NJ Futurity II - Erenburg Repeats!

UPDATE! Games are available at NJoyChess.


Sergey Erenburg repeats as champion of the New Jersey International Futurity. In a remarkable performance, Erenburg drew all his games with his fellow GMs, and won all his games against the IMs and untitled players. The tournament was sponsored by the New Jersey State Chess Federation and Michael Khodarkovsky's International Chess School (ICS).

Yesterday, Friday July 11, were the final two rounds.

Round 8

= Ehlvest - Erenburg =
1 Yudasin - Scekic 0
0 Zlotnikov - Ju 1
= Ippolito - Palatnik =
1 Saenz - Molner 0

GM Ehlvest had a chance to catch GM Erenburg this round, but Erenburg played a Petroff, and the game was drawn in 38 moves. The final position was nothing remarkable - Ehlvest's bishop and Erenburg's knight, with three pawns each. Probably a smart decision by Erenburg, trying to close down any potential chances that Ehlvest wanted.

Yudasin outplayed Scekic in a 32 move Caro-Kann. See the diagram below for Scekic's crucial mistake, which Yudasin pounced on, and brought to a decisive conclusion.

In a battle of Knockouts, Evan Ju as Black, defeated IM Zlotnikov in a 30 move English. Ju penetrated his Queen into Zlotnikov's queenside, snapped off a couple of pawns, and ended with a slightly unusual ending, where each side had all four minor pieces, but the big wood was gone from both sides. The key, though, was that Ju had two connected passers on the queenside, and Zlotnikov was down those two pawns.

The soporific sounds of a Dutch Defense, led IM Ippolito (White) and GM Palatnik to call it quits after only eight moves.

In the game with the most norm implications, Mackensie Molner (Black) lost his chance for an IM norm, as he was defeated in a rare Benoni Counter Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5) by IM Saenz as White. 3...b5 was a move favored by Keres in the 1950s. In fact, Molner played the same variation in the last week of the United States Chess League's regular season, against IM Jay Bonin (but lost that game too). Bonin had played 4.Ng5, but in thous tournament, Saenz countered with 4.a4, a comparatively rare variation that is played only about 10% of the time. In the Polish/Orangutang Opening (1.b4), 1...a5 is a good reply, and this variation reminds me of that. In any case, Molner went into the ending a pawn up, but Saenz's advanced, passed c-pawn was his compensation. Saenz's king came in to help out, and after a few inaccuracies right at the end, Molner finally had to give up big material, or Saenz would queen his pawn.

Round 9

= Palatnik - Saenz =
= Ippolito - Yudasin =
= Molner - Ehlvest =
1 Erenburg = Zlotnikov 0
0 Ju - Scekic 1

Ippolito - Yudasin, 11 moves. Palatnik - Saenz, 6 moves. Getting to go home after a long tournament, priceless.

Molner (White), now without the chance for an IM norm, still managed to give Ehlvest a run for his money. A 49 move Hedgehog-Pirc-Modern something-or-other, saw Molner with a nicely advanced e-pawn in Ehlvest's positions. After the GM swept it away, Molner's king was chased around the board by Ehlvest's queen, and the game was drawn.

Erenburg (White) completed his remarkable sweep of the non-GMs, by finishing off IM Zlotnikov in a 33 move Modern, with some nasty queenside penetration and a mating attack. Zlotnikov clearly had an off-tournament, and we're sure he'll be back in form soon.

In the final game, IM Scekic finished off Evan Ju, with a cute bishop sacrifice. See the diagram below.


It was most excellent to see another round robin come to New Jersey, and we look forward to next year's event. Congratulations to GM Sergey Erenburg of Israel on repeating as champion!

Games are available at NJoyChess.

The Knockouts' second season begins the last week of August. Watch this blog for continuing coverage of their likely championship winning season!

NJ Futurity Round 6

The kinks finally seemed to be worked out with the relay, and you can watch round 6 here.

Let's root for the Knockouts to have a great round!

UPDATE: Erenburg sacked a bishop in his game against Ippolito. Here's a diagram...

