Treger, Farber, Aoufa Lead FIDE Thursdays

After four rounds of the first Marshall Chess Club FIDE Thursdays tournament, NM Yefim Treger, Nelson Farber, and Mohamed Aoufa are tied for first place with 3 points each. The exciting conclusion comes next Thursday, March 26.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	YEFIM TREGER	2275	2268	L14	W11	W7	W6	3.0
2	NELSON M FARBER	2021	2045	W8	W14	D6	D5	3.0
3	MOHAMED AOUFA	1761	1805	L6	W17	W13	W12	3.0
4	RICARDO PEREZ BILLINGHURST	2178	2167	H---	D12	X10	D7	2.5
5	GEORGE P BERG	2109	2106	W11	L7	W14	D2	2.5
6	PAULO SANTANNA	2060	2070	W3	W10	D2	L1	2.5
7	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2017	2041	W15	W5	L1	D4	2.5
8	SANDRA OLIVER	1659	1671	L2	H---	W15	X14	2.5
9	LEIF PRESSMAN	2220	2216	D12	W13	H---	U---	2.0
10	MARK E GERSTL	2012	2000	W16	L6	H---	H---	2.0
11	EDWARD SCHER	1948	1935	L5	L1	B---	X16	2.0
12	MARIAN WAXMAN	1989	1981	D9	D4	H---	L3	1.5
13	LINDA V DIAZ	1863	1839	H---	L9	L3	X15	1.5
14	SARATHI RAY	1992	1993	W1	L2	L5	F8	1.0
15	JAMES A BLACK	1642	1623	L7	H---	L8	H---	1.0
16	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	1550	1548	L10	H---	H---	F11	1.0
17	KEN COHEN	1396	1393	U---	L3	U---	B---	1.0

Wednesday Under-2000 Begins

The new edition of the Marshall Wednesday Night Under-2000 got underway on March 18 with a field of 20 players. You can still enter the tournament--register by 6:45 PM Wednesday to play one slow game each week.

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Marshall Chess Club Wed U2000

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	DENNIS R MOORE	B 11
	1968 12422575	1.0
2	ANATOLY TREGER	W 12
	1923 12688021	1.0
3	BORIS BERKUN	B 13
	1919 12029870	1.0
4	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	W 14
	1910 12675402	1.0
5	DANIEL Y PI	B 15
	1717 12843515	1.0
6	KEVIN COYLE	W 16
	1700 10115663	1.0
7	MICHAEL M GUTIERREZ	B 17
	1700 12459430	0.5
8	GABRIEL RIGONO	W 18
	1700 10074819	1.0
9	KENNETH COLLINS	B 19
	1676 12931648	1.0
10	KYLE MOON	W 20
	1645 13076084	1.0
11	JAMES A BLACK	W 1
	1632 13696544	0.0
12	PANAGIOTIS LOUKAS	B 2
	1553 12938853	0.0
13	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	W 3
	1553 12612788	0.0
14	LLOYD B MILLER	B 4
	1462 14123926	0.0
15	WERNER BUHRER	W 5
	1400 13993710	0.0
16	KEN COHEN	B 6
	1396 10086353	0.0
17	NOAH SCHOLNICK	W 7			bye
	1366 13075892	0.5
18	PAUL TON	B 8
	1193 12797680	0.0
19	HENRY MORI	W 9
	1163 13879677	0.0
20	ALFRED GRONER	B 10
	unr. 13996051	0.0

Lenderman and Rohde Top St. John's Masters

IM Alex Lenderman and GM Michael Rohde won the March 17th edition of tthe h St. John's Masters with 3.5 out of 4. Each won $300 for topping the 26-player field.

GM Nick De Firmian and NM Yaacov Norowitz tied for second place ($110) with 3-2 scores. The Under-2300 class money was shared out among NM Richard Shtivelband, NM Kassa Korley, NM Leif Pressman, Zakhar Khilkevich, Mikhail Sher, and Aaron Landesman, all with 2 points. Khilkevich also picked up the $50 upset prize for his first-round draw with Lenderman.

Steve Immitt directed. The full results are available from the USCF website.

McCormack Wins Monday Under-1600

Edward McCormack topped a field of 26 in the Monday Under-1600 which concluded on March 16th. McCormack won all his games after a first-round draw en route to winning the $156 first prize.

Alex Genadinik took clear second with 4-1, worth $91. Guy Rawlins won the third-prize money ($65) and Ean Fonseca won $78 as top player rated under 1300; both scored 3.5.

