Texas Tech Knight Raider GM Georg Meier and GM Le Quang Liem tied for 1st after 7 rounds. They were declared co-champions and shared the money prize. However, they had to engage in a playoff for a Swiss watch, which obviously could not be divided.
In the first 5 minute playoff game, Georg got white in the drawing of color. They drew.
The two players then switched colors to play a 3 minute game. They drew again.
The third and final game was an Armageddon with white having 5 minutes and black getting 4 minutes and draw odd. Liem got white in the drawing of color. The game came all the way to the endgame and Liem lost on time with Georg having 8 seconds left.
Congratulations to both! The biggest surprise of the blitz tournament was the performance of 13 year old Kayden Troff. He shared 3rd with GMs Sebastien Feller and Anatoly Bykhovsky, ahead of Leinier Dominguez, scoring 5 points (in 7 games) against 6 GMs and 1 IM (beating GMs Sebastien Feller, Ray Robson, Eugene Perelshteyn, and IM Marc Arnold while drawing GM Andre Diamant, losing only to GM Le Quang Liem).
Final Standings
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Name ID Rtng Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot1
GM Quang Liem Le 2717 W13 W5 W2 D6 W3 L4 W9 5.52 GM Georg Meier 2648 W16 W20 L1 W8 W12 W6 D4 5.5 (wins Armageddon playoff)
3
FM Kayden Troff 2306 D19 W10 W9 W4 L1 W17 D6 5.04 GM Sebastien Feller 2668 W18 W8 D6 L3 W5 W1 D2 5.0
5 GM Anatoly Bykhovsky 2521 W15 L1 W20 W7 L4 W12 W17 5.0
6
GM Leinier Dominguez 2710 W21 W17 D4 D1 W9 L2 D3 4.57
IM John Bartholomew 2440 L9 W13 W17 L5 W19 W8 L10 4.08 GM Denes Boros 2508 W14 L4 W15 L2 W16 L7 W13 4.0
9 GM Ray Robson 2583 W7 W22 L3 W16 L6 W14 L1 4.0
10 IM Marc Arnold 2505 L22 L3 W11 L12 W20 W18 W7 4.0
11
GM Mesgen Amanov 2541 L20 D19 L10 W22 L14 W15 W12 3.512
IM Levon Altounian 2429 L17 W21 W19 W10 L2 L5 L11 3.013 IM Enrico Sevillano 2490 L1 L7 W18 W15 L17 W16 L8 3.0
14 IM Vitaly Neimer 2373 L8 L16 W21 D19 W11 L9 D18 3.0
15 SM Matthew Herman 2414 L5 W18 L8 L13 W21 L11 W19 3.0
16 IM Lev Milman 2452 L2 W14 W22 L9 L8 L13 W20 3.0
17 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2534 W12 L6 L7 W20 W13 L3 L5 3.0
18
IM Mackenzie Molner 2453 L4 L15 L13 W21 W22 L10 D14 2.519 GM Andre Diamant 2505 D3 D11 L12 D14 L7 W22 L15 2.5
20
IM Roberto Mogranzini 2439 W11 L2 L5 L17 L10 D21 L16 1.521 IM Dean Ippolito 2477 L6 L12 L14 L18 L15 D20 W22 1.5
22
SM Faik Aleskerov 2316 W10 L9 L16 L11 L18 L19 L21 1.0
Impressive performance by Kayden.