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in order to be paired for Round 1 of the Reggie Boone Memorial Tournament on January 4th
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Results for Round 4. Kate Gasser Premier
# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 1 Tony S Cesolini 12844878 2201 W17 (w) W15 (b) W2 (w) W4 (b) 4.0 2 Brett Kildahl 12924445 2173 W20 (b) W23 (w) L1 (b) W8 (b) 3.0 3 George Mirijanian 10004471 1900 H--- H--- D5 (b) W10 (w) 2.5 4 Shawn Xu 30264362 1873 W24 (b) W5 (w) D10 (b) L1 (w) 2.5 5 Don Ostrowski 12420184 1652 W12 (w) L4 (b) D3 (w) W21 (b) 2.5 6 Dave Couture 12413721 1627 L15 (w) W17 (b) D12 (w) W16 (w) 2.5 7 Frank Zhongti Cao 30158113 1610 W16 (b) D10 (w) W14 (w) U--- 2.5 8 Robert King 12681247 2209 H--- H--- W23 (b) L2 (w) 2.0 9 Ray Paulson 12401616 1959 H--- W18 (w) H--- U--- 2.0 10 Stephen Murray 16752964 1721 W22 (w) D7 (b) D4 (w) L3 (b) 2.0 11 Bob Secino 10005434 1967 L23 (w) D21 (b) D18 (b) D19 (w) 1.5 12 Bruce Felton 12415086 1963 L5 (b) W24 (w) D6 (b) U--- 1.5 13 Roger Cappallo 10011965 1900 D21 (w) H--- H--- U--- 1.5 14 Tom Newman 12712921 1896 H--- W19 (w) L7 (b) U--- 1.5 15 Mike Urbonas 11015328 1720 W6 (b) L1 (w) H--- U--- 1.5 16 Michael David 16636306 1711 L7 (w) W22 (b) D21 (w) L6 (b) 1.5 17 Mike Commisso 12525099 1706 L1 (b) L6 (w) D19 (b) W26 (w) 1.5 18 Gary Brassard 11156665 1700 H--- L9 (b) D11 (w) D22 (b) 1.5 19 Ken Gurge 12927938 1697 H--- L14 (b) D17 (w) D11 (b) 1.5 20 Tim Antonelli 16835451 1664 L2 (w) W25 (b) H--- U--- 1.5 21 Jim Donahue 12633241 1645 D13 (b) D11 (w) D16 (b) L5 (w) 1.5 22 George Jordy 30382223 1632 L10 (b) L16 (w) W26 (b) D18 (w) 1.5 23 Krishna Narayanan 16842787 1660 W11 (b) L2 (b) L8 (w) U--- 1.0 24 Todd Tsakiris 12523634 1642 L4 (w) L12 (b) H--- U--- 0.5 25 Mike Bergeron 12540942 1410 U--- L20 (w) U--- U--- 0.0 26 Brian G Biglow 12824988 1400 U--- U--- L22 (w) L17 (b) 0.0
Results for Round 4. Kate Gasser Under 1600
# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 1 Leo Marzoratti 16938972 1578 W15 (w) W11 (b) W7 (b) W3 (w) 4.0 2 Riadh Alzuhairi 16917268 1434 L5 (w) W13 (b) W6 (b) W10 (w) 3.0 3 Matthew Moore 30203186 1204 W10 (b) H--- W5 (w) L1 (b) 2.5 4 Brice Rising 30400521 1189 D14 (w) W12 (b) W9 (b) U--- 2.5 5 Larry D Spencer 30748010 1092 W2 (b) D6 (w) L3 (b) W14 (w) 2.5 6 Nkosi Muhangi 16463447 1551 D9 (b) D5 (b) L2 (w) W16 (w) 2.0 7 Mike Bergeron 12540942 1410 W16 (b) H--- L1 (w) D9 (w) 2.0 8 Brian Biglow 12824988 1400 W13 (w) H--- H--- U--- 2.0 9 Hugh McLaughlin 15628353 1235 D6 (w) W14 (b) L4 (w) D7 (b) 2.0 10 Walter Paton 10536740 1533 L3 (w) H--- W16 (b) L2 (b) 1.5 11 Steve Koroskenyi 12522461 1367 W17 (b) L1 (w) H--- U--- 1.5 12 Larry O'Rourke 13250992 1300 H--- L4 (w) H--- D13 (w) 1.5 13 Emily Gawboy 15591405 990 L8 (b) L2 (w) W17 (w) D12 (b) 1.5 14 Mark R Wheeler 12108740 1437 D4 (b) L9 (w) D15 (b) L5 (b) 1.0 15 Anish Saravanan 16732165 1239 L1 (b) H--- D14 (w) U--- 1.0 16 James Essary 12650524 1023 L7 (w) W17 (b) L10 (w) L6 (b) 1.0 17 Laura Xu 30265160 714 L11 (w) L16 (w) L13 (b) D18 (b) 0.5 18 Michael J Cote 30544907 641 U--- U--- U--- D17 (w) 0.5
in order to be paired for Round 1 on January 4th
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL the TD, at 978-906-1325 before 6:45 p.m.
