128th Annual New York State Championship:
America's Longest-Running Chess Tournament!

August 31 - September 3, 2007:

Albany, NY


Final Standings: Open  Section!

                                                                                                                                                                 Tiebreak Systems:
                                                                                                                                        1st = Modified Median
                                                                 2nd = Solkoff
                                                                    3rd = Cumulative
                                                                               4th = Opponents' Cumulative

                                                                             1st     2nd   3rd     4th
                                                                              Tie-    Tie-  Tie-    Tie-
                                                                                Breaks  Breaks Breaks Breaks
 

# Name USCF ID Rating New
Rating		 State Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 GM Alexander Ivanov 12513936 2608 2621 MA W30 W2 L4 W13 W15 W10 5- $1,100 21 24 17 84
2 GM Ildar Ibragimov 12576446 2673 2677 CT W57 L1 W30 W16 W14 W3 5- $1,100 19.5 22 16 79.5
3 GM Hikaru Nakamura
2007 NY State Champion!		 12641216 2742 2738 NY W34 W18 W10 D4 W5 L2 4½ - $140 21.5 24.5 18.5 86.5
4 GM Leonid G Yudasin 12542077 2701 2693 NY W43 W49 W1 D3 D8 D6 4½ - $140 21 23 18 88
5 GM Joel Benjamin 10102511 2651 2647 NJ W19 W40 W9 D7 L3 W20 4½ - $140 20 23 17.5 85.5
6 IM Jay R Bonin 10098327 2360 2370 NY W55 W24 D11 D12 W9 D4 4½ - $140 20 21.5 17 80.5
7 GM Sergey Kudrin 11257585 2605 2593 CT W27 W48 D26 D5 W12 D8 4½ - $140 19 21 17 83.5
8 Ben Dean-Kawamura 12552375 2164 2189 NY W50 D22 W29 W26 D4 D7 4½ - $700 18.5 20.5 17 78
9 FM Michael Dougherty 12080410 2284 2291 ONT W36 W13 L5 W24 L6 W14 4 20 22.5 15 84
10 FM James M Critelli 12760801 2337 2344 CT W45 W38 L3 W37 W32 L1 4 18 20.5 16 74
11 FM Sunil Weeramantry 11155189 2204 2212 NY W41 W21 D6 L14 D17 W31 4 18 20.5 15 74
12 Lonnie S Kwartler 10086795 2200 2209 NY W46 D29 W53 D6 L7 W27 4 18 20 15 74
