Monday Under-1600 Ends In Tie

The Marshall Monday Night Under-1600 ended in multi-way ties for both first place and top under-1300. First place was a tie between Joseph Fortunato, Guy Rawlins and Tyson Francis Mao, each with a score of 4 Points in 5 Rounds, each winning $84.33. The Prize for the best score for those rated Under 1300 was a five way tie between Efrain Diaz, Werner Buhrer, Douglas Hare, Randy Dorleans, and Ean Fonseca, each with a score of 3 points, each winning $12.60.

The next Under-1600 starts Monday December 1. It's open to all players rated under 1600 or unrated; register by 6:45PM. One game is played every Monday at 7 PM at a time limit of 90 minutes sudden death.

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Standings. Marshall CC Monday U 1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Joseph Fortunato	1551	1561	W17	W12	D4	H---	W6	4.0	84.33
2	Guy Rawlins	1529	1528	W18	L4	W11	W13	W8	4.0	84.33
3	Tyson Francis Mao	1419	1439	W19	H---	W16	W8	H---	4.0	84.33
4	James A Black	1410	1427	W14	W2	D1	L6	W10	3.5
5	Ken Cohen	1412	1380	L10	W14	D9	D7	W13	3.0
6	Efrain Diaz	1274	1308	H---	H---	W15	W4	L1	3.0	12.60
7	Werner Buhrer	1269	1294	H---	W10	L8	D5	W12	3.0	12.60
8	Douglas Hare	1243	1265	W15	B---	W7	L3	L2	3.0	12.60
9	Randy Dorleans	1114	1188	L12	W19	D5	W17	D11	3.0	12.60
10	Ean Fonseca	1063	1204	W5	L7	W12	W16	L4	3.0	12.60
11	Alexander H Kamen	1343	1334	H---	H---	L2	W18	D9	2.5
12	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1351	W9	L1	L10	W14	L7	2.0
13	Demosthenes Sfakianakis	1201	1187	H---	W21	H---	L2	L5	2.0
14	Adrian Durkin	688	748	L4	L5	W19	L12	W20	2.0
15	James King	unr.	1167	L8	W18	L6	X19	U---	2.0
16	David B Smith	1220	1191	H---	W20	L3	L10	U---	1.5
17	Derek C Kleinbaum	1179	1157	L1	H---	W20	L9	U---	1.5
18	Jim Ferraiuolo	1102	1077	L2	L15	W21	L11	U---	1.0
19	Ralph J Godfrey	1088	1031	L3	L9	L14	F15	B---	1.0
20	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	352	H---	L16	L17	U---	L14	0.5
21	Alfred Groner	unr.	677	H---	L13	L18	U---	U---	0.5

"What A Turkey" a Cornucopia of Chess

The Chess Center of New York's "What a Turkey" slow Swiss drew over 60 players to the Marshall Chess Club on the weekend of November 22-23.

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili and IM Alex Lenderman celebrated Thanksgiving early by tying for first in the Open section with 3 1/₂ out of 4, good for $305 each. Third prize was shared by GM Sergey Kudrin, IM Justin Sarkar and Yefim Treger who scored 3-1 and took home $34 each. Denys Lesyk and Robert Guevara split the Under-2200 prize ($51 each) with 2 1/₂. 34 players plus a reanimated Treger participated.

In the Under-2000 section, David Spigel, Frank Paciulli, and Jasmine Grant tied for first with 3 1/₂, good for $102 each. Namchul Shin and Jacob Berman won the Under-1800 prize, $51 apiece. There were 28 players and a surplus Moazami.

The entire feast was directed by Steve Immitt, and the crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Pressman Proves Point

NM Leif Pressman won the Chess Center of New York's "Prove Your Point" on Saturday November 22. His a 3-0 score was worth $40. Raven Sturt and NM Kassa Korley picked up $10 for going 2-1. Eight players participated under the direction of Steve Immitt. The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Zhe Quan Blitzes Rapids

FM Zhe Quan won the Friday Night Rapids on November 21 with a score of 12-1, losing only to FM Asa Hoffmann. 2nd place went to NM Yefim Treger, and 3rd was split among FM Asa Hoffmann and NM David Zimmer. Andre Lopez won the U2000 prize convincingly, winning 8.5/13 of his games. Fourteen players participated.

Rohde and Lenderman Win Ten Grand Prix Points Tonight

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili won the "Four Rated"--no, wait, that's all wrong. GM Michael Rohde and IM Alex Lenderman ended Kacheishvili's streak of first place finishes in the Chess Center of New York's "Four Rated Games Tonight" on Thursday November 20. (This week's edition was officially titled "Ten Grand Prix Points Tonight".) Rohde beat Kacheishvili in the final round and joined Lenderman (who drew with GM Sergey Kudrin) in the winner's circle with 3 1/₂ points. They each earned $155.

Tied for third with 3-1 were GM Sergey Kudrin and FM Zhe Quan ($22 each), along with NM Yevgeni Margulis and Evan Rabin ($45 each in Under-2200 money). Bora Yagiz won the Under-2000 prize ($82) with 2 1/₂.

The field was 30 players plus a bonus Schnitzler, and Steve Immitt directed. The next tournament is December 4--you're assumed to have something better to do next Thursday.

The crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Berg Cruises to Victory in Thursday Night Swiss

NM George Berg drew his final-round game against Marian Waxman to wrap up sole first prize in the Marshall Thursday Night Members-Only Swiss with a 4-1 score. NM Brian Hulse won his game to finish second a half-point back. First prize was $66 and second was $38.