Kate Gasser Memorial Results for Round 3
Kate Gasser Memorial: Premier
Bd Res White Res Black 1 1 Tony S Cesolini (2201 2.0) 0 Brett Kildahl (2173 2.0) 2 1/2 Stephen Murray (1721 1.5) 1/2 Shawn Xu (1873 2.0) 3 1 Frank Zhongti Cao (1610 1.5) 0 Tom Newman (1896 1.5) 4 0 Krishna Narayanan (1660 1.0) 1 Robert King (2209 1.0) 5 1/2 Dave Couture (1627 1.0) 1/2 Bruce Felton (1963 1.0) 6 1/2 Don Ostrowski (1652 1.0) 1/2 George Mirijanian (1900 1.0) 7 1/2 Michael David (1711 1.0) 1/2 Jim Donahue (1645 1.0) 8 1/2 Gary Brassard (1700 0.5) 1/2 Bob Secino (1967 0.5) 9 1/2 Ken Gurge (1697 0.5) 1/2 Mike Commisso (1706 0.0) 10 0 Brian G Biglow (1400 0.0) 1 George Jordy (1632 0.0) 1/2 Mike Urbonas (1720 1.0) BYE 1/2 Tim Antonelli (1664 1.0) BYE 1/2 Ray Paulson (1959 1.5) BYE 1/2 Roger Cappallo (1900 1.0) BYE 1/2 Todd Tsakiris (1642 0.0) BYE 0 Paul Godin (1960 1.0) BYE 0 Larry Gladding (1700 1.0) BYE 0 Anand Nair (1950 1.0) BYE 0 Luis Bermudez (1769 1.0) BYE 0 Mike Bergeron (1410 0.0) BYE
Standings after Round 3
Kate Gasser Memorial: Premier
# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total 1 Tony S Cesolini 12844878 2201 W27 (w) W12 (b) W5 (w) 3.0 2 Shawn Xu 30264362 1873 W28 (b) W15 (w) D7 (b) 2.5 3 Frank Zhongti Cao 30158113 1610 W13 (b) D7 (w) W11 (w) 2.5 4 Robert King 12681247 2209 H--- H--- W25 (b) 2.0 5 Brett Kildahl 12924445 2173 W14 (b) W25 (w) L1 (b) 2.0 6 Ray Paulson 12401616 1959 H--- W23 (w) H--- 2.0 7 Stephen Murray 16752964 1721 W26 (w) D3 (b) D2 (w) 2.0 8 Bruce Felton 12415086 1963 L15 (b) W28 (w) D17 (b) 1.5 9 George Mirijanian 10004471 1900 H--- H--- D15 (b) 1.5 10 Roger Cappallo 10011965 1900 D16 (w) H--- H--- 1.5 11 Tom Newman 12712921 1896 H--- W24 (w) L3 (b) 1.5 12 Mike Urbonas 11015328 1720 W17 (b) L1 (w) H--- 1.5 13 Michael David 16636306 1711 L3 (w) W26 (b) D16 (w) 1.5 14 Tim Antonelli 16835451 1664 L5 (w) W29 (b) H--- 1.5 15 Don Ostrowski 12420184 1652 W8 (w) L2 (b) D9 (w) 1.5 16 Jim Donahue 12633241 1645 D10 (b) D18 (w) D13 (b) 1.5 17 Dave Couture 12413721 1627 L12 (w) W27 (b) D8 (w) 1.5 18 Bob Secino 10005434 1967 L25 (w) D16 (b) D23 (b) 1.0 19 Paul Godin 12459389 1960 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 20 Anand Nair 15223527 1950 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 21 Luis Bermudez 12482579 1769 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 22 Larry Gladding 10004802 1700 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 23 Gary Brassard 11156665 1700 H--- L6 (b) D18 (w) 1.0 24 Ken Gurge 12927938 1697 H--- L11 (b) D27 (w) 1.0 25 Krishna Narayanan 16842787 1660 W18 (b) L5 (b) L4 (w) 1.0 26 George Jordy 30382223 1632 L7 (b) L13 (w) W30 (b) 1.0 27 Mike Commisso 12525099 1706 L1 (b) L17 (w) D24 (b) 0.5 28 Todd Tsakiris 12523634 1642 L2 (w) L8 (b) H--- 0.5 29 Mike Bergeron 12540942 1410 U--- L14 (w) U--- 0.0 30 Brian G Biglow 12824988 1400 U--- U--- L26 (w) 0.0
