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Round 1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Alsasua, E..”]
[Black “Reyes, Virgil”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B32”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5
5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3

d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nc3
Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Bf5 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Re1 e4 15. Bg5 O-O-O

16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Bf4+
Ka7 18. Bc7 Rde8 19. b4 b5 20. d6 Kb7 21. a4 Nd7 22.

axb5 axb5 23. h3 f5 24.
Nd5 Re5 25. Ne7 Bc4 26. Ba5 Ra8 27. Red1 Ra6 28. Rd4 f4

29. Re1 g5 30. Rdd1
1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Patterson, Cameron”]
[Black “Casten, Fred”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B08”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6

3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Be3 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O O-O 10.

a4 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. f4 h6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nxe6

Nxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18.
f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Ree8 20. Bxh6 Nh7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f6+

Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24.
Rf5 Rg6 25. Qh4 Kg8 26. Rh5 Nxf6 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rxa8

Qb6+ 29. Qf2 Qb4 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Fischer, George”]
[Black “Dease, Dan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D93”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4

g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5
5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4

10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc4
Qb6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. O-O Rad8 14. Be5 Ne4 15. Qf4 Bxe5

16. Qxe5 Qxd4 17. Qxd4
Rxd4 18. Nxe4 Rxc4 19. Ng3 Bd3 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Rcd4

22. Rc1 R4d6 23. Rc3
f5 24. Ra3 a6 25. Ne2 e5 26. Ra5 e4 27. Kh2 Bb5 28. Rxd6

Rxd6 29. Nc3 Rd2 30.
Nxb5 axb5 31. b3 Rxf2 32. Kg3 e3 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Re8

f4+ 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Re4
h5+ 37. Kg5 c5 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rxg2+ 40. Kxf4 Ra2

41. Kf3 e2 42. Kf2 g5
43. Re5 Kf6 44. Rxc5 e1=Q+ 45. Kxe1 Rxa4 46. Kf2 Re4 47.

Rb5 Re5 48. Rxe5 Kxe5
49. Ke3 h4 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Ke3 g4 52. hxg4+ Kxg4 53. Kf2

1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Zavala, Jonathan”]
[Black “Peterson, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A07”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 {0} e6 2. d3

d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3
e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxe4 9. dxe4

Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Re1
Bg4 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Qb5 Rab8 15. Nh4 Rfd8 16.

Ndf3 a6 17. Qe2 g6 18.
Qe3 Kh7 19. c4 Nb4 20. Nxe5 Nc2 21. Qc3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1

Rd1 23. Rxd1 Bxd1 24. f4
Bg4 25. Nxg4 Qxg4 26. Bf3 Qe6 27. f5 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rg8

29. e5 Qf2 30. Bg2 Ne8
31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Nf3 Rf8 33. e6 Qe2 34. Ng1 Qxe6 35.

Bd5 Qc8 36. Qe3 Bg5 37.
Qc5 Nd6 38. Be5 Be7 39. Qd4 Ne8 40. Qe3 Nf6 41. Bf4 Nxd5

42. cxd5 Qd7 43. d6
Qc6+ 44. Nf3 Bxd6 45. Kg1 Bxf4 46. Nd4 Bxe3# 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Herald, Matthew”]
[Black “Leung, Eric”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C42”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3

Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 d6
5. d3 h6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10.

Bd2 d4 11. Ne2 Bd6 12.
O-O c5 13. Nh2 g5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nh5 a6 16. Ng7+ Kd7

17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ng4 Qe7
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qh5 Rag8 21. c4 Rg6 22. Ra4 Rhg8 23.

f3 Qd8 24. Rfa1 Be7 25.
Qg4 Rh8 26. b4 h5 27. Qg3 g4 28. bxc5 h4 29. Qxe5 gxf3

30. Ba5 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1
Qg8 32. Qxd4+ Ke8 33. Bc7 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Galima, Tim”]
[Black “Chinnici, Tony”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B90”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6

3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10.

O-O-O Qc7 11. f3 Ne5
12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 b5 16. h5

b4 17. Nd5 Qxa2 18.
Nb3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. hxg6 Bxg6 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nd4

Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24.
Nc6 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Qc3+ 26. Rd2 Rac8 27. Qg5 Rxc6 28.

dxc6 Qa1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh1 30.
Qxe7 Qc1 31. Rxd6 b3 32. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Arteaga, Rick”]
[Black “Turner, Rob”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B00”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 b6 2. g3 Bb7

3. Bg2 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4
5. Nge2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. d3 d6

10. b4 Nd7 11. Bb2 f5 12.
Ne2 e5 13. f4 Nf6 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Qd2 dxe5 16. h3 Nh6

17. Bxe5 Ng6 18. Bb2
fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 20. Bxe4 Ne6 21. b5 Rc8 22. Rf1 Rc7

23. Be5 Rc8 24. Nf4 Qg5
25. Qg2 Qxe5 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Qc5+

29. Kh2 Rxc6 30. Rc4
Ng4+ 31. hxg4 Rh6+ 32. Qh3 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Moscow, Elliot”]
[Black “Chung, Kevin”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A06”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2

e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5.
Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. f4 Bb5

10. d3 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Rf3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rg3 f6 15. Qg4 Bc6 16.

Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 b5 18.
Nf3 Rae8 19. Qh3 d4 20. exd4 Bxf4 21. Rg6 Qf7 22. Nh4

Re3 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Olson, Jeff”]
[Black “Johnson, Marc”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B35”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Nxc6 dxc6

10. h3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3
Qc7 12. O-O-O b6 13. Rd2 Bb7 14. Rhd1 Rad8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8

16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qf3
e6 18. Qd3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. f3 Kg7 21. Ne2 Be3+ 22.