IM Renato Naranja, NM Ed Gaillard, Marian Waxman, and Edward Moscovic tied for third with 3-2. Naranja and Gaillard won $13.50 each and Waxman and Moscovic split the Under-2000 prize of $16.50 apiece.

The next Thursday Night Swiss begins on December 4 and runs through January 15; no rounds on December 25 or January 1. It's open to all Marshall members and one game is played every Thursday at 7:00 PM with a time limit of 30/90, SD/60.

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Standings. Thursday Members Only

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	George P Berg	2066	2089	W11	D2	W4	W3	D5	4.0	66.00
2	Brian Hulse	2201	2196	W10	D1	L3	W6	W8	3.5	38.00
3	Renato C Naranja	2210	2205	W8	W7	W2	L1	L4	3.0	13.50
4	Edward A Gaillard	2149	2150	H---	H---	L1	W9	W3	3.0	13.50
5	Marian Waxman	1975	1973	H---	D6	W9	D7	D1	3.0	16.50
6	Edward A Moscovic	1656	1683	H---	D5	W11	L2	W9	3.0	16.50
7	Edward A Frumkin	2012	2014	W9	L3	W8	D5	U---	2.5
8	Edward Scher	1971	1958	L3	W11	L7	B---	L2	2.0
9	Ken Cohen	1412	1403	L7	B---	L5	L4	L6	1.0
10	Jerry J Monaco	1730	1728	L2	H---	U---	U---	U---	0.5
11	Sandra Oliver	1683	1664	L1	L8	L6	U---	U---	0.0

Whitley, Moore, and Molina Win Wednesday Under 2000

Turpana Molina, who was seeded 20th out of the 20 players with a rating of 923, defeated Errol Whitley (1956), who had a perfect 4-0 score, to tie with Whitley and Dennis Moore for first prize in the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000. The three won $82.33 each for their 4-1 scores.

Tied for fourth a half-point behind the leaders were Anatoly Treger, Mark Sinz, and Linda Diaz. They earned $16.67 apiece.

The next Wednesday Under-2000 begins November 26th (register by 6:45 PM, please) and will be a four-round event instead of the usual five. The event is open to all players rated under 2000 or unrated. One game is played every week at 7 PM, at a time limit of 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by one hour sudden death.

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Standings. Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Errol Whitley	1956	1961	W11	W5	W2	W8	L3	4.0	82.33
2	Dennis R Moore	1907	1925	W12	W6	L1	W4	W7	4.0	82.33
3	Turpana Molina	923	1162	L10	W14	X19	W15	W1	4.0	82.33
4	Anatoly Treger	1860	1865	D13	W20	W7	L2	W9	3.5	16.67
5	Mark A Sinz	1831	1842	W15	L1	W13	D9	W8	3.5	16.67
6	Linda V Diaz	1800	1806	W18	L2	H---	W10	W14	3.5	16.67
7	Vladimir Gramagin	1851	1842	W14	W10	L4	H---	L2	2.5
8	Paul Rachlin	1841	1833	W17	W16	H---	L1	L5	2.5
9	William Dubinsky	1807	1805	H---	H---	W12	D5	L4	2.5
10	Gabriel Rigono	1711	1679	W3	L7	L15	L6	W18	2.0
11	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1672	L1	L13	X20	L12	W15	2.0
12	Kenneth R Collins	1625	1635	L2	W18	L9	W11	U---	2.0
13	Mor Murray-miller	1616	1635	D4	W11	L5	H---	U---	2.0
14	Kyle Moon	1585	1561	L7	L3	W18	W19	L6	2.0
15	Fid De Los Santos	1513	1511	L5	W17	W10	L3	L11	2.0
16	Jerry J Monaco	1730	1724	W19	L8	U---	U---	U---	1.0
17	Howard Pinn	1538	1517	L8	L15	H---	H---	U---	1.0
18	Ken Cohen	1412	1385	L6	L12	L14	B---	L10	1.0
19	James A Black	1410	1395	L16	H---	F3	L14	U---	0.5
20	Khadeejah Gray	1368	1366	H---	L4	F11	U---	U---	0.5

Yudasin and Rohde Win St. John's Masters

Grandmasters Leonid Yudasin and Michael Rohde shared 1st/2nd prize at the St. John's Masters on Tuesday November 18. Each scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to outdistance a field of 23 players and win $250.

GM Georgi Kacheishvili finished clear 3rd with 3 points ($100), and Evan Rosenberg, Yaacov Norowitz, Yevgeni Margulis, Dan Lowinger (all NMs), and Nitai Leve each won a $30 share of the Under 2400 + Under 2300 prizes with 2 1/₂. Lowinger also won the additional $50 upset prize for his first round victory over IM Justin Sarkar. The full crosstable is available from the USCF website.

Here are Kacheishvili's games. He played on Board 1 in Rounds 1-3 and Board 2 in round 4--due to the quick last-round draw on Board 1 between Rohde and Yudasin, the we're showing his thumping of IM Alex Lenderman, to finish in 3rd, instead.



Thanks again to our sponsor, St. John's University; Dr. Frank Brady, the organizer; Chief Tournament Director Steve Immitt; Ed Frumkin who assisted with the tournament directing; and Michael Karon, who assisted with the scorekeeping and move relaying for ICC, which broadcast the top Board games live each round.

The next monthly edition of the St. John's Masters tournament will again be on the third Tuesday of the month, December 16th, at 7:00 pm, and you'll again be able to follow the top games live on ICC each round if you can't make it to the Club.

(Thanks to Steve Immitt for sending the results and games, and writing most of the report.)

