Crosstable and Double Round Robin Legend:
$ = 2 (Score!)
# = 1.5 (Pound)
W = 1 (Win)
D = 0.5 (Draw)
L = 0 (Loss)
Friday, November 30th, 2007 Rapids!
HOFFMANN TOPS TREGER IN RAPIDS
by Nick Conticello,
Chief TD
FM Asa Hoffmann scored seven wins and a draw to take first place by two points in the Nov. 30 Rapids. Yefim Treger spurned draw offers in his two encounters with the winner, drawing one and losing the other to end up in second place. Treger later split his match with newcomer Devin Tesar but his placing was already assured. Hoffmann won $25, Treger $15.
Five players competed.
The next Rapids will be on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 at 7:30 pm.
Friday, November 23rd, 2007 Rapids!
1st Yefim Treger $15 4-0
-Nick Conticello
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Rapids!
First: Asa Hoffmann $50
Second: Evan Rabin $30
Third: Yefim Treger $20
U2000: Charu Robinson $10
-Nick Conticello
Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Rapids!
First: Asa Hoffmann, $25
Second: Yefim Treger $15
Third: Leif Pressman $10
U2000: Anatoly Tsinker $5
-Nick Conticello
Friday, October 26th, 2007 Rapids!
First: Asa Hoffmann $25 5.5-0.5
Second: Slobodan Milicevic $10 3.5-2.5
Double Round Robin, see legend above. 4 players.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, October 19th, 2007 Rapids!
An incredible three way tie for first! Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger and John Burke weathered an 8-player double round-robin, cleaning the clocks of the field, while wielding their way 1st!
See the legend above for the double round-robin scoring.
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Rapids!
Christian Flueckiger, visiting the Marshall from Switzerland, tied with Sarkis Agaian for first place in tonight's Super Rapids. Each won $24.00.
Yefim Treger took third place and $12.00.
Double Round Robin, see legend above. 5 players.
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Rapids!
First: Yefim Treger, $15
Second: Charles Cortese, $10
-Nick Conticello
Friday, September 21st, 2007 Rapids!
Double Round Robin, see legend above.
1st place: Asa Hoffmann $20
2nd place: Yefim Treger $10
Friday, September 7th, 2007 Rapids!
TREGER, TAN TIE ATOP RAPIDS
by Nick Conticello, Chief TD
Local talent Yefim Treger survived an invasion from the Phillippines and tied for first in the Sept. 7 Rapids. Treger recorded 3 draws and a win from 4 lost positions en route to an undefeated 7.5-2.5 score.
Filipino IM Oscar Tan, playing in his first event in 9 years, had the lead with 7/8 before scoring a draw and loss with Treger. The winners took home $20 apiece.
Jan Paragua (brother of GM Mark Paragua) and Michael Adarlo proved quite strong and divided third place honors with 5.5-4.5 scores and won $2.50 each. Six players competed.
Friday, May 25th, 2007 Rapids!
First: FM Raymond Kaufman 9.5/10 $20
Second: Kammo Karvinen 5/10 $15
Third: Ilia Rassadzin 4.5/10 $10
Friday, May 18th, 2007 Rapids!
First: Yefim Treger 9.5/12 $37.50
Second: Bora Yagiz 7.5/12 $22.50
Third: Leif Pressman 6/12 $15
Friday, May 11th, 2007 Super-Rapids!
TREGER EDGES FIELD IN MAY SUPER-RAPIDS
by Nick Conticello, Chief TD
Veteran master Yefim Treger needed some help from an unexpected source to capture clear first in the Marshall's May Super-Rapids.
Treger trailed front runner Leif Pressman by a half-point after making a win and a draw against IM Jay Bonin and finishing his schedule with 8.5 out of 12. Pressman was 7-3 and needed to sweep lower rated Sarathi Ray at the finish to take first. But Ray proved quite tough to beat, achieving the ending Queen against Queen in both games and relegating Pressman to a tie for second and third with Evan Rabin at 8-4. Treger won $45, Pressman and Rabin $22.50 each.
Bonin, tuning up for the upcoming US Championship, had a bad night and finished out of the money at 7-5. Ray finished sixth in the field of seven with 4-8.
Friday, April 20th, 2007 Rapids!
Prizes
First: FM Asa Hoffmann $20 9-3
Second Leif Pressman $15 8-4
Third: Yefim Treger $10 7.5-4.5
Seven players, Double Round Robin
-Nick Conticello
Friday, April 13th, 2007 Super Rapids!
KAUFMAN, RABIN TOP STRONG SUPER-RAPIDS
Visiting Virginia master Raymond Kaufman and rising junior Evan Rabin shared first and second prizes in the April Super-Rapids. The winners each scored 9.5-4.5 and took home $35 apiece. FM Asa Hoffmann scored 8.5-5.5 for clear third and $20, while veteran master Yefim Treger made
7.5-6.5 and won $10. The field was so strong that Leif Pressman, a first prize winner in the Foxwoods Under 2200 division, scored 6-8 and was seventh out of eight players!
-Nick Conticello
Friday, March 23rd, 2007 Rapids!
Prizes:
First: FM Asa Hoffmann 9-1 $20
Second-Third: Michael Pearson, Yefim Treger 6.5-3.5, $10 each
-Nick Conticello
Friday, March 2nd, 2007 Rapids!
HOFFMANN, TREGER EDGE TOUGH FIELD IN RAPIDS
FM Asa Hoffmann and Yefim Treger squeaked by a tough field in the Mar. 2 Friday Rapids. The veterans each scored 6.5-1.5 to finish ahead of Michael Pearson and Evan Rabin, who each score 6-2. Hoffmann, who started poorly, beat Treger and Kanstantsin Yurashkevich in the last two rounds. Treger's draw was with Leif Pressman, who, like Yurashkevich, was shut out of the prize fund.
Nine players competed.
Prizes
First-Second: Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger 6.5-1.5 $23 each
Third-Fourth: Michael Pearson, Evan Rabin 6-2 $9.50 each
-Nick Conticello
Friday, February 9th, 2007 Super Rapids!
HOFFMANN WINS SUPER-RAPIDS
It seemed like old times at the Marshall Super-Rapids on Feb.9, as FM Asa Hoffmann returned to form and cruised to first with a 9-1 score.
Yefim Treger got the "1" from Hoffmann, but was off form and could only split third with Michel Roger at 4.5-5.5. Kanstantsin Yurashkevich of St. John's University was second with 6-4.
Hoffmann won $35, Yurashkevich $21, and Treger and Roger $7 each. Six players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, February 2nd, 2007 Rapids!
PRIZES
First: Michael Pearson $20 10.5-1.5
Second: Adam Maltese $12 9-3
Third: Evan Rabin $8 7.5-4.5
-Nick Conticello
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Rapids!
PRIZES
First: Kanstantsin Yurashkevich $20 9.5-0.5
Second: Leif Pressman $12 7.5-2.5
Third: Michael Pearson $8 6.5-3.5
Double Round Robin, 6 players
-Nick Conticello
Friday, January 19th, 2007 Rapids!
PRIZES
First Rodelay Medina $20 10.5-1.5
Second Sarathi Ray $15 8-4
Third Raven Sturt $10 7-5
7 players, double round robin
-Nick Conticello
Friday, January 12th, 2007 Super Rapids!
PEARSON IS SUPER
Michael Pearson overcame an early upset to take the $65 first prize in the January 12 Super-Rapids.
Pearson lost in the 4th round to Raven Sturt but won his other 9 games to edge out FM Asa Hoffmann and Kanstantsin Yurashkevich, who each scored 8 and received $30 apiece. Hoffmann won his first eight, but lost to Pearson and Yurashkevich at the finish. Unheralded Diederik Lot lost his first five games, but finished with 4.5/5 to win the non-master prize of $15. Lot drew with IM Renato Naranja, who finished out of the money. The field of 10 featured six masters, a rarity even in the Super-Rapids.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, January 5th, 2007 Rapids!
GARRETT GRABS RAPIDS
Visiting Arizona FM Pieta Garrett's play in the first Rapids of 2007 was a work of art. Garrett scored 11-1 to finish four points ahead of a decent field in the tournament held on Jan. 5 at the world-famous Marshall Chess Club.
The only blemish on Garrett's record was a penultimate round loss to new member Pengfei Kan, a student from Hong Kong with a 2140 FIDE rating.
Kan could manage only a fifth place finish, behind runner-up Larry Tamarkin at 7-5, third prize winner John Burke at 6.5-5.5, and veteran Jerry Graham at 6-6. Garrett took home $25, Tamarkin $15, and Burke $10.
Seven players competed in the double round robin tournament.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, December 29th, 2006 Rapids!
-Nick Conticello
Friday, December 22nd, 2006 Rapids!
RABIN, COLDING TAKE RAPIDS
Young Evan Rabin finally took first prize in a Friday Rapids, dividing top honors with veteran Master Ernest "Steve" Colding on Dec.22. Colding won their match 1.5-0.5 but dropped a game to Expert Sarathi Ray earlier. Rabin swept his other matches to earn $17.50, as did Colding.
Raven Sturt scored 5-5 to take third and win $10. Six players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, December 15th, 2006 Rapids!
-Nick Conticello
Friday, December 8th, 2006 Super Rapids!
BRAYLOVSKY TAKES SUPER RAPIDS
Gregory Braylovsky topped a small but strong field in the Dec. 8 Super-Rapids. His score of 10.5-1.5 nosed out Michel Roger by a half point to win the $50 top prize. Roger earned $30 with his 10 points. FM Asa Hoffmann was third with 7.5 and took home $20, while veteran Bill Arluck's 6.5 was good for fourth and $10. Seven players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, November 24th, 2006 Rapids!
HOFFMANN ROMPS IN FRIDAY RAPIDS
The Friday Rapids made a smashing return after a three week hiatus, and so did FM Asa Hoffmann.
The veteran of countless blitz wars nearly swept a strong 14 player field, yielding only a half-point to Evan Rabin after 11 straight wins en route to a 12.5-0.5 score in the Nov. 24 Friday Rapids. Among Hoffmann's victims was second place finisher Leif Pressman, who had a terrific tournament himself, scoring 11.5-1.5. California Master Michael Pearson scored 10-3 for third, ahead of Rabin and Larry Tamarkin, who shared fourth prize. Young Andrew Ryba won the Under 1800 (USCF) prize with 8-5.
Prizes:
First FM Asa Hoffmann $45
Second Leif Pressman $25
Third: Michael Pearson $20
Fourth: (Tie) Evan Rabin, Larry Tamarkin $5 each Under 1800 USCF: Andrew Ryba $5
-Nick Conticello
Friday, November 3rd, 2006 Rapids!
Tie 1st and 2nd: Kanstantsin Yurashkevich and Michael Pearson, $12.50 each,
5-1
Four players, double round robin
-Nick Conticello
Friday, October 20th, 2006 Rapids!
Asa Hoffman was clear first in tonight's field of thirteen, giving up only one draw to second-place finisher Kanstantin Yurashkevitch for a score of 11.5 and a $47.25 prize.
Yurashkevitch won $26.25, with a score of 10.5.
Peter Sloan-Aravena took third place with 8.5 points, winning $16.80.
Jesus Perez won the U1800 prize of $14.70 with a score of 8.0.
RR, 13 players
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, October 13th, 2006 Super Rapids!
LAPSHUN DOMINATES SUPER-RAPIDS
IM Yury Lapshun overwhelmed a strong field to capture first prize in the October Super-Rapids, held in Friday the 13th at the world-famous Marshall Chess Club.
Lapshun split a two-game match with renowned blitz matador Raul Marquez but won all his other games to finish with 13 wins and only one loss. Marquez took second with 10.5 points, losing only his set with young Leif Pressman, who won the Under 2200 prize with 7.5. Kanstantsin Yurashkevich took third with 9.5. Eight players competed.
PRIZES
First: IM Yury Lapshun 13-1, $49
Second: Raul Marquez 10.5-3.5, $27
Third: Kanstantsin Yurashkevich 9.5-4.5, $17 Under 2200: Leif Pressman 7.5-6.5, $16
-Nick Conticello
Friday, October 6th, 2006 Rapids!
TREGER TRIUMPHANT
Master Yefim Treger steamrolled a tough field in the Oct. 6 Marshall Friday Rapids. The veteran scored 10.5-1.5 to finish three and a half points ahead of a group consisting mostly of experienced newcomers. Familiar face Larry Tamarkin overcame a poor start to tie for second with Vladimir Grinberg, a visitor from Israel who has a FIDE rating of 2101. Seven players competed.
PRIZES
First: Yefim Treger, 10.5-1.5 $30
Second and Third: Larry Tamarkin, Vladimir Grinberg, 7-5, $15 each.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, September 29th, 2006 Rapids!
