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2nd Spence Quads – Results

Congratulations to Abhinav Suresh, clear and undefeated winner of the top section of the 2nd Spence Quads.  His rating continues its climb to the stratosphere – he’s now among the club’s top rated players 1t 1764!

There was a three-way tie for first in the second section.  Caravaggio Caniglia, Thomas Freed and Arnie Schulze all scored 2.0/3 to share the crown.

Details can be found at the USCF website:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201404075712

2nd Spence Quads – Rd 2

Results from Rd 2:

Quad
101.    0.0    Cusumano,Steven (0.0,1801)    1.0    Suresh,Abhina (0.0,1637)
102.    0.0    Hartmann,John R (0.0,1716)    1.0    Stepp,John W (0.0,1720)

Swiss
201.    0.0    Dostal,Don J (1.0,1328)    1.0    Caniglia,Caravagg (1.0,1503)
202.    0.5    Freediii, Thomas (0.5,1432)    0.5    Anzalone, Mick (0.0,1506)
203.    1.0    Schulze,Arnold (0.0,1290)    0.0    Gruberiii, Richar (0.5,1268)

2nd Spence Quads – Rd 1

10 players turned up to play in the 2nd Spence Quads.  Because 10 is not divisible by 4, we created a top quad section and a bottom six person swiss.

Quad results, rd 1:
101.    1.0    Stepp,John (0.0,1720)    0.0    Cusumano,Steven J (0.0,1801)
102.    1.0    Suresh,Abhina (0.0,1637)    0.0    Hartmann,John R (0.0,1716)

Swiss results, rd 1:
201.    1.0    Dostal,Don J (1.0,1328)    0.0    Anzalone, Mick (0.0,1506)
202.    1.0    Caniglia,Caravagg (1.0,1503)    0.0    Schulze,Arnold (0.0,1290)
203.    0.5    Gruberiii, Richar (0.5,1268)    0.5    Freed, Thomas (0.5,1432)

4th Spence Blitz – Results

Congratulations to state co-champ Ben Fabrikant, clear and undefeated (7/7!) winner of the 4th Spence Blitz!  Abhinav Suresh and Tony Dutiel tied for 2nd/3rd with 5.0/7.

Full details are available at:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201403103762

1st Spence G/24 and RBO – Results

Congratulations to Tony Dutiel, the clear winner of the 1st Spence G/24!  Cole Sater was the big winner in the RBO.  Well done!

The MSA record can be found at:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201402247942

1st Spence G/25 — Open

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     4     5     6     Score

1. Dutiel,Tony (1)……………  NE 1790 W3    W4    W2    D6    W5    W10     5.5
2. Stepp,John W (3)…………..  NE 1716 W11   W9    L1    W8    W6    D4      4.5
3. Caniglia,Caravaggio (6)…….  NE 1443 L1    D7    W11   D4    W9    W6      4.0
4. Hartmann,John R (4)………..  NE 1588 W7    L1    D6    D3    -X-   D2      3.5
5. Gruber iii, Richar (7)……..  NE 1381 L8    D11   W9    W7    L1    -B-     3.5
6. Suresh,Abhinav (5)…………  NE 1501 W10   W8    D4    D1    L2    L3      3.0
7. Freed iii, Thomas (9)………  NE 1310 L4    D3    -B-   L5    D10   W9      3.0
8. Cusumano, Steven J (2)……..  NE 1779 W5    L6    W10   L2    -F-   -U-     2.0
9. Schulze, Arnold (11)……….  NE 1246 -B-   L2    L5    W10   L3    L7      2.0
10. Dostal,Don J (10)………….  NE 1309 L6    -B-   L8    L9    D7    L1      1.5
11. Wolk,Dan H (8)…………….  NE 1350 L2    D5    L3    -N-   -N-   -N-     0.5

1st Spence G/25 — RBO

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     4     Score

1. Sater,Cole (1)…………….  NE  710 -B-   W2    W6    W5      4.0
2. Richardson,Tyler (4)……….  NE nnnn W4    L1    W5    -B-     3.0
3. Telikicherla, Adit (5)……..  NE nnnn W5    W4    -H-   -N-     2.5
4. Vaiz,Emily (6)…………….  NE nnnn L2    L3    -B-   L6      1.0
5. Rajjan,Sanjay (3)………….  NE nnnn L3    -B-   L2    L1      1.0
6. O’Keefe,Lachlan (2)………..  NE nnnn -N-   -N-   L1    W4      1.0

1st Spence G/24 and RBO – Rds 1-3

Tony Dutiel leads the pack in the 1st G/24 (not G/25!) with Abhinav Suresh hot on his tail.  There is a two-way tie for first in the RBO, where Cole Sater and Adit Telikicherla both have perfect scores after two rounds.