Mao Leads Under-1600

Tyson Mao moved into the lead with 31/₂ points after four rounds of the Monday Under-1600. Five players are tied for second a half-point behind: Joseph Fortunato, Guy Rawlins, Efrain Diaz, Douglas Hare, and Ean Fonseca. The final round will be next Monday, November 24, at 7 PM.

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Standings. Marshall CC Monday Under 1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Tyson Francis Mao	1419	1440	W21	H---	W15	W5	3.5
2	Joseph Fortunato	1551	1556	W16	W10	D7	H---	3.0
3	Guy Rawlins	1529	1523	W17	L7	W11	W13	3.0
4	Efrain Diaz	1274	1326	H---	H---	W14	W7	3.0
5	Douglas Hare	1243	1271	W14	B---	W12	L1	3.0
6	Ean Fonseca	1063	1227	W9	L12	W10	W15	3.0
7	James A Black	1410	1419	W18	W3	D2	L4	2.5
8	Randy Dorleans	1114	1174	L10	W21	D9	W16	2.5
9	Ken Cohen	1412	1370	L6	W18	D8	D12	2.0
10	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1372	W8	L2	L6	W18	2.0
11	Alexander H Kamen	1343	1340	H---	H---	L3	W17	2.0
12	Werner Buhrer	1269	1272	H---	W6	L5	D9	2.0
13	Demosthenes Sfakianakis	1201	1198	H---	W20	H---	L3	2.0
14	James King	unr.	1173	L5	W17	L4	X21	2.0
15	David B Smith	1220	1194	H---	W19	L1	L6	1.5
16	Derek C Kleinbaum	1179	1157	L2	H---	W19	L8	1.5
17	Jim Ferraiuolo	1102	1076	L3	L14	W20	L11	1.0
18	Adrian Durkin	688	748	L7	L9	W21	L10	1.0
19	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	750	H---	L15	L16	U---	0.5
20	Alfred Groner	unr.	676	H---	L13	L17	U---	0.5
21	Ralph J Godfrey	1088	1027	L1	L8	L18	F14	0.0

Bonin and Figler Win November Open

Im Jay Bonin and FM Ilye Figler scored 3 1/₂ out of 4 to share first place in the Marshall Chess Club November Open (November 15-16). They collected $83 each in prize money.

Three players tied for third place with 3 points: FM Boris Privman and NM Yevgeni Margulis collected $22 apiece, while Christopher Wu won the under-2000 prize of $57.

Alice Dong and Abraham Kunin shared the under-1800 prize, scoring 2 points and collecting $24.

Leif Pressman directed the 21-player event.

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Marshall CC November Open

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Jay Bonin	2409	2412	W21	D8	W9	W4	3.5	83.00
2	Ilye Figler	2332	2342	W16	W6	H---	W8	3.5	83.00
3	Boris Privman	2210	2212	W10	W5	L4	W9	3.0	22.00
4	Yevgeni Margulis	2192	2203	W13	W7	W3	L1	3.0	22.00
5	Christopher Wu	1935	1947	W11	L3	W15	W10	3.0	57.00
6	George P Berg	2089	2091	W18	L2	D8	W14	2.5
7	Justin D Karp	2045	2043	W15	L4	W11	H---	2.5
8	Yefim Treger	2269	2263	W17	D1	D6	L2	2.0
9	Denys Lesyk	2041	2046	W19	W20	L1	L3	2.0
10	Jake S Miller	1930	1920	L3	W12	W19	L5	2.0
11	Alice Dong	1629	1638	L5	B---	L7	W17	2.0	24.00
12	Abraham Kunin	1454	1476	B---	L10	D14	D13	2.0	24.00
13	Terence P Lamb	1881	1855	L4	L15	W18	D12	1.5
14	Michael Mendez Jr	1684	1690	D20	D21	D12	L6	1.5
15	Daniel B Nussbaum	1643	1658	L7	W13	L5	H---	1.5
16	Yuta Kakutani	1732	1733	L2	W18	U---	U---	1.0
17	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1660	L8	L19	X20	L11	1.0
18	Ken Cohen	1330	1324	L6	L16	L13	B---	1.0
19	Reva Shree Singh	1271	1308	L9	W17	L10	U---	1.0
20	Evan Z Rabin	2178	2161	D14	L9	F17	U---	0.5
21	Jason J Margiotta	1779	1775	L1	D14	U---	U---	0.5

Lenderman Wins Rapids

IM Alex Lenderman topped a 12-player field in the Friday Night Super Rapids.

Kacheishvili Wins "Four Rated Games Tonight"

Wait, didn't I use that headline last week? Yes indeed. This time (Thursday November 13) GM Giorgi Kacheishvili scored 3 1/₂ points to win the Chess Center of New York's "Four Rated Games Tonight", giving up only a draw to IM Jay Bonin in the last round. Kacheishvili collected $100 for the victory.

Second place at 3-1 was shared by GM Maurice Ashley (in his first US tournament appearance in two years), IM Jay Bonin, FM Ilye Figler. NM Yevgeni Margulis, and Shalva Khaburzania. Each picked up $33. Akollo Odundo won the under-2000 prize ($57) with 2 1/₂.

Andre Harding directed the 24-player action event. The USCF website has the crosstable.

Berg Surges In Thursday-Night Members' Open

NM George Berg beat IM Renato Naranja to take the lead in the Marshall Thursday Night Member' Open. Berg has 3 1/₂ points out of 4, while Naranja is the sole occupant of second place with 3 points. NM Brian Hulse, NM Ed Frumkin, and Marian Waxman are tied for third with 2 1/₂. One more round remains to be played next Thursday.

