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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 [...]
A new top 100 list for the state is now available. It appears yr humble srvt has been underselling himself lately, having risen almost into the top 50. This should not yet be taken as a sign of the apocalypse, but it may not be far away.
The leaders ‘in the barn’ for this year’s Western are IM Stas Smetankin and NM Alex Betaneli, both with 2.5 points. Two other players, including IM Angelo Young have a chance to overtake them with decisive results in this round. NM Steven Szpisjak and Rene Glen Ancheta are the others in the field still playing [...]
The 49th Running of the Western Open has completed, with a 5-way tie for this year’s first place between IM’s Kriventsov, Smetankin, Young, FM Stamnov, and NM Tennant. Top Expert prize went to Erik Santarius, while first place in Class A was another 5-way tie: Gary Aranovich, Patrick McElwee, Jeremy Lynch, Paul Fricano, and Mehmed [...]
Looking over the recent batch of “Top x” lists from the USCF (Feb 2005) yields the following interesting tidbits:
Raymond Hayes is tied for #52 on the “Seniors” list.
Daniel Kane is #96 on the “Age 18” list.
Erik Santarius is #17 on the “Age 17” list.
Joseph Richards is #44 on the “Age 17” list.
Siarhei Biareishyk is #56 [...]
The 47th edition of the Western Open was won by IM Stanislav Smetankin, with Ashish Vaja and Tom Mertins tied for 2-3. Reserve section was won by Siarhei Biareishyk.
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