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Standings. Marshall CC Monday Under-1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Edward McCormack	1554	1587	D20	W4	W2	W8	W5	4.5	156.00
2	Alex Genadinik	1458	1500	W16	W14	L1	W7	W8	4.0	91.00
3	Guy Rawlins	1523	1522	W24	W13	L8	W9	D6	3.5	65.00
4	Ean Fonseca	1246	1290	H---	L1	W24	W11	W12	3.5	78.00
5	Arthur J Quinn	1553	1533	L13	W19	W18	W6	L1	3.0
6	Tyson Francis Mao	1541	1525	D10	W20	W11	L5	D3	3.0
7	Cyril Sigamoney	1534	1508	H---	W21	D12	L2	X13	3.0
8	James J Hamilton	1479	1472	W22	W25	W3	L1	L2	3.0
9	Danny Torres	1408	1398	H---	D10	W16	L3	W15	3.0
10	Sarah H Ascherman	1070	1119	D6	D9	W25	U---	W16	3.0
11	Werner Buhrer	1400	1355	D17	W26	L6	L4	W22	2.5
12	Demos Sfakianakis	1307	1299	H---	W17	D7	D15	L4	2.5
13	Paul Ton	1193	1246	W5	L3	H---	W23	F7	2.5
14	Enrique Diaz-Alvarez	unr.	1481	W15	L2	H---	U---	W18	2.5
15	Ken Cohen	1319	1294	L14	D24	W21	D12	L9	2.0
16	Larry Ralph Yates	754	778	L2	B---	L9	W19	L10	2.0
17	Lloyd B Miller	693	736	D11	L12	H---	D20	D19	2.0
18	Reva Shree Singh	1268	1283	H---	W23	L5	U---	L14	1.5
19	Norman M Ford	1218	1152	L25	L5	W22	L16	D17	1.5
20	David B Smith	1204	1198	D1	L6	H---	D17	U---	1.5
21	Daniel Feinberg	1098	1069	H---	L7	L15	L22	W26	1.5
22	Nick Rubinfier	823	845	L8	H---	L19	W21	L11	1.5
23	Joseph Fortunato	1579	1523	H---	L18	H---	L13	U---	1.0
24	Jim Ferraiuolo	1037	1039	L3	D15	L4	U---	H---	1.0
25	Teppei Monjiyama	unr.	1122	W19	L8	L10	U---	U---	1.0
26	Ralph J Godfrey	882	873	H---	L11	U---	U---	L21	0.5

Four Tie in Sunday Game/30

IM Jay Bonin, NM Leif Pressman, Steadroy Lloyd and Gary Patella tied for first in the Sunday Game/30 on March 15. The quartet topped the 26-player field with 4-1 scores. The USCF website has the full results.

Four Tie In Saturday Game/60

Ben Gershenov, IM Justin Sarkar, IM Jay Bomin, and FM Asa Hoffman tied for first place in the Marshall Saturday G/60 on March 14. All four scored 3.5 out of 4 and won $92.50 for topping the 37-player field.

Souvik Roychoudhury won the Under-2000 prize ($93) with 3 points. Dario Dell'orto, Lilia Poteat, Omar Khan, Alexander Kamen, Reva Shree Singh, Savvas Zafeiropoulos, and Jason Yung split the under-1700 class prizes ($13.29 each).

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	JUSTIN SARKAR	2457	2458	W17	W10	W13	D3	3.5	92.50
2	JAY BONIN	2372	2371	D20	W31	W9	W8	3.5	92.50
3	ASA HOFFMANN	2315	2327	W18	W16	W15	D1	3.5	92.50
4	BEN GERSHENOV	2085	2103	D31	W20	W11	W14	3.5	92.50
5	FRITZ P GASPARD	2098	2087	D22	W24	D7	W16	3.0
6	ANNA R MATLIN	2009	2021	W32	W23	D8	H---	3.0
7	SOUV ROYCHOUDHURY	1944	1968	W27	D9	D5	W17	3.0	93.00
8	JAMES R WEST	2217	2210	W21	W29	D6	L2	2.5
9	LEVY ROZMAN	2037	2038	W25	D7	L2	W20	2.5
10	DARRIAN ROBINSON	1967	1966	W26	L1	W30	D12	2.5
11	JOSHUA COLAS	1895	1887	D28	W22	L4	W21	2.5
12	FRANK R PACIULLI	1864	1868	W34	L13	W25	D10	2.5
13	YEVGENI MARGULIS	2201	2200	W19	W12	L1	U---	2.0
14	HARRY BRO WHEELER	2122	2089	L30	W28	W19	L4	2.0
15	MARCUS R FENNER	2002	2003	W35	W30	L3	U---	2.0
16	JAKE S MILLER	1920	1913	W37	L3	W23	L5	2.0
17	SERGE ADELSON	1863	1854	L1	W35	W26	L7	2.0
18	DARREN D LUSTIG	1835	1814	L3	L26	W37	W30	2.0
19	ETHAN R SEGALL	1709	1711	L13	W37	L14	W33	2.0
20	DAMARCUS T THOMAS	1853	1855	D2	L4	W32	L9	1.5
21	MICHAEL MENDEZ JR	1715	1700	L8	D33	W24	L11	1.5
22	DARIO A DELL'ORTO	1674	1670	D5	L11	D33	H---	1.5	13.29
23	LILIA MEIL POTEAT	1587	1610	W36	L6	L16	H---	1.5	13.29
24	OMAR S KHAN	1482	1487	H---	L5	L21	W32	1.5	13.29
25	ALEXANDER H KAMEN	1469	1472	L9	W27	L12	H---	1.5	13.29
26	REVA SHREE SINGH	1388	1415	L10	W18	L17	H---	1.5	13.29
27	SAV ZAFEIROPOULOS	1262	1276	L7	L25	W35	H---	1.5	13.29
28	JASON YUNG	1076	1106	D11	L14	D31	H---	1.5	13.29
29	ILAN KREITNER	2000	1994	W33	L8	U---	U---	1.0
30	GUY COLAS	1684	1694	W14	L15	L10	L18	1.0
31	ERIC ZHANG	1604	1603	D4	L2	D28	U---	1.0
32	JOSHUA ABADY	1413	1405	L6	W34	L20	L24	1.0
33	KEN COHEN	1396	1413	L29	D21	D22	L19	1.0
34	Derrick Nash	unr.	1238	L12	L32	H---	H---	1.0
35	CHRISTO WINTEROWD	1399	1374	L15	L17	L27	H---	0.5
36	HENRY C SOBO	2042	2012	L23	U---	U---	U---	0.0
37	PAUL TON	1193	1190	L16	L19	L18	U---	0.0

