130th Annual New York State Championship:
America's Longest-Running Chess Tournament!

August 29 - September 1, 2008:

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] Prize    
1 IM Alex Lenderman
2008 NY State Champion!
12787646 2499 2515 NY W18 W8 W7 D2 W5 W13 21 24 19.5 90 $1,050
2 IM Justin Sarkar 12561884 2487 2505 NY W30 W37 W14 D1 W12 W5 19 21 19.5 83.5 $1,050
3 Yefim Treger 12656884 2287 2289 NY D31 W28 D15 D6 W18 W14 16.5 19 14.5 73 $500
(3rd/Top Under 2300)
4 Michael Thaler 12690413 2224 2232 NY W41 D27 W38 L5 W6 W15 16 17.5 15.5 72 $500
(3rd/Top Under 2300)
5 FM Igor A Nikolayev 12740121 2321 2327 NY W34 W17 W16 W4 L1 L2 4 22 24.5 18 85 $100
(4th-5th)
6 Evan Z Rabin 12720571 2088 2115 NY W43 W20 D12 D3 L4 W21 4 18.5 19.5 15.5 67.5 $500
(Top Under 2100)
7 FM Alec Getz 12805454 2244 2251 NY W33 W11 L1 W19 D13 H--- 4 18 18 15 63 $100
(4th-5th)
8 Steven A Taylor 11282008 2126 2133 NY W19 L1 L11 W34 W29 W22 4 17 19.5 12 69 $183
(1st-3rd, Under 2200)
9 Yevgeni Nahutin 12841698 2154 2156 ONT D29 W23 D27 D22 W11 D12 4 15 17.5 14 67 $183
(1st-3rd, Under 2200)
10 Ben Dean-Kawamura 12552375 2111 2121 NY L11 W42 L22 W35 W20 W24 4 14.5 15.5 11 54.5 $183
(1st-3rd, Under 2200)
11 Michael Chiang 12852051 1949 1985 NY W10 L7 W8 D15 L9 W28 19.5 22 12.5 76
12 IM Jay Bonin 10098327 2370 2355 NY D28 W31 D6 W37 L2 D9 18.5 20.5 13.5 77.5
13 Louie Jiang 13289038 2266 2262 QUE W35 L16 W30 W25 D7 L1 18 20.5 14 73
14 Zakhar Maymin 12274810 2184 2183 CT W39 W22 L2 D16 W27 L3 18 20 14.5 75
15 Lonnie S Kwartler 10086795 2216 2208 NY D42 W26 D3 D11 W28 L4 18 19 13.5 64.5
16 Bruce Altschuler 10078415 2017 2035 NY X--- W13 L5 D14 D21 H--- 14 14 12.5 58.5
17 Benjamin J Katz 12550938 2088 2092 NY W32 L5 L19 W41 W37 H--- 13 13 11 50.5
18 Aleksandr Ostrovskiy 12881112 2084 2094 NY L1 W39 W20 D21 L3 D26 3 13.5 21 11 69
19 Matthew O Gregory 12748587 1959 1981 NY L8 W33 W17 L7 D30 D25 3 13 19.5 10.5 64
20 Matt J Parry 12825619 2276 2252 NY W40 L6 L18 W38 L10 W27 3 12.5 18.5 10 66
21 Dale E Sharp 10254451 2200 2183 NY D38 D29 W40 D18 D16 L6 3 11.5 17.5 12 65
22 William T Little 10121795 1949 1958 NY B--- L14 W10 D9 H--- L8 3 11.5 15.5 11 51.5
23 Carl Adamec 10122147 2020 2031 NY D24 L9 D35 D30 D31 W37 3 10.5 16.5 8.5 57.5
24 Oliver Chernin 10502772 2240 2214 CT D23 L38 W42 D27 W44 L10 3 10 15 10.5 49
25 David Harris 12489241 2107 2097 RI L27 W41 W32 L13 H--- D19 3 9.5 13 10 48.5
26 Steve Romero 10115868 1846 1873 NY H--- L15 L31 W42 W38 D18 3 8.5 12 8 45
27 Peter Henner 10611547 1886 1916 NY W25 D4 D9 D24 L14 L20 16.5 21 12 75