Round 6 Results:

1 Yudasin - Zlotnikov 0
= Ehlvest - Scekic =
0 Saenz - Ju 1
0 Ippolito - Erenburg 1
= Palatnik - Molner =

Standings after Round 6
5.0 Erenburg
4.5 Ehlvest, Yudasin
3.5 Molner
3.0 Palatnik
2.5 Saenz
2.0 Ju, Scekic
1.5 Ippolito
1.0 Zlotnikov

NJ Futurity Rounds 4 and 5

Raw results of Round 4. Unfortunately, I have no details.

= Yudasin - Ehlvest =
1 Saenz - Zlotnikov 0
0 Ippolito - Scekis 1
= Palatnik - Ju =
0 Molner - Erenburg 1

Standings after Round 4
3.5 Erenburg
3.0 Yudasin, Ehlvest
2.5 Molner, Palatnik
1.5 Saenz, Scekic
1.0 Ippolito, Zlotnikov
0.5 Ju

It just hasn't been the Knockouts' tournament. Molner has performed well, but Ju, Zlotnikov, and Ippolito have 1 win, 3 draws, and 8 losses after four rounds. Combined, the Knockouts are 5.0/16.0.


Partial results of Round 5

= Erenburg - Palatnik =

A quick 10 mover Exchange Ruy that ended with a forced perpetual -- I found 88 other games just like it in my database. These guys called it a day pretty early!

= Molner - Yudasin =

A 17 move French Defense lead to an equal position, but still with a lot of life left in it. Nevertheless, in the second round of the day, it seemed like a good time for them to call it off, I guess.

= Ju - Ippolito =

A 14 move Petroff leading to dead equality. Neither of these guys are having a good tournament, so they made peace.

0 Saenz - Scekic 1

A 50 move Slav transformed early into a rook and dark-squared bishop ending. Scekic made some nice maneuvers, exchanged some pawns and eventually the bishops and ended in an rook and pawn endgame, with Scekic about to queen his e-pawn. Saenz, presumably, threw in the towel.

0 Zlotnikov - Ehlvest 1

A 43 move Pirc, transformed into a rook and knight endgame, with Ehlvest pushing his d-pawn to its ultimate destiny. It was inevitable at the end, and Zlotnikov gave up.

Standings after Round 5
4.0 Erenburg, Ehlvest
3.5 Yudasin
3.0 Palatnik, Molner
2.5 Scekic
1.5 Ippolito, Saenz
1.0 Ju, Zlotnikov

NJ Futurity Rounds 2 and 3

Round 2

While in Round 1, there were three Black wins (and one White win), Round 2 saw three decisive games, all won by White.

GM Yudasin (White) beat IM Saenz in a 40 move Two Knights Defense. At the end, Yudasin had an extra bishop and his c-pawn was passed and on the sixth rank. Saenz had hoped for a perpatual a few moves earlier, but when Yudasin wriggled his way out of it, there was no hope.

Knockout and tournament host IM Dean Ippolito (White) opened with his usual 1. d4, and GM Ehlvest responded with the King's Indian. Ippolito fianchettoed his king's bishop, and the game ended peacefully after 21 moves. (Don't believe Ehlvest's final move in the game file at the NJSCF site. It drops a queen!)

GM Erenburg (White) put away Knockout Evan Ju in an French Defense, Tarrasch variation. After 54 bruising moves, Erenburg was poised to queen one of his two remaining pawns supported by his rook, while Ju had only one pawn and a rook. A fairly even game for most of the first two-thirds, Erenburg neutralized Ju's isolani, split and weakened Ju's queenside pawns, and expertly finished the contest.

Knockout Mac Molner (White) and IM Scekic played a Lowenthal Sicilian that lasted over 50 moves (the game file at the NJSCF site has some strange moves at the end) and ended in a drawn in an unbalanced position; Molner had two rooks and a pawn, and Scekic had a rook, bishop, and two pawns, and they called it a day.

In a 70 move Pirc marathon, GM Palatnik (White) took down Knockout IM Zlotnikov. Palatnik sacked the exchange for a serious kingside attack. Zlotnikov weathered the storm, but Palatnik ended with three monstrous kingside pawns. Zlotnikov gave back the exchange, but Palatnik's pawns were too powerful.

Games are available at the NJSCF site.

