Witness one of the strangest finishes in recent history...a five-way tie for first in the Open section (Thomas Crispon, Lu Gau, Drew Sarkisian, William Molina, and Eugene Kohnitz). The strange part: there were only eight players total! The top five earned $34.00 each for their efforts.
The U1800 section had a three-way tie for first (Scott Slade, Sanjay Bhandari, and Serena Zadoo). Note that Serena was leading the field by a full point going into the final round! First was worth $40.00 each. Arindham Raina won the U1500 prize of $25.00.
See you next week!
Drew Sarkisian.
Event ID: 200610083921 Event Name: BACK TO SCHOOL STANDARD SWISS Location: AUSTIN TX 78749 Event Dates: 2006-09-17 - 2006-10-08 Stats: 2 Sections, 21 Players, 37 Games Affiliate: A6024458 AUSTIN CHESS CLUB Chief TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Asst Chief TD: Section: 1 OPEN Section Dates: 2006-09-17 - 2006-10-08 Sec Chief TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Sec Asst Chf TD: Stats: 4 Rounds, 8 Players, 14 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2006-10-09, Entered: 2006-10-09, Rated: 2006-10-09 Re-Rated: 2006-10-09 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 2 3 4 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10291569 1 CRISPIN, THOMAS A TX 2200* 2200* W---4 D---3 W---5 L---2 2.5 13495524 2 GAO, LU TX 1174/00 2172/03 H---0 W---7 L---3 W---1 2.5 11520481 3 SARKISIAN, DREW J TX 2151* 2153* W---6 D---1 W---2 L---4 2.5 12623645 4 MOLINA, WILLIAM TX 2058* 2065* L---1 W---6 D---8 W---3 2.5 10399718 5 KOHNITZ, EUGENE TX 2009* 2017* H---0 W---8 L---1 W---7 2.5 12892272 6 LI, SEAN TX 1753* 1756* L---3 L---4 B---0 D---8 1.5 10402701 7 MC LEMORE, SAMUEL TX 1691* 1710* W---8 L---2 H---0 L---5 1.5 12776447 8 GUCER, VASFI TX 2059* 2026* L---7 L---5 D---4 D---6 1.0 Section: 2 U1800 Section Dates: 2006-09-17 - 2006-10-08 Sec Chief TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Sec Asst Chf TD: Stats: 4 Rounds, 13 Players, 23 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2006-10-09, Entered: 2006-10-09, Rated: 2006-10-09 Re-Rated: 2006-10-09 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 2 3 4 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12710101 1 SLADE, SCOTT D TX 1634* 1663* W---7 D---4 H---0 W---3 3.0 12724815 2 BHANDARI, SANJAY OH 1644* 1637* W--11 L---5 W---8 W---7 3.0 12830456 3 ZADOO, SERENA TX 1536* 1570* W---9 W---6 W---5 L---1 3.0 12912152 4 JAMES, DYLAN SCOT TX 1712* 1698* W--13 D---1 L---6 W--11 2.5 12742529 5 RAINA, ARINDAM TX 1494* 1497* W--12 W---2 L---3 D--10 2.5 12408524 6 LEAL, ROSENDO TX 1714* 1710* W---8 L---3 W---4 U---0 2.0 12517664 7 LEMONS, CHARLES E TX 1533* 1515* L---1 W--13 W--11 L---2 2.0 12774694 8 RAINA, ABHAY TX 1291* 1309* L---6 W--10 L---2 W--12 2.0 12841668 9 RICHARDS, EARL TX 600/20 689/23 L---3 B---0 L--10 W--13 2.0 13496486 10 AHN, JU HYUNG TX 996/00 1198/03 H---0 L---8 W---9 D---5 2.0 12650212 11 RIDGWAY, BILL TX 1108* 1100* L---2 X---0 L---7 L---4 1.0 13479744 12 CARGILE, ROSS W TX 963/00 1121/03 L---5 F---0 W--13 L---8 1.0 12602375 13 TORNATORE, PETER TX 1034* 972* L---4 L---7 L--12 L---9 0.0
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Name/ID Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4
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1. Crispin, Thomas A |2200 | B 5 | W 3 | B 6 | W 2 |
10291569 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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2. Gao, Lu |2200 | HALF | W 8 | B 3 | B 1 |
13495524 | | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
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3. Sarkisian, Drew J |2155 | W 7 | B 1 | W 2 | B 5 |
11520481 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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4. Gucer, Vasfi |2062 | B 8 | W 6 | B 5 | W 7 |
12776447 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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5. Molina, William |2053 | W 1 | B 7 | W 4 | W 3 |
12623645 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
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6. Kohnitz, Eugene |1986 | HALF | B 4 | W 1 | B 8 |
10399718 | | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
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7. Li, Sean |1788 | B 3 | W 5 | BYE | B 4 |
12892272 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
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8. Mc Lemore, Samuel |1649 | W 4 | B 2 | HALF | W 6 |
10402701 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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Name/ID Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4
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1. Slade, Scott D |1734 | W 8 | B 4 | HALF | W 5 |
12710101 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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2. Leal, Rosendo |1720 | B 9 | W 5 | W 4 | ZERO |
12408524 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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3. Bhandari, Sanjay |1647 | W 10 | B 6 | W 9 | B 8 |
12724815 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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4. James, Dylan Scott |1614 | B 11 | W 1 | B 2 | W 10 |
12912152 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
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5. Zadoo, Serena |1517 | W 12 | B 2 | W 6 | B 1 |
12830456 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
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6. Raina, Arindam |1434 | B 14 | W 3 | B 5 | W 13 |
12742529 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
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7. Zadoo, Sanjna |1376 | HALF | --- | --- | --- |
12741335 | | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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8. Lemons, Charles Ed |1310 | B 1 | W 11 | B 10 | W 3 |
12517664 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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9. Raina, Abhay |1265 | W 2 | B 13 | B 3 | W 14 |
12774694 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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10. Ridgway, Bill |1108 | B 3 | --- | W 8 | B 4 |
12650212 | | 0.0 | X1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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11. Tornatore, Peter J |1034 | W 4 | B 8 | W 14 | B 12 |
12602375 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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12. Richards, Earl | 564 | B 5 | BYE | W 13 | W 11 |
12841668 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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13. Ahn, Ju Hyung |nnnn | HALF | W 9 | B 12 | B 6 |
13496486 | | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
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14. Cargile, Ross |nnnn | W 6 | --- | B 11 | B 9 |
13479744 | | 0.0 | F0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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