14th annual EMPIRE CITY OPEN chess
tournament
August 27-28, 1977
Hotel Roosevelt, Madison Ave & 45th Street,
New York City
OPEN SECTION
Name
Pre Post Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Tot Prize
1 Eugene B Meyer, DC....2352 2384
W16 W29 W24 W 3 4 $225.00
2 Leonid Bass, NY.......2169/9 2258 W35 W37 W 5
W11 4 $225.00
3 Anatoly Lein, NY......2497 2493 W
9 W26 W15 L 1 3 $ 15.00
4 Alex Kevitz, NY.......2314 2309
D12 D13 W27 W17 3 $ 15.00
5 Larry D Evans, NY.....2259 2273 W
6 W10 L 2 W19 3 $ 15.00
6 Lesle Braun, NY.......2138 2149 L
5 W23 W22 W20 3 $ 15.00
7 Ariel Mengarini, NY...2097 2117
D25 D27 W30 W15 3 $ 15.00
8 Karl Dehmelt, PA......2275 2259
L18 W20 W32 D10 2.5
9 Damian A Dottin, NY...2143 2153 L
3 W21 W34 D13 2.5
10 Peter J Winston, NY...2115 2109 W44 L 5
W21 D 8 2.5
11 Mariano A Acosta, IN..2095 2123 W43 D30
W12 L 2 2.5
12 Sidney Bernstein, NY..2055 2072 D 4 W34
L11 W24 2.5
13 Edmund A Koss, NJ.....2010 2034 W14 D 4
D19 D 9 2.5
14 Shi Ling Hsu, NJ......1705 1718 L13 W41
D33 WF 2.5
15 William Hook, MD......2233 2228 W31 W18
L 3 L 7 2
16 Eric Bone, NY.........2210 2180 L 1 W25
L20 W28 2
17 Richard B Kaner, RI...2172 2154 L26 W36
W35 L 4 2
18 Bruce Albertson, PA...2130 2130 W 8 L15
D26 D25 2
19 Barry A Popik, NY.....2068 2070 D30 W22
D13 L 5 2
20 Ignacio Yepes, NJ.....2021 2029 W28 L 8
W16 L 6 2
21 Robert M Sulman, NY...1923 1925 W36 L 9
L10 W27 2
22 Michael F Rose, NY....1882 1873 W40 L19
L 6 W36 2
23 Dattatraya Telang, NY.1856 1866 L34 L 6
W40 W33 2
24 Charles R Braun, CT...1850 1904 W33 W31
L 1 L12 2
25 Edward Gaillard, NY...1769 1827 D 7 L16
W39 D18 2
26 Leo Williams, CAN.....2231 2235 W17 L 3
D18 U 1.5
27 John J Kearns, NY.....1902 1895 W41 D 7
L 4 L21 1.5
28 Lazaro Munoz, NJ......1603 1613 L20 D33
WF L16 1.5
29 Joel Benjamin, NY.....2189 2190 W32 L 1
U U 1
30 Leonid Balmazi, MA....2173 2147 D19 D11
L 7 U 1
31 William J Adam, NY....2084 2021 L15 L24
L36 W41 1
32 Daniel Samuels, NY....2044 2032 L29 W39
L 8 U 1
33 Edward A Phillips, NY.2035 1961 L24 D28
D14 L23 1
34 Robert W Batoff, PA...1987 1975 W23 L12
L 9 LF 1
35 John S Procopi, NY....1864 1860 L 2 W40
L17 U 1
36 Irving Fierstein, NY..1564 1587 L21 L17
W31 L22 1
37 George Golden, NY.....2019 2002 D39 L 2
U U 1
38 Mitchell Fitzko, NY...1849 1836 U
U U D40 0.5
39 Martin Jacowitz, NY...1761 1751 D37 L32
L25 U 0.5
40 Polly Peterson, MD....1515 1522 L22 L35
L23 D38 0.5
41 Joseph Antal, NY......1389 1382 L27 L14
D42 L31 0.5
42 Michael Charash, NY...UNR 1389 U
U D41 U 0.5
43 Alex Dunne, PA........2139 2121 L11 U
U U 0
44 Joseph W Lux, NY......1946 1937 L10 U
U U 0
There were also U2100 prizes of $150 and $75.
We need the last published ratings
(Aug 1977 list) to see who won.
