Balance in quarterfinals after 60 out of 120 boards; all the match are balanced but one, the most unexpected: Gordon, who got the bye to quarterfinals, that is the number one, is trailing -90 against Coren, the number eight, therefore the eleventh in the group of 19 which started the championship. Richie Coren’s Team is new, built up in the last month for this championship.
Results so far:
Gordon: 71. Mark Gordon, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, David Berkowitz, Alan Sontag, Jacek Pszczola, Michael Rosenberg
Vs Coren: 161. Richie Coren, Roger Bates, Russ Eklebad, Steve Garner, Mattew Granovetter
Diamond: 125. John Diamond, Brian Platnik, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson, Kevin Bathurst, Justin Lall
Vs Wolfson: 105. Jeff Wolfson, Neil Silverman, Billy Cohen, Gary Cohler, Michael Kamil, Zia Mahmood
Fireman: 116.7. Gavin Wolpert, John Kranyak, Vince Demuy, John Hurd, Joel Woolridge
Vs Schwartz: 105. Richie Schwartz, Allan Graves, Huub Bertens, Curtis Cheek, Chris Compton, Mike Passell
Nickell: 103.Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, Steve Weinstein Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
Vs Fleisher: 109. Marty Fleisher, Chip Martel, Ishmael Del’Monte, Chris Willenken, Joe Grue, Brad Moss
http://usbf.org/docs/vugraphs/USBC2016/Bracket.php?stage=Roundof8
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