28 Marijan Procyk 12304570 2061 2057 NY D12 L3 W46 W31 L15 L11 13.5 18 10 65
29 Stuart S Finney 12853421 1998 2004 RI D9 D21 L37 W33 L8 D39 13.5 17.5 9 59
30 Richard Tuhrim 12782429 2074 2071 NY L2 W36 L13 D23 D19 H--- 12 17.5 7.5 57.5
31 Felix G Lopez 12428955 2041 2040 NY D3 L12 W26 L28 D23 H--- 12 16.5 8 55
32 Kapil Chandran 13023280 1820 1846 CT L17 W34 L25 L40 W42 D33 12 15.5 7.5 46
33 Stephen Dygert 12825605 2071 2056 NY L7 L19 W39 L29 W41 D32 11.5 15.5 6.5 51.5
34 Harold G Stenzel 10095824 2042 2027 NY L5 L32 W36 L8 D39 W46 11.5 15.5 6 49.5
35 Haotian Zheng 13245484 2040 2025 CT L13 D46 D23 L10 D36 W43 10.5 14.5 6.5 43
36 Philip G Sells 12496329 1965 1954 NY L37 L30 L34 W43 D35 W47 10.5 13 5 32.5
37 Deepak Aaron 12877422 2135 2121 NY W36 L2 W29 L12 L17 L23 2 15 20.5 10 67
38 Ben Gershenov 12831900 2004 2003 NY D21 W24 L4 L20 L26 H--- 2 12 16.5 8 56.5
39 Mark A Lisle 12464359 2000 1984 KS L14 L18 L33 W46 D34 D29 2 11 14.5 4.5 49.5
40 Liberty V Green 12427275 2052 2050 OH L20 W43 L21 W32 U--- U--- 2 6.5 9.5 8 31.5
41 Haizhou Xu 12938936 2035 2014 VT L4 L25 W43 L17 L33 H--- 10 14.5 4 46
42 Ernest T Johnson 10089115 2013 1985 NY D15 L10 L24 L26 L32 H--- 1 12 16 3 51
43 Peter L Thau 10039983 1833 1811 CT L6 L40 L41 L36 W46 L35 1 10 14 2 42
44 Anatoly S Ostrovskiy 12890679 1901 1898 NY H--- H--- U--- U--- L24 U--- 1 0 3 4.5 10.5
45 Lawrence J Books 12734308 1379 1402 MD W46 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1 0 0.5 6 2.5
46 David A Connors 12455331 1539 1522 NY L45 D35 L28 L39 L43 L34 ½ 10.5 14 2.5 35
47 William M Rich 12608808 1234 1233 NY U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L36 0 0 2.5 0 5


Tied Open Section Players Are Listed Above In Order Of:  Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, and 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 Prize
1 Vitaliano Rafael 12433444 1989 2003 NY D13 W43 W37 W8 W12 D2 5 $900
2 Marc Widmaier 12618946 1899 1934 NY W30 W53 W10 W6 D3 D1 5 $900
3 David J Masters 12407034 1992 2001 VT W20 W18 W4 D12 D2 D5 $167
4 Karsten A McVay 12744370 1917 1930 NJ W38 W47 L3 W29 W13 D6 $167
5 John Phillips Jr 10121353 1804 1845 NY L9 W58 W22 W44 W10 D3 $167
6 Terence P Lamb 12577214 1769 1823 NY W42 W35 W25 L2 W23 D4 $500
(1st-2nd, Under 1800)
7 Thomas S Levine 10089506 1753 1811 NY D31 W48 W11 D9 H--- W17 $500
(1st-2nd, Under 1800)
8 Leonard B Chipkin 10119031 1999 1990 NY D48 W46 W34 L1 D16 W27 4
9 David A Kolb 12550399 1961 1957 NY W5 D34 D44 D7 W26 D12 4
10 Glen K Gausewitz 12536027 1942 1943 NY W14 W24 L2 W21 L5 W29 4