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SwissSys Wall Chart. Thursday Members Only

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Renato C Naranja	B 7	W 5	B 2	W 4
	2210 13024036	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
2	Brian Hulse	W 8	B 4	W 1	B 10
	2201 10078644	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5
3	Edward A Gaillard	bye	bye	W 4	B 11
	2149 10105552	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0
4	George P Berg	B 9	W 2	B 3	B 1
	2066 12523517	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5
5	Edward A Frumkin	W 11	B 1	W 7	B 6
	2012 10136580	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
6	Marian Waxman	bye	W 10	B 11	W 5
	1975 10109540	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
7	Edward Scher	W 1	B 9	B 5	bye
	1971 10076366	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
8	Jerry J Monaco	B 2	bye	----	----	----
	1730 12547456	0.0	0.5	U0.5	U0.5
9	Sandra Oliver	W 4	W 7	B 10	----
	1683 12531739	0.0	0.0	0.0	U0.0
10	Edward A Moscovic	bye	B 6	W 9	W 2
	1656 10098530	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
11	Ken Cohen	B 5	bye	W 6	W 3
	1412 10086353	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

Whitley Leads Under-2000

Errol Whitley continued his winning ways in the Wednesday Under-2000, running his score to 4-0 and guaranteeing at least a tie for first place. Whitley is a full point ahead of the field going into next week's final round.

Molina, the lowest rated player on the wallchart at 923, scored a 580-point upset win over Fidel De Los Santos to move into a tie for second with Dennis Moore at 3-1. Earlier in the event, Molina scored a 662-point upset win, as well.

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Wall Chart. Wednesday U2000

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Errol Whitley	B 11	W 6	B 2	W 5
	1956 12430631	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
2	Dennis R Moore	W 12	B 8	W 1	B 3
	1907 12422575	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
3	Anatoly Treger	B 13	W 19	B 4	W 2
	1860 12688021	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.5
4	Vladimir Gramagin	W 14	B 10	W 3	bye
	1851 12938516	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5
5	Paul Rachlin	B 15	W 9	bye	B 1
	1841 12491761	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5
6	Mark A Sinz	W 16	B 1	B 13	W 7
	1831 10481384	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
7	William Dubinsky	bye	bye	W 12	B 6
	1807 12043220	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
8	Linda V Diaz	B 17	W 2	bye	B 10
	1800 12908194	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
9	Jerry J Monaco	W 18	B 5	----	----	----
	1730 12547456	1.0	1.0	U1.0	U1.0
10	Gabriel Rigono	B 20	W 4	B 16	W 8
	1711 10074819	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
11	Michael Gutierrez	W 1	W 13	- 19	B 12
	1700 12459430	0.0	0.0	X1.0	1.0
12	Kenneth R Collins	B 2	W 17	B 7	W 11
	1625 12931648	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
13	Mor Murray-miller	W 3	B 11	W 6	bye
	1616 12609710	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.0
14	Kyle Moon	B 4	W 20	B 17	W 18
	1585 13076084	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
15	Howard Pinn	W 5	B 16	bye	bye
	1538 12089560	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
16	Fid De Los Santos	B 6	W 15	W 10	B 20
	1513 12612788	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
17	Ken Cohen	W 8	B 12	W 14	bye
	1412 10086353	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
18	James A Black	B 9	bye	- 20	B 14
	1410 13696544	0.0	0.5	F0.5	0.5
19	Khadeejah Gray	bye	B 3	- 11	----	----
	1368 12713423	0.5	0.5	F0.5	U0.5
20	Turpana Molina	W 10	B 14	- 18	W 16
	923 12761501	0.0	1.0	X2.0	3.0

Hare On A Tear

Douglas Hare moved into sole first place in the Marshall Monday Under-1600. He has the only perfect score after three rounds. Joseph Fortunato, Tyson Mao, and James Black are a half-point back. Round Four will be on Monday November 17 at 7:00 PM.

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SwissSys Standings. Marshall CC Monday U 1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Douglas Hare	1243	1277	W18	B---	W10	3.0
2	Joseph Fortunato	1551	1558	W12	W14	D4	2.5
3	Tyson Francis Mao	1419	1431	W21	H---	W11	2.5
4	James A Black	1410	1442	W17	W5	D2	2.5
5	Guy Rawlins	1529	1519	W16	L4	W15	2.0
6	Efrain Diaz	1274	1284	H---	H---	W18	2.0
7	Demosthenes Sfakianakis-d'Andrea	1201	1203	H---	W20	H---	2.0
8	Ean Fonseca	1063	1134	W9	L10	W14	2.0
9	Ken Cohen	1412	1376	L8	W17	D13	1.5
10	Werner Buhrer	1269	1262	H---	W8	L1	1.5
11	David B Smith	1220	1213	H---	W19	L3	1.5
12	Derek C Kleinbaum	1179	1178	L2	H---	W19	1.5
13	Randy Dorleans	unr.	1257	L14	W21	D9	1.5
14	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1371	W13	L2	L8	1.0
15	Alexander H Kamen	1343	1332	H---	H---	L5	1.0
16	Jim Ferraiuolo	1102	1077	L5	L18	W20	1.0
17	Adrian Durkin	688	739	L4	L9	W21	1.0
18	James King	unr.	1080	L1	W16	L6	1.0
19	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	750	H---	L11	L12	0.5
20	Alfred Groner	unr.	677	H---	L7	L16	0.5
21	Ralph J Godfrey	1088	1029	L3	L13	L17	0.0

More on the Marshall Amateur Team

Ed Frumkin sent on the team crosstable for the Marshall Amateur Team Championship, so you can see the team names in all their glory, along with team results, team membership and board-by-board results. Enjoy!

