Sixteen players have started the January 2010 TNT. 

 Arie Wasserman upset Charles Mousseau, who is new to Winnipeg from Alberta. Chuck indicates he has some rust to shake off.  Welcome, Charles !  

Eric Williams held Jim Green to a draw.

 

0     Harley Greenberg  (1741)    1     Samuel Lipnowski  (2254)
1     Myron Kernetsky  (1975)     0     Leor Wasserman  (1723)
1     Arie Wasserman  (1690)     0     Chuck Mousseau  (1900)   

1     Perfecto Joven  (1830)       0     Richard Ott  (1601)
0     Keith Czarny  (1580)          1     Stephen Lipic  (1799)
½     Jim Green  (1792)            ½     Eric Williams  (1551)
0     Francis Trueman  (1499)    1     Ryne Swift  (1776)
1     Saul Magnusson  (1751)    0     Trevor Menard  (1264)
 

The 2010 FIDE Futurity # 1, an eight player round-robin, also kicked off with at least 3 games having players short of time. The other game had former Soviet school boys agreeing to a draw after a lot of material was off the board.

 

Khedkar-Schulz   DRAW

Zaczek-Babb      0-1

Lauritson-Boron  0-1

Kaptsan-Nikouline  DRAW

 

Thanks go to Jim Green for setting up the room in Lorne's absence,