11 Scott Strattner 12524932 1889 1885 NY W57 D44 L7 W39 D27 W28 4
12 David B Phelps 12704446 1821 1853 NY W52 W22 W17 D3 L1 D9 4
13 William Graif 13346841 1754 1807 NY D1 D23 W35 W24 L4 W25 4
14 Robert Wagner 12452956 1726 1754 NY L10 L16 W31 W52 W36 W23 4
15 Will J Brooks: r/e 12834950 1678 1733 VT L25 W41 H--- W34 D19 W24 4
16 Christian Sbarro 12801126 1599 1691 NY L24 W14 W47 W48 D8 H--- 4
17 Ronald E Lohrman 10135354 1923 1914 NY W21 W51 L12 D27 W30 L7
18 Alan R Le Cours 10125472 1878 1869 NY W59 L3 L21 D38 W41 W33
19 Nolan Kordsmeier 12774556 1876 1858 NY L44 W31 L30 W49 D15 W38
20 Philip J Ferguson 12584428 1810 1806 NY L3 W56 D45 H--- D42 W44
21 Kenneth R Evans 10122627 1800 1809 NY L17 W57 W18 L10 D44 W42
22 Robert J Campbell 10002826 1921 1896 MA W29 L12 L5 D33 D32 W45 3
23 Anthony P Andrews 12449414 1883 1865 MA D39 D13 W28 W37 L6 L14 3
24 Anatoly Treger 12688021 1864 1850 NY W16 L10 W38 L13 W37 L15 3
25 Jeff Rubenstein 12629758 1849 1837 NY W15 W27 L6 D30 D28 L13 3
26 Donald E Dederick 10658624 1800 1791 NY D33 D39 D42 W41 L9 H--- 3
27 William Fisher: r/e 12910347 1792 1795 NY W49 L25 W50 D17 D11 L8 3
28 Joshua Colas 13242201 1770 1766 NY D41 W33 L23 W45 D25 L11 3
29 David Kogan 12831200 1766 1775 NY L22 W52 W51 L4 W35 L10 3
30 Scott Boyce 12415480 1711 1730 NY L2 W59 W19 D25 L17 D32 3
31 Patrick Chi 13031541 1697 1699 NY D7 L19 L14 D46 W54 W47 3
32 Phil Thomas 13312957 1678 1693 NY L35 L49 W40 W51 D22 D30 3
33 Jimmy D Zhou 12899289 1664 1689 NY D26 L28 W49 D22 W47 L18 3
34 Alexander Katz 12789129 1882 1863 NY W58 D9 L8 L15 D39 H---
35 Matt J Rubenstein 12629755 1841 1814 MA W32 L6 L13 W54 L29 D39
36 Austin P Healy 12539030 1836 1808 NY W40 L37 D39 D42 L14 H---
37 Joshua Fallenstein 12788068 1767 1764 PA W50 W36 L1 L23 L24 H---
38 Harold Stenger 12458408 1707 1711 NY L4 W54 L24 D18 W43 L19
39 Polly P Wright 11041957 1703 1717 NY D23 D26 D36 L11 D34 D35
40 Toyin Gbenle 13217611 1666 1640 CT L36 L42 L32 B--- W52 H---
41 Drew Lavine 12763547 1656 1660 NY D28 L15 W43 L26 L18 W50
42 Ethan R Segall: r/e 12906644 1656 1669 CT L6 W40 D26 D36 D20 L21
43 John C Retarides 12842910 1652 1657 CT H--- L1 L41 W56 L38 W51
44 Michael D Brooks 12751188 1636 1667 VT W19 D11 D9 L5 D21 L20
45 Kevin Berry 12562257 1540 1558 CT L47 W62 D20 L28 W48 L22
46 Lawrence J Books 12734308 1379 1401 MD B--- L8 L48 D31 D51 H---
47 Thomas J Mendola 12840192 1826 1784 NY W45 L4 L16 W50 L33 L31 2
48 Donald Stubblebine 10137705 1820 1784 NY D8 L7 W46 L16 L45 H--- 2
49 Volodymyr Romanchuk: r/e 13160848 1659 1642 NJ L27 W32 L33 L19 L50 W54 2