Zhe Quan Wins Rapids

The Friday Night Rapids on March 13th was a 6 player double round robin tournament. FM Zhe Quan won the tournament with a 9-1 score, losing only one game to second place finisher NM Leif Pressman (7-10). FM Asa Hoffmann and NM Larry Tamarkin shared third with 4-6 scores.

Farber and Santanna Lead FIDE Thursdays

Nelson Farber and Paulo Santanna drew their game on March 12 and jointly maintain the lead after three rounds of teh Marshall FIDE Thursdays.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	YEFIM TREGER	B 9	W 11	B 7
	2275 12656884 (2185)	0.0	1.0	2.0
2	LEIF PRESSMAN	W 10	B 12	bye
	2220 12693373 (2057)	0.5	1.5	2.0
3	RICARDO PEREZ BILLINGHURST	bye	B 10	- 8
	2178 12934661 (2114)	0.5	1.0	X2.0
4	GEORGE P BERG	B 11	W 7	B 9
	2109 12523517 (2103)	1.0	1.0	2.0
5	PAULO SANTANNA	W 13	B 8	W 6
	2060 12891989 (2029)	1.0	2.0	2.5
6	NELSON M FARBER	B 14	W 9	B 5
	2021 12813964 (2003)	1.0	2.0	2.5
7	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	W 15	B 4	W 1
	2017 10136580 (2043)	1.0	2.0	2.0
8	MARK E GERSTL	B 16	W 5	- 3
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.0	F1.0
9	SARATHI RAY	W 1	B 6	W 4
	1992 12655562	1.0	1.0	1.0
10	MARIAN WAXMAN	B 2	W 3	bye
	1989 10109540 (2044)	0.5	1.0	1.5
11	EDWARD SCHER	W 4	B 1	bye
	1948 10076366	0.0	0.0	1.0
12	LINDA V DIAZ	bye	W 2	B 13
	1863 12908194	0.5	0.5	0.5
13	MOHAMED AOUFA	B 5	W 17	W 12
	1761 12932228	0.0	1.0	2.0
14	SANDRA OLIVER	W 6	bye	B 15
	1659 12531739	0.0	0.5	1.5
15	JAMES A BLACK	B 7	bye	W 14
	1642 13696544	0.0	0.5	0.5
16	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	W 8	bye	bye
	1550 12733449 (1975)	0.0	0.5	1.0
17	KEN COHEN	----	B 13	----
	1396 10086353	U0.0	0.0	U0.0

Moore Wins Under-2000

Dennis Moore wrapped up sole first place the Wednesday Under-2000 with a final round draw on March 11, worth $156. Boris Berkun, Vladimir Gramagin, and Michael Gutierrez tied for second with 4-1 ($62 each), and James Black was top under-1700 with 3 points ($78).

