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Saint Louis Open: Round Three Recap

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After three rounds, four titled players share the first place lead at the Bill Wright Saint Louis Open, but the heavy favorite coming into the tournament ran into a tough round-three opponent.

Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, the 2009 U.S. Champion, drew WIM Iryna Zenyuk in round three. IM Irina Krush and GMs Dmitry Gurevich, Robert Hess and Alejandro Ramirez all share the first-place lead with scores of 3/3. GMs Ben Finegold, Josh Friedel, Mesgen Amanov and WIM Alisa Melekhina all took a round-three bye, which left them tied with Nakamura for second.

IM Michael Brooks, WIM Tatev Abrahamyan, Zenyuk, Daniel Gurevich, Jim Voelker and Christopher Prather all have 2.5/3 as well.

Stay tuned for a full recap tomorrow.

Pairings for Round 4. saint louis open: Open

Bd  # Res White # Res Black
1 6   Dmitry Gurevich 2   Robert L Hess
2 7   Irina Krush 4   Alejandro Ramirez
3 1   Hikaru Nakamura 10   Tatev Abrahamyan
4 11   Alisa Melekhina 3   Benjamin Finegold
5 5   Joshua Ed Friedel 12   Iryna Zenyuk
6 8   Mesgen Amanov 19   Daniel Gurevich
7 9   Michael A Brooks 21   James R Voelker
8 13   Ronald Luther 51   Christoph Prather
9 35   William W Rhee 14   Bob Holliman
10 15   Richard Benjamin 42   Jennifer Skidmore
11 16   Kevin Y Cao 39   Peter Hess
12 76   Rex Sinquefield 66   Daniel J Coryea
13 18   Ben Inskeep 54   Daniel R Dugovic
14 40   Daniel Edw Parmet 22   Sean Vibbert
15 47   Christopher Wood 26   Tim C Steiner
16 27   John Veech 65   Brad A Schmidt
17 49   Spencer Finegold 28   Jialin Ding
18 61   Robert G Davidson 32   Nick W Karlow
19 17   Hans Jung 73   Dennis Humphries
20 25   Yun Fan 37   Isaiah Gadson
21 78   Peter B Harris 29   Joshua Frank
22 33   Paul D Mechem 41   Dushyan Reddivari
23 34   Kevin Dal Johnson 44   Nathaniel Criss
24 36   Nathan Swinger 62   Vikram Aruna Arun
25 20   James McLaughlin 50   Nolan Hendrickson
26 59   Tony R Cheng 23   Bill Hall
27 57   Kyle J Miles 24   Jason Adam Kasick
28 55   William M Tong 30   Randy W Ho
29 31   James A Davies 58   Leo C Donofrio
30 38   Frank H Smith 56   Taimoor Noor
31 67   Randy Way Giminez 43   Joseph An Garnier
32 45   Jeffrey J Kovalic 77   Derrick Bartotto
33 75   William Thompson 46   Todd A Plagemann
34 69   Thomas Gaul 48   Steven D Bange
35 81   Matthew Llo Lodge 60   Alexan Vergilesov
36 72   Bob Howe 63   Cesareo Rodriguez
37 64   John D Roush 79   Daymion Phillips
38 70   Margaret M Hua 74   James Larki Smith
  80 1 Roger C Schmidt     BYE
  53 ½ Albert D Howlett     BYE
  52 ½ Daniel A Juengel     BYE
  83 ½ Stanley Geo Veyhl     BYE
  82 ½ Charles Manley Md     BYE

Pairings for Round 4. Saint Louis Open: Reserve (U1800)