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1		3rd Marshall Amateur Team Championship					November 8-9, 2008
2	Rank	Team Name		Avg ratg	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Prize
3	1	Psychics		2112.5	B7 1.0	W6 2.0	B2 2.5	W5 3.0	$60
4	2	Board of Ed		2083.5	W8 1.0	B3 2.0	W1 2.5	B6 3.5	$120
5	3	Dashing Divas		1946.5	B9 1.0	W2 1.0	W5 1.5	Bye 2.0
6	4	!		1855	W10 0.5	B5 1.0	W9 1.0	B11 2.0
7	5	?		1733	B11 1.0	W4 1.5	B3 2.0	B1 2.5	$37.50
8	6	Mojo Hands		1663	W12 1.0	B1 1.0	W10 2.0	W2 2.0
9	7	SICM		1637	W1 0.0	B10 0.5	W11 1.5	B9 2.5	$37.50
10	8	Clueless Roaches		1386.5	B2 0.0	W9 0.0	B12 0.5	W10 1.0
11	9	Dragons		1376.5	W3 0.0	B8 1.0	B4 2.0	W7 2.0
12	10	Flying Fins		1320.5	B4 0.5	W7 1.0	B6 1.0	B8 1.5
13	11	Dumb Move		1223	W5 0.0	BYE 1.0	B7 1.0	W4 1.0
14	12	Kryptonite		1040.5	B6 0.0	xxxxxxxx	W8 0.5	xxxxxxxx
17	Team rank	Board 1		Rating	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Prize
18	1	Yevgeni Margulis		2192	B7 1.0	W6 2.0	B2 2.0	W5 3.0
19	2	Edward Gaillard		2149	W8a 1.0	B3 1.5	W1 2.5	B6 3.5	$75
20	3	Medina Parrilla		1986	B9a 1.0	W2 1.5	W5 2.5	Bye 3.0
21	4a	Elizabeth Vicary		2082	W10 1.0	B5 2.0	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx
23	4b	Paul McCormick		1628	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx	W9a 0.0	B11a 1.0
24	5	Rochelle Ballantyne		1734	B11a 1.0	W4a 1.0	B3 1.0	B1 1.0
25	6	Kevin Chen		1800	W12 1.0	B1 1.0	W10 2.0	W2 2.0
26	7	Jackson Hueckel		1786	W1 0.0	B10 0.0	W11a 0.5	B9a 1.5
27	8a	John Paul Garcia		1452	B2 0.0	B9b 1.0	X12 2.0	W10 2.0
28	9a	Myles Foster		1487	W3 0.0	W8b 0.0	B4b 2.0	W7 2.0
29	10	BingJie Liu		1370	B4a 0.0	W7 1.0	B6 1.0	B8 2.0
30	11a	Steven Cardenas		1595	W5 0.0	B11b 0.0	B7 0.5	W4b 0.5
31	12	Dario Dell'Orto		1646	B6 0.0	xxxxxxxx	F8a 0.0	xxxxxxxx
34	Team rank	Board 2		Rating	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Prize
35	1	Shalva Khaburzania		2033	W7 1.0	B6 2.0	W2 3.0	B5 3.0
36	2	Edward Frumkin		2018	B8 1.0	W3 2.0	B1 2.0	W6 3.0
37	3	Darrian Robinson		1907	W9 1.0	B2 1.0	B5 1.0	Bye 1.5
38	4c	Paul McCormick		1628	B10 0.0	W5 0.0	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx
39	4d	Rashawn Williams		1227	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx	B9b 0.0	W11b 1.0
40	5	Alexis Paredes		1732	W11b 1.0	B4c 2.0	W3 3.0	W1 4.0	$75
41	6	Thomas Stanics		1526	B12a 1.0	W1 1.0	B10 2.0	B2 2.0
42	7	Edward McCormack		1488	B1 0.0	W10 1.0	B11b 2.0	W9b 3.0
43	8b	Jakob Kobajlo		1321	W2 0.0	B9a 0.0	W12b 0.0	B10 1.0
44	9b	Orlando Gonzalez		1266	B3 0.0	B8a 1.0	W4d 2.0	B7 2.0
45	10	Reva Shree Singh		1271	W4c 1.0	B7 1.0	W6 1.0	W8b 1.0
46	11b	Azeez Alada		851	B5 0.0	W11a 1.0	W7 1.0	B4d 1.0
47	12a	Stephen Ciccone		435	W6 0.0	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx
51	12b	Kenneth Cohen		1330	xxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxx	B8b 1.0	xxxxxxxx
52	Prize fund 80% (was based on 15 paid teams): $120-$60 to top 2 teams, $75 to top U1800 team,
53	$75 to top Board 1 scorer, $75 to top Board 2 scorer

Marshall Amateur Team Championship

The big story at the Marshall Amateur Team Championship was the outstanding performance by young Alexis Paredes, who scored 4-0 including a big last-round upset of expert Shalv Khaburzania. Paraedes, a student at IS 318 in Brooklyn (in Elizabeth Vicary's program) won the prize for best performance on second board.

The tournament (held November 8-9) was a two-person team event, with each team having an average rating under 2200. Teams played two-board matches in each round. The prize for top team was carried off by "Board of Ed" (Ed Gaillard/Ed Frumkin) with three match wins and one tie. Gaillard won the first board prize with 3 1/₂ points.

