The round 3 games were every bit as exciting as those in the previous round, with some narrow escapes, some clearly winning attacks which fizzled out and some interesting endgames, including that between Greg and Umar, which had a study-like quality about it given the opposite-color bishops. Again, I’ll try to get some of these games online during the Thanksgiving break next week, perhaps sooner.
Below are the pairings, wall chart and prize group standings for round 4. Anton is half a point clear in his group but fell ill this week and won’t be able to play Thursday, regrettably, though he still has an excellent chance at a prize with a draw or win in the final round. Hugo is also half a point clear in his group and we’ll see if he can keep that going when he plays Nikita this week. Note that a number of players have needed to take a zero-point bye given they’d already used the one half-point bye allowed in this event. That’s always unfortunate but there are a number of reasons why we use this rule–follow up with me Thursday if you have any questions.
Due to the odd number of players this round Umar gets the full-point bye though, as always, things could change in 24 hours if we get another bye request or the like–I’ll redo the pairings if I receive any such requests before 4pm Thursday. I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow! Regards,
Mark Drury
| Board | # | White | Result | # | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ALEX CHIN | 7 | CESAR TAMONDONG | |
| 2 | 2 | PRANAV JINDAL | 5 | NICK MATELLI | |
| 3 | 3 | TOBIN BENNION | 4 | JIALIN WU | |
| 4 | 16 | LASHA LAKIRBAIA | 8 | JOSEN KALRA | |
| 5 | 10 | DAVID ZHAO | 24 | FADI ARODAKI | |
| 6 | 21 | BANKS BENNION | 15 | CHASE WANG | |
| 7 | 34 | HUGO PU | 13 | NIKITA GRINKIN | |
| 8 | 22 | ATUL DHINGRA | 12 | SAMUEL AGDAMAG | |
| 9 | 25 | JEFFREY UNGAR | 9 | JEFFREY MCGINNIS | |
| 10 | 14 | TAEWOO KIM | 27 | PAUL HARTEL | |
| 11 | 28 | MICHAEL DARR | 18 | KORNEL CSERNAI | |
| 12 | 33 | GREGORY GAUTHIER | 23 | HAYDEN BRONGERSMA | |
| 13 | 29 | PARAMDEEP SINGH | 11 | MICHAEL SHERRARD | |
| 14 | 30 | SIDDHARTH KALRA | 19 | HAMDANIL RASYID | |
| 15 | 26 | UMAR RASYID | 32 | AMOGH RAO | |
| 31 | RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN | ½ | BYE | ||
| 6 | LIAM LIU | ½ | BYE |
| # | Name/Rating/ID | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALEX CHIN | W 23 | B 8 | B 7 | W 2 |
| 2009 17050697 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 2 | CESAR TAMONDONG | W 13 | B 10 | – 14 | B 1 |
| 1632 12439091 | 1.0 | 2.0 | X3.0 | ||
| 3 | PRANAV JINDAL | B 33 | W 21 | B 4 | W 5 |
| 2004 30628884 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | JIALIN WU | W 12 | B 22 | W 3 | B 7 |
| 1703 30410290 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | NICK MATELLI | bye | B 27 | W 20 | B 3 |
| 1695 12928935 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | ANTON BOBKOV | bye | W 32 | B 15 | —- |
| 1292 30162536 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 7 | TOBIN BENNION | —- | B 16 | W 1 | W 4 |
| 1708 12679573 | X1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 8 | JOSEN KALRA | B 25 | W 1 | W 19 | B 11 |
| 1600 12615210 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 9 | DAVID ZHAO | B 26 | W 14 | B 24 | W 13 |
| 1502 14793784 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 10 | CHASE WANG | —- | W 2 | B 26 | B 12 |
| 1328 15015852 | X1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 11 | LASHA LAKIRBAIA | B 20 | B 31 | W 25 | W 8 |
| 1304 30975473 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 12 | BANKS BENNION | B 4 | W 28 | B 21 | W 10 |
| 1140 30175646 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 13 | FADI ARODAKI | B 2 | W 29 | W 22 | B 9 |
| 1060 31279904 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 14 | RAMKUMAR JEYARAMAN | W 18 | B 9 | – 2 | bye |
