2009 Philadelphia International

June 25-29, 2009 Philadelphia Center City Sheraton

2008 International

Pairings & Results
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The Philadelphia International Thursday evening and 42 players are competing. Titles players are:
GM - 4
IM - 8
FM - 7
Foreign Players - 18

We have one clear leader with a pack of five on his tail...IM Lenderman will have a chance to bring
IM Stopa back to the field

Philadelphia International - Final Standings

3 norms - GM (Lenderman and Shankland) and IM (Ravichandran)

# Name Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot

1 IM Jacek Stopa 2471 POL W15 W12 W5 D3 D4 W14 W10 L2 W8 7

2 IM Alex Lenderman 2434 NY W31 W27 D4 L7 W12 W11 D3 W1 W10 7 GM Norma

3 IM Samuel Shankland 2446 CA W37 W29 W7 D1 D8 D4 D2 D5 W9 6½ GM Norm

4 GM Jiri Stocek 2573 CZE W16 W9 D2 W19 D1 D3 D8 D10 D5 6

5 IM Dean J Ippolito 2443 NJ W40 W10 L1 D9 D13 W28 W21 D3 D4 6

6 IM Michael A Mulyar 2390 CO D35 D32 W27 L14 D24 W31 W18 D7 W11 6

7 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2625 ISR W30 W11 L3 W2 L10 L9 W27 D6 W14 5½

8 GM Timur Gareev 2590 UZB W14 D21 W35 W18 D3 L10 D4 W20 L1 5½

9 IM Daniel Fernandez 2369 TX W33 L4 W37 D5 D20 W7 D14 W19 L3 5½

10 Siddharth Ravichandran 2303 IND W23 L5 W32 W20 W7 W8 L1 D4 L2 5½ IM Norm

11 GM Gildardo J Garcia 2401 COL W42 L7 W36 D29 W18 L2 W30 D14 L6 5

12 FM Bindi Cheng 2361 CAN W28 L1 D16 W40 L2 L24 W31 W34 D15 5

13 FM Daniel Naroditsky 2335 CA W26 L18 D31 W35 D5 D19 L20 D24 W22 5

14 Louie Jiang 2266 CAN L8 W23 W34 W6 W21 L1 D9 D11 L7 5

15 FM Norman Rogers 2240 PA L1 W17 W39 L21 D16 D35 W28 D18 D12 5

16 Keith Mac Kinnon 2145 CAN L4 W33 D12 D31 D15 L20 W32 D17 W27 5

17 Karoly Szalay 2050 CAN L21 L15 D26 W42 W40 L30 W37 D16 X29 5

18 IM Anthony Bellaiche 2450 FRA W22 W13 D19 L8 L11 W37 L6 D15 D24 4½

19 IM Joseph M Bradford 2419 TX W41 W39 D18 L4 D29 D13 W24 L9 U--- 4½

20 FM Eric Hansen 2398 CAN D24 W25 D21 L10 D9 W16 W13 L8 U--- 4½

21 FM Daniel A Yeager 2372 PA W17 D8 D20 W15 L14 W29 L5 D22 U--- 4½

22 Damir Studen 2208 GA L18 D42 D24 D36 D25 W23 W35 D21 L13 4½

23 Alan J Naroditsky 2120 CA L10 L14 L28 W38 W39 L22 W36 D25 W34 4½

24 Gary K Ng 2085 CAN D20 L35 D22 W39 D6 W12 L19 D13 D18 4½

25 Daniel J Clancy 2081 VA H--- L20 L40 W26 D22 L32 W33 D23 W31 4½

26 Ruokai Li 1830 CAN L13 L41 D17 L25 W33 L34 W38 W42 W35 4½

27 FM Michael Dougherty 2203 CAN W38 L2 L6 W32 L28 W36 L7 W35 L16 4

28 Craig Saperstein 1870 VA L12 L37 W23 W41 W27 L5 L15 L29 W39 4

29 Gabriel Battaglini 2325 FRA D39 L3 W41 D11 D19 L21 L34 W28 F17 3½

30 FM Carl B Boor 2291 OH L7 L36 W42 W33 D31 W17 L11 U--- U--- 3½

31 Ziyi Qin 2145 CAN L2 W38 D13 D16 D30 L6 L12 W37 L25 3½

32 Kenneth Odeh 1999 NGR H--- D6 L10 L27 D34 W25 L16 D36 D33 3½

33 Buddy Thompson 1913 AZ L9 L16 W38 L30 L26 W39 L25 B--- D32 3½

34 Sylvester Smarty unr. OH H--- H--- L14 L37 D32 W26 W29 L12 L23 3½

35 Richard J Tuhrim 2022 NY D6 W24 L8 L13 W41 D15 L22 L27 L26 3

36 Christopher Heung 1985 FL H--- W30 L11 D22 D37 L27 L23 D32 U--- 3

37 FM Zakhar Fayvinov 2171 PA L3 W28 L9 W34 D36 L18 L17 L31 U--- 2½

38 Leo C Donofrio unr. NJ L27 L31 L33 L23 B--- D41 L26 L39 H--- 2

39 Rushi Challa unr. TX D29 L19 L15 L24 L23 L33 D43 W38 L28 2

40 Vincent Heinis 2193 FRA L5 H--- W25 L12 L17 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1½

41 Patrick Mc Cartney 2141 NC L19 W26 L29 L28 L35 D38 L42 U--- U--- 1½

42 Kevin Me 2116 CAN L11 D22 L30 L17 U--- U--- W41 L26 U--- 1½

43 J Robert Mahan 1546 VA U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- D39 U--- U--- ½

Continental Chess is sponsoring the tournament. IA Bill Goichberg is directing,

GM Gareev (l) and GM Stocek (R)

photography by Jennifer Shahade

FM Daniel Naroditsky

photography by Jennifer Shahade

GM Victor Mikhalevski

photography by Jennifer Shahade

GIM Alex Lenderman, seeking his
second GM norm after getting the
first at the Marshal International last week

IM Dean Ippolito

Philadelphia International - Final Standings 3 norms - GM (Lenderman and Shankland) and IM (Ravichandran)

Philadelphia International - Final Standings

3 norms - GM (Lenderman and Shankland) and IM (Ravichandran)