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Dennis R Moore	1937	1971	W21	W24	W13	W2	D4	4.5	156.00
2	Boris Berkun	1934	1955	W8	W9	W3	L1	W6	4.0	52.00
3	Vladimir Gramagin	1849	1861	W16	W10	L2	W11	W8	4.0	52.00
4	Michael Gutierrez	1706	1735	D18	W17	X24	W6	D1	4.0	52.00
5	Chris Maksymowicz	1813	1803	L17	H---	W21	W10	X14	3.5
6	Anatoly Treger	1874	1863	W11	W12	W20	L4	L2	3.0
7	Gabriel Rigono	1706	1691	W26	L13	L11	W23	W17	3.0
8	James A Black	1642	1673	L2	W16	W26	W13	L3	3.0	78.00
9	James R Lowe	1705	1699	W23	L2	H---	H---	D10	2.5
10	Kyle Moon	1648	1645	W19	L3	W17	L5	D9	2.5
11	Tyson Francis Mao	1541	1567	L6	W23	W7	L3	D21	2.5
12	Madeline O Bender	1506	1547	W14	L6	H---	W16	U---	2.5
13	Serge Adelson	1903	1874	W25	W7	L1	L8	U---	2.0
14	Aigboje Aregbeyen	1844	1819	L12	W22	H---	H---	F5	2.0
15	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	1550	1553	H---	H---	W19	U---	U---	2.0
16	Fid De Los Santos	1522	1519	L3	L8	W25	L12	W26	2.0
17	Howard Pinn	1500	1515	W5	L4	L10	W26	L7	2.0
18	Noah Scholnick	1414	1428	D4	L20	H---	W19	U---	2.0
19	Irving Manriquez	1129	1149	L10	B---	L15	L18	W25	2.0
20	Michael Layevskiy	1905	1889	H---	W18	L6	U---	U---	1.5
21	Kenneth R Collins	1647	1620	L1	H---	L5	D22	D11	1.5
22	Solomon Lister	1441	1436	L24	L14	H---	D21	D23	1.5
23	Ken Cohen	1319	1311	L9	L11	B---	L7	D22	1.5
24	Jerry J Monaco	1732	1730	W22	L1	F4	U---	U---	1.0
25	Panagiotis Loukas	1553	1480	L13	L26	L16	B---	L19	1.0
26	Llyod Miller	1404	1393	L7	W25	L8	L17	L16	1.0

Monday Under-1600, March 9

Edward McCormack moved into the lead in the Marshall Monday Night Under-1600 on March 9 with 3.5 out of 4. The final round is next Monday, March 16.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Monday U1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Edward McCormack	1554	1571	D17	W8	W5	W4	3.5
2	Arthur J Quinn	1553	1549	L9	W22	W16	W6	3.0
3	Guy Rawlins	1523	1522	W25	W9	L4	W11	3.0
4	James J Hamilton	1479	1489	W18	W23	W3	L1	3.0
5	Alex Genadinik	1458	1479	W14	W20	L1	W10	3.0
6	Tyson Francis Mao	1541	1525	D13	W17	W15	L2	2.5
7	Demos Sfakianakis	1307	1318	H---	W19	D10	D12	2.5
8	Ean Fonseca	1246	1271	H---	L1	W25	W15	2.5
9	Paul Ton	1193	1246	W2	L3	H---	W21	2.5
10	Cyril Sigamoney	1534	1508	H---	W24	D7	L5	2.0
11	Danny Torres	1408	1386	H---	D13	W14	L3	2.0
12	Ken Cohen	1319	1302	L20	D25	W24	D7	2.0
13	Sarah H Ascherman	1070	1114	D6	D11	W23	U---	2.0
14	Larry Ralph Yates	754	783	L5	B---	L11	W22	2.0
15	Werner Buhrer	1400	1354	D19	W26	L6	L8	1.5
16	Reva Shree Singh	1268	1290	H---	W21	L2	U---	1.5
17	David B Smith	1204	1198	D1	L6	H---	D19	1.5
18	Nick Rubinfier	823	846	L4	H---	L22	W24	1.5
19	Lloyd B Miller	693	722	D15	L7	H---	D17	1.5
20	Enrique Diaz-Alvarez	unr.	1388	W12	L5	H---	U---	1.5
21	Joseph Fortunato	1579	1523	H---	L16	H---	L9	1.0
22	Norman M Ford	1218	1167	L23	L2	W18	L14	1.0
23	Teppei Monjiyama	unr.	1122	W22	L4	L13	U---	1.0
24	Daniel Feinberg	1098	1062	H---	L10	L12	L18	0.5
25	Jim Ferraiuolo	1037	1039	L3	D12	L8	U---	0.5
26	Ralph J Godfrey	882	880	H---	L15	U---	U---	0.5

Marshall March Grand Prix.

The Marshall CC March Grand Prix was held on March 7-8. IMs Justin Sarkar and Jay Bonin topped the 32-palyer field with 3.5 out of 4.

The full results are available from the USCF website.

Fischer Symposium

The First International Symposium on Bobby Fischer was held at the Marshall Chess Club on March 6-7.

Polly Peterson Has an extensive report on the symposium on her blog, divided into two parts, for the first day and the second day. She also has a photo gallery from the event.

Friday Rapids, March 6

FM Zhe Quan took down the 10-man field with a perfect score in the Friday Night Rapids on March 6. FM Asa Hoffmann finished in 2nd place, losing only the one game to Quan.

Rohde Winds "Four Rated Games Tonight"

GM Michael Rohde won teh Chess Center of New York's "Original Four Rated Games Tonight" on Thursday MArch 5, giving up only a last-round draw to IM Jay Bonin.

The crosstable is available at the USCF website.