50 David S Miller 12413213 1606 1591 NY L37 W60 L27 L47 W49 L41 2
51 Stephen Zabbia 12839169 1874 1818 NY W54 L17 L29 L32 D46 L43
52 James V Talwar 12783709 1453 1457 NY L12 L29 W56 L14 L40 H---
53 William Fisher 12910347 1792 1791 NY W56 L2 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1
54 Arthur L Alowitz 12104800 1632 1586 NY L51 L38 W61 L35 L31 L49 1
55 Donald F Brooks 12687529 1210 1214 VT W63 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1
56 Elihue Hill Jr 11442102 1700 1649 NY L53 L20 L52 L43 U--- U--- 0
57 Will J Brooks 12834950 1678 1664 VT L11 L21 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
58 Volodymyr Romanchuk 13160848 1659 1646 NJ L34 L5 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
59 Ethan R Segall 12906644 1656 1640 CT L18 L30 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
60 Karthik Rao-Kalagnanam 13331990 1291 1286 NY U--- L50 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
61 Jonathan Baccay 13636015 1058 1056 NY U--- U--- L54 U--- U--- U--- 0
62 Christian Baccay 13636021 999 997 NY U--- L45 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
63 Ken Stahl 12662076 862 857 NY L55 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0

 

 

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 Prize
1 Daniel F Johnston 13335422 1489 1591 NY W46 W21 W22 W15 W4 D3 $1,000
2 Kevin J Brown 13218112 1500 1536 NY W25 D30 W13 D19 W26 W10 5 $400
3 Brian A Clark 13989975 1449 1530 NY D41 W42 W6 W20 W21 D1 5 $400
4 Michael Laccetti 12506268 1502 1549 NY W10 W34 W14 W17 L1 D7 $75
5 Georg Mueller 14004798 1442 1469 GER D13 W39 D11 D27 W30 W20 $75
6 Marc Nolan 12570654 1563 1557 MA L19 W41 L3 W34 W32 W25 4
7 Guy Colas 12566278 1524 1523 NY L20 D35 W36 W12 W19 D4 4
8 Walter M Chesnut 12670166 1513 1524 VT W24 W23 L17 W32 L10 W26 4
9 John N Hartnett 12592268 1481 1471 NY W47 L14 L12 W37 W38 W27 4
10 Matt Slomski 13728940 1425 1453 NY L4 W47 W48 W14 W8 L2 4
11 Joachim Zink 13855356 1343 1422 NY W18 D15 D5 W22 H--- H--- 4 $300
(1st-3rd, Under 1400)
12 William M Rich 12608808 1234 1346 NY L22 W18 W9 L7 W40 X53 4 $300
(1st-3rd, Under 1400)
13 Zubin Mukerjee 13466251 1213 1376 NY D5 W45 L2 D33 W31 W21 4 $300
(1st-3rd, Under 1400)
14 Fred Sauberman 12577352 1577 1566 NY W50 W9 L4 L10 W23 H---
15 David M Worl 10138108 1507 1503 NY W51 D11 W33 L1 D25 H---
16 Lew A Millenbach 10120985 1500 1478 NY L30 W28 D25 W39 L20 W35
17 Bernard Rosenthal 12399914 1500 1518 NY W27 W29 W8 L4 H--- U---
18 John Kruppenbacher 12717796 1492 1476 NY L11 L12 W47 W28 W33 D19
