Santa Monica Open Speed (game/5) May 19 1997

Final for the 1st place Krasnov - Esterkin 2:0

32 players were playing in 2 groups. Each group help a Round Robin tournament. Higher rated players gave time odds - 1 minute if the rating difference exceeded 200 points, 2 minutes if more than 400 points. Winners played in the final match (best from 3 games).

Andrew Krasnov(2220) did not lose a single game in the tournament, he won his group with the score14/15 and then beat A. Esterkin twice in the finals to ensure the 1st prize. Esterkin(2250) won the 2nd group with the score 13.5/15. The highest rated player in the tournament - Mark Duckworth (2452) got the 3rd prize (score 12/15 in group 2), as did David Amkravt (2196, score 13.5/15 in group 1).

Leonid Fleischman (1752) got the prize under 1800 with the score 10.5/15.

 

Group 1.

# Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total Place
1 Kuperman 2350 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 12= III
2 Amkravt 2196 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 13= II
3 Cohen 2150 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 4=  
4 Temkin 2036 0 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8=  
5 Hanoian 2020 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 12  
6 Faelten 1991 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5  
7 Wagner 1871 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6=  
8 Adams 1835 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 1 0 4  
9 Fleischman 1938 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 1 = 1 0 6  
10 Berger 1741 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 9  
11 Moileh 1526 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7  
12 Warford 1453 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 6  
13 Williams 1405 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5  
14 Chesnot 1370 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 0 6=  
15 Dowd 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
16 Krasnov 2220 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 I

 

 

Group 2.

# Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total Place
1 Duckworth 2452 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 12 II
2 Esterkin 2250 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 13= I
3 Berman 2180 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 10= 3-4
4 Kogan 2020 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 10  
5 Sale 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6  
6 Sefton 1950 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 0 = 7  
7 Fleischman D. 1828 0 0 0 1 1 = 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9=  
8 Jacobs 1775 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9  
9 Fleischman L. 1752 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 10= u1800
10 Spurgeon 1743 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5  
11 Regal 1492 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7  
12 Joffe 1440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 1=  
13 Sasaki 1401 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6  
14 O'Neal 1269 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
15 Sandouval 1057 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5  
16 Guilaroff 2036 1 0 1 1 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7.5