Bd  # Res White # Res Black
101 51   Mark J Ferber 2   Timothy G Nesham
102 4   Behrooz Me Vakil 11   Matthew J Angeli
103 52   Robert Mic Heller 8   Anthony Ford
104 13   Steve Korenblat 9   Michael A Mulford
105 1   Jarrod Mi Tavares 39   Filippo Massari
106 20   Jacob Lee Smith 3   William Nesham
107 5   Bradley Jo Herbst 18   Eric James Ewalt
108 7   Rodney C Wright 22   Luke Josep Herbst
109 21   Lawrence Figg 12   Stephen Zhang
110 15   Joe W Hoffmann 37   Sean Trani
111 6   Phillip R Meyers 26   Tony Niemann
112 53   Yomi Toba 10   David B Frey
113 32   Jonathan Davidson 14   Tim Harder
114 17   Don Harper 31   Vishal Bharadwaj
115 19   Edward C Baur 35   Vincent P Pinkus
116 16   William J Immer 43   Ken West
117 41   James W Elliott 24   Gary L Bemis
118 25   Ken Crumpler 44   William Jos Immer
119 27   Daniel J Tuttle 49   David Frye
120 45   Wendell An Betton 34   Douglas Pichen
121 38   Adam B Eubanks 46   Phillip Wasem
122 29   Jason Zhou 40   Aadit Palaniappan
123 42   Isaiah L Angeli 33   Nathan Tu Phan
124 36   Robert A Luckey 47   Laura A Ockel
125 50   Micha Bingaman Jr 28   Sandy Smith III
  23 ½ Richard Fox     BYE
  30 ½ Lou Sarmento     BYE

 

 

