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Chess Life Online 2015 September Magesh Panchanathan Wins New Jersey Open
Chess Life Online 2015 September Magesh Panchanathan Wins New Jersey Open | Magesh Panchanathan Wins New Jersey Open |
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| By Pete Tamburro | |
| September 8, 2015 | |
GM Magesh Panchanathan
GM Magesh Panchanathan, a New Jersey resident, and GM Sergei Azarov, of Belarus, with 5-1 scores, edged out last year’s defending state champions GM Joel Benjamin and GM Alex Stripunsky, who, a half-point back, shared third place honors with fellow GMs Mackenzie Molner, Arun Subramanian, Sergey Kudrin, Alex Fishbein and John Fedorowicz. 8048 Spectators were thrilled that there were no short “grandmaster draws.” The games were characterized by uncompromising efforts on the part of the titled players. Stripunsky pulled off what was easily the “save of the tournament” in a losing position against Panchanathan. Up and coming young players benefitted greatly by the experience of trying their skills against the professionals, with some being very successful. Seventeen year old and national master Jeremy Glassman upset IM Yaacov Norowitz in the second round. 8049 The New Jersey State Chess Federation made a conscious effort to attract the grandmasters by providing free rooms at the hotel and free entry with no EF deduction if you won money. The town of Morristown was also an attraction for their families. Instead of a hotel site by a strip mall off an interstate, Morristown provided the players in their off-time and patiently waiting family members with parks, many restaurants, retail stores, movie theater, historic sites and spa all within easy walking distances. Noreen Davisson and Jim Mullanaphy directed the event. New Jersey Open Prize List Open Section 1st Place (tie) Magesh Panchanathan & Sergei Azarov 5.0/6.0 $900 each 3rd Place (tie) Alexander Stripunsky 4.5/6.0 $171.53 (each) Mackenzie Molner Arun Subramanian Sergey Kudrin Joel Benjamin Alex Fishbein John Fedorowicz Top Expert Sergei Malinin 3.5/6.0 $200 Top Class A Maanav Ganthapodi 4.0/6.0 $200 Top Under Age 13 Brandon Jacobson 4.0/6.0 Top Under Age 16 Aaron Shlionsky 4.0/6.0 Top Age 55 & Over Boris Privman 4.0/6.0 Under 2000 Section 1st Place (tie) Nico Werner Chasin 5.0/6.0 $225 (each) Jan Paragua Vedant Rautela Angelica Chin 5th Place Robert Forney 4.5/6.0 Top Class B David Liu 4.0/6.0 $22.22 (each) Amey Pasarkar Ankit Raparthi Jessica Rattray Shawn Wang Mitch Fishbein Charles Hua Samuel Zhang Claire Cao Top Class C Sean Cushman 3.5/6.0 $200.00 Top Under Age 13 Evelyn Zhu 4.0/6.0 Top Under Age 16 Maxwell Weinstein 3.5/6.0 Top Overage 55 Donnally Miller 2.5/6.0 Under 1600 1st Place Tim Kraft 5.5/6.0 $500.00 2nd Place (tie) Suraj Oruganti 5.0/6.0 $200.00 (each) Albert Yao 4th Place (tie) Sumer Maini 4.5/6.0 Dhruv Patel Top Class D Jun Kubo 4.0/6.0 $66.667 (each) Eric Yuhan Li Harpal Maini Top Class E Sean Winston Luo 3.5/6.0 $200.00 Top Class F Aryan Jhaveri 3.0/6.0 $200.00 Top Under 13 Katie Lin Top Under 16 Jaron Bernard Top Age 55 & Over Brian Cige |