FIDE Thursday, March 5

Paulo Santanna, Nelson Farber, and NM Ed Frumkin lead the FIDE Thursdays tournament with perfect scores after the second round on March 5th.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	YEFIM TREGER	B 9	W 11
	2275 12656884 (2185)	0.0	1.0
2	LEIF PRESSMAN	W 10	B 12
	2220 12693373 (2057)	0.5	1.5
3	RICARDO PEREZ BILLINGHURST	bye	B 10
	2178 12934661 (2114)	0.5	1.0
4	GEORGE P BERG	B 11	W 7
	2109 12523517 (2103)	1.0	1.0
5	PAULO SANTANNA	W 13	B 8
	2060 12891989 (2029)	1.0	2.0
6	NELSON M FARBER	B 14	W 9
	2021 12813964 (2003)	1.0	2.0
7	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	W 15	B 4
	2017 10136580 (2043)	1.0	2.0
8	MARK E GERSTL	B 16	W 5
	2012 12376680	1.0	1.0
9	SARATHI RAY	W 1	B 6
	1992 12655562	1.0	1.0
10	MARIAN WAXMAN	B 2	W 3
	1989 10109540 (2044)	0.5	1.0
11	EDWARD SCHER	W 4	B 1
	1948 10076366	0.0	0.0
12	LINDA V DIAZ	bye	W 2
	1863 12908194	0.5	0.5
13	MOHAMED AOUFA	B 5	W 17
	1761 12932228	0.0	1.0
14	SANDRA OLIVER	W 6	bye
	1659 12531739	0.0	0.5
15	JAMES A BLACK	B 7	bye
	1642 13696544	0.0	0.5
16	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	W 8	bye	bye
	1550 12733449 (1975)	0.0	0.5
17	KEN COHEN	----	B 13
	1396 10086353	U0.0	0.0

Wednesday Under-2000, March 4

Dennis Moore won again to keep a perfect score after the fourth round of the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000 on March 4. Moore leads the field by a full point going into next week's final round.

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Wednesday U2000

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Dennis R Moore	B 14	W 9	B 4	W 2
	1937 12422575	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
2	Boris Berkun	W 15	B 12	W 6	B 1
	1934 12029870	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
3	Michael Layevskiy	bye	W 23	B 5	----	----
	1905 12675402	0.5	1.5	1.5	U1.5
4	Serge Adelson	B 16	W 11	W 1	B 15
	1903 12590630	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
5	Anatoly Treger	W 18	B 20	W 3	B 10
	1874 12688021	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
6	Vladimir Gramagin	B 19	W 13	B 2	W 18
	1849 12938516	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
7	Aigboje Aregbeyen	W 20	B 22	bye	bye
	1844 12987908	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
8	Chris Maksymowicz	B 21	bye	W 14	W 13
	1813 12601755	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 22	B 1	- 10	----
	1732 12547456	1.0	1.0	F1.0	U1.0
10	Michael Gutierrez	B 23	W 21	- 9	W 5
	1706 12459430	0.5	1.5	X2.5	3.5
11	Gabriel Rigono	W 24	B 4	W 18	B 25
	1706 10074819	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
12	James R Lowe	B 25	W 2	bye	bye
	1705 12891685	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
13	Kyle Moon	W 26	B 6	W 21	B 8
	1648 13076084	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
14	Kenneth R Collins	W 1	bye	B 8	W 22
	1647 12931648	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0
15	James A Black	B 2	W 19	B 24	W 4
	1642 13696544	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
16	Panagiotis Loukas	W 4	B 24	W 19	bye
	1553 12938853	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
17	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	bye	bye	B 26	----	----
	1550 12733449	0.5	1.0	2.0	U2.0
18	Tyson Francis Mao	B 5	W 25	B 11	B 6
	1541 12785061	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
19	Fid De Los Santos	W 6	B 15	B 16	W 20
	1522 12612788	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
20	Madeline O Bender	B 7	W 5	bye	B 19	----
	1506 12977683	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
21	Howard Pinn	W 8	B 10	B 13	W 24
	1500 12089560	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
22	Solomon Lister	B 9	W 7	bye	B 14
	1441 12978163	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
23	Noah Scholnick	W 10	B 3	bye	W 26
	1414 13075892	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0
24	Llyod Miller	B 11	W 16	W 15	B 21
	1404 14123926	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
25	Ken Cohen	W 12	B 18	bye	W 11
	1319 10086353	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
26	Irving Manriquez	B 13	bye	W 17	B 23
	1129 13925381	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

NY Experts, March 3

Zakhar Khilkevich won the NY Experts G/30 tournament with a perfect 4-0 score on Tuesday, March 3.

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SwissSys Standings. March NY Experts

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	ZAKHAR KHILKEVICH	2126	2147	W8	W2	W6	W4	4.0	66.00
2	BORA YAGIZ	1956	1964	W10	L1	B---	W6	3.0	35.50
3	COREY JAY VURAL	1657	1688	D4	W7	W10	H---	3.0	35.50
4	JONATHAN CORBBLAH	2124	2113	D3	W9	W8	L1	2.5	13.50
5	DESMOINE DEL WEST	1120	1184	B---	L6	D7	W9	2.5	13.50
6	OMER SARIKAYA	2111	2094	W11	W5	L1	L2	2.0
7	WILLIAM DUBINSKY	1793	1768	H---	L3	D5	W10	2.0
8	WILLIAM GRAIF	1851	1846	L1	W11	L4	H---	1.5
9	MOSHE FOHRMAN	1183	1198	H---	L4	W11	L5	1.5
10	HENRY MORI	1163	1159	L2	B---	L3	L7	1.0
11	AMIR MOAZAMI	1535	1502	L6	L8	L9	H---	0.5

