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Saint Louis Open: round four recap and round five preview

By on April 11, 2010 in

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Round four brought more excitement as GM Robert Hess managed to outlast GM Dmitry Gurevich to hang on to first place. GM Alejandro Ramirez defeated IM Irina Krush, which created a two-way tie atop the leaderboard between Hess and Ramirez.

A quick draw between the two early on in round one opened the door for a multiple-way tie to take place. GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Josh Friedel and Mesgen Amanov all have 3.5/4 heading into the final round as does WIM Alisa Melekhina. Melekhina, who upset GM Ben Finegold in round four, takes on Nakamura.

SwissSys Standings. saint louis open: Open

#  Name ID Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Robert L Hess 12749774 2657 NY W39 W26 W12 W7 4.0
2 Alejandro Ramirez 12688291 2605 TX W40 W17 W31 W8 4.0
3 Hikaru Nakamura 12641216 2817 NY W38 W53 D23 W22 3.5
4 Joshua Ed Friedel 12593986 2596 NH W41 W54 H--- W23 3.5
5 Mesgen Amanov 13822947 2469 IL W20 W34 H--- W25 3.5
6 Alisa Melekhina 12726115 2320 PA W44 W35 H--- W21 3.5
7 Dmitry Gurevich 12212800 2514 IL W42 W27 W13 L1 3.0
8 Irina Krush 12543137 2500 NY W43 W18 W15 L2 3.0
9 Michael A Brooks 11045685 2442 MO W65 D55 W37 D14 3.0
10 Ronald Luther 10365007 2216 MO L46 W49 W39 W29 3.0
11 Bob Holliman 10364833 2202 MO D58 D51 W40 W35 3.0
12 Richard Benjamin 12399940 2200 MO W47 W19 L1 W38 3.0
13 Ben Inskeep 12760493 2147 IN W59 W50 L7 W46 3.0
14 James R Voelker 10266696 2119 MO D30 W71 W61 D9 3.0
15 Sean Vibbert 21004359 2110 IN W66 W68 L8 W36 3.0
16 Tim C Steiner 12520946 2077 KS L68 W59 W58 W42 3.0
17 John Veech 13666104 2052 WI W81 L2 W47 W51 3.0
18 Nick W Karlow 12827792 2004 MO W52 L8 W68 W50 3.0
19 Peter Hess 12775194 1959 NY W75 L12 W73 W31 3.0
20 Spencer Finegold 12665760 1926 MO L5 W80 W62 W33 3.0
21 Benjamin Finegold 11264417 2621 MO W28 W33 H--- L6 2.5
22 Tatev Abrahamyan 12851435 2369 CA D29 W74 W55 L3 2.5
23 Iryna Zenyuk 12846035 2280 PA W45 W64 D3 L4 2.5
24 Hans Jung 12053130 2147   W49 D37 L29 W52 2.5
25 Daniel Gurevich 12914206 2136 GA W60 W46 H--- L5 2.5
26 Yun Fan 14024290 2079 IN W67 L1 H--- W57 2.5
27 Joshua Frank 12541155 2021 MO W70 L7 H--- W61 2.5
28 Nathaniel Criss 20015240 1940 IN L21 D67 W71 W55 2.5
29 Christoph Prather 12735054 1898 IN D22 W78 W24 L10 2.5
30 Vikram Aruna Arun 13048508 1833 MO D14 D63 D34 X56 2.5
31 Kevin Y Cao 12905349 2166 MO W48 W36 L2 L19 2.0
32 James McLaughlin 11243053 2124 MO L50 L48 W78 W65 2.0
33 Jialin Ding 13717165 2047 MO W69 L21 W48 L20 2.0
34 Paul D Mechem 12561226 2003 IL W72 L5 D30 D37 2.0
35 William W Rhee 12397469 1995 MI W80 L6 W69 L11 2.0
36 Daniel Edw Parmet 12772868 1959 IL W76 L31 W74 L15 2.0