Projected Pairings for Round 4
Kate Gasser Memorial: Premier
Kate Gasser Memorial Results for Round 3
Kate Gasser Memorial: Under 1600
Standings After Round 3
Kate Gasser Memorial: Under 1600
# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total 1 Leo Marzoratti 16938972 1578 W16 (w) W8 (b) W7 (b) 3.0 2 Matthew Moore 30203186 1204 W6 (b) H--- W10 (w) 2.5 3 Brice Rising 30400521 1189 D13 (w) W15 (b) W9 (b) 2.5 4 Riadh Alzuhairi 16917268 1434 L10 (w) W18 (b) W11 (b) 2.0 5 Brian Biglow 12824988 1400 W18 (w) H--- H--- 2.0 6 Walter Paton 10536740 1533 L2 (w) H--- W17 (b) 1.5 7 Mike Bergeron 12540942 1410 W17 (b) H--- L1 (w) 1.5 8 Steve Koroskenyi 12522461 1367 W19 (b) L1 (w) H--- 1.5 9 Hugh McLaughlin 15628353 1235 D11 (w) W13 (b) L3 (w) 1.5 10 Larry D Spencer 30748010 1092 W4 (b) D11 (w) L2 (b) 1.5 11 Nkosi Muhangi 16463447 1551 D9 (b) D10 (b) L4 (w) 1.0 12 Tom Fratturelli 12591562 1500 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 13 Mark R Wheeler 12108740 1437 D3 (b) L9 (w) D16 (b) 1.0 14 Robert Mathieu 11284795 1415 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 15 Larry O'Rourke 13250992 1300 H--- L3 (w) H--- 1.0 16 Anish Saravanan 16732165 1239 L1 (b) H--- D13 (w) 1.0 17 James Essary 12650524 1023 L7 (w) W19 (b) L6 (w) 1.0 18 Emily Gawboy 15591405 990 L5 (b) L4 (w) W19 (w) 1.0 19 Laura Xu 30265160 714 L8 (w) L17 (w) L18 (b) 0.0 20 Michael J Cote 30544907 660 U--- U--- U--- 0.0 21 Timothy Ryan 30325251 541 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Projected Pairings for Round 4
Kate Gasser Memorial: Under 1600
in order to be paired for Round 2 on December 14th
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL the TD, at 603-533-9992 before 6:45 p.m.
Kate Gasser Memorial ♙ ♞ ♗ ♜ ♕ ♚ ♕ ♜ ♗ ♞ ♙Results for Round 2
Kate Gasser Memorial: Premier
Kate Gasser Memorial ♟ ♘ ♝ ♖ ♛ ♔ ♛ ♖ ♝ ♘ ♟Standings After Round 2
Kate Gasser Memorial: Premier
# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Total 1 Tony S Cesolini 12844878 2201 W25 (w) W14 (b) 2.0 2 Brett Kildahl 12924445 2173 W17 (b) W18 (w) 2.0 3 Shawn Xu 30264362 1873 W26 (b) W19 (w) 2.0 4 Ray Paulson 12401616 1959 H--- W23 (w) 1.5 5 Tom Newman 12712921 1896 H--- W24 (w) 1.5 6 Stephen Murray 16752964 1721 W27 (w) D7 (b) 1.5 7 Frank Zhongti Cao 30158113 1610 W15 (b) D6 (w) 1.5 8 Bruce Felton 12415086 1963 L19 (b) W26 (w) 1.0 9 Paul Godin 12459389 1960 H--- H--- 1.0 10 Anand Nair 15223527 1950 H--- H--- 1.0 11 George Mirijanian 10004471 1900 H--- H--- 1.0 12 Roger Cappallo 10011965 1900 D20 (w) H--- 1.0 13 Luis Bermudez 12482579 1769 H--- H--- 1.0 14 Mike Urbonas 