2011 Premier and Amateur

By on July 09, 2011 in

Round 4

Vergilesov & Eckert took a quick draw, leaving the door open for Josh Frank to join them in first place after his win over Jim McLaughlin. Margaret Hua defeated her former teacher Joe Garnier! Way to go Margaret! She joins Spencer Finegold fourth place with 3/4.

Matt Larson was able to complete a perfect tournament, and will take clear first with 4/4. Congratulations Matt! Second place is shared four ways, between Katurah Gadson, Daniel Thurber, Haozhe Wang, and Marek Ziolkowski.

Thanks to all for another great tournament!

Final Standings: Premier

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	DOUG D ECKERT	2243	W13	W5	W4	D2	3.5
2	ALEXAN VERGILESOV	1871	W20	W9	W8	D1	3.5
3	JOSHUA FRANK	2098	W11	H---	W12	W8	3.5
4	SPENCER FINEGOLD	2079	W15	W17	L1	W10	3.0
5	MARGARET M HUA	1981	W18	L1	W17	W9	3.0
6	JIALIN DING	2246	L17	W7	D13	W12	2.5
7	GORDON J RUAN	2171	D12	L6	W18	W13	2.5
8	JAMES MCLAUGHLIN	2100	W19	W10	L2	L3	2.0
9	JOSEPH AN GARNIER	2052	W14	L2	W11	L5	2.0
10	WILLIAM M TONG	1956	W16	L8	W14	L4	2.0
11	JAY LEWIS III	1812	L3	W16	L9	W18	2.0
12	STEVEN D BANGE	1871	D7	W20	L3	L6	1.5
13	ALBERT DA HOWLETT	1907	L1	W15	D6	L7	1.5
14	WILLIAM THOMPSON	1678	L9	W19	L10	D15	1.5
15	STEPHEN ZHANG	1710	L4	L13	B---	D14	1.5
16	STEVE KORENBLAT	1604	L10	L11	W19	H---	1.5
17	JAMES D POLLITT	1940	W6	L4	L5	U---	1.0
18	PETER BENJ HARRIS	1661	L5	B---	L7	L11	1.0
19	JEFFREY SCHRAGIN	1856	L8	L14	L16	B---	1.0
20	RICHARD BENJAMIN	2200	L2	L12	U---	U---	0.0

Final Standings: Amateur

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	MATTHEW W LARSON	1572	W3	W15	W6	W2	4.0
2	KETURAH GADSON	1436	W11	W14	W10	L1	3.0
3	DANIEL TH THURBER	1204	L1	W17	W16	W10	3.0
4	HAOZHE WANG	1187	W5	L10	W14	W13	3.0
5	MAREK ZIOLKOWSKI	1501	L4	W19	W12	W8	3.0
6	MATTHEW C HOSLER	1426	W19	W7	L1	H---	2.5
7	HOWARD ALA GRANOK	1269	W13	L6	D11	W14	2.5
8	JAMES JOH ALFONSI	732	B---	D12	W15	L5	2.5
9	SCOTT M ANDERSON	1371	L14	D13	W17	W12	2.5
10	STEVE H JACOBS	1400	W17	W4	L2	L3	2.0
11	ROBERT A LUCKEY	1147	L2	W18	D7	H---	2.0
12	AADIT PALANIAPPAN	1403	W16	D8	L5	L9	1.5
13	ERIC SHOEMAKER	unr.	L7	D9	W18	L4	1.5
14	DAVID BRATON	762	W9	L2	L4	L7	1.0
15	CLARK ZHANG BERRY	1343	W18	L1	L8	U---	1.0
16	SALVADOR JARA	959	L12	B---	L3	U---	1.0
17	GRE VANVALKENBURG	912	L10	L3	L9	H---	0.5
18	NATHAN KRANTZ	unr.	L15	L11	L13	H---	0.5
19	COREY SMITH	1011	L6	L5	U---	U---	0.0

Round 3

The Amateur favorites met in Round 3, and Matt Larson quickly emerged victorious. Will anyone be able stop him? In the final round, he'll square off against the also-undefeated Keturah Gadson.

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Meanwhile, in the Premier, Steve Korenblat pulled off a 250-point upset over visiting Pittsburgher Jeffrey Schragin.

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Eckert parried an aggressive black opening from Spencer Finegold and came away with a win.

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And, in yet another impressive upset, Alex Vergilesov bested Jim McLaughlin, and will square off against Eckert in the final round.

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ROUND 2

Alex Vergilesov is apparently all out of bubblegum; after beating a candidate master in round one he beat local expert Joe Garnier in Round 2. Fellow A-player Steve Bange is also continuing his impressive showing, defeating Richard Benjamin and moving up to 1.5/2. An impressive showing by local A-players in a field dominated by masters and experts.

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ROUND 1:

A few big upsets in Round 1! Matts Larson and Hosler won as expected, but on Board 2 of the Amateur section, young Haozhe Wang defeated the 1501-rated Marek Ziolkowski. In the Premier, Alex Vegilesov (1871) took down Richard Benjamin (2200), Steve Bange (1871) held a draw against Gordon Ruan (2171), and James Pollitt (1940) defeated Jialin Ding (2246)!

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PREGAME:

The 2011 Amateur & Premier drew 39 players. The Premier (open) section is stacked with 3 masters and 5 experts: Doug Eckert, Richard Benjamin, Jialin Ding, Josh Frank, Gordon Ruan, Joe Garnier, Spencer Finegold, and James Mclaughlin. At 2246, Jialin Ding is the favorite to win by rating, but Doug Eckert, rated 2243, just came off a convincing 3-0 tournament victory last night in The Friday Action Quads. The Amateur section should turn out to be a close fight for first between Matt Larson and Matt Hosler. The Matts have been destroying the competition on the club ladder over the past month! Will there be any first round upsets? Qui audet adipiscitur! --Alex Marler