Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Wisconsin's Top Players

Criteria : 1800 or higher and at least one regular rated game in 2007. Source (before removing inactive players)

  1. 2343 SHELDON M GELBART
  2. 2305 ROBERT JOYNT JR
  3. 2282 ALEXANDER BETANELI
  4. 2277 NAVIN M SAWALANI
  5. 2239 ASHISH VAJA
  6. 2215 WILLIAM P WILLIAMS
  7. 2169 ERIK F SANTARIUS
  8. 2132 TATIANA VAYSERBERG
  9. 2120 JEREMY KANE
  10. 2119 JON P BREIDER

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5 comments:

  1. Regardless of the numbers, Betaneli is probably the strongest player in the state, perhaps followed by Ashish and then Santarius.

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  2. I would put Ashish above Beataneli, since Ashish is on the way up and Betaneli is on the way down:)

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  3. Yeah, also put Erik and Jeremy above me. And maybe Brian. And perhaps Guy Hoffman. All I ask for is my name to be spelled correctly. :-) See, my requirements are very reasonable.

    On a serious note though, it's difficult to consider the top two players on the list "active." Sheldon appears to play one game at a time (usually against much weaker opponent), while Robert plays one tournament every few years. His recent results include a rather slim 0.5/3 against my students: losses to Aranovich and Richards, draw vs Santarius.

    Alex

    Alex Betaneli

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  4. Hey Alex,

    Just a few more points and you will be #1.

    Maybe we can arrange a double round robin between the top 4.

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  5. A round robin of top 4 with no EF and a $500 prize, winner takes it all, can be staged on a very quick notice. :-)

    Alex

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