This past Thursday we tried another Swiss event with the G/7;d2 time control over four rounds in two sections and the format was again well received. The only drawback was that some of the games finished quite early, leaving those players (typically younger) to wait for as much as ten minutes for the next round to begin, and when more than a few people are awaiting the next round the room tends to become loud. The noise was only a minor problem after two of the rounds so while not a huge issue it’s something for us to work on as a club (note that we wouldn’t stand for a similar noise level during a rated event).
Congratulations are due to Wentao Wu for winning the Open section with 3.5 out of four points, while Andy Applebaum, first-time visitor Edward Muginshteyn and Hayden Brongersma tied for second with 3.0 points (Hayden is taking up permanent residency in the top three spots of these events). In the Reserve section another first-time visitor, Zelin Fang, scored a 4.0 out of 4.0 to claim sole first while youngsters Austin Chen and Hugo Pu tied for second with 3.0 points. Thank you to all who played in this free, unrated tournament and will likely do something similar this week, ahead of a rated evening set to begin August 8th (more about that soon).
