2024 West Orange Chess Club Champion Tiebreaker Second Half Results

The second half of the tiebreaker to determine the title of 2024 West Orange Chess Club Champion has been completed.  However after the double round robin Game 25 tiebreak tournament we are still left with two, Mark Kernighan and Bilgen Sazci, as they tied for first in the tiebreak.  

So on Tuesday June 11th the tiebreaker will be completed with two Game 15s (with 5 second delay before each move) and if still tied after that an Armageddon game where white gets 5 minutes and black gets 4 minutes (no delay for this game) but white must win the game otherwise black becomes champion.

Second Half Tiebreak Results 

Roberts 1-0 Kernighan
Sazci 1-0 Lipman
Kernighan 1/2-1/2 Sazci
Lipman 1-0 Roberts
Lipman 0-1 Kernighan
Sazci 0-1 Roberts

Final Tiebreak Standings

Kernighan - 3 1/2 points (3 wins 2 losses 1 draw)
Sazci - 3 1/2 points (2 wins 1 loss 3 draws)
Roberts - 3 points (2 wins 2 losses 2 draws)
Lipman - 2 points (1 win 3 losses 2 draws)

The club would like to congratulate all four participants for their fight as 8 of the 12 games ended decisively, not necessarily all that common for top level competition!