1st Spence G/24 — Open                                      Cross Table, Page 1

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     Score

1. Dutiel,Tony (1)……………  NE 1790 W6    W5    W4      3.0
2. Suresh,Abhinav (5)…………  NE 1501 W9    W3    D5      2.5
3. Cusumano, Steven J (2)……..  NE 1779 W7    L2    W9      2.0
4. Stepp,John W (3)…………..  NE 1716 W11   W10   L1      2.0
5. Hartmann,John R (4)………..  NE 1588 W8    L1    D2      1.5
6. Caniglia,Caravaggio (6)…….  NE 1443 L1    D8    W11     1.5
7. Gruber iii, Richar (7)……..  NE 1381 L3    D11   W10     1.5
8. Freed iii, Thomas (9)………  NE 1310 L5    D6    -B-     1.5
9. Dostal,Don J (10)………….  NE 1309 L2    -B-   L3      1.0
10. Schulze, Arnold (11)……….  NE 1246 -B-   L4    L7      1.0
11. Wolk,Dan H (8)…………….  NE 1350 L4    D7    L6      0.5

1st Spence G/24 — RBO                                       Cross Table, Page 1

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     Score

1. Sater,Cole (1)…………….  NE  710 -B-   W4      2.0
2. Telikicherla, Adit (4)……..  NE nnnn W3    W5      2.0
3. Rajjan,Sanjay (2)………….  NE nnnn L2    -B-     1.0
4. Richardson,Tyler (3)……….  NE nnnn W5    L1      1.0
5. Vaiz,Emily (5)…………….  NE nnnn L4    L2      0.0

1st Spence G/24 — Filler                                    Cross Table, Page 1

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     Score

1. Dostal,Don J (1)…………..  NE 1342 -N-   W4      1.0
2. Schulze,arnold (2)…………  NE 1246 W3    -U-     1.0
3. Sater,Cole (3)…………….  NE  710 L2    -N-     0.0
4. Rajjan,Sanjay (4)………….  NE nnnn -U-   L1      0.0

3rd Spence Swiss – Results

Congratulations to Abhinav Suresh, clear winner of the 3rd Spence Swiss!

Bd       Scr    White                                                   Scr    Black
101.    0.5    Hartmann,John R (2.5,1728)    0.5    Dutiel,Tony (2.5,1911)
102.    0.5    Linscott,John (2.5,1871)            0.5    Stepp,John W (2.5,1740)
103.    0.0    Caniglia, Caravagg (1.5,1485)    1.0    Suresh,Abhinav (3.0,1527)
104.    1.0    Freediii, Thomas (2.0,1378)    0.0    Gruberiii, Richar (1.0,1305)
105.    1.0    Reigenborn, Jonath (2.0,1351)    0.0    Caplan,Eylon (0.5,642)

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     4     Score

1. Suresh,Abhinav (5)…………  NE 1527 W9    D5    D2    W8      3.0
2. Dutiel,Tony (1)……………  NE 1911 -H-   W8    D1    D5      2.5
3. Linscott,John (2)………….  NE 1871 D8    W6    D5    D4      2.5
4. Stepp,John W (3)…………..  NE 1740 L6    W10   W7    D3      2.5
5. Hartmann,John R (4)………..  NE 1728 W7    D1    D3    D2      2.5
6. Freediii, Thomas (7)……….  NE 1378 W4    L3    L8    W9      2.0
7. Reigenborn, Jonath (8)……..  NE 1351 L5    W9    L4    W10     2.0
8. Caniglia, Caravagg (6)……..  NE 1485 D3    L2    W6    L1      1.5
9. Gruberiii, Richar (9)………  NE 1305 L1    L7    W10   L6      1.0
10. Caplan,Eylon (10)………….  NE  642 -H-   L4    L9    L7      0.5

