NM Yaacov Norowitz clinched a 1st place tie by beating me in a rather one-sided game. I was equal after 14 moves but made errors on the next 2 turns, lost a pawn & couldn’t hold.
Jack Mc Corkell took another bye due to illness but he has not been given a half-point bye for round 4; as yet.
With 1 round remaining, the overall standings look this way :
1. Norowitz 4.0
= 2-5. Stoyko, Schwarcz, Bliznikas, Moldovan 3.0
= 6-11. Kernighan, Minkov, Buschgans, Carrelli, Lewis, Sherer 2.5
= 12-16. Mangion, Wojcio, Mazzillo, Sturniolo, Renna 2.0
= 17-20. Tomkovich, Hart, Mann, Kiedes 1.5
= 21-23. Shiffman, Agress, Zhu (wd) 1.0
= 24-25. Mc Corkell, Azzarello 0.5
26. Cole 0.0
Trophies for best game & biggest upset were added to the prize list.
The current class leaders are :
- U2000 – Schwarcz, Bliznikas & Moldovan 3.0
- U1800 – Carrelli, Lewis & Sherer 2.5
- U1600 – Mazzillo, Sturniolo & Renna 2.0
- U1400 – Sturniolo & Renna 2.0
If there is a 2-way tie for 1st overall, a G/60 playoff will be held. The potential for a 4-way knot exists. Tiebreaks for that scenario & others must be determined.
Finally, to wrap this post, here are 4 of the week’s games (2 annotated) in java-replay & PGN.