#449 Checkmate Championship - Round 4

Defending champion Mark Kernighan clinched a tie for 1st place by beating Bob Sherry... Ari Minkov took sole possession of 2nd by handing me my 3rd straight defeat... Don Carrelli moved into 3rd place with a quick, model Bird's Opening win vs. Leon Wu... Ted Mann & Bert Shiffman also won.

Here are the standings, with 1 round to go :

1. Kernighan 4.0

2. Minkov 3.0

3. Carrelli 2.5

= 4-6. Sherry, Moldovan, Mann 2.0

= 7-8. Wu, Shiffman 1.5
= 9-10. Renna, Azzarello 1.0

... the latest games, with light annotations, in java-replay & PGN

... & Swiss Perfect's suggested pairings for the final round on February 22nd :

Mann - Kernighan

Minkov - Carrelli

Wu - Moldovan

Sherry - Azzarello

Shiffman - Renna

There will be no games next week. At least 8 of the participants will be playing at the USATE in Parsippany.