	D35	D30	1.0
33	Robert Digregorio	1203	1200	L12	L24	H---	H---	1.0
34	Anthony J Russo	1109	1108	H---	L11	L19	H---	1.0
35	Bernard F Horan	1835	1789	L4	L25	D32	L21	0.5
36	Jason J Margiotta	1771	1776	D2	L18	F22	U---	0.5
37	Leif Pressman	2226	2215	L17	U---	U---	U---	0.0

The official USCF results are also available on their website.

Korley Takes Rapids

NM Kassa Korley won the Friday Night Rapids on January 23. Korley took down the a 6 player field with a score of 7.5/10 in a double-round-robin.

Lenderman Sweeps "Four Rated Games Tonight"

IM Alex Lenderman scored a perfect 4-0 to top the field by a full point in the Thursday January 22 edition of "Four Rated Games Tonight". IM Jay Bonin and NM Kassa Korley tied fore second with 3-1. Andre Harding directed the 17-player event for the Chess Center of New York; the complete crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Thursday-Night Members' Open Under Way

The Marshall Chess Club Thursday-Night Members' Open got underway on January 22 with 13 entries. One game will be played every Thursday through February 19th at 7 PM. There's still time to enter--members may register by 6:45 PM.

Click to show the crosstable

Wall Chart, Thursday Members Only 01/22/09 - 02/19/09

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Yefim Treger	B 7
	2251 12656884	1.0
2	Brian Hulse	W 8
	2206 10078644	0.5
3	Edward A Gaillard	B 9
	2171 10105552	0.0
4	George P Berg	W 10
	2130 12523517	0.5
5	And Hellenschmidt	B 11
	2049 12593461	1.0
6	Edward A Frumkin	W 13
	2025 10136580	1.0
7	Nelson M Farber	W 1
	2025 12813964	0.0
8	Mark E Gerstl	B 2
	2012 12376680	0.5
9	Dorothy Teasley	W 3
	2005 10074258	1.0
10	Marian Waxman	B 4
	1989 10109540	0.5
11	Edward A Moscovic	W 5
	1699 10098530	0.0
12	Sandra Oliver	bye
	1659 12531739	1.0
13	Ken Cohen	B 6		bye
	1291 10086353	0.0

Bobby Fischer and Chess In Asbury Park

Here's a nice video interview with Marshall Chess Club President Dr. Frank Brady, about Bobby Fischer and chess in Asbury Park.

The video is by YouTube user bsprechman, and the interview took place at Chess Fest 2008 which was hosted by Prevention First of Ocean Township New Jersey.



A tip of the hat to "Pawned!".

Treger Leads Wednesday Under-2000

Anatoly Treger improved his record to 3-0 to open up a full-point lead in the Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000 on January 21. A cast of thousands is tied for second with 2-1. The next round will be Wednesday January 28 at 7 PM.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings, Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Anatoly Treger	1864	1881	W22	W11	W12	3.0
2	Errol Whitley	1965	1967	H---	H---	W18	2.0
3	Boris Berkun	1926	1922	W21	D6	D7	2.0
4	Sabrij Mehmedovic	1899	1895	W8	D7	D6	2.0
5	Linda V Diaz	1830	1836	W23	D12	H---	2.0
6	Jerry J Monaco	1766	1780	W13	D3	D4	2.0
7	Chris Maksymowicz	1764	1776	W10	D4	D3	2.0
8	Paul McCormick	1582	1589	L4	W23	X14	2.0
9	Fid De Los Santos	1543	1583	D14	D21	W16	2.0
10	Gui Van Der Werve	1334	1366	L7	B---	W17	2.0
11	Ken Cohen	1291	1290	B---	L1	X20	2.0
12	Dennis R Moore	1937	1927	W20	D5	L1	1.5
13	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1504	L6	H---	W21	1.5
14	Mark A Sinz	1845	1838	D9	H---	F8	1.0
15	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1844	1844	H---	H---	U---	1.0
16	Thomas Malloy	1728	1710	H---	H---	L9	1.0
17	Edward A Moscovic	1699	1673	H---	D18	L10	1.0
18	Kenneth R Collins	1621	1620	H---	D17	L2	1.0
19	Ron Anderson	1566	1582	U---	U---	W22	1.0
20	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1689	L12	D22	F11	0.5
21	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1670	L3	D9	L13	0.5
22	James A Black	1581	1566	L1	D20	L19	0.5
23	Howard Pinn	1500	1483	L5	L8	H---	0.5

