Overview
The North American Corporate Chess League season resumed this past Thursday after our Halloween break the previous week. Having led the event nearly wire-to-wire, Jane Street Capital currently has a commanding 6.5 point lead over second place Google heading into our final week of play.
Team Standings
A quick glance over Jane Street’s roster and individual results leaves no doubt about the secrets to the team’s success. Only five players in the entire competition (out of 474!) have scored at least 11.5 points, and three of them play for Jane Street. All four of Jane Street’s counted scores come from titled players, giving the team a whopping 48.5 points out of a possible 60. The distance between Jane Street and second place Google (6.5 points) is the same as the distance between Google and twelfth place Roblox (35.5 points).
Although it might be tough for most teams to compete for first place with only one week left, the race for second is very tight. Google has perhaps the deepest lineup in the whole tournament, with a whopping eleven players on 9 points or more, and six on 10+. With somewhat different rules, such that more than just the top four individual scores counted for a team’s total, Google might have a great shot at first place overall. As it is, both Ernst & Young (41 points) and DRW Holdings (40 points) are within shouting distance of Google’s spot in second.
Spots five through nine are held by Susquehanna, Jump Trading, Capital One, NVIDIA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, while Databricks and FINRA are tied for tenth with 36.5. With only 5.5 points separating tenth from second, these standings could look very different at the conclusion of play next week! Remember that the top ten teams in the final standings will receive plaques, as well as the top two small companies and the top law company.
Individual Standings
With one week left, FM Jacob Furfine of Jane Street remains the only player in the entire field with wins in every round of NACCL play. Furfine hasn’t missed a round and has a perfect 15/15, making him the overwhelming favorite for the top individual prize. Only FM Richard Chen of Databricks (12.5 points) and Furfine’s teammate FM David Peng (12 points) are even theoretically in reach.
The remaining players in the top five are NM Andrew Lu of DRW Holdings and WIM Emily Nguyen of Jane Street, each on 11.5. Yury Volvovskiy of Google is currently at 11 points, in clear sixth individually, while six players are tied behind him with 10.5 and another twelve have 10. All players finishing in the top fifteen individually will receive plaques, as well as the top three players in each rating class (i.e. 2000-2199, 1800-1999, etc.), the top three players under 1000, and the top three unrated players.
Game Analysis
NM Dennis Norman annotates fun league games.
If you feel as though you played an interesting game, please feel free to send Dennis a link to the game via lichess.
Commentary and Lectures
GM Kayden Troff commentated live, which you can replay here. GM Troff and GM Naroditsky will alternate the weekly Monday Chess Improvement lecture at 8:00pm Eastern!
League Note
This week October 28 – November 3 is a bye week as Thursday falls on Halloween. There will be no lecture or league games played this week.
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