25th Harvard Open

Sat-Sun September 27-28, 1997
Lowell Lecture Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
TD: Michael Gosselin     40/2, SD/1      4-round Swiss 
Open section
# Name                Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 
 1 GM Alexander Ivanov  2629 2628 W14  W5   W3   D2   3½  
 2 Jacob Chudnovsky     2413 2420 W10  D8   W4   D1   3  
 3 Rigel C Cappallo     2245 2266 W12  W9   L1   W6   3  
 4 Shearwood McClelland 2232 2248 W17  W11  L2   W9   3  
 5 Mark John La Rocca   2210 2228 W15  L1   W10  W12  3  
 6 Kenneth Tucker       2108 2128 H--- W16  W8   L3   2½  
 7 Paul Mac Intyre      2328 2300 L11  D17  W16  D8   2  
 8 Mark Shmulevich      2208 2206 W13  D2   L6   D7   2  
 9 Robert C Armes       2202 2187 W18  L3   W11  L4   2  
10 Daniel J Bartley     2119 2123 L2   W13  L5   W14  2  
11 Todd S Chase         2045 2054 W7   L4   L9   W18  2  
12 Paul A Mishkin       2009 2017 L3   W18  W14  L5   2  
13 Jared Becker         1848 1861 L8   L10  X--- W15  2  
14 Leonid Tkach         2146 2122 L1   W15  L12  L10  1  
15 Michael B Henroid    1987 1965 L5   L14  W17  L13  1  
16 Tomas P Girnius      2108 2091 H--- L6   L7   U---  ½  
17 Gilberto Kernahan    2000 1989 L4   D7   L15  U---  ½  
18 Rafik Kifl           unr.    0 L9   L12  F--- L11  0  

Under 2000 section
# Name               Rtng Post  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4  Total 
 1 John Guzman         1966 1987  W35  W19  W8   D3    3½  
 2 Chris P Desmarais   1889 1904  D24  W27  W21  W11   3½  
 3 Patrick Corn        1870 1909  W30  W29  W14  D1    3½  
 4 George N Leighton   1800 1815  W31  D21  W23  W12   3½  
 5 Richard J Judy      1987 1980  L20  W22  W19  W16   3  
 6 Robert Huntington   1900 1903  L29  W35  W20  W18   3  
 7 Amir F S Zargari    1843 1848  H--- W24  D13  W22   3  
 8 Peter Hedge         1879 1864  X--- W20  L1   D13   2½  
 9 Leo Kretschmer      1838 1823  H--- L13  W33  W24   2½  
10 Eugene Yanayt       1776 1762  W32  D11  L12  W25   2½  
11 Andrew Bakker       1628 1677  W36  D10  W17  L2    2½  
12 Joseph Perl         1626 1672  W16  D17  W10  L4    2½  
13 Jack Stolerman      1570 1627  D18  W9   D7   D8    2½  
14 Thomas Hartmayer    1958 1933  W28  H--- L3   D21   2  
15 Valentin Levin      1890 1851  L21  W28  L22  W32   2  
16 Michael O D Moore   1820 1806  L12  W30  W29  L5    2  
17 James N Sfougaris   1808 1773  W25  D12  L11  D23   2  
18 John P Laird        1796 1781  D13  H--- W32  L6    2  
19 Shayne K Bowler     1765 1769  W33  L1   L5   W28   2  
20 Benjamin Goldberg   1713 1729  W5   L8   L6   W33   2  
21 William F Stein     1674 1708  W15  D4   L2   D14   2  
22 Jon C Buxton        1624 1664  W37  L5   W15  L7    2  
23 Kathy Levi          1510 1542  W34  H--- L4   D17   2  
24 Timmy Suzman        1655 1669  D2   L7   W34  L9    1½  
25 William N Aulson    1601 1616  L17  D34  W27  L10   1½  
26 Michael D Pollen    1888 1901  U--- U--- U--- W36   1  
27 Walter A Driscoll   1787 1745  H--- L2   L25  D30   1  
28 Raphael Maiopoulos  1707 1701  L14  L15  W36  L19   1  
29 Walter J Champion   1695 1700  W6   L3   L16  U---  1  
30 David A Weinstein   1632 1628  L3   L16  D35  D27   1  
31 Jonathan Hale       1585 1604  L4   W36  U--- U---  1  
32 Noah Pang           1522 1507  L10  X--- L18  L15   1  
33 Satyajit Gupta      1465 1451  L19  B--- L9   L20   1  
34 Harold B Dondis     1768 1714  L23  D25  L24  U---   ½  
35 Joseph Franklin     1712 1694  L1   L6   D30  U---   ½  
36 Kenneth Ho          1830 1745  L11  L31  L28  L26   0  
37 Thomas J Provost    1812 1788  L22  F--- U--- U---  0  