19 Aravind Kumar 13668844 1410 1447 NJ W6 W26 D20 D2 L7 D18
20 Haris Nizam 13854588 1377 1418 NY W7 W43 D19 L3 W16 L5
21 James Lynch 12088510 1549 1522 NY W28 L1 W30 W24 L3 L13 3
22 Cameron Burger 12786361 1509 1494 NH W12 W32 L1 L11 D24 H--- 3
23 Trevor Murphy 12771202 1445 1425 MA W37 L8 W34 L26 L14 W42 3
24 Everett Pashley 12254520 1435 1418 NY L8 W51 W38 L21 D22 D30 3
25 Shelby J Lohrman 12804652 1422 1417 NY L2 W37 D16 W42 D15 L6 3
26 Wayne E Powers 12842342 1421 1422 NY W36 L19 W43 W23 L2 L8 3
27 Heather Sanford Har-Zvi 12744628 1353 1381 NY L17 W40 W31 D5 H--- L9 3
28 Mike P Lionti 12578256 1344 1354 NY L21 L16 W51 L18 W47 W40 3
29 Ziqing Dong 13755934 1183 1218 NY B--- L17 L32 D31 D43 W41 3
30 Kiernan R McVay 12837120 1158 1275 NJ W16 D2 L21 W35 L5 D24 3
31 William A Stahl 12666902 1511 1450 NY L34 W46 L27 D29 L13 W45
32 Terence Hardison 13001226 1437 1403 VT W48 L22 W29 L8 L6 D36
33 Frank Giglio 13633298 1435 1413 NY W40 H--- L15 D13 L18 D38
34 Te-Ching Chen 13233014 1301 1311 NY W31 L4 L23 L6 D37 W43
35 Leo Vigna 13452361 1300 1304 NY L43 D7 W41 L30 W45 L16
36 Karthik Rao-Kalagnanam 13331990 1291 1273 NY L26 B--- L7 L40 W48 D32
37 Jonathan Baccay 13636015 1058 1085 NY L23 L25 B--- L9 D34 W47
38 Reva S Singh 13551611 1037 1152 NY L44 W50 L24 W43 L9 D33
39 John G Femia 13986060 unr. 1264 NY D45 L5 W46 L16 H--- H---
40 Edwin Doscher 13211475 1552 1479 NY L33 L27 W45 W36 L12 L28 2
41 Mark Mieth: r/e 12975121 1375 1331 NY D3 L6 L35 W46 D42 L29 2
42 Donald F Brooks 12687529 1210 1194 VT B--- L3 H--- L25 D41 L23 2
43 Jacob Berman 12939012 1446 1366 NY W35 L20 L26 L38 D29 L34
44 Jason Roscup 12784364 1443 1448 NY W38 H--- U--- U--- U--- U---
45 Neil T Davignon 12539696 1378 1315 NY D39 L13 L40 W48 L35 L31
46 William H Maier 12394165 1253 1211 NY L1 L31 L39 L41 L49 W48 1
47 Phyllis Benjamin 12081230 1219 1162 NY L9 L10 L18 W52 L28 L37 1
48 Christian Baccay 13636021 999 970 NY L32 B--- L10 L45 L36 L46 1
49 Patrick Vigna 14002655 unr. 1613 NY U--- U--- U--- U--- W46 U--- 1
50 Mark Mieth 12975121 1375 1341 NY L14 L38 H--- U--- U--- U--- ½
51 Bruce E Backer 12702439 1215 1189 NY L15 L24 L28 U--- U--- U--- 0
52 Reinhard Mueller 14003890 unr. 750 GER U--- U--- U--- L47 U--- U--- 0
53 Steve's Fault (@#$*?!) unr. 750 NYC U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- F12 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 Prize
1 Matthew Clough 12626330 1086 1267 NY W31 W23 W7 W8 W2 W5 6 $800
2 Sebastian Spitz 13619514 1180 1220 NJ W30 W19 W6 W17 L1 W7 5 $400