GROUP 2 (Under 1900 Section)
Name
Pre Post Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Tot Prize
1 Frank L Romano, NY......1890 1946 W22 W19 W 5 D 2 3.5
$116.67
2 Christopher Reddin, NY..1825 1898
W29 W 9 W11 D 1 3.5 $116.67
3 Herminio Baez, NY.......1756 1867
D 8 W17 W16 W13 3.5 $116.67
4 Mitchell Goldberg, NY...1944 1945
L 7 WF W25 W15 3
5 Sergey Kudrin, CT.......1908 1941
W21 W12 L 1 W 7 3
6 Donald A Swallow, NY....1796 1824 W26 L11 W18 W10 3
7 Boris Feldman, NY....... UNR 2111 W 4 W16 W17 L 5 3
8 Paul F Neuer, NJ........1885 1887 D 3 D15 D 9 W12 2.5
9 William Saffern, NY.....1854 1871 W27 L 2 D 8 W17 2.5
10 Alan P Williams, NY.....1887 1865 L11 W26 W14 L 6 2
11 Gary Cornell, RI........1878 1889 W10 W 6 L 2 U
2
12 Haryanto Davo, NY.......1847/10 1839 W14 L 5 W20 L 8 2
13 David S Kilbourn, NJ....1843 1840 W23 W20 L 7 L 3 2
14 Arthur L Levine, NY.....1753 1750 L12 W21 L10 W25 2
15 Jeffrey Tannenbaum, NY..1752 1770 D17 D 8 W19 L 4 2
16 Richard Fireman, NY.....1951 1911 W25 L 7 L 3 D20 1.5
17 David Joel Wolpe, PA....1839 1817 D15 L 3 W22 L 9 1.5
18 Michael R Kind, FOR.....1822/3 1697 L20 W23 L 6 D26 1.5
19 Eddy R Vildoso, NY......1796 1768 W24 L 1 L15 D21 1.5
20 Bruce Gronenthal, NY....1726 1727 W18 L13 L12 D16 1.5
21 Michael D Joseph, NY....1717/12 1706 L 5 L14 W28 D19 1.5
22 Mitchell Fitzko, NY.....1836 1777 L 1 L25 L17 BYE 1
23 Howard Korman, NY.......1721 1703 L13 L18 W26 U
1
24 John Matusof, NY........1538 1532 L19 BYE U U
1
25 Nicholas Pallotto, PA...1516 1534 L16 W22 L 4 L14 1
26 John Reutershan, NY.....1630/4 1568 L 6 L10 L23 D18 0.5
27 Paul E Wurmbrand, NY....1903 1885 L 9 U U
U 0
28 Irena Khaitman, NY......1730/3 1627 U U L21 U
0
29 F E Condon, NJ..........1689 1678 L 2 U U
U 0
GROUP 3 (Under 1700 Section)
Name
Pre Post Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Tot Prize
1 David E Alpert, NJ......1814 1865 W29 W 4 W13 W 7 4
$200.00
2 Harold G Stenzel, NY....1754 1787
W 8 W15 D 9 W10 3.5 $ 75.00
3 Gerald Christoff, NY....1627 1690
D34 W27 W23 W 9 3.5 $ 75.00
4 Garth Miller, NY........1740
1754 W28 L 1 W17 W20 3
5 Ansel J Schiffer, NJ....1710 1730
W36 W26 L 7 W11 3
6 Miguel A Rivera, NY.....1671 1692 L26 W36 W27 W15 3
7 Gerald Heller, NY.......1622 1678 W20 W14 W 5 L 1 3
8 Michael Campisi, NY.....1581/20 1623 L 2 W32 W14 W13 3
9 Guillermo De Castro, NY.1679 1690 W18 W12 D 2 L 3 2.5
10 Robert Feldstein, NY....1622 1646 W21 D23 W25 L 2 2.5
11 David M Chandler, FL....1701 1694 L25 W35 W12 L 5 2
12 William R Hunt Jr, NY...1652 1647 W31 L 9 L11 W28 2
13 Zygmond Mayer, NY.......1650 1654 W24 W19 L 1 L 8 2
14 Michael P Bergman, NY...1623 1613 W37 L 7 L 8 W29 2
15 Harry E Bell, OR........1606 1607 W32 L 2 W31 L 6 2
16 David E Lecker, NY......1588 1585 L23 W22 D29 D21 2
17 Alan Kantor, NY.........1577 1587 W35 D25 L 4 D18 2
18 David Rosenblitt, NY....1569 1564 L 9 W34 D21 D17 2
19 Willie Johnson, NY......1564 1560 W22 L13 L20 W31 2
