Balakrishnan Repeats As Kenilworth Champ

NM Praveen Balakrishnan won his 2nd straight Kenilworth CC Championship last night, becoming the 1st player to successfully defend his title since FM Steve Stoyko did so in 2006 & 2007.

5th round results, by board:

1.	Balakrishnan	1-0	Moldovan
2.	Kernighan	1-0	Mangion
3.	Chen	1-0	Selling
4.	Gottlieb	1-0	Tomkovich
5.	McAuliffe	1-0	Lee
6.	Burnett	1/2-1/2	Renna

1 point bye: Ruales
1/2 point byes: Sherry, Jackmin, Sturniolo


Final Crosstable & Standings (in tie-break order):

No.	Name	USCF	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	PR
1	Balakrishnan, Praveen	2234	4.5	W9	W3	W2	-Z-	W8	2282
2	Kernighan, Mark D	2251	3.5	W11	W4	L1	D8	W10	2105
3	Sherry, Robert J	1812	3.5	W13	L1	W12	W5	-H-	1877
4	Chen, Kevin Emmanuel	1958	3.5	W15	L2	-H-	W13	W7	1867
5	Gottlieb, Paul M	1692	3.0	W16	L7	W9	L3	W11	1592
6	Jackmin, John W	1852	3.0	W14	-N-	W11	D7	-H-	1890
7	Selling, Edward F	1790	2.5	-H-	W5	D8	D6	L4	1834
8	Moldovan, John	1809	2.5	W18	D10	D7	D2	L1	1904
9	Sturniolo, Louis	1637	2.5	L1	W14	L5	W15	-H-	1701
10	Mangion, Ian	2049	2.5	W12	D8	-H-	-Z-	L2	1885
11	Tomkovich, Gregory	1671	2.0	L2	W15	L6	W12	L5	1688
12	Mc Auliffe, W Geoff	1609	2.0	L10	W16	L3	L11	W13	1387
13	Lee, Larry	---	2.0	L3	-B-	W16	L4	L12	1302
14	Renna, Joe	1429	1.5	L6	L9	L17	W16	D15	1257
15	Burnett, Wayne	1475	1.0	L4	L11	-H-	L9	D14	1369
16	Ruales, Luis	691	1.0	L5	L12	L13	L14	-B-	1068
17	Komunicky, Daniel (filler)	1486	1.0	-U-	-U-	W14	-U-	-U-	1808
18	Vinson, Robert D (withdrew)	1210	0.0	L8	-U-	-U-	-U-	-U-	1423

Trophy Winners:

1st - NM Praveen Balakrishnan

2nd - LM Mark Kernighan

3rd - Bob Sherry

U2100 - Kevin Chen

U1800 - Paul Gottlieb

U1600 - Larry Lee

U1400 - Luis Ruales

Biggest Upset - John Moldovan (draw vs. Kernighan in round 4)

Post updated: 2/13 @ 12:47 a.m.