13 Michael Thaler 12690413 2112 2130 NY W51 L9 W36 L1 W49 W26 4 - $600 16.5 18.5 13 67.5
14 Nick F Panico III 12577701 2072 2098 NY W54 W15 D17 W11 L2 L9 3½ - $100 20 21.5 16 78.5
15 David Filipovich 11177573 2255 2249 ONT W35 L14 W22 W28 L1 D16 3½ 18.5 21.5 13.5 77.5
16 Steven A Taylor 11282008 2117 2141 NY W39 D17 W20 L2 D26 D15 3½ 18.5 21 14 77.5
17 FM Igor A Nikolayev 12740121 2444 2415 NY W33 D16 D14 D40 D11 D18 3½ 17.5 20.5 13.5 78
18 Alec Getz 12805454 2160 2168 NY W44 L3 D27 D19 W33 D17 3½ 17.5 20 12 71.5
19 David Harris 12489241 2041 2060 RI L5 W39 D23 D18 H--- W28 3½ - $100 17 17 10 59.5
20 Ling Feng Ye 12833296 2252 2246 QUE D28 W47 L16 W57 W40 L5 3½ 16.5 18.5 13 71
21 Peter Michelman 12491610 2015 2035 NY W32 L11 L40 W50 D25 W38 3½ - $100 16.5 18.5 11 63
22 Aleksandr A Ostrovskiy 12881112 1936 1969 NY W25 D8 L15 D38 W37 H--- 3½ - $100 16.5 16.5 12 60.5
23 Igor Yeliseyev 12537352 2236 2220 NJ L29 W35 D19 D27 W44 D24 3½ 16 18.5 11 60.5
24 Ashok Aaron 12877423 2059 2072 NY W56 L6 W54 L9 W46 D23 3½ - $100 16 17.5 12.5 62.5
25 Dore A Sheppard 10076692 2170 2160 NY L22 D28 W55 D33 D21 W43 3½ 15.5 17 10 59
26 Matt J Parry 12825619 2276 2265 NY W31 W37 D7 L8 D16 L13 3 15 22 14 81.5
27 Leonard B Chipkin 10119031 2032 2045 NY L7 W50 D18 D23 W39 L12 3 13.5 20 10.5 67.5
28 Deepak Aaron 12877422 1996 2016 NY D20 D25 W38 L15 W48 L19 3 13 18.5 11.5 66
29 Andrew Ardito 12720118 1963 1988 NY W23 D12 L8 D48 D43 D37 3 12.5 19 11.5 72.5
30 Matthew D Meredith 10031443 2061 2066 CT L1 D57 L2 W58 D36 W49 3 12 17.5 7.5 59.5
31 Edward A Frumkin 10136580 2022 2019 NY L26 W51 L32 W54 W47 L11 3 10.5 16 10 61
32 Evan S Rosenberg 20101315 2144 2140 NY L21 W62 W31 W47 L10 U--- 3 10 14 12 47
33 Ernest T Johnson 10089115 2010 2018 NY L17 W60 H--- D25 L18 W46 3 10 13.5 9 45.5
34 Peter S Roberts 12394306 2064 2053 NY L3 L46 W42 L49 W50 W47 3 8.5 15 7 57.5
35 David J Masters 12407034 1999 2003 FL L15 L23 D60 D55 W54 W48 3 8.5 13 6.5 46.5
36 Harold G Stenzel 10095824 2000 1994 NY L9 W52 L13 D41 D30 D39 2½ 14 18 8 52.5
37 Daryll A Weatherly 12411173 2071 2060 NY W52 L26 W46 L10 L22 D29 2½ 13.5 17.5 10.5 65
38 Mark J Clark 10147301 2106 2089 NY W60 L10 L28 D22 W41 L21 2½ 13.5 17.5 9.5 59.5
