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!"

Click to show the crosstable

#	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