Under 1600 section
# Name                    Rtng Post  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4  Total
 1 Sergei V Kanevsky         1383 1431  W27  W24  W3   W8    4
 2 Max Enkin                 1350 1371  D18  W31  W13  W9    3½
 3 Tibor Baksa               1462 1463  X--- W6   L1   W10   3
 4 Jack Litwinsky            1351 1349  W34  D23  W12  D5    3
 5 Albert Metcalf            1348 1356  W33  D7   X--- D4    3
 6 Melvin Zhang              1324 1327  W32  L3   W18  W14   3
 7 Alan D Schaefer           1545 1514  W26  D5   L9   W19   2½
 8 Richard Rosa              1397 1388  W20  D12  W11  L1    2½
 9 Robert J Oresick          1337 1356  W29  D17  W7   L2    2½
10 Stephen J Muise           1329 1319  W16  H--- W27  L3    2½
11 Allan Ong                 1313 1301  W28  H--- L8   W20   2½
12 Leonid Shmuylovich        1306 1296  W15  D8   L4   W22   2½
13 Ryan Dorris               unr.    0  D22  W30  L2   W18   2½
14 Joseph Agron              1247 1221  L24  W34  W28  L6    2
15 Richard Pereira           unr.    0  L12  L28  W25  W27   2
16 Max Bernstein             unr.    0  L10  W32  W24  U---  2
17 Joshua Dunton             1585 1577  W25  D9   F--- U---  1½
18 Hisaki Matsuura           unr.    0  D2   W22  L6   L13   1½
19 Dimitri Dover             unr.    0  H--- U--- W26  L7    1½
20 Raul Reyes                unr.    0  L8   H--- W21  L11   1½
21 Maryanthe Malliaris       unr.    0  H--- U--- L20  W34   1½
22 Naveen Sachdeva           unr.    0  D13  L18  W34  L12   1½
23 Puneet Setni              unr.    0  W31  D4   F--- U---  1½
24 Richard I Chang           1298 1268  W14  L1   L16  U---  1
25 Tom Allen                 1123 1057  L17  L27  L15  B---  1
26 Alexander J Rice          1005  972  L7   B--- L19  U---  1
27 Paul Danese               unr.    0  L1   W25  L10  L15   1
28 Jeffrey Levine            unr.    0  L11  W15  L14  U---  1
29 Scott Seider              unr.    0  L9   X--- F--- U---  1
30 Patrick Raszelenberg      unr.    0  H--- L13  F--- U---   ½
31 Dylan M Morris            1472 1419  L23  L2   F--- U---  0
32 John Burkett St. Laurent  unr.    0  L6   L16  F--- U---  0
33 Lee Feigenbaum            unr.    0  L5   F--- U--- U---  0
34 Catalina Laplaza          unr.    0  L4   L14  L22  L21   0

Harvard Scholastic Open

Sun September 28, 1997
Lowell Lecture Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

TD: Michael Gosselin

High school section      G/30      4-round Swiss


 # Name              Rtng Team       Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 
1 Jacob J Cortez    unr. Cambridge R&L 10  W3   W5   W8   D2   3½ 1st
2 Todd Morton       1366 Newton North  11  W9   W7   W5   D1   3½ 2nd
3 Scott M Lacey     1277 Everett       12  L1   B--- W6   W7   3  3rd
4 Scott B Silver     812 Nashua        10  B--- L8   D7   W9   2½ 4th
5 Brian J Bouvier    901 Everett       12  W6   L1   L2   B--- 2
6 Elliot Silver     unr. Nashua        11  L5   W9   L3   W8   2
7 Bridgette Vacanti  922 Westboro      10  W8   L2   D4   L3   1½
8 Erik Savage       unr. Everett       10  L7   W4   L1   L6   1
9 Alicia Heredia    unr. Everett       10  L2   L6   B--- L4   1

