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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
National Open Tournament

Aleksandr Lenderman5.5/6(+5 -0 =1)[games]
Timur Gareyev5/6(+4 -0 =2)[games]
Enrico Sevillano5/6(+4 -0 =2)[games]
Mikheil Kekelidze5/6(+5 -1 =0)[games]
Arun Sharma4.5/6(+3 -0 =3)[games]
Sam Shankland4.5/6(+3 -0 =3)[games]
Milos Perunovic4.5/6(+4 -1 =1)[games]
Anatoly Bykhovsky4.5/6(+4 -1 =1)[games]
Eric Hansen4.5/6(+4 -1 =1)[games]
Larry Kaufman4/6(+4 -2 =0)[games]
Ivan Ivanisevic4/6(+3 -1 =2)[games]
Mackenzie Molner4/6(+3 -1 =2)[games]
Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez3.5/6(+2 -1 =3)[games]
Andre Diamant3.5/6(+3 -2 =1)[games]
Michael William Brown3.5/6(+3 -2 =1)[games]
Ray Robson3.5/6(+2 -1 =3)[games]
Axel Bachmann3.5/6(+2 -1 =3)[games]
Steven Zierk3.5/6(+3 -2 =1)[games]
Tamaz Gelashvili3.5/5(+3 -1 =1)[games]
Anjelina Belakovskaia3/6(+3 -3 =0)[games]
Nick Raptis3/6(+2 -2 =2)[games]
Matt Anzis3/6(+3 -3 =0)[games]
Sabina-Francesca Foisor3/4(+3 -1 =0)[games]
Varuzhan Akobian3/4(+3 -1 =0)[games]
Mihaela-Veronica Foisor3/6(+3 -3 =0)[games]
Kazim Gulamali3/5(+2 -1 =2)[games]
William John Stewart2.5/4(+2 -1 =1)[games]
Benjamin Finegold2.5/4(+1 -0 =3)[games]
Eugene Yanayt2.5/5(+2 -2 =1)[games]
Matt D Helfst2/4(+2 -2 =0)[games]
Edward Formanek2/5(+2 -3 =0)[games]
Sergey Kudrin2/4(+2 -2 =0)[games]
(87 players total; 55 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Menon vs M Perunovic  0-1342012National OpenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
2. N Salman vs E Sevillano 0-1502012National OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
3. M Anzis vs P Karagianis  0-1512012National OpenA57 Benko Gambit
4. M Foisor vs E Hansen  0-1302012National OpenD85 Grunfeld
5. L Harmon-Vellotti vs V Akobian 0-1862012National OpenE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
6. N Raptis vs A Bykhovsky  0-1392012National OpenD93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
7. Y Liou vs T Gelashvili  0-1822012National OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
8. K Wallach vs Shankland  0-11182012National OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
9. G Lapid Shafriri vs L Kaufman  0-1342012National OpenA65 Benoni, 6.e4
10. K Kavutskiy vs Lenderman 0-1582012National OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
11. P Karagianis vs M Kekelidze  0-1272012National OpenE10 Queen's Pawn Game
12. P Graves vs T Gareyev  0-1212012National OpenD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
13. R C Schmidt vs M Foisor  0-1312012National OpenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
14. K P Thomas vs N Raptis 0-1322012National OpenC02 French, Advance
15. D Yarbro vs A Sharma  0-1622012National OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. E Formanek vs S Zierk  0-1452012National OpenD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
17. D Bacus vs A Diamant  0-1212012National OpenB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
18. D Bacus vs M Molner  0-1442012National OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
19. W J Stewart vs Shankland  0-1472012National OpenB32 Sicilian
20. Eric Qi vs K Gulamali  0-1272012National OpenC53 Giuoco Piano
21. M Foisor vs L Kaufman  0-1362012National OpenA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
22. D Chakraborty vs Bachmann  0-1762012National OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
23. M Kekelidze vs A Bykhovsky  0-1542012National OpenD80 Grunfeld
24. J Bryant vs T Gelashvili  0-1522012National OpenB06 Robatsch
25. V West vs E Hansen 0-1462012National OpenB40 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-27-12  PhilFeeley: A good reason why open Swiss tournaments are dangerous for strong players:

W J Stewart vs Robson, 2012

Jun-27-12  Jossy: nice!
Jun-28-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  LIFE Master AJ: I played in the National Open back in the 1990's ...
Jun-30-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: This was somewhat ignored by the kibitzers. I guess the games got dropped in at the same time as a bigger event.
Jul-30-12  zoren: Past years ago usually generated a lot more interest with Nakamura, return of Kamsky, Loek van Wely, Ray Robson making a splash, and the rise of a number of Filipino GM's.

In a way it's a stepping stone for strong (American) players, few of the above mentioned players had a lot of interviews and it was a good way for them to get on a good footing.

Congrats to Lenderman!

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