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Jeffrey Xu undefeated in Summer Open Lightning triumph!

Our first ACF-rated lightning tournament in three weeks happened on January 28 (9 rounds; 3 mins per player for the game, plus 2s increment per move). New member Jeffrey Xu went undefeated, with only a single draw to finish on 8.5/9. John Stuart Plant was second on on 7, and third place went to Mario Falchoni on 6.5.

In the Under 1800 Division, first prize went to (6/9) with Ashton Li, Faaiz Malik, and Leo Xu sharing third on 5.5. In the Under 1550 Division Maan Beydoun, Ethan Currie and John Parissis shared first on 4/9. Full results are here.

St George Summer Open: Frank Tefanis claims first prize.

With a draw in his final game against Mario Falchoni, Frank Tefanis was able to maintain his lead in the Summer Open and take home the $350 first prize. Anand Munkhbat was second, with Mario and John Stuart Plant sharing third. The tournament’s final standings are here.

First place winners in the three minor divisions were Michael Babic (U1800); Sait Buzgan/Ramu Srinivasa/Leo Xu/Mirsad Zekic (shared U1600); and Scott Zhou (U1350). All the prize winners are listed here.

In round 7 itself, the following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Win: Michael Punzet (unrated; 15), Nick Dimitropoulos (unrated; 13); Draw: Scott Zhou (25).


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