20 Kenneth A Lerner, NY....1535 1544 L 7 W37 W19 L 4 2
21 Lee J Starr, NY.........1508 1521 L10 W28 D18 D16 2
22 James W Knox, NH........1449 1451 L19 L16 W33 W27 2
23 Jonathan Nagy, NY.......1748 1732 W16 D10 L 3 U
1.5
24 John W Herman, NJ.......1698 1655 L13 D29 W34 L30 1.5
25 Michael W Ashley, NY....1676 1671 W11 D17 L10 U
1.5
26 Daniel Barouty, NY......1651 1654 W 6 L 5 U U
1
27 Alan H Kupferberg, NY...1590 1543 W33 L 3 L 6 L22 1
28 Roger D Green, NY.......1590 1560 L 4 L21 W32 L12 1
29 Donald Rourke, NY.......1581 1565 L 1 D24 D16 L14 1
30 John Matusof, NY........1515 1538 U U
U W24 1
31 Arnel C Gonzales, NY....1511 1477 L12 W33 L15 L19 1
32 Anserd Frazer, GA.......1511 1485 L15 L 8 L28 W34 1
33 William Rosenblitt, NY..1104 1098 L27 L31 L22 WF 1
34 Albert Winyard, NY......1474/3 1375 D 3 L18 L24 L32 0.5
35 Thomas J Poulos, NY.....1581 1554 L17 L11 U U
0
36 James Frank White, NJ...1559 1538 L 5 L 6 U U
0
37 Richard M Meek, MI......1427 1407 L14 L20 U U
0
GROUP 4 (Under 1500 Section)
Name
Pre Post Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Duncan Cox, NY..........1587 1619 W13 W15 W 2 W16 W 7
4.5 $120.00
2 Neil Young, NY..........1352/17 1457
W37 W32 D 1 W 5 W 6 4.5 $120.00
3 Grant Gillen, NY........1525 1548
W18 W17 W10 L 6 W11 4 $ 20.00
4 Severino Ferrero, NY....1405 1437
WF L16 W12 W24 W10 4 $ 20.00
5 Hung-Chang Liu, NY......1459/21 1471 W26 W34 D 8 L
2 W19 3.5
6 James M Duggan, NY......1448 1481 D25 W36 W28 W 3 L 2
3.5
7 Donald Botsch, NY.......1428 1463 W14 W12 D16 W 8 L 1
3.5
8 Bob Jenick, NY..........1390 1450 W39 W 9 D 5 L 7 W16
3.5
9 Joseph A Zavoda, NJ.....1531 1514 W20 L 8 D19 W30 D13
3
10 Paul H Carmichael, NY...1402/10 1400 W31 W23 L 3 WF L 4 3
11 David Arfa, NY..........1391/15 1411 L23 W26 W34 W14 L 3 3
12 Nathaniel Kelly, NY.....1382/22 1404 W38 L 7 L 4 W33 W22 3
13 Freddie L Jones, NY.....1352/20 1370 L 1 W27 D29 WF D 9 3
14 Norman J Wugman, NY.....1348 1390 L 7 W38 W15 L11 W23
3
15 Harrison Guvens III, NY.1409 1401 W21 L 1 L14 W31 D17
2.5
16 Philip L Stubbs, NY.....1395 1398 W27 W 4 D 7 L 1 L 8
2.5
17 Peter Tsahalis, NY......1377 1366 WF L 3 D31 D23 D15
2.5
18 Ramon Santiago, NY......1372 1371 L 3 L31 D21 W26 W29
2.5
19 Alex Garay, NY..........1369 1393 L32 W37 D 9 W29 L 5
2.5
20 Joseph R Sandberg, NY...1366/23 1397 L 9 W39 W33 D22 U 2.5
21 Nick Jennings, NY.......1340 1332 L15 L33 D18 W36 W31
2.5
22 Lenny Cassuto, NY.......1517 1465 D30 L24 W36 D20 L12
2
23 Jon Edwards, NY.........1504 1462 W11 L10 D24 D17 L14
2
24 Stuart Fontek, NY.......1346 1375 D28 W22 D23 L 4 U
2
25 R Conway Le Craw, NJ....1339 1373 D 6 D29 W32 U
U 2
26 Marc Bleicher, NY.......1275 1275 L 5 L11 W27 L18 W33
2
27 Mamdouh Tawadrous, NY...1241 1245 L16 L13 L26 W38 W36
2
28 Frank W Derringh, NY....1618 1589 D24 W30 L 6 U
U 1.5
29 C Jeffrey Ivins, NY.....1479 1419 D36 D25 D13 L19 L18
1.5
30 Chris A Taufman, NY.....1342/24 1355 D22 L28 W38 L 9 U 1.5
