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SwissSys 11.80.0 – Standings. 2026 Caveman Festival: Open FIDE
| # | TB Place | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | T-Mod. Med | T-Solk | T-Cumul. | T-Op. cumul. |
| 1 | 1 | GM Nick E De Firmian | 2447 | W12 (b) | W13 (w) | W16 (b) | W14 (w) | D2 (w) | D3 (b) | 5.0 | 19 | 22 | 19.5 | 82 |
| 2 | 2 | IM Douglas D Root | 2518 | W15 (b) | W6 (w) | W30 (b) | W3 (w) | D1 (b) | L5 (w) | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 19 | 84 |
| 3 | 3 | GM Nikola Mitkov | 2484 | W29 (w) | W24 (b) | W8 (w) | L2 (b) | W7 (w) | D1 (w) | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 17.5 | 84 |
| 4 | 4 | James Altucher | 2026 | W33 (b) | L30 (w) | W15 (b) | D6 (w) | W21 (b) | W11 (w) | 4.5 | 17 | 18 | 14.5 | 63 |
| 5 | 5 | FM Peter Bereolos | 2238 | W22 (w) | L8 (b) | D29 (w) | W20 (b) | W9 (w) | W2 (b) | 4.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 14 | 71.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Daniel Joelson | 2099 | W27 (w) | L2 (b) | W33 (w) | D4 (b) | D10 (w) | W17 (b) | 4.0 | 18 | 19 | 13.5 | 68 |
| 7 | 7 | FM Gregory Markzon | 2200 | D23 (b) | W35 (w) | W9 (b) | D21 (w) | L3 (b) | W14 (w) | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 66 |
| 8 | 8 | Chris L Chambers | 2077 | W31 (b) | W5 (w) | L3 (b) | W16 (w) | L11 (b) | D10 (b) | 3.5 | 19 | 20.5 | 14.5 | 73.5 |
| 9 | 9 | Michael P Carey | 2042 | W19 (w) | D10 (b) | L7 (w) | W22 (b) | L5 (b) | W23 (w) | 3.5 | 17.5 | 20 | 12.5 | 67 |
| 10 | 10 | Steven J Szpisjak | 2211 | W26 (b) | D9 (w) | L14 (b) | W25 (w) | D6 (b) | D8 (w) | 3.5 | 16.5 | 19 | 13 | 69 |
| 11 | 11 | FM Lester L Van Meter | 2200 | W25 (w) | L16 (b) | D22 (w) | W29 (b) | W8 (w) | L4 (b) | 3.5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 66 |
| 12 | 12 | Roy Benedek | 1913 | L1 (w) | D19 (b) | L17 (w) | W32 (b) | W33 (w) | W18 (b) | 3.5 | 16 | 17 | 8.5 | 60 |
| 13 | 13 | Patrick Sciacca | 2006 | W36 (w) | L1 (b) | W24 (w) | D18 (b) | H— | H— | 3.5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 40.5 |
| 14 | 14 | Gianluca Montalti | 1909 | D21 (b) | W20 (w) | W10 (w) | L1 (b) | D18 (w) | L7 (b) | 3.0 | 13.5 | 21 | 13 | 79.5 |
| 15 | 15 | Michael A Murray | 1980 | L2 (w) | W27 (b) | L4 (w) | D17 (b) | D19 (w) | W29 (b) | 3.0 | 13 | 19.5 | 8.5 | 65.5 |
| 16 | 16 | Robert David Sax | 2000 | W32 (b) | W11 (w) | L1 (w) | L8 (b) | L17 (w) | W22 (b) | 3.0 | 12.5 | 19.5 | 12 | 70.5 |
| 17 | 17 | Fredric S Cohen | 1730 | D20 (b) | L21 (w) | W12 (b) | D15 (w) | W16 (b) | L6 (w) | 3.0 | 12.5 | 19 | 10.5 | 62.5 |
| 18 | 18 | Nels W Truelson | 2200 | D35 (b) | W23 (w) | D21 (b) | D13 (w) | D14 (b) | L12 (w) | 3.0 | 12 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 56.5 |
| 19 | 19 | Kevin Scull | 1723 | L9 (b) | D12 (w) | D23 (b) | D26 (w) | D15 (b) | W34 (w) | 3.0 | 11.5 | 16.5 | 8 | 50.5 |
| 20 | 20 | WIM Alexey Wilhelmina Root | 2000 | D17 (w) | L14 (b) | W26 (b) | L5 (w) | D25 (b) | D27 (w) | 2.5 | 13.5 | 18 | 8.5 | 58.5 |
| 21 | 21 | James A Mills | 2203 | D14 (w) | W17 (b) | D18 (w) | D7 (b) | L4 (w) | U— | 2.5 | 13 | 17.5 | 11.5 | 65 |
