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Goldenberg Blows Away Open, Benton Sweeps U800.

    Shotokan Chess Club held the Shotokan Scholastic Open on Sunday, May 20th. Thirty-Four players showed up for the tournament, breaking the record of thirty from a tournament couple months ago.
   In the open section, Dmitry Goldenberg out of Medill Blair High School came in as the highest rated player in the tournament, and blew away the competition with a perfect 5 of 5 score. Dmitry AKA "Can't Manage His Time" got $50 and first place trophy. Elizabeth Lakata out of Murray Avenue and Erica McLaughlin out of Roslyn got 2nd and 3rd place respectively, with 4 points, each winning $30 with Elizabeth having a better tiebreak for 2nd place trophy. Elizabeth also won the best female trophy for open section. Good Job! Andrew Madorsky and Alex Feldman got 4th and 5th place trophy with 3 points each.
    In the U800, Adrian Benton out of Medill Blair High School (Ed McKenney is doing a great job with that program) scored a perfect 5 of 5, winning $50 and first place trophy. Alexander Luedtke out of Trediffrin East MS scored 4 of 5 points winning $35 and 2nd place trophy. Marvin Taraschuk scored 3.5 out of 5 winning $25 and 3rd place trophy. Steven McLaughlin and Christopher Buynak scored 3 points each, and winning 4th and 5th place trophies respectively.
   The standings, trophy winners and rating reports are posted below. This was the strongest tournament we held yet, with 7 players being rated over 1000. 15 trophies were given out as well as $220 in prizes. There is no word on yet when the next tournament will be held.


Open

#

Name

Rtng

Post

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Total

TBrk[M]

TBrk[S]

TBrk[C]

1

Goldenberg Dmitry

1382

1414

W13

W3

W2

W4

W5

5.0

14

16

15

2

Lakata Elizabeth

1073

1166

W11

W6

L1

W7

W4

4.0

13

15

12

3

Mc Laughlin Erica

1013

1047

W12

L1

W16

W8

W6

4.0

11.5

13

11

4

Madorsky Andrew

1327

1300

W9

W7

W5

L1

L2

3.0

14.5

17

12

5

Feldman Alex

1062

1069

W8

W14

L4

W12

L1

3.0

12.5

14

11

6

Dugan Max

769

870

W18

L2

D9

W15

L3

2.5

8.5

14.5

8.5

7

Feldman Stanley

919

944

W10

L4

W14

L2

D9

2.5

8

14

8.5

8

Fridman Ilya

791

861

L5

W13

W10

L3

H---

2.5

7.5

11.5

7.5

9

Sliozberg Michael

923

922

L4

W17

D6

D10

D7

2.5

7.5

11

7

10

Liebergall Alex

1068

1005

L7

W16

L8

D9

W12

2.5

6.5

10.5

6

11

Grapp Oleg

921

888

L2

L15

B---

D16

W13

2.5

5.5

9.5

4

12

Zonshayn Samuel

706

723

L3

B---

W15

L5

L10

2.0

7.5

11.5

6

13

Shvartsman Andrew

953

904

L1

L8

W17

W14

L11

2.0

7

12

5

14

Levites Max

681

696

W15

L5

L7

L13

W17

2.0

7

10

6

15

Levin Michael

960

880

L14

W11

L12

L6

W16

2.0

7

9.5

5

16

Chaban Aleksey

541

554

W17

L10

L3

D11

L15

1.5

7

11

6

17

Shepeleva Ksenia

unr.

158

L16

L9

L13

B---

L14

1.0

5.5

8

1

18

Valerstein Boris

1018

987

L6

U---

U---

U---

U---

0.0

0

2.5

0



U800

#

Name

Rtng

Post

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Total

TBrk[M]

TBrk[S]

TBrk[C]

1

Benton Adrian

unr.

1190

W12

W2

W6

W4

W5

5.0

13

14.5

15

2

Luedtke Alexander

745

863

W11

L1

W12

W7

W4

4.0

13

14.5

11

3

Tarashchuk Marvin

532

656

L5

D14

W9

W13

W8

3.5

9.5

11

8

4

Mc Laughlin Steven

724

777

W14

W5

W8

L1

L2

3.0

14.5

16

12

5

Buynak Christopher

777

802

W3

L4

W13

W6

L1

3.0

14.5

16

10

6

Minichini Michael

790

810

W7

W10

L1

L5

W15

3.0

13

14.5

10

7

Vasilyuk Yegor

678

703

L6

W11

W10

L2

W13

3.0

11

12.5

8

8

Shprengel Andrey

726

682

D13

W9

L4

W14

L3

2.5

7

12

8.5

9

Lakata David

448

507

D15

L8

L3

W16

W10

2.5

6

10

5.5

10

Potapenko Michael

727

655

W16

L6

L7

W11

L9

2.0

8

11

7

11

Livshits Solomon

unr.

513

L2

L7

W16

L10

W14

2.0

7

11

4

12

Shektman Roman

709

664

L1

W16

L2

L15

B---

2.0

6

11

4

13

Olyansky Gregory

unr.

534

D8

W15

L5

L3

L7

1.5

10

13.5

6.5

14

Shepelev Victoria

unr.

493

L4

D3

W15

L8

L11

1.5

9

12.5

5

15

Friedman Eugene

748

651

D9

L13

L14

W12

L6

1.5

7

10

4.5

16

Luedtke Shanna

289

250

L10

L12

L11

L9

H---

0.5

5.5

8

0.5