31 Vincent Rosiello, NY....1142 1204 L10 W18 D17 L15 L21
1.5
32 Huberto Rafael Sang, NY.1416 1397 W19 L 2 L25 U
U 1
33 David M Rodriques, NJ...1408/8 1288 L34 W21 L20 L12 L26 1
34 Steve Romero, NY........1311 1304 W33 L 5 L11 U
U 1
35 William Rosenblitt, NY..1098 1133 U U
U U W38 1
36 Steve Schwab, NY........1363/6 1237 D29 L 6 L22 L21 L27 0.5
37 Melvin Rappaport, NJ....1558 1514 L 2 L19 U U
U 0
38 Leon Gillen, NY.........1433 1323 L12 L14 L30 L27 L35
0
39 Peter T Jovanis, NJ.....1413 1378 L 8 L20 U U
U 0
GROUP 5 (Under 1300 Section)
Name
Pre Post Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Tot Prize
1 Robert J Shannon, NY....1269/14 1370 W 7 W13 W12 WF W 8 5 $
90.00
2 Harold Williams, NY.....1221/18 1327
W17 W15 W18 W19 W 4 5 $ 90.00
3 Marvin Pestcoe, NJ......1603 1587
W24 W 8 W19 L 4 W10 4 $ 10.00
4 Leong Hugh, NY..........1373
1426 W25 W11 W10 W 3 L 2 4 $ 10.00
5 Robert Pendergrast, NJ..1284
1357 L 8 W17 W 9 W16 W19 4 $ 10.00
6 Mark Lake, NY...........1375 1391 W13 D23 L 7 W15 W11
3.5
7 Peter Nicholas, NY......1311 1327 L 1 W27 W 6 L 8 W14
3
8 Gerard Capedvielle, NY..1305/22 1338 W 5 L 3 W23 W 7 L 1 3
9 Jeffrey M Wishik, NY....1254/17 1268 W28 L10 L 5 W25 W20 3
10 Stanley Lewandowski, NJ.1144/14 1270 W16 W 9 L 4 W14 L 3 3
11 Gary Forman, PA.........1069/16 1251 W14 L 4 W17 W20 L 6 3
12 Martin Bernstein, NY....1408 1370 L22 W21 L 1 W26 D13 2.5
13 Yu-Wang Kwong, NY.......1273/11 1263 L 6 L 1 W28 WF D12 2.5
14 John Jarecki, NY........1357 1311 L11 W25 W26 L10 L 7 2
15 Charles Turner, NJ......1350 1307 W29 L 2 L20 L 6 W26 2
16 Gyula D Apatini, NY.....1337/12 1311 L10 W28 W22 L 5 U 2
17 Mariann Loosemore, PA...1326 1285 L 2 L 5 L11 WF W21
2
18 John Gibbs, NY..........1253/18 1258 W21 W26 L 2 U U
2
19 Eva Veronika Klein, NY..1247 1243 W27 W22 L 3 L 2 L 5
2
20 Russell C Morano, NJ....1234/19 1223 L23 W24 W15 L11 L 9 2
21 William Musselman, NY...1216 1211 L18 L12 W24 W22 L17 2
22 Leo Lake, CT............1085/15 1191 W12 L19 L16 L21 W27 2
23 Steven B Daniels, NC....1294 1295 W20 D 6 L 8 U
U 1.5
24 Abe Thomas, NY..........1169 1149 L 3 L20 L21 D27 W25 1.5
25 Ronald Johnn, NY........1201/20 1165 L 4 L14 W27 L 9 L24 1
26 Gladys Vildoso, NY...... 920 943 WF L18 L14 L12
L15 1
27 Steven M Hilfer, NY.....1147 1098 L19 L 7 L25 D24 L22 0.5
28 John Pendergrast, NJ....1194 1156 L 9 L16 L13 U
U 0
29 Anthony Tucker, NY......1145 1137 L15 U U
U U 0
GROUP 6 (Under 1100/Unrated Section)
Name
Pre Post Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Tot Prize
1 Hugo Rey, NY.............1731/24 1725 W 4 W 2 W 3 W 6 D 5 4.5 $
40.00
2 Steve Swanson, NY........1204 1254
W 3 L 1 W 5 D 4 D 6 3 $ 20.00
3 Brian O'Sullivan, NY..... UNR 1392
L 2 W 6 L 1 W 5 W 4 3
4 Colette D Trouve, NY.....1218
1237 L 1 W 5 W 6 D 2 L 3 2.5
5 Carol Rosiello, NY.......1463/3 1240 D 6 L 4 L
2 L 3 D 1 1
6 Peter Zayas, NY..........1032/8 1165 D 5 L 3 L 4 L 1 D 2 1