GM Alexander Fishbein wins Marchand 2018 with 4.5 points

Grandmaster Alexander Fishbein and Master Lev Paciorkowski  play on board #1 in the Open.

The biggest chess event in the Western NY area was even bigger this year, with more than 150 players, and an Open Section that was bursting with players.  It was a full-house at the Strong Museum with players and spectators enjoying some of the greatest chess games to see all year in Rochester, NY.

At high-stakes tournaments like this, chess players in all sections play extra hard and it is not only the prizes on the line, but also the prestige. And, this was a special year, the 40th Marchand.

Dan Burnside compiled a very nice set of photographs which can be viewed individually, or as part of a picture movie.  Here are the links:

Photo Gallery provided by Dan Burnside - Click here.

Slideshow (low resolution) provided by Dan Burnside - Click here. - coming soon

Slideshow (high resolution) provided by Dan Burnside - Click here. - coming soon

The USCF Rating report is online with the complete cross-table - Click here.

FIDE rating report link coming soon for the Open section.

40th Annual Marchand 2018 Results:

Open:

1st - Alexander Fishbein

2nd thru 5th - Alexander Shabalov, Holden Hernandez, Sergei Kudrin, Artiom Samsonkin

6th - Fidel Corrales Jimenez, Azarov, Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Lev Paciorkowski, Eugene Hua, Daniel He, Ben Dean-Kawamura

U2200: 

1st:Kevin Roulhac
2nd-5th: Martha Samadashvili, Stephen Capp, Clif Kharroubi, Michael Opaska, Owen Shriver

U2000: 

Dorian Kang, Tomasz Bazani

U1800:

1st thru 2nd - Chris Darling, Jonathan D'Alonzo

3rd: Aaron Gindi, Ferdinand Supsup, Peter Agok, Sam Cherin, Dale Janezic

U1600:

1st thru 2nd - Aidan Kharroubi, Arianna Kharroubi, Michelle Hua

U1400:

1st thru 2nd - Steve Baer, Mauri Miettinen

3rd: Dan Pike, Matthew O'Heron, Abraham Porschet

U1000:

1st - Grant Glor

2nd - Jacob Chung

3rd - Langston Woods, Henry Swing, Joseph Orozco, Sebastian Dankner, Dr. Edward Arnold, Jonathan Carmina

U800: 

1st thru 2nd - Henry Liu, Griffin Monrad, Thomas Auld, Naji Anaizi

This year's 40th Marchand was organized by the Rochester Chess Center, under the direction of Ronald Lohrman and Ken McBride and assistant Mike Lionti.

We hope to see YOU at the 41st Annual Marchand next year!