Standings after Round 2
2.0 Erenburg, Yudasin
1.5 Ehlvest, Molner
1.0 Ippolito, Palatnik
0.5 Saenz, Scekic
0.0 Ju, Zlotnikov

Round 3

In the only completed game, and a GM-GM clash, GM Erenburg (White) and GM Yudasin (Black) drew in 26 moves in a Sicilian.

Results - I have no details!

= Erenburg - Yudasin =
0 Ju - Molner 1
0 Scekis - Palatnik 1
1 Zlotnikov - Ippolito 0
1 Ehlvest - Saenz 0

Standings after Round 3
2.5 Erenburg, Yudasin, Ehlvest, Molner
2.0 Palatnik
1.0 Ippolito, Zlotnikov
0.5 Saenz, Scekic
0.0 Ju

NJ Futurity: Round 1 Results

The first round of the Second New Jersey International Futurity has concluded!

GM Yudasin (Black) beat NJ Knockout Evan Ju (White), in a 42 move Najdorf. It seemed like Ju had chances up until at least move 35 in a Rook and six Pawn versus Rook and six pawn endgame, but it ended rather quickly. I don't pretend to tell you where exactly it went wrong for Ju, but seven moves later, Yudasin had two connected passed pawns on his fifth rank.

IM Saenz (White) and NJ Knockout Dean Ippolito (Black) drew in a 34 move Slav. The relay site gives 35 moves, but the last moves are outright blunders, so I suspect it they are relay errors.

IM Scekic (White) lost to last year's winner GM Sergey Erenburg, in an exciting 46 move Slav, where both sides had furious attacks at the end, but Erenburg's was more powerful. Again, the last move or two are unclear, likely because of the relay.

The first GM clash, between Ehlvest (White) and Palatnik (Black) ending with a win for Ehlvest in the midst of a King and Pawn endgame. The game started as a Queen's Gambit Declined Tarrasch.

The game between the two NJ Knockouts, IM Zlotnikov (White) and Mackensie Molner (Black), ended with Molner a few moves from mating Zlotnikov, in that rarest of endings, Knight and Bishop against Zlotnikov's lone king. Zlotnikov played for a while and clearly wanted Molner to prove that he could execute the W-maneuver and mate him. When Molner proved that he had actually studied his endgame technique, Zlotnikov resigned.

Standings after round 1:
1.0 Ehlvest, Erenburg, Molner, Yudasin
0.5 Ippolito, Saenz
0.0 Ju, Palatnik, Scekic, Zlotnikov

Combined, the NJ Knockouts are 1.5 / 4.0.

The second round begins tomorrow at 10am at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg, NJ.

NJ Futurity II starts today

At 3:15pm Eastern today, the New Jersey Futurity II starts. According to one of the sponsors, the New Jersey State Chess Federation, there will be a live game broadcast, which you can reach by clicking here. The other sponsor of the tournament is the International Chess School (ICS).

Good luck again to Ippolito, Zlotnikov, Molner, and Ju, the New Jersey Knockouts' representatives in the tournament!

New Jersey Futurity II

Welcome back to the New Jersey Knockouts blog! Where have you been? More importantly, where have I been? The US Chess League starts up again in under two months, and you can tune in right here to find all the action.

Until then, there's other New Jersey chess action to keep us occupied. The New Jersey State Chess Federation and the International Chess School (ICS) are sponsoring another Futurity tournament starting on Monday, July 7, 2008, the day after the conclusion of the World Open. The ten-player single round robin will take place at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg, NJ. It concludes on July 11, 2008.

I got a scoop on the pairings, and an updated list of the participants, so without further ado...

Participants

GM Jaan Ehlvest (2603 - USA)
GM Sergey Erenburg (2563 - ISR)
GM Leonid Yudasin (2550 - ISR)
GM Sam Palatnik (2472 - USA)
IM Dean Ippolito (2445 - USA)
IM A. Almeida Saenz (2419 - MEX)
IM Milos Scekic (2371 - SRB)
IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (2345 - USA)
Mackensie Molner (2337 - USA)
Evan Ju (2286 - USA)

Average Rating = 2439 (Category 8)

Erenburg is returning to defend his title from last year's tournament. Many of the participants are the same as last year; new players this year are Ehlvest, Palatnik, Saenz, and Scekic. Ehlvest, formerly in the world's top five, and Palatnik, with his team and individual medals at the Student Team Championships in 1974 and 1976, are impressive additions to this powerful tournament.

