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

Wednesday U2000 Results

Yuta Kakutani reeled off four straight wins and emerged victorious with a final score of 4.5 out of 5. Jonathan Hidalgo and Kenneth Collins split 2nd and 3rd place with 4 points apiece.

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Marshall CC Wednesday U2000 8/05/09 - 9/2/09; Final Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	YUTA KAKUTANI	1792	H---	W21	W7	W8	W5	4.5
2	JONATHAN HIDALGO	1707	W23	W11	L8	W10	W6	4.0
3	KENNETH R COLLINS	1674	H---	W28	H---	W9	W8	4.0
4	STEVEN THOMAS LAMB	1700	W6	L8	D11	W23	W14	3.5
5	YARON GVILI	unr.	W12	W9	W16	H---	L1	3.5
6	SERGE ADELSON	1919	L4	W19	W17	W18	L2	3.0
7	MARCUS FENNER	1905	D26	W13	L1	H---	W15	3.0
8	DAVID S KANTEY	1852	W20	W4	W2	L1	L3	3.0
9	RAHW ABDUL-RAHMAN	1764	W15	L5	W25	L3	W18	3.0
10	TONY S GONZALES	unr.	H---	D18	W24	L2	W17	3.0
11	ANATOLY TREGER	1903	W19	L2	D4	L14	W23	2.5
12	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L5	D23	D15	W25	D13	2.5
13	BEN A KESSLER	1504	D22	L7	W21	D17	D12	2.5
14	THOMAS C WILLKENS	1356	W24	L16	H---	W11	L4	2.5
15	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L9	B---	D12	B---	L7	2.5
16	NICHOLAS CRAVOTTA	1804	W27	W14	L5	U---	U---	2.0
17	RALPH A BUCCIANO	1774	D21	W29	L6	D13	L10	2.0
18	GABRIEL RIGONO	1700	D28	D10	W26	L6	L9	2.0
19	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L11	L6	W29	L20	W27	2.0
20	HOWARD PINN	1500	L8	H---	L23	W19	D21	2.0
21	KEN COHEN	1291	D17	L1	L13	B---	D20	2.0
22	MARK A SINZ	1859	D13	D26	H---	U---	U---	1.5
23	DELMAR L GATES	unr.	L2	D12	W20	L4	L11	1.5
24	JAMES A BLACK	1791	L14	W27	L10	U---	U---	1.0
25	JOSEPH FORTUNATO	1588	H---	H---	L9	L12	U---	1.0
26	ZACHARY TANENBAUM	1575	D7	D22	L18	U---	U---	1.0
27	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L16	L24	W30	U---	L19	1.0
28	ERROL WHITLEY	1963	D18	L3	U---	U---	U---	0.5
29	HENRY MORI	1191	H---	L17	L19	U---	U---	0.5
30	SAUL PRIEVER FILLER	1659	U---	U---	L27	U---	U---	0.0

Monday Under 1600

Guy Rawlings is leading the field with a perfect 3.0 score. Alex Genadinik and Ean Fonseca are hot on his heels with 2.5.

Monday players, please remember the Marshall Chess Club is closed this Monday, Labor Day, 7 September. Round 4 is Monday, 14 September.

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Marshall CC Monday U1600, Round 3 Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	GUY RAWLINS	1498	W19	W12	W4	3.0
2	ALEX GENADINIK	1539	W21	D11	W5	2.5
3	EAN FONSECA	1487	D7	W18	W11	2.5
4	IQBAL CHAKLADER	1554	W6	W10	L1	2.0
5	WILLIAM K HO	1432	W13	W17	L2	2.0
6	ENRIQUE DIAZ-ALVAREZ	1281	L4	W22	W17	2.0
7	ROBERT D VINSON	1123	D3	W20	D9	2.0
8	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L10	W19	X20	2.0
9	DANE A JACKSON	1540	L17	W14	D7	1.5
10	ALBERTO SANTOS	1327	W8	L4	D12	1.5
11	WERNER BUHRER	1307	W22	D2	L3	1.5
12	KEN COHEN	1291	W23	L1	D10	1.5
13	LUIS FONSECA	1149	L5	W23	H---	1.5
14	STEPHEN MOORE	1105	H---	L9	W23	1.5
15	MICHAEL MORIN	926	L16	W21	H---	1.5
16	SAUL-FILLER PRIEVER	1659	W15	U---	U---	1.0
17	DAVID BEAR SMITH	1212	W9	L5	L6	1.0
18	JIM FERRAIUOLO	1186	H---	L3	H---	1.0
19	YVETTE G DONATO	1183	L1	L8	B---	1.0
20	JOSEPH MC NIESH	1377	H---	L7	F8	0.5
21	LEON LAI	1183	L2	L15	H---	0.5
22	CHRISTINA S CRUMP	873	L11	L6	H---	0.5
23	SONIA F KAUFMAN	unr.	L12	L13	L14	0.0

August Grand Prix, 29 & 30 August

The favourites came through in the August GP, as the highest seeds, IM Laphsun, IM Sarkar, and FM Sorkin split all three prizes with 3.5 out of 4, taking home $141.67 each.

