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2024 January Blitz

9 January 2024

Format

Swiss

Type

Blitz

Time control

5+5

Rounds

9

Players

18

Final standings

#	Player	Rating	Score	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
1	Clouston,Bevan	1874	8.0/9	+B13	+W6	+B11	+W4	+B2	+B3	+W9	+B10	-W5
2	Hill,Martin	2037	7.0/9	+B5	+W3	-B4	+W9	-W1	+B8	+W15	+B11	+B12
3	Popovski,Lou	1777	7.0/9	+W15	-B2	+W16	+B14	+B4	-W1	+W5	+B9	+B13
4	Barakat,Martin	1973	6.5/9	+W12	+B7	+W2	-B1	-W3	=B5	+W10	+W6	+B9
5	Kumaresan,Aditya	1313	5.5/9	-W2	-W14	+B17	+B7	+W6	=W4	-B3	+B15	+B1
6	Morrow,Alan	1654	5.0/9	+W14	-B1	-W15	+B16	-B5	+W18	+W12	-B4	+W11
7	Gross,Mike C	1515	5.0/9	+B18	-W4	-B10	-W5	-B13	+W17	+W8	+B14	+W15
8	Romic,Mile	1578	4.5/9	=B10	+W13	-B9	+W11	-B15	-W2	-B7	+B17	+W16
9	Quaranta,Marco	1551	4.5/9	+W16	=B11	+W8	-B2	+W10	+W15	-B1	-W3	-W4
10	Jacob,Flynn	-	4.5/9	=W8	=B12	+W7	=B15	-B9	+W13	-B4	-W1	+B18
11	Ascic,Steve	1738	4.0/9	+B17	=W9	-W1	-B8	+W14	=B12	+W16	-W2	-B6
12	Carruthers,Ethan	1381	4.0/9	-B4	=W10	-B14	+W13	+B17	=W11	-B6	+B18	-W2
13	Sweeney,Matthew	1276	4.0/9	-W1	-B8	+W18	-B12	+W7	-B10	+W17	+B16	-W3
14	Goldstein,Albert	-	4.0/9	-B6	+B5	+W12	-W3	-B11	-B16	+W18	-W7	+B17
15	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	1275	3.5/9	-B3	+W18	+B6	=W10	+W8	-B9	-B2	-W5	-B7
16	Lakic,Aleksa	-	3.0/9	-B9	+W17	-B3	-W6	+B18	+W14	-B11	-W13	-B8
17	Howard,Michael Colin	1127	1.0/9	-W11	-B16	-W5	+B18	-W12	-B7	-B13	-W8	-W14
18	Ngyuen,Rafael	-	0.0/9	-W7	-B15	-B13	-W17	-W16	-B6	-B14	-W12	-W10

Crosstable notation: +W3 = win as white against rank 3; -B7 = loss as black against rank 7; = = draw.

Rounds

Round 1, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Sweeney,Matthew	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
2	Kumaresan,Aditya	Hill,Martin	`0-1`
3	Popovski,Lou	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
4	Barakat,Martin	Carruthers,Ethan	`1-0`
5	Morrow,Alan	Goldstein,Albert	`1-0`
6	Ngyuen,Rafael	Gross,Mike C	`0-1`
7	Jacob,Flynn	Romic,Mile	`1/2-1/2`
8	Quaranta,Marco	Lakic,Aleksa	`1-0`
9	Howard,Michael Colin	Ascic,Steve	`0-1`

Round 2, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Clouston,Bevan	Morrow,Alan	`1-0`
2	Hill,Martin	Popovski,Lou	`1-0`
3	Gross,Mike C	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
4	Kumaresan,Aditya	Goldstein,Albert	`0-1`
5	Romic,Mile	Sweeney,Matthew	`1-0`
6	Ascic,Steve	Quaranta,Marco	`1/2-1/2`
7	Carruthers,Ethan	Jacob,Flynn	`1/2-1/2`
8	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Ngyuen,Rafael	`1-0`
9	Lakic,Aleksa	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`

