Below are the standings after round 2 of our June Mini-Marathon, as well as the tentative round 3 pairings. We have a number of byes in round 3, including two of the three people tied for first, so this will make for an interesting finish. Given the number of participants we probably should have played 5 rounds, to better guarantee a clear first, but if there is a tie for any of first, second or third places we’ll hold a blitz chess memefest the following week to see who takes home the gift certificates.
Be certain to check https://menloparkchess.club/tournaments/latest-tournament-pairings/ for the latest pairings as we get closer to Wednesday, and I’ll send another reminder Tuesday but recall that we agreed to start rounds 3 and 4 at 6:30pm over the coming two weeks. Hopefully this isn’t a hardship for anyone?
Lastly, there was a spate of interesting games in round 2 and I should have all of them added to our June Mini-Marathon Lichess study this weekend (https://lichess.org/study/UWaFebaG)–thanks to those of you who sent me the PGN files for your games as that certainly makes things easier on my end!
