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Chess Life Online 2008 May Fantasy Down to Wire
Chess Life Online 2008 May Fantasy Down to Wire | Fantasy Down to Wire |
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| By Arun Sharma | |
| May 21, 2008 | |
 In round eight of the fantasy competition, Mark Fortunati won the round eight daily prize while Tatev Abrahamyan has the top team among Championship participants. If you wish to check how many points your team currently has, login at http://aero.eudemonia.net/fantasychess/fc_login.php using the same email and password you used to register for the contest.With only one round left, things are still far from decided with a heavy draw day doing little to change the standings, and a large number of people can still claim the top prize. Remember the first tiebreak for those who have the same score is whoever’s team has lower average rating and if that’s the same then we move to the two tiebreaker questions (who picks their teams total score closer to correct and then who is closest to picking the number of moves in the longest game correctly). The Keys to Success also changed very little with the two tourney leaders still being the most pertinent picks. Remember that these are the prizes for the Top Five: 1st Place: Monroi PCM + Signed Board of all US Championship Participants 2nd Place: Monroi PCM 3rd Place: Two Years USCF Membership Extension (Three Years for Youth) 4th Place: One Year USCF Membership Extension (Two Years for Youth) 5th Place: Signed copy of GM Joel Benjamin’s new book, American Grandmaster And these are the current standings. Overall Standings by Points: 35 Points: 1st 34.5 Points: 2nd – 3rd 34 Points: 4th 33.5 Points: 5th – 10th 32.5 Points: 11th – 21st 32 Points: 22nd – 42nd 31.5 Points: 43rd – 54th 31 Points: 55th – 90th 30.5 Points: 91st – 128th 30 Points: 129th – 178th 29.5 Points: 179th – 228th 29 Points: 229th – 278th 28.5 Points: 279th – 322nd 28 Points: 323rd – 370th 27.5 Points: 371st – 412th 27 Points: 413th – 439th 26.5 Points: 440th – 463rd 26 Points: 464th – 480th 25.5 Points: 481st – 499th 25 Points: 500th – 509th 24.5 Points: 510th – 514th 24 Points: 515th – 516th 23.5 Points: 517th – 519th 23 Points: 520th – 521st 21.5 Points: 522nd – 523rd 20 Points: 524th 18.5 Points: 525th 13.5 Points: 526th The Top Forty Two teams are: 1st Place: Ilan Meerovich (2553.8571) – 35 Points Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 Sergey Galant 1 2nd Place: Mark Fortunati (2553.7143) – 34.5 Points Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 3rd Place: Jordan Langland (2554.8571) – 34.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 David Pruess 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 4th Place: Rita Mirchandani (2539.1429) – 34 Points Irina Krush 7 Yury Shulman 6.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 5th Place: Tatev Abrahamyan (2539.2857) – 33.5 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 6th Place: Karl Bodenheimer (2546.5714) – 33.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 David Pruess 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 7th Place: Robert Cousins (2549.1429) – 33.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 8th Place: Arun Sharma (2550.8571) – 33.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Yury Shulman 6.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 9th Place: Joseph Freiberg (2553.5714) – 33.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 David Vigorito 3 Sergey Galant 1 10th Place: Paul Clift (2555.0000) – 33.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Eugene Perelshteyn 5 Josh Friedel 5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sergey Galant 1 11th Place: Harrison Leven (2552.0000) – 32.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Julio Becerra 4.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 12th Place: Thomas Langland (2552.5714) – 32.5 Points Alex Shabalov 4 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 4.5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 Michael Langer 2.5 13th Place: Kevin Leuthold (2553.1429) – 32.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Julio Becerra 4.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 14th Place: Nicholas Karas (2553.3857) – 32.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 15th Place: Bob Halliday (2553.4286) – 32.5 Points Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Jesse Kraai 4 David Pruess 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 16th – 17th Place: Janani Ramachandran (2553.8571) – 32.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sergey Galant 1 16th – 17th Place: Gerald Roberts (2553.8571) – 32.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Josh Friedel 5 Sam Shankland 2.5 Sergey Galant 1 18th Place: Michael Aigner (2554.4286) – 32.5 Points Irina Krush 7 Yury Shulman 6.5 Julio Becerra 4.5 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 19th Place: Chris Williams (2554.5714) – 32.5 Points Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Gregory Kaidanov 4 Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 20th Place: David Hater (2554.7143) – 32.5 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Jesse Kraai 4 Alex Yermolinsky 3.5 Josh Friedel 5 John Fedorowicz 4.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 21st Place: Raymond Griffin (2555.0000) – 32.5 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Benjamin Finegold 4.