No draws in the final round ! Rolando Bince defeated Gustav Baron on Board 1 to win the 2015 April TNT, with 3.5 points. Second place with 3 points were Marcos Valentino, Leor Wasserman, and Baron. Also with 3 points, but taking top U2000 was Collin Anderson. Second U2000 was Blair Rutter. The U1800 prize… Read More »
Bd Res White Black Res 1 1 Gustav L Baron (2091 2.0) Marcos Valentino (2126 2.0) 0 2 1 Blair Rutter (1957 1.5) Leor Wasserman (2077 2.0) 0 3 0 Myron Kernetsky (1926 1.0) Rolando Bince (2022 1.5) 1 4 ½ Collin Anderson (1918 1.5) Derek Ma (1882 1.5) ½ 5 1 Theo Wolchock… Read More »
Bd Res White Black Res 1 1 Marcos Valentino (2126 1.0) Myron Kernetsky (1926 1.0) 0 2 0 Alexsandar Zashev (2037 1.0) Gustav L Baron (2091 1.0) 1 3 1 Leor Wasserman (2077 1.0) Theo Wolchock (1909 1.0) 0 4 ½ Derek Ma (1882 1.0) Jeff Clark (2056 1.0) ½ 5 0 Ante Mandusic… Read More »
The rating favorites won on all boards. Bd Res White Black Res 1 0 James Atem (1866) Marcos Valentino (2126) 1 2 1 Gustav L Baron (2091) John Klokow (1806) 0 3 0 Ken Einarsson (1746) Leor Wasserman (2077) 1 4 1 Jeff Clark (2056) Keith Czarny (1714) 0 5 0 Mike Skop (1618) Alexsandar… Read More »
Your humble correspondent won on Board 1 (and the tournament) when Gustav Baron rejected a perpetual check opportunity. Second place with 4 points went to Gustav Baron and Henry Arakelian (who was also top U2000). Tied for the 3rd place prizes with 3.5, were Marcos Valentino and Leor Wasserman. Myron Kernetsky also had 3.5, and… Read More »