The second-place team was "Psychics" (Yevgeni Margulis/Shalv Khaburzania), with two wins and two ties (tying "Board of Ed" in round three and "?" in round 4).

The prize for top team rated under 1800 was split between "?" (Rochel Ballantyne/Alexis Paredes) and SICM (Jackson Hueckel/Edward McCormack). "?" (and where were the Mysterians, I wonder?) had one match win and three ties, while SICM scored two wins and one tie.

Twelve teams participated, four of them from IS 318 if I'm counting correctly. If you were in New York this weekend and didn't play, you missed out on a lot of fun.

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Wall Chart (Individual). 3rd Annual Marshall Amateur Team

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4
1	Yevgeni Margulis	B 9	W 8	B 2	W 10
	2192 12659488	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
2	Edward A Gaillard	W 18	B 6	W 1	B 8
	2149 10105552	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5
3	Elizabeth Vicary	W 19	B 10	----	----
	2082 12477355	1.0	2.0	U2.0	U2.0
4	Shalv Khaburzania	W 16	B 15	W 5	B 11
	2033 13092502	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
5	Edward A Frumkin	B 21	W 7	B 4	W 15
	2018 10136580	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
6	Medina Parrilla	B 17	W 2	W 10	bye
	1986 12782436	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.0
7	Darrian Robinson	W 23	B 5	B 11	bye
	1907 12925651	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5
8	Kevin Emmanu Chen	W 12	B 1	W 19	W 2
	1800 12632969	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
9	Jackson L Hueckel	W 1	B 19	W 14	B 17
	1786 12934153	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5
10	Rochel Ballantyne	B 14	W 3	B 6	B 1
	1734 13104890	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
11	Alexis Paredes	W 25	B 13	W 7	W 4
	1732 13088491	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
12	Dario A Dell'Orto	B 8	----	- 18	----
	1646 13490203	0.0	U0.0	F0.0	U0.0
13	Paul McCormick	B 22	W 11	W 17	B 14
	1628 12725165	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
14	Steven Cardenas	W 10	B 25	B 9	W 13
	1595 13017437	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5
15	Thomas Stanics	B 26	W 4	B 22	B 5
	1526 12610956	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
16	Edward McCormack	B 4	W 22	B 25	W 23
	1488 12621773	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
17	Myles Foster	W 6	W 21	B 13	W 9
	1487 13217035	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
18	John Paul Garcia	B 2	W 23	- 12	W 19
	1452 13088532	0.0	0.0	X1.0	1.0
19	Bingjie Liu	B 3	W 9	B 8	B 18
	1370 13771646	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
20	Ken Cohen	----	----	B 21	bye
	1330 10086353	U0.0	U0.0	1.0	2.0
21	Jakob Kobajlo	W 5	B 17	W 20	B 22
	1321 13088547	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
22	Reva Shree Singh	W 13	B 16	W 15	W 21
	1271 13551611	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
23	Orlando Gonzalez	B 7	B 18	W 24	B 16
	1266 12669705	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
24	Rashawn Williams	----	----	B 23	W 25
	1227 13256270	U0.0	U0.0	0.0	1.0
25	Azeez Alade	B 11	W 14	W 16	B 24
	851 13471486	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
26	Stephen A Ciccone	W 15	----	----	----
	435 13771468	0.0	U0.0	U0.0	U0.0

Hoffman Wins Friday Rapids

Veteran rapids master Hoffmann claimed first place in the Firday Night Rapids on November 7, and took home $30 for his efforts by winning 7 out of 8 of his games. He lost with white to Zhe Quan. Quan, who has been dominating the tournament since September, lost two of his games – to newcomer David Epstein and Evan Rabin.

(report by TD Leif Pressman)

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Friday Rapids

#

Name

Rtng

Post

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

Rd 8

Rd 9

Tot

Prize

1

Asa Hoffmann

2322

2323

W9

U---

W3

W7

W6

W4

L2

W5

W8

7.0

2

Zhe Quan

2332

2318

W6

L4

U---

W5

W8

W9

W1

L3

W7

6.0

3

Evan Z Rabin

2178

2177

W8

W9

L1

U---

W7

W6

L4

W2

W5

6.0

4

David L Epstein

1874

1911

U---

W2

W5

W8

W9

L1

W3

L7

W6

6.0

5

Bora Yagiz

1944

1937

W7

W6

L4

L2

U---

W8

W9

L1

L3

4.0

6

William Dubinsky

1807

1779

L2

L5

L8

W9

L1

L3

W7

U---

L4

2.0

7

Eric Michae Hecht

1608

1607

L5

L8

W9

L1

L3

U---

L6

W4

L2

2.0

8

Douglas Hare

1382

1419

L3

W7

W6

L4

L2

L5

U---

L9

L1

2.0

9

Philip Shin

1495

1487

L1

L3

L7

L6

L4

L2

L5

W8

U---

1.0

Kacheishvili Wins "Four Rated Games Tonight"

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili scored a perfect 4-0 to win the Chess Center of New York's }Four Rated Games Tonight" on Thursday November 6. Kacheishvili won $118 for topping the 26-player field. NM Jomo Pitterson too clear second and $78 a half-point behind. Third prize was split between FM Alexander Kalikshteyn and NM Oliver Chernin ($20 each), along with Bora Yagiz (who got the $74 Under-2200 prize). All scored 3 points. Aaron Landesman won $66 for top under-2000 with 2 1/₂.

Andre Harding directed. The scoretable is available on the USCF website.