Kd1 e5 23. g4 c5 24.
Bd5 Ba6 25. c4 b5 26. b3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bc8 28. Nc3 f5

29. Nb5 fxe4 30. Bxe4 a5
31. a4 Bd7 32. Ke2 Bg5 33. Kd3 h5 34. Bd5 hxg4 35. hxg4

Kf6 36. Ke4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Johnson , Rhomer”]
[Black “Pease, Andrew”]
[Result “1-0”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3

Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5.
c5 b6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. Ne5 bxc5 8. Nxc6 Qd6 9. Ne5+ Ke7 10.

b3 c6 11. Ba4 Ke8 12.
Ba3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Nf3 h5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5

Rd8 17. Qd4 Ke7 18. Qe5
Qd7 19. Qd6+ Ke8 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Nc3 Ke7

23. b4 Rd8 24. b5 cxb5
25. Nxb5 Rxc5 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Kf8 28. Rc7 Ba8 29.

Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxa7 Rb8
31. g3 Ne4 32. Nc7 Bb7 33. Nd7 Bc8 34. Nxb8 1-0

Round 2

[Event “nosom 13”]
[Site “LV, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Reyes, Virgil”]
[Black “Alsasua, Eluterio”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B70”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6

3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10.

O-O Bg7 11. Rad1 O-O
12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a3 h6 16. Nb3

Ne5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18.
Rxd4 Rc7 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Casten, Fred”]
[Black “Patterson, Cameron”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D02”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. Nbd2 e6
5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Bg3 Nbd7 8. f4 c5 9. c3 c4 10.

Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Nef3 Bb7 13. g3 f5 14. Nh4 Nf6 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Ndf3 Ne4

17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5
a5 19. a3 Qe7 20. Ng2 Kd7 21. Bf3 b4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23.

Nf4 Qg5 24. Qe2 Qg4 25.
Qxg4 fxg4 26. Nh5 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rgb8 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29.

Kd2 Bc6 30. Rhb1 Rb3 31.
Rxb3 cxb3 32. c4 h5 33. Kc3 a4 34. d5 exd5 35. cxd5 Bb5

36. Rc1 h4 37. Kd4 b2
38. Rb1 Rc8 39. Kxe4 Rc2 40. d6+ Ke6 41. d7 Rc4+ 42. Kd3

Rc1+ 43. Kd2 Rxb1 44.
d8=Q Rd1+ 45. Kxd1 b1=Q+ 46. Kd2 Qb2+ 47. Kd1 Qb1+ 48.

Kd2 Qb2+ 49. Kd1 Qe2+
50. Kc1 Qxe3+ 51. Qd2 Qxa3+ 52. Qb2 Qc5+ 53. Qc2 Qxe5

54. Ne4 Qa1+ 55. Kd2 Qd4+
56. Kc1 hxg3 57. hxg3 Ke5 58. Nc3 Bd3 59. Qb2 Qe3+ 60.

Qd2 Qxg3 61. Qg5+ Kd4
62. Nxa4 Qe3+ 63. Qxe3+ Kxe3 64. Nc3 g3 65. Nd1+ Kf3 66.

Kd2 g2 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Dease, Dan”]
[Black “Fischer, George”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B07”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6

3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7
5. Qd2 b6 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4 c6 9. h4 h5 10.

g5 Nh7 11. f4 Qc7 12.
Bd3 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6

17. Qe2 Qxa2 18. Kd2 O-O
19. e5 c5 20. Rhf1 Qb2 21. Ke1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra1 23.

Rxa1 Qxa1+ 24. Qd1 Qc3+
25. Qd2 cxd4 26. Qxc3 dxc3 27. exd6 exd6 28. Bxb6 Re8+

29. Re3 Rxe3+ 30. Bxe3
d5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Bf8 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Kf3 Nf8 35.

Bf2 Ng6 36. Bc8 Kg7 37.
Bb7 Ne7 38. Bd4+ Kg6 39. Ba6 Kf5 40. Bd3+ Ke6 41. Bf1

Kf5 42. Bf6 Ng8 43. Bh8
Ne7 44. Bg2 Be5 45. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Peterson, David”]
[Black “Zavala, Jonathan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A11”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4

g6 3. g3 c6 4. b3 d5 5.
Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10.

cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. d3 Nf8 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3

Ne6 17. Bg2 h5 18. Ne2
g5 19. Rce1 h4 20. g4 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. Kh1 Qd6 23.

Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 b6 25.
b4 Re6 26. Qb2 Bf8 27. f4 Nh7 28. f5 Ree8 29. f6 Rc8 30.

Qf2 Qxb4 31. Qf5 Qd6
32. e4 Bh6 33. e5 Qe6 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. Bxd5 Nf8 36. Be4

Rd8 37. Bb2 c5 38.
Rfd1 Nd7 39. d4 Nxf6 40. Bf5 Ne8 41. d5 Re7 42. d6 Rb7

43. Be4 Rbb8 44. Bd5 Bg7
45. Rf1 Nxd6 46. Rc2 Ne8 47. Bxf7+ Kh8 48. Bc4 b5 49.

Be6 c4 50. Rf7 Rb6 51.
Bf5 a6 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. e6 Bxb2 54. e7 Rd2+ 55. Rxd2 Kxf7

56. Rd7 Ba3 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Leung, Eric”]
[Black “Herald, Matthew”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B50”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d6

3. Nf3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 e5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Qb6

10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. h3 Re8 13. O-O Bf8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qe3

Rb8 17. Bc3 Ra8 18. Qd2
a4 19. Rad1 axb3 20. axb3 Rd8 21. Bxe5 Be6 22. Bxf6 gxf6

23. Ne3 Ra2 24. Qc3
Bg7 25. Nd4 c5 26. Ndf5 Bf8 27. Qxf6 Qb8 28. Nd5 Bxf5

29. exf5 Rxc2 30. Rd3 Re8
31. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Chinicci, Tony”]
[Black “Galima, Tim”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A15”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3

c6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 d6 5.
d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 dxc4 10.

bxc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7
12. e4 Rb8 13. a4 a5 14. e5 Na8 15. Qc2 b6 16. d5 cxd5

17. cxd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bg5
19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 Qd8 21. Rac1 Ba6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23.

