Ravichandran Undefeated

Sidd Ravichandran scored a perfect 4 out of 4 to win first prize in the Saturday G/60. Jay Bonin placed second, while Renato Naranja, Sam Barsky, Evan Rabin and Richard Tuhrim split third.

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Saturday G/60 22 August 2009

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	SIDD RAVICHANDRAN	2402	W9	W11	W5	W4	4.0	146.00
2	JAY BONIN	2358	W16	D10	W12	W8	3.5	85.00
3	RENATO C NARANJA	2243	H---	W13	D10	W11	3.0	15.25
4	SAM BARSKY	2160	W17	W14	W6	L1	3.0	15.25
5	EVAN Z RABIN	2119	W18	W15	L1	W14	3.0	15.25
6	RICHARD J TUHRIM	2083	W19	W20	L4	W10	3.0	15.25
7	YEVGENI MARGULIS	2153	W22	D12	L8	W17	2.5
8	SAUL PRIEVER	1659	H---	W27	W7	L2	2.5	36.50
9	LILIA MEIL POTEAT	1646	L1	W19	W26	H---	2.5	36.50
10	KAVINAY SIVAKUMAR	2048	W23	D2	D3	L6	2.0
11	ALENA KATS	2032	W29	L1	W16	L3	2.0
12	JOSHUA COLAS	1999	W24	D7	L2	D13	2.0	18.25
13	DARRIAN ROBINSON	1980	H---	L3	W24	D12	2.0	18.25
14	WILLIAM FISHER	1798	W25	L4	W22	L5	2.0	18.25
15	AARON O SCHEIN	1699	W26	L5	W20	U---	2.0
16	ERIC BOBROW	1644	L2	W23	L11	W24	2.0
17	BINGJIE LIU	1605	L4	W29	W21	L7	2.0
18	JAJA NYAMEKYE	1476	L5	L26	W28	W25	2.0
19	ISAAC VEYTSMAN	1357	L6	L9	W23	W21	2.0
20	ALEXANDER ILNYTSKY	unr.	W21	L6	L15	W22	2.0	18.25
21	GUY COLAS	1739	L20	W28	L17	L19	1.0
22	MICHAEL MENDEZ JR	1590	L7	W25	L14	L20	1.0
23	KEN COHEN	1291	L10	L16	L19	W28	1.0
24	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L12	B---	L13	L16	1.0
25	ARIEH BOBROW	unr.	L14	L22	W29	L18	1.0
26	ANTHONY L DAVIS	unr.	L15	W18	L9	U---	1.0
27	ILAN KREITNER	2000	H---	L8	U---	U---	0.5
28	HENRY MORI	1191	H---	L21	L18	L23	0.5
29	ANDRUL BLANCHETTE	1238	L11	L17	L25	U---	0.0

Treger takes the lead

Yefim Treger defeated Brian Hulse to take the lead in the Thursday Member's tournament with 2.5 out of 3. Six players are in the chase group with 2 points. Will someone catch Treger? Stay tuned.

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Thursday Members Only Tournament Standings; 6 August through 4 September

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	YEFIM TREGER	2245	W11	D5	W2	2.5
2	BRIAN HULSE	2203	W12	W3	L1	2.0
3	GEORGE P BERG	2071	W14	L2	W11	2.0
4	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2029	H---	D9	W15	2.0
5	DOROTHY TEASLEY	2014	W10	D1	D6	2.0
6	MARIAN WAXMAN	1993	W15	D8	D5	2.0
7	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1925	W16	H---	H---	2.0
8	LAWRENCE CARLOS	2030	H---	D6	D9	1.5
9	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	D4	D8	1.5
10	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L5	D14	B---	1.5
11	EDWARD SCHER	1913	L1	W13	L3	1.0
12	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	1906	L2	H---	H---	1.0
13	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L11	D14	1.0
14	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	L3	D10	D13	1.0
15	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L6	B---	L4	1.0
16	KEN COHEN	1291	L7	U---	U---	0.0

Wallchart

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

Wednesday Under 2000 results - Round 3

There are only two undefeated players left after three rounds of play. David Kantey and unrated Yaron Gvili lead the field with a perfect 3.0 score.