39 Matthew O Gregory 12748587 1917 1919 NY L16 L19 W52 W45 L27 D36 2½ 13.5 17 7.5 52.5
40 Matthew H Davey 12733758 2134 2141 CT W61 L5 W21 D17 L20 U--- 2½ 12 16.5 11.5 55
41 James Hiltunen 12732962 1952 1954 NY L11 L56 W51 D36 L38 W55 2½ 10.5 14.5 6.5 48
42 Jon S Leisner 12506242 1856 1868 NY L53 D55 L34 W60 D56 D45 2½ 10 13 7 36.5
43 Sam Barsky 12550168 2103 2093 NY L4 W58 H--- D44 D29 L25 2½ 9.5 14 9 51.5
44 Bruce Altschuler 10078415 2015 2016 NY L18 W61 D48 D43 L23 H--- 2½ 9.5 13 8.5 42
45 Gordon B Magat 10088828 2004 1984 NY L10 L54 W61 L39 W58 D42 2½ 8.5 12.5 6.5 39
46 Philip G Sells 12496329 1942 1943 NY L12 W34 L37 W56 L24 L33 2 14 18 8 60.5
47 Kenneth N Calitri 12001720 1614 1647 NJ W64 L20 W56 L32 L31 L34 2 14 17.5 10 48
48 Jeremy Larsen 12412785 2130 2108 NY W62 L7 D44 D29 L28 L35 2 13 17.5 9.5 55.5
49 Yogesh Raghunathan 12873131 1971 1966 CT W58 L4 L57 W34 L13 L30 2 13 17.5 9 55
50 Stuart S Finney 12853421 1908 1902 RI L8 L27 W62 L21 L34 W58 2 11.5 16 5 48.5
51 Peter Henner 10611547 1886 1875 NY L13 L31 L41 W52 D55 D54 2 10.5 14.5 4.5 43
52 Karl Eschelbach 12834803 1739 1736 NY L37 L36 L39 L51 W60 W65 2 10.5 13 3 32.5
53 Steven A Owen 12060380 2073 2072 TN W42 H--- L12 H--- U--- U--- 2 2.5 6.5 9 22
54 Kenneth Severson 12371130 1808 1809 NY L14 W45 L24 L31 L35 D51 1½ 14 17.5 5.5 56
55 Evan Z Rabin 12720571 2008 1986 NY L6 D42 L25 D35 D51 L41 1½ 13.5 18 5 51.5
56 Marijan Procyk 12304570 2059 2029 NY L24 W41 L47 L46 D42 U--- 1½ 9 12.5 6 44
57 Benjamin J Katz 12550938 2065 2066 NY L2 D30 W49 L20 U--- U--- 1½ 8.5 13.5 6.5 45.5
58 Steven Giardino 12628228 1680 1662 NY L49 L43 B--- L30 L45 L50 1 9 12 3 37.5
59 GM Ronen Har-Zvi 12655637 2596 2597 NY U--- U--- W63 U--- U--- U--- 1 0 2.5 4 0
60 Robert C Johnson 11425275 1863 1834 NY L38 L33 D35 L42 L52 U--- ½ 10 13 2 35.5
61 Winston Huang 12947237 1896 1879 MA L40 L44 L45 U--- U--- U--- 0 5 8 0 27
62 William T Little 10121795 1975 1954 NY L48 L32 L50 U--- U--- U--- 0 4 7.5 0 26.5
63 Avery P Chen 12816282 1777 1776 CT U--- U--- L59 U--- U--- U--- 0 0 3.5 0 4
64 Kapil Chandran 13023280 1647 1634 CT L47 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0 0 2 0 10
65 Carrie Goldstein 11183344 1400 1396 NY U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L52 0 0 2 0 3 
 
