Thanksgiving Open: Final Results

By on November 29, 2010 in

The Thanksgiving Open is complete in Saint Louis. After six rounds, a four-way tie emerged at the top of the leaderboard to send four grandmasters home with $900 each. After tiebreaks, GM Alexander Onischuk emerged as the overall tourney winner.

Onischuk emerged from the two-day schedule unscathed to take on GM Dmitry Gurevich in round four. Onischuk's rook sacrifice gave him two advanced, connected center pawns, which gave him enough pressure to convert the victory.

In round five, Onischuk took on GM Yury Shulman in a King's Gambit that eventually petered out into an uneventful draw. His hard-fought draw against GM Gregory Kaidanov in the final round helped secure a tie for first for both.

Kaidanov had to fight back from a surprising round two draw against CCSCSL standout Kevin Cao. Kaidanov topped Viktorija Ni in round three, Jialin Ding in round four and GM Ray Robson in round five to put himself in prime position heading into the final round.

Shulman maintained solid play throughout the tournament, and his draw in the final round against GM Nigel Short helped secure him a piece of the four-way tie at the top.

After drawing Robson in round four, Short had a lost position against IM Jake Kleiman, but still managed to pull out a draw. His three draws in the final three rounds were not enough to catch the rest of the field as Short finished the tournament with a score of 4.5/6.

GM Dmitry Gurevich had a solid tournament with a 5/6 finish to capture a tie for first place. His key victory came in round three against GM Timur Gareyev. The following round, Gurevich lost to the overall winner Onischuk, but finished strong with victories against Ni and IM Jake Kleiman in rounds five and six.

John Veech, a student of GM Mesgen Amanov, traveled form Wisconsin to take first U2400 and $550. Veech, who came into the tournament with a rating of 2160, finished with 4.5/6 (after requesting a 1/2-point bye in round six). His only loss came in round two to Robson, a position Robson said he though Veech could win.

"He should have drawn me," Robson said. "He had a forced draw at some point."

Resident GM Ben Finegold finished with a final score of 4/6.

Stay tuned for pgns of some of the key games from the tournament and more updated coverage.

