Judges' Contest 9th Place

Unfortunately, this "contest" may not be a real contest for much longer as with his second exact pick in a row, NM Monkroussos now has a commanding lead, and only FM Young seems to be in realistic striking distance. Perhaps I'll stop updating this for that reason (though it could have something to do with my bitterness at now being far from the top, as I was throughout the beginning of the contest). FM Adamson still brings up the rear as he and GM Shabalov continue to deal body blows to each other with their repeated polar opposite rankings (last three weeks have been 3rd, 14th, and 4th for Adamson while being 14th, 4th, and 19th for Shabalov). These are the overall standings.



1st Place: Dennis Monokroussos (20, 13, 19, 18, 12, 17, 7, 11, 16, 14, 10, 9): 30 Points

2nd Place: Ron Young (20, 19, 13, 9, 7, 18, 14, 17, 11, 12, 15, 10): 37 Points

3rd Place: Alex Shabalov (20, 12, 16, 15, 17, 10, 18, 9, 13, 19, 4, 14): 45 Points

4th Place: Jennifer Shahade (18, 20, 8, 12, 17, 19, 5, 14, 16, 7, 10, 15): 47 Points

5th Place: Robby Adamson (20, 12, 19, 16, 17, 6, 18, 10, 5, 4, 14, 3): 50 Points


and the two non-judges,


Arun Sharma (20, 19, 18, 11, 12, 15, 5, 9, 13, 17, 16, 4): 41 Points

Braden Bournival (19, 20, 9, 17, 7, 4, 18, 14, 15, 16, 12, 11): 49 Points


If there is an update on this next week, hopefully it will be a more positive one for myself!