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July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29  2008

  

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Round 5, July 29, 2008
Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. Independence Day Swiss: Open
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Gabriel M Frieden(1830) 301.0 	David Harris (2131) 
John A Curdo (2255) 	 93.5 	Denys K Shmelov (2442) 
Robert L Harvey (1836)   82.0 	Edward R Epp (2000) 
David Ari Plotkin (2073) 36.0 	Mark John Larocca (2109) 
Jesse M Nicholas (1798)  18.0 	Vikas Shiva (1834) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. Independence Day Swiss: U2000
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Mark Kaprielian (1634) 	142.0 	Genesis Lung (1776) 
Nicholas Zhang (1535) 	141.0 	George W. R. Duval (1676) 
Robert J Holmgren(1693) 114.0 	Mika A Brattain (1807) 
Katharine Gasser (1729) 112.0 	Nikita Konovalchuk (1841) 
Jeffrey G Yao (1599) 	105.0 	Ethan Thompson (1704) 
Jimmy Weilun Wang (1592) 55.0 	William G Michael (1702) 
Ames M Abbot (1852) 	 15.5 	James Lung (1883) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. Independence Day Swiss: U1700
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Nikita Amelchenko (675) 449.5 	Douglas Thompson (1574) 
Charlie D Fauman (1411) 267.0 	Walter Champion (1678) 
Siddharth Arun (1222) 	132.0 	Luke L Lung (1354) 
Travis Nilsson (1323) 	127.0 	Jenshiang Hong (1450) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 5. Independence Day Swiss: U1400
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Nika A Duval (338) 	274.0 	Laurie Chen (886) 
Sabrina Zhang (967) 	132.0 	Daniel F Callahan (1231) 

Round 4, July 22, 2008
An interesting observation ... not so easy to see from what we post...
Out of 38 boards (games played) this week, Black won only twice.
The players with white went   27 wins, 9 draws and 2 losses
Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. Independence Day Swiss: Open
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Winston Huang (1893) 	152.0 	Rolf Wetzell (2045) 
Jesse M Nicholas (1798) 101.0 	Edward R Epp (2000) 
Ilya Krasik (2154) 	 50.5 	John A Curdo (2255) 
Derek C Slater (2094) 	 18.5 	David Harris (2131) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. Independence Day Swiss: U2000
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Mark Kaprielian (1634) 	168.0 	Larry Eldridge (1802) 
Paul Felker (1718) 	 94.0 	Alfred G Ward (1812) 
Matthew W Phelps (1630)  80.0 	Tim Bromley (1710) 
Jeffrey G Yao (1599) 	 54.5 	Calvin G Hori (1708) 
Ethan Thompson (1704) 	 54.0 	Jeffrey S Hall (1758) 
Michelle X Chen (1762)   22.5 	Mika A Brattain (1807) 
William G Michael (1702) 22.0 	Danny Angermeier (1724) 
Larry Pratt (1774)        2.0 	Genesis Lung (1776) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. Independence Day Swiss: U1700
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Siddharth Arun (1222) 	178.0 	Timothy Lung (1400) 
Rafael P Olaso (1273) 	150.5 	Douglas Thompson (1574) 
Luke L Lung (1354) 	 51.0 	Warner M Smith (1405) 
George D Goulding (1659) 19.0 	Walter Champion (1678) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 4. Independence Day Swiss: U1400
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Nika A Duval (338) 	276.5 	Jack Goldsmith IV (891) 
Kenneth Brisbois (1125) 231.0 	Kenneth R Ballou (1356) 
Tom Iversen (1173) 	182.0 	Schuyler Crawford (1355) 
James Jaillet (1150) 	132.0 	John Mc Laughlin (1282) 
Arthur F Ensroth (976)  127.5 	Daniel F Callahan (1231) 
Christine Lung (1201) 	 19.0 	Gregory W Cermak (1220) 