SwissSys Standings. Thanksgiving Open: Thanksgiving Open Merged

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]	Prize
1	ALEXANDE ONISCHUK	W33	W69	W17	W4	D2	D3	5.0	22	24	19.5	86.5	900.00
2	YURY SHULMAN	W68	W16	W31	W11	D1	D5	5.0	21	23	19.5	85	900.00
3	GREGORY KAIDANOV	W50	D14	W9	W23	W6	D1	5.0	20.5	23	18	87.5	900.00
4	DMITRY GUREVICH	W45	W22	W10	L1	W9	W8	5.0	20	22.5	18	87.5	900.00
5	NIGEL SHORT	W72	W19	W12	D6	D8	D2	4.5	22	24	18	86
6	RAY ROBSON	W47	W7	W24	D5	L3	W22	4.5	21.5	24	17.5	87.5
7	JOHN VEECH	W65	L6	W35	W27	W31	H---	4.5	16.5	16.5	15	58	550.00
8	JAKE KLEIMAN	W26	D23	W44	W14	D5	L4	4.0	20.5	23	16.5	84.5
9	VIKTORIJA NI	B---	W15	L3	W37	L4	W36	4.0	20	20	14	74	112.50
10	TIMUR GAREYEV	W42	W34	L4	W25	D24	D11	4.0	19.5	22	15.5	83
11	ISTVAN SIPOS	W56	W46	W13	L2	D12	D10	4.0	19.5	21.5	16.5	83.5	112.50
12	MARKO ZIVANIC	W35	W29	L5	W32	D11	D14	4.0	19	22	15.5	82.5
13	BENJAMIN FINEGOLD	W43	W32	L11	W34	L19	W23	4.0	18	20.5	15	79.5
14	KEVIN Y CAO	W57	D3	W53	L8	W43	D12	4.0	18	20	15	77	266.67
15	THOMAS M ULRICH	W55	L9	W16	W39	L17	W34	4.0	18	19.5	14	69.5	266.67
16	ERIC S ROSEN	W51	L2	L15	W57	W35	W37	4.0	17.5	19.5	12	69.5	112.50
17	ANGELO YOUNG	W54	W36	L1	D22	W15	H---	4.0	17.5	17.5	14.5	65.5
18	FRANK H SMITH	L31	W60	L22	W64	W38	W32	4.0	15	16.5	11	58.5	350.00
19	SABINA-FRA FOISOR	W62	L5	W68	W33	W13	U---	4.0	15	15	15	55	112.50
20	THOMAS SCHNEIDER	W74	D38	L23	W46	W42	H---	4.0	14	14	13.5	44.5	350.00
21	ABHISHEK MALLELA	W60	L31	D62	D58	W56	X39	4.0	11	11	11.5	41.5	266.67
22	MARK JOEFF FERBER	W40	L4	W18	D17	W52	L6	3.5	20.5	22.5	13.5	79
23	JIALIN DING	W63	D8	W20	L3	W28	L13	3.5	20.5	22	14.5	78.5
24	MICHAEL BROOKS	W73	W37	L6	W36	D10	U---	3.5	17	17	15	59.5
25	JUSTIN LE GARDNER	D44	D67	W45	L10	D26	W50	3.5	15	16.5	11.5	56
26	DANIEL EDW PARMET	L8	W63	L32	W65	D25	W48	3.5	15	16.5	10	58
27	RAJA PANJWANI	D71	W58	D39	L7	W33	H---	3.5	15	15	12	49
28	ALAN C RODENSTEIN	H---	L44	W41	W48	L23	W42	3.5	14	14	10.5	50
29	JAMES R VOELKER	W66	L12	W56	L31	H---	W43	3.5	13	13	11.5	48.5
30	VIKRAM ARUNA* ARUN	D39	L33	L58	W70	B---	W46	3.5	12	12	8	43.5
31	MESGEN AMANOV	W18	W21	L2	W29	L7	U---	3.0	15.5	20.5	14	69.5
32	DANIEL GUREVICH	W41	L13	W26	L12	W49	L18	3.0	14.5	21	12	67.5
33	DREW HOLLINBERGER	L1	W30	W69	L19	L27	W52	3.0	13	20	10	70.5
34	ADARSH JAYAKUMAR	W59	L10	W47	L13	W45	L15	3.0	13	19	12	66.5
35	WILLIAM M TONG	L12	W66	L7	W40	L16	W59	3.0	13	18.5	9	58.5
36	SEAN VIBBERT	W52	L17	W49	L24	W58	L9	3.0	12	18	12	70.5
37	JAMES MCLAUGHLIN	W64	L24	W67	L9	W51	L16	3.0	11.5	17	12	59.5
38	RICHARD BENJAMIN	D53	D20	D42	D52	L18	W58	3.0	11	17	10	63
39	ALISA MELEKHINA	D30	W71	D27	L15	W54	F21	3.0	10.5	14.5	12	44
40	CONRAD OBERHAUS	L22	W72	L48	L35	W67	W62	3.0	9	14	8	46.5
41	STEPHEN LANDRUM	L32	D43	L28	W63	H---	W56	3.0	9	12.5	7	44.5
42	LAWRENCE S COHEN	L10	W59	D38	W62	L20	L28	2.5	14	18	10	63.5
43	SELDEN TRIMBLE	L13	D41	W70	W44	L14	L29	2.5	14	18	9.5	61.5
44	MARGARET M HUA	D25	W28	L8	L43	L46	W63	2.5	13.5	17.5	9	62.5
45	TODD A PLAGEMANN	L4	W51	L25	W67	L34	D53	2.5	13	18	8.5	65
46	JIM GEARY	W61	L11	D57	L20	W44	L30	2.5	13	17	10	58.5
47	SPENCER FINEGOLD	L6	W65	L34	L51	W57	D49	2.5	12	16.5	7.5	58
48	BARRY PAUL MANTHE	D70	L53	W40	L28	W62	L26	2.5	11.5	15	9	49
49	ALEXAN VERGILESOV	L69	W54	L36	W68	L32	D47	2.5	11.5	14.5	8.5	49
50	JAMES A DAVIES	L3	L57	D63	W55	W53	L25	2.5	11	16	7	55.5
51	WILLIAM NESHAM	L16	L45	W66	W47	L37	D54	2.5	11	15	7.5	48
52	CHASE KNOWLES	L36	B---	W71	D38	L22	L33	2.5	11	14.5	9.5	48.5
53	BRAD A SCHMIDT	D38	W48	L14	H---	L50	D45	2.5	10.5	14.5	9.5	49.5
54	JAMES D POLLITT	L17	L49	B---	W59	L39	D51	2.5	10.5	14.5	6.5	49
55	ROGER C SCHMIDT	L15	L62	B---	L50	X71	H---	2.5	4	8	4	28
56	TAIMOOR NOOR	L11	W61	L29	W69	L21	L41	2.0	13.5	17.5	8	57
57	AWONDER LIANG	L14	W50	D46	L16	L47	D60	2.0	13.5	17.5	7.5	55.5
58	ISAIAH GADSON	H---	L27	W30	D21	L36	L38	2.0	12.5	16	8	54
59	RODNEY VAUGHN	L34	L42	W61	L54	W64	L35	2.0	10.5	13.5	6	46
60	RAFI CHOWDHURY	L21	L18	L65	D66	W70	D57	2.0	9.5	13.5	4	39.5
61	SRIKAR CHIKKALA	L46	L56	L59	B---	D65	D64	2.0	7.5	10	3.5	34
62	WAYNE L HATCHER	L19	W55	D21	L42	L48	L40	1.5	13	17.5	7	58
63	DENNIS HUMPHRIES	L23	L26	D50	L41	W66	L44	1.5	12.5	16	4	49.5
64	MATTHEW Q ALTON	L37	D73	D72	L18	L59	D61	1.5	11	15	5	37
65	TIMOTHY C NESHAM	L7	L47	W60	L26	D61	U---	1.5	9.5	14	5	40.5
66	RANDY WAY GIMINEZ	L29	L35	L51	D60	L63	B---	1.5	9	12.5	1.5	36.5
67	DANIEL A JUENGEL	H---	D25	L37	L45	L40	H---	1.5	8.5	12	5	40
68	JOSHUA FRANK	L2	W70	L19	L49	U---	U---	1.0	8	13	5	46
69	ALEXAND* VELIKANOV	W49	L1	L33	L56	U---	U---	1.0	7.5	12.5	6	46
70	THOMAS GAUL	D48	L68	L43	L30	L60	U---	0.5	9	12	3	35.5
71	JOSEPH AN GARNIER	D27	L39	L52	U---	F55	U---	0.5	5.5	9	3	34
72	LUKE HELLWIG	L5	L40	D64	U---	U---	U---	0.5	4.5	9	2	31
73	VIKRAM ARUNA ARUN	L24	D64	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.5	1.5	5.5	2.5	20
74	ALEXAND VELIKANOV	L20	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	0	4	0	14