SwissSys Standings. saint louis open: Open

#  Name ID Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Robert L Hess 12749774 2657 NY W55 W37 W18 3.0
2 Alejandro Ramirez 12688291 2605 TX W56 W23 W19 3.0
3 Dmitry Gurevich 12212800 2514 IL W30 W38 W20 3.0
4 Irina Krush 12543137 2500 NY W58 W25 W21 3.0
5 Hikaru Nakamura 12641216 2817 NY W29 W50 D12 2.5
6 Benjamin Finegold 11264417 2621 MO W44 W24 H--- 2.5
7 Joshua Ed Friedel 12593986 2596 NH W57 W52 H--- 2.5
8 Mesgen Amanov 13822947 2469 IL W31 W39 H--- 2.5
9 Michael A Brooks 11045685 2442 MO W59 D40 W43 2.5
10 Tatev Abrahamyan 12851435 2369 CA D15 W68 W40 2.5
11 Alisa Melekhina 12726115 2320 PA W45 W26 H--- 2.5
12 Iryna Zenyuk 12846035 2280 PA W46 W54 D5 2.5
13 Daniel Gurevich 12914206 2136 GA W70 W32 H--- 2.5
14 James R Voelker 10266696 2119 MO D47 W73 W48 2.5
15 Christoph Prather 12735054 1898 IN D10 W76 W36 2.5
16 Ronald Luther 10365007 2216 MO L32 W63 W55 2.0
17 Bob Holliman 10364833 2202 MO D60 D34 W56 2.0
18 Richard Benjamin 12399940 2200 MO W61 W27 L1 2.0
19 Kevin Y Cao 12905349 2166 MO W62 W28 L2 2.0
20 Ben Inskeep 12760493 2147 IN W64 W33 L3 2.0
21 Sean Vibbert 21004359 2110 IN W71 W65 L4 2.0
22 Tim C Steiner 12520946 2077 KS L65 W64 W60 2.0
23 John Veech 13666104 2052 WI W78 L2 W61 2.0
24 Jialin Ding 13717165 2047 MO W66 L6 W62 2.0
25 Nick W Karlow 12827792 2004 MO W35 L4 W65 2.0
26 William W Rhee 12397469 1995 MI W74 L11 W66 2.0
27 Peter Hess 12775194 1959 NY W83 L18 W67 2.0
28 Daniel Edw Parmet 12772868 1959 IL W69 L19 W68 2.0
29 Jennifer Skidmore 12457851 1954 MI L5 W71 W69 2.0
30 Christopher Wood 12853032 1930 IL L3 W81 W50 2.0
31 Spencer Finegold 12665760 1926 MO L8 W74 W51 2.0
32 Daniel R Dugovic 12841411 1884 IL W16 L13 B--- 2.0
33 Robert G Davidson 12472229 1846 IN W49 L20 W52 2.0
34 Brad A Schmidt 11193056 1802 IL D51 D17 W53 2.0
35 Dennis Humphries 12314110 1700 IL L25 W58 W54 2.0
36 Hans Jung 12053130 2147   W63 D43 L15 1.5
37 Yun Fan 14024290 2079 IN W72 L1 H--- 1.5
38 Joshua Frank 12541155 2021 MO W79 L3 H--- 1.5
39 Paul D Mechem 12561226 2003 IL W81 L8 D47 1.5
40 Kevin Dal Johnson 10415942 2000 MO W67 D9 L10 1.5
41 Nathan Swinger 12832340 1980 MO H--- L48 W70 1.5
42 Isaiah Gadson 12929115 1963 MO L68 D70 W72 1.5
43 Dushyan Reddivari 12686518 1954 IL W75 D36 L9 1.5
44 Nathaniel Criss 20015240 1940 IN L6 D72 W73 1.5
45 Daniel A Juengel 12399160 1893 MO L11 W83 H--- 1.5
46 Albert D Howlett 12545119 1886 MO L12 W82 H--- 1.5
47 Vikram Aruna Arun 13048508 1833 MO D14 D53 D39 1.5
48 Peter B Harris 12920949 1585 MO H--- W41 L14 1.5
49 James McLaughlin 11243053 2124 MO L33 L62 W76 1.0
50 Bill Hall 12397673 2095 TN W77 L5 L30 1.0
51 Jason Adam Kasick 12524173 2092 KS D34 D60 L31 1.0
52 Randy W Ho 12744052 2019 AZ W80 L7 L33 1.0
53 James A Davies 10363209 2008 MO D73 D47 L34 1.0
54 Frank H Smith 12834366 1962 MO W82 L12 L35 1.0
55 Joseph An Garnier 12852544 1950 MO L1 W77 L16 1.0
56 Jeffrey J Kovalic 12467445 1936 TN L2 W79 L17 1.0
57 Todd A Plagemann 12089710 1932 IL L7 L66 W77 1.0
58 Steven D Bange 12546617 1928 MO L4 L35 W79 1.0
59 Nolan Hendrickson 13547552 1907 WI L9 L67 W81 1.0
60 William M Tong 12879755 1877 MO D17 D51 L22 1.0
61 Taimoor Noor 12627423 1876 KS L18 W75 L23 1.0
62 Kyle J Miles 12711437 1874 IL L19 W49 L24 1.0
63 Leo C Donofrio 12480677 1864 NJ L36 L16 W83 1.0
64 Tony R Cheng 13486296 1853 KS L20 L22 W82 1.0
65 Randy Way Giminez 11041019 1800 MO W22 L21 L25 1.0
66 Thomas Gaul 12475158 1787 IA L24 W57 L26 1.0
67 William Thompson 12583287 1696 MO L40 W59 L27 1.0
68 Derrick Bartotto 12505842 1614 MO W42 L10 L28 1.0
69 Matthew Llo Lodge 14214167 1228 MO L28 B--- L29 1.0
70 Alexan Vergilesov 12882813 1846 MO L13 D42 L41 0.5
71 Cesareo Rodriguez 11035809 1808 IL L21 L29 H--- 0.5
72 Daniel J Coryea 10125715 1800 MO L37 D44 L42 0.5
73 Bob Howe 12870683 1718 MO D53 L14 L44 0.5
74 Rex Sinquefield 10349451 1647 MO L26 L31 H--- 0.5
75 Charles Manley Md 11435203 827 MO L43 L61 H--- 0.5
76 Stanley Geo Veyhl 13315256 709 MO H--- L15 L49 0.5
77 John D Roush 10283167 1806 IN L50 L55 L57 0.0
78 Matthew L Barrett 20092935 1788 MO L23 U--- U--- 0.0
79 Margaret M Hua 13289400 1777 MO L38 L56 L58 0.0
80 Wayde Stallman 12568703 1775 MO L52 U--- U--- 0.0
81 James Larki Smith 13362808 1699 MO L39 L30 L59 0.0
82 Daymion Phillips 12880290 1493 IN L54 L46 L64 0.0
83 Roger C Schmidt 10359058 1289 IL L27 L45 L63 0.0

SwissSys Standings. Saint Louis Open: Reserve (U1800)

