After 2 rounds of play Michigan’s IM Ben Finegold leads the pack. An unfortunate turn of events in Round 1 for NJ player FM Thomas Bartell – his phone rang and was forfeited in a position that was equal with the tournament leader.
Dr. Tansel Turgut, a cardiologist from Decatur, IL who plays for Turkey had a fantastic win over FM Dr. Ricardo Szmetan and then a draw with IM Angelo Young.
Long-time Chicago area chess master FM Albert Chow rolled a first round win over junior player Gauri Shankar (rated 2350) to a hard fought draw with FM Dr. Ricardo Szmetan.
With 6/9 for an IM norm no one is out of the running yet and if a couple of players keep up their games they can walk away with a norm.
1st place – 2.0/2.0
IM Ben Finegold
2nd – 4th place – 1.5/2.0
IM Angelo Young
FM Albert Chow
Tansel Turgut
5th – 7th place – 1.0/2.0
IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan
FM Tom Bartell
FM Mehmed Pasalic
8th place – .5/2.0
FM Ricardo Szmetan
9th – 10th place – 0/2.0
Gauri Shankar
Bill Calton
All games are broadcast on the MonRoi World Databank of Chess – http://www.monroi.com/wdc
For tournament information visit http://www.nachess.org/fide
Wasn’t Chow one time over 2400? What happened to him?
Is Finegold trying to set a record for longest time before making GM?
Nice sets, for a change.
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aren’t they supposed to only dock some time on your clock if your cell phone rings