Here are the tentative pairings for round 3. There are 19 players with a perfect score, including all 8 Grandmasters. The big surprises so far have been Conrad Holt (2053), who has 2-0 after beating NM Carl Boor and IM Ron Burnett, and Jennifer Acon (1972), who beat FM Jim Dean and drew with FM Jake Kleiman. Amongst the top rated players, only IM Ben Finegold gave up half a point to FM Michael Langer.
IM Ippolito (2.0) vs GM Becerra (2.0)
GM Ivanov (2.0) vs IM Pruess (2.0)
IM Bercys (2.0) vs GM Perelshteyn (2.0)
IM Bhat (2.0) vs GM Kudrin (2.0)
GM Goldin (2.0) vs IM Bradford (2.0)
IM Robson (2.0) vs GM Yermolinsky (2.0)
GM Kraai (2.0) vs IM Mulyar (2.0)
IM Bonin (2.0) vs GM Fedorowicz (2.0)
IM Friedel (2.0) vs FM Ludwig (2.0)
IM Finegold (1.5) vs Conrad Holt (2.0)
IM Zilberstein (1.5) vs NM Aigner (1.5)
Brad Sawyer (1.0) vs FM Naroditsky (1.0)
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Thanks Michael for keeping us up to date!
good luck michael. hope you’ll qualify again.
It’s too bad we can’t even see the crosstable or pairing sheet for this tournament any where. Lets hope we get more information later today.
Great going for Jennifer Acon!
She has improved a lot since the National Open last year.