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Marshall CC Wednesday U2000; August 5th through September 2nd

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	W27	W15	W7	3.0
2	YARON GVILI	unr.	W21	W6	W5	3.0
3	YUTA KAKUTANI	1792	H---	W28	W11	2.5
4	SERGE ADELSON	1919	L15	W24	W14	2.0
5	NICHOLAS CRAVOTTA	1804	W25	W17	L2	2.0
6	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1764	W18	L2	W22	2.0
7	JONATHAN HIDALGO	1707	W19	W12	L1	2.0
8	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	D26	D10	W23	2.0
9	KENNETH R COLLINS	1674	H---	W26	H---	2.0
10	TONY S GONZALES	unr.	H---	D8	W20	2.0
11	MARCUS FENNER	1905	D23	W16	L3	1.5
12	ANATOLY TREGER	1903	W24	L7	D15	1.5
13	MARK A SINZ	1859	D16	D23	H---	1.5
14	RALPH A BUCCIANO	1774	D28	W29	L4	1.5
15	STEVEN THOMAS LAMB	1700	W4	L1	D12	1.5
16	BEN A KESSLER	1504	D13	L11	W28	1.5
17	THOMAS C WILLKENS	1356	W20	L5	H---	1.5
18	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L6	B---	D21	1.5
19	DELMAR L GATES	unr.	L7	D21	W27	1.5
20	JAMES A BLACK	1791	L17	W25	L10	1.0
21	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L2	D19	D18	1.0
22	JOSEPH FORTUNATO	1588	H---	H---	L6	1.0
23	ZACHARY TANENBAUM	1575	D11	D13	L8	1.0
24	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L12	L4	W29	1.0
25	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L5	L20	W30	1.0
26	ERROL WHITLEY	1963	D8	L9	U---	0.5
27	HOWARD PINN	1500	L1	H---	L19	0.5
28	KEN COHEN	1291	D14	L3	L16	0.5
29	HENRY MORI	1191	H---	L14	L24	0.5
30	SAUL PRIEVER FILLER	1659	U---	U---	L25	0.0

Monday Under 1600 Underway...

...with nine decisive games in the first round. It's not too late to take part in this tournament. If you enter next Monday, August 24th, you'll receive a half-point bye for the first round.

REMINDER TO ALL U1600 PARTICIPANTS: The club is closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th. Round 4 will take place on Monday, September 14th.

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Marshall CC Monday U1600; August 17th through September 21st

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Tot
1	SAUL-FILLER PRIEVER	1659	W19	1.0
2	IQBAL CHAKLADER	1554	W14	1.0
3	ALEX GENADINIK	1539	W15	1.0
4	GUY RAWLINS	1498	W16	1.0
5	WILLIAM K HO	1432	W17	1.0
6	ALBERTO SANTOS	1327	W18	1.0
7	WERNER BUHRER	1307	W20	1.0
8	KEN COHEN	1291	W21	1.0
9	DAVID BEAR SMITH	1212	W13	1.0
10	EAN FONSECA	1487	D12	0.5
11	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1186	H---	0.5
12	ROBERT D VINSON	1123	D10	0.5
13	DANE A JACKSON	1540	L9	0.0
14	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	1281	L2	0.0
15	LEON LAI	1183	L3	0.0
16	YVETTE G DONATO	1183	L4	0.0
17	LUIS FONSECA	1149	L5	0.0
18	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L6	0.0
19	MICHAEL MORIN	926	L1	0.0
20	CHRISTINA S CRUMP	873	L7	0.0
21	SONIA F KAUFMAN	unr.	L8	0.0

St. John's Masters - Six way split for 1st place

IM Ray Kaufman joined the tournament's five top-rated players, IM Oliver Barbosa, GM Leonid Yudasin, GM Michael Rohde, Mackenzie Molner and IM Justin Sarkar, in a big, six-way logjam at 3 points, for the top four prizes, collecting $127 each in the August 18th "St. John's Masters at the Marshall Chess Club. The little 5-way logjam for the Under 2300 prize at 2 points was good enough for $10 for FM Asa Hoffmann, Ramon A Manon-Og of the Philippines, Nitai Leve, Evan Rabin and Miguel Garcia. At 1713, Garcia, who qualified to participate in the tournament by scoring 2½ points in the previous week's "4 Rated Games Tonight!" Thursday Night Action tournament, was the tournament's lowest-rated competitor. His rating had no where to go but up, which is exactly what happened in Round 1 when he defeated 11th-seeded Ramon Manon-Og (rated over 500 points north), to clinch the $50 Upset Prize!

A total of 22 players entered the tournament, including 2 GMs and 4 IMs.

Each round, Glen Statile faithfully transcribed the games on Board 1 to assist with the ICC games relay.

The St. John's Masters tournaments are held at the Marshall Chess Club on the third Tuesday of each month. The next edition will be on the third Tuesday of September: September 15th at 7:00 pm. Participation is open to players rated over 2100. Players rated under 2100 may also qualify to participate by scoring 2½ or more points in any one of the four "4 Rated Games Tonight!" Thursday Night Action tournaments at the Marshall since the previous month's St. John's Masters. If you can't make it to the Marshall, you can always follow the top games on the ICC each round as well.