Most importantly (in the context of this blog), is the fact that Ippolito, Zlotnikov, Molner, and Ju were all members of the Knockouts last year! Just a couple of weeks ago, Molner picked up an IM norm at the Marshall Chess Club. Ippolito may have a homefield advantage, playing at his own school. Let's cheer them all on to floor the rest of the competition.

Schedule (White listed first)

Round 1 (July 7, 2008: 3:15pm)
Ju - Yudasin
Scekic - Erenburg
Zlotnikov - Molner
Ehlvest - Palatnik
Saenz - Ippolito

Round 2 (July 8, 2008: 10:00am)
Yudasin - Saenz
Ippolito - Ehlvest
Palatnik - Zlotnikov
Molner - Scekic
Erenburg - Ju

Round 3 (July 8, 2008: 4:00pm)
Erenburg - Yudasin
Ju - Molner
Scekic - Palatnik
Zlotnikov - Ippolito
Ehlvest - Saenz

Round 4 (July 9, 2008: 10:00am)
Yudasin - Ehlvest
Saenz - Zlotnikov
Ippolito - Scekic
Palatnik - Ju
Molner - Erenburg

Round 5 (July 9, 2008, 4:00pm)
Molner - Yudasin
Erenburg - Palatnik
Ju - Ippolito
Scekic - Saenz
Zlotnikov - Ehlvest

Round 6 (July 10, 2008: 10:00am)
Yudasin - Zlotnikov
Ehlvest - Scekic
Saenz - Ju
Ippolito - Erenburg
Palatnik - Molner

Round 7 (July 10, 2008: 4:00pm)
Palatnik - Yudasin
Molner - Ippolito
Erenburg - Saenz
Ju - Ehlvest
Scekic - Zlotnikov

Round 8 (July 11, 2008 10:00am)
Yudasin - Scekic
Zlotnikov - Ju
Ehlvest - Erenburg
Saenz - Molner
Ippolito - Palatnik

Round 9 (July 11, 2008, 4:00 pm)
Ippolito - Yudasin
Palatnik - Saenz
Molner - Ehlvest
Erenburg - Zlotnikov
Ju - Scekic

Erenburg wins NJ Futurity International

GM Sergey Erenburg has won the New Jersey Futurity International with a score of 6.5/9. His last round victory over IM Mikhail Zlotnikov sealed the victory, as penultimate round co-leader and countryman GM Leonid Yudasin drew IM Amon Simutowe. Third place went to GM Magesh Panchanathan.

NM Evan Ju, coming off his upset-prize-winning eighth round victory over GM Gennadi Zaichik, needed just a draw against FM Tom Bartell to secure an IM norm. Unfortunately for Ju, Bartell's passed c-pawn proved to be a fatal thorn in Ju's side, as he succumbed to severe time pressure in a difficult position.

The brilliancy prize went to a violent attacking display by NM Mackensie Molner, which you can replay here.

The New Jersey State Chess Federation website has a crosstable, results, and games.

Stay tuned to this blog in August, when we will preview the New Jersey Knockout inaugural season in the United States Chess League, and then check in every week during the season for results, as the Knockouts try to floor the competition.

Futurity Round 6 Results and Crosstable

Round 6 Results

Four white wins and a draw in the morning round today...

Simutowe 1-0 Ippolito
Erenburg 1-0 Bartell
Zlotnikov 1-0 Zaitchik
Panchanathan 1/2 Yudasin
Ju 1-0 Molner

Crosstable after Round 6

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	+/-
1	Panchanathan	2486	x	=	=	1	1	.	.	=	1	.	4.5	2595	109
2	Yudasin	2550	=	x	=	.	.	=	=	1	.	1	4	2581	31
3	Erenburg	2565	=	=	x	=	.	1	1	.	=	.	4	2529	-36
4	Ju	2173	0	.	=	x	0	.	.	1	1	1	3.5	2488	315
5	Simutowe	2421	0	.		1	x	0	1	=	.	1	3.5	2408	-13
6	Zaichik	2473	.	=	0	.	1	x	=	0	.	=	2.5	2383	-90
7	Bartell	2398	.	=	0	.	0	=	x	.	=	=	2	2316	-82
8	Zlotnikov	2367	=	0	.	0	=	1	.	x	0	.	2	2266	-101
9	Molner	2293	0	.	=	0	.	.	=	1	x	0	2	2264	-29
10	Ippolito	2395	.	0	.	0	0	=	=	.	1	x	2	2251	-144

Round 7 is underway! The pairings...

