[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: 11th North American Open: Final Round, Final Standings

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
11th North American Open: Final Round, Final Standings
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   There were only two games played tonight out of the originally
   scheduled five. That's because one player (Gauri Shankar) had dropped
   out and two other pairs of opponents played their final round games
   Thursday night. I drew with Angelo Young, while Mehmed Pasalic
   defeated Aleksander Stamnov to gain his third and final norm.
   (Congratulations!) That left two final contests: Robert
   Loncarevic-Mark Ginsburg, won by the latter, and Florencio Inumerable
   vs. Tom Bartell.
   This latter game was of great importance, as a Bartell win would earn
   an IM norm. Up to that point in the tournament, Bartell had been
   undefeated and Inumerable winless (not counting a forfeit win over
   Shankar), but just as Loncarevic showed against Young and Pasalic,
   even the lowest-rated players must be taken fully seriously!
   Inumerable won - pretty convincingly, too, from my superficial glance
   - and so Bartell came up a point short. I'm confident that he'll
   succeed sooner or later though, and that this is nothing more than a
   temporary setback.
   Final Standings:
   1. Pasalic 6.5
   2-3. Ginsburg, Tate 6
   4-5. Monokroussos, Bartell 5.5
   6-7. Inumerable, Young 4
   8-9. Loncarevic, Stamnov 3
   10. Shankar 1.5 (6 played games)