TREGER AND ZILBERMINTZ DOMINATE RAPIDS
The Sept. 29 Marshall Rapids was not what FM Asa Hoffmann would call a "formful" event. The top-rated veteran finished out of the money as Yefim Treger and Lev Zilbermintz cruised to victory with 7-1 scores.
Hoffmann lost three early games, to Under 2200 winner Fred Casten, to Zilbermintz, and to visiting Londoner Rajko Vujatovic. Vujatovic took clear third with a 5.5-2.5 score. Hoffmann beat Treger in the last round to permit Zilbermintz to tie for first. Treger beat Zilbermintz handily in their meeting.
Nine players competed.
PRIZES
First and Second: Yefim Treger, Lev Zilbermintz, 7-1, $23 each.
Third: Rajko Vujatovic, 5.5-2.5, $13
Under 2200: Fred Casten, 5-3, $6
-Nick Conticello
Friday, September 22nd, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$42.75, 9.5-0.5; 2nd Place: Yefim Treger--$23.75, 7.5-2.5; 3rd Place: Michel Roger--$15.20, 7-3; U2000: Larry Tamarkin and Andrew Ryba--$6.65 each, 6.5-3.5. 11 Players, Round Robin.
-Andre Harding
Friday, September 15th, 2006 Rapids!
HOFFMANN SWEEPS RAPIDS
On a dreary, rainy evening, Asa Hoffmann reigned supreme.
The veteran FM swept the field in the Sept. 15 Friday Rapids, winning all eight games and scarfing up the $35 first prize. Surprisingly, young Jesus Perez and John Gruska tied for second and third and each took home $17.50 with 6-2 scores, ahead of fourth place finisher Larry Tamarkin, who picked up "pizza money" (his term) of $10 for his 5-3 score. Nine players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, September 8th, 2006 Super Rapids!
TREGER IS SUPER
NM Yefim Treger dominated a small but strong field in the Super-Rapids on Sept. 8. Treger yielded a draw to Andre Harding and lost only in the final round to Lev Zilbermintz but won all his other games to score 6.5-1.5 and head the field by two and a half points. Zilbermintz and Leif Pressman tied for second with 4-4 scores. Harding, the lowest rated player, proved a tough customer, splitting his matches with everyone but Treger. Veteran Larry Tamarkin finished fifth with a 2-6 score.
Prizes
First: Yefim Treger $30
Second: Leif Pressman, Lev Zilbermintz $10 each
-Nick Conticello
Friday, September 1st, 2006 Rapids!
BONIN WINS AGAIN
IM Jay Bonin tuned up for the NY State Championship by winning the Marshall's Friday Night Rapids for the second consecutive week. Bonin split two games with runnerup David Apelo and yielded a draw to Lev Zilbermintz, but won his other games to score 6.5-1.5, a point better than Apelo. Bonin won $18 for his efforts, Apelo won $12. Five players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, August, 25th 2006 Rapids!
BONIN TAKES RAPIDS
The last time IM Jay Bonin played in the Rapids he struggled to a 50% score.
This time he did somewhat better.
The veteran IM and 3-time Club Champion reeled off 10 straight victories before agreeing to draw with rrunnerup Adam Maltese to capture the $32 first prize in the August 25 Rapids. Maltese had lost earlier to third prize winner FM Asa Hoffmann but won all his other games before his showdown with Bonin to assure himself of second place with 9.5-1.5, a point behind the winner. Hoffmann, in turn drew with Under 2200 cowinners Leif Pressman and Evan Rabin to score 9-2. Pressman and Rabin each scored 8-3 and accomplished the amusing feat of scoring exactly the same against each opponent! 12 players competed.
8/25 Friday Rapids Prizes
First: IM Jay Bonin 10.5-0.5 $32
Second Adam Maltese 9.5-1.5 $18
Third: FM Asa Hoffmann 9-2 $12
Under 2200: Leif Pressman 8-3 $4
Under 2200: Evan Rabin 8-3 $4
-Nick Conticello
Friday, August, 18th 2006 Rapids!
PRESSMAN, ZILBERMINTZ WIN RAPIDS
There were few surprises in the August 18 Marshall Friday Rapids. The two highest rated players, Leif Pressman and Lev Zilbermintz, tied for first with 6 points from eight games. Zilbermintz allowed only a draw into games with third-ranked Evan Rabin while Pressman could only manage a split, but Pressman swept fourth-ranked Ralph Italie while Zilbermintz blundered in a winning position and allowed a draw in two games with the veteran. The winners each received $15 for their efforts. Five players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, August, 11th 2006 Super Rapids!
YURASHKEVICH WINS SUPER-RAPIDS
It was not as unexpected as a blizzard in August, but it was close. Somebody won a Rapids ahead of Asa Hoffmann.
The surprise victor of the August 11 Super-Rapids was Kanstantsin Yurashkevich of St. John's University, who beat Hoffmann in the final two rounds to take clear first and the $45 top prize, with a score of 11-3..
Until the end, Hoffmann had been in control, winning two from US Cadet Champion Marc Arnold and splitting with Yefim Treger. But he conceded a draw in a favorable position to Lev Zilbermintz and left the door open for Yurashkevich to catch or pass him. Hoffmann's score of 10.5-3.5 was still good for the second prize of $25, while Arnold's 10-4 was enough for the third prize of $20. Zilbermintz made 7.5-6.5 and won the Under 2200 prize of $10.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, July, 28th 2006 Rapids!
IM Alex Lenderman, World Cadet Champion dominates the field. Asa Hoffmann, in second place, clipped the World Champ for the only half point young Mr. Lenderman was willing to part with. (ed.)
Report to Follow...
-Nick Conticello
Friday, July, 21st 2006 Rapids!
NEW FACE TAKES RAPIDS
He came, he saw, he conquered. Well, almost...
Newcomer David Apelo nearly took first place all to himself at the July 21 Rapids, but a last round loss to fellow first-timer Macauley Peterson let veteran master Yefim Treger catch him and divide first and second prizes.
The winners each scored 8-2 and took home $16 apiece.
Peterson in turn could only split with veteran Fred Casten in the final pairing, and so he finished out of the money behind Lev Zilbermintz, who won the third prize of $8. Six players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, July, 14th 2006 Super Rapids!
HOFFMANN WINS AGAIN
The July Super-Rapids was held on Bastille Day, but there was no revolution at the Marshall Chess Club. FM Asa Hoffmann won again.
Hoffmann won his first 11 games and yielded a draw in the final game to Kanstantsin Yurashkevich to cop the first prize of $45. Yurashkevich and Yefim Treger tied for second with 8.5 points and divided the $30 second prize. Newcomer Bobby Burstein from Virginia scored 4.5 to win the Under 2000 prize of $15 in the seven player field.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, July, 7th 2006 Rapids!
UPSETS AT FRIDAY RAPIDS
It was a night of surprises at the July 7 Rapids.
Yefim Treger lost two games to visiting master Igor Vaynerman, and then, still reeling, lost two more to Lev Zilbermintz. Treger recovered to win the rest of his games, but the damage was done.
Vaynerman reeled off 8 straight wins and faced Zilbermintz in the final two rounds. Zilbermintz had yielded only a draw to Vaynerman's friend Oleg Shevelenko. The first game between the leaders was drawn by repetition, although later Vaynerman demonstrated a likely winning line. The second game found the visitor checkmated in the middle of the board in a Rook and minor piece ending early in the game, so Zilbermintz captured the first prize of $20. Vaynerman took home $12 for second, and treger salvaged $8 for third.
Six players competed.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, June 23rd, 2006 Rapids!
It seems there are now three certainties in life: death, taxes, and FM Asa Hoffmann winning the Friday Rapids.
Hoffmann did it again, with yet another variation on the dramatic finish.
After winning his first 10 games, he lost 0.5-1.5 to eventual runnerup Lev Zilbermintz. If Zilbermintz could win his last four games, he could finish at least equal first no matter what Hoffmann did. And Hoffmann still had to play the dangerous Yefim Treger.
But Zilbermintz could only split his matches with newly minted USCF Master Leif Pressman and Under 2000 winner Timothy Harris, while Hoffmann won both games from Treger to secure a comfortable looking two-point victory.
Zilbermintz earned his second place finish by not losing any matches. Treger nosed out Pressman for third.
Prizes:
First: Asa Hoffmann $27 12.5-1.5
Second: Lev Zilbermintz $15 10.5-3.5
Third: Yefim Treger $12 10-4
Under 2000: Timothy Harris $6 6.5-7.5
-Nick Conticello
Friday, June 16th, 2006 Rapids!
FM Asa Hoffmann is acquiring a flair for the dramatic. He staged a come-from-behind rally to tie Yefim Treger for first in the June 16 Friday Rapids.
Hoffmann started slowly, splitting two games with Larry Tamarkin and a visitor from Portland , Oregon named Goran Markovic. Later he gave up a draw in two games to third prize winner Lev Zilbermintz and as he squared off with Treger at the end of the tournament, Hoffmann still found himself a point and a half behind. Hoffmann won the first game with Treger, but could only draw the second and he still had yielded a half point more than Treger.
But Treger could only make 1.5 from 2 against the unheralded Markovic, who scored against everybody but swept nobody, earning the sobriquet "Mr.
Split." Hoffmann and Treger each scored 11-3 to share first and second, Zilbermintz scored 10-4, and Markovic won the Under 2000 prize with 6.5-7.5.
Eight players competed.
Prizes:
First-Second: FM Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger 11-3 $17.50 each.
Third: Lev Zilbermintz 10-4 $10
Under 2000: Goran Markovic 6.5-7.5 $5
-Nick Conticello
Friday, June 2nd, 2006 Rapids!
It was a dark and stormy night, but that did not stop FM Asa Hoffmann from winning the Friday Rapids yet again.
Asa was put to the test, though, losing one of two games to Brennan Ward early on. Asa had to win virtually all of his remaining games to take first, especially the two with runner-up Larry Tamarkin. Tamarkin had conceded only a draw to third place finisher Lev Zilbermintz before the showdown between the leaders. Hoffmann beat Tamarkin twice to clinch matters. Ward finished fourth in the double round robin of 8 players.
Prizes:
First: FM Asa Hoffmann 13-1, $27
Second: Larry Tamarkin, 11.5-2.5, $15
Third: Lev Zilbermintz, 9.5-4.5, $12
Fourth: Brennan J. Ward, 9-5, $6
-Nick Conticello
Friday, May 26th, 2006 Rapids!
Youth was served in the May 26 Rapids.
The ever-young FM Asa Hoffmann cut through a strong field, scoring 11.5 points from 12 games, conceding a draw only at the end to second place finisher Evan Rabin. Evan, a student of GM Leonid Yudasin, had a terrific result, scoring 10-2 without a loss, securing his place with a late win
against Yefim Treger (8.5.) Teenager Leif Pressman scored 9.5 for clear
third, and veteran Larry Tamarkin posted 7.5 to win the Under 2200 prize.
Visiting Londoner Rajko Vujatovic posted 6.5 but could only tie for 6th with young Andrew Ryba. Andrew's younger brother Nicholas posted a 5.5-6.5 score for clear eighth place in the field of 13.
Prizes
1st: FM Asa Hoffmann $45
2nd: Evan Rabin $25
3rd: Leif Pressman $15
U-2200 Larry Tamarkin $10
-Nick Conticello
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Rapids!
First Prize: IM Yury Lapshun 7-1 $20
Second Prize: Yefim Treger 6-2 $10
5 players
-Nick Conticello
Friday, May 12th, 2006 Rapids!
Friday, May 5th, 2006 Rapids!
Tie for First and Second: FM Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger $21 each.
Third: Leif Pressman $9
Under 2200: Evan Z. Rabin $6
Under 2000: Jerry Graham $3
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, April 28th, 2006 Rapids!
The old lion bites again.
FM Asa Hoffmann had to overcome a first round loss to unheralded Brian
Watson, but gave up only one draw the rest of the way to cruise to victory
in the April 28 Marshall Rapids. Among Asa's victims were runnerup Yefim
Treger, third place winner Leif Pressman, and master Kanstantsin
Yurashkevich. John Burke, the Under 2200 prize winner, nicked Hoffmann for a
draw. A measure of the strength of this event is that only one point
separated fourth place from tenth!
Prizes:
First: Asa Hoffmann $27 7.5-1.5
Second: Yefim Treger $15 7-2
Third: Leif Pressman $12 6.5-2.5
Under 2200: John Burke $6 4-5
-Nick Conticello
Friday, April 21st, 2006 Rapids!
First: Yefim Treger $15 5.5-0.5
Second: Larry Tamarkin $10 3.5-2.5
4 entries
-Nick Conticello
Friday, April 14th, 2006 Super Rapids!
