Three members travel for chess competition
Chess Master Capt. Arthur Macaspac raised his rating back above 2200 with a score of 3-1=0 in the 3RD Saturday Swiss Tournament in Rahway, NJ., which included wins over a Master and an Expert. His loan setback was against Life Master Boris Privman, USCF rated 2350.
Expert Dr. David Kistler increased his rating to USCF 2116 with a performance of +2-2=1 ( a performance of 2175) in the Open Section ( above 2100) of the Cleveland Open. Of note, Dr. Kistler drew with Master rated Maggie Feng, lost to Life Master ( 2473) Ron Burnet and defeated an Expert and highly rated “A” (1976) player. Dr. Kistler also scored 2.0/3 in the Rochester CenterSaturday Tournament August 2, with a record of +1-0=2.
Class “A” player Adolfo Prieto (USCF 1861) scored +1-1=1 in a very difficult section of this weekend’s Rochester Chess Center “Saturday Tournament”, where the average rating was USCF 1936. Mr. Prieto suffered a close loss to Life Master Isay Golyak in round 1. Mr. Prieto ranked just 9th out of 15 players at the beginning of the tournament.
WCC Summer Classic Results
Round 7, Aug 19, 2014
Macaspac 1, Kubis 0
Klug 1/2, Prieto 1/2
Tia 1, L. White 0
Kratzat 1, Brock 0
Kistler, 1, Root Forfeit
Round 8, August 26,2014
Kubis, wht vs Prieto
Tia, wht vs Klug
Macaspac, wht vs Kistler
Kratzat 1 vs Root, Forfeit
Brock, 1 L. White 0 ( Aug 7, 2014)
Round 9, September 2, 2014
Prieto, wht vs Macaspac
Tia, wht vs Kubis
L. White 1, Root Forfeit
Kratzat, wht vs Kistler
Klug 1, Brock 0 ( Jul 31, 2014)
End of Summer Classic
August 19th, Standings
Kistler 6.5/7, Tia 6.0/7, Macaspac 6.0/7, Prieto 5/7, Klug 4.5/8, Kubis 3.5/7, Kratzat 4.0/8, Brock 2.5/9, L. White 0/8, Root 0/8
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