Nb5 Qd7 24. Bxa8 Rxa8
25. Nc7 Rac8 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Turner, Rob”]
[Black “Arteaga, Rick”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C42”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Be7
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bd7 9. f4 Ng4

10. f5 Bxg5 11. Qxg4 Bxc1
12. Raxc1 Qf6 13. Ne2 g6 14. Rf3 Qg7 15. Rg3 c6 16. Rf1

d5 17. Qh4 h6 18. f6
Qh7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qb4 Bc6 21. Qd2 g5 22. c4 Rad8 23.

cxd5 Nxd5 24. Bc2 Nf4
25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Bd7 27. Rf2 Bf5 28. Qa5 Qg6 29.

Rxf5 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Chung, Kevin”]
[Black “Moskow, Elliot”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C10”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5

3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 Be7 7. Qe2 c5 8. Nxf7 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6

10. Nxh8 Qxb2 11. Rd1
Nf8 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bb3 Bd6 16.

Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Qxb5+ Kc8
18. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Johnson, Marc”]
[Black “Olson, Jeff”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A47”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bd3 O-O
5. O-O b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 h6 10.

Qe2 Nh7 11. Rac1 a5 12.
c4 d6 13. e4 Bf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. Rfd1 Qc8

17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Ng3 Nd7
19. Ne4 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Nh4 Nce5 23.

Qg3+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ Nxg6
25. Qxg6 Ne5 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 27. Ng5+ fxg5 28. Bxe5 Rg8

29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kf7
31. Bh7 a4 32. Bxg8+ Qxg8 33. Rd7 axb3 34. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Pease, Andrew”]
[Black “Johnson, Rhomer”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B32”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5
5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bf4

a6 10. O-O-O g6 11.
Qd8# 1-0

Nevada State Championship 2013

David Lucky and Jerry Weikel, who commented that he was playing some of his best chess ever squared off for the 2 game match in Tonopah Nevada at the Station House on September 28, 2013. In the first game, Jerry was slowly outplayed in a double rook ending, and he put up a tenacious defense in a long game. The second game was a quick affair when David easily refuted an early knight sacrifice to win 2-0.

[Event “NVStCh13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Lucky, David”]
[Black “Weikel, Jerry”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B10”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. d4 e6 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. c4
a5 12. h4 h5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Qe2+ Ne4 18.
Rc1 O-O 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qe5 22. Bd5 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Be6 24.
Bxe6 Rfe8 25. Rhd1 Rxe6+ 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. Rd7 Bxg5 28. hxg5 b6 29. Rcd1 Kf8 30.
Rb7 Rae8 31. g3 f6 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Rdd7 Kg8 34. Rdc7 Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. a4
Kf8 37. c5 bxc5 38. Rxc5 Re7 39. Rcxa5 Rd6 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Rb5
Rd4 43. a5 h4 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. Rb5+ Kf6 46. Ke3 Ra4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Rb6+ Kf5
49. Rb8 Ra4 50. Ra8 g5 51. a6 Kf6 52. Kd3 Kg7 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb4
Rb1+ 56. Kc5 Rc1+ 57. Kb6 Kf5 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. a7 Rb1+ 60. Kc5 1-0

[Event “NVStCh13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Weikel, Jerry”]
[Black “Lucky, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C10”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 {0} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Neg5 h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11.
Re1 Qf6 12. Ne5 Kc8 13. Qd3 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Ne7 15. Bh5 Nf5 16. c4 Bd6 17. g4
Nxd4 0-1

Nevada North-South Match 2013

The two teams met in conjunction with the state championship for the annual match to see who takes that big trophy back home. This writer knew that if the south was to win, we would have to take the match, and most of the north players sported higher ratings.
The south team lead 6-4 after the first round and with two very(!) quick victories in round two, they were even. The rest of the games were all tough games,with the balance shifting back and forth, and the match hung in the balance for a long time. A couple of south players converted lost or equal positions to win their games. Cameron Patterson’s brilliant endgame combination with Fred Casten’s sealed the match that ended 6.5-3.5 in the second round. Score South 12.5 North 7.5

nvstch-nvnosom13 — nvstch-nvnosom13 Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2
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1. Lucky, David |2359 | W 5 | B 5 |
10462967 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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2. Alsasua, Eleuterio A. |2174 | W 4 | B 4 |
10492211 | | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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3. Casten, Frederick |2098 | B 7 | W 7 |
10102570 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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4. Reyes, Virgilio T |2024 | B 2 | W 2 |
12455050 | | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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5. Weikel, Jerome V |2007 | B 1 | W 1 |
10429170 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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6. Fischer, George E. |1950 | B 8 | B 8 |
12516864 | | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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7. Patterson, Cameron |1895 | W 3 | B 3 |
14400926 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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8. Dease, Daniel |1820 | W 6 | W 6 |
12745558 | | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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9. Peterson, David Norman |1815 | B 10 | W 10 |
12442267 | | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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10. Zavala, Jonathan |1800 | W 9 | B 9 |
13836980 | | 0.0 | 1.0 |
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11. Herald, Matthew Bruce |1787 | W 14 | B 14 |
13200825 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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12. Chinnici, Charles |1779 | B 13 | W 13 |
12662705 | | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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13. Galima, Tim |1772 | W 12 | B 12 |
12706608 | | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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14. Leung, Eric |1755 | B 11 | W 11 |
12475574 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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15. Turner, Robert L |1540 | B 18 | W 18 |
12698895 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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16. Moskow, Elliot |1482 | W 17 | B 17 |
12954778 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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17. Chung, Kevin |1471 | B 16 | W 16 |
14677331 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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18. Arteaga, Ricardo |1435 | W 15 | B 15 |
12582988 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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19. Olson, Jeff |1395 | W 21 | B 21 |
12575990 | | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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20. Pease, Andrew |1320 | B 22 | W 22 |
14991370 | | 0.0 | 1.0 |
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21. Johnson, Marc D |1305 | B 19 | W 19 |
13038428 | | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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22. Johnson, Rhomer |1211 | W 20 | B 20 |
12511853 | | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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If Nevada was the world… then this qualifer comprised