11015328 1720 W21 (b) L1 (w) 1.0 15 Michael David 16636306 1711 L7 (w) W27 (b) 1.0 16 Larry Gladding 10004802 1700 H--- H--- 1.0 17 Tim Antonelli 16835451 1664 L2 (w) W28 (b) 1.0 18 Krishna Narayanan 16842787 1660 W22 (b) L2 (b) 1.0 19 Don Ostrowski 12420184 1652 W8 (w) L3 (b) 1.0 20 Jim Donahue 12633241 1645 D12 (b) D22 (w) 1.0 21 Dave Couture 12413721 1627 L14 (w) W25 (b) 1.0 22 Bob Secino 10005434 1967 L18 (w) D20 (b) 0.5 23 Gary Brassard 11156665 1700 H--- L4 (b) 0.5 24 Ken Gurge 12927938 1697 H--- L5 (b) 0.5 25 Mike Commisso 12525099 1706 L1 (b) L21 (w) 0.0 26 Todd Tsakiris 12523634 1642 L3 (w) L8 (b) 0.0 27 George Jordy 30382223 1632 L6 (b) L15 (w) 0.0 28 Mike Bergeron 12540942 1410 U--- L17 (w) 0.0 29 Brian G Biglow 12824988 1400 U--- U--- 0.0
Kate Gasser Memorial Projected Pairings for Round 3
Kate Gasser Memorial: Premier
Kate Gasser Memorial ♙ ♞ ♗ ♜ ♕ ♚ ♕ ♜ ♗ ♞ ♙Results for Round 2
Kate Gasser Memorial: Under 1600
Bd Res White Res Black 16 0 Steve Koroskenyi (1367 1.0) 1 Leo Marzoratti (1578 1.0) 17 1/2 Larry D Spencer (1092 1.0) 1/2 Nkosi Muhangi (1551 0.5) 18 0 Mark R Wheeler (1437 0.5) 1 Hugh McLaughlin (1235 0.5) 19 0 Larry O'Rourke (1300 0.5) 1 Brice Rising (1189 0.5) 20 0 Emily Gawboy ( 990 0.0) 1 Riadh Alzuhairi (1434 0.0) 21 0 Laura Xu ( 714 0.0) 1 James Essary (1023 0.0) 1/2 Mike Bergeron (1410 1.0) BYE 1/2 Matthew Moore (1204 1.0) BYE 1/2 Tom Fratturelli (1500 0.5) BYE 1/2 Robert Mathieu (1415 0.5) BYE 1/2 Walter Paton (1533 0.0) BYE 1/2 Brian Biglow (1400 1.0) BYE 1/2 Anish Saravanan (1239 0.0) BYE 0 Michael J Cote ( 660 0.0) BYE 0 Timothy Ryan ( 541 0.0) BYE
Standings After Round 2
Kate Gasser Memorial: Under 1600
# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Total 1 Leo Marzoratti 16938972 1578 W17 (w) W12 (b) 2.0 2 Mike Bergeron 12540942 1410 W13 (b) H--- 1.5 3 Brian Biglow 12824988 1400 W18 (w) H--- 1.5 4 Hugh McLaughlin 15628353 1235 D8 (w) W15 (b) 1.5 5 Matthew Moore 30203186 1204 W14 (b) H--- 1.5 6 Brice Rising 30400521 1189 D15 (w) W16 (b) 1.5 7 Larry D Spencer 30748010 1092 W10 (b) D8 (w) 1.5 8 Nkosi Muhangi 16463447 1551 D4 (b) D7 (b) 1.0 9 Tom Fratturelli 12591562 1500 H--- H--- 1.0 10 Riadh Alzuhairi 16917268 1434 L7 (w) W18 (b) 1.0 11 Robert Mathieu 11284795 1415 H--- H--- 1.0 12 Steve Koroskenyi 12522461 1367 W19 (b) L1 (w) 1.0 13 James Essary 12650524 1023 L2 (w) W19 (b) 1.0 14 Walter Paton 10536740 1533 L5 (w) H--- 0.5 15 Mark R Wheeler 12108740 1437 D6 (b) L4 (w) 0.5 16 Larry O'Rourke 13250992 1300 H--- L6 (w) 0.5 17 Anish Saravanan 16732165 1239 L1 (b) H--- 0.5 18 Emily Gawboy 15591405 990 L3 (b) L10 (w) 0.0 19 Laura Xu 30265160 714 L12 (w) L13 (w) 0.0 20 Michael J Cote 30544907 660 U--- U--- 0.0 21 Timothy Ryan 30325251 541 U--- U--- 0.0