Prizes for the Markowski Open

The 2012 Alina Markowski Open  7 rounds, 1/04/12 - 2/15/12 

85 players, plus 10 house players who filled in when needed (thanks everyone!)

Here are the Prize Winners:

First Place: Alejandrino Baluran (6), $120

2nd Place: Todd Smith (5 1/2) and Carl Wagner (5 1/2), $60

BU2200: Peter Hodges (5 1/2), $80    BU2000: David Whitten (5 1/2), $80 

4th Place: David Hart (5), $30

2nd U2200: Lennart Mathe (5), Aaron Wooten (5), Mario Amodeo (5), Jim Humphrey (5), $30 each   

2nd U2000: David Pino (5) and Buddy Morris (5), $50 each

4th U2000: Joel Batchelor (4 1/2), Chuck Ensey (4 1/2), Chris Wonnell (4 1/2), Guru Gopalakrishnan (4 1/2), Koji Louis (4 1/2), $10 each 

BU1800: Ron Rezendes (4 1/2), $80

2nd U1800: Darren Himeles (4), Sam Barboo (4), Erik Marquis (4), Anthony Harbone (4), Albert Dumaran (4) and Hector Gonzalez (4), $25 each

BU1600: Jerry Kavanau (3 1/2), Glenn Rich (3 1/2) and James Coulston (3 1/2), $40 each

4th U1600: Morgan Fox (3) and Rocio Murra (3), $10 each

BU1400: Arnold Berlin (3 1/2), $60

2nd U1400: Keric Rivas (3) and Stanford Talcott (3), $30 each

BU1200: Stephen Zhu (2 1/2) and Ross Blum (2 1/2): $30 each

Upset Prizes: David Whitten, Anthony Harbone, Daniel Zhu and Stanford Talcott, $15,  or one of Cyrus' books ($20 value), your choice. All 4 of these players upset someone 400 points higher than them!!  

Total Prizes: $1,100