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#	Name	USCF ID	Rating	New Rating	State	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Prize
1	IM Oliver A Barbosa	12774447	2606	2605	NY	W18	D4	W7	D3	3	$127
2	GN Leonid G Yudasin	12542077	2599	2592	NY	W15	D8	W17	D4	3	$127
3	GM Michael A Rohde	10047871	2530	2536	NY	W16	W10	D5	D1	3	$127
4	Mackenzie Molner	12662506	2446	2469	NJ	W19	D1	W8	D2	3	$127
5	IM Justin Sarkar	12561884	2414	2427	NY	W12	W6	D3	H---	3	$127
6	IM Raymond Kaufman	20058328	2297	2306	MD	W20	L5	W13	W10	3	$127
7	IM Jay Bonin	10098327	2358	2356	NY	D17	W14	L1	W11	2½
8	Yaacov Norowitz	12566496	2354	2360	NJ	W22	D2	L4	W17	2½
9	Ildar Salakhutdinov	12985971	2343	2334	MI	D13	L17	W22	W15	2½
10	FM Asa Hoffmann	10076994	2295	2290	NY	W23	L3	W19	L6	2	$10
11	Ramon A Manon-Og Jr	14235205	2234	2228	PHI	L14	W12	W16	L7	2	$10
12	Nitai D Leve	12796261	2156	2158	NY	L5	L11	W23	W18	2	$10
13	Evan Z Rabin	12720571	2119	2130	MA	D9	W18	L6	D16	2	$10
14	Miguel Garcia	12919213	1713	1793	NY	W11	L7	L15	W19	2	$10 + $50 Upset Prize: Round 1
15	Raven M Sturt	12836880	2201	2194	NY	L2	D22	W14	L9	1½
16	Roy Greenberg	10054737	2200	2192	NJ	L3	W23	L11	D13	1½
17	Aaron Landesman	12913985	2130	2142	NY	D7	W9	L2	L8	1½
18	Oliver Chernin	10502772	2208	2192	CT	L1	L13	W20	L12	1
19	Sam Barsky	12550168	2160	2143	NY	L4	W20	L10	L14	1
20	Michael Layevskiy	12675402	1945	1948	NY	L6	L19	L18	W22	1
21	Lawrence Tamarkin	10116716	2000	2006	NY	U---	U---	U---	W23	1
22	Gregory J Kimmel	12709076	2123	2107	FL	L8	D15	L9	L20	½
23	WIM Shernaz Kennedy	11322000	1900	1884	NY	L10	L16	L12	L21	0

 

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

 

Thursday Members Only - Hulse atop the field

Brian Hulse leads the pack in the Members only tournament with the only perfect score. Dolly Teasley came close to pulling out an upset by fighting off a tremendous attack by Yefim Treger. It appeared as if Ms. Teasley would slowly steamroll her opponent off the board. But Mr. Treger found excellent counterplay, and the game ended in a hard fought draw.

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Thursday Members Only - Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	BRIAN HULSE	2203	W12	W6	2.0
2	YEFIM TREGER	2245	W10	D3	1.5
3	DOROTHY TEASLEY	2014	W15	D2	1.5
4	MARIAN WAXMAN	1993	W11	D7	1.5
5	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1925	W16	H---	1.5
6	GEORGE P BERG	2071	W14	L1	1.0
7	LAWRENCE CARLOS	2030	H---	D4	1.0
8	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2029	H---	D9	1.0
9	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	D8	1.0
10	EDWARD SCHER	1913	L2	W13	1.0
11	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L4	B---	1.0
12	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	1906	L1	H---	0.5
13	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L10	0.5
14	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	L6	D15	0.5
15	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L3	D14	0.5
16	KEN COHEN	1291	L5	U---	0.0

Thursday Members Only - Wallchart

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

Wednesday U2000, 2nd Round Results

Four players are still undefeated in the Wednesday U2000: David Kantey, Nicholas Cravotta, Jonathan Hidalgo, and Yaron Gvili.