6 world champions, current and past. That’s right, 6

state champions entered the lists, with 4 masters, 4

experts and 12 class players at the City of the World

Art Gallery Aug. 10-11, 2013. There was a California

player playing hors concours, Brian Allen at 2325,

coming back after a 25 year layoff. Tom Brombescombe(!)

was back for a shot 20 years after he won the title 2

times. Tim Galima shined with a 3.5/5 result. This was

a fighting tournament as the scores indicated. David

Lucky and Tom Brownescombe tied for first with 4.5/5

playing very powerful chess, in a league of their own

one point ahead of the field. Stan Vaughan 3.5/5 and

Ryan Phillips 3/5 won the expert prizes. Tim Galima

3.5, Dan Dease 2.5, and Scott Raymond 2.5 won the A/B

prizes. Robert Lucero 2.5, Elliot Winslow 2, and both

Paul and Pancritius Ventura 2 won the C/D…prizes.

David Lucky won the qualifer narrowly on tiebreak.This

writer directed the event. I would like to thank the

players, Juan and Sabrina Jauregui, City of the the

World Gallery, Vegas Chess Club, SNCC.

No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5
1 Lucky, David 2359 4.5 W9 W7 D2 W11 W5
2 Brownscombe, Tom 2200 4.5 W18 W5 D1 W12 W7
3 Vaughan, Stan 2160 3.5 W19 W8 W6 -H- -N-
4 Galima, Tim 1742 3.5 D11 W9 L5 W14 W12
5 Phillips, Ryan 2009 3.0 W10 L2 W4 W8 L1
6 Allen, Brian 2325 2.5 W13 W12 L3 -H- -N-
7 Bidari, Glenn 2149 2.5 W14 L1 D11 W17 L2
8 Raymond, Scott Gre 1826 2.5 W20 L3 W16 L5 D9
9 Dease, Daniel 1820 2.5 L1 L4 W20 W15 D8
10 Lucero,Robert 1390 2.5 L5 L18 D13 W16 W17
11 Salman, Nachum 2200 2.0 D4 W17 D7 L1 -N-
12 Reyes, Virgilio T 2024 2.0 W16 L6 W18 L2 L4
13 Currell, John 1800 2.0 L6 L16 D10 W20 D14
14 Moskow, Elliot 1482 2.0 L7 W15 D17 L4 D13
15 Ventura, Paul Guil 1424 2.0 L17 L14 W19 L9 W20
16 Ventura, Pancratiu 1194 2.0 L12 W13 L8 L10 -X-
17 Pereira, Royce Tre 1880 1.5 W15 L11 D14 L7 L10
18 Landsem, Lars 1770 1.5 L2 W10 L12 -H- -N-
19 Diaz, Nephtali T 1639 1.0 L3 L20 L15 -B- -F-
20 Sletten Jr, David 1172 1.0 L8 W19 L9 L13 L15

The following is the report from the Barber Tournament in Madison, Wisconsin by Liceu Pereira, the father of our Nevada Champ: Royce Pereira.
From the onset, I would like to apologize for the size of this post. This is the report for our recent trip to Madison, Wisconsin for the 2013 Barber K-8 Tournament of State Champions. In addition to the games Royce played at the tournament, I will also make… some comments about the side trips we made while on our way to and from Madison.

I know I have some chess friends, some non-chess friends, and some non-English speaking friends. Therefore, feel free to read this (if at all) as it applies to your interests.

We left Las Vegas (very) early Friday, July 26, and took a fight to Chicago. When we got there, we headed to the somewhat new consolidated rental car facility. As airports expand, the administrators are combining these facilities to all companies under one roof, stand-alone facilities.
Once we got there, we used the kiosk, and were on our way to a road trip that would take us through four states, and two time zones.
Our first stop was in Gary, Indiana. While Gary has long seen its best days, this is the birthplace, and childhood home of the Jackson family. After a Google search, and the help of a GPS, it was fairly easy to find the place.

As you can imagine, the neighborhood was not the best, but not the worst either. The house is located at the end of the Jackson Street, behind Roosevelt High School that looks abandoned. From what I read, the house looked like any other one on the same street. However, I think that since so many people have started visiting since Michael’s death, the house (and its surroundings) is probably in the best shape it has been. The yard is in immaculate condition, and there are different stones, floorings, paying homage to Michael Jackson. Notwithstanding its condition, it is shocking to see how a family of 11 could fit in a tiny house like that, and become one of the most famous families in the world.

From Gary, we headed to the beach city of New Buffalo, Michigan (and EDT.) New Buffalo is a really nice place. It is very “un-Michigan.” Many nice places, nice houses (even several mansions), and a nice beach. Speaking of mansions, I saw a gigantic house with a purple roof on Google maps, and I saw that it actually is a blue roof!

After New Buffalo, we headed to our final destination of the day: Madison, capital of Wisconsin. On the way, we entered a big storm, and torrential rain. While inconvenient to drive, it was nice to enjoy rain, and temperature in the 60’s after leaving Vegas with over 100 degrees.
On Saturday, we slept in from a long previous day. We had lunch, and headed to the opening ceremony, since we did not stay at the tournament’s hotel.

The opening ceremony was somewhat dull to be honest. It seems that there were a lot more self congratulatory speeches than last years’. I do understand that a lot work goes in putting these events together, but these events are for the players who won their respective state tournaments. A funny note was that the University of Wisconsin-Madison mascot was there, and Royce did not want to take a picture with him. However, as we were waiting for the ceremony to start, the mascot came over to our seats, and sat by Royce to take a picture.
After the opening ceremony, we headed back to the hotel, to wait for the first round. As I suspected, Royce was playing up, and because of his initial rank, he would play up, against a master, and with black (since it was an odd number.)

