Round 5 was played on February 21st, 2011. It was indeed a critical round in the Championship, but in unexpected ways.
In the open, Joe Alford and Dennis Bourgerie drew their game. Joe is now at 4.5 and Dennis is now at 3.5. Joe can gain 5.0 with a win next week and his draw dropped as worst result, but either a draw or loss will be dropped as worst result, making Joe’s minimum possible score 4.5. Dennis has the capability with a win next week of reaching 4.5.
Surya Kopula won his game due to a time forfeit, bringing his score to 4.0. Surya also has a chance at a 5.0 score.
Niranjan Panneerselvam won his game against Chris Morgan, and Hanson Hao won against Wes Laudenslager. Niranjan and Hansen are now tied at 3.0 in the scholastic category.
There are now seven players under 1200 with a 2.0 score: Nikhil Pallem, Ray Arquette, Michael Boyle, Michael Bishop, Wesley Laudenslager, Chris Morgan, and newcomer L.T. Thompson (who has gone two for two so far.)
Crosstable and original announcement follows the cut.
TCCC Championship 2011 Tournament Crosstable after Round 5 Players:OP Page 1 Please note: With the tournament rules dropping the worst result of the six rounds played it is not possible to calculate actual interim standings accurately. This crosstable is ranked by total points in tournament to date, and then scored by rating. No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 1 Alford,Joseph O + 1900 4.5 W18 W15 W2 W7 D3 2 Kopula, Suryapraka + 1743 4.0 W26 W6 L1 W4 -X- 3 Bourgerie,Dennis + 1785 3.5 W11 W16 L7 W5 D1 4 Bonwell, Jonathan 1798 3.0 W14 L7 W15 L2 W10 5 Hao,Hanson ** 1488 3.0 --- W13 W19 L3 W14 6 Panneerselvam, Nir ** 1394 3.0 W12 L2 --- W10 W15 7 Karagianis,Petros 2262 2.0 --- W4 W3 L1 -F- 8 Scott, Garrett H 1429 2.0 --- W11 W10 --- --- 9 Pallem,Nikhil ##* 1185 2.0 W21 W14 L8 L6 L4 10 Arquette III, Ray ## 566 2.0 L3 L8 W20 L15 W24 11 Boyle, Michael ## 427 2.0 L6 L17 W21 W19 L9 12 Thompson,L.T. ## 2.0 --- --- --- W22 W12 13 Bishop,Michael ## 2.0 D23 L5 D22 L14 W19 14 Laudenslager,Wesley ## 2.0 L4 L10 W20 W13 L5 15 Morgan,Chris ## 2.0 W22 L1 L4 W11 L6 16 Kitson,Colley Eri 1580 1.0 W20 L3 --- --- --- 17 Smith, Jeffrey L 1417 1.0 --- W12 --- --- --- 18 Thangadurai,Braga #* 711 1.0 L1 W21 --- --- --- 19 Kopula,Vishwanth #* 603 1.0 --- W20 L5 L12 L13 20 Arnold,Brian # 1.0 L16 L19 L11 L14 W25 21 Raut,Grishma * 1.0 L10 L18 L12 W25 --- 22 Erickson,Darren # 890 0.5 L15 --- D13 L9 --- 23 Madugula, Nikhil #* 769 0.5 D13 --- --- --- --- 24 Schneringer,Dylan #* 425 0.0 --- --- --- --- L11 25 Barnes,Carl #* 0.0 --- --- --- L21 L20 26 Samhan,Soabhe A # 0.0 L2 --- --- --- --- Players with * after their names are eligible for scholastic prize. Players with ** are in the current lead for the scholastic prize. Players with # after their names are eligible for U1200-Unrated prize. Players with ## are in the current lead for the U1200-Unrated prize. All players are eligible for Champion (Open) prize. Players with + after their name are in contention for the Open Prize.
Round 5 of the Twin City Chess Club Championship for 2011 will begin on Monday, February 21, 2011. Check in is from 7:00-7:20. Round will be paired at 7:20 and games begin at 7:30. TD for the round is Darren Erickson, 309-262-5553.
Please note that you must be present and check in with the TD no later than 7:20 P.M., or have communicated with the TD that you will be present on game day, or you will NOT be paired into the Round.
We hope to see you there!
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