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Marshall Wednesday Under 2000, Round 2

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	W23	W15	2.0
2	NICHOLAS CRAVOTTA	1804	W28	W17	2.0
3	JONATHAN HIDALGO	1707	W26	W10	2.0
4	YARON GVILI	unr.	W21	W13	2.0
5	MARCUS FENNER	1905	D16	W22	1.5
6	YUTA KAKUTANI	1792	H---	W24	1.5
7	RALPH A BUCCIANO	1774	D24	W25	1.5
8	KENNETH R COLLINS	1674	H---	W20	1.5
9	SERGE ADELSON	1919	L15	W27	1.0
10	ANATOLY TREGER	1903	W27	L3	1.0
11	MARK A SINZ	1859	D22	D16	1.0
12	JAMES A BLACK	1791	L17	W28	1.0
13	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1764	W18	L4	1.0
14	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	D20	D19	1.0
15	STEVEN THOMAS LAMB	1700	W9	L1	1.0
16	ZACHARY TANENBAUM	1575	D5	D11	1.0
17	THOMAS C WILLKENS	1356	W12	L2	1.0
18	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L13	B---	1.0
19	TONY S GONZALES	unr.	H---	D14	1.0
20	ERROL WHITLEY	1963	D14	L8	0.5
21	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L4	D26	0.5
22	BEN A KESSLER	1504	D11	L5	0.5
23	HOWARD PINN	1500	L1	H---	0.5
24	KEN COHEN	1291	D7	L6	0.5
25	HENRY MORI	1191	H---	L7	0.5
26	DELMAR L GATES	unr.	L3	D21	0.5
27	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L10	L9	0.0
28	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L2	L12	0.0

Monday U1600 - Papadopoulos takes all

In a showdown on board 1, Jim Papadopoulos took first place, stopping Guy Rawlins' four game winning streak. Results below:

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Monday U1600, 13 July through 10 August

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	J PAPADOPOULOS	1381	W15	W17	D9	W4	W2	4.5	186.00
2	GUY RAWLINS	1531	W24	W28	W6	W5	L1	4.0	101.00
3	PROSPERO A LUGO	1124	W10	L11	W18	W17	W9	4.0	101.00
4	IQBAL CHAKLADER	1554	H---	W23	W7	L1	W16	3.5	15.60
5	DANE A JACKSON	1542	W31	W18	W11	L2	H---	3.5	15.60
6	ZACHARY YOUNG	1442	W14	W20	L2	W10	H---	3.5	15.60
7	CASEY JACOBS	1028	D27	W12	L4	W13	W11	3.5	15.60
8	ELI SHALOM SHAUBI	unr.	L20	H---	W23	X12	W14	3.5	15.60
9	TAE KIM	1570	D23	W22	D1	X20	L3	3.0
10	STEVEN SPARBER	1359	L3	W21	W28	L6	W19	3.0
11	A GEORGE	1437	W21	W3	L5	H---	L7	2.5
12	E DIAZ-ALVAREZ	1281	H---	L7	W24	F8	W20	2.5
13	D KLEINBAUM	1250	L17	W30	H---	L7	W25	2.5
14	HENRY MORI	1197	L6	W26	W27	D19	L8	2.5
15	PEDRO GARCIA	1182	L1	D19	W31	L16	W23	2.5
16	KATJA SCHOLZ	948	W19	H---	L17	W15	L4	2.5
17	BARRY SCHNEITZER	1561	W13	L1	W16	L3	U---	2.0
18	WERNER BUHRER	1307	W25	L5	L3	W27	U---	2.0
19	KEN COHEN	1300	L16	D15	W22	D14	L10	2.0
20	BOUBAKAR FOFANA	1278	W8	L6	W25	F9	L12	2.0
21	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1186	L11	L10	W30	H---	H---	2.0
22	JORGE RODRIGUEZ	906	W26	L9	L19	U---	W30	2.0
23	ALBERTO SANTOS	1263	D9	L4	L8	W28	L15	1.5
24	DAVID BEAR SMITH	1212	L2	H---	L12	U---	W28	1.5
25	SARAH BUDOW	1004	L18	W31	L20	H---	L13	1.5
26	RAYMOND LEVITT	868	L22	L14	H---	L30	X31	1.5
27	CRAIG D BLIGEN	1336	D7	D29	L14	L18	U---	1.0
28	LEON LAI	1271	W30	L2	L10	L23	L24	1.0
29	RALPH J GODFREY	842	H---	D27	U---	U---	U---	1.0
30	SONIA F KAUFMAN	unr.	L28	L13	L21	W26	L22	1.0
31	HUGH JACOBSON	1232	L5	L25	L15	U---	F26	0.0

Jay Bonin didn't win the U.S. Open...

...but he did win the Marshall's "Not the U.S. Open", played over the weekend of August 8th and 9th, with 3.5 out of 4! Michael Thaler had a chance to catch Jay, as the two met head to head in the last round, but "The Bone" held Michael to a draw. Yefim Treger, Yevgeni Margulis, & Eigen Wang split 2nd and 3rd places with Michael Thaler. Current Marshall treasurer Jason Margiotta & Miles Hinson split the U2000 prize, with Bingjie Liu and the dark horse Henry Mori (rated 1191!) splitting the U1700 prize.

