Hi guys. Announcements: (1) The club championship will take place during the seven weeks the club meets in November and December. During the first three Mondays of November, there will be a Swiss event running alongside the club championship. In the last week of November, Geoff Collins will be holding a simul for those not playing the championship. In December, there will be yet another 3-round Swiss. Prizes for the Swiss will be books from my supply of donated prizes. I will have the books with me at club on December 18th. NCC 226 - Upsets Joe Grassi (1258) over Al Strelzoff (1723) -> 465 points Paul Baginski (1740) over Gerry Potorski (2087) -> 347 points Ryan Rotcavich (1420) over Al Strelzoff (1723) -> 303 points Joe Grassi (1258) over Walter Whitmore (1500) -> 242 points Keith Hamer (1304) over Walter Whitmore (1500) -> 196 points NCC 226 - Prize Winners 1st: John Elmore ($60) 2nd: Hrishikesh Vedula ($30) Under: Rob Georgenes and Angus MacDonald ($15 each) Upset: Joe Grassi ($20) NCC 226 - Crosstable No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Score 1. Elmore, John P (3) ........... NH 2049 W7 W2 W5 W10 W4 5.0 2. Vedula, Hrishikesh Sai (6) ... NH 1906 W15 L1 W19 W8 W9 4.0 3. Baginski, Paul A (10) ........ MA 1740 W12 L5 W20 D9 W11 3.5 4. Cousins, Robert P (1) ........ NH 2142 -H- -H- W14 W13 L1 3.0 5. Fried, Claude (4) ............ NH 2002 W17 W3 L1 -H- D6 3.0 6. OConnor, Eric (8) ............ MA 1803 W11 D9 D13 D12 D5 3.0 7. Georgenes, Robert J (11) ..... MA 1729 L1 D11 D16 W19 W15 3.0 8. MacDonald, Angus John (20) ... NH nnnn -H- -H- W18 L2 W14 3.0 9. Nugent, Arthur P (5) ......... MA 2000 W14 D6 D10 D3 L2 2.5 10. Moore, Michael O D (7) ....... MA 1864 W19 W20 D9 L1 -N- 2.5 11. Grassi, Joseph Michael (18) .. NH 1258 L6 D7 W17 W18 L3 2.5 12. Potorski, Gerald Field (2) ... NH 2087 L3 W15 -H- D6 -N- 2.0 13. Clifford, James (9) .......... NH 1777 -H- W16 D6 L4 -N- 2.0 14. Rotcavich, Ryan (14) ......... MA 1420 L9 W17 L4 W16 L8 2.0 15. Kary, Mitch (15) ............. MA 1400 L2 L12 -B- W20 L7 2.0 16. Hamer, Keith (16) ............ NH 1304 -H- L13 D7 L14 W18 2.0 17. Strelzoff, Alan G (12) ....... MA 1723 L5 L14 L11 -H- W19 1.5 18. Whitmore, Walter (13) ........ MA 1500 -H- -H- L8 L11 L16 1.0 19. Schramm, Guenter (17) ........ MA 1297 L10 -B- L2 L7 L17 1.0 20. Gadomski, Thadeus A (19) ..... ME 1195 -B- L10 L3 L15 -N- 1.0 NCC Club Championship Qualification Standings (Final) (1) John Elmore 46.60(47)(SRR) (2) Robert Cousins 39.25(30)(SRR) (3) Hrishi Vedula 38.70(42)(DRR) (4) Gerry Potorski 36.35(36)(SRR) (5) Claude Fried 29.00(35)(DRR) (6) Paul Baginski 27.50(46)(Either) (7) Eric O'Connor 26.20(37)(SRR) (8) Kerry McDermott 25.60(32)(SRR) (9) Rob Georgenes 25.00(41) (10) Art Nugent 23.50(45) (11) Ryan Rotcavich 21.10(35) (12) Al Strelzoff 20.50(40) (13) James Clifford 17.50(24) (14) Mitch Kary 15.50(33) (15) Danny Shea 12.00(21) (16) Rayhan Riaz 11.00(14) (17) Keith Hamer 10.50(36) (18) Gary Adamowicz 10.25(15) (19) Tom Shneer 10.00(18) (20) Joseph Grassi 9.60(12) (21) Guenter Schramm 9.10(32) (22) Bob Kaminsky 9.00(17) (23) Paul Arond 7.00(11) (24) Walter Whitmore 6.00(24) (25) Michael Moore 6.00(8) (26) Adam Cico 4.50(8) (27) Tim Hanke 4.00(5) (28) Joshua Roux 2.50(5) (29-31) Robbie Webster 2.00(3) (29-31) Steven Wheeler 2.00(3) (29-31) Angus MacDonald 2.00(3) (32) Ansh Yadawad 1.50(2) (33) Thad Gadomski 1.00(4) (34) Ben Shea 1.00(1) (35) David Vredenburgh 0.50(1) Club Championship Pairings As indicated in the listing above, the qualifying players, by majority vote, favored a single round-robin club championship. Please note that there are 7 rounds in the event. Those players who qualified 1-4 will get an extra white, while those that qualified 5-8 will get an extra black. Nov 6: Potorski-McDermott; Fried-Vedula; Baginski-Cousins; O'Connor-Elmore Nov 13: Vedula-McDermott; Potorski-Cousins; Fried-Elmore; Baginski-O'Connor Nov 20: Elmore-Cousins; O'Connor-Vedula; Baginski-Potorski; McDermott-Fried Nov 27: McDermott-Baginski; O'Connor-Fried; Elmore-Potorski; Cousins-Vedula Dec 4: Cousins-McDermott; Vedula-Elmore; Potorski-O'Connor; Fried-Baginski Dec 11: Elmore-McDermott; Cousins-O'Connor; Vedula-Baginski; Potorski-Fried Dec 18: Vedula-Potorski; Elmore-Baginski; McDermott-O'Connor; Cousins-Fried See you next week! John