His first game was against NM Atulya Vaidya, rated 2198, from Texas. Royce played with black. Here is the game:

1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. b4 Rab8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Be2 Bf7 19. h3 c6 20. e4 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 b6 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Be4 h6 33. Kd3 g5 34. Kc4 a6 35. Bb7 b5 36. Kd3 a5 37. bxa5 Kc5 38. a6 Kb6 1-0

Here, everything was essentially equal until Royce played 22. …Bxd5. Had he taken with the Rd8, the game would have continued equal, and I believe Royce would have been able to draw. The fact that his opponent said he had to spend a little over 5 minutes to remember the Budapest line (but not necessarily how to win) further shows Royce could have picked up a half a point.

On the next day, there would be two rounds. On Round 3, Royce played over 800 points down against the tournament’s youngest competitor, Jacob Nathan, from Idaho. The game itself was uneventful, and Royce was winning with relative ease. Perhaps the uniqueness of this game was the fact that even though the time control was 90 minutes with a 30 second increment, Royce’s opponent actually ran out of time. As Royce pointed to the clock to show he had ran out of time, he instinctively went to hit the clock, even before making his move.

Since his game ended early, we decided to visit downtown Madison, and visit the Capitol. Unfortunately we got there after 4:00p.m. and the building was closed. We ended up returning on Monday, and actually entering the building.

On Round 3, Royce played Justin Lohr from Virginia, rated 2087 with black. In fact, until the last round, Royce played up with black, and down with white.

This game was a heartbreaker. Here it is:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 b6 7. g3 Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. b3 O-O 14. Rac1 N5c6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. c5 b5 18. f4 e5 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. Ne2 Rcd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Kf2 exf4 24. Nxf4 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bg7 26. h3 Bc8 27. Qd1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qd7 29. Qd6 h5 30. h4 Kh7 31. Bh3 Qb7 32. Kf3 Ng8 33. Qd8 Bxh3 34. Nxh3 f6 35. Nf4 Qa7 36. Qb6 Qa8 37. Qc7 Qe8 38. Qb7 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kf2 Nf6 41. Bd4 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Nxd7 43. Ke3 Kh6 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Kd4 Nf6 46. Ke5 Ne4 47. Kxf5 Nxg3 48. Ke5 Kh6 49. Ke6 Ne4 50. Kd7 Nxc5 51. Kxc6 Ne4 52. Kb6 Nc3 53. Kxa6 b4 54. Ka5 Nxa2 55. Kb5 Nc3 56. Kxb4 Ne4 57. Ka5 Ng3 58. b4 Nf5 59. b5 Nxh4 60. b6 Nf5 61. b7 Ne7 62. Kb6 Nf5 63. b8Q Kg5 64. Qe5 h4 65. Nh3 Kg4 66. Qf4 Kxh3 67. Qxf5 Kg3 68. Qf1 Kh2 69. Kc5 h3 70. Kd4 Kg3 71. Qh1 h2 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Qxh2 Kf5 74. Qh5 Ke6 75. Ke4 Kd6 76. Qd5 Kc7 77. Qe6 Kd8 78. Qf7 Kc8 79. Kd5 Kb8 80. Kc6 1-0

After 35. …Qe7, Royce is in trouble. However, his opponent instead of playing Qe8, he plays Qb6. Now if Royce had played Qd7, he would have had a somewhat clear path to win. Instead, he plays Qa8. While still equal, he goes on to commit some endgame inaccuracies, and looses the game.

On Round 4, Royce played with white against Aidan Fejzulai, from South Carolina. While he was playing down about 500 points down, Aidan had won the biggest upset prize for the first round by defeating the Arizona representative.

Here is the game:

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Be6 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Bc7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Bb6 14. Ne2 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bg1 Rxf1 19. Qxf1 Qf6 20. Bxd5 Kh8 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Nf6 23. Rc1 Re8 24. a3 g5 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. g4 Nb5 28. Rd2 Bc7 29. a4 Nd6 30. d5 Ne5 31. Bd4 Kg8 32. Ng3 Ng6 33. Nh5 Nf4 34. Nxf4 gxf4 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 b6 37. Be5 Kf7 38. Bxf4 a5 39. Bd3 Kg8 40. Kf3 1-0

On Round 5, Royce again played up with black, this time against the Maryland representative, Sahil Sinha. This was perhaps the game he was most upset. After the game, he saw the exact moves for a win, but chose an alternate path and lost. Here is the game:

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Qc2 d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a3 Bc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd5 f6 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. c5 Qf7 17. f4 Kh8 18. fxe5 Bxd5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rf1 Qe6 21. Bd4 dxc5 22. bxc5 Kg8 23. Rf4 Bb3 24. Qc3 f5 25. Raf1 Bd5 26. Bh5 Be4 27. Qe1 Rf7 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. Qg7 Ke8 31. Qh8 Kd7 32. Qxa8 Qa2 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Qxa7 Qxa3 35. Qxb7 a5 36. Qd5 Ke8 37. Qe6 1-0

In the last round, Royce finally played up with white. This time, he played against Dex Webster from Louisiana. Here is the game:

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 Be6 7. d4 e4 8. Nge2 Bd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 O-O 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 f5 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nf3 17. Bxf3 Rxc3 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Bd4 Rc6 22. Bb5 Rc2 23. Bc5 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Bf1 d4 26. Qc1 Qd6 27. Qb2 d3 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. axb4 Bb3 30. Reb1 Bc2 31. Rb2 Na4 32. Rba2 d2 33. Bb5 Nc3 34. Rxc2 Ne2 35. Bxe2 Rxc2 36. Rd1 1/2-1/2

At the end, his results were less than expected, but unlike last year, he had legitimate chances of winning more games, against tougher opponents, and most important his attitude when playing up has changed. He is far more confident, and is playing much better.