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Not the U.S. Open, 8-9 August, 2009

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	JAY BONIN	2358	W17	W5	W4	D2	3.5	114.00
2	MICHAEL THALER	2271	W20	W13	H---	D1	3.0	27.00
3	YEFIM TREGER	2245	W11	L4	W12	W15	3.0	27.00
4	YEVGENI MARGULIS	2153	W21	W3	L1	W6	3.0	27.00
5	EIGEN WANG	2129	W14	L1	W18	W11	3.0	27.00
6	GEORGE P BERG	2051	W22	W20	D8	L4	2.5
7	ILAN KREITNER	2000	H---	W19	D10	H---	2.5
8	BORIS PRIVMAN	2200	W16	D12	D6	U---	2.0
9	JAMES R WEST	2200	L12	D16	D17	W20	2.0
10	MITCHELL FITZKO	2079	W18	H---	D7	U---	2.0
11	LEVY ROZMAN	2038	L3	W21	W19	L5	2.0
12	MILES HINSON	1976	W9	D8	L3	H---	2.0	30.00
13	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1925	W15	L2	H---	H---	2.0	30.00
14	BINGJIE LIU	1605	L5	W17	L15	W22	2.0	25.00
15	HENRY MORI	1191	L13	B---	W14	L3	2.0	25.00
16	MICHAEL J HEHIR	2030	L8	D9	W21	U---	1.5
17	PAULO SANTANNA	2051	L1	L14	D9	H---	1.0
18	DANIEL A MAUS	1584	L10	W22	L5	U---	1.0
19	KIERNAN ROB MCVAY	1486	B---	L7	L11	U---	1.0
20	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L2	L6	D22	L9	0.5
21	LILIA MEIL POTEAT	1646	L4	L11	L16	H---	0.5
22	KEN COHEN	1291	L6	L18	D20	L14	0.5

Thursday Members Only Tournament

No surprises in Round 1 of the latest Members Only Tournament, as all the favourites won.

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Wallchart

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	YEFIM TREGER	B 8
	2245 12656884	1.0
2	BRIAN HULSE	W 9
	2203 10078644	1.0
3	GEORGE P BERG	B 10
	2071 12523517	1.0
4	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	bye
	2029 10136580	0.5
5	DOROTHY TEASLEY	W 11
	2014 10074258	1.0
6	MARIAN WAXMAN	B 12
	1993 10109540	1.0
7	JASON J MARGIOTTA	W 13
	1925 12520555	1.0
8	EDWARD SCHER	W 1
	1913 10076366	0.0
9	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	B 2	bye	bye
	1906 10078954	0.0
10	SANDRA OLIVER	W 3
	1717 12531739	0.0
11	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	B 5
	1552 12612788	0.0
12	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	W 6
	1381 12727388	0.0
13	KEN COHEN	B 7
	1291 10086353	0.0

Standings

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Tot
1	YEFIM TREGER	12656884	2245	W8	1.0
2	BRIAN HULSE	10078644	2203	W9	1.0
3	GEORGE P BERG	12523517	2071	W10	1.0
4	DOROTHY TEASLEY	10074258	2014	W11	1.0
5	MARIAN WAXMAN	10109540	1993	W12	1.0
6	JASON J MARGIOTTA	12520555	1925	W13	1.0
7	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	10136580	2029	H---	0.5
8	EDWARD SCHER	10076366	1913	L1	0.0
9	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	10078954	1906	L2	0.0
10	SANDRA OLIVER	12531739	1717	L3	0.0
11	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	12612788	1552	L4	0.0
12	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	12727388	1381	L5	0.0
13	KEN COHEN	10086353	1291	L6	0.0

The Wednesday U2000 Begins

Round 1 results of our weekly U2000 tournament, which began Wednesday, 5 August.

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#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Tot
1	ANATOLY TREGER	12688021	1903	W21	1.0
2	DAVID S KANTEY	10591848	1852	W22	1.0
3	NICHOLAS CRAVOTTA	12912700	1804	W23	1.0
4	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	13598130	1764	W24	1.0
5	JONATHAN HIDALGO	13597796	1707	W25	1.0
6	STEVEN THOMA LAMB	13492304	1700	W18	1.0
7	THOMAS C WILLKENS	12850652	1356	W19	1.0
8	YARON GVILI	14229820	unr.	W20	1.0
9	ERROL WHITLEY	12430631	1963	D13	0.5
10	MARCUS FENNER	12580150	1905	D14	0.5
11	MARK A SINZ	10481384	1859	D15	0.5
12	RALPH A BUCCIANO	12238620	1774	D16	0.5
13	GABRIEL RIGONO	10074819	1700	D9	0.5
14	ZACHARY TANENBAUM	13616253	1575	D10	0.5
15	BEN A KESSLER	12899201	1504	D11	0.5
16	KEN COHEN	10086353	1291	D12	0.5
17	TONY S GONZALES	14221740	unr.	H---	0.5
18	SERGE ADELSON	12590630	1919	L6	0.0
19	JAMES A BLACK	13696544	1791	L7	0.0
20	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	12459430	1700	L8	0.0
21	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	12612788	1552	L1	0.0
22	HOWARD PINN	12089560	1500	L2	0.0
23	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	12727388	1381	L3	0.0
24	CASEY JACOBS	14189801	1047	L4	0.0
25	DELMAR L GATES	14076896	unr.	L5	0.0

