Archive for August 15th, 2009

#545 Summer Tourney – Round 10

Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Ian Mangion scored 1.5 points in a simul to tie 10-0 Mark Kernighan for a share of 1st place.

Greg Tomkovich held onto 3rd with a draw vs. David Pawlowski.

I beat Ted Mann but missed a chance to tie Greg by botching an easily won B vs. N ending against Geoff McAuliffe.

Bert Shiffman & Lou Sturniolo were the other winners.

Results
  • Carrelli 0-1 Kernighan
  • Sherer 1/2-1/2 Mangion
  • Renna 0-1 Mangion
  • Tomkovich ½-½ Pawlowski
  • Moldovan 1-0 Mann
  • McAuliffe ½-½ Moldovan
  • Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo
  • Sturniolo 1-0 Cole
The players readily submitted scores this week. So, you can replay &/or download 7 of the 8 games.


With 3 rounds to go, the standings are as follows :

  • = 1. Kernighan, Mangion 10.0
  • 3. Tomkovich 8.5
  • 4. Moldovan 8.0
  • 5. Carrelli 6.0
  • 6. Mann 5.0
  • 7. Sherer 4.0
  • = 8. Pawlowski, Shiffman 3.0
  • = 10. Sturniolo, Mazzillo, Renna, Cole 2.5
  • = 14. Lewis, Wojcio, Agress, Sokolosky 2.0
  • 18. Zhu 1.0
  • 19. McAuliffe 0.5
  • = 20. Hart, Kruglyak, Balint, Castillo, Ruales 0.0
Crosstable (in standing order)

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England in the lead 18.5-16.5, Short rejuvinated

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Nigel Short won another game, in round six of the Staunton Memorial, which put him on 5.5/7 with a 2842 performance that could take him above the 2700 mark on the next FIDE list. David Howell won a beautiful queen sacrifice game in round seven, while Viktor Korchnoi upset the course of events in the all play all group by beating the leader, Jan Timman, with the black pieces.
Round 6-7 report.

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