Round 3, July 15, 2008
Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. Independence Day Swiss: Open
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Gabriel M Frieden(1830) 259.0 	Matthew L Klegon (2089) 
Sebastian Gueler (2004)  52.5 	Mark John Larocca (2109) 
Denys K Shmelov (2442)   22.5 	Igor Foygel (2487) 
Edward R Epp (2000)      22.5 	Rolf Wetzell (2045) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. Independence Day Swiss: U2000
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Mark Kaprielian (1634) 122.0 	Embert Lin (1756) 
Mark D Mc Mahon (1763)  78.5 	Neil B Cousin (1920) 
Calvin G Hori (1708)    50.0 	Jeffrey S Hall (1758) 
Katharine Gasser (1729) 45.0 	Larry Pratt (1774) 
Steven L Eddins (1649)  37.5 	Danny Angermeier (1724) 
Michael Barry (1784)    28.0 	Alfred G Ward (1812) 
Robert J Holmgren(1693) 25.0 	Paul Felker (1718) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. Independence Day Swiss: U1700
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Siddharth Arun (1222) 	352.0 	Douglas Thompson (1574) 
Warner M Smith (1405) 	 67.0 	Alexander Kaye (1472) 
Luke L Lung (1354) 	 64.0 	Alan Moyer (1482) 
Timothy Lung (1400) 	 50.0 	Jenshiang Hong (1450) 
Round by Round Upsets: Round 3. Independence Day Swiss: U1400
Name Pnts Victim 
Kenneth Brisbois (1125)  79.0 	Timothy Lavoie (1204) 
Gregory W Cermak (1220)  40.0 	Fred L Harvey (1300) 
Laurie Chen (886)         2.5 	Jack Goldsmith IV (891) 

 
Round 2, July 8, 2008
Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. Independence Day Swiss: Open
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Robert L Harvey (1836) 	104.5 	Rolf Wetzell (2045) 
Edward R Epp (2000) 	 47.0 	Derek C Slater (2094) 
Sebastian Gueler (2004)  42.5 	Matthew L Klegon (2089) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. Independence Day Swiss: U2000
Name 			Pnts Victim 
Anirudh Arun (1672) 	180.0 	Ames M Abbot (1852) 
Matthew W Phelps (1630) 128.0 	Jeffrey S Hall (1758) 
Jimmy W. Wang (1592) 	110.0 	Alfred G Ward (1812) 
Katharine Gasser (1729)  78.0 	Mika A Brattain (1807) 
Ethan Thompson (1704) 	 68.5 	Nikita Konovalchuk (1841) 
Embert Lin (1756)        23.0 	Larry Eldridge (1802) 	

Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. Independence Day Swiss: U1700
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Nikita Amelchenko (675) 917.0 	Thomas J Martin (1592) 
Siddharth Arun (1222) 	191.5 	Leonard Gruenberg (1605) 
Travis Nilsson (1323) 	 79.5 	Alan Moyer (1482) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 2. Independence Day Swiss: U1400
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
	None

Round 1, July 1, 2008
Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. Independence Day Swiss: Open
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Jesse M Nicholas (1798) 296.0 Derek C Slater (2094) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. Independence Day Swiss: U2000
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Jimmy Weilun Wang(1592) 166.0 Jeffrey S Hall (1758) 
Jeffrey G Yao (1599) 	163.0 	Michelle X Chen (1762) 
Katharine Gasser (1729) 154.0 	James Lung (1883) 
Tim Bromley (1710) 	131.0 	Nikita Konovalchuk (1841) 
Anirudh Arun (1672) 	104.0 	Genesis Lung (1776) 
William G Michael(1702) 100.0 	Larry Eldridge (1802) 
Robert J Holmgren (1693) 45.5 	Michael Barry (1784) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. Independence Day Swiss: U1700
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Charlie D Fauman (1411) 194.0 	Leonard Gruenberg (1605) 
Warner M Smith (1405) 	169.0 	Douglas Thompson (1574) 
Siddharth Arun (1222) 	130.0 	Alan Moyer (1482) 

Round by Round Upsets: Round 1. Independence Day Swiss: U1400
Name 			Pnts 	Victim 
Sandeep Vadlamudi (934) 175.0 	Pierre A Fleurant (1284)