From the TD, Michael O’Connor:
Thank you to all of you who participated in the 2013 Dutchess County Championship. A special congratulations to the trophy winners:
Ernie Johnson First Place
Ayman Haoula Second Place
Bob Simmons Class A
Mike O’Connor Class B
Al Musumeci Class C
[Editor’s note and interesting statistic: Class winners Bob Simmons (A), Michael O’Connor (B), and Al Musumeci (C) all ended up with 3.5 points, showing the strong parity among club members, regardless of USCF rating]
Here are the final standings:
Standings. DCC_2013
# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Ernie Johnson W3 W11 H— W2 W7 4.5 13 13 13 41.5
2 Ayman Haoula W14 W6 W17 L1 W9 4.0 12 13.5 13 44
3 Michael O’Connor L1 W19 H— W17 W10 3.5 10 10 8 33
4 Bob Simmons W18 D9 H— D10 W13 3.5 9 9 10 30.5
5 Al Musumeci L10 H— W26 W14 W11 3.5 8 8 7.5 25
6 George Oliveras W16 L2 W21 L13 W15 3.0 11 13 9 38
7 Darius Jafary W26 W15 H— D9 L1 3.0 10.5 10.5 11 33
8 Jay Mayur W27 H— H— U— W18 3.0 3.5 3.5 8.5 5.5
9 Scott Strattner W12 D4 H— D7 L2 2.5 9 13 9 41.5
10 Craig Fisher W5 D17 H— D4 L3 2.5 8.5 12 9 34
11 Ken Evans W19 L1 H— W12 L5 2.5 7.5 12 8 31
12 Daniel Rosa L9 W18 H— L11 W17 2.5 5.5 8 6 28.5
13 David Antonucci H— H— H— W6 L4 2.5 3 6.5 6.5 19.5
14 Michael Mendez L2 W16 L15 L5 W22 2.0 10 14 5 37
15 Noah Kulick W28 L7 W14 U— L6 2.0 7 10 8 27.5
16 Mark Webb L6 L14 D18 D19 W26 2.0 6 9 3.5 22.5
17 Naor Isak W29 D10 L2 L3 L12 1.5 10.5 14.5 7 39.5
18 Andrew Schmidt L4 L12 D16 W20 L8 1.5 10 13.5 3.5 35
19 Richard Whearty L11 L3 H— D16 D20 1.5 6.5 10 2.5 25.5
20 Muhil Arumugam H— H— U— L18 D19 1.5 1.5 3 4 6.5
21 Bill McGreevy H— H— L6 H— U— 1.5 0 3 4 9
22 Alex Xin H— H— U— U— L14 1.0 0 2 3.5 5
23 Angelo Limardo H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
24 Dharshan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
25 Krishnan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
26 Sanjay Natesan L7 H— L5 U— L16 0.5 5 8.5 1.5 23
27 Jeff Messerich L8 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 3.5 1.5 9.5
28 James Lynch L15 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 2.5 1.5 8
29 Garrett Deutermann L17 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 1.5 1.5 7
2 Ayman Haoula W14 W6 W17 L1 W9 4.0 12 13.5 13 44
3 Michael O’Connor L1 W19 H— W17 W10 3.5 10 10 8 33
4 Bob Simmons W18 D9 H— D10 W13 3.5 9 9 10 30.5
5 Al Musumeci L10 H— W26 W14 W11 3.5 8 8 7.5 25
6 George Oliveras W16 L2 W21 L13 W15 3.0 11 13 9 38
7 Darius Jafary W26 W15 H— D9 L1 3.0 10.5 10.5 11 33
8 Jay Mayur W27 H— H— U— W18 3.0 3.5 3.5 8.5 5.5
9 Scott Strattner W12 D4 H— D7 L2 2.5 9 13 9 41.5
10 Craig Fisher W5 D17 H— D4 L3 2.5 8.5 12 9 34
11 Ken Evans W19 L1 H— W12 L5 2.5 7.5 12 8 31
12 Daniel Rosa L9 W18 H— L11 W17 2.5 5.5 8 6 28.5
13 David Antonucci H— H— H— W6 L4 2.5 3 6.5 6.5 19.5
14 Michael Mendez L2 W16 L15 L5 W22 2.0 10 14 5 37
15 Noah Kulick W28 L7 W14 U— L6 2.0 7 10 8 27.5
16 Mark Webb L6 L14 D18 D19 W26 2.0 6 9 3.5 22.5
17 Naor Isak W29 D10 L2 L3 L12 1.5 10.5 14.5 7 39.5
18 Andrew Schmidt L4 L12 D16 W20 L8 1.5 10 13.5 3.5 35
19 Richard Whearty L11 L3 H— D16 D20 1.5 6.5 10 2.5 25.5
20 Muhil Arumugam H— H— U— L18 D19 1.5 1.5 3 4 6.5
21 Bill McGreevy H— H— L6 H— U— 1.5 0 3 4 9
22 Alex Xin H— H— U— U— L14 1.0 0 2 3.5 5
23 Angelo Limardo H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
24 Dharshan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
25 Krishnan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
26 Sanjay Natesan L7 H— L5 U— L16 0.5 5 8.5 1.5 23
27 Jeff Messerich L8 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 3.5 1.5 9.5
28 James Lynch L15 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 2.5 1.5 8
29 Garrett Deutermann L17 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 1.5 1.5 7
(names in italics did not actually show up to play, but were assigned byes in case they did)
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