Molner-Simutowe
Yudasin-Ju
Zaitchik-Panchanathan
Bartell-Zlotnikov
Ippolito-Erenburg

...

Futurity Round 4 Crosstable

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	+/-
2486	1	Panchanathan	x	.	1	.	.	=	.	1	.	=	3	2582	96
2550	2	Yudasin	.	x	.	=	.	=	=	.	1	.	2.5	2558	8
2173	3	Ju	0	.	x	.	.	=	.	.	1	1	2.5	2553	380
2473	4	Zaichik	.	=	.	x	.	.	=	1	=	.	2.5	2541	68
2293	5	Molner	.	.	.	.	x	=	=	.	0	1	2	2431	138
2565	6	Erenburg	=	=	=	.	=	x	.	.	.	.	2	2376	-189
2398	7	Bartell	.	=	.	=	=	.	x	0	.	.	1.5	2334	-64
2421	8	Simutowe	0	.	.	0	.	.	1	x	.	=	1.5	2331	-90
2395	9	Ippolito	.	0	0	=	1	.	.	.	x	.	1.5	2272	-123
2367	10	Zlotnikov	=	.	0	.	0	.	.	=	.	x	1	2143	-224

Round 4 Results
Zlotnikov 0-1 Molner
Simutowe 1-0 Bartell
Ippolito 1/2 Gennadi
Erenburg 1/2 Yudasin
Panchanathan 1-0 Ju

GM Magesh Panchanathan knocked Evan Ju off the leader's perch with a 37-move English Opening to take sole possession of first place.

Futurity Crosstable after Round 3 (with Performance Ratings)

Crosstable after Round 3 in Score Order

For games, go the the New Jersey State Chess Federation site by clicking here.

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	Total	Perf	+/-
1	Ju	2173	x	.	.	.	.	=	.	1	1	.	2.5	2709	536
2	Zaichik	2473	.	x	.	=	=	.	.	.	.	1	2	2590	117
3	Panchanathan	2486	.	.	x	.	.	=	.	=	.	1	2	2584	98
4	Yudasin	2550	.	=	.	x	=	.	.	.	1	.	2	2555	5
5	Bartell	2398	.	=	.	=	x	.	=	.	.	.	1.5	2439	41
6	Erenburg	2565	=	.	=	.	.	x	=	.	.	.	1.5	2317	-248
7	Molner	2293	.	.	.	.	=	=	x	.	0	.	1	2319	26
8	Zlotnikov	2367	0	.	=	.	.	.	.	x	.	=	1	2227	-140
9	Ippolito	2395	0	.	.	0	.	.	1	.	x	.	1	2205	-190
10	Simutowe	2421	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	=	.	x	0.5	2175	-246

Rounds 4 and 5 are today, 6 July 2007.

Remaining pairings...

ROUND 4 (10:00 am 9 July)
Simutowe-Bartell
Ippolito-Zaichik
Erenburg-Yudasin
Zlotnikov-Molner
Panchanathan-Ju

ROUND 5 (4:00 pm 9 July)
Ju-Simutowe
Molner-Panchanathan
Yudasin-Zlotnikov
Zaitchik-Erenburg
Bartell-Ippolito

ROUND 6 (10:00 am 10 July)
Simutowe-Ippolito
Erenburg-Bartell
Zlotnikov-Zaitchik
Panchanathan-Yudasin
Ju-Molner

ROUND 7 (4:00 pm 10 July)
Molner-Simutowe
Yudasin-Ju
Zaitchik-Panchanathan
Bartell-Zlotnikov
Ippolito-Erenburg

ROUND 8 (10:00 am 11 July)
Simutowe-Erenburg
Zlotnikov-Ippolito
Panchanathan-Bartell
Ju-Zaitchik
Molner-Yudasin

ROUND 9 (4:00 pm 11 July)
Yudasin-Simutowe
Zaitchik-Molner
Bartell-Ju
Ippolito-Panchanathan
Erenburg-Zlotnikov

Futurity Results, Round 1, Ju leads!

