USA Invitational Fast Knockout Standard Chess

Quarter-Finals

Board	Player One	Game	Tie Break	Player Two
1	jlstu	1	Tie-break Game	Hurst
1	jlstu	1	Primary Game	Hurst
2	hessonchess	1^D	Tie-break Game	leroyvance
2	hessonchess	0	Primary Game	leroyvance
3	echecs64	½	Tie-break Game	diggies
3	echecs64	1	Primary Game	diggies
4	THart	1	Primary Game	eandrews
4	THart	0	Tie-break Game	eandrews

Semi-Finals

Board	Player One	Game	Tie Break	Player Two
1	jlstu	1^D	Tie-break Game	hessonchess
1	jlstu	1^D	Primary Game	hessonchess
2	echecs64	0	Tie-break Game	THart
2	echecs64	0	Primary Game	THart

Final

Board	Player One	Game	Tie Break	Player Two
1	jlstu	0^D	Primary Game	THart
1	jlstu	0^D	Tie-break Game	THart

About Tournament

Vermonty is inviting USA players who have SC ratings in the range of 1500 to 1899
and who haven't joined any of his recent "Apple Pie" or "Pacific" mini-tournaments.
TOKEN PRIZE: Vermonty will give to the winner of this tourney a "token" that may
be used to pay for one year of full membership in SchemingMind.

Tournament Details

This is a knockout tournament.
The primary and tiebreak games are assigned at random and hidden until both are completed.
This is a private mini-tournament, which means that it is only open to players tagged by the tournanment organiser.
All games will be played under Standard Chess rules.
The time control is 'Fast' (10 days + 1 day/move, max 30 days).
Games will be public.
This mini-tournament was started by Vermonty.
This Mini-Tournament is only open to players rated 1500 or over, and 1899 or under.
Games will be started before the closing date, as new players join the tournament.