After the tournament, we headed to Chicago. As it is in most of our “chess trips,” we try to include side trips just for fun.

This time we spent a day in Chicago. After waking up, we headed downtown. We went to the (former) Sears Tower, the John Hancock Center, and Chicago’s stadia. We also, stopped by the Richard Daly Center (think of The Blues Brothers movie).

Overall, this was a really fun trip. I am looking forward for next year’s tournament in the newly crowned “National Chess Capital” of Saint Louis.
However, before we make any plans, Royce will have to face some really tough competition in the state championship. Royce has won three straight state championships, and there will be at least two players who will try to break his streak.

Lastly, most of the places I mentioned in this report, you should be able to see pictures in the “2013 summer trip” album.

FLASH…Here are the results of the recent national scholastic chess tournaments from Madison, Wisconsin. Nevada representatives Raymond Seid scored 3/6 in the Denker event, Royce Pereira scored 2.5/6 in the Barber event, and Aisha Sanwal scored 2/6 in the NGIT

2013 Denker Tournament of High School Champions 27-30 July· Madison, Wisconsin

LIVE GAMES! PAIRINGS STANDINGS WINNERS Rating Reports: Main Tournament
Individual Standings Denker Tournament of High School Champions
No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6
1 Chandran, Kapil 9 Foster CT 2330 5.0 22.0 24.5 W 36 W 5 W 15 W 8 D 3 D2
2 Bora, Safal 9 Foster MI 2316 5.0 19.5 22.5 W 24 W 21 D 4 W 14 W 13 D1
3 Brown, Michael William 10 Foster CA 2333 5.0 19.0 22.0 W 29 D 20 W 22 W 7 D 1 W9
4 Katz, Alexander Ross 10 U-18 NJ 2362 4.5 19.5 21.5 W 25 W 37 D 2 D 13 W 15 D6
5 Zhou, Kevin L 12 U-18 VA 2079 4.5 18.5 19.0 W 48 L 1 W 24 D 17 W 14 W13
6 Velikanov, Alexander 9 Foster WI 2332 4.5 18.0 20.5 W 34 L 14 W 18 W 27 W 16 D4
7 Kogen, Jonathan S 11 U-18 IL 2281 4.0 18.5 21.0 W 32 D 16 W 20 L 3 W 21 D11
8 Cao, Kevin Y 10 U-18 MO 2307 4.0 18.5 20.5 W 39 W 35 W 10 L 1 L 9 W20
9 Ulrich, Thomas M 12 U-18 WI 2374 4.0 18.5 20.5 W 28 L 15 W 25 W 37 W 8 L3
10 Brattain, Mika Andrew 9 Foster MA 2364 4.0 17.5 20.5 W 30 W 17 L 8 D 21 D 11 W27
11 Tyagi, Kushan 10 U-18 IA 2062 4.0 17.5 19.0 W 44 L 13 W 39 W 12 D 10 D7
12 Mo, Kevin 12 U-18 PA 2337 4.0 17.0 20.0 W 18 W 26 L 13 L 11 W 23 W22
13 Chakraborty, Dipro 11 U-18 AZ 2304 3.5 22.0 24.5 W 31 W 11 W 12 D 4 L 2 L5
14 Fishbein, Matthew E 9 Foster ME 2103 3.5 20.0 22.0 W 40 W 6 D 16 L 2 L 5 W31
15 Mu, Joshua Wang 12 U-18 NC 2270 3.5 19.5 21.5 W 38 W 9 L 1 W 31 L 4 D18
16 Colas, Joshua 9 Foster NY 2405 3.5 19.0 22.0 W 19 D 7 D 14 W 26 L 6 D17
17 Rosenthal, Nicholas 11 U-18 FL 2188 3.5 18.0 21.0 W 23 L 10 W 28 D 5 D 20 D16
18 Cheng, Tony R 9 Foster KS 1959 3.5 16.0 18.0 L 12 W 41 L 6 W 40 W 37 D15
19 Thompson, Reece Eric 11 U-18 GA 2045 3.5 14.0 16.0 L 16 W 32 L 23 W 39 D 31 W34
20 Offertaler, Bendeguz 10 Foster MD 2100 3.0 14.0 20.0 W 45 D 3 L 7 W 33 D 17 L8
21 Klotz-Burwell, Hunter P 9 Foster CA 2090 3.0 13.5 20.5 W 43 L 2 W 36 D 10 L 7 D23
22 Zhang, Vincent 11 U-18 TX 2175 3.0 13.0 20.5 D 33 W 27 L 3 D 23 W 29 L12
23 Adams, Stephen W 10 U-18 AL 1871 3.0 13.0 20.0 L 17 W 30 W 19 D 22 L 12 D21
24 Tsao, Kevis 9 Foster SC 1935 3.0 12.0 19.0 L 2 W 43 L 5 D 35 D 28 W37
25 Seid, Raymond 11 U-18 NV 1973 3.0 12.0 18.5 L 4 W 42 L 9 D 32 W 33 D26
26 Chakrasali, Samarth 9 Foster MN 2157 3.0 12.0 18.0 W 41 L 12 W 29 L 16 D 34 D25
27 Grabinsky, Aaron 9 Foster OR 2055 3.0 11.5 17.0 W 46 L 22 W 38 L 6 W 36 L10
28 Mau, Stephen Li Jian 11 U-18 HI 2035 3.0 11.0 17.0 L 9 W 33 L 17 D 38 D 24 W41
29 Bagga, Gilman K S 9 Foster KY 1958 3.0 10.0 16.0 L 3 W 45 L 26 W 41 L 22 W42
30 Chu, Xiaoman 9 U-18 WA 2016 3.0 10.0 14.5 L 10 L 23 L 33 W 48 W 32 W38
31 Sorensen, Andy 11 U-18 TN 1917 2.5 14.5 18.0 L 13 W 44 W 35 L 15 D 19 L14
32 Casteel, Jerry John, Iii 11 U-18 SD 1876 2.5 13.5 17.5 L 7 L 19 W 43 D 25 L 30 W40
33 Nimmagadda, Kaushik Raghu 9 Foster RI 1847 2.5 13.5 16.5 D 22 L 28 W 30 L 20 L 25 W44
34 Andersen, Gunnar James 9 Foster CO 1950 2.5 12.0 16.5 L 6 W 40 L 37 W 44 D 26 L19
35 Baumgartner, Blake K 12 U-18 OH 2058 2.5 11.0 15.0 W 47 L 8 L 31 D 24 D 38 D36
36 Welling, Aashish 9 Foster NH 1938 2.5 10.0 15.0 L 1 W 48 L 21 W 45 L 27 D35
37 Manchanda, Sameer 11 U-18 IN 2117 2.0 15.0 19.5 W 42 L 4 W 34 L 9 L 18 L24
38 Mathine, Thomas 9 Foster NM 1876 2.0 12.5 16.0 L 15 W 46 L 27 D 28 D 35 L30
39 Wolf, Alexander Patrick 12 Foster AR 1919 2.0 11.5 15.5 L 8 W 47 L 11 L 19 L 40 W46
40 Li, Brandon 10 U-18 NE 1754 2.0 11.5 15.0 L 14 L 34 W 47 L 18 W 39 L32
41 Salzgeber, Kyle Andrew 11 U-18 MS 1797 2.0 10.5 14.0 L 26 L 18 W 48 L 29 W 45 L28
42 Jiang, Nathan 9 Foster ID 1788 2.0 9.5 12.5 L 37 L 25 L 44 W 47 W 43 L29
43 Timmons, Sam 10 U-18 WV 1312 2.0 9.5 12.5 L 21 L 24 L 32 W 46 L 42 W45
44 Hales, Jonathan Reid 11 U-18 UT 1217 1.5 10.0 14.0 L 11 L 31 W 42 L 34 D 48 L33
45 Yu, Nathan Q 10 U-18 OK 1491 1.0 10.5 13.5 L 20 L 29 W 46 L 36 L 41 L43
46 Bottrell, Carl 12 MT 1.0 8.0 11.0 L 27 L 38 L 45 L 43 W 47 L39
47 Wolf, Stuart 9 U-18 ND 100 1.0 7.5 10.0 L 35 L 39 L 40 L 42 L 46 W48
48 Sivori, Thomas 11 U-18 LA 1221 0.5 10.0 14.5 L 5 L 36 L 41 L 30 D 44 L47