Rohde and lenderman Win St. John's Masters

The January St. John's Masters action event at the Marshall Chess Club on January 20 was won by GM Michael Rohde and IM ALex Lenderman. Each scored 3 1/₂ out of four and won $250.

Threes everywhere: third place was a three-way tie between GM Leonid Yudasin, GM Giorgi Kacheishvili, and IM Eli Vovsha, whose 3 points won $33.33 each.

The Under-2400 prize of $60.00 went to NM Yaacov Norowitz with 2 1/₂. Six players (that's twice three) tied for the Under-2300 prize ($5 each) with 2 points: NM Leif Pressman, Allen Weiss, Travis Patay, Raven Sturt, Ben Gershenov, and Michael Hehir. Ben Gershenov also won the $30 prize for biggest upset for his first-round win over FM Asa Hoffmann). The full results are available from the USCF website.

Twenty-one players competed under the direction of Andre Harding. Thanks to him as well as to our sponsor, St. John's University and Dr. Frank Brady, tournament organizer.

The next third-Tuesday-of-the-month--another three!--St. John's Masters Tournament is on February 17th 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 a "4 Rated Games Tonight!" Thursday Night Action tournaments between January 22 and February 12.

Lenderman Wins Sunday Action

IM Alex Lenderman scored 4 1/₂ out of five to win the Marshall Chess Club Sunday Game/30 on January 18. Lenderman gained $80 for the victory. NM Yevgeni Margulis and Raven Sturt tied for second with 4 points, worth $45 each. NM Lawrence Tamarkin took the Under-2200 prize ($33) with 3, and Frank Paciulli was top under-2000, also with 3 ($37).

Leif Pressman directed the 19-player field.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings. Sunday G/30

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Alex Lenderman	2523	2532	W13	W7	W2	W6	H---	4.5	80.00
2	Yevgeni Margulis	2185	2205	W15	W3	L1	W8	W6	4.0	45.00
3	Raven M Sturt	2139	2145	W11	L2	W5	W7	W10	4.0	45.00
4	Lawrence Tamarkin	2057	2054	H---	W9	L6	D5	W11	3.0	33.00
5	Frank R Paciulli	1823	1841	H---	W12	L3	D4	W14	3.0	37.00
6	Ilye Figler	2299	2292	H---	W8	W4	L1	L2	2.5
7	Aleksa Ostrovskiy	2110	2103	W16	L1	W15	L3	D8	2.5
8	Ben Gershenov	2040	2039	W14	L6	W13	L2	D7	2.5
9	Jasmine Grant	1851	1848	H---	L4	L10	W16	W12	2.5
10	Eve D Zhurbinskiy	1816	1831	H---	L13	W9	W12	L3	2.5
11	Lucas Zheng	1602	1619	L3	W16	L12	W15	L4	2.0
12	Akollo Odundo	1954	1921	H---	L5	W11	L10	L9	1.5
13	Jeremy Graham	1908	1900	L1	W10	L8	D14	U---	1.5
14	Theodore Coyne	1205	1245	L8	L15	W16	D13	L5	1.5
15	Zachary A Rivkin	1823	1802	L2	W14	L7	L11	U---	1.0
16	Ka Rao-kalagnanam	1255	1230	L7	L11	L14	L9	U---	0.0

Hoffman and Weiss Win Saturday Game/60

FM Asa Hoffman and Allen Weiss scored 3 1/₂ out of four to win the Marshall Chess Club Saturday Game/60 on January 17. They picked up $83 each for the victory. NM Yevgeni Margulis finished third with 3 points, worth $44.

