The Springfield FIDE Invitational Round Robin in is full swing as the players are in Round 6 right now. Players are
Standings. springfield festival: Springfield Invitational RR
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot
1 Andrew Samuelson 2178 W7 W2 D3 D4 D6 —5 —8 3½
2 A Balasubramanian 2196 W3 L1 L6 W5 W8 —7 —4 3
3 WFM Abby Marshall 2178 L2 D4 D1 W6 W5 —8 —7 3
4 Peter Minear 2237 L5 D3 W8 D1 W7 —6 —2 3
5 FM Rodion Rubenchik 2336 W4 W8 D7 L2 L3 —1 —6 2½
6 Daniel Miller 2321 W8 L7 W2 L3 D1 —4 —5 2½
7 Larry R Larkins 2168 L1 W6 D5 D8 L4 —2 —3 2
8 Adam Weissbarth 2210 L6 L5 L4 D7 L2 —3 —1 ½
In the last two rounds, Abby has defeated the two highest rated players in the field. All the games are downloadable and playable at http://www.vachess.org/invitational.htm
The schedule is a pretty tough G/2 with 7 games over 2.5 days. The 2 High School kids in the field, Abby and Adithya, might have the most stamina as both have won their last two games.
Prizes are $500-300-200 with essentially a $10 EF. Great RR experience for everyone involved.
Mike Hoffpauir is directing for the VCF as his RR tournament to make NTD qualifications.
81 player George Washington Open is going on in the final round with 4-0’s GM Paragua and IM Kaufman playing on Bd.1
Special thanks to Mike Atkins for the report.
Update from interested bystander just waiting for the event to end:
Abby won her round six match to take sole possession of 1st place with 4 points. Three others are nipping at her heels with 3.5. The final round games are into hour three.
I see Abby Marshall is an e4-e5 player. Good for her! (And King’s Gambit, to boot.) But how much credit can you take when your opponent plays the Falkbeer Counter Gambit?