2013 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions 27-30 July· Madison, Wisconsin

PAIRINGS STANDINGS WINNERS Rating Reports: Main Tournament
Individual Standings Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions
No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6
1 Liu, Andrew 8 MA 2283 5.0 21.5 24.5 W 23 W 20 W 4 W 2 L 5 W8
2 Tang, Andrew 8 MN 2249 5.0 20.5 23.5 W 19 W 21 W 9 L 1 W 10 W7
3 Panchanatham, Vignesh 7 CA 2254 5.0 19.0 22.0 W 25 D 15 W 22 W 7 D 6 W5
4 Hilby, Craig 7 CA 2219 5.0 18.0 20.0 W 41 W 31 L 1 W 24 W 15 W6
5 Feng, Roland 6 WA 2268 4.5 21.5 24.5 W 27 W 12 W 16 D 6 W 1 L3
6 Checa, Nicolas De T 5 NY 2241 4.0 21.5 24.5 W 29 W 28 W 10 D 5 D 3 L4
7 Liang, Awonder 4 WI 2233 4.0 21.0 23.5 W 18 W 34 W 17 L 3 W 13 L2
8 Song, Edward 8 MI 2235 4.0 19.5 22.5 D 11 W 30 D 15 W 21 W 9 L1
9 Patel, Advait 4 WV 2111 4.0 19.5 22.0 W 14 W 26 L 2 W 32 L 8 W17
10 Shi, Jason 7 CT 2118 4.0 18.5 20.5 W 39 W 24 L 6 W 26 L 2 W16
11 Sun, Maxwell S 7 OR 1868 4.0 17.0 19.5 D 8 W 23 L 13 D 20 W 32 W21
12 Bian, Alex 7 IL 2071 4.0 17.0 19.0 W 42 L 5 W 18 D 25 D 20 W26
13 Rivero, Danilo 8 FL 2093 4.0 16.5 18.5 W 36 L 22 W 11 W 39 L 7 W23
14 Proleiko, Julian 8 MO 1788 4.0 16.0 18.0 L 9 W 45 W 31 L 15 W 22 W24
15 Ghatti, Sanjay 7 GA 2028 3.5 21.5 24.0 W 33 D 3 D 8 W 14 L 4 D19
16 Vaidya, Atulya 8 TX 2153 3.5 17.5 20.0 W 35 W 32 L 5 W 28 D 17 L10
17 Wlezien, Alexander 8 PA 2089 3.5 17.0 19.0 W 38 W 43 L 7 W 22 D 16 L9
18 Zhou, Jonathan 8 IN 1837 3.5 15.5 17.0 L 7 W 37 L 12 D 33 W 46 W31
19 Roach, Andrew 5 UT 1889 3.5 15.0 16.5 L 2 L 46 W 47 W 37 W 34 D15
20 Xie, Luke Bohua 5 OH 2076 3.0 14.0 21.0 W 40 L 1 D 29 D 11 D 12 D27
21 Lohr, Justin 7 VA 2025 3.0 13.5 20.0 W 46 L 2 W 35 L 8 W 25 L11
22 Tang, Arthur 8 NH 1952 3.0 13.5 18.5 W 50 W 13 L 3 L 17 L 14 W40
23 Swerdlin, Ryan David 7 CO 1937 3.0 13.0 20.0 L 1 L 11 W 42 W 40 W 28 L13
24 Sinha, Sahil 6 MD 1985 3.0 12.5 19.0 W 44 L 10 W 46 L 4 W 35 L14
25 Zhou, Ziwen 6 IA 1894 3.0 12.0 19.0 L 3 W 40 W 44 D 12 L 21 D30
26 Chen, Andy 7 NJ 1955 3.0 12.0 18.0 W 45 L 9 W 43 L 10 W 39 L12
27 Liang, Adream 6 WI 1905 3.0 11.0 17.5 L 5 D 42 D 30 D 38 W 33 D20
28 Alexander, Joshua 7 OK 2009 3.0 11.0 17.0 W 37 L 6 W 41 L 16 L 23 W39
29 Wan, Joseph Cheng-Yue 5 NE 1877 3.0 10.5 16.5 L 6 W 33 D 20 L 34 D 36 W42
30 Xie, Ethan 6 AZ 1994 3.0 10.0 16.0 L 43 L 8 D 27 W 44 W 41 D25
31 Katz, Gabriel 8 VT 1988 2.5 13.5 18.5 W 48 L 4 L 14 D 36 W 38 L18
32 Cremisi, Daniel 8 NC 1986 2.5 13.5 17.5 W 49 L 16 W 38 L 9 L 11 D36
