Alex Davies won the Sunday Rapid with 4.5/5, conceding a draw in the last round to the woeful TD.
Only one of the 13 players who competed in the RACC Sunday Rapid on Mother's Day remembered to bring his mother: Daniel Xu, who finished clear second with a trail of experts in his wake.
Those who did show up, in addition to playing, had the added fun of picking through some of Stijn De Kerpel's chess books -- which he is culling before an upcoming move.
Same time next week.
Code:# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1 1 Alex Davies 2242 +6 (b) +2 (w) +3 (b) +7 (w) =4 (b) 4.5 2 2 Daniel Xu 2137 +10 (w) -1 (b) +4 (w) +3 (w) +5 (b) 4.0 3 3-4 Stijn De Kerpel 2141 +9 (b) +5 (w) -1 (w) -2 (b) +8 (w) 3.0 4 John Upper 2206 +8 (w) bye -2 (b) +6 (b) =1 (w) 3.0 5 5-7 Paul Beckwith 2110 +13 (b) -3 (b) =6 (w) +9 (w) -2 (w) 2.5 6 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 -1 (w) +10 (b) =5 (b) -4 (w) +13 (b) 2.5 7 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1828 +12 (w) -11 (b) +8 (w) -1 (b) =10 (w) 2.5 8 8-9 Gordon Ritchie 1763 -4 (b) +13 (w) -7 (b) +12 (w) -3 (b) 2.0 9 Jay Serdula 1734 -3 (w) +12 (b) +10 (w) -5 (b) WD 2.0 10 10-11 Ehsan Forouz 1535 -2 (b) -6 (w) -9 (b) +13 (w) =7 (b) 1.5 11 Peter Arseneau 1777 BYE +7 (w) WD WD WD 1.5 12 12 Karl Fatemi unr. -7 (b) -9 (w) +13 (b) -8 (b) WD 1.0 13 13 Calieb Roach unr. -5 (w) -8 (b) -12 (w) -10 (b) -6 (w) 0.0