Gordon Yang scored 2 1/₂ to win the Under-1700 prize of $52, while Darrian Robinson and Garth Palmer won the 1700-1999 prize, worth $26.50 apiece, with 2 points.

Matthew Fischler and Leif Pressman directed the 21-player field.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings. Saturday G/60

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Asa Hoffmann	2303	2307	W9	W5	W6	D2	3.5	83.00
2	Allen J Weiss	2165	2176	W11	W18	W8	D1	3.5	83.00
3	Yevgeni Margulis	2185	2183	W7	L6	W4	W10	3.0	44.00
4	James R West	2200	2190	W10	D13	L3	W14	2.5
5	Henry C Sobo	2052	2057	W14	L1	W13	D6	2.5
6	Edward A Frumkin	2025	2035	W16	W3	L1	D5	2.5
7	Gordon Yang	1627	1638	L3	D14	W15	W12	2.5	52.00
8	Darrian Robinson	1953	1962	W20	W17	L2	U---	2.0	26.50
9	Garth A Palmer	1787	1771	L1	W15	L12	W19	2.0	26.50
10	David Antonucci Jr	1635	1646	L4	W19	W11	L3	2.0
11	Nathaniel Bryans	1535	1526	L2	W21	L10	B---	2.0
12	Abraham Kunin	1484	1507	L17	W16	W9	L7	2.0
13	Ben Gershenov	2040	2036	W19	D4	L5	U---	1.5
14	Glenn A Kaplan	1479	1485	L5	D7	W20	L4	1.5
15	Omar S Khan	1475	1461	H---	L9	L7	W20	1.5
16	Robert Digregorio	1203	1211	L6	L12	W21	H---	1.5
17	Nitai D Leve	2138	2127	W12	L8	U---	U---	1.0
18	Justin D Karp	2015	2010	W21	L2	U---	U---	1.0
19	Ken Cohen	1291	1284	L13	L10	B---	L9	1.0
20	Arturo Morelli	553	552	L8	B---	L14	L15	1.0
21	Anthony J Russo	1109	1089	L18	L11	L16	H---	0.5

Lenderman, Figler, and Margulis Win "Four Rated Games"

IM Alex Lenderman, FM Ilye Figler, and NM Yevgeni Margulis tied for first in the January 15 edition of "Four Rated Games Tonight". The three scored 3 1/₂ points each to finish a full point ahead of the 20-player field.

Andre Harding directed for teh Chess Center of New York. The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Hulse, Frumkin, Ray Win Thursday-Night Members'

NM Brian Hulse and NM Ed Frumkin drew their last-round games (against NM George Berg and Mark Gerstl), and were joined at the top of the Thursday Night crosstable by Sarathi Ray, who defeated Nelson Farber. All three scored 3 1/₂ points out of five and won $50.

Gerstl and Jerry Monaco finished a half-point behind the leaders, winning $15 each.

The next Thursday Night Swiss will begin on January 22, and is open to all Marshall Chess Club members. Register by 6:45 PM to play one game a week at 7 PM through February 19.

Click to show the crosstable

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Brian Hulse	2210	2208	W3	D4	W2	D7	D6	3.5	50.00
2	Edward A Frumkin	2035	2034	W5	W11	L1	W9	D4	3.5	50.00
3	Sarathi Ray	1993	2009	L1	W8	D6	W11	W7	3.5	50.00
4	Mark E Gerstl	2012	2019	W9	D1	D7	D6	D2	3.0	15.00
5	Jerry J Monaco	1781	1775	L2	D13	W11	D12	W9	3.0	15.00
6	George P Berg	2101	2095	D8	D10	D3	D4	D1	2.5
7	Nelson M Farber	2025	2022	W13	H---	D4	D1	L3	2.5
8	Marian Waxman	1991	1988	D6	L3	W13	U---	W11	2.5
9	Ken Cohen	1359	1389	L4	B---	W10	L2	L5	2.0
10	Edward Scher	1995	1981	H---	D6	L9	U---	U---	1.0
11	Jim Ferraiuolo	1071	1070	B---	L2	L5	L3	L8	1.0
12	William Dubinsky	1768	1769	U---	U---	U---	D5	U---	0.5
13	Edward A Moscovic	1658	1656	L7	D5	L8	U---	U---	0.5

