#873 Summer Tourney - Round 8

Open Section

Mark Kernighan defeated Ian Mangion with a nice combo and regained a share of the lead as I could only manage a draw against Joe Demetrick and a non-tourney victory against North American U10 Champion Aravind Kumar.

Greg Tomkovich beat Bert Shiffman and is clear 3rd again.

Michael Goeller, Praveen Balakrishnan, Braeden Reinoso and Chris Constantino also collected full points. Geoff McAuliffe and Joe Renna drew.

Results:

Kernighan 1-0 Mangion
Carrelli 0-1 Goeller (annotated at the Kenilworthian)
Mann 0-1 Balakrishnan
Kumar 0-1 Moldovan (annotated non-tourney game)
Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Demetrick (annotated)
Renna 1/2-1/2 McAuliffe

Constantino 0-1 Leisch

Shiffman 0-1 Reinoso

Standings:

= 1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 6.53. Tomkovich 5.0
4. McAuliffe 4.5
= 5-6. Balakrishnan, Shiffman 4.0
= 7-8. Mangion, Renna 3.5
= 9-11. Goeller, Carrelli, Reinoso 3.0
12. Constantino 2.5
13. Mazzillo 2.0
= 14-18. Chen, Demetrick, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
= 19-20. Sherer, Mann 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
= 22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0

Kernighan - Mangion

after 23...Nef6??
White to win

Moldovan - Demetrick

after 34.f4??

Black to win

U1200 Section

Leader Andy Altamirano upset Pat Mazzillo but Joe Azzarello caught him by winning twice. Aleksey Senyatkin moved into 3rd place with a win and his 2nd draw vs. Lou Sturniolo.

Results: 

Andy A. 1-0 Mazzillo*

Azzarello 1-0 Ruales

Ruales 0-1 Azzarello

Senyatkin 1-0 Antonio A.

L. Sefia 0-1 Reinoso

P. Sefia 0-1 Sturniolo*
Sturniolo 1/2-1/2 Senyatkin*

Antonio A. 1-0 P. Sefia

* Indicates intersection games. As per the event rules, Andy's win and Aleksey's draw will be counted. Lou's 1 1/2 points will not.

Standings:

= 1-2. Andy Altamirano, Azzarello 9.0
3. Senyatkin 7.0
4. L. Sefia 5.5
5. Antonio Altamirano 5.0
6. P. Sefia 2.0 2.5

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

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