Las Vegas Open 2014
The third of the grand prix series was once again held at the
Las Vegas Chess Center and Timur Gareev won a thousand dollar
first prize with a 4.5/5 score. But Elliott Liu and Mike
Zaloznyy won on Grand prix points in the best two of three
tournament results. This writer has put together the point
totals for a later time. IM Dionosio Aldama and Mike Zaloznyy
took second with 4/5. Barry Lazarus and John Curcuru shared
the U2200 prize.
Paco Vela won the Under 2000 section with a nice clean score
of 5. He was never in any trouble in any of his games and
finally cracked the 2000 barrier. John Paul Baligad was second
with 4/5 and Jose Ramirez and Naomi Santiago took home money
for a tie at third place. Jonathon Luong won the Under 1600
section with a clean 5/5, and this is fresh from a victory in
the National Open. Diego Santiago took second place here, and
Audrey Grigore was third. Lucas Johnson won the U1400 prize.
In the U1200 section, David Soriano was first with 3.5 and
second tied were S. Gupta, Richard Zhou and John Duncombe.
There was lots of great chess! Gareev was in trouble in the
last round, yet won. Paco Vela never had a lost position. But
I was impressed with Mike Zaloznyy’s marathon game with what
looked like at one point, a lone queen versus 2 rooks and 2
pawns. It reminded me of a game this writer won with luck in a
1976 match game. And it is 50 moves without a capture to get
the draw as eventually, it was a queen versus 2 rooks.
Although I culled a lot of games, for now, enjoy these
nuggets.
[Event “Las Vegas Open”]
[Site “LV, NV”]
[Date “2014.08.24”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Baligad, John Paul”]
[Black “Vela, Francisco”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C01”]
[Annotator “trivett,John”]
[PlyCount “79”]
[TimeControl “900+5”]
{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6
5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3 Nbc6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Nbd2
O-O-O 11. b4 Nf5
12. Re1 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 f6
17. Re2 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 Qf5 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Rae1 h5 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Kd7 23.
g3 Rhe8 24. Kf1
Ne7 25. h4 Nf5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Ke2 Nd6 29. Ng1
Ne4 30. a3 Nxc3+
31. Kd3 Ne4 32. Nh3 g5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. f3 Nxg3
36. Nxg5 Kf6 37.
f4 Ne4 38. Nf3 Kf5 39. Ne5 Nd6 40. a4 {and on for another 20
moves or so.} 0-1
[Event “Las Vegas Open”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2014.08.23”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Imada, Todd”]
[Black “Dease, Dan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B18”]
[Annotator “Dan”]
[PlyCount “48”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5
7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. c4
O-O-O 14. Ng5 Ng4
15. Nxf7 Nxf2 16. Qg6 {?!} Ng4 17. Nxd8 {?} Qxg3 18. Nxe6 Qf2+
19. Kh1 Qxh4+
20. Kg1 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2+ 23. Kd1 Nf2+ 24. Kc1
Qxg6 0-1
[Event “Las vegas Open”]
[Site “LV, NV”]
[Date “2014.08.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Zaloznyy, Mike”]
[Black “Lazarus , Barry”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B27”]
[Annotator “trivett,John”]
[PlyCount “25”]
[TimeControl “900+5”]
{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O-O
Qb6 11. Nd5 Qxf2
12. Be3 Qg3 13. Rd2 1-0
Event Summary
Event 2014 LAS VEGAS OPEN (201408246392)
Location LAS VEGAS, NV 89101
Event Date(s) 2014-08-22 thru 2014-08-24
Sponsoring Affiliate LAS VEGAS CHESS CENTER (A6035600)
Chief TD ALAN R LOSOFF (10311110)
Chf. Assist. TD JUAN PABLO JAUREGUI (13822398)
Processed Received: 2014-08-24 Entered: 2014-08-24 Rated:
2014-08-24
Stats 5 Section(s), 56 Players
The ratings shown on this page are not official published
ratings and may change from time to time. Using them for
pairing purposes in tournaments should only be done if this
has been advertised in all advance publicity and is announced
to all players at the tournament.