1st Place Yefim Treger $72.00 9.5 out of 11;
Tie 2nd Place FM Asa Hoffmann $33.00 9.0;
3rd Place Kanstantin Yurashkevich $33.00 9.0;
Under 2000 Ralph Italie $22.00 4.5;
12 Players;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, April 7th, 2006 Rapids!
FM Asa Hoffmann was in superb form and dominated the April 7 Marshall Rapids. The renowned blitz maven won eight games and conceded a draw in the final round to World Amateur Champion FM Farai Mandizha to capture the first prize of $25. Mandizha finished third with a score of 7-2, drawing with second place winner Yefim Treger (7.5-1.5) and losing on time in a good position against veteran Jerry Graham. Graham and junior Paul Szuper divided Under 2000 honors with 4-5 scores.
1st: FM Asa Hoffmann $25
2nd: Yefim Treger $15
3rd: FM Farai Mandizha $10
Under 2000: Paul Szuper, Jerry Graham $2.50 each.
-Nick Conticello
Friday, March 31st, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Farai Mandizha $38.00 9.5 out of 12
Tie 2nd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin $17.50 8.0;
3rd Place: Evan Rabin $17.50 8.0;
U2000: Paul Szuper $12.00 6.5;
13 Players;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, March 24th, 2006 Rapids!
First: IM Yury Lapshun $27
Second: FM Asa Hoffmann $15
Third: Yefim Treger $12
Fourth: Lev Zilbermints $6
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, March 17th, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place: Lawrence Tamarkin $34.00 9.0 out of 11;
TIE:
2nd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann $15.00 8.5;
3rd Place: Yefim Treger $15.00 8.5;
Under 2000: Jeremy Graham $11.00 6.0;
12 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, March 10th, 2006 Super Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann $72.00 12.0 out of 13;
2nd Place: Yefim Treger $40.00 11.5;
3rd Place: Lev Zilbermintz $25.00 9.0;
Under 2000: Jeremy Graham $23.00 7.5;
14 players;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday,
March 3rd, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place: Raul Marquez $47.00 9.5 out of 11;
2nd Place: Yefim Treger $26.00 9.0;
3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann $16.00 8.0;
U2000: Jesus Perez $15.00 6.0;
12 players;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday,
February 24th, 2006 Rapids!
Asa Hoffmann and Raul Marquez tied for first - second place with 11 out of 12 points each, each winning $29.75.
Yefim Treger was third with a score of 9.5, winning $13.60.
Aigboje Aregbeyen, Christopher Damrosch, and John Gruska tied for the U2000 prize with 3 points each, each winning $4.00.
13 players.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, February 17th, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place IM Yury Lapshun $36.00 11.0 out of 11 !!;
2nd Place FM Asa Hoffmann $20.00 8.0;
Tie 3rd place NM Yefim Treger $6.50 7.5;
Ilya Logunov $6.50 7.5;
U2000 Christopher Damrosch $13.00 7.0;
12 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, February 10th, 2006 Super Rapids!
Tie 1st Place FM Asa Hoffmann $42.00 7.5 out of 9.0;
2nd Place Lev Zilbermintz $42.00 7.5;
3rd Place NM Yefim Treger $19.00 7.0;
U2000 Christopher Damrosch $17.00 2.0;
10 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, February 3rd, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger $45.00 10.5 out of 13;
2nd Place: Kanstantin Yurashkevich $25.00 10.0;
3rd Place: Leif Pressman $16.00 9.0;
U2000: Andre Harding $14.00 8.0;
14 Players!
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, January 27th, 2006 Rapids!
1st Place NM Yefim Treger $17.50 7.5 out of 10;
Tie 2nd Place Konstantin Yurashkevich $8.75 6.5;
U2000 NM Lawrence Tamarkin $8.75 6.5;
Double Round-Robin; 6 players;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, January 20th, 2006 Rapids!
Tonight's Rapids tournament drew a field of 14 players. Asa Hoffmann was clear first with 11.5-1.5, winning $38.00. Konstantin Yurashkevich and Andrey Krasnov tied for second and third places with 10.5-2.5, for $21.85 each. The U2000 prize was won by Brennan J. Ward with 7.5-5.5, for $13.30. Jon Marks, visiting from London, made a strong showing with 5 points in his first Marshall Chess club Rapids.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, January, 13, 2006 Super Rapids!
The first Super Rapids of 2006 was held on Friday the 13th, but it proved to be a fortunate night for FM Yefim Treger, who captured clear first prize of $45. Treger's 12-2 score was a point better than FM Asa Hoffmann who nonetheless took clear second with 11-3. Life Master Larry Tamarkin posted a solid 9-5 for clear third ($15,) and his split with Hoffmann proved decisive for the result of the first two. Veteran Jerry Graham scored 4-10 in a strong field to capture the U-2000 prize of $10.
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Treger, Yefim 12-2 $45
2. Hoffmann, Asa 11-3 $20
3. Tamarkin, Lawrence 9-5 $15
4. Zilbermintz, Lev 8.5-5.5 $10
5. Pressman, Leif 7.5-6.5
6. Graham, Jerry 4-10
7. Diaz, Henryk 3-11
8. Brayman, Eugene 1-13
Double Round Robin, 56 games.
-Nick Conticello, Assistant Manager
Friday, January, 6, 2006 Rapids!
The First 2006 Friday Rapids once again had a good turnout: 10 players; 3 from Maryland and Virginia, here for tomorrow's Insanity Championship; 5 Masters in Event!
TIE: 1st Place: $26.00 FM Asa Hoffmann 8.0 out of 9;
2nd Place: $26.00 NM Andrew Samuelson from Virginia 8.0;
3rd Place: $8.00 NM Yefim Treger 7.0;
U2000: $10.00 Bora Yagiz from Virginia 4.0;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
New Years Eve 2005 and New Years 2006 Rapids!
New Year Eve Party Review:
IM Yury Lapshun won his Simul: +10 =6;
draws: Al. Ostrovskiy, R. Tuhrim, J. Graham, J. Towsen, WIM D. Teasley, F. Casten
wins: A. Teli, N. Leve, NM L. Tamarkin, Al. Getz, An. Getz, Th. Murphy, K. Cohen, E. Rabin, H. Subramanian, J. Adkins;
Only in one game he was about to lose to current US National under 11 years Champion and Fourth Grade Vice-Champion 9 years old Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Alex got a prize for the best game.
Rapids Tournament winners, Marc Arnold (Masters section) and Richard Tuhrim (Future Masters section), earned a Free Entry for any Marshall Tournament (with the exception of the Club Championship). Evan Rabin (Future Masters section) got a Free Rapids Entry. FM Boris Privman beat IM Jay Bonin in a game for second Prize in Masters section, but preferred to take a chess book, not a Free Rapids Entry. Mr. Rabin! It has to be your choice also if you would like to be a Master!
IM Yury Lapshun won the Bullet Tournament - The First Marshall Chess Club Tournament in 2006!!
There was also a lot of food,
fun and nice people; the famous "Chess Fever" movie
and a magic show by Nick Conticello.
Happy New Year!
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, December 30, 2005 Rapids!
The Final 2005 Friday Rapids Report:
1st Prize FM Asa Hoffmann $32.00 8.5 out of 9;
TIE 2nd and 3rd Prizes IM Jay Bonin $12.50 7.0; Lev Zilbermintz $12.50 7.0;
Under 2000 Prize Jeremy Graham $8.00 4.0
10 players.
Happy New Year!
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, December 23, 2005 Rapids!
1st Prize: Yefim Treger $20.00 10.00 out of 12;
2nd Prize: Evan Rabin $11.00 9.0;
3rd Prize: Leif Pressman $8.00 8.0;
U2000 Prize: Eugene Brayman $6.00 4.0;
7 Players, Double Round-Robin;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, December 16, 2005 Super Rapids!
1st Place Lev Zilbermintz $35.00;
2nd Place Leif Pressman $15.00;
3rd Place Yefim Treger $10.00;
5 Players, Double Round-Robin.
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, December 2, 2005 Rapids!
First: Yefim Treger 7.0 $25
Second: Konstantin Yurashkevich 6.5 $15
Third: Lev Zilbermints 6.0 $10
Fourth: Peter Aravena Sloan 4.5 $5
9 Players.
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, November 18, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: Konstantin Yurashkevich $20.00 4.5 out of 6;
2nd Place: FM Ilye Figler $10.00 4.0;
Double Round-Robin;
4 players.
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, November 11, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place - Konstantin Yurashkevich - $45.00 7.5 out of 10;
2nd Place - Yefim Treger - $30.00 7.0;
3rd Place - Leif Pressman - $15.00 6.0;
Six Players, Double Round Robin.
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, November 4, 2005 Rapids!
TIE 1st, 2nd and u2000 Prizes : Yefim Treger, Lev Zilbermintz and Renato Naranja 2 out of 4!
3 Players; $5.00 each
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, October 28, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place $44.00 FM Asa Hoffmann 11.00 out of 13;
Tie 2nd Place and U2000 $17.50 Mikhail Sher 9.50;
$17.50 Peter Sloan-Aravena 9.50;
3rd Place $11.00 Lev Zilbermintz 8.50;
14 Players;
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, October 21, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $40 FM Asa Hoffmann 10.0 out of 11;
2nd Place: $20 Yefim Treger 9.0;
3rd Place: $12 Evan Rabin 8.5;
Under 2000: $13 Brian Watson 7.5;
12 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, October 14, 2005 SUPER Rapids!
Eight players came out in the rain for a double round-robin tournament tonight.
Andrey Krasnov was first with a score of 12.5 out of a possible 14, winning $48.00.
Asa Hoffmann was second with 11 points, and won $36.00. Yefim Treger took third place with 9.5, winning $19.00. Evan Rabin won the U2000 prize of $17.00 with 7 points.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, October 7, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann - $40.00 9.0 out of 10;
2nd Place: NM Yefim Treger - $20.00 7.0;
3rd Place: Leif Pressman - $9.00 6.5;
Under 2000: Joel Hernandez - $5.50 6.0;
Alberto Cuevas De Leon - $5.50 6.0;
11 Players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, September 30, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place FM Asa Hoffmann 10.5 out of 11 $45.00;
2nd Place Evan Rabin 9.5 $25.00;
3rd Place Leif Pressman 8.0 $13.00;
Under 2000 Joel Hernandez 7.0 $12.00
12 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, September 23, 2005 Rapids!
The Friday rapids drew 12 players tonight, all Marshall Chess Club members.
Alex Lenderman won first prize of $26, winning all 11 of his games.
Salvijus Bercys was second for $18.00 with 9 points.
Adam Maltese took third place and $9.60 with a score of 8.5.
And Andre Lopez won the U2000 prize of $8.40 with 6.5.
The newest member of the Marshall played in tonight's rapids--welcome to Marko Bandler!
The rapids followed Alex Lenderman's excellent and well-attended lecture, recounting some of his games from the World Youth Championship, where he won the title of World Cadet Champion. Today is also Alex's 16th birthday. Happy birthday, Alex!!
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, September 16, 2005 Rapids!
Ten players turned up for tonight's Rapids, including Josef Kovar from Czech Republic!
Miguel Iniguez and Leif Pressman tied for first with a score of 7-2, winning $25.50.
FM Asa Hoffmann was third with 6.5 points, for $8.00.
Joel Hernandez took the U2000 prize with 6 points, winning $10.00.
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, September 9, 2005 Super Rapids!
Eleven players turned up for tonight's Super Rapids! Among them was Alexander Bricken, visiting the Marshall from California.
Adam Maltese was first with a score of 8.5-1.5, winning $63.00.
Miguel Iniguez was second with 8 points, for $35.00.
Asa Hoffmann was third with 7 points, for $22.40.
Lev Zilbermintz took the U2100 prize with 5 points, winning $19.60.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, September 2, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $18.00 Yefim Treger 9 out of 10;
2nd Place $9.00 Lev Zilbermintz 7.5;
U2000: $8.00 Evan Rabin 6;
6 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, August 26, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $36.00 FM Asa Hoffmann 9.5
2nd Place $18.00 Yefim Treger 8.5
3rd Place $9.00 Raul Marquez 7.0
U2000: $12.00 Mikhail Sher 6.5
11 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, August 19, 2005 Rapids!
Leif Pressman 1st, 12.5 pts, 27.50
Adam Maltese 2nd, 11 pts, 16.50
Ralph Italie U2000, 7.5 pts, 11.00
Friday, August 12, 2005 Rapids!
Yefim Treger 1st, 12-1,$81.