Monday Under-1600, March 2

James Hamilton lead the Monday Under-1600 with a perfect score after three rounds.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Monday U1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	James J Hamilton	1479	1503	W25	W19	W6	3.0
2	Edward McCormack	1554	1558	D21	W14	W7	2.5
3	Tyson Francis Mao	1541	1540	D10	W21	W11	2.5
4	Arthur J Quinn	1553	1535	L16	W15	W13	2.0
5	Cyril Sigamoney	1534	1527	H---	W22	D9	2.0
6	Guy Rawlins	1523	1513	W23	W16	L1	2.0
7	Alex Genadinik	1458	1452	W17	W18	L2	2.0
8	Danny Torres	1408	1397	H---	D10	W17	2.0
9	Demos Sfakianakis	1307	1320	H---	W26	D5	2.0
10	Sarah H Ascherman	1070	1137	D3	D8	W19	2.0
11	Werner Buhrer	1400	1372	D26	W24	L3	1.5
12	Ken Cohen	1319	1286	L18	D23	W22	1.5
13	Reva Shree Singh	1268	1296	H---	W20	L4	1.5
14	Ean Fonseca	1246	1250	H---	L2	W23	1.5
15	Norman M Ford	1218	1188	L19	L4	W25	1.0
16	Paul Ton	1193	1226	W4	L6	H---	1.0
17	Larry Ralph Yates	754	752	L7	B---	L8	1.0
18	Enrique Diaz-Alvarez	unr.	1169	W12	L7	H---	1.0
19	Teppei Monjiyama	unr.	1142	W15	L1	L10	1.0
20	Joseph Fortunato	1579	1553	H---	L13	H---	0.5
21	David B Smith	1204	1215	D2	L3	H---	0.5
22	Daniel Feinberg	1098	1082	H---	L5	L12	0.5
23	Jim Ferraiuolo	1037	1038	L6	D12	L14	0.5
24	Ralph J Godfrey	882	879	H---	L11	U---	0.5
25	Nick Rubinfier	823	816	L1	H---	L15	0.5
26	Lloyd B Miller	693	720	D11	L9	H---	0.5

Grandmaster Challange

GM Leonid Yudasin won the Grandmaster Challenge on Sunday, March 1.

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Grandmaster Challenge!

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6
1	ZVIAD IZORIA	bye	bye	B 16	W 7	B 5	B 2
	2668 12922861	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.5
2	LEONID G YUDASIN	B 14	W 8	B 6	W 4	B 11	W 1
	2635 12542077	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.5
3	JUSTIN SARKAR	W 17	B 11	W 19	B 8	W 6	B 12
	2457 12561884	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5
4	JAY BONIN	B 18	W 10	B 11	B 2	W 13	W 7
	2372 10098327	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
5	IRYNA ZENYUK	W 19	B 13	W 17	B 10	W 1	B 6
	2319 12846035	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
6	ASA HOFFMANN	B 20	W 12	W 2	B 15	B 3	W 5
	2315 10076994	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0
7	ILYE FIGLER	bye	B 23	W 13	B 1	W 15	B 4
	2264 12713319	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
8	VITALY ZADERMAN	W 21	B 2	W 28	W 3	B 14	B 18
	2253 12570422	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	3.5
9	BORIS PRIVMAN	B 22	W 16	B 25	W 12	B 19	----
	2252 12407354	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	U2.5
10	PAUL SZUPER	W 25	B 4	W 22	W 5	B 20	B 13
	2231 12986870	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
11	YEVGENI MARGULIS	B 26	W 3	W 4	B 13	W 2	B 14
	2201 12659488	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	4.5
12	LEIF PRESSMAN	W 27	B 6	W 23	B 9	B 16	W 3
	2185 12693373	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	4.5
13	MIKHAIL M SHER	B 30	W 5	B 7	W 11	B 4	W 10
	2125 12733121	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
14	NATHANIEL JACKSON	W 2	B 29	W 24	B 18	W 8	W 11
	2094 12443040	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
15	ALEKSA OSTROVSKIY	bye	W 22	B 20	W 6	B 7	W 27
	2086 12881112	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
16	SHALV KHABURZANIA	bye	B 9	W 1	B 24	W 12	B 25
	2078 13092502	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
17	RICHARD J TUHRIM	B 3	W 21	B 5	W 27	bye	- 30
	2070 12782429	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	F2.0
18	MATTHEW FISCHLER	W 4	B 25	- 26	W 14	B 27	W 8
	2038 12766817	0.0	0.5	X1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5
19	ALEX EYDELMAN	B 5	W 30	B 3	W 28	W 9	bye
	2031 12553018	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5
20	JUSTIN KARP	W 6	B 27	W 15	B 30	W 10	----
	2006 12801732	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	U2.0
21	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	B 8	B 17	----	----	----	----
	2005 10136580	0.0	0.0	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0
22	MARCUS R FENNER	W 9	B 15	B 10	W 29	----	----
	2002 12580150	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0
23	LAURENCE B PRICE	B 28	W 7	B 12	----	----	----
	1907 12517236	1.0	1.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0	U1.0
24	ANATOL OSTROVSKIY	bye	bye	B 14	W 16	W 30	B 29
	1852 12890679	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5
25	Thomas Mendola	B 10	W 18	W 9	bye	B 29	W 16
	1781 12840192	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.5
26	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	W 11	bye	- 18	----	----	----
	1550 12733449	0.0	0.5	F0.5	U0.5	U0.5	U0.5
27	BINGJIE LIU	B 12	W 20	bye	B 17	W 18	B 15
	1488 13771646	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
28	ROBERT CHEN	W 23	bye	B 8	B 19	bye	bye
	1474 12465854	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
29	REVA SHREE SINGH	bye	W 14	B 30	B 22	W 25	W 24
	1388 13551611	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
30	VLADIMIR MAZO	W 13	B 19	W 29	W 20	B 24	- 17
	unr. 12643472	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	X3.0

