Leader Ian Mangion lost to David Pawlowski & saw his lead over NM Mark Kernighan cut to a half-point. Greg Tomkovich split a match with Mike Wojcio to move within 1.5 points of 1st & pad his 3rd place edge. Don Carrelli & Ted Mann are now tied for 4th.
I lost twice (vs. Kernighan & Joe Renna) & fell to 8th place, 3 full points out of the money. At this point I’d be happy with an equal score & 4th place but there is still a chance to finish higher.
Greg is on-pace for 10.83, Mark 13.00, Ian 14.08. Can I get to 11? Yes. 9 points in 7 weeks is do-able. Even something like +8-1=5, for a total of 12.5, is possible. I just need to find a tourniquet ASAP & play a 2-game simul every week! Anyone interested? I’m willing to take-on all comers.
Results
- Pawlowski 1-0 Mangion
- Moldovan 0-1 Kernighan
- Wojcio 1-0 Tomkovich
- Tomkovcich 1-0 Wojcio
- Carrelli 1-0 Sherer
- Mann 1-0 Renna
- Renna 1-0 Moldovan
- Cole 1-0 Shiffman
- Sturniolo 1-0 McAuliffe
Standings
1. Mangion 6.5
2. Kernighan 6.0
3. Tomkovich 5.0
= 4. Carrelli, Mann 3.0
= 6. Sherer, Cole 2.5
= 8. Moldovan, Pawlowski, Lewis, Mazzillo, Shiffman, Renna, Sokolosky 2.0
15. Sturniolo 1,5
= 16. Wojcio, Zhu, Agress 1.0
= 19. Hart, McAuliffe, Kruglyak, Balint, Castillo, Ruales 0.0
Replays, PGN & a crosstable will follow.