Asa Hoffman 2nd, 11.5-1.5,$45
Konstantin Yurashkevich Tie 3rd,10-3,$14.50
Vladimir Polyakin Tie 3rd,10-3,$14.50
Evan Rabin U2000 6.5-6.5, $25
Friday, August 5, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $11.00, Yefim Treger, 5.0 out of 6;
2nd - 3rd Place : $5.50, Leif Pressman, 2.5;
$5.50, Julia Kerr, 2.5;
Double Round-Robin; 4 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, July 29, 2005 Rapids!
-Nelson Dunn
Friday, July 22, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $32.00, Yefim Treger, 9.5 out of 10;
2nd Place : $16.00, Lev Zilbermintz, 9;
1st under 2000: $10.00, Joe Meadows, 8;
3rd Place: $ 7.00, Leif Pressman, 7;
Round-Robin; 11 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, July 15, 2005 Rapids!
Yefim Treger 7-1 1st place $15.
Kostia Yurashkevich 6.5-1.5 2nd place $10.
Leif Pressman 3.5-4.5 3rd place $5
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, July 8, 2005 Super Rapids!
1st Place: $50.00, Konstantin Yurashkevich from Belarus, 10.5;
2nd and 3rd Place : $20.00, Yefim Treger, 10;
$20.00, Lev Zilbermintz, 10;
1st under 2000: $10.00, Evan Z. Rabin, 5;
Double Round-Robin; 8 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, July 1, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $15.00, Lev Zilbermintz, 7;
2nd Place: $10.00, IM Renato Naranja, 6.5;
3rd Place : $ 5.00, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, 4;
Double Round-Robin; 5 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, June 24, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $15.00, IM Yury Lapshun, 8 out of 8 ! ;
2nd Place: $10.00, Jon Jacobs, 5;
3rd Place : $ 5.00, Leif Pressman, 3;
and Yefim Treger who won 5 previous tournaments in a row without any prize now, 2.5;
Double Round-Robin; 5 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, June 17, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $20.00, Yefim Treger, 10.5
2nd - 3rd Place: $8.00, Leif Pressman and Lev Zilbermitz, 9
1st under 2000: $9.00, John Gruska, 4
Double Round-Robin; 7 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, June 10, 2005 Super Rapids!
Friday, June 3, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: $15.00, Yefim Treger, 7;
2nd Place: $9.00, Jonathan Subervi (from Dominican Republic), 5.5;
3rd Place: $6.00, Leif Pressman 4.5;
Double Round-Robin; 5 players
-Anatoliy Ostrovskiy
Friday, May 27, 2005 Rapids!
First Place: Yefim Treger, 12.5 - 1.5, $27.50
Second Place: Lev D. Zilbermints, 12 - 2, $16.50
Third Place: Evan Z. Rabin, 9.5 - 4.5, $11.00
Eight players, double round-robin.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, May 20, 2005 Rapids!
Everyone won a prize in a four-player double-round robin. Yefim Treger was first, 5-1 ($11.25); Evan Rabin was second, 4-2 ($6.25); First-time Marshall Rapids player Joe Meadows was third, 2-4 ($4.00); and Matt Fischler was fourth, 1-5 ($3.50).
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, May 13, 2005 Super Rapids!
Asa Hoffmann took first place in a ten-player round robin with a score of 7-2, winning $63.00. Boris Privman and Lev Zilbermints tied for second and third place with 6.5 points, each winning $28.70. The U2100 prize was split by Leif Pressman and newcomer to the Marshall Rapids Tyrell Harriott, with 4.5 points, for $9.80 each.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, May 6, 2005 Rapids!
IM Ronald Dableo 15-1 1st Place $72.00
IM Bernard Zuckerman 13-3 2nd-3rd Place $32.80
Darwin Laylo 13-3 2nd-3rd Place $32.80
Sam Barsky 12-4
Mikhail Koganov 10-6
FM Ryan Harper 9-7
Yefim Treger 9-7
Lev Zilbermints 9-7
Jeronimo Salazar 8.5-7.5 U2000 $22.40
Leif Pressman 7.5-8.5
E Balmaceda 6-10
IM Renato Naranja 5-11
Marvin Shumowitz 5-11
Jason Ciano 5-11
Evan Rabin 3.5-12.5
Pavel Eabart 3-13
Michael Mendez 1.5-14.5
Total: 17 Players
-Andre Harding
Friday, April 29, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$27.00, 8.5-0.5; 2nd Place: FM Boris Privman--$15.00, 6.5-2.5; 3rd Place: Yefim Treger--$9.60, 6-3; U2000: Evan Rabin--$8.40, 5.5-3.5. 10 Players, Round-robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, April 22, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$32.50, 7.5-0.5; 2nd Place: Yefim Treger--$19.50, 6-2; 3rd Place: Jason Ciano--$13.00, 5.5-2.5. 9 Players, Round-robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, April 15, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$25.00, 9-1; 2nd Place: Jason Ciano--$15.00, 8-2; 3rd Place: Evan Rabin--$10.00, 5.5-4.5. 6 Players, Double Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, April 8, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$40.00, 10.0-0.0; 2nd Place: Yefim Treger--$24.00, 7.5-2.5; 3rd Place: Leif Pressman--$16.00, 5.5-4.5. 6 Players, Double round-robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, April 1, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$29.25, 10-1; 2nd Place: Yefim Treger--$16.25, 9-2; 3rd Place: Frederick Casten--$10.40, 8.5-2.5; U2000: Parker Zhao--$9.10, 6.5-4.5. 12 Players, Round-robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, March 18, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$31.50, 8-2; 2nd-3rd Place: Yefim Treger, Oliver Chernin--$14.50 each, 7.5-2.5; U2000: Evan Rabin, Kuberan Naganathan--$4.75 each, 2.5-7.5. 11 Players, Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, March 11, 2005 Super Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$65.00, 7-1; 2nd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$39.00, 6.5-1.5; 3rd Place: Harris Appelman--$26.00, 5.5-2.5. 9 Rounds, Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, March 4, 2005 Rapids!
1st-3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger, and Sam Barsky--$23.33 each, 6.5-2.5. 10 Players, Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, February 25, 2005 Rapids!
1st-2nd Place: Yefim Treger, Leif Pressman--$22.75 each, 7.5-1.5; 3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$10.40, 7-2; U2200: Lawrence Tamarkin--$9.10, 6.5-2.5. 10 Players, Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, February 18, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: Sam Barsky--$30.00, 6-2; 2nd-3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger--$15.00, 5.5-2.5. 9 Rounds, Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, February 11, 2005 Super Rapids!
1st-2nd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, FM Boris Privman--$47.00 each, 10-2; 3rd Place: Sam Barsky--$21.00, 9-3; U2200: Lawrence Tamarkin--$20.00, 8-4. 13 Players, Round Robin Format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, February 4, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$30.00, 7.5-1.5; 2nd-3rd Place: Yefim Treger, Leif Pressman--$15.00 each, 7-2. 10 Players, Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, January 28, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$12.50, 7-1; 2nd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$7.50, 6-2; 3rd-4th Place: Evan Rabin and Paris Fineberg-Heymann--$2.50 each, 2.5-5.5. 5 Players, Double round-robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, January 21, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$12.50, 7-1; 2nd-3rd Place: Leif Pressman, Evan Rabin--$6.25 each, 5-3. 5 Players, Double Round-Robin.
-Andre Harding
Friday, January 14, 2005 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$25.00, 6.5-1.5; 2nd-3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, Lawrence Tamarkin--$12.50 each, 6-2. 9 Players, Round Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, January 7, 2005 Super Rapids!
1st Place: FM Asa Hoffmann--$40.00, 11.5-2.5; 2nd Place: Yefim Treger--$24.00, 10-4; 3rd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$16.00, 9-5. 8 Players, Double Round-Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, December 24, 2004 Happy Holidays(!) Rapids!
1st-2nd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger--$26.25 each, 9.5-1.5; 3rd Place: FM Ilye Figler--$12.00, 9-2; U2000: Evan Rabin--$10.50, 5-6. 12 Players, Round Robin. Fred Casten forfeited all of his games due to his leaving with two games remaining.
Have a Merry Christmas!!
-Andre Harding
Friday, December 10, 2004 SUPER Rapids!
1st-2nd Place: Tomas Micanek (CZE), Yefim Treger--$32.00 each, 8.5-3.5; 3rd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$16.00, 7-5.
-Andre Harding
Friday, December 3, 2004 Rapids!
1st Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$25.00, 8.5-1.5; 2nd Place: Ilya Logunov--$15.00, 8-2; 3rd Place: Evan Rabin and Chris Damrosch--$5.00 each, 4-6.
-Andre Harding
Friday, November 26, 2004 Rapids!
1st Place: Leif Pressman--$15.00, 6.5-1.5; 2nd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$9.00, 5.5-2.5; 3rd Place: Michael Parris--$6.00, 3.5-4.5. 5 Players, Double Round Robin.
-Andre Harding
Friday, October 29, 2004 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$12.50
2nd Place: Sarkis Agaian--$7.50
3rd Place: Lawrence Tamarkin--$5.00
-Andre Harding
Friday, October 22, 2004 Rapids!
Yury Lapshun was the clear winner with 8.5 points. Asa Hofmann took second place with 7. Rafal Furdzik, in his first Marshall Friday Rapids, came in third with 6.5. Larry Tamarkin took the U2000 prize with 5 points. Also playing in his first MCC Friday Rapids was George Torres. Welcome to both the newcomers; and welcome back to Yury, Ilya Logunov, and Mathis Cabiallavetta, who we had not seen at the Rapids in a long time. 10 player round-robin.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, October 15, 2004 Rapids!
Leif Pressman won his first Marshall CC Friday Night Rapids today, 7-1, gaining 37 ratings points! Good job, Leif! Along the way, Leif (1989) upset Asa Hoffmann (2335) and Tarek Toubale (2251), losing only one game, to Jerry Graham. Toubale came in second, and Hoffmann third, while Graham took the U1900 prize. Thanks to all nine players who came out in the rain, and a warm welcome to first-time Rapids players Yuen Tian and Morgan Murray-Miller!
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, October 8, 2004 Rapids!
Yefim Treger came in first again, in a 7-player double-round robin. His score of 10 - 2 won $22. Larry Tamarkin and Jud Femine shared second - third place with 7 - 5, and $12.65 each. Evan Rabin won the U2000 prize with 6.5 points, for $7.70.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, October 1, 2004 Rapids!
Yefim Treger took first place in a 5-player double-round robin. Larry Tamarkin was second, and Evan Rabin won the U2000 prize.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, September 24, 2004 Rapids! Corrected
Four players turned up for a double round-robin tonight, including Judson Eric Femine in his first Marshall Rapids. Yefim Treger took first place, and Larry Tamarkin was second.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, September 17, 2004 Rapids!
Once again, 10 players turned out for the rapids tonight. Daniel Shapiro, playing in the Marshall Friday rapids for the first time in many years, tied with regular player Yefim Treger for 1st place with 7.5 points each. Asa Hoffman anad Sarkis Agaian tied for 3rd place and the U2000 prize with 6 points.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, September 10, 2004 Super Rapids!
Tonight's Super Rapids drew 10 players. Asa Hoffmann was first with a score of 9.5 - 0.5, winning $49.50. Sarkis Agaian came second with 7 points, for $27.50. Yefim Treger took third place with 6 points, for $17.60. Alec Getz won the U2000 prize of $15.40.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, September 3, 2004 Rapids!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$15.00, 10-0; 2nd-3rd Place: Larry Tamarkin, Leif Pressman--$7.50, 6-4. 6 Players, Double Round Robin format.
-Andre Harding
Friday, August 27, 2004 Rapids!
Tonight's rapids brought out five players for a double round-robin. Charles Wolrich, in his debut at the Marshall Chess Club Rapids, won first place with a score of 7.5 - 0.5. Leif Pressman was second with 5.0 - 3.0, and Larry Tamarkin won the U2100 prize with 3.5 - 4.5.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, August 20, 2004 Rapids!
Tonight saw a double-round robin for six players. Yefim Treger had a perfect score of 10. Lev Zilbermints was second with 7.0, and Kuberan Naganathan won the U1800 prize with 6 points.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, August 6, 2004 Rapids!
Tonight saw a turnout of 14 players for the rapids--the largest field we have had for some time. Asa Hoffmann took first place with a score of 12 - Second place went to Mikhail Koganov, with 11.5 - 1.5. John Burke was third, with 9.5 - 3.5. And Larry Tamarkin won the U2000, with 9 - 4.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, July 30, 2004 Rapids!
Yefim Treger won this hard fought round-robin!
Friday, July 23, 2004 Rapids!
Lev Zilbermints won tonight's 6-player double-round-robin with 9.5 - 0.5. Jerry Gottesman, visiting from Texas, took second place with a score of 7.5 - 2.5. Evan Rabin won the U1800 prize with a score of 2 - 8.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, July 16, 2004 Rapids!
