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Quick-thinking Aaron Green noticed he was in a bit of trouble - offered his opponent a draw - which in turn his opponent refused and missed playing a winning shot. Combined with a draw on Board 2, that is how Aaron grabbed sole first with 3.5 points in the 2010 March TNT. At least that is how it was told to me by several players. Only in-depth analysis will reveal the truth. Stephen Lipic, Jaroslaw Czypinski and Alex Nikouline tied for 2nd-4th spots with 3 points. Top Under 1800 was shared by Harley Greenberg and Ken Einarsson, but as Ken was the house player, $ 15 of his prizes goes into a future prize pool. Francis Trueman got 1st U1600, and young Sashika Kumaragamage was 2nd U1600 | Bd | | | White | | Black | | | 1 | | 1 | Aaron Green (1942) | 0 | Steven De Groot (1801) | 0 | | 2 | | ½ | Stephen Lipic (1816) | ½ | Jaroslaw Czypinski (1911) | ½ | | 3 | | 1 | Alexandre Nikouline (2111) | 0 | Frank Milord (1626) | 0 | | 4 | | 0 | Cory Letain (1621) | 1 | Harley Greenberg (1762) | 1 | | 5 | | 0 | Keith Czarny (1589) | 1 | Gary Campbell (1628) | 1 | | 6 | | 1 | Richard Ott (1606) | 0 | Sashika Kumaragamage (1356) | 0 | | 7 | | ½ | Damola Afolabi (unr.) | ½ | Brian Evans (1588) | ½ | | 8 | | 0 | Francis Trueman (1508) | 1 | Ken Einarsson (1782) | 1 | FIDE Futurity 2 Aron Kaptsan secured himself at least a tie for first/second as he stopped Khedkar's three game winning streak. Aron, who had pre-played his round 5 game, finished with an undefeated 4 points. Kaptsan - Khedkar 1-0 Zaczek - Melamedoff 1-0 Lipnowski - Lauritson 1-0 Games posted - thanks to Alex Nikouline, Ken Einarsson, Stephen de Groot, Aaron Green, Gary Campbell, Jonathon Zaczek for sending in games, and Stephen Lipic as the games editor. Thanks to the Greens, Brian Evans, Sashika, and Lipic for setting up the room. |