Sections
HINT: * Click on a Section Name to see the cross table for
that Section, or
* Click on “Show All Sections” to see the cross tables for
all sections at once.
Section 1 OPEN
Section 2 UNDER 2000
Section 3 UNDER 1600
Section 4 UNDER 1200
Section 5 EXTRA GAMES
Section 1 – OPEN
Section Date(s) 2014-08-22 thru 2014-08-24
Processed Received: 2014-08-24 Entered: 2014-08-24
Rated: 2014-08-24 Re-Rated: 2014-08-26
Stats 5 Rounds, 20 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R
Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;+30
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* Click on a Pairing Number to see the Player’s Opponents.
* Click on a Player’s Name for more information about the
Player.
Crosstable data is NOT SHOWN in tiebreak order and does not
reflect any distribution of trophies or prize monies.
Crosstable data is shown as reported to the USCF by the
Tournament Director. Please contact the TD to report any
crosstable errors.
Note: The information below the “Total Pts” score shows the
highest norm earned in this event.For more information on
norms, see The USCF Title System.
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Pair | Player Name
|Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3
| 4 | 5 |
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1 | TIMUR GAREYEV |4.5 |W 11|W 9|W
5|D 2|W 4|
NV | 13262157 / R: 2702 ->2704 | |W |B |W
|B |W |
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2 | DIONISIO ALDAMA |4.0 |W 16|D 3|W
6|D 1|W 5|
CA | 13557810 / R: 2522 ->2528 | |B |W |B
|W |B |
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3 | MIKE Y ZALOZNYY |4.0 |W 8|D 2|W
10|D 4|W 7|
NV | 12842929 / R: 2251 ->2274 | |W |B |W
|B |W |
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4 | ELLIOTT JL LIU |3.0 |H |W 19|W
14|D 3|L 1|
NV | 12661521 / R: 2323 ->2326 | | |W |B
|W |B |
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5 | DAN DURHAM |3.0 |W 12|W 7|L
1|W 11|L 2|
NV | 11326111 / R: 2312 ->2319 | |W |B |B
|W |W |
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6 | GLENN CYRUS BIDARI |3.0 |D 13|W 18|L
2|D 9|W 10|
NV | 12580248 / R: 2205 ->2208 | |W |B |W
|B |W |
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7 | BARRY J LAZARUS |3.0 |X |L 5|W
16|W 15|L 3|
NV | 12525897 / R: 2067 ->2081 | | |W |B
|W |B |
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8 | JOHN MICHAEL CURCURU |3.0 |L 3|L 16|B
|W 19|W 14|
NV | 12659361 / R: 2000 ->2008 | |B |W |
|B |W |
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9 | EDWARD WILLIAM FORMANEK |2.5 |X |L 1|D
15|D 6|D 11|
NV | 10349257 / R: 2237 ->2229 | | |W |B
|W |B |
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10 | NACHUM SALMAN |2.5 |D 19|W 15|L
3|W 13|L 6|
NV | 11173764 / R: 2203 ->2200 | |B |W |B
|W |B |
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11 | PATRICK LACEY |2.5 |L 1|W 12|W
17|L 5|D 9|
NV | 12758639 / R: 2146 ->2158 | |B |W |B
|B |W |
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12 | HUGO OSMAR SANTIAGO |2.5 |L 5|L 11|D
19|B |W 17|
NV | 14842497 / R: 2110 ->2095 | |B |B |W
| |W |
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13 | SCOTT GREGORY RAYMOND |2.5 |D 6|L 17|W
18|L 10|W 16|
FL | 13197836 / R: 1898 ->1928 | |B |W |W
|B |B |
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14 | RONALD JOSEPH GROSS |2.0 |W 20|H |L
4|H |L 8|
NV | 10442435 / R: 2200 ->2200 | |B | |W
| |B |
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15 | JOSHUA QUINT |1.5 |W 17|L 10|D
9|L 7|U |
ME | 12951914 / R: 2096 ->2089 | |W |B |W
|B | |
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16 | VIRGILIO T REYES |1.5 |L 2|W 8|L
7|D 17|L 13|
NV | 12455050 / R: 2072 ->2052 | |W |B |W
|B |W |
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17 | JUAN PABLO JAUREGUI |1.5 |L 15|W 13|L
