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Joe Knapp and Steve Cusumano tied for first in the 10th Blitz. Each scored 11/14!

Complete results:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201508318342

Congrats to Chad Forsman, who dominated the field and won the 7th Spence Swiss with a score of 3.5/4. Only John Hartmann was able to hold him to a draw. Hartmann finished second with a score of 3.0/4.

Complete results available at:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201508244982

Results from Rd 3:

Pairings for Round 3. 7th Swiss: Swiss
Bd    #    Res    White    #    Res    Black
1    2    1     Chad Forsman Jr    1    0     Steven J Cusumano
2    4    1     John R Hartmann    3    0     Mack Williams Jr
3    7    0     Michael L Mills    6    1     David T Raines
4    9    0     Steven Behrens    5    1     Rene Opavsky
8    1     Scott Look            BYE

UPDATED (8/24) TENTATIVE pairings for Rd 4:
Pairings for Round 4. 7th Swiss: Swiss
Bd    #    Res    White    #    Res    Black
1    4           John R Hartmann    2           Chad Forsman Jr
2    6           David T Raines    1           Steven J Cusumano
3    5           Rene Opavsky    7           Michael L Mills
4    3           Mack Williams Jr    8           Scott Look

Results from Rd 2 of the 7th Spence Swiss:

Pairings for Round 2. 7th Swiss: Swiss
Bd    #    Res    White    #    Res    Black
1    1    ½     Steven J Cusumano    4    ½     John R Hartmann
2    3    0     Mack Williams Jr    2    1     Chad Forsman Jr
3    6    1     David T Raines    9    0     Steven Behrens
4    8    0     Scott Look    7    1     Michael L Mills
5    ½     Rene Opavsky            BYE

POTENTIAL pairings for Rd 3 (I’m told we’ll have a house man for the player with the bye):

Pairings for Round 3. 7th Swiss: Swiss
Bd    #    Res    White    #    Res    Black
1    2           Chad Forsman Jr    1           Steven J Cusumano
2    4           John R Hartmann    3           Mack Williams Jr
3    7           Michael L Mills    6           David T Raines
4    9           Steven Behrens    5           Rene Opavsky
8    1     Scott Look            BYE

Results from Rd 1 of the 7th Spence Swiss:

Pairings for Round 1. 7th Swiss: Swiss
Bd    Res    White            Res    Black
1    0     Rene Opavsky        1     Steven J Cusumano
2    1     Chad Forsman Jr        0     David T Raines
3    0     Michael L Mills        1     Mack Williams Jr
4    1     John R Hartmann        0     Scott Look
1     Steven Behrens            BYE

TENTATIVE pairings for Rd 2:

Pairings for Round 2. 7th Swiss: Swiss
Bd    Res    White            Res    Black
1           Steven J Cusumano           John R Hartmann
2           Mack Williams Jr           Chad Forsman Jr
3           David T Raines            Steven Behrens
4           Scott Look               Michael L Mills
½     Rene Opavsky            BYE

Congrats to Abhinav Suresh, who took first in his final warmup for the Denker and US Open!

Results are at:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201507201502

Final results from the 6th G/40 are available at:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201507138512

Abhinav Suresh is in first place after two rounds of the 6th Spence G/40. Mac Williams is right behind with 1.5. Two more rounds to go!

SwissSys Standings. 6th G/40: G/40
#    Name        ID        Rtng    Rd 1    Rd 2    Total
1    Abhinav Suresh    14319361    1879    W7    W3     2.0
2    Mack Williams     12211920    1817    D5    W7     1.5
3    Steven Cusumano    15197583    1831    W4    L1     1.0
4    Scott Look    12059950    1600    L3    W5     1.0
5    Steven Behrens    13643404    1467    D2    L4     0.5
6    John R Hartmann    12552251    1794    L1    L2     0.0

Pairings for Rd 3:

Pairings for Round 3. 6th G/40: G/40
Bd    #    Res    White            #    Res    Black
1    4           Mack Williams Jr    2           Abhinav Suresh
2    3           Steven J Cusumano    7           Steven Behrens
3    5           John R Hartmann        6           Scott Look

Despite his forfeit loss, Michael Drieger tied for first in the top quad with Mack Williams – who was, conincidentally, the recipient of the forfeit win. Each scored 2.0/3 to take the prize money.

In the bottom quad, Rene Opavsky and Matthew Buckley also scored 2.0/3 to split top honors.

Full results available at:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201506293542

Results from Rd 2 of the 5th Spence Quads:

5th Spence Quad — Quad #1                                    Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID                            Rate  Rnd 1   Rnd 2   Rnd 3
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1. Dreiger,Michael E                 |2069 |  B 3  |  W 2  |  W 4  |
12429350                                     |     |  1.0  |  2.0  |       |
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2. Suresh,Abhinav                    |1879 |  W 4  |  B 1  |  W 3  |
14319361                                    |     |  0.0  |  0.0  |       |
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3. Cusumano,Steven J                 |1876 |  W 1  |  B 4  |  B 2  |
15197583                                        |     |  0.0  |  1.0  |       |
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4. Williams jr, Mack                 |1817 |  B 2  |  W 3  |  B 1  |
12211920                                    |     |  1.0  |  1.0  |       |
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5th Spence Quad — Quad #2                                    Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID                            Rate  Rnd 1   Rnd 2   Rnd 3
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1. Hartmann,John R                   |1777 |  B 3  |  W 2  |  W 4  |
12552251                                       |     |  1.0  |  1.0  |       |
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2. Opavsky,Rene                      |1770 |  W 4  |  B 1  |  W 3  |
15471101                                    |     |  0.5  |  1.5  |       |
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3. Stepp, John W                     |1770 |  W 1  |  B 4  |  B 2  |
10374821                                  |     |  0.0  |  0.0  |       |
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4. Buckley,Matthew T                 |1622 |  B 2  |  W 3  |  B 1  |
12874977                                       |     |  0.5  |  1.5  |       |
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5th Spence Quad — Extra                                      Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID                            Rate  Rnd 1   Rnd 2
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1. Look,Scott                        |1600 |  W 2  |  B 2  |
12059950                               |     |  1.0  |  2.0  |
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2. Dolan,Bruce T                     |1419 |  B 1  |  W 1  |
12466690                                |     |  0.0  |  0.0  |
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