SwissSys Standings. Thanksgiving Open: Thanksgiving Open U1800

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]	Prize
1	SPENCER G LEHMANN	H---	W24	W22	W11	W3	D2	5.0	16.5	16.5	17	59	1000.00
2	MICHAEL HENSLEY	W23	W14	D11	D3	W4	D1	4.5	18.5	19.5	17	77	500.00
3	DIRK BOSWINKEL	W19	W12	W18	D2	L1	D5	4.0	18.5	20	17	76.5	233.33
4	EDDIE RAY WOOD	L11	W25	W16	W13	L2	W14	4.0	15.5	17.5	13	66.5	100.00
5	WILLIAM THOMPSON	W21	D16	L13	W17	W12	D3	4.0	15	17	14	69	100.00
6	VISHAL* BHARADWAJ	L12	W19	W15	D14	D11	W13	4.0	14.5	16	12.5	64.5	233.33
7	ANSHUL ADVE	L15	L10	W19	W23	W9	W11	4.0	14.5	15.5	10	53	100.00
8	RICHARD L BERRY	D24	L22	B---	D16	W18	W12	4.0	12.5	12.5	10.5	46	233.33
9	ADREAM LIANG	W25	L11	D20	W22	L7	W16	3.5	14	16	12	48.5
10	JASON* ZHOU	L18	W7	L12	W20	D16	W17	3.5	14	16	10	59.5
11	ARAVIND GANAPATHY	W4	W9	D2	L1	D6	L7	3.0	16.5	25	14	82
12	HANSON HAO	W6	L3	W10	W18	L5	L8	3.0	15	21	13	75
13	STEPHEN ZHANG	D22	W17	W5	L4	D14	L6	3.0	13	19.5	13	68
14	JOSEPH C STAFFORD	B---	L2	W23	D6	D13	L4	3.0	12	16.5	11.5	59.5
15	LAWRENCE G RIDGE	W7	L18	L6	L21	W23	W19	3.0	9.5	14.5	9	47.5
16	KEN CRUMPLER	W20	D5	L4	D8	D10	L9	2.5	16.5	20.5	11	65
17	MAREK ZIOLKOWSKI	H---	L13	W21	L5	W20	L10	2.5	10.5	14.5	8.5	48.5
18	ANOOP GAZULAPALLI	W10	W15	L3	L12	L8	L20	2.0	15	19	11	65
19	ASHWATH KUMAR	L3	L6	L7	B---	W21	L15	2.0	13	17	4	54.5
20	LAURENCE COKER	L16	D21	D9	L10	L17	W18	2.0	12.5	16	5.5	59
21	MAX ASHE FRIEDMAN	L5	D20	L17	W15	L19	H---	2.0	9	13	5.5	41.5
22	BEHROOZ ME VAKIL	D13	W8	L1	L9	U---	U---	1.5	10	15	8	53
23	KARAN A MEHTA	L2	B---	L14	L7	L15	U---	1.0	9.5	14	4	47.5
24	JASON ZHOU	D8	L1	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.5	3.5	8.5	3	28
25	VISHAL BHARADWAJ	L9	L4	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	3.5	7.5	0	25

