4th Swiss – Rd 2

Tony Dutiel stands alone in first place after two rounds in the 4th Spence Swiss with a perfect score.  John Hartmann and Abhinav Suresh are nipping at his heels with 1.5/2.

At the risk of ‘tooting my own horn,’ there was an interesting tactic in my second round game vs. Mick Anzalone.  Black is to play in this position (move 32):

Full analysis can be found at:

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/6/10/Game4964763.html

Current standings:

4th Spence Swiss — Open                                     Cross Table, Page 1

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     Score

1. Dutiel,Tony (1)……………  NE 1912 W6    W4      2.0

2. Suresh,Abhinav (3)…………  NE 1756 D8    W9      1.5
3. Hartmann,John R (5)………..  NE 1715 D10   W8      1.5

4. Fitzpatrick,Josep (2)………  NE 1836 W7    L1      1.0
5. Cusumano,Steven J (4)………  NE 1738 W11   -N-     1.0
6. Caniglia,Caravagg (6)………  NE 1673 L1    W11     1.0
7. Buckley,Matthew T (7)………  MA 1602 L4    W10     1.0

8. Anzalone,Mick (8)………….  NE 1489 D2    L3      0.5
9. Hezel,Mitch (10)…………..  NE 1439 -H-   L2      0.5
10. Gruberiii, Richar (11)……..  NE 1205 D3    L7      0.5

11. Freediii, Thomas (9)……….  NE 1474 L5    L6      0.0