Treger Leads Wednesday Under-2000

Anatoly Treger won his second-round game to take sole possession of first place in the Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000. Six of the eight games played in the round were drawn.

The field is now 19 players, and there's still time for you to join in and show them how it's done. Register by 6:45 PM next Wednesday; rounds are at 7 PM each week.

Click to show the crosstable

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	Anatoly Treger	1864	1868	W17	W14	2.0
2	Dennis R Moore	1937	1938	W15	D5	1.5
3	Boris Berkun	1926	1925	W16	D6	1.5
4	Sabrij Mehmedovic	1899	1898	W11	D7	1.5
5	Linda V Diaz	1830	1836	W19	D2	1.5
6	Jerry J Monaco	1766	1776	W18	D3	1.5
7	Chris Maksymowicz	1764	1771	W13	D4	1.5
8	Mark A Sinz	1845	1837	D12	H---	1.0
9	Edward A Moscovic	1699	1696	H---	D10	1.0
10	Kenneth R Collins	1621	1624	H---	D9	1.0
11	Paul McCormick	1582	1589	L4	W19	1.0
12	Fid De Los Santos	1543	1561	D8	D16	1.0
13	Gui Van Der Werve	1334	1331	L7	B---	1.0
14	Ken Cohen	1291	1289	B---	L1	1.0
15	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1690	L2	D17	0.5
16	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1689	L3	D12	0.5
17	James A Black	1581	1580	L1	D15	0.5
18	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1478	L6	H---	0.5
19	Howard Pinn	1500	1482	L5	L11	0.0

Marshall Monday Under-1600 Continues

The second round of the Marshall Monday Night Under-1600 featured two upsets--Edward Daley and Tyler Schwartz defeated players rated 200 and 175 points higher on the wall chart, and join Guy Rawlins and Tyson Mao in the lead with 2-0.

The field is up to 22 players, and there's still time to get in on the action--register by 6:45 PM next Monday and you'll get to play one game per week through February 9.

Click to show the crosstable

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	Guy Rawlins	1512	1524	W17	W13	2.0
2	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1503	W14	W16	2.0
3	Edward L Daley	1379	1410	W21	W6	2.0
4	Tyler Schwartz	1375	1404	W22	W8	2.0
5	Guido Van Der Werve	1334	1343	H---	W15	1.5
6	James A Black	1581	1563	W12	L3	1.0
7	Joseph Fortunato	1565	1542	L13	W18	1.0
8	Barry Schneitzer	1542	1523	W19	L4	1.0
9	Danny Torres	1385	1361	L15	W19	1.0
10	Werner Buhrer	1371	1355	L16	W21	1.0
11	Arunas Mazonas	1301	1297	D18	H---	1.0
12	Ken Cohen	1291	1285	L6	W22	1.0
13	Ean Fonseca	1248	1278	W7	L1	1.0
14	Irving Manriquez	1129	1138	L2	W20	1.0
15	Gerrit Albertson	1062	1097	W9	L5	1.0
16	Norman M Ford	unr.	1428	W10	L2	1.0
17	Randy Dorleans	1201	1195	L1	H---	0.5
18	Larry Yates	unr.	1219	D11	L7	0.5
19	David B Smith	1204	1184	L8	L9	0.0
20	Adrian-FILLER Durkin	991	975	U---	L14	0.0
21	Andrew Arthur Johnson	unr.	750	L3	L10	0.0
22	Sonia Kaufman	unr.	750	L4	L12	0.0

Ashley, Bonin, and Figler Win "Four Rated Games"

GM Maurice Ashley , IM Jay Bonin, and FM Ilye Figler tied for first in the Thursday January 8 edition of the Chess Center of New York's "Four Rated Games Tonight". Each scored 3 1/₂ points and won $63.