Tied Open Section Players Are Listed Above In Order Of Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, Then Opponents' Cumulative Tiebreaks


 

Final Standings: Under 2000 Section

# Name USCF ID Rating New
Rating		 State Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Ronald E Lohrman 10135354 1961 1977 NY D24 W40 W17 D5 W21 W8 5 - $900
2 Jack Hutton 12725632 1862 1909 NY W45 D29 W43 W4 W6 D3 5 - $900
3 Steve Romero 10115868 1962 1975 NY D37 D23 W24 W29 W7 D2 4½ - $167
4 Robert J Campbell 10002826 1900 1914 MA W48 D33 W9 L2 W31 W13 4½ - $167
5 Robert Rotter: r/e 12734684 1858 1889 NY W28 W7 W42 D1 D8 D6 4½ - $167
6 Michael Mockler 12778344 1987 1986 NY W13 W38 W16 D8 L2 D5 4
7 Errol Whitley 12430631 1952 1950 NY W15 L5 W33 W42 L3 W21 4
8 Glen K Gausewitz 12536027 1944 1951 NY W32 W14 W34 D6 D5 L1 4
9 Haizhou Xu 12938936 1885 1896 VT H--- W41 L4 W14 W19 D11 4
10 Michael Chiang 12852051 1878 1883 NY W44 L34 W38 L13 W28 W24 4
11 Nolan Kordsmeier 12774556 1802 1835 NY D18 L43 W32 W22 W29 D9 4
12 Douglas C Burgwin 12822171 1886 1889 PA L38 W25 D14 W16 W33 U--- 3½
13 Thomas S Levine 10089506 1850 1860 NY L6 W26 W45 W10 H--- L4 3½
14 David A Kolb 12550399 1780 1804 NY W35 L8 D12 L9 W36 W33 3½ - $250
15 Bob S Shao 13664333 1753 1776 NY L7 W28 W30 L18 W42 D19 3½ - $250
16 Harold Stenger 12458408 1658 1692 NY W22 B--- L6 L12 D23 W30 3½ - $250
17 Kapil Chandran 13023280 1647 1679 CT B--- W21 L1 D19 D20 H--- 3½ - $250
18 Edwin Borowski 12590451 1953 1957 MA D11 D37 W23 W15 U--- U--- 3
19 Stephen W Dygert 12825605 1915 1896 NY D23 D27 W37 D17 L9 D15 3
20 Carl Corvin 12203140 1883 1872 IN W26 H--- L29 H--- D17 D27 3
21 John P Lawless 12455970 1873 1865 NY W25 L17 W44 W34 L1 L7 3
22 Michael W Kaye 12842346 1855 1841 MA L16 W39 D27 L11 W38 D26 3
23 Dale S Lyons 11225454 1814 1817 VT D19 D3 L18 W45 D16 H--- 3
24 Kenneth R Evans 10122627 1805 1816 NY D1 W46 L3 D27 W34 L10 3
25 John Phillips Jr 10121353 1804 1794 MD L21 L12 W39 L28 W45 W42 3
26 Avery P Chen 12816282 1777 1774 CT L20 L13 B--- W37 D27 D22 3
27 Daniel A Minkin 13485141 1722 1745 NY D43 D19 D22 D24 D26 D20 3
28 Johnson Pau 21021623 1690 1712 NJ L5 L15 W41 W25 L10 W35 3
29 Alan R Le Cours 10125472 1907 1902 NY W39 D2 W20 L3 L11 U--- 2½
30 Timothy C Wright 12556630 1838 1811 NY L33 W48 L15 D44 W43 L16 2½
31 Anthony P Andrews 12449414 1800 1789 MA D41 L42 W48 W43 L4 U--- 2½
32 Gerard Capdevielle 12519748 1792 1781 NY L8 D35 L11 D40 W41 D34 2½
33 Benjamin Ascherman 12764308 1684 1707 NY W30 D4 L7 W35 L12 L14 2½
34 Christino Tamon 12695807 unr. 1785 NY W36 W10 L8 L21 L24 D32 2½
35 Matthew W Brown 12768671 1885 1848 NY L14 D32 H--- L33 W44 L28 2
36 Mark A Sinz 10481384 1851 1817 NY L34 L44 W40 D38 L14 D39 2
37 Neil Marcus 11100970 1845 1826 NY D3 D18 L19 L26 D40 D38 2
38 Ralph Italie 10092019 1813 1802 NY W12 L6 L10 D36 L22 D37 2
39 Ilya Kotlyanskiy 12716110 1781 1757 NY L29 L22 L25 D41 W48 D36 2
40 Paul R Robida 11315488 1700 1699 ME D46 L1 L36 D32 D37 H--- 2
41 Jimmy D Zhou 12899289 1632 1619 NY D31 L9 L28 D39 L32 B--- 2
42 Jonathan Ascherman 12764224 1557 1561 NY B--- W31 L5 L7 L15 L25 2
43 Donald Stubblebine 10137705 1867 1841 NY D27 W11 L2 L31 L30 U--- 1½
44 Thomas J Mendola 12840192 1767 1757 NY L10 W36 L21 D30 L35 U--- 1½
45 Elihue Hill Jr 11442102 1700 1669 NY L2 B--- L13 L23 L25 D48 1½
46 Robert Rotter 12734684 1858 1843 NY D40 L24 H--- U--- U--- U--- 1
47 Anatoly Ostrovskiy 12890679 1813 1819 NY U--- U--- U--- W48 U--- U--- 1
48 Polly P Wright 11041957 1700 1658 NY L4 L30 L31 L47 L39 D45 ½

 

 