| 22 | 22 | Mikhail Korenman | 1912 | L5 (b) | W31 (w) | D11 (b) | L9 (w) | W34 (b) | L16 (w) | 2.5 | 13 | 17.5 | 9 | 60.5 |
| 23 | 23 | William Murray | 1917 | D7 (w) | L18 (b) | D19 (w) | D33 (b) | W26 (w) | L9 (b) | 2.5 | 13 | 17 | 8.5 | 60.5 |
| 24 | 24 | Jason Whitten | 2122 | W34 (b) | L3 (w) | L13 (b) | L28 (w) | W31 (b) | D25 (w) | 2.5 | 12.5 | 17 | 8.5 | 54.5 |
| 25 | 25 | James Abbott | 1885 | L11 (b) | W32 (w) | H— | L10 (b) | D20 (w) | D24 (b) | 2.5 | 10.5 | 14 | 8 | 47 |
| 26 | 26 | Marco Wotschka | 1910 | L10 (w) | W36 (b) | L20 (w) | D19 (b) | L23 (b) | W33 (w) | 2.5 | 9.5 | 13 | 7.5 | 43.5 |
| 27 | 27 | Paul A Miller | 1800 | L6 (b) | L15 (w) | H— | W31 (w) | H— | D20 (b) | 2.5 | 7 | 11 | 5.5 | 34.5 |
| 28 | 28 | Mike La Budde | 1900 | L30 (b) | F33 | W35 (w) | W24 (b) | D29 (w) | U— | 2.5 | 6.5 | 10 | 8 | 30.5 |
| 29 | 29 | L Dale Rigby | 1951 | L3 (b) | W34 (w) | D5 (b) | L11 (w) | D28 (b) | L15 (w) | 2.0 | 16 | 20.5 | 8 | 66 |
| 30 | 30 | FM Doug D Eckert | 2200 | W28 (w) | W4 (b) | L2 (w) | U— | U— | U— | 2.0 | 8 | 12.5 | 11 | 41.5 |
| 31 | 31 | Bill Smythe | 1800 | L8 (w) | L22 (b) | W36 (w) | L27 (b) | L24 (w) | B— | 2.0 | 8 | 11.5 | 4 | 37.5 |
| 32 | 32 | Norman E Viray | 1638 | L16 (w) | L25 (b) | D34 (b) | L12 (w) | W36 (w) | H— | 2.0 | 7.5 | 11 | 4 | 33.5 |
| 33 | 33 | Menachem Hemi Fein | 1689 | L4 (w) | X28 | L6 (b) | D23 (w) | L12 (b) | L26 (b) | 1.5 | 12.5 | 17 | 5.5 | 52.5 |
| 34 | 34 | Al Davenport | 1806 | L24 (w) | L29 (b) | D32 (w) | W36 (b) | L22 (w) | L19 (b) | 1.5 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 5 | 37.5 |
| 35 | 35 | WCM Natasha C Christiansen | 1904 | D18 (w) | L7 (b) | L28 (b) | U— | U— | U— | 0.5 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 3 | 35 |
| 36 | 36 | Michael E Smith | 992 | L13 (b) | L26 (w) | L31 (b) | L34 (w) | L32 (b) | U— | 0.0 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 | 32.5 |
SwissSys 11.80.0 – Standings. 2026 Caveman Festival: Reserve U1800
| # | TB Place | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | T-Mod. Med | T-Solk | T-Cumul. | T-Op. cumul. |
| 1 | 1 | Edward Dihrberg | 1700 | W21 (b) | W9 (w) | W2 (b) | D4 (w) | W5 (b) | W6 (w) | 5.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 76.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Robert K Mitchell | 1700 | W18 (w) | W3 (b) | L1 (w) | W20 (b) | W13 (w) | D4 (w) | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 75 |
| 3 | 3 | Haskell W Glover | 1713 | W10 (b) | L2 (w) | W17 (b) | W9 (w) | D4 (b) | W5 (w) | 4.5 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 77.5 |
| 4 | 4 | David C Kriewall | 1657 | W12 (b) | D6 (w) | W7 (w) | D1 (b) | D3 (w) | D2 (b) | 4.0 | 21 | 24 | 15.5 | 83 |
| 5 | 5 | Amy C Nunn | 1493 | D13 (b) | W8 (w) | W6 (b) | W11 (w) | L1 (w) | L3 (b) | 3.5 | 20 | 22.5 | 15 | 79 |
| 6 | 6 | Christopher Coski | 1725 | W22 (w) | D4 (b) | L5 (w) | W12 (b) | W10 (w) | L1 (b) | 3.5 | 19 | 20 | 13.5 | 75 |
| 7 | 7 | Thomas A Warner | 1732 | H— | W15 (w) | L4 (b) | L10 (b) | W14 (w) | B— | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 41.5 |
| 8 | 8 | Joshua Flores | 1688 | H— | L5 (b) | W18 (w) | H— | W9 (b) | D12 (w) | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10 | 40.5 |