#  Name ID Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Timothy G Nesham 10259193 1776 MO W37 W19 W21 3.0
2 Matthew J Angeli 13289614 1621 MO W39 W31 W11 3.0
3 Mark J Ferber   unr.   W34 W24 W12 3.0
4 Behrooz Me Vakil 12541355 1764 MO D45 W42 W28 2.5
5 Anthony Ford 14343052 1731 MO D30 W46 W32 2.5
6 Michael A Mulford 10510376 1730 GA W47 W38 H--- 2.5
7 Steve Korenblat 11453651 1596 MO W40 W41 H--- 2.5
8 Lou Sarmento 12699463 1372 MO H--- W30 W26 2.5
9 Filippo Massari 14249075 1181 MO H--- W45 W22 2.5
10 Robert Mic Heller 14296805 unr. MO W35 W17 H--- 2.5
11 Jarrod Mi Tavares 12761163 1789 NY W27 W18 L2 2.0
12 William Nesham 13135370 1767 MO W51 W20 L3 2.0
13 Bradley Jo Herbst 12882812 1760 MO L28 W51 W34 2.0
14 Rodney C Wright 12438071 1749 KY L38 W47 W35 2.0
15 Stephen Zhang 12934373 1597 MO W48 L21 W36 2.0
16 Joe W Hoffmann 10365376 1564 MO L31 W39 W38 2.0
17 Eric James Ewalt 12446256 1504 MO W43 L10 W37 2.0
18 Jacob Lee Smith 13362814 1490 MO W52 L11 W42 2.0
19 Lawrence Figg 12881892 1489 MO W44 L1 W41 2.0
20 Luke Josep Herbst 12924971 1489 MO W53 L12 W44 2.0
21 Sean Trani 14002717 1243 MO W23 W15 L1 2.0
22 Phillip R Meyers 12374680 1753 IN W29 D28 L9 1.5
23 David B Frey 12461707 1661 IN L21 D29 W46 1.5
24 Tim Harder 12875801 1593 IA W49 L3 D27 1.5
25 Don Harper 12933055 1513 IL L41 W40 D31 1.5
26 Edward C Baur 12014770 1500 MO W50 D32 L8 1.5
27 Tony Niemann 12425956 1446 KY L11 X52 D24 1.5
28 Vishal Bharadwaj 12934399 1355 MO W13 D22 L4 1.5
29 Jonathan Davidson 13518885 1344 IN L22 D23 W48 1.5
30 Vincent P Pinkus 12462266 1269 IL D5 L8 W45 1.5
31 Ken West 12544320 1094 MO W16 L2 D25 1.5
32 Yomi Toba 14410148 unr. MO W36 D26 L5 1.5
33 William J Immer 12450148 1518 MO L42 D48 H--- 1.0
34 Richard Fox 12649186 1450 MO L3 W49 L13 1.0
35 Gary L Bemis 12576597 1447 MO L10 W43 L14 1.0
36 Ken Crumpler 12699083 1446 MO L32 W50 L15 1.0
37 Daniel J Tuttle 12040910 1445 MO L1 W53 L17 1.0
38 Douglas Pichen 12510789 1332 IL W14 L6 L16 1.0
39 Adam B Eubanks 14268755 1233 MO L2 L16 W53 1.0
40 James W Elliott 14162255 1169 MO L7 L25 W51 1.0
41 William Jos Immer 12911618 1077 MO W25 L7 L19 1.0
42 Wendell An Betton 12719986 1060 MO W33 L4 L18 1.0
43 Phillip Wasem 13688428 893 MO L17 L35 B--- 1.0
44 David Frye 12887607 306 IN L19 B--- L20 1.0
45 Jason Zhou 14085162 1378 MO D4 L9 L30 0.5
46 Nathan Tu Phan 13278415 1340 MO H--- L5 L23 0.5
47 Robert A Luckey 10363853 1252 MO L6 L14 D49 0.5
48 Aadit Palaniappan 12920948 1172 MO L15 D33 L29 0.5
49 Isaiah L Angeli 13327924 1159 MO L24 L34 D47 0.5
50 Laura A Ockel 13953802 878 MO L26 L36 H--- 0.5
51 Sandy Smith III 13331351 1441 MO L12 L13 L40 0.0
52 Clark Rogers 12784802 864 MO L18 F27 U--- 0.0
53 Micha Bingaman Jr 14389462 unr. MO L20 L37 L39 0.0