St. John's Masters Update - 21 July 09

Our very own Steve Immit writes:

"There were 26 players in this past Tuesday's July St. John's Masters tournament, including three GMs and two IMs. But at the end, there was only one Jay Bonin, who won the tournament, along with the $360 first prize, with a perfect 4-0 score. GM Jaan Ehlvest finished in clear second and $240 with 3½ points. Three players finished with 3 points: GM Mike Rohde, Ildar Salakhutdinov and 15-year-old Parker Zhao, taking home $95 a piece. Parker has been on a phenomenal white-hot streak lately, winning the last two Thursday Night "4 Rated Games Tonight!" tournaments with perfect scores, and ceding a lone draw to top-seed GM Leonid Yudasin, to win this past Sunday's Grandmaster Challenge. In his last four tournaments, Parker has scored a walloping 16½ out of a possible 18 points!!

FM Teddy Coleman locked up the $55 Biggest Upset prize for his second-round pasting of GM-elect Alex Lenderman.

The games on Board One in all four rounds, plus the last-round Board 2 game which gave second prize to GM Ehlvest, are attached.

The St. John's Masters tournaments are held on the third Tuesday of each month. The next edition will be at 7 pm on Tuesday August 18th. They are open to all players rated over 2100. Players rated under 2100 may also qualify to participate by scoring at least 2½ points in one of the four preceding "4 Rated Games Tonight!" Thursday Night Action tournaments since last month's St. John's Masters.

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

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#	Name	USCF ID	Rating	New Rating	State	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Prize
1	IM Jay Bonin	10098327	2426	2463	NY	W19	W21	W3	W7	4	$360
2	GM Jaan Ehlvest	12514557	2691	2690	NY	W13	D8	W11	W6	3½	$240
3	GM Michael A Rohde	10047871	2534	2533	NY	W14	W5	L1	W11	3	$95
4	Ildar Salakhutdinov	12985971	2370	2366	MI	L21	W16	W19	W13	3	$95
5	Parker B Zhao	12787319	2284	2299	NY	W15	L3	W21	W10	3	$95
6	IM Marc T Arnold	12770589	2442	2444	NY	W18	W9	D7	L2	2½
7	Igor Sorkin	12684250	2400	2398	NY	W20	W22	D6	L1	2½
8	Yaacov Norowitz	12566496	2340	2347	NJ	W25	D2	L10	W18	2½
9	Raven M Sturt	12836880	2170	2190	NY	W10	L6	W23	D12	2½
10	Mackenzie Molner	12662506	2443	2427	NJ	L9	W12	W8	L5	2
11	FM Teddy Coleman	12662799	2300	2311	NY	W23	W17	L2	L3	2	$65 Upset Prize: Round 2
12	FM Alec Getz	12805454	2288	2278	NY	D16	L10	W15	D9	2
13	Leif A Pressman	12693373	2228	2231	NY	L2	W20	W22	L4	2
14	Allen J Weiss	12706217	2210	2207	NY	L3	L23	W25	W21	2
15	Randel Eng	12922545	1911	1951	AZ	L5	W18	L12	W19	2
16	Joshua Colas	13242201	1995	2018	NY	D12	L4	W24	U---	1½
17	(GM) Alex Lenderman	12787646	2654	2633	NY	W24	L11	U---	U---	1
18	Sam Barsky	12550168	2159	2147	NY	L6	L15	W20	L8	1
19	Nitai D Leve	12796261	2109	2104	NY	L1	W26	L4	L15	1
20	Richard J Tuhrim	12782429	2106	2099	NY	L7	L13	L18	W22	1
21	Joshua Weinstein	12606101	2097	2099	NY	W4	L1	L5	L14	1
22	Nicholas Ryba	12937962	2066	2065	NY	W26	L7	L13	L20	1
23	Henry C Sobo	10102316	2013	2019	CT	L11	W14	L9	U---	1
24	Rafal Furdzik	12655955	2214	2199	NY	L17	D25	L16	U---	½
25	Arthur Macaspac	12644605	2093	2087	NJ	L8	D24	L14	U---	½
26	FM Asa Hoffmann	10076994	2314	2288	NY	L22	L19	U---	U---	0

Four Rated Games - Pressman Triumphs!

