Day 1 of the 2020 Maryland Sweet 16 has come to a close. There were some upsets in both rounds - notably Ryan He (1941) who has defeated two experts to be one of 3 undefeated players after 2 rounds. He is joined at the top by Shane Jayasundera (1983) and newcomer Benjamin Shoykhet (2061) - previously from Missouri last year.
Tomorrow promises more exciting chess after losing one hour tonight for Daylight Saving Time!
Standings: alphabetical oreder
2.0: Ryan He (1941); Shane Jayasundera (1983); Benjamin Shoykhet (2061).
1.5: Bijan Tahmassebi (2176)
1.0: Andrew Diep (2075); Neel Jay (2087); Jacob Jones (1906); Ted Mrozek (1853); Sean Power (1933); Joseph Tarantin (1917); Chen-Chen Ye (1964)
0.5: Ariel Joshi (1847); Anish Mariappan (1804), Max Mathura (1996)
0.0: Dylan Booth (1890); Gabriel Joshi (1710)
Pairings for Round 3:
1: Shoykhet (2061, 2.0) vs Jayasundera (1983, 2.0)
2: He (1941, 2.0) vs Tahmassebi (2176, 1.5)
3: Jay (2087, 1.0) vs Mrozek (1853, 1.0)
4: Power (1933, 1.0) vs Diep (2075, 1.0)
5: Tarantin (1917, 1.0) vs Ye (1964, 1.0)
6. Jones (1906, 1.0) vs Mathura (1996, 0.5)
7. Joshi A (1847 0.5) vs Mariappan (1804, 0.5)
8. Joshi G (1710, 0.0) vs Booth (1890, 0.0)