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 22nd Place: Zachary Haskin (2544.8571) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 John Fedorowicz 4.5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 David Vigorito 3 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 23rd Place: Cullen Bryant (2548.5714) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sergey Galant 1 24th Place: Ketan Kapre (2551.0000) – 32 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 David Pruess 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 25th Place: Sam Shankland (2551.1429) – 32 Points Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 26th Place: David Reading (2551.4286) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Yury Shulman 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Jesse Kraai 4 Larry Kaufman 3 Sergey Galant 1 27th Place: Joseph Thuemler (2551.7143) – 32 Points Gregory Kaidanov 4 Yury Shulman 6.5 Julio Becerra 4.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 28th Place: Ian Harris (2552.1429) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 Sergey Galant 1 29th Place: Daniel Bryant (2552.2857) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Gregory Kaidanov 4 Yury Shulman 6.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 Sam Shankland 2.5 30th Place: Michael Langer (2552.5714) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 David Vigorito 3 Michael Langer 2.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 31st – 32nd Place: Tara Dustin (2552.7143) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 31st – 32nd Place: Rich Van Riper (2552.7143) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 33rd Place: Harut Akopyan (2553.0000) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 David Pruess 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 34th Place: Alec Getz (2553.2857) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Alex Onischuk 5.5 John Fedorowicz 4.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 35th – 37th Place: Severo Caluza (2553.4286) – 32 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Alex Yermolinsky 3.5 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 4.5 David Pruess 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 35th – 37th Place: Brian Chan (2553.4286) – 32 Points Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 David Pruess 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 35th – 37th Place: Kevin Hyde (2553.4286) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 Sergey Galant 1 38th Place: Christopher Heung (2554.2857) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Julio Becerra 4.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 39th Place: Derek Sachs (2554.5714) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Gregory Kaidanov 4 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Tsaagan Battsetseg 4.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 40th Place: Dan Yeager (2554.8571) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Yury Shulman 6.5 Eugene Perelshteyn 5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Larry Kaufman 3 41st – 42nd Place: James Dickson (2555.0000) – 32 Points Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Alex Onischuk 5.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Sergey Kudrin 5.5 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 4.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Sergey Galant 1 41st – 42nd Place: Magesh Panchanathan (2555.0000) – 32 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Eugene Perelshteyn 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 David Pruess 3.5 David Vigorito 3 A draw heavy day vastly diminished the daily scores with the best anyone could manage being 5 / 7 (which eight players achieved). Day Eight Daily Prize: 1st Place: Mark Fortunati (2553.7143) – 5 Points (34.5 Points in Overall Contest) Alex Onischuk 5 Yury Shulman 6 Katerine Rohonyan 4.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 5 Josh Friedel 4.5 Iryna Zenyuk 2.5 Sam Shankland 2 2nd – 3nd Place: Tara Dustin (2552.7143) – 5 Points (32 Points in Overall Contest) Irina Krush 7 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Josh Friedel 5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 2nd – 3nd Place: Rich Van Riper (2552.7143) – 5 Points (32 Points in Overall Contest) Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Dean Ippolito 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Michael Langer 2.5 With only a round left Tatev Abrahamyan is in prime position to take the prize for the Championship players, holding a 1.5 point lead over her two closest competitors (and being in fifth place overall!), Sam Shankland and Michael Langer. Tatev Abrahamyan (2539.2857) – 33.5 Points Yury Shulman 6.5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Tatev Abrahamyan 6 Josh Friedel 5 David Pruess 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland (2551.1429) – 32 Points Alex Onischuk 5.5 Yury Shulman 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 Iryna Zenyuk 3.5 Daniel Ludwig 3.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 Michael Langer (2552.5714) – 32 Points Irina Krush 7 Anna Zatonskih 6.5 Varuzhan Akobian 5 Katerine Rohonyan 5.5 David Vigorito 3 Michael Langer 2.5 Sam Shankland 2.5 Keys to Success (Number of Times each player appears in the Top Forty Two teams in the Overall Contest). Irina Krush 27 Yury Shulman 24 Katerine Rohonyan 22 Daniel Ludwig 21 Josh Friedel 20 Sam Shankland 16 Alex Onischuk 14 Sergey Kudrin 14 David Pruess 14 Michael Langer 13 Iryna Zenyuk 12 Tatev Abrahamyan 12 Anna Zatonskih 11 Larry Kaufman 11 Sergey Galant 10 Tsaagan Battsetseg 9 Varuzhan Akobian 8 Dean Ippolito 7 Julio Becerra 5 Gregory Kaidanov 4 David Vigorito 4 Eugene Perelshteyn 3 Jesse Kraai 3 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 3 John Fedorowicz 3 Alex Yermolinsky 2 Alex Shabalov 1 Benjamin Finegold 1 |