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MetroWest Chess Club - March Forward Swiss March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 2004 |
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Round 5- March 30, 2004 Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. MCC Forward March: Open Name Pnts Victim Calvin G Hori (1635) 212.0 John W Martin (1847) Vi Krishnamurthy (1877) 115.5 David A Parker (2108) Ilya Krasik (2015) 65.0 Bijan Haririan (2080)
Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. MCC Forward March: U1700 Name Pnts Victim John G Niarhos (1147) 435.0 Thomas J Martin (1582) Stephen Schnair (1377) 124.5 David W Martin (1626) Nikolay Popov (1407) 110.0 Robert Frederick (1517) Larry Zhu (1201) 64.0 George A Downey (1265) Ethan Thompson (1567) 40.0 Gatumba Z Abu (1607) Douglas Thompson (1395) 17.0 Jenshiang Hong (1429) Edwin F Burnett (1672) 12.0 Mark Kaprielian (1684) Matthew W Phelps (1601) 2.5 Walter Champion (1606)
Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. MCC Forward March: U1350 Name Pnts Victim Jim Merullo (497) 840.0 William Luff (1337) Travis A Nilsson (771) 432.0 Fred L Harvey (1203) Stasik Popov (1259) 38.5 Gregor Siciliano (1336) Michael Oliveri (1032) 10.0 Anirudh Arun (1042)
Round 4- March 23, 2004 Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. MCC Forward March: Open Name Pnts Victim Ilya Krasik (2015) 237.0 John A Curdo (2252) Walter Driscoll (1829) 139.5 David A Parker (2108) Mark L Fins (1757) 75.5 Na Ruthramoorthy (1908) Alexand Paphitis (1785) 65.0 Neil B Cousin (1850) Bijan Haririan (2080) 57.0 Mark Jo La Rocca (2137) Robert L Harvey (1840) 44.5 Edward Astrachan (1929) Bennet Pellows (1640) 39.5 George Goulding (1719) John Stengrevics (1615) 23.0 William F Stein (1661) Niki Konovalchuk (1789) 20.5 Larry Eldridge (1830) Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. MCC Forward March: U1700 Name Pnts Victim ACHUTHA RAMAN (1149) 251.0 Stephen W Savage (1400) John G Niarhos (1147) 147.0 Plamen Krastev (1441) Stephen Schnair (1377) 115.0 Gatumba Z Abu (1607) Douglas Thompson (1395) 101.0 Peter J Karp (1597) Walter Champion (1606) 78.0 Mark Kaprielian (1684) Matthew W Phelps (1601) 71.0 Edwin F Burnett (1672) Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. MCC Forward March: U1350 Name Pnts Victim Jim Merullo (497) 641.0 Robert Matthews (1138) Anirudh Arun (1042) 147.5 William Luff (1337) Scott D Zarek (893) 69.0 Peter Russell (1031) Branis Cenanovic (1101) 51.0 Fred L Harvey (1203)
Round 3- March 16, 2004
With weather advisories starting the night before round 3 and snow blanketing
states to the West of Massachusetts an the Internet Weather site showing clouds
and snow everywhere except above the Framingham / Natick area a decision was
made to keep the club open and let people decide for themselves if they wanted
to brave the snow yet to fall. It was decided however to postpone the
Championship section to a later date so that all the contestants could play
without having to decide to take the weather into account.
Four people had signed up for advance byes prior to the night of the round but a record number of byes, twenty-seven, were phoned in excluding the six in the Championship section. The total number of byes for the round was a record Forty-Three (43) players. You might think that would leave the main room pretty empty.
Click here to see what a slow night for the club looks like.
Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. MCC Forward March: Open Name Pnts Victim Mark L Fins (1757) 172.0 Edward Astrachan (1929) Bijan Haririan (2080) 86.0 John A Curdo (2252) Calvin G Hori (1635) 26.0 William F Stein (1661) Alexand Paphitis (1785) 3.0 Howard Goldowsky (1791) Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. MCC Forward March: U1700 Name Pnts Victim Stephen Schnair (1377) 220.0 Peter J Karp (1597) ACHUTHA RAMAN (1149) 125.5 John J Bottini (1400) Jenshiang Hong (1429) 98.5 David W Martin (1626) Larry Zhu (1201) 97.0 Douglas Thompson (1395) Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. MCC Forward March: U1350 Name Pnts Victim Anirudh Arun (1042) 128.0 Gregory W Cermak (1170)
Round 2- March 9, 2004 Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. MCC Forward March: Open Name Pnts Victim Trev De Koekkoek (1894) 214.0 David A Parker (2108) Walter Driscoll (1829) 90.5 Derek C Slater (2010) Mark L Fins (1757) 73.0 Larry Eldridge (1830) Calvin G Hori (1635) 42.0 George Goulding (1719) John W Martin (1847) 41.0 Edward Astrachan (1929) Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. MCC Forward March: U1700 Name Pnts Victim Plamen Krastev (1441) 166.0 Gatumba Z Abu (1607) Christop Oliveri (1318) 114.0 Brian T O'Rourke (1432) Ethan Thompson (1567) 59.0 David W Martin (1626) Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. MCC Forward March: U1350 Name Pnts Victim Michael Oliveri (1032) 138.0 Gregory W Cermak (1170)
Round 1- March 2, 2004 Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. MCC Forward March: Open Name Pnts Victim Mark L Fins (1757) 126.5 Derek C Slater (2010)
Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. MCC Forward March: U1700 Name Pnts Victim Stephen Schnair (1377) 214.0 Edmund Staples (1591) Larry Zhu (1201) 162.5 James H Rafferty (1526) Nikolay Popov (1407) 132.5 Edwin F Burnett (1672) Harvey G Reed (1385) 106.0 Menno G Koning (1597) Douglas Thompson (1395) 103.0 Matthew W Phelps (1601) Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. MCC Forward March: U1350 Name Pnts Victim Travis A Nilsson (771) 507.0 Thomas J Simon (1278) Michael Oliveri (1032) 305.0 William Luff (1337)