Michael Hehir was top player under 2200, and Bora Yagiz was top under 2000. Both had3 points and took home $53.

Steve Immitt directed the 20-player action event. The full results are available from the USCF website.

Lenderman Wins Sliding Scale Quad

IM Alex Lenderman scored 3-0 to win the Sunday night Sliding Scale Quad at the Marshall on January 11. Lenderman picked up $74 for the victory. The event was directed by Steve Immitt for the Chess Center of New York, and the crosstable awaits your perusal on the USCF website.

Pillai Wins Winder Under-1800

Kadhir Pillai went 4-0 to win the Chess Center of New York's "Winter Under-1800" at the Marshall on Sunday January 11. Pillai won $100 for topping the 21-player field.

Polly Wright finished second a half-point behind Pillai, winning $66. Jackson Hueckel and Aaron Ross tied for third with 3-1, winning $17 each. The under-1600 prize was split by Amir Moazami and Dario Bonilla with 2 1/₂, good for $31 each. Michael Wu and Theodore Coyne split the Under-1400 prize ($28 each) with 2 points.

Steve Immitt directed, and the crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Five Tie in Winter G/45 Grand Prix

There was a five-way tie for first in the Winter Game/45 Grand Prix at the Marshall Chess Club on Saturday January 10. GM Alexander Shabalov, FM Asa Hoffmann, FM Erez Klein, WIM Iryna Zenyuk, and NM James West all scored 4-1 to win $91 each.

Hoffman knocked off Shabalov in the final round; Klein had previously lost to Shabalov, while Hoffman had lost to Aleksandr Ostrovskiy. Zenyuk and West went undefeated.

The Under-2200 prize was also a five-way tie, with Allen Weiss, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Christopher Wu, Jake Miller, and Joshua Colas all scoring 3-2 and winning $33.

Thirty-four players competed. Steve Immitt Directed for the Chess Center of New York. The full results are available on the USCF website.

Lenderman Wins Super-Rapids

IM Alex Lenderman won the Friday Night Super-Rapids on January 9, scoring 13-1 in an 8-player double round-robin.

Hulse and Frumkin Lead Thursday Night Members' Open

Having takes two weeks off for Yuletide feasting, the warriors of the Thursday Night Members' Open returned to battle on January 8.

NM Ed Frumkin defeated Ken Cohen to join NM Brian Hulse (who drew with Nelson Farber) in the lead with a score of 3-1. Farber, Mark Gerstl, and Sarathi Ray are tied for third place, a half-point behind the leaders, going into next Thursday's final round.

Click to show the crosstable

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Brian Hulse	B 7	W 5	W 3	B 4
	2210 10078644	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.0
2	George P Berg	W 8	B 6	W 7	B 5
	2101 12523517	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
3	Edward A Frumkin	B 9	W 13	B 1	W 12
	2035 10136580	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
4	Nelson M Farber	W 11	bye	B 5	W 1
	2025 12813964	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
5	Mark E Gerstl	B 12	B 1	W 4	W 2
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
6	Edward Scher	bye	W 2	B 12	----	----
	1995 10076366	0.5	1.0	1.0	U1.0
7	Sarathi Ray	W 1	B 8	B 2	W 13
	1993 12655562	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
8	Marian Waxman	B 2	W 7	B 11	----
	1991 10109540	0.5	0.5	1.5	U1.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 3	B 11	B 13	W 10
	1781 12547456	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0
10	William Dubinsky	----	----	----	B 9
	1768 12043220	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0	0.5
11	Edward A Moscovic	B 4	W 9	W 8	----	----
	1658 10098530	0.0	0.5	0.5	U0.5
12	Ken Cohen	W 5	bye	W 6	B 3
	1359 10086353	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
13	Jim Ferraiuolo	bye	B 3	W 9	B 7
	1071 12668990	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

