Monthly Archives: May 2015

(Ok. Tom’s not really dead. But he is leaving town, so he’s dead to us. Thus the tournament title.)

The Tom Freed Memorial Blitz was won by Abhinav Suresh and John Hartmann, who each scored 7/10 to share =1st. At 6.5/10 and =3rd were Tony Dutiel and Joe Knapp.

A full recounting of all results can be found at the USCF website:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201505187632

Another win for Abhinav, who marches towards 1900! Tony Dutiel and John Stepp tied for =2nd/3rd with 3/4.

Full results at the USCF website:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201505114842

Results from Rd 3:
Pairings for Round 3. 6th Spence Swiss: Swiss
Bd    Res    White            Res    Black
1    1     Abhinav Suresh        0     John W Stepp
2    0     Richar Gruber III    1     Tony Dutiel
3    ½     John R Hartmann        ½     Chad Forsman Jr
4    1     Scott Look        0     Steven Behrens
5    ½     Thomas Freed III    ½     Joseph R Marshall

UPDATED POTENTIAL pairings for Rd 4 (Stepp back in):

Pairings for Round 4. 6th Spence Swiss: Swiss
Bd    Res    White            Res    Black
1           Tony Dutiel               Abhinav Suresh
2           John W Stepp               Scott Look
3           Chad Forsman Jr               Richar Gruber III
4           Thomas Freed III           John R Hartmann
5           Joseph R Marshall           Steven Behrens

Results from Rd 2:

Pairings for Round 2. 6th Spence Swiss: Swiss
Bd    Res    White            Res    Black
1    0     Chad Forsman Jr        1     John W Stepp
2    0     John R Hartmann        1     Abhinav Suresh
3    1     Tony Dutiel        0     Joseph R Marshall
1     Scott Look            BYE
½     Thomas Freed III        BYE
½     Steven Behrens            BYE
½     Richar Gruber III        BYE

POTENTIAL pairings for Rd 3 (subject to change, as always)

Pairings for Round 3. 6th Spence Swiss: Swiss
Bd    Res    White        #    Res    Black
1           Abhinav Suresh               John W Stepp
2           Richar Gruber III           Tony Dutiel
3           John R Hartmann               Chad Forsman Jr
4           Scott Look               Steven Behrens
5           Thomas Freed III           Joseph R Marshall