Sunday, December 30, 2007

2007 North American Tournament Results

North American Open 2007
December 26-29, 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Organized by the Continental Chess Association

Over 600 players participated in the North American Open at Bally's Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Final standings for all sections are now posted as well as a pgn file of 60 games played in the Open Section at www.chesstournamentservices.com/nao. You can also find some games from this event at Monroi

Hawaii had several players; playing they were: Open Section, Robert Lau, Cornelius Rubsamen, Paul Iinuma, U2100 Pablo D Pena, Ruben Ondangan Jr., U1900: Chet Gionson, U1700 Sean K Lee, Guy P. Ontai, Garyk P Ontai, Beau Mueller, U1500: Tristan Kaonohi, Likeke Aipa, U1200: Irving Weber, you can see their results in the link above! Congrats to all of them as they played some very strong players from across the country and various countries and we hope to see more of them as well as myself playing in our local tournaments as well!

Five of the players are scholastic players, Robert played in the Open section Sean & Garyk in the u1700 and Tristan and Likeke played in the U1500, all of them had their USCF ratings improved with their results as well as CXR ratings for some of them! Chet Gionson came in tied for 4th in the U1900 section, and Tristan Kaonohi came in tied for 2nd in the U1500 section, only lost was to the U1500 winner!

Reminder Hawaii's next scholastic chess tournament is January 21, at Washington Middle school, see www.hawaiichess.org for tournament details and entry form.

To see one of Cornelius Rubsamen, 2257 games see Monroi link against GM Melikset Khachiyan, 2594.