Wednesday Night Under-2000 Begins

The Marshall's first Wednesday Night Under-2000 Swiss of the New Year kicked off on January 7 with 17 players. Any player rated below 2000 or unrated can join the fun by registering before 6:45 PM next Wednesday. One round per week is played at 7 PM, at a time control of 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by one hour sudden death.

Click to show the crosstable

SwissSys Standings. Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Tot	Prize
1	Dennis R Moore	1937	1941	W11	1.0
2	Boris Berkun	1926	1930	W12	1.0
3	Sabrij Mehmedovic	1899	1902	W13	1.0
4	Anatoly Treger	1864	1868	W14	1.0
5	Linda V Diaz	1830	1833	W15	1.0
6	Jerry J Monaco	1766	1770	W16	1.0
7	Chris Maksymowicz	1764	1766	W17	1.0
8	Ken Cohen	1291	1291	B---	1.0
9	Mark A Sinz	1845	1837	D10	0.5
10	Fid De Los Santos	1543	1555	D9	0.5
11	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1694	L1	0.0
12	Gabriel Rigono	1700	1694	L2	0.0
13	Paul McCormick	1582	1577	L3	0.0
14	James A Black	1581	1576	L4	0.0
15	Howard Pinn	1500	1495	L5	0.0
16	Tyson Francis Mao	1484	1478	L6	0.0
17	Gui Van Der Werve	1334	1331	L7	0.0

Margulis and Weiss Win NY Experts

NM Yevgeni Margulis and Allen Weiss tied for first in the January New York Experts with 3-1 scored. The victory earned them $28.50 each. Evan Rabin was third, a half-point behind the leaders, winning $15. Gerald Towns and Henry Mori split the Under-1800 prize ($9 each).

The next New York Experts is on Tuesday, February 3, and is open to all rated under 2200 or unrated. Register by 6:45 PM; four games at G/30 are played starting at 7 PM.

Click to show the crosstable

Standings. January NY Experts

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Yevgeni Margulis	2185	2191	H---	W6	W3	D2	3.0	28.50
2	Allen J Weiss	2165	2170	W4	D3	W5	D1	3.0	28.50
3	Evan Z Rabin	2110	2113	W5	D2	L1	W4	2.5	15.00
4	Aaron Landesman	2034	2025	L2	W5	W6	L3	2.0
5	Gerald Mich Towns	1767	1758	L3	L4	L2	W6	1.0	9.00
6	Henry Mori	1175	1173	B---	L1	L4	L5	1.0	9.00

Monday Night Under-1600 Begins

The first Monday-Night Under-1600 Swiss of 2009 began on January 5 with a 20-player field. The first round featured two big upsets: Ean Fonseca (1248) beat 1565-rated Joseph Fortunato, and 1062-rated Gerrit Albertson overturned Danny Torres (1385).

There's still time to join the fun! Enter by 6:45 on January 12, and play one game per week at 7 PM each Monday through February 9.