New Jersey Futurity International (7-11 July 2007)

Evan Ju leads after one round of the tournament. He beat IM Dean Ippolito, when Ippolito lost the exchange, and was down in the endgame with no compensation.

Play continues today at 10am and 4pm at the Sheraton Parsippany hotel in Parsippany, New Jersey.

ROUND 1
White --- Black
Zlotnikov 1/2 Simutowe
Panchanathan 1/2 Erenburg
Ju 1-0 Ippolito
Molner 1/2 Bartell
Yudasin 1/2 Zaitchik

Current Crosstable

##.Name........... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
.1 Zlotnikov ..... x . . . . . . . . =   0.5
.2 Panchanathan .. . x . . . . . . = .   0.5
.3 Ju ............ . . x . . . . 1 . .   1.0
.4 Molner ........ . . . x . . = . . .   0.5
.5 Yudasin ....... . . . . x = . . . .   0.5
.6 Zaichik ....... . . . . = x . . . .   0.5
.7 Bartell ....... . . . = . . x . . .   0.5
.8 Ippolito ...... . . 0 . . . . x . .   0.0
.9 Erenburg ...... . = . . . . . . x .   0.5
10 Simutowe ...... = . . . . . . . . x   0.5

The New Jersey State Chess Federation website has the games. Click on the NJ Futurity link at the top of the page.

New Jersey Futurity International

The New Jersey Futurity International will take place July 7-11, 2007, at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel, in Parsippany, New Jersey. It is a nine-round round robin, and is being directed by International Arbiter, Glenn Petersen. It is being organized by Michael Khodarkovsky, president of the Kasparov Chess Foundation, Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the USCF, and Chair of the Master Affairs Committee of the New Jersey State Chess Federation.

This tournament is sponsored by New Jersey State Chess Federation and the New Jersey based International Chess School.

The participants are:

01 Mikhail Zlotnikov .... 2367 IM USA
02 Magesh Panchanathan .. 2486 GM India
03 Evan Ju .............. 2173 NM USA
04 Mackenzie Molner ..... 2293 NM USA
05 Leonid Yudasin ....... 2550 GM Israel
06 Gennadi Zaichik ...... 2473 GM USA
07 Tom Bartell .......... 2398 FM USA
08 Dean Ippolito ........ 2395 IM USA
09 Sergey Erenburg ...... 2565 GM Israel
10 Amon Simutowe ........ 2421 IM Zambia
All ratings are FIDE.

The average rating is 2412.1, making it (unofficially) a Category 7 tournament.

Opening Ceremony and First Round starts on Saturday, July 7, at 3:00pm. Time control is G/90 + 30 seconds per move.

First Round Pairings:

• Zlotnikov - Simutowe
• Panchanathan - Erenburg
• Ju - Ippolito
• Molner - Bartell
• Yudasin - Zaichik

Participants Evan Ju, Mackensie Molner, Dean Ippolito, Tom Bartell, and organizer Michael Khodarkovsky are all members of the New Jersey Knockouts. We wish them the best in the tournament!

Preview of Round 1

The four GMs all clash in the first round! So do the four members of the Knockouts! It should make for an exciting day.

By my reckoning, Yudasin and Zaichik last played in the 33rd National Chess Congress in 2002, where they drew in the last round to take a share of first place. They also played four times in the 1980s in the former USSR where Yudasin won two, Zaichik won one, with one draw.

It doesn't appear as if Panchanathan and Erenburg have ever played. However, at the Chicago Open this year, Erenburg beat two of the USA's rising stars, IM Josh Friedel and IM David Pruess in 26 and 25 moves respectively. Both Friedel and Pruess play for the USCL's San Francisco Mechanics.

Knockouts Evan Ju and Dean Ippolito played to a draw in the last round of the 2006 New Jersey Open, a tournament that Ju won. Evan also just won the US Cadet Championship last month.

Tom Bartell just beat GM Yury Shulman at the World Open. And Molner had a great start at the US Junior Closed last month, and finished with an even score. I wouldn't be surprised if they have played in the past, but I didn't find anything on it.

Watch this page for tournament updates!