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August Grand Prix 29 August & 30 August

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	YURY LAPSHUN	2504	H---	W11	W7	W4	3.5	141.67
2	IGOR SORKIN	2426	W19	D3	W20	W11	3.5	141.67
3	JUSTIN SARKAR	2414	W25	D2	W8	W9	3.5	141.67
4	JAY BONIN	2358	W21	W12	W5	L1	3.0
5	KASSA KORLEY	2233	W22	W13	L4	W12	3.0
6	YEFIM TREGER	2245	W16	D8	L9	W21	2.5
7	EIGEN WANG	2129	W26	D9	L1	W14	2.5	50.00
8	SARATHI RAY	2042	W30	D6	L3	W23	2.5	50.00
9	MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY	1945	W23	D7	W6	L3	2.5	50.00
10	ALEXANDER H KAMEN	1467	L20	W27	W16	H---	2.5	50.00
11	VLADI MILOSLAVSKY	2305	W18	L1	W15	L2	2.0
12	GEORGE P BERG	2051	W28	L4	W17	L5	2.0
13	ALENA KATS	2032	W27	L5	W18	U---	2.0
14	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1925	W29	L15	W25	L7	2.0
15	CHRISTOPHE SUGINO	1900	D24	W14	L11	H---	2.0
16	AKIM J WILLIAMS	1857	L6	W30	L10	W28	2.0
17	YUTA KAKUTANI	1792	H---	D21	L12	W26	2.0
18	IAN S FLEISCHMAN	1748	L11	B---	L13	W25	2.0
19	PETER GILRUTH	2209	L2	L25	W30	H---	1.5
20	MITCHELL FITZKO	2079	W10	H---	L2	U---	1.5
21	SA DAPUL-WEBERMAN	1877	L4	D17	W29	L6	1.5
22	MICHAEL GUTIERREZ	1700	L5	D28	L23	W30	1.5
23	PROSPERO A LUGO	1124	L9	D26	W22	L8	1.5
24	ILYA LEVITOV	unr.	D15	H---	H---	U---	1.5
25	YEVGENI MARGULIS	2153	L3	W19	L14	L18	1.0
26	SAUL PRIEVER	1659	L7	D23	D28	L17	1.0
27	HENRY MORI	1191	L13	L10	B---	U---	1.0
28	CASEY JACOBS	1047	L12	D22	D26	L16	1.0
29	RALPH J GODFREY	842	L14	B---	L21	U---	1.0
30	JOHN L TELLIS	1347	L8	L16	L19	L22	0.0

Member's Only - Four way tie for first

First place is completely up for grabs as Yefim Treger, Brian Hulse, George Berg, and Jason Margiotta are tied with 3 points going into the last round.

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Thursday Members Only Tournament Standings: 6-August through 3-September

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	YEFIM TREGER	2245	W9	D7	W2	D5	3.0
2	BRIAN HULSE	2203	W10	W3	L1	W8	3.0
3	GEORGE P BERG	2071	W14	L2	W9	W7	3.0
4	JASON J MARGIOTTA	1925	W16	H---	H---	W11	3.0
5	EDWARD A FRUMKIN	2029	H---	D6	W15	D1	2.5
6	MARC WIDMAIER	1953	H---	D5	H---	W12	2.5
7	DOROTHY TEASLEY	2014	W12	D1	D8	L3	2.0
8	MARIAN WAXMAN	1993	W15	D11	D7	L2	2.0
9	EDWARD SCHER	1913	L1	W13	L3	W15	2.0
10	JEFFREY TANNENBAUM	1906	L2	H---	H---	W13	2.0
11	LAWRENCE CARLOS	2030	H---	D8	H---	L4	1.5
12	FIDEL DE LOS SANTOS	1552	L7	D14	B---	L6	1.5
13	PAUL T DOGANGES	1800	H---	L9	D14	L10	1.0
14	SANDRA OLIVER	1717	L3	D12	D13	U---	1.0
15	JIM PAPADOPOULOS	1381	L8	B---	L5	L9	1.0
16	KEN COHEN	1291	L4	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Wall Chart

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