MSA link:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201401286902

3rd Spence Swiss – Rd 3

Results from Rd 3

Bd       Scr    White                                             Scr    Black
101.    0.5    Suresh,Abhinav (1.5,1527)    0.5    Dutiel,Tony (1.5,1911)
102.    0.5    Linscott,John (1.5,1871)    0.5    Hartmann,John R (1.5,1728)
103.    1.0    Stepp,John W (1.0,1740)    0.0    Reigenborn, Jonath (1.0,1351)
104.    1.0    Caniglia, Caravagg (0.5,1485)    0.0    Freediii, Thomas (1.0,1378)
105.    1.0    Gruberiii, Richar (0.0,1305)    0.0    Caplan,Eylon (0.5,642)

Standings

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     Score

1. Dutiel,Tony (1)……………  NE 1911 -H-   W6    D5      2.0
2. Linscott,John (2)………….  NE 1871 D6    W7    D4      2.0
3. Stepp,John W (3)…………..  NE 1740 L7    W10   W8      2.0
4. Hartmann,John R (4)………..  NE 1728 W8    D5    D2      2.0
5. Suresh,Abhinav (5)…………  NE 1527 W9    D4    D1      2.0

6. Caniglia, Caravagg (6)……..  NE 1485 D2    L1    W7      1.5

7. Freediii, Thomas (7)……….  NE 1378 W3    L2    L6      1.0
8. Reigenborn, Jonath (8)……..  NE 1351 L4    W9    L3      1.0
9. Gruberiii, Richar (9)………  NE 1305 L5    L8    W10     1.0

10. Caplan,Eylon (10)………….  NE  642 -H-   L3    L9      0.5

3rd Spence Swiss – Rd 2

Results for Rd 2:

Bd       Scr    White                                                Scr        Black
101.    0.5    Hartmann,John R (1.0,1728)    0.5    Suresh,Abhinav (1.0,1527)
102.    0.0    Freediii, Thomas (1.0,1378)    1.0    Linscott,John (0.5,1871)
103.    1.0    Dutiel,Tony (0.5,1911)    0.0    Caniglia, Caravagg (0.5,1485)
104.    0.0    Caplan,Eylon (0.5,642)    1.0    Stepp,John W (0.0,1740)
105.    0.0    Gruberiii, Richar (0.0,1305)    1.0    Reigenborn, Jonath (0.0,1351)

Standings after Rd 2:

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     Score

1. Dutiel,Tony (1)……………  NE 1911 -H-   W8      1.5
2. Linscott,John (2)………….  NE 1871 D8    W6      1.5
3. Hartmann,John R (4)………..  NE 1728 W7    D4      1.5
4. Suresh,Abhinav (5)…………  NE 1527 W10   D3      1.5

5. Stepp,John W (3)…………..  NE 1740 L6    W9      1.0
6. Freediii, Thomas (7)……….  NE 1378 W5    L2      1.0
7. Reigenborn, Jonath (8)……..  NE 1351 L3    W10     1.0

8. Caniglia, Caravagg (6)……..  NE 1485 D2    L1      0.5
9. Caplan,Eylon (10)………….  NE  642 -H-   L5      0.5

10. Gruberiii, Richar (9)………  NE 1305 L4    L7      0.0

3rd Spence Swiss – Rd 1

Upsets galore this week, as Thomas Freed scored a 400 point upset with his win vs John Stepp and Carravagio Caniglia took John Linscott to the limit and notched a draw.  Eylon Caplan should return for Rd 2.

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     Score

1. Hartmann,John R (3)………..  NE 1728 W7      1.0
2. Suresh,Abhinav (4)…………  NE 1527 W8      1.0
3. Freediii, Thomas (6)……….  NE 1378 W6      1.0

4. Linscott,John (1)………….  NE 1871 D5      0.5
5. Caniglia, Caravagg (5)……..  NE 1485 D4      0.5

6. Stepp,John W (2)…………..  NE 1740 L3      0.0
7. Reigenborn, Jonath (7)……..  NE 1351 L1      0.0
8. Gruberiii, Richar (8)………  NE 1305 L2      0.0