Leif Pressman achieved a perfect score in last Thursday's Four Rated Games, upsetting GM Rohde in round 2.

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#	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Grd	St	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Leif A Pressman	12693373	2228	2277		NY	W14	W3	W4	W6	4	114.84
2	Parker B Zhao	12787319	2284	2299		NY	W10	W12	D7	W8	3½	76.56
3	GM Michael A Rohde	10047871	2534	2526		NY	W9	L1	W15	W7	3	19.14
4	Ildar Salakhutdinov	12985971	2370	2368		MI	W24	W5	L1	W11	3	19.14
5	Sam Barsky	12550168	2159	2167		NY	W16	L4	W13	W14	3	36.37
6	Joshua Weinstein	12606101	2097	2119		NY	W30	W18	W17	L1	3	36.37
7	IM Jay Bonin	10098327	2426	2421		NY	W13	W11	D2	L3	2½
8	Evan Z Rabin	12720571	2109	2118		MA	W25	D17	W19	L2	2½
9	Arthur Macaspac	12644605	2093	2096		NJ	L3	W16	D10	W21	2½
10	Justus D Williams	13534356	1980	1991		NY	L2	W22	D9	W20	2½	65.08
11	Nitai D Leve	12796261	2109	2112		NY	W29	L7	W24	L4	2
12	Richard J Tuhrim	12782429	2106	2097		NY	W22	L2	D20	D15	2
13	Lamel Mc Bryde	12819797	2089	2084		NY	L7	W29	L5	W25	2
14	Scot D Mc Elheny	10150311	1928	1938		NJ	L1	W26	W18	L5	2
15	Randel Eng	12922545	1911	1929		AZ	D18	W28	L3	D12	2
16	Sriniva Ramanujam	12809190	1843	1866		NJ	L5	L9	W27	W24	2
17	FM Ilye Figler	12713319	2275	2263		NY	W20	D8	L6	U---	1½
18	Oliver Chernin	10502772	2218	2192		CT	D15	L6	L14	W28	1½
19	Raven M Sturt	12836880	2170	2163		NY	H---	W21	L8	U---	1½
20	Michael Layevskiy	12675402	1971	1964		NY	L17	W30	D12	L10	1½
21	Max Yarmolinsky	12895523	1844	1843		MA	H---	L19	W28	L9	1½
22	Gordon Yang	13264415	1664	1665		NY	L12	L10	W30	H---	1½
23	Jonathan Corbblah	12758690	2147	2148		NY	W26	U---	U---	U---	1
24	Paulo Santanna	12891989	2051	2032		NJ	L4	W25	L11	L16	1
25	John C Henry	12520661	1696	1690		NY	L8	L24	W26	L13	1
26	Zacha Schlesinger	12828220	1221	1268		NY	L23	L14	L25	W30	1
27	Gabor r/e Schnitzler	10104874	1777	1767		NY	H---	U---	L16	U---	½
28	Polly P Wright	11041957	1700	1685		NY	H---	L15	L21	L18	½
29	Gabor Schnitzler	10104874	1777	1770		NY	L11	L13	U---	U---	0
30	Jonathan Tai	12886536	1503	1465		NY	L6	L20	L22	L26	0

4-way tie for first!

This Sunday's tournament saw a four-split for first place between GM Michael Rohde, IM Yury Lapshun, Sam Barsky, and Yevgeni Margulis, who upset IM Jay Bonin in the last round. A minor upset also occurred in round 3, where Parker Zhao held GM Rohde to a draw.

