Octos

JULY 24 OCTOS

Ten Year-old Qinhong Chen Sweeps, Ruge and Navarro Tie

Twenty players participated in the ChessPalace Octos today (which actually made two decas). The strong top group was made up of eight Class A, an expert, and master Edison Ruge. The latter and Nicanor Navarro finished with 2.5 splitting first ($120) and second ($50) place. Joseph Bellinger finished clear third and had a choice of any new book from the shelf. In the second group, ten year-old Qinhong Chen swept with 3-0 beating Kele Perkins 2-1 (second-place finisher) in the final round. Richard Martin, 2-1 also finished in second place after bouncing back from a first round loss.

We must note that the four youngest player in the tournament are all ten years old including Daniel Lin (1811), Shyam Gandhi (1802), $120-winner Qinhong Chen (1695), and Craig Hilby (1673). All four are in the top 40 of their age group in the United States!

Octo A

No.	Name	Rate	Pts	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3
1	Ruge, Edison	2222	2.5	W3	W8	D2
2	Navarro, Nicanor	2166	2.5	W5	W7	D1
3	Bellinger, Joseph	1893	2.0	L1	W10	W9
4	Bershad, Neil J	1927	1.5	L7	W9	D5
5	Ong, Alfred	1868	1.5	L2	W6	D4
6	Karadayi, Eren	1813	1.5	D9	L5	W8
7	Lin, Daniel	1811	1.0	W4	L2	-U-
8	Gandhi, Shyam S	1802	1.0	W10	L1	L6
9	Portwood, David	1928	0.5	D6	L4	L3
10	White, Wes	1900	0.0	L8	L3	-U-

Octo B

No.	Name	Rate	Pts	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3
1	Chen, Qinhong	1695	3.0	W6	W9	W2
2	Perkins, Kele D	1708	2.0	W11	W8	L1
3	Martin, Richard E	1605	2.0	L8	W4	W9
4	Hilby, Craig Lok	1673	1.5	-H-	L3	W8
5	Chou, Timothy	1517	1.5	L9	D6	W11
6	Henri, Richard R	1400	1.5	L1	D5	W10
7	Ong, Aaron	1718	1.0	W10	-U-	-U-
8	Lane, Michael	1370	1.0	W3	L2	L4
9	Alfafara, Jonathan	1339	1.0	W5	L1	L3
10	Chandler, Zachary	1512	0.5	L7	D11	L6
11	McEntee, Joseph	1472	0.5	L2	D10	L5

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