SwissSys Standings. Thanksgiving Open: Thanksgiving Open U1400

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	TBrk[M]	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[O]	Prize
1	ALFRED F HUFF	W36	W12	W14	L5	W7	W2	5.0	20	22	18	78	600.00
2	ANDREW GEISELHART	W25	W15	W24	W6	W5	L1	5.0	19.5	22	20	80.5	600.00
3	PAUL YODER	D24	W28	W26	D7	W8	W5	5.0	17	19.5	16.5	74	600.00
4	KENNETH D BALLARD	D6	W21	L7	W26	W12	W11	4.5	17.5	20	14	73
5	JAY ANDRE SHAPIRO	W18	W22	W8	W1	L2	L3	4.0	21.5	24	18	91
6	GREG CARLSON	D4	W19	W13	L2	W22	D9	4.0	20	22.5	14.5	82
7	SHOEB MOHIUDDIN	D21	W23	W4	D3	L1	W17	4.0	20	22.5	14.5	75
8	AADIT PALANIAPPAN	B---	W30	L5	W16	L3	W18	4.0	17.5	17.5	14	64
9	JASON DEHORTY	L20	W31	W30	W13	D11	D6	4.0	15.5	17	13.5	61	200.00
10	TERRENCE QUINLAN	L29	W33	D12	W32	W14	D15	4.0	14	14.5	12.5	55	200.00
11	KEN* WEST	W16	L13	W19	W17	D9	L4	3.5	18.5	21.5	14	73
12	ALEXANDRA TIMOFTE	W34	L1	D10	W20	L4	W26	3.5	18.5	19.5	12	68
13	NATHAN TU PHAN	W23	W11	L6	L9	D18	W22	3.5	17	19.5	13	72
14	RO OTEY- TRIPLETT	W27	W20	L1	D22	L10	W21	3.5	16.5	19	13.5	66.5
15	SCOTT M ANDERSON	W31	L2	L17	W33	W23	D10	3.5	16	16.5	11.5	56
16	EMILY L THOMPSON	L11	W35	W21	L8	W19	H---	3.5	14	14	11	48
17	ROBERT A LUCKEY	L30	W27	W15	L11	W25	L7	3.0	12	18	11	61.5
18	WENDELL A BETTON	L5	W36	H---	W24	D13	L8	3.0	12	16	10.5	55
19	SUHAS BOBBA	W35	L6	L11	W27	L16	W29	3.0	11.5	17	10	56
20	CLARK ZHANG BERRY	W9	L14	W25	L12	L24	D23	2.5	15	19	10.5	65	87.50
21	KYLE JOSEPH RAY MAYHUGH	D7	L4	L16	W29	W32	L14	2.5	14.5	19	8	68.5
22	DALE SULLINS	W33	L5	W29	D14	L6	L13	2.5	13.5	17.5	11.5	70
23	MATTHEW WE LARSON	L13	L7	W35	W28	L15	D20	2.5	13.5	17.5	7.5	59
24	NATHANIEL MILLER	D3	W29	L2	L18	W20	U---	2.5	12.5	17.5	10	66
25	CHRISTO ROBERTSON	L2	W34	L20	W30	L17	D28	2.5	11	16	8.5	59
26	MATTHEW LEHMANN	H---	W32	L3	L4	W34	L12	2.5	10.5	15.5	9.5	52.5	87.50
27	SAMUEL BRU LEVINE	L14	L17	W31	L19	H---	W32	2.5	9	12.5	5.5	43.5	87.50
28	WILLIAM J DEHORTY JR	H---	L3	H---	L23	W33	D25	2.5	5.5	10.5	6.5	35.5	87.50
29	AIDA TIMOFTE	W10	L24	L22	L21	W30	L19	2.0	13	17	8	59
30	JAMES WANG	W17	L8	L9	L25	L29	W34	2.0	12	16	7	58
31	JACK R PEARCE	L15	L9	L27	L34	B---	W33	2.0	7.5	11.5	2	37
32	MICHAEL P O'NEILL	H---	L26	W34	L10	L21	L27	1.5	8.5	12.5	6.5	39.5
33	ABLE LIANG	L22	L10	B---	L15	L28	L31	1.0	10	14	3	45
34	FRED A SMITH	L12	L25	L32	W31	L26	L30	1.0	10	13.5	3	46.5
35	MIKE BUCKLEY	L19	L16	L23	B---	U---	U---	1.0	5.5	9	2	29
36	KEN WEST	L1	L18	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0	3	8	0	29