As of 12/31/2007

* Refer to HICL Standings Roster

CXR Top 100 Active Players


Rank

CXR Rating

Player Name

Affiliate

City

St/Prv

Player ID

1

2680

GM Joel Benjamin

New York Masters

New York

NY

38-V

2

2666

GM Larry Christiansen

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

19-K

3

2628

GM Sergey Kudrin

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7415-R

4

2592

GM Eugene Perelshteyn

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3009-F

5

2585

Yury Lapshun

New York Masters

New York

NY

50-G

6

2569

GM Pawel Blehm

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6250-E

7

2546

GM Alex Stripunsky

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

37-C

8

2524

IM Davorin Kuljasevic

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6240-K

9

2499

IM Irina Krush

New York Masters

New York

NY

35-V

10

2497

IM Eli Vovsha

New York Masters

New York

NY

174-B

11

2485

IM Drasko Boskovic

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7403-B

12

2449

IM Lev Milman

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

181-E

13

2448

FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3011-T

14

2441

NM Denys Shmelov

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7426-J

15

2425

FM Oleg Zaikov

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6237-R

16

2392

Jonathan Schroer

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3043-Y

17

2386

FM Aviv Friedman

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7597-H

18

2363

IM Richard Costigan

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3022-N

19

2359

Robert Hess

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

1007-J

20

2350

Andrei Zaremba

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

1086-M

21

2336

IM Lawrence Charles Kaufman

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3033-F

22

2321

Bryan Smith

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

99803-N

23

2312

IM Ron Burnett

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

77-J

24

2307

FM Marcel Martinez

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3010-W

25

2301

FM James Critelli

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7406-T

26

2295

NM Elvin Wilson

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3023-Q

27

2288

FM Todd Andrews

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6232-R

28

2269

Eric Rodriguez

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7420-Y

29

2260

NM Mackenzie Molner

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

1022-B

30

2226

WIM Tsaagan Batsettseg

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3014-R

31

2225

NM Michael Khodarkovsky

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7414-Y

32

2195

WFM Bayaraa Zorigt

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7435-Y

33

2186

Aleksander Stamnov

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7591-C

34

2169

Luis Barredo

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6252-A

35

2157

Udayan Bapat

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

7400-M

36

2132

Isaac Hagerling

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7636-B

37

2128

WFM Irina Zenyuk

New York Masters

New York

NY

163-B

38

2119

NM Ilya Krasik

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

3007-Y

39

2101

NM Jerry Wheeler

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6236-T

40

2090

Gerald Larson

U. S. Chess League

USA

NY

6515-W

41

2085

Michael Thaler

New York Masters

New York

NY

99804-R

42

1898

Samuel Ford

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7637-C

43

1736

Charles Sonido *HICL 2nd

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

1537-V

44

1735

Isaiah Pettye

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7589-C

45

1731

M-Barrie Richmond-Md

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7655-K

46

1707

John Iinuma *HICL 1st

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

1150-F

47

1690

Tyler Lerner

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7508-H

48

1674

Jiri Kabelac

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7454-W

49

1661

James Demos

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7498-H

50

1648

Dimitrios Kosteris

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7638-K

51

1592

Frank Alejandro

Windward Chess and Go Club

Kaneohe

HI

1501-J

52

1592

Thomas Wu

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7516-N

53

1584

Benny Rivera

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7512-Q

54

1512

Anthony Martorana

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7794-H

55

1504

Tristan Kaonohi *HICL 10th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

1556-X

56

1490

Stephen Mau *HICL 6th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

6249-T

57

1466

Kyle Pratt

Simcoe County Chess Club

Simcoe County

ON

6197-M

58

1466

Zachary Holecek

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7504-T

59

1460

Tony Christian

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7639-F

60

1451

Kenton Steffens

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7656-Y

61

1433

Likeke Aipa *HICL 7th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3708-Y

62

1427

Gage Miyagi

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7657-T

63

1426

Alex Bian

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7497-C

64

1419

Richard Wagner

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7795-A

65

1409

Marissa Wai *HICL 3rd

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

81599-M

66

1387

Aaron Bright

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3612-R

67

1385

Brian Obrien

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7796-P

68

1385

M Pergeorelis

Delaware Catholic Schools

New Castle

DE

6873-Q

69

1372

Michael Osborne

Simcoe County Chess Club

Simcoe County

ON

7634-C

70

1356

Eldon Nakagawa *HICL 4th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

7140-N

71

1351

Daniel Parmet

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7640-A

72

1338

Jack Hanson

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7502-F

73

1332

Bradley Guan

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7501-B

74

1320

Louis Shekhtman

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7798-F

75

1316

Victoria Bian

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7660-M

76

1316

Eric Parfenoff

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7658-R

77

1311

Adele Padgett

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7797-X

78

1302

Kane Yi *HICL 28th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3672-G

79

1300

Raimondo Brown

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7659-G

80

1300

Andrew Shao

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7513-A

81

1298

Mark Spitzig

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7641-W

82

1282

Robby Hecht

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7609-H

83

1271

Danny Ginzburg

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7799-Q

84

1269

Alfred Burton

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7642-E

85

1267

Kurt Achiu *HICL 8th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3653-D

86

1260

Roy Yang *HICL 22nd

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

82004-G

87

1244

Jazz Evangilista *HICL 17th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

7572-J

88

1237

Jonathan Pan

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7661-R

89

1231

Evan Handler

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7800-C

90

1224

Ryan Hara *HICL 21st

Assets School Chess Team

Honolulu

HI

1550-V

91

1223

Ethan T

Ellenboro Tigers Chess Club

Ellenboro

NC

81436-N

92

1219

Nathan Nakamoto *HICL 38th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3673-W

93

1214

Irving Weber

Windward Chess and Go Club

Kaneohe

HI

3645-K

94

1214

Brandon Lung

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7610-H

95

1214

Kevin Durkin *HICL 14th

Assets School Chess Team

Honolulu

HI

7459-G

96

1212

Connor Lawhorn *HICL 33rd

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3608-E

97

1198

Nedim Bajramovic

Renaissance Knights

Chicago

IL

7447-R

98

1194

Ashbea Oyadamari *HICL 20th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3606-B

99

1184

Thaddeus Padua *HICL 18th

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

81755-T

100

1183

Taro Kobayashi *HICL 31st

Oahu Scholastic Chess Group

Oahu

HI

3671-J