Philadelphia International

June 26-30, 2008 Philadelphia Center City Sheraton

Games 68 total
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Pairings & Results
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The Philadelphia International started this evening with 43 players from 5 countries joining the mix. A large contingent of 14 players from India are competing this year.

15 year old Indian Grandmaster, Parimarjan Negi took clear first and $2,000 with 7-2.
IM and soon to be GM Arun Prasad scored 6.5 for clear second and $1,000
Taking home $450 was a group with 6-3: GM's Julio Becerra and GN Gopal, WGM Eesha Karavede and Gabriel Battaglini,

Norms Earned

Battaglini (IM) -Earned an IM Norm

Prasad (GM) - He earned his 2500 rating during the tournament and had the three previous norms. He is also earning a 4th Norm here.

Eesha Karavade (IM) - After a FIDE rules clarification, she earned an IM norm

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot Prize

1 GM Parimarjan Negi 2514 W12 W5 W10 W4 W13 D2 D3 D7 D6 7 2000.00

2 IM Arun Prasad 2465 W30 W20 D4 W9 D3 D1 W16 D10 D5 6½ 1000.00

3 GM Julio J Becerra 2575 H--- H--- W37 W18 D2 W13 D1 D4 D7 6 450.00

4 GM G N Gopal 2562 W27 W11 D2 L1 W20 W10 D7 D3 D9 6 450.00

5 Gabriel Battaglini 2356 W31 L1 W15 W35 D10 D8 D9 W14 D2 6 450.00

6 WGM Eesha Karavade 2303 W39 D35 L9 W30 D16 W15 D8 W19 D1 6 450.00

7 GM Surya She Ganguly 2614 D23 W17 D16 D11 W14 D9 D4 D1 D3 5½ 33.33

8 GM Abhijit Kunte 2547 D28 D23 W12 D14 D11 D5 D6 D16 W20 5½ 33.33

9 IM K Rathnakaran 2488 W32 D14 W6 L2 W24 D7 D5 D11 D4 5½ 33.33

10 IM Dean J Ippolito 2425 W33 W18 L1 W19 D5 L4 W23 D2 D11 5½ 33.33

11 IM Michael A Mulyar 2381 W36 L4 W23 D7 D8 D28 W24 D9 D10 5½ 33.33

12 FM Bindi Cheng 2294 L1 W33 L8 W25 W19 L16 W18 W28 D13 5½ 33.33

13 IM Rajaram Laxman 2488 W15 D37 W28 W16 L1 L3 L14 W23 D12 5

14 FM Charles A Galofre 2318 W34 D9 D35 D8 L7 W21 W13 L5 D19 5

15 Eric Hansen 2240 L13 W25 L5 W38 W22 L6 D27 D18 W24 5

16 IM Marani Venkatesh 2450 W29 W19 D7 L13 D6 W12 L2 D8 U--- 4½

17 WGM Nisha Mohata 2400 D22 L7 W39 D28 D23 L24 L20 W32 W30 4½

18 WGM Swathi Ghate 2350 W21 L10 W32 L3 L28 W33 L12 D15 W31 4½

19 FM Nelson Castaneda 2314 W38 L16 W29 L10 L12 W25 W28 L6 D14 4½

20 FM Todd D Andrews 2311 W26 L2 D24 W21 L4 L23 W17 W27 L8 4½

21 Keith Mackinnon 2029 L18 D26 W27 L20 W29 L14 D32 D30 W34 4½

22 WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2316 D17 L28 D36 D33 L15 W38 W31 D24 U--- 4

23 FM Daniel A Yeager 2300 D7 D8 L11 W36 D17 W20 L10 L13 D32 4

24 FM John D Bick 2201 L35 W38 D20 W37 L9 W17 L11 D22 L15 4

25 Marc Widmaier 2062 L37 L15 W34 L12 W36 L19 B--- L26 W33 4

26 William Fisher 1556 L20 D21 L30 D31 D34 D29 X36 W25 U--- 4

27 WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy 2298 L4 D30 L21 X39 D33 W32 D15 L20 U--- 3½

28 Samuel Shankland 2296 D8 W22 L13 D17 W18 D11 L19 L12 U--- 3½

29 WIM Sai Meera 2227 L16 W31 L19 D32 L21 D26 D33 W38 U--- 3½

30 WFM Alisa Melekhina 2208 L2 D27 W26 L6 D32 H--- H--- D21 L17 3½

31 James Chan 2044 L5 L29 L33 D26 W38 W34 L22 B--- L18 3½

32 Michael S Katz 2236 L9 W34 L18 D29 D30 L27 D21 L17 D23 3

33 Kimani A Stancil 2162 L10 L12 W31 D22 D27 L18 D29 D34 L25 3

34 Adarsh Jayakumar 1885 L14 L32 L25 B--- D26 L31 W38 D33 L21 3

35 IM David Pruess 2425 W24 D6 D14 L5 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 2

36 Shelly Mays 2066 L11 H--- D22 L23 L25 B--- F26 U--- U--- 2

37 IM Ronald Burnett 2373 W25 D13 L3 L24 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1½

38 Klaus D Kuenitz 1674 L19 L24 B--- L15 L31 L22 L34 L29 U--- 1

39 Dan Tecker unr. L6 B--- L17 F27 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1