Octos Prize-Winners

Today's Westfield Octos attracted 54 players, 25 of whom earned prizes:

Here is the complete, section by section list of winners, their ratings & a few notes on the event:

Section 1
= 1-2. Lev Zilbermintz (2162) & Brandon Nydick (2141)
U2141... Vladimir Polyakin (2102)

Section 2
= 1-2. Marvin Shumowitz (2003) & Ishan Muzumdar (1735)
U1958... Jay Yalamanchili (1897)

Section 3
1. Ed Selling (1691)
= 2. Sam Chatsky (1702) & Daniel Chai (1698)
U1698... Henry Kingsmore (1682) & Patrick Melosh (1623)

Section 4
= 1-2. David Liu (1544), Brandon Ng (1493), Colin Kneucker (1466) & Stephen Cheng (1463)

Section 5
1. Justin Lee (1239)
2. Gregory Pylypovich (1216)
U1279... Henry Siegel (1193)

Section 6
1. Nikhil Arayath (1144)
= 2. Eric Song (1125), Adam D'Souza (992), Kaavya Balamurugan (965)

Section 7
1. Jessica Lee (658)
= 2. David Fraile (876) & Stanley Liu (854)

Notes
- Rating-wise, Section 3 was the closest-matched, with only 90 points separating the players. The biggest gap was 486, in Section #7.
- Black scored 18 wins, 4 losses & 5 draws (a .759 winning percentage) in the first round and +39-26=13 overall.
- Just 9 players turned-in plus scores. Selling, N. Arayath & the Lee siblings went 3-0. 5 players had 2.5.
- Jessica Lee raised her rating 223 points!!, from 770 to 993. 3 others (Mazumdar, Pylypovich & N. Arayath) gained more than 100.
- No one in the top half of section 5 earned a prize.

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to every participant for making our 2nd-ever Octos a big success.