Apology

Hi. I've been overwhelmed with work the past couple of weeks and have fallen way behind on posts for this blog. I'm sorry about that, but life happens.

Today I'm going to do very brief posts on all the news I've missed, to get the blog up-to-date. I'll try to fill in details about the events later while keeping current with new events.

Again, sorry for the delays.

Sarkar and Bonin Win Saturday G/60

International Masters Justin Sarkar and Jay Bonin scored 3.5 out of 4 to tie for first in the Marshall Saturday Game/60 on February 28. Souv Roychoudhury and Eve Litvak tied for third with GM SERGEY KUDRIN at 3-1. Leif Pressamn directed the 31-player field.

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SwissSys Standings. Saturday One Hour

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	JUSTIN SARKAR	2467	W20	D14	W9	W8	3.5
2	JAY BONIN	2372	W16	W10	D8	W12	3.5
3	SERGEY KUDRIN	2593	W5	W19	W6	U---	3.0
4	SOUV ROYCHOUDHURY	1944	W22	L6	W24	W15	3.0
5	EVE V LITVAK	1883	L3	W25	W29	W14	3.0
6	MATTHEW J HERMAN	2230	W21	W4	L3	H---	2.5
7	KASSA KORLEY	2228	W24	D15	L12	W20	2.5
8	JAMES R WEST	2200	W25	W26	D2	L1	2.5
9	YEFREM ZATS	1969	H---	W18	L1	W23	2.5
10	ANNA R MATLIN	1926	W23	L2	W21	H---	2.5
11	SERGE ADELSON	1903	L18	W30	W26	D13	2.5
12	DAMARCUS T THOMAS	1853	H---	W17	W7	L2	2.5
13	JASMINE GRANT	1851	H---	W31	D19	D11	2.5
14	HENRY C SOBO	2036	W30	D1	D15	L5	2.0
15	JAKE S MILLER	1886	W28	D7	D14	L4	2.0
16	MAXIMILLIA SHERER	1655	L2	D23	D17	W28	2.0
17	EDWARD L DALEY	1442	H---	L12	D16	W26	2.0
18	PAUL TON	1193	W11	L9	D20	D21	2.0
19	ALENA KATS	2007	W27	L3	D13	U---	1.5
20	DARREN D LUSTIG	1835	L1	W27	D18	L7	1.5
21	ALAN J ZHANG	1654	L6	W22	L10	D18	1.5
22	KEN COHEN	1319	L4	L21	D30	W31	1.5
23	MICHAEL WU	1238	L10	D16	W31	L9	1.5
24	DARIO A DELL'ORTO	1654	L7	W28	L4	U---	1.0
25	GORDON YANG	1627	L8	L5	L27	B---	1.0
26	ARAVIND KUMAR	1459	W29	L8	L11	L17	1.0
27	ANDRES RECALDE	1449	L19	L20	W25	U---	1.0
28	JEAN NICOLAS	1051	L15	L24	B---	L16	1.0
29	DANIEL RECALDE	914	L26	B---	L5	U---	1.0
30	MICHAEL MENDEZ JR	1613	L14	L11	D22	U---	0.5
31	SOLOMON LISTER	1441	H---	L13	L23	L22	0.5

Hoffman Wins Rapids

FM Asa Hoffmann won the Friday Night Rapids with an undefeated 5.5-0.5 score. NM Larry Tamarkin took 2nd place with 3.5.

Kacheishvili and Rohde Win "Four Rated Games Tonight"

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili and GM Michael Rohde scored 3.5 points each to win the Thursday February 26 edition of the Chess Center of New York's long-running "Four Rated Games Tonight". The pair received $84 each for topping the 25-player field.

At three points were GM Sergey Kudrin (who won $33), along with Joshua Colas , Justus Williams, and Gabor Schnitzler, who picked up $40 in class prize money.