11|D 16|L 12|
NV | 13822398 / R: 2066 ->2037 | |B |B |W
|W |B |
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18 | JOHN TRIVETT |1.5 |H |L 6|L
13|H |D 19|
NV | 12530950 / R: 1827 ->1807 | | |W |B
| |W |
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19 | JONATHAN C MIKOLIC |1.5 |D 10|L 4|D
12|L 8|D 18|
NV | 13973393 / R: 1661 ->1701 | |W |B |B
|W |B |
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20 | JUAN PABLO JAUREGUI |0.0 |L 14|U |U
|U |U |
NV | 13822398 / R: 2066 ->2037 | |W | |
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Section 2 – UNDER 2000
Section Date(s) 2014-08-22 thru 2014-08-24
Processed Received: 2014-08-24 Entered: 2014-08-24
Rated: 2014-08-24 Re-Rated: 2014-08-26
Stats 5 Rounds, 19 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R
Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;+30
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* Click on a Pairing Number to see the Player’s Opponents.
* Click on a Player’s Name for more information about the
Player.
Crosstable data is NOT SHOWN in tiebreak order and does not
reflect any distribution of trophies or prize monies.
Crosstable data is shown as reported to the USCF by the
Tournament Director. Please contact the TD to report any
crosstable errors.
Note: The information below the “Total Pts” score shows the
highest norm earned in this event.For more information on
norms, see The USCF Title System.
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Pair | Player Name
|Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3
| 4 | 5 |
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1 | FRANCISCO VELA |5.0 |W 14|W 10|W
5|W 2|W 6|
NV | 12736038 / R: 1968 ->2027 | |W |B |W
|B |B |
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2 | JOHN PAUL BALIGAD |4.0 |W 6|W 3|W
9|L 1|W 5|
NV | 13320372 / R: 1809 ->1888 | |W |B |W
|W |B |
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3 | JOSE E RAMIREZ |3.5 |W 17|L 2|D
13|W 8|W 9|
NV | 12747114 / R: 1837 ->1849 | |B |W |W
|B |W |
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4 | NAOMI YOALI SANTIAGO |3.5 |D 18|W 7|W
11|L 6|W 12|
NV | 14940503 / R: 1648 ->1742 | |B |W |B
|W |B |
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5 | JUAN S BALIGAD JR |3.0 |W 19|W 16|L
1|W 12|L 2|
NV | 12511221 / R: 1847 ->1853 | |W |B |B
|W |W |
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6 | LARS PEDERSEN |3.0 |L 2|W 19|W
15|W 4|L 1|
CA | 11096182 / R: 1789 ->1806 | |B |W |B
|B |W |
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7 | RICHARD D WADE |2.5 |D 9|L 4|L
8|W 15|W 17|
NV | 12484882 / R: 1844 ->1815 | |W |B |B
|W |W |
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8 | MICHELANGELO BAROZZI |2.5 |H |L 11|W
7|L 3|W 10|
NV | 14310376 / R: 1800 ->1806 | | |B |W
|W |B |
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9 | JOSE A LACSAMANA |2.5 |D 7|W 15|L
2|W 11|L 3|
NV | 12533325 / R: 1675 ->1714 | |B |W |B
|W |B |
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10 | ANTHONY G MCCARTHY |2.0 |W 11|L 1|L
12|W 17|L 8|
NV | 12829865 / R: 1869 ->1839 | |W |W |B
|B |W |
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11 | EDGAR KHACHATRYAN |2.0 |L 10|W 8|L
4|L 9|B |
NV | 15374041 / R: 1873 ->1829 | |B |W |W
|B | |
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12 | DANIEL J DEASE |2.0 |L 16|W 14|W
10|L 5|L 4|
NV | 12745558 / R: 1751 ->1745 | |W |B |W
|B |W |
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13 | KRIS P JUDKINS |1.5 |L 15|W 17|D
3|U |U |
NV | 12301170 / R: 1872 ->1850 | |B |W |B
| | |
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14 | TODD IMADA |1.0 |L 1|L 12|U
|H |H |
NV | 12565658 / R: 1885 ->1854 | |B |W |
| | |
