'07 Spring Rd 5

The Spring Swiss    Round Five  5/16/07  Results of the last round are below

This was a 5 round event in 3 sections: Open (over 1900), Reserve (1500-1899) and Booster (Under 1500 rating). This event is now rated by the USCF, see their website for updated ratings.

Open Section

Bd 1  George Zeigler - Richard Gimeno  0-1

Bd 2  Mario Amodeo - Ed Baluran  1-0

Bd 3  Rick Aeria - Hercules Madriaga  1-0

Bd 4  Fawsi Murra Jr - Carey Milton  1-0

Bd 5  Bob Defore - Thomas Fries  0-1

Bd 6  Ben Barquin - Lennart Mathe  1-0

Bd 8  Manuel Herrera - Ron Soto  1/2-1/2 

Withdraw: Bruce Baker, Esteban Escobedo 

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First Place - Richard Gimeno (4) $60

Second Place - George Zeigler (3 1/2) $30

BU2000 - Mario Amodeo (3 1/2) $50 

Third Place (tie) Rick Aeria (3) $12

2nd/3rd U2000 (tie) Ed Baluran (3), Fawsi Murra Jr (3), Thomas Fries (3) $12 each

Biggest rating increases:

Richard Gimeno +39 (2004>2043) and Mario Amodeo +35 (1924>1959)

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Reserve Section

Bd 10  Fausto Robles - Roberto Aiello  0-1

Bd 11  Buddy Morris (house) - Pejman Sagart  1-0

Bd 12  Marty Lower - Chuck Ensey  1-0

Bd 13  Richard Jensen -  Ron Rezendes  0-1F 

Bd 14  Damani Fair - Fred Borges  1/2-1/2

Bd 15  Alfredo DeLeon - Erik Marquis  1-0

Bd 16  Reno Tyrell - Vincent Broman  0-1

Bd 17  Robert Draper - Fawsi Jose Murra  1-0

Bd 18  Jason Qu - Shaun Sweitzer  1/2-1/2

Bd 19  Julian Rodriguez - Tom Kuhn  1-0 

Bd 20  Rocio Murra - Jerry Soelberg  0-1 

Bd 21  Steven Perry - Eusy Ancheta  1-0

Bd 22  Anthony Harbone - Ryan Nichols  1-0

Withdraw: Dayne Freitag, James Malowney, Theron Pummer, Robert Samuel.

No Show: William Wijaya, Patrick Edwards, Caley Anderson

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First Place - Roberto Aiello (5) $60

BU1800 - Marty Lower (4) $60

2nd/3rd Place - Fausto Robles (3 1/2) and Ron Rezendes (3 1/2) $12

BU1700 (tie) - Damani Fair (3) and Chuck Ensey (3) $35 each

2nd/3rd U1800 (tie) - Fred Borges (3) and Pejman Sagart (3) $20 each

3rd U1700 Erik Marquis (2 1/2) $10

BU1600 Julian Rodriguez (2 1/2) $40

2nd/3rd U1600 (tie) Reno Tyrell (2), Steven Perry (2) and Robert Samuel (2) $10 each

Biggest rating increases:

+76 Roberto Aiello 1781>1857 and Damani Fair +67 1640>1707

Reno Tyrell +48 1524>1572, +46 Robert Samuel 1524>1570, +46 Chuck Ensey 1693>1739, +41 Fausto Robles 1733>1774 

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Booster Section

Bd 27  Mark Lawless - Morgan Fox  1-0 

Bd 28  David Hall - William Murray  1/2-1/2

Bd 29  Daniel Bagliazo - Karen Kaufman  1-0 

Bd 30  Manuel San German - Oscar Frias Reyna  0-1

Bd 28  Monica Ness - Christian Garcia  1-0

Bd 29  Keith Wetterer  Full Point Bye

Biggest Rating increases:

+35 Mark Lawless 1369>1404, +30 Daniel Bagliazo, +28 Morgan Fox 1474>1502  

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4 Way tie for First Place, Second Place, BU1400 and 2nd U1400:

Morgan Fox (3 1/2), William Murray (3 1/2), Mark Lawless (3 1/2) and Daniel Bagliazo (3 1/2) $30 each

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Congratulations to all the prize winners!

Next Week: 6 Round Capablanca Challenge

McMahon Swiss. Masters start with 5 points, Experts 4, Class A 3, Class B 2, Class C 1, Class D/E 0 

Everyone plays in one big section, but it is like a Class tournament because of the bye points. You will mostly play people close to your own rating this way.

Regular Time control 40/90, SD/60 with 5 second delay

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