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Nevada Blitz Challenge
Schoolhouse Chess Center, Las Vegas
March 19th, 2006
24 players participated in this annual blitz extravaganza run by John Trivett and this year hosted by the Schoolhouse Chess Center. This year's tournament, as in previous years, was a 5 round, double-round Swiss.
The field was extremely tough this year with half of the players rated over 2000, although it could have been argued that both Eric Baugus and Richard Judy should also have been included in this group despite their below 2000 ratings!
The tournament winner ended up being non other than our own International Master, David Vigorito. David swept the entire field with a perfect 10 out of 10 and then later on in the evening David kept his good form going to beat Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in an online blitz game at the Internet Chess Club that evening!
Coming in second was visiting Master Aleksander Stamnov, along with local experts Chris Bird and Greg Niemi who all scored 7 points.
All players enjoyed lashings of pizza and soda to help the afternoon go by cheerfully. The tournament was capably run by John Trivett with a little assistance at the computer from Chad Gauvin.
Final Standings
No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 Score
1. Vigorito, David E (1)......... NV 2422 W6,2.0 W5,2.0 W2,2.0 W13,2.0 W8,2.0 10.0
2. Stamnov, Aleksandar (2)....... IL 2292 W14,2.0 W3,2.0 L1,0.0 W12,2.0 D5,1.0 7.0
3. Bird, Christopher (8)......... NV 2081 W17,2.0 L2,0.0 W15,2.0 D11,1.0 W13,2.0 7.0
4. Niemi, Greg J (12)............ NV 2012 W23,2.0 D16,1.0 L13,0.0 W20,2.0 W11,2.0 7.0
5. Thrush, Thomas (6)............ NV 2092 W21,2.0 L1,0.0 W10,2.0 W9,1.5 D2,1.0 6.5
6. Baugus, Eric (13)............. NV 1992 L1,0.0 W21,2.0 W17,2.0 D7,1.0 W12,1.5 6.5
7. Gauvin, Chad N R (10)......... NV 2036 L8,0.0 W22,2.0 D20,1.0 D6,1.0 W16,2.0 6.0
8. Judy, Richard J (14).......... ME 1920 W7,2.0 L13,0.0 W18,2.0 W16,2.0 L1,0.0 6.0
9. Ross, Anthony (9)............. NV 2041 W18,2.0 D11,1.0 D16,1.0 L5,0.5 D10,1.0 5.5
10. Ducharme, Pierre (11)......... NV 2017 W24,2.0 L12,0.5 L5,0.0 W19,2.0 D9,1.0 5.5
11. Avelar, Walter (3)............ NV 2211 W19,2.0 D9,1.0 D12,1.0 D3,1.0 L4,0.0 5.0
12. Gross, Ronald Jose (4)........ NV 2158 W15,2.0 W10,1.5 D11,1.0 L2,0.0 L6,0.5 5.0
13. Maynard, Dewey G (7).......... NV 2083 D22,1.0 W8,2.0 W4,2.0 L1,0.0 L3,0.0 5.0
14. Thurber, Michael E (15)....... NV 1873 L2,0.0 L17,0.0 D22,1.0 W23,2.0 W18,2.0 5.0
15. Barrett, Gordon S (17)........ NV 1776 L12,0.0 W24,2.0 L3,0.0 D17,1.0 W20,2.0 5.0
16. Pendergast, David (5)......... NV 2146 W20,2.0 D4,1.0 D9,1.0 L8,0.0 L7,0.0 4.0
17. Mercurio, Philip (21)......... NV 1434 L3,0.0 W14,2.0 L6,0.0 D15,1.0 D19,1.0 4.0
18. Hutoczky, Bela P (22)......... NV 1400 L9,0.0 W19,2.0 L8,0.0 W22,2.0 L14,0.0 4.0
19. Currell, John R (16).......... NV 1817 L11,0.0 L18,0.0 W24,2.0 L10,0.0 D17,1.0 3.0
20. Quint, Joshua T (18).......... NV 1741 L16,0.0 W23,2.0 D7,1.0 L4,0.0 L15,0.0 3.0
21. Dickson, Joe (19)............. NV 1555 L5,0.0 L6,0.0 D23,1.0 D24,1.0 D22,1.0 3.0
22. Rich, Jared L (20)............ NV 1546 D13,1.0 L7,0.0 D14,1.0 L18,0.0 D21,1.0 3.0
23. Zhitny, Vlad (24)............. NV nnnn L4,0.0 L20,0.0 D21,1.0 L14,0.0 W24,2.0 3.0
24. Ulbrich, Karl (23)............ NV 1189 L10,0.0 L15,0.0 L19,0.0 D21,1.0 L23,0.0 1.0