Yefim Treger took first place tonight with a score of 7.5 - 1.5. Lev Zilbermints and Mikhail Koganov (in his first visit to the Marshall's Friday Rapids) tied for second to third place with 6.5 - 2.5. Leif Pressman won the U2000 prize with a score of 5 - 4.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, July 9, 2004 Super Rapids!
Name Old Perf. New Change
Arnold, Marc Tyler 2094 2414 2143 +49
Casten, Fred 1826 2042 1873 +47
Hermann, Thoras 2024 2009 2018 -6
Logunov, Ilya 2042 1956 2025 -17
Pressman, Leif 1994 1898 1975 -19
Schneider, Kurt 2170 2018 2139 -31
Treger, Yefim 2232 2184 2219 -13
Friday, July 2, 2004. No event held.
Friday, June 25, 2004. No event held.
Friday, June 18, 2004. No event held.
Friday, June 11, 2004 Rapids!
Double round Robin. 1st Place: Yefim Treger--$24.00, 6-0; 2nd Place: Richard Peterson--$16.00, 4-2.
-Andre Harding
Friday, June 4, 2004 Rapids!
The Friday Night Rapids, double round robin, on June 4th was the first we have had in many weeks (since the renovations/club closing)! The club looks great!
The next Super Rapids is on June 11th. Welcome back everyone!
1st Place: Yefim Treger--$10.00; 2nd Place: Adam Maltese--$6.00; 3rd Place: Raul Marquez--$4.00
-Andre Harding
Friday, April 2, 2004 Rapids!
Peter Aravena took first place in a six-player double round robin, with a score of 9.5. Yefim Treger and Leif Pressman shared second place with 7 points each. Evan Rabin won the U1900 prize with 2.5
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, March 26, 2004 Rapids!
Only four players came in for tonight's double-round-robin: Yefim Treger won first place with 6-0, and Fred Kasten took the U1900 prize with 2.5-3.5.
-Riley
Friday, March 19, 2004 Rapids!
Tonight's tournament brought an all-member field of eleven players. Asa Hoffman took first place with a score of 8.5 - 1.5; Peter Aravena was second with 8 - 2; Marc Tyler Arnold was third with 7.5 - 2.5; and Jerry Graham took the U2000 prize with 5.5 - 4.5.
-Riley
Friday, March 12, 2004 SUPER Rapids!
Tonight's Super Rapids drew a field of 12, welcoming newcomer Michael Leonowicz to the event.
First - third places were shared by Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger, and Lev Zilbermintz, with 9.5 points each.
Leif Pressman took the U2000 prize with 8.5 points.
-Riley
Friday, March 5, 2004 Rapids!
Six players came out for a double round-robin. Sarkis Agaian was the first-place winner with 8.5, Larry Tamarkin was second with 7, and Evan Rabin took the U1800 prize with 3.5.
-Riley
Friday, February 27, 2004 Rapids!
Marshall Chess Club member Oliver Chernin made his first appearance at the Friday Rapids tonight, and won first place with a score of 7-1 in a five-player double round-robin. Larry Tamarkin and Leif Pressman tied for second place with 4.5-3.5. Ed Gaillard and Kuberan Naganathan shared the U1900, with 2-6. Everybody was prizeworthy tonight!
-Riley
Friday, February 20, 2004 Rapids!
The Friday night blitz tournament drew a field of ten tonight, including two new players: Emiliano Lo Manto; and Steve Shanahan, visiting from Carlsbad, California. Welcome to them both! Asa Hoffmann and Marc Tyler Arnold shared first-second place with 8-1, for $17.50 each; Leif Pressman was third with 7-2, for $8.00, and Matt Fischler took the U1900 prize with 4-5, for $7.00.
-Riley
Friday, February 13, 2004 Rapids!
Larry Tamarkin took first place with 6.5 points, and Evan Rabin was a close second with 6. Double round robin format.
-Riley
Friday, February 6, 2004 Rapids!
The winner was clearly Lewis Eisen- 8-0.
2nd place: Dmytro Kedyk-6.5-1.5.
3rd place: Asa Hoffmann- 6-2.
Under 1900: Steve Lenhert- 4-4.
-Anca
Friday, January 30, 2004 Rapids!
The winner: Asa Hoffmann 9pts, followed by Larry Tamarkin and Yefim Treger with 7.5 pts and Oliver Craig with 6.5 pts. The Under 1900 class prize went to Parker Zhao with 6pts.
--Anca
Friday, January 23, 2004 Rapids!
1st-3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, Dmytro Kedyk, and Yefim Treger--10.5-1.5; 4th-5th Place: Marc Arnold, and Lawrence Tamarkin--6.5-5.5; 6th Place: Oliver Craig--6-6.
--Andre
Friday, January 16, 2004 Rapids!
Asa Hoffman took first place with a perfect score of 8-0. Yefim Treger was second with 6-2, and Leif Pressman got the U1900 prize with 4.5-3.5.
-Riley
Friday, January 9, 2004 Super Rapids!
In a double round robin of 8 players, Asa Hoffmann and Dmytro Kedyk tied with 11.5 points out of a possible 14 for $28.00 apiece; Yefim Treger took third place with 9 points for $12.80; and Fabiano Caruana took the U2000 prize with 7 points, for $11.20.
-Riley
Friday, January 2, 2004 Rapids!
1st-3rd Place: FM Asa Hoffmann, FM Ryan Harper, Yefim Treger--$20.07 each, 11.5-1.5; U1900: Fred Casten--$9.80, 7.5-5.5.
-Andre
Friday, December 26, 2003 Rapids!
Welcome to holiday visitor, FM Ryan Harper from Trinidad - West Indies (perhaps he brought the warm weather with him?), as he finished respectably third behind the veteran First and Second place regulars Yefim Treger and Asa Hoffmann. Eleven players.
Rated blitz event.
-Andre
Friday, December 19, 2003 Rapids!
Rated blitz event. Double round-robin format
Friday, December 5, 2003 Rapids!
Four hardy souls made their way through the snow to the Marshall to compete in the double-round robin Blitz tournament tonight. Yefim Treger took first place with 5 points, for $12.00; John Burke and Matthew Fischler tied for second place, with 3 points and $4.00 each. Akim Williams completed the foursome, and we hope he will come back for more Friday Blitz at the Marshall.
Double round-robin format - Riley
Friday, November 28, 2003 Rapids!
Six intrepid players came to play in the Friday Blitz tournament, despite the holiday, the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia, and the heavy rain.
In a double round-robin, Larry Tamarkin was first, with a score of 9.5 - 0.5, winning $15.00. Andrew Sperling took second, 5.5 - 4.5, for $9.00, and Edward Kopiecki took the U1900 prize with 5 - 5, for $6.00.
Double round-robin format - Riley
Friday, November 21, 2003 Rapids!
1st place: Yefim Treger, 11 - 1, $15.75
2nd place: Boris Privman, 10 - 2, $8.75
3rd place: Jeremy Graham, 6.5 - 5.5, $5.60
U1800: Matt Fischler, 5.5 - 6.5, $4.90
Double round-robin format - Riley
Friday, November 14, 2003 Rapids!
A double round-robin produced Ron Burnett as the Clear winner with a perfect score of 6-0 for $12, and Yefim Treger took the second place prize of $8 with a score of 3.5-2.5.
Friday, November 7, 2003 Super Rapids!
Eight players turned out for a double round-robin Super Rapids tonight. Regulars and semi-regulars were joined by two newcomers to the Marshall CC Blitz tournaments, James Kolodny and Jeronimo Salazar. We hope they will keep coming.
Young Marc Tyler Arnold took first place with 10.5 - 3.5, for $40.00. Larry Tamarkin took second with 10 - 4, for $24.00, and Sarkis Agaian won the Under-2000 prize with 7.5 - 6.5, for $16.00.
Friday, October 31, 2003 Rapids!
This Halloween the rapids drew a small field, six players for a double round-robin. Larry Tamarkin was clear first, winning all 10 of his games. Lerrenzo Davis came second, with 8-2. And Daniel Rose, visiting from Tennessee, won the Under-1800 prize with a score of 4-6.
Friday, October 24, 2003 Rapids!
Friday, October 17, 2003 Rapids!
Friday, October 10, 2003 Super Rapids!
Eleven members turned out for the Super Rapids (or Super Blitz) this month. Asa Hoffmann won First place with 9-1, for $49.50. Vladimir Polyakin took seond place, 8 1/2- 1 1/2, for $27.50. We reinstated the class prizes this week; Yefim Treger won the U2200 with 7 1/5, for $17.60; and Matt Fischler took the U1800 with 5-5, for $15.40.
Very much missed this week were Paul Pressman and Leif Pressman, both regulars at the Friday Rapids.
It is with great sadness that I report that Paul Pressman passed away on Wednesday, October 8th. Services were held the following day. Paul was a lovely, gentle man, and his presence will be greatly missed at the Marshall Chess Club. Paul was a psychiatrist, member of the club, and with his son Leif, a regular at the Friday Rapids. He and Leif were great buddies. Our deep sympathies are with Leif and his mother, Mary Pressman. Members wishing to send condolences may send them to the Pressman family, care of the Marshall Chess Club; they will be forwarded to the family.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, October 3, 2003 Rapids
Double round-robin format: Larry Tamarkin took first with 11-1, for $17.50. Yefim Treger was second, 9-2, $10.50, and Ed Gaillard third, 6.5-5.5, $7.00.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday, September 26, 2003 Rapids
This Rosh Hashanah weekend drew 5 players to the rapids, for a double round-robin. David Franklin returned to the Marshall to sweep the boards, winning all eight games. Second was Leif Pressman, 5-3, followed by Alexander Sperling, 4-4, James Lamberti (welcome to the Marshall, James), 2-6, and Paul Pressman, 1-7.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday September 19, 2003 Rapids
This Friday's Rapids drew a field of ten once again, with Friday night regulars Asa Hoffmann, Yefim Treger, Marc Tyler Arnold, Edward Gaillard, Matt Fischler, Leif Pressman, and Evan Rabin joined by Richard Tuhrim (returning after a long absence), and newcomers to the tournament Alan B. Walk and Alexander Sperling. We hope that Paul Pressman will rejoin us next week.
Final results: Asa Hoffmann came in first, 8.5 - 0.5, for $22.50. Yefim Treger came second, 7 - 2, for $12.50. Marc Tyler Arnold was third, 6.5 - 2.5, for $8.00. And Alexander Sperling was fourth, 6.0 - 3.0, for $7.00
-Riley Kellogg
Friday September 12, 2003 Super Rapids
The September Super Rapids drew an even field of ten. Rapids regulars Asa Hoffmann, Paul and Leif Pressman, Evan Rabin and Matt Fischler participated, as did recent regulars and sometime players Yefim Treger, Ilya Logunov, Edward Gaillard (who recently rejoined the Club--welcome back to the Marshall, Edward!), Chris Brooks, and Bora Yagiz.
Asa Hoffmann, with a score of 8-2, won first prize of $45.00
Yefim Treger, with a score of 7½-2½, won second prize of $25.00
Ilya Logunov, with a score of 6-4, won third prize of $16.00
Chris Brooks, with a score of 5½-4½, won fourth prize of $14.00
-Riley Kellogg
Friday September 5, 2003 Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, with 10 out of 11 possible points, won first prize of $27.00.
Adam Maltese, with 8 out of 11 possible points, won second prize of $15.00.
Albano Cuevas De Leon, Marc Tyler Arnold, and Matthew R Fischler, with 7 out of 11 possible points each, split the third and fourth prizes for $6.00 each.
-Riley Kellogg
Friday August 29, 2003 Rapids
This edition of the Friday Night Rapids drew seven players and a double round-robin was played, with cash prizes for the top three finishers. These were the final results:
1st Place: Raul Marquez-$17.50, 11.5-0.5; 2nd Place: Ilya Logunov-$10.50, 8.5-3.5; 3rd Place: Albano Cuevas de Leon-$7.00, 6-6. 4th-5th Place: Marc Arnold and Kakha Khaburcania, 4.5-7.5; 6th Place: Evan Rabin, 4-8; 7th Place: Robert Butts, 3-9.
-Andre Harding
June 13, 2003 recovered Rapids Report
10 players came out for tonight's rapids tournament. Asa Hoffmann came in first, with a score of 8-1. Dmytro Kedyk was second with 7.5. Lev Zilbermints took third place with 7, and Prker Zhao won the U1800 prize with 5 points.
-recovered by Riley Kellogg
Summer Rapids Layoff ...
April 11th to August 29th
Some files found and recovered by Riley Kellogg and some office reorganization. Too late to be rated - these files will be posted above in red.
