Al Balkum scored 3.5 / 4 to win the Open section outright, winning $85.00. Ju Hyung Ahn was clear second, winning $40.00.
The fight for first prize in the U1800 section was fierce, and Sanjay Bhandari emerged in clear first with 3.5 / 4, winning $75.00. Andy Wang finished in second place with 3.0 / 4, worth $35.00. There was a three-way tie for Top U1500, with Glen Perry, Baltazar Rodriguez and Peter Tornatore each taking home $7.00.
Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday weekend.
Take care,
Drew
Pre-Thanksgiving Swiss Open - Round 4
Board White Black
1. 1.0 Ahn, Ju Hyung (3.0,1840) 0.0 Crispin, Thomas A (2.0,2200)
2. 1.0 Durston, John H (2.0,1918) 0.0 Sarkisian, Drew J (1.5,2131)
Pre-Thanksgiving Swiss U1800 - Round 4
Board White Black
3. 0.0 Mc Lemore, Samuel (2.5,1679) 1.0 Bhandari, Sanjay (3.5,1518)
4. 1.0 Stronger, Daniel A (2.5,1509) 0.0 VanBuren, Vincent (2.0,1584)
5. 1.0 Wang, Andy (3.0,1502) 0.0 Perry, Glen (2.0,1489)
6. 1.0 Tornatore, Peter J (2.0,1083) 0.0 Treat, Bobby R (1.0,1203)
Rodriguez, Baltazar (2.0,1114) FULL POINT BYE
Event ID: 200711184111 Event Name: PRE-THANKSGIVING SWISS Location: AUSTIN TX 78749 Event Dates: 2007-10-28 - 2007-11-18 Stats: 3 Sections, 26 Players, 37 Games Affiliate: A6024458 AUSTIN CHESS CLUB Chief TD: 12976516 LORI ANNE BALKUM Asst Chief TD: Section: 1 OPEN Section Dates: 2007-10-28 - 2007-11-18 Sec Chief TD: 12976516 LORI ANNE BALKUM Sec Asst Chf TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Stats: 4 Rounds, 9 Players, 13 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2007-11-23, Entered: 2007-11-23, Rated: 2007-11-23 Re-Rated: 2007-11-23 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 2 3 4 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12780751 1 BALKUM, ALEXANDER TX 2016* 2036* W---9 W---4 W---2 H---0 3.5 13496486 2 AHN, JU HYUNG TX 1823* 1859* B---0 W---7 L---1 W---4 3.0 10398533 3 LAVERTY, ALAN T TX 2027* 2024* W---8 L---6 W---9 H---0 2.5 10291569 4 CRISPIN, THOMAS A TX 2217* 2200* W---5 L---1 W---7 L---2 2.0 12560685 5 DURSTON, JOHN H TX 1912* 1925* L---4 B---0 U---0 W---6 2.0 11520481 6 SARKISIAN, DREW J TX 2135* 2115* L---7 W---3 H---0 L---5 1.5 12926166 7 CHANG, DEREK TX 1860* 1864* W---6 L---2 L---4 H---0 1.5 13079936 8 GARG, DHURV TX 1735* 1712* L---3 L---9 B---0 H---0 1.5 12830456 9 ZADOO, SERENA TX 1583* 1600* L---1 W---8 L---3 H---0 1.5 Section: 2 U1800 Section Dates: 2007-10-28 - 2007-11-18 Sec Chief TD: 12976516 LORI ANNE BALKUM Sec Asst Chf TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Stats: 4 Rounds, 12 Players, 20 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2007-11-23, Entered: 2007-11-23, Rated: 2007-11-23 Re-Rated: 2007-11-23 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 2 3 4 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12724815 1 BHANDARI, SANJAY TX 1548* 1599* W---7 H---0 W---4 W---3 3.5 13002173 2 WANG, ANDY TX 1570* 1574* W---9 L---5 W--11 W---6 3.0 10402701 3 MC LEMORE, SAMUEL TX 1600* 1600* W--10 D---4 W---5 L---1 2.5 12855256 4 STRONGER, DANIEL TX 1509* 1523* W---8 D---3 L---1 W---5 2.5 12576096 5 VANBUREN, VINCENT TX 1561* 1553* W--11 W---2 L---3 L---4 2.0 12926045 6 PERRY, GLEN TX 1525* 1496* W--12 L--11 W--10 L---2 2.0 12148190 7 RODRIGUEZ, BALTAZ TX 1114* 1101* L---1 W---9 L---8 B---0 2.0 12602375 8 TORNATORE, PETER TX 1083* 1156* L---4 L--10 W---7 W--11 2.0 12845015 9 ZADOO, SANDHYA TX 910* 894* L---2 L---7 X---0 H---0 1.5 13624280 10 BRUECKNER, HANNES TX 1285/11 1282/14 L---3 W---8 L---6 U---0 1.0 11345310 11 TREAT, BOBBY R TX 1370* 1348* L---5 W---6 L---2 L---8 1.0 13284555 12 SHAH, POOSHAN TX 1076* 1071* L---6 U---0 F---0 H---0 0.5
Pre-Thanksgiving Swiss -- Open
Name/ID Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4
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1. Crispin, Thomas A |2200 | W 5 | B 4 | W 7 | B 6 |
10291569 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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2. Sarkisian, Drew J |2131 | B 7 | W 3 | HALF | B 5 |
11520481 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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3. Laverty, Alan T |2027 | W 8 | B 2 | W 9 | HALF |
10398533 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
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4. Balkum, Alexander |1978 | B 9 | W 1 | W 6 | HALF |
12780751 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
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5. Durston, John H |1918 | B 1 | BYE | ZERO | W 2 |
12560685 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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6. Ahn, Ju Hyung |1840 | BYE | W 7 | B 4 | W 1 |
13496486 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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7. Chang, Derek |1831 | W 2 | B 6 | B 1 | HALF |
12926166 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
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8. Garg, Dhurv |1612 | B 3 | W 9 | BYE | HALF |
13079936 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
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9. Zadoo, Serena |1565 | W 4 | B 8 | B 3 | HALF |
12830456 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
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Pre-Thanksgiving Swiss -- U1800
Name/ID Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4
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1. Mc Lemore, Samuel |1679 | B 7 | W 4 | B 2 | W 3 |
10402701 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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2. VanBuren, Vincent |1584 | W 8 | B 5 | W 1 | B 4 |
12576096 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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3. Bhandari, Sanjay |1518 | B 9 | HALF | W 4 | B 1 |
12724815 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
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4. Stronger, Daniel A |1509 | W 10 | B 1 | B 3 | W 2 |
12855256 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
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5. Wang, Andy |1502 | B 11 | W 2 | B 8 | W 6 |
13002173 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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6. Perry, Glen |1489 | W 12 | B 8 | W 7 | B 5 |
12926045 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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7. Brueckner, Hannes |1285 | W 1 | B 10 | B 6 | ZERO |
13624280 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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8. Treat, Bobby R |1203 | B 2 | W 6 | W 5 | B 10 |
11345310 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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9. Rodriguez, Baltazar |1114 | W 3 | B 11 | W 10 | BYE |
12148190 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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10. Tornatore, Peter J |1083 | B 4 | W 7 | B 9 | W 8 |
12602375 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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11. Zadoo, Sandhya | 920 | W 5 | W 9 | --- | HALF |
12845015 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | X1.0 | 1.5 |
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12. Shah, Pooshan | 821 | B 6 | ZERO | --- | HALF |
13284555 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | F0.0 | 0.5 |
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