It was a pleasure to return to the tournament hall this past weekend! Congratulations to Scott Kuehl for organizing this event under such uncertainty. It is unusual to hold a single section event but understandable given the circumstances. Several unrated players were quite skilled and some rated players have grown nuch stronger. FMs Doug Bailey and Frank Pushkedra joined IM Tangi Migot on the top boards initially. Our youngest player, 5 year old Miles Knight had no problem recording or competing.

The Elmira Legion is a pleasant venue. The covid protocols did not detract from the event. I look forward more events being held there.

Congratulations to Eilon Lavi for his outstanding performance, defeating FM Pushkedra in the final round to finish equal first with IM Tangi Migot (who flew in from Montreal for the tournament!)

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 Eilon Lavi 1931 W18 D6 W22 W3 W7 4.5
2 IM Tangi Migot 2429 W26 W13 W8 D7 W6 4.5
3 Brendan Cater 1863 W27 W19 W16 L1 W15 4.0
4 Nicolae Oancea 1906 W12 W25 L7 W26 W11 4.0
5 Michelle Hua 1867 W15 W14 H--- D9 W12 4.0
6 Jonath Joseph 1215 W11 D1 W17 W16 L2 3.5
7 FM Frank Pushkedra 2264 W46 W23 W4 D2 L1 3.5
8 Andrew Colvin 1996 W29 W21 L2 W14 D10 3.5
9 Ben Gabriel Smolkin 1768 D22 W31 W24 D5 D17 3.5
10 Atharva Srinivas 1843 W43 D24 H--- W25 D8 3.5
11 Oscar Steinhauser unr. L6 W18 W31 W34 L4 3.0
12 Tim Dyck unr. L4 W30 W40 W22 L5 3.0
13 Don Parakin 1437 W40 L2 W29 L15 W27 3.0
14 Ken Callaghan 1182 W38 L5 W41 L8 W35 3.0
15 Zack Grosman unr. L5 W38 W37 W13 L3 3.0
16 FM Doug Bailey 2226 W28 W37 L3 L6 W26 3.0
17 Nikola Brajkovic 2012 H--- W32 L6 W24 D9 3.0
18 Alexander Dondish unr. L1 L11 W38 W37 W25 3.0
19 Pavan Suresh 1172 W33 L3 D36 H--- W32 3.0
20 Tim Knechtel 1632 L24 L22 W39 W39 W28 3.0
21 Orjan Hammarstrom 1443 W44 L8 W28 H--- D23 3.0
22 Marcus Murray unr. D9 W20 L1 L12 W37 2.5
23 Anni Guo 1775 W45 L7 L26 W29 D21 2.5
24 Bhavik Chhatralia unr. W20 D10 L9 L17 D31 2.0
25 Gauri Sreekumar 1190 W30 L4 W27 L10 L18 2.0
26 Simon Kim 899 L2 W43 W23 L4 L16 2.0
27 Gaurav Iyer unr. L3 W33 L25 W42 L13 2.0
28 Justin Bassingthwaite unr. L16 W39 L21 W33 L20 2.0
29 Jake Belford unr. L8 W44 L13 L23 W38 2.0
30 Charlie Trudeau unr. L25 L12 W45 L35 W42 2.0
31 Robert Gillanders 1603 H--- L9 L11 W43 D24 2.0
32 Matthew Saurette unr. W39 L17 U--- W40 L19 2.0
33 Samuel Yeutseyeu unr. L19 L27 W44 L28 W43 2.0
34 Michael von Keitz 1737 W41 H--- H--- L11 U--- 2.0
35 Robin Sayewich 240 H--- H--- U--- W30 L14 2.0
36 Scott Kuehl 1716 L37 H--- D19 H--- U--- 1.5
37 David Wagner 1394 W36 L16 L15 L18 L22 1.0
38 Kevin2 Ward unr. L14 L15 L18 W44 L29 1.0
39 Ben Snyder unr. L32 L28 L20 L20 W44 1.0
40 Aiden Li 1400 L13 W45 L12 L32 U--- 1.0
41 Atticus Oslach unr. L34 W46 L14 U--- U--- 1.0
42 Logan Sayewich 940 H--- H--- U--- L27 L30 1.0
43 Miles Knight unr. L10 L26 H--- L31 L33 0.5
44 Nikita Pronin unr. L21 L29 L33 L38 L39 0.0
45 Sacha Kodach unr. L23 L40 L30 U--- U--- 0.0
46 Parul Bansal unr. L7 L41 U--- U--- U--- 0.0