Naranja Maintains Lead in Thursday Night Members'

IM Renato Naranja defeated NM Brian Hulse to maintain a perfect score and sole possession of first place after the third round of the Marshall Thursday Night Members' Open.

NM George Berg beat NM Ed Gaillard to move into sole second place a half-point behind Naranja.

The next round is Thursday (yup!) November 13 at 7 PM.

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Wall Chart. Thursday Members Only

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Renato C Naranja	B 7	W 5	B 2
	2210 13024036	1.0	2.0	3.0
2	Brian Hulse	W 8	B 4	W 1
	2201 10078644	1.0	1.5	1.5
3	Edward A Gaillard	bye	bye	W 4
	2149 10105552	0.5	1.0	1.0
4	George P Berg	B 9	W 2	B 3
	2066 12523517	1.0	1.5	2.5
5	Edward A Frumkin	W 11	B 1	W 7
	2012 10136580	1.0	1.0	2.0
6	Marian Waxman	bye	W 10	B 11
	1975 10109540	0.5	1.0	2.0
7	Edward Scher	W 1	B 9	B 5
	1971 10076366	0.0	1.0	1.0
8	Jerry J Monaco	B 2	bye	----	----	----
	1730 12547456	0.0	0.5	U0.5
9	Sandra Oliver	W 4	W 7	B 10
	1683 12531739	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Edward A Moscovic	bye	B 6	W 9
	1656 10098530	0.5	1.0	2.0
11	Ken Cohen	B 5	bye	W 6
	1412 10086353	0.0	1.0	1.0

Whitley Leads Under-2000

Errol Whitley maintained his perfect score to move into sole possession of first place in the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000 after three rounds.

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Standings. Wednesday U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Errol Whitley	1956	1973	W14	W6	W4	3.0
2	Anatoly Treger	1860	1866	D11	W19	W5	2.5
3	Paul Rachlin	1841	1851	W17	W12	H---	2.5
4	Dennis R Moore	1907	1909	W15	W10	L1	2.0
5	Vladimir Gramagin	1851	1850	W16	W13	L2	2.0
6	Mark A Sinz	1831	1833	W8	L1	W11	2.0
7	William Dubinsky	1807	1813	H---	H---	W15	2.0
8	Fid De Los Santos	1513	1550	L6	W17	W13	2.0
9	Turpana Molina	923	974	L13	W16	X18	2.0
10	Linda V Diaz	1800	1794	W20	L4	H---	1.5
11	Mor Murray-miller	1616	1636	D2	W14	L6	1.5
12	Jerry J Monaco	1730	1725	W18	L3	U---	1.0
13	Gabriel Rigono	1711	1684	W9	L5	L8	1.0
14	Michael Gutierrez	1700	1680	L1	L11	X19	1.0
15	Kenneth R Collins	1625	1619	L4	W20	L7	1.0
16	Kyle Moon	1585	1557	L5	L9	W20	1.0
17	Howard Pinn	1538	1518	L3	L8	H---	0.5
18	James A Black	1410	1405	L12	H---	F9	0.5
19	Khadeejah Gray	1368	1366	H---	L2	F14	0.5
20	Ken Cohen	1412	1389	L10	L15	L16	0.0

Monday Night Under-1600, Round 2

Joseph Fotunato, James Black, and Douglas Hare all scored wins on November 3, and are tied for the lead after two rounds of the Marshall Monday Night Under-1600. The field has swelled to 19 players, but there's still room for more. Come on down to the Marshall on Monday night (November 10) by 6:45 to sign up for the last three rounds (one game a week).

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Standings. Marshall CC Monday U 1600

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot	Prize
1	Joseph Fortunato	1551	1564	W14	W10	2.0
2	James A Black	1410	1435	W19	W7	2.0
3	Douglas Hare	1243	1261	W13	X8	2.0
4	Werner Buhrer	1269	1281	H---	W11	1.5
5	David B Smith	1220	1223	H---	W15	1.5
6	Demosthenes Sfakianakis-d'Andrea	1201	1204	H---	W16	1.5
7	Guy Rawlins	1529	1510	W17	L2	1.0
8	Tyson Francis Mao	1419	1423	W18	F3	1.0
9	Ken Cohen	1412	1379	L11	W19	1.0
10	Iqbal Chaklader	1399	1400	W12	L1	1.0
11	Ean Fonseca	1063	1096	W9	L4	1.0
12	Randy Dorleans	unr.	1233	L10	W18	1.0
13	James King	unr.	1169	L3	W17	1.0
14	Derek C Kleinbaum	1179	1174	L1	H---	0.5
15	Gerrit Albertson	unr.	750	H---	L5	0.5
16	Alfred Groner	unr.	750	H---	L6	0.5
17	Jim Ferraiuolo	1102	1077	L7	L13	0.0
18	Ralph J Godfrey	1088	1067	L8	L12	0.0
19	Adrian Durkin	688	686	L2	L9	0.0

"Game Over" screening November 11

Join us at

The Marshall Chess Club

23 West 10^th

Street, New York, NY

For a Special
Film Screening event

Tuesday November
11^Th, 7 pm

A controversial
and well-made film wherein Kasparov took issues with the IBM Supercomputer,
Deep Blue,

and claimed that
the match was “fixed” to win the match.

The computer
did what many thought impossible at the time – it appeared to think
like a human.

REFRESHMENTS
WILL BE SERVED

$10 for Non–Members – Members Free

Bonin, West, and Sturt Win Sunday G/30

IM Jay Bonin, NM James West, and Raven Sturt each scored 4 out of 5 to win the MArshall's Sunday G/30 event. The three drew their games with each other and beat all other comers to top teh 14-player field. The crosstable is available on the USCF website.

