Gambito #591

Gambito Open #591  12/15/12

Only 16 players today for some unknown reason. Here they were:
2 Masters: Cyrus Lakdawla and Bruce Baker
2 Experts: Leonard Sussman and Bud Stamper (plus Jamieson Pyror was a house player for the first 2 rounds)
4 Class A: Buddy Morris, Chuck Ensey, Jay Choi and Jerry Qu
3 Class B: Boris Polonsky, Gurveer Singh, Anthony Harbone (+ John Donahoo, 3 house games)
2 Class C: Shiny Kaur and Fred Cleveland 
3 Class D: Keric Rivas, Cassidy Liu and Andrew Sung

We used a 3 point McMahon pairing system, directed by Jeff Turner. Here were the prize winners:

First/BU2400: Cyrus Lakdawala (6 1/2) and Bruce Baker (6 1/2), $65 each
BU2200: Leonard Sussman (4 1/2) and Bud Stamper (4 1/2), $20 each
BU2000: Jerry Qu (4 1/2), $40
BU1800: Anthony Harbone (3) and Gurveer Singh (3), $20 each
BU1600: Shiny Kaur (3), $30

Total Prizes: $280