T A L M A - II

August 5, 2006 - Raleigh, NC - 39 Players

Congrats:
Craig Jones for 4-0 sweep in Open Section!
Dion Cassio for going 3½-½ in the Under 1500 Section!
Benjamin Jones for taking the U1500 Scholastic Trophy with a 4-0 score!
Nishanth Shah for taking the U1300 Scholastic Trophy with a 3-1 score!
Tian-Shun Jiang for taking the U1100 Scholastic Trophy with a 3-1 score!

Welcome to 8 new USCF members:
Benjamin McDonald
Roger Barney
Jason Casden
Danny and Charles Cao
Kevin Sr., Kevin Jr., and Spenser Sembrat

Thanks...
to all who played in the 2^nd TALMA tournament and made it a success!!!
to Victor Beaman for helping out with the directing.
to DB Morris for being a great house player, filling in where needed to even up the sections.

Lost and Found:
Did you leave your clock at the tournament?
If so, e-mail me at chessgary@trianglechess.org with a detailed description and we can arrange to get it back to you.

Link to USCF Ratings XTable

Open

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot

1 Jones, Craig W 2294 W7 W4 W3 W5 4

2 Taylor, Joshua 1643 W8 L7 W10 W3 3

3 Noden, David K 1964 W11 W5 L1 L2 2

4 Marts, Bradley T 1708 W10 L1 L6 W8 2

5 Hosseini, Amir M 1774 W9 L3 W7 L1 2

6 Maltzman, Gary R 1603 U--- W8 W4 U--- 2

7 Hogue, Tanner W 1625 L1 W2 L5 L9 1

8 Beaman, Victor 1467 L2 L6 W9 L4 1

9 Jackson, Kenneth R 1602 L5 L10 L8 W7 1

10 Wakiya, Yuki 1592 L4 W9 L2 U--- 1

11 Morris, D B 1475 L3 U--- U--- U--- 0

Under 1500

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot

1 Cassio, Dion S 1339 W4 W3 D2 W7 3½

2 Greene, Kevin 1330 W5 D8 D1 D3 2½

3 Shah, Anish 1350 W6 L1 W8 D2 2½

4 Barney, Roger unr. L1 W6 W5 U--- 2

5 Casden, Jason unr. L2 W7 L4 L6 1

6 High III, Walter M 762 L3 L4 L7 W5 1

7 Sembrat Sr, Kevin unr. U--- L5 W6 L1 1

8 Morris, D B 1475 U--- D2 L3 U--- ½

Under 1500 Scholastic

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot

1 Jones, Benjamin 1007 W19 W4 W7 W2 4

2 Shah, Nishanth 1276 W11 W13 W3 L1 3

3 Jiang, Tian-Shun A 1090 W9 W5 L2 W7 3

4 Noden, Eric 1249 W10 L1 W13 W8 3

5 Conran, Justin L 1307 W14 L3 W16 W6 3

6 McDonald, Benjamin unr. D12 W14 W15 L5 2½

7 Dejong, Andrew 1127 W21 W8 L1 L3 2

8 Cao, Danny unr. W17 L7 W10 L4 2

9 Speed, Chris M 421 L3 B--- L12 W16 2

10 Suthaharan, Praveen 590 L4 W19 L8 W15 2

11 Mehta, Yash U. 702 L2 L15 B--- W13 2

12 Burdick, Aidan 911 D6 L17 W9 U--- 1½

13 Kottu, Anish 300 W15 L2 L4 L11 1

14 Bowman, Andrew J 799 L5 L6 L18 W19 1

15 Sembrat, Spenser unr. L13 W11 L6 L10 1

16 Sembrat Jr, Kevin unr. U--- W21 L5 L9 1

17 Wu, Kevin 899 L8 W12 U--- U--- 1

18 Wakiya, Hiroki 1195 U--- U--- W14 U--- 1

19 Cao, Charles unr. L1 L10 D20 L14 ½

20 Wakiya, Mitsuki 766 U--- U--- D19 U--- ½

21 Hoyle, David 528 L7 L16 U--- U--- 0

Extra Rated Games

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Tot

1 Hoyle, David 528 W4 1

2 Suthaharan, Praveen 590 D3 ½

3 Sembrat Jr, Kevin unr. D2 ½

4 Speed, Chris M 421 L1 0

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Jones, Craig W	2294	W7	W4	W3	W5	4
2	Taylor, Joshua	1643	W8	L7	W10	W3	3
3	Noden, David K	1964	W11	W5	L1	L2	2
4	Marts, Bradley T	1708	W10	L1	L6	W8	2
5	Hosseini, Amir M	1774	W9	L3	W7	L1	2
6	Maltzman, Gary R	1603	U---	W8	W4	U---	2
7	Hogue, Tanner W	1625	L1	W2	L5	L9	1
8	Beaman, Victor	1467	L2	L6	W9	L4	1
9	Jackson, Kenneth R	1602	L5	L10	L8	W7	1
10	Wakiya, Yuki	1592	L4	W9	L2	U---	1
11	Morris, D B	1475	L3	U---	U---	U---	0