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15 | EDDY D SCHUCK |1.0 |W 13|L 9|L
6|L 7|U |
NV | 12045320 / R: 1727 ->1706 | |W |B |W
|B | |
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16 | JARED L RICH |1.0 |W 12|L 5|U
|U |U |
NV | 12902871 / R: 1683 ->1695 | |B |W |
| | |
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17 | CHRISTOPHER JESNESS |1.0 |L 3|L 13|B
|L 10|L 7|
NV | 15485865 / R: Unrated->1300P4 | |W |B |
|W |B |
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18 | MICHAEL TIMOTHY GRAVES ESQ |0.5 |D 4|U |U
|U |U |
NV | 12758314 / R: 1604 ->1613 | |W | |
| | |
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19 | TIM C GALIMA |0.0 |L 5|L 6|U
|U |U |
NV | 12706608 / R: 1676 ->1653 | |B |B |
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Section 3 – UNDER 1600
Section Date(s) 2014-08-22 thru 2014-08-24
Processed Received: 2014-08-24 Entered: 2014-08-24
Rated: 2014-08-24 Re-Rated: 2014-08-26
Stats 5 Rounds, 12 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R
Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;+30
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* Click on a Pairing Number to see the Player’s Opponents.
* Click on a Player’s Name for more information about the
Player.
Crosstable data is NOT SHOWN in tiebreak order and does not
reflect any distribution of trophies or prize monies.
Crosstable data is shown as reported to the USCF by the
Tournament Director. Please contact the TD to report any
crosstable errors.
Note: The information below the “Total Pts” score shows the
highest norm earned in this event.For more information on
norms, see The USCF Title System.
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Pair | Player Name
|Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3
| 4 | 5 |
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1 | JONATHAN LUONG |5.0 |W 11|W 8|W
4|W 2|W 5|
NV | 14506182 / R: 1599 ->1690 | |B |W |B
|W |B |
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2 | DIEGO AURI SANTIAGO |4.0 |W 10|W 3|W
7|L 1|W 4|
NV | 14940483 / R: 1510 ->1604 | |W |B |W
|B |B |
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3 | AUDREY GABRIELLE GRIGORE |3.5 |H |L 2|X
|W 5|W 6|
NV | 14153905 / R: 1425 ->1443 | | |W |
|B |B |
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4 | CODY WALL-EPSTEIN |3.0 |W 5|W 7|L
1|W 8|L 2|
NV | 13777934 / R: 1496 ->1519 | |W |B |W
|B |W |
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5 | JEFFERY ADAM PATTERSON |2.0 |L 4|W 6|W
8|L 3|L 1|
NV | 13401783 / R: 1400 ->1390 | |B |W |B
|W |W |
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6 | LUKAS JOHNSON |1.5 |L 9|L 5|H
|X |L 3|
NV | 12715818 / R: 1279P10->1205P13 | |B |B |
| |W |
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7 | MARC DYLAN JOHNSON |1.0 |W 12|L 4|L
2|F |U |
NV | 13038428 / R: 1535 ->1511 | |B |W |B
| | |
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8 | KEVIN GOLCHIN |1.0 |X |L 1|L
5|L 4|U |
CA | 15460081 / R: 1470P9 ->1385P12 | | |B |W
|W | |
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9 | SOURAV GUPTA |1.0 |W 6|U |U
|U |U |
NV | 13371850 / R: 1193 ->1223 | |W | |
| | |
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10 | ROBERT L TURNER |0.0 |L 2|F |F
|U |U |
NV | 12698895 / R: 1483 ->1467 | |B | |
| | |
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11 | JOSEPH EUGENE WILLOUGHBY |0.0 |L 1|U |U
|U |U |
NV | 15213720 / R: 1469 ->1458 | |W | |
| | |
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12 | YOSEPH G DEBESAI |0.0 |L 7|U |U
|U |U |
NV | 13656600 / R: 1444 ->1424 | |W | |
| | |
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now being shown for events in the *Total Pts* column.It may
take a week for a recently rated event to have norms computed
for it.