Khaburzania wins Saturday G/60

The first round of the Saturday (November 1) Game/60 at the Marshall Chess Club was full of surprises as IM Jay Bonin was held to a draw by young Dylan Kosinski and Henry Mori (rated 1122) defeated Malik Perry (1805). In the end, Shalv Khaburzania won the tournament with 3 1/₂ out of 4, good for $55.

IM Jay Bonin and Nitai Leve tied for second with 3 points (worth $27.50 each), and Miles Hinson and Michael Bogaty picked up $27 each for winning the under-2000 prize with 2 1/₂.

Matt Fischler and Leif Pressman directed.

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Standings. Saturday G/60

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	Prize
1	Shalv Khaburzania	2033	2037	W5	W7	D3	W9	3.5	55.00
2	Jay Bonin	2445	2429	D8	W11	W10	D3	3.0	27.50
3	Nitai D Leve	2070	2080	W6	W4	D1	D2	3.0	27.50
4	Miles Hinson	1859	1858	W9	L3	W7	H---	2.5	27.00
5	Michael Bogaty	1609	1615	L1	D6	B---	W11	2.5	27.00
6	Kadhir And Pillai	1625	1635	L3	D5	D11	W10	2.0
7	Henry Mori	1122	1175	W10	L1	L4	B---	2.0
8	Dylan Kosinski	1688	1687	D2	L10	D9	H---	1.5
9	Kyle Moon	1585	1582	L4	B---	D8	L1	1.5
10	Malik Perry	1807	1775	L7	W8	L2	L6	1.0
11	Ken Cohen	1412	1414	H---	L2	D6	L5	1.0

Kacheishvili and Privman Top "Ten Grand Prix Points Tonight"

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili and FM Boris Privman topped a field of 19 in the October 30 edition of "Four Rated Games Tonight". Their 3 1/₂-point scores were worth $155 each.

Tied for third with 3 points came IM Jay Bonin and FM Asa Hoffmann ($14 each), along with Evan Rabin ($60 for top under-2200).

Yefrem Zats, WIM Shernaz Kennedy, Francesco Rambaldi, Terence Lamb, and Gabor Schnitzler all tied for the under-2000 prize with 2 points; each picked up $11.

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

Naranja Leads Thusday Night Members' Open

IM Renato Naranja is the only remaining perfect score after October 30th's second round of the Thursday Night Members' Open. The field is up to 10 players, and there's still plenty of room--register by 6:45PM next Thursday to play the last three rounds.

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Wall Chart. Thursday Members Only

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Renato C Naranja	B 6	W 4
	2210 13024036	1.0	2.0
2	Brian Hulse	W 7	B 3
	2201 10078644	1.0	1.5
3	George P Berg	B 8	W 2
	2066 12523517	1.0	1.5
4	Edward A Frumkin	W 10	B 1
	2012 10136580	1.0	1.0
5	Marian Waxman	bye	W 9
	1975 10109540	0.5	1.0
6	Edward Scher	W 1	B 8
	1971 10076366	0.0	1.0
7	Jerry J Monaco	B 2	bye
	1730 12547456	0.0	0.5
8	Sandra Oliver	W 3	W 6
	1683 12531739	0.0	0.0
9	Edward A Moscovic	bye	B 5
	1656 10098530	0.5	1.0
10	Ken Cohen	B 4	bye
	1412 10086353	0.0	1.0

Wednesday Under-2000 Round 2 Results

The second round of the Marshall Wednesday Under-2000 was played on October 29. The field is up to 19 players, and you can still enter next Wednesday by 6:45 PM to play teh last three rounds.

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Wall Chart. Wednesday U2000

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Errol Whitley	B 10	W 6
	1956 12430631	1.0	2.0
2	Dennis R Moore	W 11	B 7
	1907 12422575	1.0	2.0
3	Anatoly Treger	B 12	W 18
	1860 12688021	0.5	1.5
4	Vladimir Gramagin	W 13	B 9		bye
	1851 12938516	1.0	2.0
5	Paul Rachlin	B 14	W 8
	1841 12491761	1.0	2.0
6	Mark A Sinz	W 15	B 1
	1831 10481384	1.0	1.0
7	Linda V Diaz	B 16	W 2
	1800 12908194	1.0	1.0
8	Jerry J Monaco	W 17	B 5
	1730 12547456	1.0	1.0
9	Gabriel Rigono	B 19	W 4
	1711 10074819	1.0	1.0
10	Michael Gutierrez	W 1	W 12
	1700 12459430	0.0	0.0
11	Kenneth R Collins	B 2	W 16
	1625 12931648	0.0	1.0
12	Mor Murray-miller	W 3	B 10
	1616 12609710	0.5	1.5
13	Kyle Moon	B 4	W 19
	1585 13076084	0.0	0.0
14	Howard Pinn	W 5	B 15	bye	bye
	1538 12089560	0.0	0.0
15	Fid De Los Santos	B 6	W 14
	1513 12612788	0.0	1.0
16	Ken Cohen	W 7	B 11
	1412 10086353	0.0	0.0
17	James A Black	B 8	bye
	1410 13696544	0.0	0.5
18	Khadeejah Gray	bye	B 3
	1368 12713423	0.5	0.5
19	Turpana Molina	W 9	B 13
	923 12761501	0.0	1.0

Normal Service Resumes

I was out of town without good 'net access for a few days, and will now commence catching up. Thanks for your patience.