Team standings: 1st Everett, 6 pts; 2nd Nashua, 4½ pts

Junior high section      G/30      6-player round-robin


# Name                  Rtng Team      Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total 
1 Ben Jacobs            unr. Roxbury Latin 8  L4   W6   W5   W2   W3  4  1st
2 Kurti Monnier         1131 Devotion      7  D6   D3   W4   L1   W5  3  2nd
3 Joseph B Caldwell     1146 Milton Acdy.  8  L5   D2   W6   W4   L1  2½ 3rd
4 Nathaniel Vacanti     1092 Westboro MS   7  W1   L5   L2   L3   W6  2  4th
5 Tyler DeVos            651 Hall-Dale MS  6  W3   W4   L1   L6   L2  2
6 Christopher Estremera 1106 BLA           7  D2   L1   L3   W5   L4  1½

No team prizes awarded

Elementary section      G/30      4-round Swiss


#  Name               Rtng Team            Grade  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total
 1 Nicholas Lueders   unr. CSD                 3  W12  W5   W10  W3   4 1st
 2 Alexander J Rice   1005 Memorial Spaulding  2  W4   W22  W9   W10  4 2nd
 3 Evan Boucher       1052 St. Philomena's     6  W11  W21  W7   L1   3 3rd
 4 Roman Pedan        unr. Stanley             4  L2   W14  W12  W13  3 4th
 5 William K Smith     948 Greenwich Cty. Day  4  W14  L1   W23  W15  3
 6 Rudolf T Hersh      956 Groton-Dunstable MS 6  W18  L9   W8   W17  3
 7 Eric Rudyak         990 Zervas              5  W27  W25  L3   W11  3
 8 Dana Monnier        893 Devotion            4  W20  W16  L6   W9   3
 9 Douglas Arcand     unr. Lincoln             6  X--- W6   L2   L8   2 
10 Timothy Abbot      1011 Horace Mann         2  W23  W13  L1   L2   2
11 Chen Bai           unr. Cheney MS           6  L3   W15  W16  L7   2
12 Amanda Filipek      886 SCS                 5  L1   B--- L4   W21  2
13 Lucas Vacanti       622 ARM                 5  W17  L10  W18  L4   2
14 Colin Zwanziger    unr. Lincoln             2  L5   L4   W28  W22  2
15 Jason Paul         unr. Burr                5  W29  L11  W27  L5   2
16 Steve Wagner        614 MAC                 2  W28  L8   L11  W23  2
17 Kerk Soursourian   unr. GAK                 2  L13  W27  W22  L6   2
18 Russell Paul       unr. Burr                3  L6   W28  L13  W27  2
19 David Baritz        771                     5  F--- U--- W24  W20  2
20 Ellis Berner       unr. BEL                 3  L8   X--- D21  L19  1½
21 Patricia Shelton    767 Greenwich Cty. Day  3  W30  L3   D20  L12  1½
     Smith
22 Jeremy D Bernfeld  unr. Burr                5  W26  L2   L17  L14  1
23 Arjun Ramamurti    unr. Maria Hasting       3  L10  W24  L5   L16  1
24 Anthony Estremera  unr. Richard J. Murphy   3  L25  L23  L19  W28  1
25 Charles Redlick    unr. WES                    W24  L7   F--- U--- 1
26 Nicholas Mandryk   unr. Peabody             5  L22  X--- F--- U--- 1
27 Dakota DeVos       unr. Hall-Dale           3  L7   L17  L15  L18  0
28 Nicholas Gosselin  unr. Mt. Alveria         4  L16  L18  L14  L24  0
29 John Laskaris      unr. Mt. Alveria         4  L15  F--- U--- U--- 0
30 Daniel Gonzalez    unr. Mt. Alveria         4  L21  F--- U--- U--- 0

Team standings: 1st Burr, 5 pts; 2nd Greenwich Country Day, 4½ pts