3 Maximilian Katz 13994425 unr. 1352 NY L4 W27 W18 W9 W12 W6 5 $100/First Unrated
Unrated Prize Limit
4 Aanarian Stevens 12877911 1166 1202 NY W3 L9 D33 W13 W21 W15 $100
5 Jeffrey A Young 12911889 1069 1179 NY W27 W14 D21 W11 W15 L1 $100
6 Lucas Marciano 13882995 1038 1104 MA W24 W20 L2 W28 W8 L3 4
7 Dilip Aaron 12921644 1010 1047 NY W32 W26 L1 W20 W17 L2 4
8 Eric M Stahl 12757858 1007 1099 NY W22 W12 W13 L1 L6 W17 4
9 Kyler M McVay 13335286 991 1117 NJ W28 W4 L17 L3 W14 W18 4 First Under 1000
10 Takayuki Ishikawa 13698838 1132 1085 NY L23 W32 L19 W25 D20 W24
11 Neil R Parry 13494097 1099 1082 NY L20 W25 W26 L5 W27 D12
12 Anthony Lecrichia 13982182 1059 1067 NY W25 L8 W31 W19 L3 D11
13 Chen Qu 13940256 924 1000 NY W15 H--- L8 L4 W31 W22 Second Under 1000
14 Jeffrey D Zhou 12899287 1187 1123 NY X36 L5 L28 W33 L9 W31 3
15 Susie Doscher 13193697 1178 1144 NY L13 W30 W23 W21 L5 L4 3
16 Bernard Crawford 13219775 1109 1049 NY L19 L31 D24 W29 W33 D21 3
17 Jack Zhao 13473180 1076 1054 NY W35 W33 W9 L2 L7 L8 3
18 Partho Bhattacharya 13563270 1072 1056 NY W29 L21 L3 W26 W28 L9 3
19 Philip A Thibault 12367190 925 985 NY W16 L2 W10 L12 D22 D20 3
20 Jonathan Richman 13799893 880 964 NY W11 L6 W22 L7 D10 D19 3
21 Antonio Bustamante 14003910 unr. 1086 NY W34 W18 D5 L15 L4 D16 3 Second Unrated
22 Max Kuperman 10121183 1126 1061 NY L8 W24 L20 W23 D19 L13
23 Robert De Long 12573070 915 947 NY W10 L1 L15 L22 W30 D27
24 Charles Eson 12840766 895 898 NY L6 L22 D16 W35 W34 L10
25 Ken Stahl 12662076 862 849 NY L12 L11 B--- L10 W32 D28
26 Lisako M Ishikawa 13715462 777 775 NY B--- L7 L11 L18 D35 W34
27 Michael B Blazar 14006705 unr. 981 NY L5 L3 W29 W30 L11 D23
28 Gautam K Khakhar 14008215 unr. 956 NY L9 W34 W14 L6 L18 D25
29 Patrick Vigna 14002655 unr. 749 NY L18 D35 L27 L16 B--- W33
30 Steven Danko 12659823 1007 956 NY L2 L15 W32 L27 L23 W37 2
31 Isabella Lecrichia 13835017 699 782 NY L1 W16 L12 W34 L13 L14 2
32 Reinhard Mueller 14003890 unr. 671 GER L7 L10 L30 B--- L25 W35 2
33 Akhilesh Khakhar 13601375 843 804 NY B--- L17 D4 L14 L16 L29
34 Liza Vigna 13641660 1034 900 NY L21 L28 W35 L31 L24 L26 1
35 Zain Nizam 14008200 unr. 575 NY L17 D29 L34 L24 D26 L32 1
36 Muqsith Ahmadi 13576255 859 859 NY F14 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
37 Rhonda L Phillips 12571845 893 875 NY U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L30 0
 
Tied Under 2000 Section Through Under 1200 Section Players Are Listed Above In Order Of Their Pre-Tournament Ratings

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