September TNT has been rated

Congratulation to new high ratings achieved by:

Aaron Green 1976 (+75 !)
Arvin Dawa 2074 (provisional)
Saul Magnusson 1738 (+90 !)
Brian Evans 1622
Ryne Swift 1836
Michael Pang 1701
Leor Wasserman 1672

September 2009 TNT

#	Name	Old		Perf		New		Results
1	Green, Aaron	1901		2238		1976		W 17 W 5 W 9 D 2		3.5
2	Dawa, Arvin	2072		2049		2074		W 13 W 20 W 3 D 1		3.5
3	Magnusson, Saul	1648		2142		1738		W 23 W 7 L 2 W 15		3
4	Rutter, Blair	1878		2126		1911		W 21 D 0 D 11 W 9		3
5	Zaczek, Jonathon	2126		2024		2119		W 15 L 1 W 16 W 8		3
6	Green, Jim	1762		1845		1781		L 9 D 21 W 18 W 20		2.5
7	Schulz, Waldemar	2000		1768		1972		W 14 L 3 D 15 W 16		2.5
8	Boron, Anthony	2003		1904		1995		W 10 L 9 W 14 L 5		2
9	Lipnowski, Samuel	2272		1886		2248		W 6 W 8 L 1 L 4		2
10	Evans, Brian	1588		1788		1622		L 8 L 12 W 20 W 21		2
11	Swift, Ryne	1831		1760		1836		W 19 D 0 D 4 L 0		2
12	Lauritson, Jim	1923		1722		1906		L 18 W 10 W 13 L 0		2
13	Pang, Michael	1696		1677		1701		L 2 W 19 L 12 W 18		2
14	Milord, Frank	1630		1635		1636		L 7 W 17 L 8 W 19		2
15	Lipic, Stephen	1722		1714		1723		L 5 W 18 D 7 L 3		1.5
16	Wasserman, Leor	1671		1631		1672		D 0 W 22 L 5 L 7		1.5
17	Gibbons, Lorne	1294		1366		1293		L 1 L 14 W 0 D 0		1.5
18	Ott, Richard	1482		1576		1499		W 12 L 15 L 6 L 13		1
19	Green, Leah	1242		1458		1268		L 11 L 13 W 21 L 14		1
20	Greenberg, Harley	1750		1445		1714		W 22 L 2 L 10 L 6		1
21	Trueman, Francis	1474		1318		1452		L 4 D 6 L 19 L 10		0.5
22	D'arcangelo, Joseph	1071		1311		1170		L 20 L 16 L 0 L 0		0
23	Kernetsky, Myron	1985		1248		1958		L 3 L 0 L 0 L 0		0

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 12

From the Saturday Winnipeg Free Press - September 12, 2009

White to mate in 3 - (Wurzburg)
I didn't have time to look at this, but the answer is
1. Kb3

Abe Yanofsky Memorial has been rated

But not available at the CFC site. I got the info from the CFC and created crosstables with the new rating info; see U 1800 here, and the Open here.

Congratulations to those who achieved new high ratings:

Trevor Vincent (2304 !)
Paolo Araullo (2148)
Jonathon Zaczek (2126)
Rolando Bince (2117)
Igal Raihman (1953)
Aaron Green (1901 !)
Steven de Groot (1774 +84 !)
Ryne Swift (1831)
Saul Magnusson (1648)
Leor Wasserman (1671)
Michael Pang (1696)
Keer Keer (1474)
Clifford Goodman (1684)

Yanofsky Memorial results

Yanofsky Memorial results at

http://aymemorialchess.blogspot.com/