Round 3, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Ascic,Steve	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
2	Barakat,Martin	Hill,Martin	`1-0`
3	Popovski,Lou	Lakic,Aleksa	`1-0`
4	Howard,Michael Colin	Kumaresan,Aditya	`0-1`
5	Morrow,Alan	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`0-1`
6	Jacob,Flynn	Gross,Mike C	`1-0`
7	Quaranta,Marco	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
8	Goldstein,Albert	Carruthers,Ethan	`1-0`
9	Sweeney,Matthew	Ngyuen,Rafael	`1-0`

Round 4, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Clouston,Bevan	Barakat,Martin	`1-0`
2	Hill,Martin	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
3	Goldstein,Albert	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`
4	Gross,Mike C	Kumaresan,Aditya	`0-1`
5	Lakic,Aleksa	Morrow,Alan	`0-1`
6	Romic,Mile	Ascic,Steve	`1-0`
7	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Jacob,Flynn	`1/2-1/2`
8	Carruthers,Ethan	Sweeney,Matthew	`1-0`
9	Ngyuen,Rafael	Howard,Michael Colin	`0-1`

Round 5, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Hill,Martin	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
2	Barakat,Martin	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`
3	Kumaresan,Aditya	Morrow,Alan	`1-0`
4	Sweeney,Matthew	Gross,Mike C	`1-0`
5	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
6	Quaranta,Marco	Jacob,Flynn	`1-0`
7	Ascic,Steve	Goldstein,Albert	`1-0`
8	Howard,Michael Colin	Carruthers,Ethan	`0-1`
9	Ngyuen,Rafael	Lakic,Aleksa	`0-1`

Round 6, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Popovski,Lou	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
2	Romic,Mile	Hill,Martin	`0-1`
3	Kumaresan,Aditya	Barakat,Martin	`1/2-1/2`
4	Morrow,Alan	Ngyuen,Rafael	`1-0`
5	Gross,Mike C	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
6	Quaranta,Marco	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
7	Jacob,Flynn	Sweeney,Matthew	`1-0`
8	Carruthers,Ethan	Ascic,Steve	`1/2-1/2`
9	Lakic,Aleksa	Goldstein,Albert	`1-0`

Round 7, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Clouston,Bevan	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
2	Hill,Martin	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
3	Popovski,Lou	Kumaresan,Aditya	`1-0`
4	Barakat,Martin	Jacob,Flynn	`1-0`
5	Morrow,Alan	Carruthers,Ethan	`1-0`
6	Gross,Mike C	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
7	Ascic,Steve	Lakic,Aleksa	`1-0`
8	Sweeney,Matthew	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
9	Goldstein,Albert	Ngyuen,Rafael	`1-0`

Round 8, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Jacob,Flynn	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
2	Ascic,Steve	Hill,Martin	`0-1`
3	Quaranta,Marco	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`
4	Barakat,Martin	Morrow,Alan	`1-0`
5	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Kumaresan,Aditya	`0-1`
6	Goldstein,Albert	Gross,Mike C	`0-1`
7	Howard,Michael Colin	Romic,Mile	`0-1`
8	Ngyuen,Rafael	Carruthers,Ethan	`0-1`
9	Lakic,Aleksa	Sweeney,Matthew	`0-1`

Round 9, Tue 9 Jan 2024

#	White	Black	Result
1	Clouston,Bevan	Kumaresan,Aditya	`0-1`
2	Carruthers,Ethan	Hill,Martin	`0-1`
3	Sweeney,Matthew	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`
4	Quaranta,Marco	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
5	Morrow,Alan	Ascic,Steve	`1-0`
6	Gross,Mike C	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
7	Romic,Mile	Lakic,Aleksa	`1-0`
8	Ngyuen,Rafael	Jacob,Flynn	`0-1`
9	Howard,Michael Colin	Goldstein,Albert	`0-1`