Final Standings: Under 1600 Section

# Name USCF ID Rating New
Rating		 State Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Lawrence K Thomas 12438449 1485 1581 NY D20 W48 W22 W29 W21 W3 5½ - $1,000
2 Arthur L Alowitz 12104800 1555 1589 NY W43 W15 W19 L3 W9 W10 5 - $400
3 Jeremy Ascherman 12764215 1553 1612 NY W34 W17 W4 W2 W10 L1 5 - $400
4 Phil Thomas 13312957 1597 1610 NY W25 W22 L3 D16 W28 W12 4½ - $67
5 Ethan R Segall 12906644 1526 1538 CT L17 W20 X48 W33 D6 W13 4½ - $67
6 James P Williams 12612413 1416 1478 CO L22 B--- W34 W32 D5 W21 4½ - $67
7 Tsvi Benson-Tilsen 12802865 1566 1558 CT D35 D26 W47 W36 D13 D8 4
8 Robert A Fusco 12858107 1488 1504 NY W28 H--- W38 D9 H--- D7 4
9 Patrick Chi 13031541 1458 1482 NY D45 W18 W14 D8 L2 W28 4
10 William A Stahl 12666902 1400 1499 NY W11 W24 W12 W21 L3 L2 4
11 Edwin Doscher 13211475 1549 1523 NY L10 W41 L33 W45 W29 D18 3½
12 Eric Strickland 13526267 1513 1515 VT W44 W16 L10 W27 H--- L4 3½
13 Kevin J Brown 13218112 1486 1485 NY L36 W37 W26 W19 D7 L5 3½
14 John Kruppenbacher 12717796 1485 1473 NY W37 D38 L9 W35 D16 D17 3½
15 William Fisher 12910347 1450 1443 NY W49 L2 L28 W41 D27 W37 3½
16 Nathan Breidenbach 12839282 1431 1442 NY W30 L12 W50 D4 D14 D20 3½
17 John N Hartnett 12592268 1401 1438 NY W5 L3 L20 W24 W39 D14 3½
18 William Graif 13346841 1396 1419 NY D23 L9 W42 D20 W34 D11 3½ - $250
19 Joseph Kruppenbacher 12459297 1365 1394 NY W31 W46 L2 L13 D25 X--- 3½ - $250
20 Walter J Snyder 10120438 1363 1414 NY D1 L5 W17 D18 W33 D16 3½ - $250
21 Fred Sauberman 12577352 1592 1566 NY W27 W39 W32 L10 L1 L6 3
22 James A Magner 12454855 1545 1520 CT W6 L4 L1 L26 W45 W38 3
23 Lew A Millenbach 10120985 1535 1493 NY D18 W45 L29 L28 W36 D26 3
24 Michael Laccetti 12506268 1493 1460 NY W41 L10 L27 L17 W49 W42 3
25 Mark C Webb 12840342 1438 1414 NY L4 L34 B--- W47 D19 D29 3
26 Terence Hardison 13001226 1407 1421 VT D50 D7 L13 W22 D32 D23 3
27 James V Talwar 12783709 1400 1410 NY L21 W30 W24 L12 D15 H--- 3
28 Yakun Hu 13586320 1277 1343 NY L8 W43 W15 W23 L4 L9 3
29 Abdul Abdul-Basir 12632956 1231 1318 NY D33 W35 W23 L1 L11 D25 3
30 Jade Semrad 12439131 1219 1245 NY L16 L27 L40 W51 W43 W39 3
31 Bernard Rosenthal 12399914 1500 1460 NY L19 L47 D37 W49 U--- W45 2½
32 David M Worl 10138108 1500 1484 NY W47 W36 L21 L6 D26 U--- 2½
33 Neil T Davignon 12539696 1425 1399 NY D29 D50 W11 L5 L20 D36 2½
34 Allan C Ong 12637224 1419 1405 MA L3 W25 L6 W50 L18 H--- 2½
35 Trevor M Murphy 12771202 1418 1385 MA D7 L29 W49 L14 L37 W44 2½
36 Alex Belkin 13073785 1270 1307 PA W13 L32 W39 L7 L23 D33 2½
37 Jesse Thurston 12959706 1244 1274 NY L14 L13 D31 W44 W35 L15 2½
38 James Tortorici 12794306 1175 1178 NY B--- D14 L8 H--- H--- L22 2½
39 Shelby J Lohrman 12804652 1475 1416 NY W42 L21 L36 W40 L17 L30 2
40 Mario F Russo 10039967 1375 1351 CT L46 L49 W30 L39 W41 U--- 2
41 Daniel F Johnston 13335422 1296 1286 NY L24 L11 W43 L15 L40 W49 2
42 Bruce E Backer 12702439 1205 1212 NY L39 D44 L18 D43 W47 L24 2
43 Carrie Goldstein 11183344 1400 1321 NY L2 L28 L41 D42 L30 B--- 1½
44 Omar S Khan 12898416 1320 1252 NY L12 D42 L45 L37 B--- L35 1½
45 William H Maier 12394165 1238 1240 NY D9 L23 W44 L11 L22 L31 1½
46 David A Connors 12455331 1531 1519 NY W40 L19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1
47 Mark Mieth 12975121 1318 1290 NY L32 W31 L7 L25 L42 U--- 1
48 Julio C Gonzalez 13630957 1298 1292 NY B--- L1 F5 U--- U--- U--- 1
49 William M Rich 12608808 1258 1226 NY L15 W40 L35 L31 L24 L41 1
50 Robert A Ambros 13729922 unr. 1215 NY D26 D33 L16 L34 U--- U--- 1
51 Matthew J Smicinski 13734566 unr. 851 NY U--- U--- U--- L30 U--- U--- 0

