NM Alex Betaneli was too strong for the field, as he walked away unscathed from the field with clear first place. Second place went to former Junior Champion Anthony Parker. Steffen Thieme and Niel Gleason tied for third.

NM Betaneli holds a full-point lead over Anthony Parker going into the final round of the Roman Levit Memorial.

…in case anyone is interested. Posting current crosstables for events I’m running takes me about 5 minutes, now that I’ve worked out the kinks. This would extend only incrementally if the crosstable were several hundred players long.
Ain’t technology grand?

NM Betaneli continued undefeated, but not without a scare from Gary Aronovich. Including this round’s pairing against Patrick McElwee, NM Betaneli will have played all five of the players currently closest to him in the standings.

NM Alex Betaneli is in firm control of this year’s edition of the Roman Levit Memorial, with the only perfect score after 4 rounds. Gary Aronovich is a half-point back, while Steffen Thieme, Anthony Parker, David Cardenas, and Sou Her are all tied for 3-6.
This year’s Levit is experimenting with shorter time controls and more [...]

Clint Ballard is on a campaign to end draws. While we sympathize with his goal, and hope he finds a way, his current system isn’t it.
He’s created yet another scoring system that eliminates the zero-sum aspect of chess. In this system Black wins are worth 3 points, Black draws are worth 1 point, White wins [...]