Friday April 11, 2003 Rapids
The April 11 Friday rapids tournament was well attended and exceptionally
strong. Notably missed were Paul and Leif Pressman, who almost always
participate.
Ilye Figler played for the first time in many months, but this did not
affect his 'blitzing' abilities, as he finished clear first, = $56.00
Asa Hoffmann, played well enough for 2nd, = $30.00
Roman Dubinskiy, another rarely playing master, finished clear 3rd, =
$20.00
Nelson Farber won the U-1800 prize, = $19.00
Welcome to Sarkis Agaian to his first rapids at the Marshall (that I can
remember!?), And welcome back to Brennan J. Ward, who is much more than
a medium size kid now!
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
Friday April 4, 2003 Rapids
On April 1st, we decided not to use "Fischer Retractor Moves" in the event
of blunder's by the players.
This year no player had electrodes placed in their hypothalamus to help
find them moves, so as there were no 'rats' playing here, everyone played
'normal' 5-minute chess, using just their own heads! - - See Chess Base
news, April 1st, 2002 and 2003. www.chessbase.com
As I predicted, Dmitro Kedyk came back and won first rather easily. Asa
Hoffmann was off-form, but still managed 3rd place, and Leif Pressman
continued to improve week by week, winning the U-1800 prize.
Particularly interesting was his use of the 'no-losing-chances' clause
in simple theoretical positions, which he used twice, when in bad time-pressure
he stopped the clock, and saved precious half points. (Another Eddie Kopiecki?).
Marc Arnold is back after a long rest - He was obviously out of form,
and finished out of the money - He even did poorly in after rapids bughouse
chess, but I expect he will be back to his 'normal self' soon enough!
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
Dmitro Kedyk, 1st = $27
Garold Braslavskiy, 2nd = $15
Asa Hoffmann, 3rd = $9
Leif Pressman, U-1800, = $9
Friday March 28, 2003 Rapids
Usual rapids winner Asa Hoffmann, decided not to 'brave' a double round-robin
event (His entering would have make it 15 players, which would have split
the sections), and took the night off.
Welcome Jordy Mont-Reynaud from CA., to his first rapids at the Marshall!
Congratulations to the ever improving young player, and former auto shop
owner, Gabor Schnitzler, in winning the U-1800 prize. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
Jordy Mont-Reynaud, 1st = $49.00
Joan Santana, 2nd = $27.00
Peter Aravena, 3rd = $18.00
Gabor Schnitzler, U-1800 = $16.00
Friday March 21, 2003 Rapids
Asa Hoffmann and Edward Hai, 1st/2nd =$23.50 each.
Pena Pablo, 3rd, =$12
We note the fine performance of young Leif Pressman, who defeated Asa
Hoffmann for the first time in the rapids. Leif and his father, Paul,
play almost every single week in this tournament, and it seems to be showing
in improved results. Leif Pressman, U-1800, =$11.00
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
Friday March 14, 2003 Rapids
Senior Manager, Ron Young graciously consented to cover this past Friday's
rapids event, so that I could participate in this tournament after many
months of inactivity - The result of finishing clear 3rd was not too bad,
considering the usual ups and down of 'luck' in each. I must admit, I
had a lot of fun playing in this event - Such is the attraction of the
rapids, and so I will hope for other opportunities to get into it, when
not directing!
Asa Hoffmann, totally dominated the event, and David Zimbeck 'got away
with it' in too many games, making a bizarre king march early in the opening,
leading to many instantly bad positions.
Young 'Super-Star' Dmytro Kedyk was just a little 'unlucky', to finish
out of the money this time. Most of us here at the Marshall, figure that
he will soon be dominating this event as well! -- Larry S. Tamarkin
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $24.75
David Zimbeck, 2nd = 13.75
Larry S. Tamarkin, 3rd = $8.25
Edward Hai, U-1800, = $8.25
Saturday March 8, 2003 Rapids
Because of popular demand, we ran yet another Saturday rapids. I cannot
guarantee that this event will take place every week, nor that if it does,
that it will be rated. However, it does appear that knowledge of this
(sometimes), event is growing, as is the field. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
Dmymtro Kedyk, 1st = $20
Boris Feldman, 2nd = $15
Yefime Treger, 3rd = $ 8
Leif Pressman, U-1800 = $7
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
Friday March 7, 2003 Rapids
Asa Hoffmann and Yefim Treger, 1st/2nd = $22.50 each.
Owen Li, 3rd = $10. (Please note to ignore the mistake made on our adjoining
annex page, where Owen is listed as winning 2nd prize).
Paris Fineberg, Leif Pressman and Paul Pressman, U-1800 = $3.33 each.
Friday February 28, 2003 Rapids
The February 28 Friday rapids was well-attended by 14 players, including
family members several family members. Welcome to my students, Ethan and
Jed Kass, who I expect will soon be winning prizes every week here! --
Larry S. Tamarkin
Asa Hoffmann and Yefim Treger, 1st/2nd = $35.00 each.
John Burke, 3rd = $16.00
Evan Rabin, Leif Pressman, and Edward Hai won the U-1800 prize, = $4.67
each.
Saturday February 22, 2003 Rapids
Welcome Boris Feldman who played in the rapids for the first time!
Boris Feldman, 1st = $20
Maraj Daftani, 2nd = $10
Marc Arnold, 3rd = $5
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
Friday February 21, 2003 Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $33.50
Yefim Treger, 2nd = $19.00
David Zimbeck, 3rd = $11.50
Paris Fineberg & Yuri Olmelchenko, U-1800 $5.50 each.
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
Saturday February 15, 2003 Rapids
Even with the snow, there was the desire to play speed chess after the
'main event' earlier in the day - So we had another double round-robin
after the days G/45 event had ended. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
David Zimbeck, 1st = $15
Peter Aravena, 2nd = $10
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
February 14, 2003 Friday Rapids
The US Amateur team & the threat of the oncoming snow storm did indeed
reduce attendance for the rapids Friday, however the enthusiasm of the
competing players allowed for two consecutive tournaments with 2 games
against each player. As usual, all E.F.'s were returned as prizes. --
Larry S. Tamarkin
First tournament:
Peter Aravena 1st = $15
Marc Arnold 2nd = $5
Second tournament:
David Zimbeck, 1st = $15
Peter Aravena, 2nd = $10
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
February 7, 2003 Friday Rapids
Yefim Treger, 1st
Marc T Arnold, 2nd
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
January 31, 2003 Friday Rapids
Asa Hoffman, 1st.
Marc T Arnold, 2nd
January 24, 2003 Friday Rapids
Asa Hoffmann & Yefim Treger, 1st/2nd = $29.50 each.
Marc T. Arnold, 3rd = $14
Leif Pressman, U-1800 = $12
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
Individual Upset Report!
Name Pnts Victim
Jabari McGreen (1214) 293.5 Fedor Khrapatin (1801)
Danny Rohde (1553) 269.0 Paris Fineberg (1822)
Leif Pressman (1609) 251.0 Marc Arnold (2111)
Gabe Schnitzler (1660) 230.0 Lev Zilbermints (2120)
Paul Pressman (1650) 172.0 Paris Fineberg (1822)
Fedor Khrapatin (1801) 159.5 Lev Zilbermints (2120)
Paris Fineberg (1822) 144.5 Marc Arnold (2111)
Marc Arnold (2111) 137.0 Asa Hoffmann (2385)
Bora Yagiz (2002) 118.0 Lev Zilbermints (2120)
Yefim Treger (2208) 88.5 Asa Hoffmann (2385)
Evan Rabin (1572) 37.0 Leif Pressman (1609)
January 17, 2003 Friday
Rapids
The 'sharks' dominated the January 17, 2003 rapids, with Asa Hoffmann topping
the 10 player field, which turned out despite the extremely cold whether.
Young Wei Chen gained the most rating points - 72, and Leif Pressman continued
to show improvement in his play despite the slow rise in his rating, in
drawing a close game with Hoffmann. Paul Pressman again won the U-1800 prize.
WBCA Rules are currently being utilized in the Friday rapids, and all players
are encouraged to familiarize themselves with them before the start of play.
However, no other affiliation with the WBCA is in effect, and rating are
calculated with Swis-Sys 5.03 for use in the rapids of the Marshall Chess
Club only.
All players please note the there is no phone entry, even though we do appreciate
your calling us to let us know you are on the way. Registration officially
ends at 7:25 pm, and is open only to the first 14 players. If registration
is above 14 before registration ends, only then is the tournament split
into two round-robin sections. Please take note of these facts & leave
early on Friday! - Thank you, Larry S. Tamarkin, co-manager.
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $30.00
Lev Zilbermints, 2nd = $18.00
Julus Lopez, 3rd = $12.00 (Welcome new member Julius Lopez!)
Paul Pressman, U-1800 = $10.00
Individual Upset Report!
Name Pnts Victim
Leif Pressman (1643) 373.0 Asa Hoffmann (2389)
Chen Wei (1274) 369.0 Leif Pressman (1643)
Eric Jaimes (1363) 280.0 Leif Pressman (1643)
Jabari Mcgreen (1213) 208.0 Alec Getz (1421)
Juius Lopez (1500) 165.0 Paul Pressman (1665)
Alec Getz (1421) 122.0 Paul Pressman (1665)
Steve Zolowtow (1357) 32.0 Alec Getz (1421)
January 10, 2003 Friday
Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $45
Marc T. Arnold, 2nd = $25
Yefim Treger & Lev Zilbermints, 3rd = $8
Michael Mendez, George Carlyle and Evan Rabin, U-1800 $4.67 each.
January 3, 2003(!) Friday
Rapids
The first rapids of the new year had an impressive turnout of 14 players
looking to start 2003 with speed!
Family members Grandmaster Michael Rohde and Danny Rohde as well as Paul
and Leif Pressman participated, and in both cases at least one family
member won a prize!
John C. Fernandez was very impressive in tying for first with Grandmaster
Rohde. Jeremy A. Graham also had an excellent beginning of the new year,
coming into focus, with 10 1/2 points for 3rd. Maybe his bughouse expertise
helped his imagination leap forward in the rapids- :-)
Paul Pressman was also solid, scoring 7 points to take the U-1800 prize.
All participants were members of the Marshall.
Young Chen Wei gained 56 rating points! Welcome back, Associate member
Steve Zolotow, who rejoined the club that night. And welcome back to Brennan
J. Ward, who has had a busy school schedule, and has recently been absent
from the rapids.
Happy New Year everybody! I hope it will be a good one & we'll all
go through it healthily together!
Larry S. Tamarkin
Marshall Co-Manager
December 21, 2002 Saturday
Rapids
Yefim Treger, 1st = $15
Boris Privman, 2nd =$10
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
December 20, 2002 Friday
Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $31
Erez Klein, 2nd = $18
Marc Arnold, 3rd = $11
Paris Fineberg, U-1800 = $10
December 13, 2002 Friday
Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, 1st =$36
John Burke, 2nd =$20
Boris Privman, 3rd=$12
Larry Cselenszky U-1800 = $12
December 7, 2002 Saturday
Rapids
Amidst much cleaning up of the office and all-around the club for Sundays
Party, we managed a small double-round rapids event for our die-hard speed
chess players.
Welcome to Stephen Carpenter, who was visiting from London, England! (1800
rating is an estimated rating for him). -- Larry S. Tamarkin
1st, Yefim Treger = $20
2nd, Marc T. Arnold = $10
December 6, 2002 Friday
Rapids
The December 6th, 2002 rapids event was run under a slightly new design,
the main feature of which is the non-member rate being $15, (instead of
the previous $20), to encourage the attendance of new players.
The Marshall welcomes Grandmaster Michael Rohde (His son Danny has played
many times!) to the rapids tournament! Mike is the first Grandmaster to
participate in the rapids in my 4 years of running the event! -- Larry
S. Tamarkin
1st, Grandmaster Michael Rohde = $24.00
2nd, Marc T. Arnold = $14
3rd, Emiliano Lo Manto = $8
U-1800, Paul Pressman = $8
November
29, 2002 Friday Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, 1st=$35
Yefim Treger, 2nd=$25
Paris Fineberg, 3rd=$15
Jerry Graham, 4th=$10
Event not rated for the official list
November
22, 2002 Friday Rapids
Ricardo D'Arruda, 1st= $25.00
Ron Burnett, 2nd = $20.00
Jerry Graham, 3rd = $15.00
November
15, 2002 Friday Rapids
Ricardo D'Arruda, 1st =$35.00
Asa Hoffmann, 2nd =$20
Garol Braslavskiy, 3rd =15
Welcome back Tom Malloy(!), and to Fred Casten, who was visiting relatives
in Las Vegas!
November 09, 2002 Saturday
Rapids
The Saturday rapids have become a regular event here at the Marshall.