 

 

Final Standings: Under 1200 Section!

# Name USCF ID Rating New
Rating		 State Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Jeffrey D Zhou 12899287 1131 1221 NY W3 W20 W8 W13 D4 W6 5½ - $600
2 Charles Eson 12840766 995 1078 NY W26 D7 L5 W18 W13 W4 4½ - $217
3 Richard Shu 12899354 926 1011 NY L1 W22 W14 D8 X15 W10 4½ - $217
4 Nathan Xu 12920602 640 993 NY W14 W11 W20 W7 D1 L2 4½ - $217
5 Ulrik Olsen 13072817 1196 1181 NY L13 W23 W2 W12 L6 W15 4
6 Aanarian Stevens 12877911 1150 1139 NY W9 L13 W17 D10 W5 L1 3½
7 Leonard Filgueiras 12847864 1096 1086 CT W21 D2 W15 L4 H--- H--- 3½
8 Alan J Zhang 13649363 1094 1080 NY W19 W18 L1 D3 L10 W12 3½
9 Bernard S Crawford 13219775 915 973 NY L6 D24 L10 W26 W17 W13 3½
10 Susie Doscher 13193697 886 989 NY W25 L15 W9 D6 W8 L3 3½
11 William Montross: r/e 13381327 1125 1086 CT L18 L4 W22 W16 W20 U--- 3
12 Phyllis Benjamin 12081230 1093 1056 NY W16 W17 L13 L5 W21 L8 3
13 Neil R Parry 13494097 1015 1044 NY W5 W6 W12 L1 L2 L9 3
14 Eric Zhang 13402792 1002 965 NY L4 W19 L3 L17 W22 W20 3
15 Zubin Mukerjee 13466251 1073 1037 NY D23 W10 L7 W21 F3 L5 2½
16 Robert De Long 12573070 954 905 NY L12 L21 W23 L11 W25 D17 2½
17 Michael Song 13712195 892 914 NY W24 L12 L6 W14 L9 D16 2½
18 Samuel Donow 12883268 819 839 NY W11 L8 D19 L2 W23 U--- 2½
19 Kathrik Rao-Kalagnanam 13331990 805 773 NY L8 L14 D18 L23 W26 W21 2½
20 Dilip Aaron 12921644 944 912 NY W22 L1 L4 W25 L11 L14 2
21 Steven J Coyle 12877327 445 584 NY L7 W16 W25 L15 L12 L19 2
22 Matthew J Smicinski 13734566 unr. 701 NY L20 L3 L11 B--- L14 W26 2
23 Kajal B Patel 13712901 271 387 CT D15 L5 L16 W19 L18 U--- 1½
24 William Montross 13381327 1125 1086 CT L17 D9 H--- U--- U--- U--- 1
25 Philip A Thibault 12367190 1056 922 NY L10 W26 L21 L20 L16 L27 1
26 Robert Hackett 12933647 878 769 NY L2 L25 B--- L9 L19 L22 1
27 Fred Thaler 12862135 1044 1058 NY U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W25 1 

Tied Players Are Listed Above In Order Of Their Pre-Tournament Ratings

 

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