Abhinav Suresh continued his assault on the top spot with a come-from-behind victory against John Hartmann. Both players were in time pressure when Hartmann missed Suresh’s back rank threats and was duly punished. Suresh’s win left him in the driver’s seat with two rounds to play, and with his performance thus far, he will be a threat to be reckoned with as the tournament winds down.
In other games, John Linscott defeated John Stepp in a trendy line of the Ruy Lopez. David Sparks correctly sac’d an exchange to earn a draw against Tony Dutiel. Steven Cusumano beat Thomas Freed in a back-and-forth game, and Jon Reigenborn downed Brendan Forsling.
Results
101. 0.0 Stepp,John W (2.5,1782) 1.0 Linscott,John (2.0,1821)
102. 1.0 Suresh,Abhinav (2.5,1396) 0.0 Hartmann,John R (2.5,1730)
103. 0.5 Sparks,David Owe (2.0,1328) 0.5 Dutiel,Tony (2.0,1813)
104. 0.0 Freediii, Thomas (1.5,1330) 1.0 Cusumano, Steven J (1.5,1836)
105. 0.0F McElderry, John Pa (1.0,1146) 1.0F Wolk,Dan H (1.0,1385)
106. 0.0 Forsling, Brendan (1.0,810) 1.0 Reigenborn, Jonath (0.5,1214) 1.0 Caplan,Eylon (1.0,571) BYE
0.5 Gruberiii, Richar (1.5,1371) BYE REQUESTED
Standings
1. Suresh,Abhinav (6)………… NE 1396 W12 D2 W8 W6 3.5
2. Linscott,John (2)…………. NE 1821 W10 D1 D4 W5 3.0
3. Cusumano, Steven J (1)…….. NE 1836 -H- L4 W13 W10 2.5
4. Dutiel,Tony (3)…………… MO 1813 -H- W3 D2 D7 2.5
5. Stepp,John W (4)………….. NE 1782 W7 W9 D6 L2 2.5
6. Hartmann,John R (5)……….. NE 1730 W11 W13 D5 L1 2.5
7. Sparks,David Owe (10)…….. NE 1328 L5 W14 W9 D4 2.5
8. Wolk,Dan H (7)……………. NE 1385 L13 W11 L1 -X- 2.0
9. Gruberiii, Richar (8)……… NE 1371 W14 L5 L7 -H- 1.5
10. Freediii, Thomas (9)………. NE 1330 L2 W12 -H- L3 1.5
11. Reigenborn, Jonath (11)……. NE 1214 L6 L8 D15 W13 1.5
12. McElderry, John Pa (12)……. NE 1146 L1 L10 W14 -F- 1.0
13. Forsling, Brendan (13)…….. AK 810 W8 L6 L3 L11 1.0
14. Caplan,Eylon (14)…………. NE 571 L9 L7 L12 -B- 1.0
15. Kerbow,Jeffrey (15)……….. TX nnnn -H- -N- D11 -U- 1.0
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