22 PLAYERS COMPETE FOR CASH PRIZES: 4 QUADS / +3SS
QUAD 1
Matthew Fishbein 3 wins for 1st place.
[+41 rating points to 2195]
Matthew Fishbein vs Arthur Tang, Round 3.
QUAD 2
Tyson Slesnick (left) plays black vs Conway Xu in Round 2.
Tyson went 3 for 3 to capture sole 1st place in Quad 2.
(background): Jason Tang v Aashish Welling;
Brandon Wu v Luke Lung; David Martin v Alex Yu
QUAD 3
Luke Lung plays black vs Alex Yu in Round 3.
Luke took 1st place with 3 wins; Alex was 2nd with 2 wins.
[+66 rating points for Luke; +10 for Alex]
(background, left to right): Prof. Timothy Sage vs NM Siddarth Arun,
Jason Tang, Aashish Welling . . .
QUAD 4: MAGIC TOUCH
Eddie Wei scored 3-0 to take home the cash.
[+52 rating points]
Phu Si Vo, black vs Mark O'Brien in Round 2.
Phu Si scored 2 wins to secure 2nd place.
(background): Mark Buckles vs Eddie Wei;
Daniel Fishbein, black vs Alex Brown.
3SS
Tony DiNosse plays black vs Daniel Fishbein, Round 3.
(background): Pooja Welling vs Alex Brown
Tony took 1st place with 3 wins. Daniel and Pooja Welling
each scored 2 points to share 2-3rd place.
[Tony Di's rating: + 246!! to 1202. Bravo, Tony!]
PARTING SHOT
CHESS IS TOUGH
Eric Heinecke vs Achyuta Rajaram, Round 3.
EVENT TD
Thanks to Nathan Smolensky
for running a successful QUADS event.
PHOTOS: Steve Stepak
LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM ZURICH:
MAGNUS CARLSEN: SAVED FROM
CERTAIN 'DEATH' BEATS USA No. 1, again!
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