Alexander Balkum took clear first in the Top section, winning $45.00. Michael Langer and Andrew Widener tied for second, worth $10.00 each.
Jason Deutsch won the U1800 section, taking $40.00. Samuel McLemore and Earl Richards also tied for second, taking $10.00 each.
Thanks to Lori Balkum for running the event!
--Drew
Event ID: 200812288291 Event Name: DEC STANDARD 2008 Location: AUSTIN TX 78681 Event Dates: 2008-12-07 - 2008-12-28 Stats: 3 Sections, 21 Players, 21 Games Affiliate: A6024458 AUSTIN CHESS CLUB Chief TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Asst Chief TD: 12976516 LORI BALKUM Section: 1 TOP Section Dates: 2008-12-07 - 2008-12-28 Sec Chief TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Sec Asst Chf TD: 12976516 LORI BALKUM Stats: 3 Rounds, 9 Players, 9 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2008-12-28, Entered: 2008-12-28, Rated: 2008-12-28 Re-Rated: 2008-12-30 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 2 3 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12780751 1 BALKUM, ALEXANDER TX 2091* 2109* H---0 W---4 W---6 2.5 12581229 2 LANGER, MICHAEL TX 2308* 2316* W---7 W---6 U---0 2.0 12759562 3 WIDENER, ANDREW TX 1914* 1937* W---9 W---5 U---0 2.0 10398533 4 LAVERTY, ALAN T TX 2043* 2032* D---5 L---1 X---0 1.5 12560685 5 DURSTON, JOHN H TX 1916* 1909* D---4 L---3 B---0 1.5 10291569 6 CRISPIN, THOMAS A TX 2200* 2200* W---8 L---2 L---1 1.0 12776447 7 GUCER, VASFI TX 1971* 1979* L---2 W---9 F---0 1.0 12946130 8 CHEN, STEVEN TX 1935* 1931* L---6 B---0 U---0 1.0 12859308 9 QI, GEORGE TX 2019* 1998* L---3 L---7 U---0 0.0 Section: 2 U1800 Section Dates: 2008-12-07 - 2008-12-28 Sec Chief TD: 11520481 DREW J SARKISIAN Sec Asst Chf TD: 12976516 LORI BALKUM Stats: 3 Rounds, 8 Players, 10 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2008-12-28, Entered: 2008-12-28, Rated: 2008-12-28 Re-Rated: 2008-12-30 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 2 3 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12887669 1 DEUTSCH, JASON N TX 859/07 1098/10 W---5 D---2 W---4 2.5 10402701 2 MC LEMORE, SAMUEL TX 1607* 1600* D---3 D---1 W---7 2.0 12841668 3 RICHARDS, EARL TX 1255* 1326* D---2 D---5 W---8 2.0 14017471 4 BAKHSHI, RAHIMULL TX 1763/00 1380/03 W---6 W---7 L---1 2.0 13560923 5 RILLING, FRANK JA TX 1349* 1315* L---1 D---3 B---0 1.5 13378194 6 LIU, WILLIAM TX 1315* 1295* L---4 B---0 U---0 1.0 13595496 7 KHUPE, TSHAKALISA TX 1296/00 1273/03 W---8 L---4 L---2 1.0 13468414 8 DAVIS, ALAN TX 1320* 1279* L---7 H---0 L---3 0.5 Section: 3 HOUSE Section Dates: 2008-12-07 - 2008-12-28 Sec Chief TD: 12976516 LORI BALKUM Sec Asst Chf TD: Stats: 1 Round, 4 Players, 2 Games, Swiss Rating Stats: Regular Ratings Full K Dates: Received: 2008-12-28, Entered: 2008-12-28, Rated: 2008-12-28 Re-Rated: 2008-12-30 USCF ID PAIR NAME ST PRERATE PSTRATE 1 TOTAL -------- ---- ----------------- -- ------- ------- ----- ----- 10398533 1 LAVERTY, ALAN T TX 2032* 2034* W---3 1.0 13560923 2 RILLING, FRANK JA TX 1315* 1331* W---4 1.0 12911395 3 VENKATARAMAN, MAD TX 1620* 1617* L---1 0.0 13086927 4 KONERU, VARUN AKE TX 1225* 1207* L---2 0.0