Tuesday, July 26, 2011

#870 Summer Tourney - Round 7

Open Section

Mark Kernighan's amazing save against Greg Tomkovich was the highlight of the week but I sneaked ahead by overcoming another weak opening versus Lou Sturniolo.

Geoff McAuliffe and Bert Shiffman won to join Greg in 3rd place. Ian Mangion, Braeden Reinoso and Pat Mazzillo notched "W"s, as well.

Results:

Tomkovich 1/2-1/2 Kernighan (annotated)
Hart 0-1 Mangion
Constantino 0-1 McAuliffe
Reinoso 1-0 Sturniolo
Mazzillo 1-0 Mann
Renna 0-1 Shiffman
Sturniolo 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)

Standings:

1. Moldovan 6.0
2. Kernighan 5.5
= 3-5. Tomkovich, McAuliffe, Shiffman 4.0
6. Mangion 3.5
= 7-9. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, Renna 3.0
= 10-12. Goeller, Mazzillo, Reinoso 2.0
=13-17. Chen, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil, Constantino 1.5
=18-21. Sherer, Demetrick, Mann 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
=22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0


Tomkovich - Kernighan
after 54.Kxg5??
Black to draw


U1200 Section

The battle for first tightened significantly as the leader lost twice and his four main rivals each had 1 or more victories. Joe Azzarello & Antonio Altamirano had two wins apiece.

Results:

Antonio A. 1-0 Andy A.
Andy A. 0-1 Antonio A.
Azzarello 1-0 Senyatkin
P. Sefia 0-1 1/2-1/2 L. Sefia correction
Azzarello 1-0 Antonio A.
Senyatkin 1-0 P. Sefia

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 8.0
2. Azzarello 7.0
3. L. Sefia 6.0
= 3.4. Senyatkin, L. Sefia 5.5
5. Antonio Altamirano 4.0
6. P. Sefia 2.0 2.5
= 7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0


Sorry for the posting delay and not getting to the crosstables. I hope to upload them tomorrow.

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