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Chess Forum / General Topics / June 2009NY International
Final round (9) pairings: Bd # Res White Player Name # Res Black Player Name 1 12 0 IM Samuel Shankland (2481) (Needs draw for GM Norm) 7 0 GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2622) 2 6 1/2 GM Alexander Stripunsky (2623) 2 1/2 GM Zbyneil Hracek (2664) 3 1 GM Jaan Ehlvest (2673) 9 GM Jesse Kraai (2531) 4 11 IM Oliver A Barbosa (2509) 24 Igor Sorkin (2392) 5 14 1 IM Lev Milman (2472) (Needs win for GM Norm) 3 0 GM Leonid G Yudasin (2638) 6 5 GM Sergey Kudrin (2626) 21 IM Jay Bonin (2408) 7 10 1/2 IM Dean J Ippolito (2521) 20 1/2 Mackenzie Molner (2415) (Needs win for IM Norm) 8 23 IM Leonid Gerzhoy (2402) 18 IM Justin Sarkar (2427) 9 8 IM Jacek Stopa (2532) 44 Jeffrey Haskel (2216) 10 13 IM Irina Krush (2474) 26 FM Daniel A Yeager (2378) 11 43 FM Ryan Harper (2223) (Needs win for IM Norm) 27 Siddharth Ravichandran (2356) At this moment, GMs Hracek, Stripunsky, Kacheishvili and IM Shankland are tied for 1st with 6.5 points. Needing a draw with the White pieces against GM Kacheishvili for a GM norm, IM Shankland lost. IM Milman needed a win with the White pieces against GM Yudasin and he got it. Molner needed a win against IM Ippolito to get his IM norm and he did not succeed. I will update more as the games finish. Official website: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/ GMs Hracek, Stripunsky, Kacheishvili and IMs Shankland and Barbosa (?) are tied for 1st with 6.5 points. According to various sources, only 4 are tied for 1st. However, according to my personal calculation, IM Barbosa also tied for 1st with 6.5 points. That makes it 5. Needing a draw with the White pieces against GM Kacheishvili for a GM norm, IM Shankland lost. IM Milman needed a win with the White pieces against GM Yudasin and he got it. Molner needed a win against IM Ippolito to get his IM norm and he did not succeed. FM Harper needed a win against Ravichandran for an IM norm and he lost as well. Official website: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/ M Milman (2472) - GM Yudasin (2638) [B43] NY International (9), 23.06.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0–0 d6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Qg3 Bf8 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.a3 d5 15.Bd3 e5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Rxe5 19.Bd4 Rh5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Be2 Rf5 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nxd5 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 a5 25.a4 Be6 26.Nxf6 Rd8 27.Ne4 Rd4 28.Ng5 Bc4 29.Rd1 Rf4 30.Bf3 Be7 31.Nh3 Rh4 32.Nf2 Be6 33.b3 Bf5 34.g3 Rb4 35.Re1 Bc5 36.Re2 Bg6 37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Bd5 Rd4 39.Be4 f5 40.Bf3 Bd6 41.c3 White wins 1–0 Click here to replay the game. With this win, IM Milman earns his final GM norm at the NY International. Congratulations to GM-elect Milman! Lev Milman in his early days at the Polgar Chess Center: >M Milman (2472) - GM Yudasin (2638) [B43] >NY International (9), 23.06.2009 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Lev Milman in his early days at the Polgar Chess Center: This reminds me of an oral "report" a classmate of mine once gave in grade school. Teacher looked impressed until he read, "as illustrated". |
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