IM Alfonso Almeida
NM Gabriel Battaglini and NM Rodelay Medina
GM Julio Becerra
Dr. Frank Brady, IA, Chief Arbiter
GM Jaan Ehlvest
Fedor Khrapatin, the tournament's sponsor
IM Renier Gonzalez
IM Dean Ippolito IM Justin Sarkar
GM Sergey Kudrin and GM Jaan Ehlvest
FM Paul Mac Intyre and IM Jay Bonin
NM Rodelay Medina, IM Dean Ippolito, and FM John Bick
Tournament Director Nick Conticello has a point to make
GM Carlos Garcia Palermo, IM Renato Naranja, and NM Bem Tyehimbe await their opponents
Nick Panico and IM Jay Bonin get ready to rumble
GM Alejandro Ramirez
IM Eli Vovsha and GM Sergey Erenburg
a little relaxation before combat
Dr. Brady and Fedor Khrapatin
last-minute preparation
a lively post-mortem between GM Ramirez and GM Erenburg; GM Paragua watches.
Fedor Khrapatin awards the first prize trophy to GM Mark Paragua
GM Alejandro Ramirez receives his second-place trophy
GM Jaan Ehlvest gets the fourth-place trophy
GM Paragua poses with his trophy
GM Sergey Kudrin receives a medal from tournament sponsor Fedor Khrapatin
Tournament Director Steve Immit commands attention (Standing, L-R: Iryna Zenyuk, Nick Conticello, Immit, Fedor Khrapatin, Dr, Frank Brady, FM Jon Jacobs. SeatedL IM Yuri Lapshun)
IM Mikhail Zlotnikov shows a game to NM Nick Conticello
NM Yefim Treger ponders his endgame
Nothing left... (IM Justin Sarkar)
IM Renato Naranja
NM Ed Frumkin and Dr. Frank Brady
The tense last-round game between Ramirez and Erenburg
Ramirez and Paragua before their blitz tiebreaker
Dr. Brady presents a plaqueof appreciation from the Marshall Chess Club to Fedor Khrapatin
Fedor Khrapatin about to award the immense first place trophy
GMs Ramirez and Erenburg during their last-round contest
Erenburg on move
GM Paragua sits in on the Ramirez-Erenberg post-mortem
