Thanksgiving Open: Pairings for Round 3

on November 26, 2010
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Round two of the Thanksgiving Open is complete at the Khorassan Ballroom in the Chase Park Plaza, located just one block from the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Round one witnessed no major upsets as all titled players advanced with 1/1.

The big surprise of round two was CCSCSL standout Kevin Cao’s draw against GM Gregory Kaidanov.

The three-day option started today and brought out more than 100 participants. The two-day option begins tomorrow at 9 a.m. and should add an additional 20+ participants to the field. The fileds will merge during round four, which begins tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Stay tuned for a more complete recap of the first two rounds tomorrow.


Pairings for Round 3. Thanksgiving Open: 3-day Open

Bd Res White Res Black
1 MARKO ZIVANIC (2575) NIGEL SHORT (2766)
2 YURY SHULMAN (2710) MESGEN AMANOV (2518)
3 DMITRY GUREVICH (2527) TIMUR GAREYEV (2685)
4 ISTVAN SIPOS (2396) BENJAMIN FINEGOLD (2597)
5 RAY ROBSON (2593) MICHAEL BROOKS (2408)
6 GREGORY KAIDANOV (2638) VIKTORIJA NI (2349)
7 JAKE KLEIMAN (2450) MARGARET M HUA (1829)
8 BRAD A SCHMIDT (1853) KEVIN Y CAO (2195)
9 THOMAS SCHNEIDER (1799) JIALIN DING (2110)
10 SABINA-FRA FOISOR (2346) JOSHUA FRANK (2023)
11 THOMAS M ULRICH (2072) ERIC S ROSEN (2269)
12 ADARSH JAYAKUMAR (2241) SPENCER FINEGOLD (1983)
13 LAWRENCE S COHEN (2021) RICHARD BENJAMIN (2204)
14 JUSTIN LE GARDNER (2198) TODD A PLAGEMANN (1971)
15 DANIEL GUREVICH (2192) DANIEL EDW PARMET (1962)
16 WILLIAM M TONG (1977) JOHN VEECH (2160)
17 JAMES R VOELKER (2145) TAIMOOR NOOR (1900)
18 FRANK H SMITH (1969) MARK JOEFF FERBER (2129)
19 ABHISHEK MALLELA (2109) WAYNE L HATCHER (1876)
20 JAMES MCLAUGHLIN (2102) DANIEL A JUENGEL (1859)
21 AWONDER LIANG (1812) JIM GEARY (2084)
22 BARRY PAUL MANTHE (2102) CONRAD OBERHAUS (1786)
23 SELDEN TRIMBLE (1983) THOMAS GAUL (1746)
24 ALAN C RODENSTEIN (1877) STEPHEN LANDRUM (1807)
25 LUKE HELLWIG (2038) MATTHEW Q ALTON (1658)
26 DENNIS HUMPHRIES (1752) JAMES A DAVIES (2000)
27 WILLIAM NESHAM (1863) RANDY WAY GIMINEZ (1800)
28 SRIKAR CHIKKALA (1591) RODNEY VAUGHN (1856)
29 TIMOTHY C NESHAM (1806) RAFI CHOWDHURY (1751)
1 ROGER C SCHMIDT (1295) BYE

Pairings for Round 3. Thanksgiving Open: 3-day U1800

Bd Res White Res Black
101 MICHAEL HENSLEY (1688) ARAVIND GANAPATHY (1560)
102 BEHROOZ ME VAKIL (1753) SPENCER G LEHMANN (1626)
103 STEPHEN ZHANG (1555) WILLIAM THOMPSON (1744)
104 KEN CRUMPLER (1506) EDDIE RAY WOOD (1792)
105 KARAN A MEHTA (1539) JOSEPH C STAFFORD (1502)
106 LAURENCE COKER (1687) ADREAM LIANG (1441)
107 MAREK ZIOLKOWSKI (1430) MAX ASHE FRIEDMAN (1548)
1 RICHARD L BERRY (1569) BYE

Pairings for Round 3. Thanksgiving Open: 3-day U1400

Bd Res White Res Black
201 AADIT PALANIAPPAN (1241) JAY ANDRE SHAPIRO (1326)
202 RO OTEY- TRIPLETT (1269) ALFRED F HUFF (1132)
203 ANDREW GEISELHART (1023) NATHANIEL MILLER (1300)
204 PAUL YODER (1014) MATTHEW LEHMANN (918)
205 CHRISTO ROBERTSON (1305) CLARK ZHANG BERRY (842)
206 ALEXANDRA TIMOFTE (1278) TERRENCE QUINLAN (1140)
207 ROBERT A LUCKEY (1158) SCOTT M ANDERSON (1270)
208 JASON DEHORTY (1193) JAMES WANG (645)
209 DALE SULLINS (1159) AIDA TIMOFTE (621)
210 MICHAEL P O’NEILL (1148) FRED A SMITH (969)
211 SAMUEL BRU LEVINE (919) JACK R PEARCE (935)
1 ABLE LIANG (821) BYE
½ WENDELL A BETTON (1034) BYE
½ WILLIAM J DEHORTY JR (331) BYE

Pairings for Round 3. Thanksgiving Open: Extra

Bd Res White Res Black
0 JOSEPH C STAFFORD (1502) BYE
0 AADIT PALANIAPPAN (1241) BYE

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