The only question that a remains is whether the club will officially schedule
it & promote it. However, many of our regular players have come to expect
it taking place.
Fabiano Caruana playing at the Marshall in only his 2nd rapids event as
a FIDE master took 1st place. He will shortly be leaving for the World
Youth championships in Greece. Good luck Fabiano! -- Larry S. Tamarkin
Fabiano Caruana 1st = $12.00
Paris Fineberg and Jerry Graham 2nd/3rd = $6.50 each.
Event not rated for the official list
November
8, 2002 Friday Rapids
"A" Section:
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $30
David Franklin, 2nd = $18
Ricardo D'Arruda, 3rd = $12
"B" Section"
Leif Pressman, 1st = $30
Paris Fineberg & Paul Pressman, 2nd = $15
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
November
2, 2002 Saturday Rapids
1st, Yurij Lapshun =$20
2nd, Marc T. Arnold=$15
3rd, Boris Privman=$15
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
November
1, 2002 Friday Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, Ron Burnett, 1st/2nd =$22.50 each.
David Zimbeck, 3rd =$15
Leif Pressman, U-1800 =$10
October
26, 2002 Special Saturday Rapids
Saturday rapids was a double-round robin with 6-players.
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
October
25, 2002
The Marshall had another terrific turnout for the rapids of 20 players
in the "A" & "B" sections. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
"A" Section Winners:
Asa Hoffmann, 1st = $30
Eric Cooke, 2nd= $25
Mike Hehir, U-2100= $23
Welcome back (for a visit), Bill & Ruth Arluck!
"B" Section Winners:
Our youngest members took all of the prizes in this section.
Paris Fineberg, 1st = $30
Leif Pressman, 2nd= $25
Nitai Leve, 3rd= $15
Chen Wei, U-1000 = $7
October
19, 2002 Special Saturday Rapids
Saturday rapids was a double-round robin with 6-players.
Yuriy Lapshun, 1st = $15
Boris Privman, 2nd = $10
Daniel G. Rohde, U-1700 = $5
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
October
18, 2002
Yefim Treger, 1st = $20
Marc T. Arnold, 2nd = $15
Paul Pressman, U-1700 = $10
October
12, 2002 Special Saturday Rapids
Saturday rapids was a double-round robin with 5-players.
Manajudin Daftani, 1st.
Marc Arnold, 2nd.
Double Round Robin Legend:
$=2 #=1.5 W=1 D=.5 L=0
October
11, 2002
Asa Hoffman, 1st, $25
Garol Braslavskiy, 2nd $20
Sammy Pam, 3rd, $15
Paris Fineberg, U-1700 $12
October
4, 2002
Asa Hoffmann, 1st, $25
Lev Zilbermintz, 2nd, $20
Yefim Treger, 3rd, $15
Evan Rabin and Paul Pressman, U-1700 $10
September
28, 2002 Special Saturday Rapids
Asa Hoffman, Manajudin Daftani, 1st/2nd = $22.50 each.
Boris Privman, Ilya Figler, 2nd/3rd = $7.50 each.
Errol Singh, U-2000 = $10
As always coffee & cookies were served.
September 27, 2002 Rapids
G Braslavskiy, Danny Goodman and Yefim Treger =1st, $23.33 each.
David Zimbeck, 4th, $10
Phil Warton, Jerry Graham and Chris Maksymowicz, = U-1900, $5 each
As always coffee & cookies were served.
September
21, 2002 Special Saturday Rapids
Privman, Boris, 1st= $25
Gonzales, Jayson, 2nd =$15
Lenderman, Alex, 3rd =$10
Fineberg, Paris, U-1700 =$5
As always coffee & cookies were served.
September
20, 2002 Rapids
Asa Hoffmann, 1st =$25
Marc T. Arnald, 2nd =$15
Garold Braslovskiy, 3rd =$10
Fred Casten, U-2000 =$15
Leif Pressman, U-1700 =$5
As always coffee & cookies were served.
September
14, 2002 Impromptu Saturday Rapids!
Marshall Chess Club president Douglas Bellizzi graciously minded the office
so that manager on duty Larry S. Tamarkin could participate in this one-off
special event.
He took advantage of the rare opertunity, by tying for first with the
very strong blitz player, Johathon Corrblah. = $20.
Asa Hoffman had a rare out-of-form result, scoring 7 points, tied for
3rd with Gregory Cesar (His first speed tournament at the Marshall) =
$5 each.
Danny Rohde, Grandmaster Michael Rohde's 13 year-old son played in his
first blitz event here at the Marshall, after the days earlier event.
He played with great enthusiam and we expect to see a lot more of him
in future blitz events!
It is quite likely that the club will have more 'impromptu events', like
this in the future. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
September
13, 2002 Rapids
Marc T. Arnold, 1st = $20
Asa Hoffmann, 2nd. = $15
Jerry Graham, U-2000, = $10
As always coffee & cookies were served.
September
6, 2002 Rapids
As always coffee & cookies were served.
August
30, 2002 Rapids
As always coffee & cookies were served.
August 23, 2002 Rapids
No cross table, or ratings update for this event.
As always coffee & cookies were served.
August
16, 2002 Rapids
Winning this week was Raul Marquez with a perfect score of 12 pts. = $30
2nd was Yefim Treger with 9 ½ pts. = $25
3rd/4th and 5th was shared by Ilya Logonov, Garold Braslavskiy and Sam
Barsky with 8 pts each = $5
Winning the U-1900 prize was Jesse Davidson = $15
The rating points winner this week was Jesse Davidson, with 98 points.
As always coffee & cookies were served. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
August
9, 2002 Rapids
Alex Sherzer, 1st with a perfect 13 pts., winning $30.
Lev Zilbermints, 2nd with 11 1/2 pts, winning $25.
Raul Marquez, 3rd with 11 pts, winning $15.
Top Under 1800 winner was, Leif Pressman with 4 pts., winning $10.
Biggest rating improvement this week was Lev Zilbermints with 57 points.
Unfortunately, because of the limitations of Swiss-Sys, 2 players had
to be left out of the cross table this week; Evan Rabin & Mitch Ribera.
Were sorry about that & will look to keep the rapids at 14 players total
in the future, or split it with greater turnouts.
As always coffee & cookies were served. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
August
2, 2002 Rapids
The August 2nd rapids was won by Yuri Lapshun with 8 pts = $20
2nd/3rd was won by Peter Aravena & Yefim Treger with 7 1/2 pts = $7.50
each.
The U-2000 prize was picked up by new Junior member Adam Maltese.
Adam wins $12 Welcome to the club Adam! Adam also gained the most blitz
rating pts. this week +22.
As always coffee & cookies were served. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
July
19, 2002 Rapids
First, Asa Hoffmann with 10 points = $30.00.
2nd place achieved by Boris Privman, who scored 9.5 points to win $25.00.
3rd was Lev Zilbermintz with 9 points for $20.00
U-2050 prize won by Rayard Simmon with 8 points, $15.00.
U-1800 prize won by Paul Pressman with 3 points, $10.00.
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
July
12, 2002 Rapids
First, Asa Hoffmann with 11 points = $25.00.
2nd place achieved by Peter Arevena, who scored 9 points to win $20.00.
Equal 3rd/4th were David Franklin and Brennan J. Ward with 8 points =
$7.50 each.
U-1900 prize won by David Kalita with 7 1/2 points = $20.00.
Leif Pressman again improved his blitz rating the most! -- Larry S. Tamarkin
July
5, 2002 Rapids
The rapids that took place the week of the World Open was won by Miguel
Munoz = $35.00
2nd/3rd was Mike Hehir and Asa Hoffmann with 6 points each = $17.50 each.
Leif Pressman gained the most blitz-rating points this week!.
The tournament was excellently directed by Fill-in Manager Mitch Fitzko.
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
June
28, 2002 Rapids
The Marshall's June 28th rapids had a very good turnout of 17 players
in the two sections, with quite a few not-yet members. Likely the upcoming
World Open tournament had something to do with this, as speed chess is
one of the most excellent ways to test your chess preparation, especially
with openings. As always refreshments were served. Thanks to club VP Jeremy
A. Graham, apples and bananas were again served this week, contributing
to the healthy quality of the fare.
In the "A" section Artist Peter S Aravena & 'Chess Wizard', Asa Hoffmann
tied for 1st with 6.5 pts., winning $27.50 each.
Raul Marguez had perhaps the worst performance of his speed chess career,
only scoring 2 1/2 pts., out of the money for the first time in our event.
Visiting Master Noureddine Ziane picked up clear 3rd, worth $20.00.
Rising star, 15 yr. old Brennan J. Ward, scored 4 pts to clinch the U-2100
prize of $15.00.
Brennan is playing in the U-2000 section of the World Open. Here is one
of the comments expressed about Brennan's chances there; "I hope Brennan
doesn't do anything stupid. Maybe He'll win his section" - A club officer.
I think so too. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
June
21, 2002 Rapids
The June 21, 2002 rapids was a relatively small turnout with 8 players.
Many of our regular participants of the rapids probably stayed home to
prepare for the next days tournament, the "I-Still-Love-New-York" Open!,
run by the Chess Center of NY in the New Yorker Hotel.
The number of players we did have this week was helped by the participation
of several players who are students of Chess Teacher Miguel Iniguez.
We did serve cookies, but it was too hot for coffee. Also, Vice president
Jeremy A. Graham provided healthy Banana's and Apples for the chess players
enjoyment.
As expected, Asa Hoffmann & Yefim Treger tied for 1st/2nd with 6.5 pts.,
winning $20.00 each.
Senior citizen Gabor Schnitzler finished in a respectable 3rd position
with 5 pts., winning the U-1700 prize of $15.00 -- Larry S. Tamarkin
June
14, 2002 Rapids
6/14/2002
The June 14, 2002 rapids had another good turnout - 17 players in the
2 sections. Welcome to new players, John Burgoyne, Miguel Munoz, and returning
artist, Peter Aravena to this week's event.
1st - Raul Marquez = $25.00
2nd - Miguel Munoz = $20.00
U-2100 - Mike Hehir= $13.00
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
June
7, 2002 Rapids
6/7/2002
The June 7th rapids had an excellent turnout of 21 players in 2 sections.
In fact many of our events are having good turnouts of late; Is it World
Open preparation, or is chess just getting more popular during the Spring/Summer
months?
Not surprisingly, 1st in the "A" section was
Raul Marquez = $30.00
2nd was won by Ilya Figler, winning $25.00
3rd was taken by Yefim Treger = $20.00
The U-2000 prize was won by Brennen Ward & Marc T. Arnold, each taking
home $7.50
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
May
31, 2002 Rapids
5/31/2002
Unfortunately the May 17 & 24 rapids charts are missing, so cannot be
rated at this time. Further because of an unanticipated problem using
swis-sys I had to delete the 2 lowest scoring players, Leif Pressman (1
pt.), and Richard Tuhrim (1/2 pt.). We will now forever restrict total
attendance in 1 section to 14 players - Another reason to efforce our
late fee structure. I appologize to all affected players - I hope to insure
prompt and complete reporting of our rapids events in the future.
Welcome to new member Master David Pruess, who tied for first with Asa
Hoffman this week with 13 1/2 pts each, $27.50 each.
Sam Barsky finished clear 2nd with 12 pts. = $20.00
U-2000 was won by Lev Zilbermints (who will go back over 2000 after tonight's
event), = $10
U-1800 was won by Kubera Naganathan with 5 pts. =$10.00.
Congratulations to Alex Cellum who gained 109 BLITZ rating points this
week!
Congratulations to young Marshall chess club member Fabiano Caruana -
He scored 8 1/2 out of 9, and won the Gold medal for the United States
in the Pan-American Championships in Argentina, and will be awarded the
FIDE Master title at the next FIDE congress!
Players who compete at our club can often be assured of playing future
'legend's in our events!
Larry S. Tamarkin
Name Old Perf New Change
Sam Barsky 2063 2174 2085 +22
John Burke 2100 2036 2089 -11
Alex Cellum 1291 1734 1400 +109
Jeremy A. Graham 1922 1901 1916 -6
Asa Hoffmann 2382 2367 2379 -3
Eddie Kopieki 1928 2009 1943 +15
Chris Maksymowicz 1593 1631 1587 -6
Kubera Naganathan 1677 1787 1689 +12
Leif Pressman 1444 1400 1405 -39
David Pruess 2220 2348 2243 +23
Chad Salinas 1725 1715 1706 -19
Gabor Schnitzler 1654 1626 1639 -15
Yefim Treger 2272 2083 2237 -35
Richard Tuhrim 1425 1415 1383 -42
Brennan Ward 1964 2023 1975 +11
Lev Zilbermints 1997 2057 2009 +12
May
10, 2002 Rapids
5/10/2002
The May 10th rapids was reasonably well-attended with 12 paid players.
