The team of four consisting of John Overdeck, Ralph Buchalter, Jacqueline Chang, and Jordan Lampe took first place in the Edison sectional swiss this past weekend. Each player wins 7.59 silver points in the first face-to-face Unit NJ sectional in over 2 years.
Strong Showing from Yoon, Amer, McDermott
Team Overdeck initially lost their first round by 2 IMPs, but in no way can we label it a swiss gambit. Their 2nd match was against the eventual 2nd place expert team captained by Jiang Gu and NYC’s own David Yoon! A victory in round 3 put Overdeck in 5th place by cumulative Victory Points, trailing the halftime-leading team by 12 (which happened to be another NYC team: Susie Davison, Cynnie Ogden, Sam Amer, and Dan Lev).
Things turned around in a big way during the final 2nd half with three strong rounds of +18, +23, and +8 IMPs totaling 49 VPs — enough to secure 1st place. Recall that the Edison swiss plays 6 rounds of 6 boards, which all else being equal makes extreme rounds slightly harder to achieve (the blitz threshold is still 28 IMPs).
Also noteworthy, another all-NYC team consisting of Scott McDermott, Alan Davidson, Maya Jonas-Silver, and Jack Latta took first place among the C Stratification teams, winning 2.54 silver points. Because the tournament is an open, stratified swiss, along the way the team faced off against the eventual 1st place and two of the tied 3rd place teams.
NYC Midtown Regional October 6-10 2022
The NYC regionals are back! Mark your calendar to play and win gold points in Midtown Manhattan, conveniently located at the 53rd street and 6th Avenue Hilton Midtown. All events feature a 20% bonus paid to winners of any overall award.
Two-session open pairs, gold rush pairs, and bracketed teams begin at 10:30am each day on the 6th, 7th, and 8th.
For faster players, there is a horizontal evening fast pairs at 7:15pm on the 6th and 7th (it is a two-session event held at 7:15pm two nights in a row).
October 9th is a special all day flighted swiss team event starting at 10:30am (two separate swiss events, open AXY and 0-2500 BCD). While we all love bracketed round robin, the swiss events add an extra layer of fun when your team competes in a large field with higher and deeper payouts.
For newcomers, we have a special newcomer pairs at 10:30am Saturday morning, October 8th (working on another session depending on interest).
For the latest details and schedule, check out the latest GNYBA tournament information.