The complete crosstable is available from the USCF website.

FIDE Thursday Begins

The Marshall Chess Club's new FIDE Thursday Night tournament began on February 26 with a 14-player field. There's still plenty of time to enter--players rated over 1600 can register by 6:45 PM on Thursday to play one slow time-control game per week. The games will be rated by both USCF and FIDE.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	YEFIM TREGER	B 8
	2275 12656884	0.0
2	LEIF PRESSMAN	W 9
	2220 12693373	0.5
3	GEORGE P BERG	B 10
	2109 12523517	1.0
4	PAULO SANTANNA	W 11
	2060 12891989	1.0
5	NELSON M FARBER	B 12
	2021 12813964	1.0
6	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	W 13
	2017 10136580	1.0
7	MARK E GERSTL	B 14
	2012 12376680	1.0
8	SARATHI RAY	W 1
	1992 12655562	1.0
9	MARIAN WAXMAN	B 2
	1989 10109540	0.5
10	EDWARD SCHER	W 3
	1948 10076366	0.0
11	MOHAMED AOUFA	B 4
	1761 12932228	0.0
12	SANDRA OLIVER	W 5
	1659 12531739	0.0
13	JAMES A BLACK	B 6
	1642 13696544	0.0
14	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	W 7	bye	bye
	1550 12733449	0.0

Three Still Perfect in Wednesday Under-2000

Dennis Moore, Boris Berkun, and Anatoly Treger all won their games on February 25's thrird round of the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000. The trio their records to 3-0 and lead the field by a full point.

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#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Dennis R Moore	B 14	W 9	B 4
	1937 12422575	1.0	2.0	3.0
2	Boris Berkun	W 15	B 12	W 6
	1934 12029870	1.0	2.0	3.0
3	Michael Layevskiy	bye	W 23	B 5
	1905 12675402	0.5	1.5	1.5
4	Serge Adelson	B 16	W 11	W 1
	1903 12590630	1.0	2.0	2.0
5	Anatoly Treger	W 18	B 20	W 3
	1874 12688021	1.0	2.0	3.0
6	Vladimir Gramagin	B 19	W 13	B 2
	1849 12938516	1.0	2.0	2.0
7	Aigboje Aregbeyen	W 20	B 22	bye	bye
	1844 12987908	0.0	1.0	1.5
8	Chris Maksymowicz	B 21	bye	W 14
	1813 12601755	0.0	0.5	1.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 22	B 1	- 10
	1732 12547456	1.0	1.0	F1.0
10	Michael Gutierrez	B 23	W 21	- 9
	1706 12459430	0.5	1.5	X2.5
11	Gabriel Rigono	W 24	B 4	W 18
	1706 10074819	1.0	1.0	1.0
12	James R Lowe	B 25	W 2	bye	bye
	1705 12891685	1.0	1.0	1.5
13	Kyle Moon	W 26	B 6	W 21
	1648 13076084	1.0	1.0	2.0
14	Kenneth R Collins	W 1	bye	B 8
	1647 12931648	0.0	0.5	0.5
15	James A Black	B 2	W 19	B 24
	1642 13696544	0.0	1.0	2.0
16	Panagiotis Loukas	W 4	B 24	W 19
	1553 12938853	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	ERIC MICHAE HECHT	bye	bye	B 26	----	----
	1550 12733449	0.5	1.0	2.0
18	Tyson Francis Mao	B 5	W 25	B 11
	1541 12785061	0.0	1.0	2.0
19	Fid De Los Santos	W 6	B 15	B 16
	1522 12612788	0.0	0.0	1.0
20	Madeline O Bender	B 7	W 5	bye
	1506 12977683	1.0	1.0	1.5
21	Howard Pinn	W 8	B 10	B 13
	1500 12089560	1.0	1.0	1.0
22	Solomon Lister	B 9	W 7	bye
	1441 12978163	0.0	0.0	0.5
23	Noah Scholnick	W 10	B 3	bye
	1414 13075892	0.5	0.5	1.0
24	Llyod Miller	B 11	W 16	W 15
	1404 14123926	0.0	1.0	1.0
25	Ken Cohen	W 12	B 18	bye
	1319 10086353	0.0	0.0	1.0
26	Irving Manriquez	B 13	bye	W 17
	1129 13925381	0.0	1.0	1.0

Aoufa, West Top Victory Under-1800

Mohamed Aoufa and Desmoine West each scored 3-1 to tie for first in the Marshall Victory Under-1800 tournament on Tuesday, February 24.

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#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Mohamed Aoufa	1761	1744	W5	L3	W2	B---	3.0	24.00
2	Desmoine Del West	1120	1230	B---	W4	L1	W3	3.0	24.00
3	Dakim Vanterpool	1574	1561	D4	W1	W5	L2	2.5	6.00
4	Aristide Esser	unr.	1301	D3	L2	B---	W5	2.5	6.00
5	Henry Mori	1127	1109	L1	B---	L3	L4	1.0	15.00