Sam Barsky had to withdraw, but graciously contributed his entry-fee to
increase the prize fund.
1st went to returning regular, Asa Hoffmann.
2nd to Yefim Treger, who drew a near winning game against Marc T. Arnold.
The question of 'no losing chances' came up, and I decided in this particular
case to rule it such (after a play-off in the position). In future situations
of this type I'll likely just rule it one way or another, without a play-off
of the game. As things went, Yefim didn't demonstrate a clear winning
plan and so I had to call it a draw.
3rd went to Mike Hehir, and the U-1800 prize was shared by new member
Naganathan Kubera and Paul Pressman.
Asa Hoffman, 1st - $25.00
Yefim Treger, 2nd - $20.00
Mike Hehir, 3rd - $15.00
U-1800, Naganathan Kubera and Paul Pressman - $5.00 each
May
3, 2002 Rapids
5/3/2002
Tough competition for attendence with the premiere of Spiderman!
- Ed.
Raul Marquez, 1st - $25.00
Yefim Treger, 2nd - $20.00
Lief Pressman, U-1800 - $10.00
April
26, 2002 Rapids
4/26/2002
A relatively low turnout for the rapids ... one section. This time the
players were all members of the Marshall. Three of our 'regulars' were
here at the club, evidently 'too tired' to participate in the tournament.
Many chess coaches, junior members Evan Rabin, Leo Liebeskind, Marc
Arnold, Paris Fineberg-Heymann among others journeyed to Portland, Oregon
for the National Elementary Championships. - Ed.
Raul Marquez, 1st - $20.00
Yefim Treger, 2nd - $15.00
Paul Pressman, U-1800 - $10.00
April
19, 2002 Rapids
4/19/2002
The April 19, 2002 rapids was a 'relatively' small affair with only 10
players. In general the rapids is well-attended (even this one), and the
low entry-fee with return of all as prizes, is enjoyed by all of the players.
There are some players who would like to see a larger entry fee and prize
distribution. I've been told that this has been tried in the past, and
that it has usually had the effect of players 'fading off' and the rapids
ultimately dying out. We live in difficult times - Many don't have a lot
of 'spare change', even for a movie, much less a chess tournament and
so we try to attend to our members needs in this.
Ultimately this is a question that the tournament committee is continuing
to look into, as the views of the majority of chess competitors is always
being considered. For now, the rapids is most liked just the way it is
- With a very low entry fee (for the Members of the club).
Though the prizes are often rather low, most of the players like it just
the way it is, as they can get a lot of chess 'action' in a relatively
short space of time, compete for prizes (and even class prizes), without
worrying about the expense (like they do for a tournament like the World
Open), of the event leaving a serious hole in their pocket. That being
said, if any one reading this would like to be a sponsor of the rapids,
you are certainly welcome to contribute money or things like chess books
to the prize fund to make the event even more exciting & enjoyable for
all the players.
As always coffee & cookies were served and all the entries were returned
as prizes. Welcome! new member David Zimbeck originally from Idaho, who
is certainly master strength in blitz.
Results: Asa Hoffmann and David Zimbeck, 1st/2nd = $17.50 each. The U-1800
prize went to Paul Pressman and Alexander Cellum = $2.50 each.
April
12, 2002 Rapids
4/12/2002
14 players - 1 section.
Master Raul Marquez in the absence of FM Asa Hoffmann won again with 12
pts. = $25.00
Chess Teacher Miguel Iniguez finished clear 2nd with 10 1/2 pts. = $20.00
New Member David Zimbeck came clear 3rd with 10 pts. = $15.00
Top 1700 - 1999 was captured by Vice President Jeremy A. Graham. His 9
1/2 pts were worth $20.00
And the U-1700 prize was won by young talent Richard Tuhrim, whose 5 pts
was worth $15.0 -- Larry S. Tamarkin
April
5, 2002 Rapids
4/5/2002
The April 5, 2002 rapids had a very good turnout of 20 players - So 2
sections.
"A" Section:
Raul Marquez won his key game against Asa Hoffmann and so finished clear
1st with 8 1/2 pts. = $25.00
Asa still managed a very respectable 2nd place with 7 1/2 pts. = $15
Finishing with the U-2100 prize was the always dangerous Lev Zilbermintz
with 5 1/2 pts. = $15.00
Visiting from La' La' land was our interesting former member Jonathon
Maxwell (and author of "Blitz Theory", who's chess was obviously rusty.
Rumor has it that Jonathon will soon be seen in a movie staring Jeff Daniels!
"B" Section:
Chris William avoided defeat, and so finished 1st with 8 pts. = $25.00
Marc T. Arnold in probably his last outing in the "B" section was 2nd
with 7 1/2 pts = $15.00
Noah Lawson and renewing member Leif Pressman (welcome back Leif!), tied
for the U-1300 prize with 4 1/2 pts. = $7.50. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
March 29, 2002 Rapids
3/29/2002
Corrected prizes paid ...
Raul Marguez, 1st=$30.00
Miguel Iniguez, 2nd=$25.00
The following players shared 3rd place ([$20] & the U-1900 prize [$10])
Yefim Treger & Manuel Ugarte, 3rd & U-1900=$15.00 each
Lev Zilbermints, Top U-2100=$15.00
Class player is awarded the highest available prize within their range -per
USCF rules.
There were 12 players, including 3 Non members. The total prize fund was
$100.00. The Friday rapids continues to draw well, and good attendance is
expected to continue, as well as new member sign-ups!
Asa Hoffmann who was suffering a shoulder injury suffered a (very) rare
setback, and finished out of the money. The following day Asa had one of
the best results of his year, winning clear 1st in the days G/60 open, which
had a very nice turnout, and so rewarded prizes above that which it was
based on. Congratulations Asa!
Many of our, members and new members were at the Foxwoods Open
held over the Easter weekend, March 26-28th, such as, GM John Fedorowicz,
GM Alexander Stripunsky, GM Maurice Ashley, Masters, Boris Privman,Yevengiy
Gershov, and Ilya Figler. Also, Vladimir Grechikhin, Brian Wilmeth, were
among those in the Open section.
Among those in the other sections were, Marc T. Arnold, Fabiano Caruana,
Michael Thaler, John C. Fernandez, Evan S. Rosenberg, Shirley Ben-Dak, Tiffany
Remsen, Frank R. Pacciulli, Arnold H. Agree, Sandra L. Oliver, Sarkis Agaian,
Aleks Pelekhati, and Phyllis Benjamin.
Dear friends & celebrities who were there, include our club president, John
MacArthur and the fabulous tournament directors, Sophia Rohde & Steven J.
Immitt, who oversees all of our Chess Center events. A special mention for
member Nagib E. Gebran who was present on Sunday & won at the blackjack
tables:). Apologies to any deserving Marshall people I inadvertently left
out of this list.
We'd like to thank everyone for your continued support of the Marshall &
chess events in general.
Congratulations to the following participants who all tied for first with
5.5 points: Ilya Smirin, Alexander Goldin, Ildar Ibragimov, Gregory Kaidanov,
Joel Benjamin, Giorgi Kacheishvili
and very special congratulations to the following players who qualified
for the next US Championship in Seattle: Maurice Ashley Michael Mulyar Alan
Bennett Alex Stripunsky Larry Kaufman Igor Foygel
1st Alternate is Marc Esseram More information about this remarkable tournament
is available at: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/fox/foxwoods.htm Photo's
& Games are also available here!
-- Larry S. Tamarkin
March 22, 2002 Rapids
3/22/2002
1st/2nd: Asa Hoffmann and Mike Wu $22.50 each.
3rd, Boris Privman, $10.00.
1st U-2000, Marc T. Arnold $20.00
1st U-1500, Niazul Haque $20.00
March 15, 2002 Rapids
3/15/2002
Welcome back to Fred Casten, who was vacationing in
Tampa Florida!
1st, Asa Hoffmann, $15.00.
Winning all his games yet again, Asa is in a class by himself!
2nd, New member, FIDE Mater Ricardo D'Arruda, $10.00.
Welcome to the Marshall Mr. Arruda!
1st U-2000, Frederick Casten, $10.00
Maybe the Florida getaway helped his chess!?
1st U-1600, Leo Liebeskind, $5.00
Congratulations to young Leo Liebeskind - Class prizes give everyone a chance
for something. -- Larry S. Tamarkin
Name Old Perf New Change
Marc T. Arnold 1947 2012 1951 +4
Frederick Casten 1882 2074 1904 +22
Ricardo D'Arruda 2386 2380 2383 -3
Jeremy A. Graham 1949 1694 1912 -37
Asa Hoffmann 2391 2484 2402 +11
Leo Liebeskind 1378 1787 1420 +42
Ralph Monda 1875 1950 1880 +5
Richard Tuhrim 1308 1617 1316 +8
Felix Von-Tippelskirch 1532 1487 1486 -46
March 8th
3/08/2002
1st Asa Hoffmann $25.00.
2nd/3rd/4th & U-2100:
* Nick Ahmann
* Sammy Pam
* Ralph Monda
each $10.
U-1500 Leo Liebeskind $10.00.
Name Old Perf New Change
Nick Ahmann 2191 2178 2187 -4
Alex Cellum 1175 1527 1156 -19
Mike Hehir 2097 2019 2083 -14
Asa Hoffmann 2394 2374 2391 -3
Leo Liebeskind 1361 1684 1378 +17
Ralph Monda 1846 2008 1875 +29
Sammy Pam 2061 2233 2087 +26
Evan Rabin 1353 1596 1343 -10
Brennan Ward 2044 1963 2029 -15
Lev Zilbermints 2038 2006 2031 -7
March 1st
3/01/2002
1st Raul Marquez $35
2nd Asa Hoffmann $30
3rd Mike Hehir $20
1300-1600 Leo Liebeskind $20
U-1300 X. Holodny $20
Name Old Perf New Change
Marc Arnold 1976 1802 1947 -29
Alexander Cellum1144 1572 1175 +31
David Franklin 2093 2124 2093 +0
Mike Hehir 2090 2167 2097 +7
Asa Hoffmann 2397 2400 2394 -3
Alex Holodny 1201 1388 1155 -46
X Holodny 1200 1743 1312 +112
Leo Liebeskind 1394 1500 1361 -33
Raul Marquez 2339 2412 2347 +8
Nicholas Miller 1061 1492 1076 +15
February 22nd
2/22/2002
1st Asa Hoffmann $25
2nd Yefim Treger $20
3rd Nick Ahmann $15
U-2100 Mike Hehir $20
U-1900 Emiliano Lo Manto $15
February 15th
2/15/2002
1st Yefim Treger $35
=2nd,3rd Asa Hoffmann, Nick Ahmann $27.50
each
4th Brennan Ward $15
U-2000 Marc Arnold $15
February
8th
2/08/2002
1st Asa Hoffmann $25
=2nd,3rd Marc Arnold, Yefim Treger $17.50 each
U-2000 Fred Casten $7
February 2nd
2/02/2002
1st Asa Hoffmann $25
2nd Sammy Pam $20
U-2000 Brennan Ward $10
U-1800 Marc Arnold $10
January
25th
1/25/2002
1st Asa Hoffmann $35
2nd David Franklin $25
3rd Sammy Pam $20
U-1800 Marc Arnold $20
U-1400 Leo Liebeskind $10
January
18th
1/18/2002
1st Asa Hoffmann, $25
2nd/3rd David Franklin & Jeremy A. Graham, each $17.50
Top U-1800 Lorenzo Davis, $15
January
11th
1/11/2002
Asa Hoffmann, first $25
Lev Zilbermints & Darius Mohammad-Pour, 2nd/3rd
$7.50
Brennan Ward, Top U-2000 $15
December
28th 12/28
1st, Lev Zilbermints $20
2nd, Parker Zhao $15
3rd, Marc T. Arnold $5
December 21st 12/21
Asa Hoffmann won again over a strong field = $25
Raul Marquez & Roman Dubinsky came in 2nd = $10 each.
Top U-2100 was taken by Sammy Pam = $20
Top U-1800 was won by Steve Zalowtow = $15
December
7th 12/7
November 23rd
No Crosstable, Unrated.
The November 23rd rapids was somewhat handicapped by
the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia, which 'siphoned off', some
of our regular blitz competitor's. I hope all our Marshall Chess Club
players did well there.
We still did manage to attract 6 players, including 4 non members, and
2 out of Towner's. In a holiday spirit, we reduced the non-member E.F.
to $10. However, normal late fee's were in place, so we had $55 in our
prize fund.
Our six players all wanted to play allot of chess, so we played 4 games
against each opponent. For pres