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Standings as of
General Rules:
This non-profit, free chess competition is open to all.
There are no dues, no services or products to buy.
Everyone gets a chance to solve the SAME problems.
Fill in the blanks to each problem and submit answers by e-mail.
Include ALL VARIATIONS to prove you found the intended solution.
1 pt deduction for each incorrect fill, 3 attempts allowed per problem.
Once you start sending solutions to problems, partial scores are posted.
You will receive a minimum score of 2 pts per problem for at least trying.
Solutions are worth 2 to 10 points .. depending on their completeness.
In case of 1st-place tie, solvers might be challenged by a tie-breaker
to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards.
Event #7 timing & scores:
problems #190-199 Held Jan 1st, 2004 to June 30th, 2004.
top solvers: problems 190 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 status:
1st Alan Argyroglou . 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Arthur Carlson .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Daniel Colon ...... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Brian Curtis ..... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Stefan Grabski .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Zigmond Hanson ..... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Henryk Kalafut .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Henrik Karlzen .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Herbert Lang ....... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Jerome Lowe ....... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Juergen Osborne .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
William Peggler .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Phillip Radcliffe .. 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Unknown Solver ?! .. 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Yuriy Steschenko . 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Erwin Ziegler .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Note: 73 solvers competed in this event and 16 solvers tied for 1st place,
each with a perfect score!
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Event #6 timing & scores:
problems #180-189 Held July 1st, 2003 to Dec 31st, 2003.
These brilliancies are from my good friend NM Andrey Zhuravlev
Top 10 solvers: problems 180 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89:
1st Henryk Kalafut ... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
2nd Daniel Colon ...... 99 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 final score
3rd John Garoufalidis . 97 pts 10 10 10 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 final score
Phillip Kastner ... 97 pts 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 9 10 final score
5th A.J. Barnes ....... 96 pts 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 8 10 final score
6th Saul Forman ....... 94 pts 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 6 10 final score
Alan Beal ......... 94 pts 10 10 10 9 10 7 9 10 10 9 final score
Samuel Garvett .... 94 pts 10 7 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 final score
9th Erich Magier ...... 93 pts 10 10 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 7 final score
10th Boris Wolinsky .... 91 pts 7 10 10 10 9 7 10 10 9 9 final score
Brian Curtis ...... 91 pts 10 10 9 10 9 7 10 10 7 9 final score
Note: 55 solvers competed in this event.
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Event #5 timing & scores:
problems #170-179 Held Jan 1st, 2003 to June 30th, 2003.
top 10 solvers: problems 170 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79:
1/11 Dan Ackerley ... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Pavel Doktor ..... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Saul Forman ..... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Joshua Green ...... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Henryk Kalafut .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Phillip Kastner .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Herbert Lang ....... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Charles Mersky ..... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Uldis Strautins .. 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Manuel Vincent .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Andrey Zhuravlev .. 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
Note: 72 solvers competed in this event, and 11 solvers tied for 1st place,
each with a perfect score!
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Event #4 timing & scores:
problems #160-169 Held July 1st, 2002 to Dec 31st, 2002.
These brilliancies are from my good friend NM Andrey Zhuravlev
top 10 solvers: problems 160 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69:
1st Henryk Kalafut .... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
1st Herbert Lang ...... 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
1st Christian Poisson . 100 pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 perfect score
4th Joshua Green ...... 98 pts 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 final score
5 Daniel Colon ...... 97 pts 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 final score
6 Carl Anaya ........ 93 pts 9 10 10 9 10 8 8 9 10 10 final score
7 A.J. Barnes ....... 91 pts 8 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 10 10 final score
8/9 Dan Ackerley ...... 90 pts 9 9 8 7 10 9 9 10 9 10 final score
Michael Langford .. 90 pts 9 8 8 10 10 8 9 9 9 10 final score
10/14 Davide Lambin .... 89 pts 9 8 9 8 10 8 8 9 10 10 final score
Randy Weinstein ... 89 pts 8 7 9 10 10 9 9 8 9 10 final score
Fernando Guimaraes 89 pts 8 10 8 9 10 9 6 9 10 10 final score
Tim Hughes ........ 89 pts 9 9 9 9 10 7 9 9 8 10 final score
Zack Kessler ...... 89 pts 9 8 9 7 10 9 8 10 9 10 final score
Note: 91 solvers participated in this event.
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Event #3 timing & scores:
problems #150-159 Held Jan 1st, 2002 to June 30th, 2002.
These brilliancies are from my good friend NM Andrey Zhuravlev
( due to close scores, four winners each select art worth $300 )
winners: problems 150-159 + tie-breaker:
1st Vojislav Petrovic . 99 pts + 10 = 109 final score
1st Herbert Lang ...... 99 pts + 10 = 109 final score
1st Anton Lindenmair .. 99 pts + 10 = 109 final score
4th Henryk Kalafut .... 98 pts + 10 = 108 final score
followed by: problems 150 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59:
5 Daniel Colon ...... 90 pts 10 8 9 10 10 7 9 9 10 8 final score
6 Irwin Steinmark ... 87 pts 10 9 10 10 2 7 10 9 10 10 final score
7 William Kovais .... 85 pts 10 10 9 10 9 2 9 8 10 8 final score
8/9 Ralph Grawmeyer ... 84 pts 10 7 9 10 9 2 10 8 10 9 final score
8/9 Jeff Kastner ...... 84 pts 10 10 9 10 9 2 8 8 10 8 final score
10/12 Chris Chang ....... 82 pts 10 8 9 10 8 2 8 8 9 10 final score
10/12 Herbert Nash ...... 82 pts 10 8 9 10 8 2 9 9 10 7 final score
10/12 Joshua Green ...... 82 pts 10 10 10 10 5 2 5 10 10 10 final score
Note: 137 solvers participated in this event.
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Event #2 timing & scores:
problems #100-149 Held March 1st, 2001 to Dec 31st, 2001.
1st Andrey Zhuravlev solved 50 @ 2 pts + 0 @ 1 pt =100 pts perfect score
2nd Joshua Green solved 49 @ 2 pts + 1 @ 1 pt = 99 pts final score
3rd Vojislav Petrovic solved 48 @ 2 pts + 2 @ 1 pt = 98 pts final score
4th Herbert Lang solved 47 @ 2 pts + 3 @ 1 pt = 97 pts final score
5/7 Erwin Ziegler solved 46 @ 2 pts + 4 @ 1 pt = 96 pts final score
5/7 Daniel Colon solved 46 @ 2 pts + 4 @ 1 pt = 96 pts final score
5/7 Stuart Robbins solved 46 @ 2 pts + 4 @ 1 pt = 96 pts final score
8th Martin Pavlick solved 45 @ 2 pts + 5 @ 1 pt = 95 pts final score
9/11 Jack Henry solved 44 @ 2 pts + 6 @ 1 pt = 94 pts final score
9/11 Jonas Wortheimer solved 44 @ 2 pts + 6 @ 1 pt = 94 pts final score
9/11 David Hartman solved 44 @ 2 pts + 6 @ 1 pt = 94 pts final score
199 solvers participated in this event
Note:
Congratulations to Andrey Zhuravlev for refuting problem #148
and for proving problem #101 was a mate in 12 ( which changed
the final scores of others ).
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Event #1 timing & scores:
problems #1-10 plus A to F Held July 1st 2000 to April 30th, 2001.
1st: Vojislav Petrovic & Joshua Green ... tied 110 pts
2nd: Ricardo Poleschi & Pavel Doktor ... tied 98
3rd: Juan Luis Gonzalez ...................... 96
Note: 53 solvers competed in this event.
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