37 Dushyan Reddivari 12686518 1954 IL W77 D24 L9 D34 2.0
38 Jennifer Skidmore 12457851 1954 MI L3 W66 W76 L12 2.0
39 Joseph An Garnier 12852544 1950 MO L1 W79 L10 W68 2.0
40 Jeffrey J Kovalic 12467445 1936 TN L2 W70 L11 W74 2.0
41 Todd A Plagemann 12089710 1932 IL L4 L69 W79 W73 2.0
42 Christopher Wood 12853032 1930 IL L7 W72 W53 L16 2.0
43 Steven D Bange 12546617 1928 MO L8 L52 W70 W69 2.0
44 Daniel A Juengel 12399160 1893 MO L6 W75 H--- H--- 2.0
45 Albert D Howlett 12545119 1886 MO L23 W83 H--- H--- 2.0
46 Daniel R Dugovic 12841411 1884 IL W10 L25 B--- L13 2.0
47 Taimoor Noor 12627423 1876 KS L12 W77 L17 W64 2.0
48 Kyle J Miles 12711437 1874 IL L31 W32 L33 X62 2.0
49 Leo C Donofrio 12480677 1864 NJ L24 L10 W75 W63 2.0
50 Robert G Davidson 12472229 1846 IN W32 L13 W54 L18 2.0
51 Brad A Schmidt 11193056 1802 IL D62 D11 W63 L17 2.0
52 Dennis Humphries 12314110 1700 IL L18 W43 W64 L24 2.0
53 Bill Hall 12397673 2095 TN W79 L3 L42 D59 1.5
54 Randy W Ho 12744052 2019 AZ W82 L4 L50 D58 1.5
55 Kevin Dal Johnson 10415942 2000 MO W73 D9 L22 L28 1.5
56 Nathan Swinger 12832340 1980 MO H--- L61 W60 F30 1.5
57 Isaiah Gadson 12929115 1963 MO L74 D60 W67 L26 1.5
58 William M Tong 12879755 1877 MO D11 D62 L16 D54 1.5
59 Tony R Cheng 13486296 1853 KS L13 L16 W83 D53 1.5
60 Alexan Vergilesov 12882813 1846 MO L25 D57 L56 W76 1.5
61 Peter B Harris 12920949 1585 MO H--- W56 L14 L27 1.5
62 Jason Adam Kasick 12524173 2092 KS D51 D58 L20 F48 1.0
63 James A Davies 10363209 2008 MO D71 D30 L51 L49 1.0
64 Frank H Smith 12834366 1962 MO W83 L23 L52 L47 1.0
65 Nolan Hendrickson 13547552 1907 WI L9 L73 W72 L32 1.0
66 Cesareo Rodriguez 11035809 1808 IL L15 L38 H--- D71 1.0
67 Daniel J Coryea 10125715 1800 MO L26 D28 L57 D79 1.0
68 Randy Way Giminez 11041019 1800 MO W16 L15 L18 L39 1.0
69 Thomas Gaul 12475158 1787 IA L33 W41 L35 L43 1.0
70 Margaret M Hua 13289400 1777 MO L27 L40 L43 W83 1.0
71 Bob Howe 12870683 1718 MO D63 L14 L28 D66 1.0
72 James Larki Smith 13362808 1699 MO L34 L42 L65 W80 1.0
73 William Thompson 12583287 1696 MO L55 W65 L19 L41 1.0
74 Derrick Bartotto 12505842 1614 MO W57 L22 L36 L40 1.0
75 Roger C Schmidt 10359058 1289 IL L19 L44 L49 B--- 1.0
76 Matthew Llo Lodge 14214167 1228 MO L36 B--- L38 L60 1.0
77 Charles Manley Md 11435203 827 MO L37 L47 H--- H--- 1.0
78 Stanley Geo Veyhl 13315256 709 MO H--- L29 L32 H--- 1.0
79 John D Roush 10283167 1806 IN L53 L39 L41 D67 0.5
80 Rex Sinquefield 10349451 1647 MO L35 L20 H--- L72 0.5
81 Matthew L Barrett 20092935 1788 MO L17 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
82 Wayde Stallman 12568703 1775 MO L54 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
83 Daymion Phillips 12880290 1493 IN L64 L45 L59 L70 0.0

SwissSys Standings. Saint Louis Open: Reserve (U1800)

