Sunday, August 12, 2012

Hoyos still in front; 14 others within a point of the lead

Kathy & Rusty Miller were among those honored at the 2012 US Open Awards luncheon on Saturday, August 11.
Photo credit: Jeffrey Roland

See related story here.


Standings after Round 8 of 9 in the 2012 U.S. Open Chess Championship:


1 GM Hoyos, Manuel Leon MEX 2679 7.5
2 GM Seirawan, Yasser WA 2674 7.0
3 Norowitz, Yaacov NJ 2569 7.0
4 GM Gurevich, Dmitry IL 2539 7.0
5 IM Sarkar, Justin NY 2483 7.0
6 IM Bercys, Salvijus NY 2479 7.0
7 IM Mulyar, Michael A CO 2456 7.0
8 FM Bryant, John Daniel CA 2455 7.0
9 GM Ramirez, Alejandro TX 2643 6.5
10 GM Shabalov, Alexander PA 2619 6.5
11 GM Diamant, Andre BRA 2573 6.5
12 Shetty, Atulya Arya MI 2400 6.5
13 Aaron, Deepak NY 2353 6.5(1)
14 Shvartsman, Andrew Nathaniel NJ 2343 6.5
15 Zavortink, Matt WA 2051 6.5
(1) includes half point bye in round 9

Complete cross table can be found here (517 players)

Blitz results are here (129 players) - won by GM Andre Diamont (12.2) of GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (11.5-2.5)

Blitz report on Susan Polgar Daily News and Information.

Note: This was a partial republication of my blog today for Northwest Chess.
Links to the earlier posts on the 2012 U.S. Open Chess Championship:
Schedules Merge at 2012 U.S. Open (8/11/12)
Four players tied at 5.5-0.5 (8/10/12)
Breckenridge draws with GM D. Gurevich; Results through Rd. 5 (8/9/12)
Denker, Barber complete. Six day schedule begins in the main event. (8/8/12)
11 perfect scores after 3 rounds in the US Open Traditional Schedule (8/7/12)
Round 2 Traditional Schedule Results for leading Northwest Players (8/6/12)
Northwest well represented in the Denker and Barber tournaments (8/6/12)
First Side Event Completed at 2012 U.S. Open (8/6/12)



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