| 9 | 9 | Larry Wayne Bell | 1750 | W19 (w) | L1 (b) | W16 (w) | L3 (b) | L8 (w) | W17 (b) | 3.0 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 66.5 |
| 10 | 10 | Jeff L Matthews | 1393 | L3 (w) | W21 (b) | D13 (b) | W7 (w) | L6 (b) | D11 (w) | 3.0 | 12 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 64 |
| 11 | 11 | Glenn Joseph Carnahan | 1747 | D15 (b) | W17 (w) | D20 (b) | L5 (b) | D16 (w) | D10 (b) | 3.0 | 12 | 17.5 | 11.5 | 62.5 |
| 12 | 12 | James Jay Coons | 1783 | L4 (w) | D19 (b) | W22 (b) | L6 (w) | W17 (w) | D8 (b) | 3.0 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 9 | 57.5 |
| 13 | 13 | Brian Bannon | 1734 | D5 (w) | D16 (b) | D10 (w) | X— | L2 (b) | U— | 2.5 | 9.5 | 14 | 9.5 | 51 |
| 14 | 14 | Oxana Malevanaia | 1186 | L20 (w) | D18 (b) | L21 (w) | W19 (b) | L7 (b) | W22 (w) | 2.5 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 39.5 |
| 15 | 15 | Kevin P Taylor | 1628 | D11 (w) | L7 (b) | W19 (w) | L17 (b) | W22 (b) | U— | 2.5 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 9 | 39.5 |
| 16 | 16 | Philip McCully | 1426 | H— | D13 (w) | L9 (b) | W21 (w) | D11 (b) | U— | 2.5 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 9 | 37 |
| 17 | 17 | Kenneth N Marshall | 1500 | W23 (w) | L11 (b) | L3 (w) | W15 (w) | L12 (b) | L9 (w) | 2.0 | 14.5 | 19 | 9 | 55.5 |
| 18 | 18 | Julio L Banfi | 1303 | L2 (b) | D14 (w) | L8 (b) | D22 (w) | D21 (b) | D19 (w) | 2.0 | 10.5 | 15 | 5.5 | 47.5 |
| 19 | 19 | Robert Francis Schatzle | 1300 | L9 (b) | D12 (w) | L15 (b) | L14 (w) | B— | D18 (b) | 2.0 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 4 | 41 |
| 20 | 20 | Gee Leong | 1681 | W14 (b) | H— | D11 (w) | L2 (w) | U— | U— | 2.0 | 5.5 | 10 | 10 | 34.5 |
| 21 | 21 | Michael J Lobraco | 1300 | L1 (w) | L10 (w) | W14 (b) | L16 (b) | D18 (w) | U— | 1.5 | 10.5 | 16 | 5 | 51 |
| 22 | 22 | Jack G Heller | 1021 | L6 (b) | B— | L12 (w) | D18 (b) | L15 (w) | L14 (b) | 1.5 | 10.5 | 14 | 5.5 | 43.5 |
| 23 | 23 | Thomas* Warner | 1732 | L17 (b) | U— | U— | U— | U— | U— | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
SwissSys 11.80.0 – Standings. 2026 Caveman Festival: Blind
| # | TB Place | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | T-Mod. Med | T-Solk | T-Cumul. | T-Op. cumul. |
| 1 | 1 | Grant Yosenick | 1823 | L2 (w) | W4 (b) | W6 (w) | W3 (w) | 3.0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | 2 | Jessica T Lauser | 1603 | W1 (b) | W6 (w) | L3 (b) | W5 (w) | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | 3 | Alexander Barrasso | 1725 | W5 (w) | W7 (b) | W2 (w) | L1 (b) | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | William P Gibson | 1800 | D6 (b) | L1 (w) | B— | W7 (b) | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | David Arthur Rosenkoetter | 848 | L3 (b) | B— | W7 (w) | L2 (b) | 2.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | 6 | Mark L Melonson | 1456 | D4 (w) | L2 (b) | L1 (b) | B— | 1.5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | 7 | Marilyn Bland | 335 | B— | L3 (w) | L5 (b) | L4 (w) | 1.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 17 |
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