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#	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	GM MICHAEL A ROHDE	10047871	2530	2531	W9	W11	D5	D2	W7	4.0	$70.00
2	IM YURY LAPSHUN	12548533	2504	2508	W12	W8	W6	D1	D5	4.0	$70.00
3	SAM BARSKY	12550168	2160	2176	W21	L6	W14	W8	W12	4.0	$70.00
4	YEVGENI MARGULIS	12659488	2153	2182	W22	L5	W13	W11	W6	4.0	$70.00
5	PARKER BI GU ZHAO	12787319	2283	2305	W14	W4	D1	D7	D2	3.5
6	IM JAY BONIN	10098327	2358	2343	W13	W3	L2	W9	L4	3.0
7	YEFIM TREGER	12656884	2245	2249	W15	W18	D11	D5	L1	3.0
8	JAMES R WEST	10044812	2200	2188	W20	L2	W10	L3	W17	3.0
9	MATTHEW MEREDITH	10031443	2034	2038	L1	W16	W17	L6	W14	3.0
10	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	12675402	1945	1944	H---	D17	L8	W19	W15	3.0	$51.00
11	RAVEN M STURT	12836880	2201	2187	W16	L1	D7	L4	X19	2.5
12	EVE V LITVAK	12799901	1963	1970	L2	W20	D19	W18	L3	2.5
13	SRINIVA RAMANUJAM	12809190	1864	1830	L6	W21	L4	L17	W22	2.0
14	WILLIAM FISHER	12910347	1798	1792	L5	W22	L3	W21	L9	2.0
15	GABOR SCHNITZLER	10104874	1793	1783	L7	L19	W16	W22	L10	2.0
16	ERIC BOBROW	13461254	1644	1633	L11	L9	L15	W20	W21	2.0
17	DANIEL ELKIND	12710959	1222	1268	H---	D10	L9	W13	L8	2.0
18	MITCHELL FITZKO	10105544	2079	2056	W19	L7	H---	L12	U---	1.5
19	ILYA LEVITOV	14220814	unr.	1845	L18	W15	D12	L10	F11	1.5
20	HENRY MORI	13879677	1191	1184	L8	L12	L22	L16	B---	1.0
21	AMANDA ARVIN	14030795	988	987	L3	L13	B---	L14	L16	1.0
22	ARIEH BOBROW	14234615	unr.	1519	L4	L14	W20	L15	L13	1.0

Barbosa Perfect!

Oliver Barbosa scored a perfect 4 out of 4 in this Saturday's tournament, winning $136. Second was David Adelberg, with 3.5, taking home $80, and third was Erez Klein, winning $57. But the surprise of the tournament was Benito Kestelman, rated only 1083, who won the U1700 prize of $68 with a 2.0 score.

Congratulations to everyone for an exciting tournament!

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#	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	OLIVER A BARBOSA	12774447	2606	2617	W14	W11	W17	W5	4.0	136.00
2	DAVID ADELBERG	12937309	2171	2175	D19	W21	W9	W8	3.5	80.00
3	EREZ N KLEIN	12443402	2266	2264	W23	D4	W18	H---	3.0	57.00
4	ERIC N LIAO	12820710	1995	2038	W22	D3	D6	W11	3.0	68.00
5	JAY BONIN	10098327	2358	2348	W15	D8	W12	L1	2.5
6	DANIEL L LOWINGER	12616022	2205	2194	H---	W13	D4	D10	2.5
7	EIGEN WANG	12867312	2129	2116	W20	D9	L8	W14	2.5
8	MATTHEW MEREDITH	10031443	2034	2057	W28	D5	W7	L2	2.5
9	EDWARD P KOPIECKI	10108004	1983	1988	W26	D7	L2	W19	2.5
10	ROBERT DENUNZIO	12847697	1854	1876	L17	W24	W20	D6	2.5
11	SAM BARSKY	12550168	2160	2145	W27	L1	W23	L4	2.0
12	ILAN KREITNER	10118492	2000	1987	D21	W19	L5	H---	2.0
13	NOLAN KORDSMEIER	12774556	1940	1914	W16	L6	L15	W24	2.0
14	WILLIAM WIJAYA	12515561	1913	1914	L1	W27	W16	L7	2.0
15	WILLIAM FISHER	12910347	1798	1822	L5	W28	W13	U---	2.0
16	BENITO KESTELMAN	13738904	1083	1114	L13	B---	L14	W23	2.0	68.00
17	MICHAEL A ROHDE	10047871	2530	2517	W10	D18	L1	U---	1.5
18	JUSTIN KARP	12801732	2013	2022	W24	D17	L3	U---	1.5
19	MALIK PERRY	13495352	1750	1753	D2	L12	W21	L9	1.5
20	LUCAS ZHENG	12777592	1667	1648	L7	W26	L10	D22	1.5
21	MICHAEL LIM	13701827	1341	1372	D12	L2	L19	W28	1.5
22	MATTHEW LIM	13701860	1326	1355	L4	L23	W28	D20	1.5
23	JAMES A BLACK	13696544	1791	1756	L3	W22	L11	L16	1.0
24	REVA SHREE SINGH	13551611	1392	1399	L18	L10	W26	L13	1.0
25	DAN ADELBERG FILLER	13469658	1477	1469	U---	U---	U---	D26	0.5
26	KEN COHEN	10086353	1291	1283	L9	L20	L24	D25	0.5
27	ILYA LEVITOV	14220814	1713	1703	L11	L14	U---	U---	0.0
28	KENNETH BANEY JR	12423804	1406	1364	L8	L15	L22	L21	0.0