Section 4 – UNDER 1200
Section Date(s) 2014-08-22 thru 2014-08-24
Processed Received: 2014-08-24 Entered: 2014-08-24
Rated: 2014-08-24 Re-Rated: 2014-08-26
Stats 5 Rounds, 5 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R
Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;+30
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* Click on a Pairing Number to see the Player’s Opponents.
* Click on a Player’s Name for more information about the
Player.
Crosstable data is NOT SHOWN in tiebreak order and does not
reflect any distribution of trophies or prize monies.
Crosstable data is shown as reported to the USCF by the
Tournament Director. Please contact the TD to report any
crosstable errors.
Note: The information below the “Total Pts” score shows the
highest norm earned in this event.For more information on
norms, see The USCF Title System.
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Pair | Player Name
|Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3
| 4 | 5 |
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1 | DAVID O SORIANO |3.5 |D 4|W 2|D
3|B |D 4|
ME | 15484966 / R: 1131P2 ->1169P6 | |B |W |W
| |W |
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2 | SOURAV GUPTA |3.0 |B |L 1|W
5|L 4|W 3|
NV | 13371850 / R: 1223 ->1185 | | |B |W
|B |W |
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3 | RICHARD ZHOU |3.0 |W 5|W 4|D
1|H |L 2|
NV | 14740430 / R: 1058 ->1106 | |B |W |B
| |B |
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4 | JOHN DUNCOMBE |3.0 |D 1|L 3|B
|W 2|D 1|
NV | 14270075 / R: 879P12-> 993P16 | |W |B |
|W |B |
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5 | RHOMER ANTHONY JOHNSON |2.0 |L 3|B |L
2|H |H |
NV | 12511853 / R: 1117 ->1065 | |W | |B
| | |
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Section 5 – EXTRA GAMES
Section Date(s) 2014-08-22 thru 2014-08-24
Processed Received: 2014-08-24 Entered: 2014-08-24
Rated: 2014-08-24 Re-Rated: 2014-08-26
Stats 1 Rounds, 8 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R
Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;+30
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* Click on a Pairing Number to see the Player’s Opponents.
* Click on a Player’s Name for more information about the
Player.
Crosstable data is NOT SHOWN in tiebreak order and does not
reflect any distribution of trophies or prize monies.
Crosstable data is shown as reported to the USCF by the
Tournament Director. Please contact the TD to report any
crosstable errors.
Note: The information below the “Total Pts” score shows the
highest norm earned in this event.For more information on
norms, see The USCF Title System.
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 |
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1 | JOHN MICHAEL CURCURU |1.0 |W 6|
NV | 12659361 / R: 2008 ->2009 | |B |
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2 | LUKAS JOHNSON |1.0 |W 7|
NV | 12715818 / R: 1205P13->1227P14 | |W |
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3 | AIDAN JAMES MONAGHAN |1.0 |W 8|
NV | 12438296 / R: 1217 ->1226 | |B |
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4 | RHOMER ANTHONY JOHNSON |1.0 |W 5|
NV | 12511853 / R: 1065 ->1120 | |B |
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5 | ROBERT L TURNER |0.0 |L 4|
NV | 12698895 / R: 1467 ->1425 | |W |
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6 | CHRISTOPHER JESNESS |0.0 |L 1|
NV | 15485865 / R: 1300P4 ->1300P5 | |W |
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7 | DAVID O SORIANO |0.0 |L 2|
ME | 15484966 / R: 1169P6 ->1120P7 | |B |
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8 | DERREK, RAMON SPILSBURY |0.0 |L 3|
NV | 14885975 / R: 925P5 -> 908P6 | |W |
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