Click to show the crosstable

Wall Chart. Marshall CC Monday U 1600

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	James A Black	B 11
	1581 13696544	1.0
2	Joseph Fortunato	W 12
	1565 12932570	0.0
3	Barry Schneitzer	B 13
	1542 12814132	1.0
4	Guy Rawlins	W 14
	1512 12961650	1.0
5	Tyson Francis Mao	B 15
	1484 12785061	1.0
6	Danny Torres	W 16
	1385 13228653	0.0
7	Edward L Daley	B 17
	1379 12806096	1.0
8	Tyler Schwartz	W 18
	1375 13467631	1.0
9	Werner Buhrer	B 19			bye
	1371 13993710	0.0
10	Arunas Mazonas	W 20
	1301 12812417	0.5
11	Ken Cohen	W 1
	1291 10086353	0.0
12	Ean Fonseca	B 2
	1248 12654886	1.0
13	David B Smith	W 3
	1204 12427205	0.0
14	Randy Dorleans	B 4
	1201 14003465	0.0
15	Irving Manriquez	W 5
	1129 13925381	0.0
16	Gerrit Albertson	B 6
	1062 14012281	1.0
17	Andrew Arthur Johnson	W 7
	unr. 14026358	0.0
18	Sonia Kaufman	B 8
	unr.	0.0
19	Norman M Ford	W 9
	unr. 12331030	1.0
20	Larry Yates	B 10
	unr. 14067851	0.5

"Happy New Year" For Kacheishvili

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili won the "Happy New Year" Open on January 3-4 at the Marshall Chess Club. Kacheishvili scored a perfect 4-0 and took home $313. GM Leonid Yudasin and NM Yevgeni Margulis were a half-point behind, and their shared second/third prize was worth $118 each. Darrian Robinson picked up the $78 Under-2200 prize with 3 points, beating NM James West and NM George Berg along the way.

In the Under-2000 section David Collins and Gerald Towns shred first prize ($118 each) with 3 1/₂ points, a full point ahead of tyeh rest of the field.

William Graif, Yuta Kakutani, Justus Williams, Ethan Segall, Kadhir Pillai, and Tyson Mao split the Under-1800 prize ($13 each) with 2 1/₂.

The Open section had thirty-one players and three replicants re-entries. The Under-2000 section had 22 players and one re-entrant. Steve Immitt directed for the Chess Center of New York, and the full crosstables for both sections is on the USCF website.

Rohde and Lee Prove Points

GM Michael Rohde and Brendan Lee each scored 3-0 to win the Saturday Night "Prove Your Point" on January 3. Each won $40 for the 3-point scores. NM Leif Pressman and Raven Sturt scored 2 points, worth $10 each.

Twelve players participated in this Chess Center of New York action event, under the direction of Steve Immitt. The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Yudasin Wins "First 10 Grand Prix Points of 2009"

GM Leonid Yudasin won the first "Four Rated Games Tonight" tournament of 2009 on Junuary 1. Yudasin scored a perfect 4-0 to top the field of 31 and win $200.

A half-point behind were IM Alex Lenderman and NM Yaacov Norowitz, who won $78 each. Raven Sturt won the Under-2200 prize ($90) with 3 points and Joshua Colas picked up the $86 Under-2000 prize with 2 1/₂.

Steve Immitt directed for the Chess Center of New York. The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Lenderman Simul Rings In New Year

IM Alex Lenderman gave an eight-board simultaneous exhibition on New Year's Eve at the Marshall, winning six, drawing one, and losing one game.

In the great tradition of simuls, we give Lenderman's only loss, to upcoming junior Alex Ostrovskiy:

Thanks to Alex Lenderman for helping the club celebrate the New Year!

Yudasin Wins Last Blunder Of 2008

On New Year's Eve, GM Leonid Yudasin won the Chess Center of New York's "Your Last Blunder of 2008" with a perect 4-0 score. Yudasin won $353; a half-point behind him were NM Adam Maltese and NM Vitaly Zaderman, who gained $185 each.

NM Leif Pressman, NM Yevgeni Margulis, and Raven Sturt shared the under-2200 prize ($43 each) with 3 points. Andrew Ryba and Aaron Landesman were the top players under 2000, scoring 2 1/₂ points, worth $59; and Alexis Paredes, Kalyan Shatdarsanam, Yashsavi Sharad, and Carlos Ennis won the Under-1800 prize ($28 each) with 2 points.

Forty-seven players rang out the old under the direction of Steve Immitt. The crosstable is available on the USCF website.