| unr. 31454772 | 1.0 | 2.0 | F2.0 | ||
| 15 | LIAM LIU | B 24 | W 20 | W 6 | bye |
| 1665 30390852 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 16 | SAMUEL AGDAMAG | B 28 | W 7 | bye | B 19 |
| 1462 14874734 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | ||
| 17 | NIKITA GRINKIN | W 31 | B 19 | W 27 | B 20 |
| 1453 31286945 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 18 | DHRITEE DESAI | B 14 | bye | B 32 | —- |
| 1213 16336152 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 19 | ATUL DHINGRA | bye | W 17 | B 8 | W 16 |
| 1095 31236322 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 20 | HUGO PU | W 11 | B 15 | B 5 | W 17 |
| unr. 31093860 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 21 | JEFFREY MCGINNIS | W 34 | B 3 | W 12 | B 25 |
| 1504 13195830 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 22 | TAEWOO KIM | B 29 | W 4 | B 13 | W 26 |
| 1400 30622509 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 23 | KORNEL CSERNAI | B 1 | W 26 | W 31 | B 27 |
| 1285 30594380 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 24 | HAYDEN BRONGERSMA | W 15 | B 34 | W 9 | B 29 |
| 1064 31240441 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 25 | JEFFREY UNGAR | W 8 | W 33 | B 11 | W 21 |
| 1043 16396743 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 26 | PAUL HARTEL | W 9 | B 23 | W 10 | B 22 |
| 918 31277799 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 27 | MICHAEL DARR | B 30 | W 5 | B 17 | W 23 |
| 798 31240182 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 28 | PARAMDEEP SINGH | W 16 | B 12 | – 33 | W 30 |
| 672 30214394 | 0.0 | 0.0 | X1.0 | ||
| 29 | GREGORY GAUTHIER | W 22 | B 13 | W 34 | W 24 |
| unr. 31300086 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 30 | MICHAEL SHERRARD | W 27 | bye | —- | B 28 |
| 1478 12447368 | 0.0 | 0.5 | U0.5 | ||
| 31 | SIDDHARTH KALRA | B 17 | W 11 | B 23 | W 33 |
| 253 30498046 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 32 | AMOGH RAO | bye | B 6 | W 18 | B 34 |
| unr. 30949341 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 33 | HAMDANIL RASYID | W 3 | B 25 | – 28 | B 31 |
| 1260 30466276 | 0.0 | 0.0 | F0.0 | ||
| 34 | UMAR RASYID | B 21 | W 24 | B 29 | W 32 |
| 1001 30516925 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Name | Group | Rating | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIN, ALEX | 1600+ | 2009 | 3.0 |
| TAMONDONG, CESAR | 1600+ | 1632 | 3.0 |
| JINDAL, PRANAV | 1600+ | 2004 | 2.5 |
| WU, JIALIN | 1600+ | 1703 | 2.5 |
| MATELLI, NICK | 1600+ | 1695 | 2.5 |
| BENNION, TOBIN | 1600+ | 1708 | 2.0 |
| KALRA, JOSEN | 1600+ | 1600 | 2.0 |
| JEYARAMAN, RAMKUMAR | 1600+ | unr. | 2.0 |
| LIU, LIAM | 1600+ | 1665 | 1.5 |
| ZHAO, DAVID | 1300-1599 | 1502 | 2.0 |
| WANG, CHASE | 1300-1599 | 1328 | 2.0 |
| LAKIRBAIA, LASHA | 1300-1599 | 1304 | 2.0 |
| AGDAMAG, SAMUEL | 1300-1599 | 1462 | 1.5 |
| GRINKIN, NIKITA | 1300-1599 | 1453 | 1.5 |
| MCGINNIS, JEFFREY | 1300-1599 | 1504 | 1.0 |
| KIM, TAEWOO | 1300-1599 | 1400 | 1.0 |
| SHERRARD, MICHAEL | 1300-1599 | 1478 | 0.5 |
| BOBKOV, ANTON | 1002-1299 | 1292 | 2.5 |
| BENNION, BANKS | 1002-1299 | 1140 | 2.0 |
| ARODAKI, FADI | 1002-1299 | 1060 | 2.0 |
| DHINGRA, ATUL | 1002-1299 | 1095 | 1.5 |
| DESAI, DHRITEE | 1002-1299 | 1213 | 1.5 |
| CSERNAI, KORNEL | 1002-1299 | 1285 | 1.0 |
| BRONGERSMA, HAYDEN | 1002-1299 | 1064 | 1.0 |
| UNGAR, JEFFREY | 1002-1299 | 1043 | 1.0 |
| RASYID, HAMDANIL | 1002-1299 | 1260 | 0.0 |
| PU, HUGO | UNR-1001 | unr. | 1.5 |
| HARTEL, PAUL | UNR-1001 | 918 | 1.0 |
| DARR, MICHAEL | UNR-1001 | 798 | 1.0 |
| SINGH, PARAMDEEP | UNR-1001 | 672 | 1.0 |
| GAUTHIER, GREGORY | UNR-1001 | unr. | 1.0 |
| KALRA, SIDDHARTH | UNR-1001 | 253 | 0.5 |
| RAO, AMOGH | UNR-1001 | unr. | 0.5 |
| RASYID, UMAR | UNR-1001 | 1001 | 0.0 |