#  Name ID Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Mark J Ferber   unr.   W35 W23 W7 W6 4.0
2 Behrooz Me Vakil 12541355 1764 MO D37 W46 W30 W9 3.5
3 Anthony Ford 14343052 1731 MO D39 W38 W41 W20 3.5
4 Michael A Mulford 10510376 1730 GA W40 W32 H--- W16 3.5
5 Jarrod Mi Tavares 12761163 1789 NY W36 W26 L9 W18 3.0
6 Timothy G Nesham 10259193 1776 MO W29 W11 W33 L1 3.0
7 William Nesham 13135370 1767 MO W43 W12 L1 W26 3.0
8 Bradley Jo Herbst 12882812 1760 MO L30 W43 W35 W25 3.0
9 Matthew J Angeli 13289614 1621 MO W34 W19 W5 L2 3.0
10 Joe W Hoffmann 10365376 1564 MO L19 W34 W32 W33 3.0
11 Lawrence Figg 12881892 1489 MO W48 L6 W45 W22 3.0
12 Luke Josep Herbst 12924971 1489 MO W53 L7 W48 W21 3.0
13 Lou Sarmento 12699463 1372 MO H--- W39 W17 H--- 3.0
14 Phillip R Meyers 12374680 1753 IN W31 D30 L18 W36 2.5
15 David B Frey 12461707 1661 IN L33 D31 W38 W41 2.5
16 Steve Korenblat 11453651 1596 MO W44 W45 H--- L4 2.5
17 Edward C Baur 12014770 1500 MO W51 D41 L13 W39 2.5
18 Filippo Massari 14249075 1181 MO H--- W37 W14 L5 2.5
19 Ken West 12544320 1094 MO W10 L9 D24 W42 2.5
20 Robert Mic Heller 14296805 unr. MO W27 W25 H--- L3 2.5
21 Rodney C Wright 12438071 1749 KY L32 W40 W27 L12 2.0
22 Stephen Zhang 12934373 1597 MO W49 L33 W28 L11 2.0
23 Tim Harder 12875801 1593 IA W50 L1 D36 D31 2.0
24 Don Harper 12933055 1513 IL L45 W44 D19 D30 2.0
25 Eric James Ewalt 12446256 1504 MO W47 L20 W29 L8 2.0
26 Jacob Lee Smith 13362814 1490 MO W52 L5 W46 L7 2.0
27 Gary L Bemis 12576597 1447 MO L20 W47 L21 W44 2.0
28 Ken Crumpler 12699083 1446 MO L41 W51 L22 W45 2.0
29 Daniel J Tuttle 12040910 1445 MO L6 W53 L25 W48 2.0
30 Vishal Bharadwaj 12934399 1355 MO W8 D14 L2 D24 2.0
31 Jonathan Davidson 13518885 1344 IN L14 D15 W49 D23 2.0
32 Douglas Pichen 12510789 1332 IL W21 L4 L10 W46 2.0
33 Sean Trani 14002717 1243 MO W15 W22 L6 L10 2.0
34 Adam B Eubanks 14268755 1233 MO L9 L10 W53 X47 2.0
35 Richard Fox 12649186 1450 MO L1 W50 L8 H--- 1.5
36 Tony Niemann 12425956 1446 KY L5 X52 D23 L14 1.5
37 Jason Zhou 14085162 1378 MO D2 L18 L39 W49 1.5
38 Nathan Tu Phan 13278415 1340 MO H--- L3 L15 W50 1.5
39 Vincent P Pinkus 12462266 1269 IL D3 L13 W37 L17 1.5
40 Robert A Luckey 10363853 1252 MO L4 L21 D50 W51 1.5
41 Yomi Toba 14410148 unr. MO W28 D17 L3 L15 1.5
42 William J Immer 12450148 1518 MO L46 D49 H--- L19 1.0
43 Sandy Smith III 13331351 1441 MO L7 L8 L44 W53 1.0
44 James W Elliott 14162255 1169 MO L16 L24 W43 L27 1.0
45 William Jos Immer 12911618 1077 MO W24 L16 L11 L28 1.0
46 Wendell An Betton 12719986 1060 MO W42 L2 L26 L32 1.0
47 Phillip Wasem 13688428 893 MO L25 L27 B--- F34 1.0
48 David Frye 12887607 306 IN L11 B--- L12 L29 1.0
49 Aadit Palaniappan 12920948 1172 MO L22 D42 L31 L37 0.5
50 Isaiah L Angeli 13327924 1159 MO L23 L35 D40 L38 0.5
51 Laura A Ockel 13953802 878 MO L17 L28 H--- L40 0.5
52 Clark Rogers 12784802 864 MO L26 F36 U--- U--- 0.0
53 Micha Bingaman Jr 14389462 unr. MO L12 L29 L34 L43 0.0