33 Poston, Donald Mars 7 NM 1675 2.5 13.0 16.5 L 15 L 29 W 45 D 18 L 27 W47
34 Webster, Dex 6 LA 2004 2.5 12.5 16.5 W 47 L 7 L 39 W 29 L 19 D35
35 Pereira, Royce Trentin 7 NV 1799 2.5 11.5 15.0 L 16 W 49 L 21 W 43 L 24 D34
36 Wright, Brian 8 KY 1713 2.5 11.0 15.0 L 13 L 44 W 48 D 31 D 29 D32
37 Mishra, Apramay 8 KS 1444 2.5 10.5 14.0 L 28 L 18 W 50 L 19 W 44 D41
38 Qin, Alexander Charles 8 TN 1710 2.5 9.5 13.0 L 17 W 50 L 32 D 27 L 31 W46
39 Sowa, Aidan 8 RI 1789 2.0 13.5 17.5 L 10 W 48 W 34 L 13 L 26 L28
40 Lee, Conrad 5 MT 1704 2.0 12.0 15.0 L 20 L 25 W 49 L 23 W 43 L22
41 Wang, Kevin 6 AL 1823 2.0 11.5 16.5 L 4 W 47 L 28 D 46 L 30 D37
42 Han, Qiyu 7 MS 1681 2.0 11.5 15.5 L 12 D 27 L 23 D 47 W 48 L29
43 Fejzulai, Aidan 6 SC 1326 2.0 11.5 15.0 W 30 L 17 L 26 L 35 L 40 W48
44 Wong, Nicholas N 7 HI 964 2.0 11.0 14.0 L 24 W 36 L 25 L 30 L 37 W50
45 Kenney, Sawyer 7 ND 698 2.0 7.5 11.5 L 26 L 14 L 33 L 48 W 50 W49
46 Parker, Wesley M 8 ME 1625 1.5 14.0 17.5 L 21 W 19 L 24 D 41 L 18 L38
47 Zhuravskiy, Seva 8 DC 1352 1.5 10.0 13.5 L 34 L 41 L 19 D 42 W 49 L33
48 Fuhs, Alexander 7 SD 1119 1.0 10.5 13.0 L 31 L 39 L 36 W 45 L 42 L43
49 Nathan, Jacob Ari 3 ID 1023 1.0 8.0 10.5 L 32 L 35 L 40 W 50 L 47 L45
50 Kidd, J Michael 7 AR 482 0.0 10.0 13.0 L 22 L 38 L 37 L 49 L 45 L44

2013 National Girls Invitation Tournament 27-30 July· Madison, Wisconsin

PAIRINGS STANDINGS WINNERS Rating Reports: Main Tournament
Individual Standings National Girls Invitational Tournament
No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6
1 Gorti, Akshita 4 Foster VA 2010 5.0 22.0 24.5 W 28 W 16 W 5 D 2 D 4 W3
2 Virkud, Apurva 9 U-18 MI 2084 5.0 20.5 23.5 W 22 W 12 W 7 D 1 D 3 W11
3 Chen, Michelle 10 U-18 MA 1997 4.5 20.5 24.0 W 17 W 15 W 11 W 13 D 2 L1
4 Tallo, Emily K 12 IN 2080 4.5 19.5 22.5 W 24 D 9 W 19 D 8 D 1 W7
5 Deland, Rebecca 11 U-18 NM 1699 4.5 18.0 19.0 W 37 W 10 L 1 D 9 W 27 W12
6 Avirneni, Saithanusri 7 U-18 GA 1703 4.5 18.0 19.0 W 40 L 7 W 25 W 14 D 8 W10
7 Poteat, Lilia Meilan 9 U-18 NY 1992 4.0 20.5 22.5 W 29 W 6 L 2 W 20 W 13 L4
8 Xiang, Ellen 10 U-18 NH 2072 4.0 18.5 21.5 D 19 W 26 D 9 D 4 D 6 W20
9 Hajiarbabi, Kiana 7 U-18 KS 1871 3.5 20.0 22.0 W 32 D 4 D 8 D 5 D 18 D13
10 Dong, Alice 9 U-18 NJ 1974 3.5 19.0 22.0 W 25 L 5 W 26 W 15 D 11 L6
11 Peters, Epiphany M 9 U-18 TN 2041 3.5 19.0 21.5 W 27 W 20 L 3 W 21 D 10 L2
12 Ravi, Saisree 10 U-18 MN 1870 3.5 19.0 21.0 W 33 L 2 W 22 D 18 W 19 L5
13 Munoz, Claudia E 9 U-18 TX 2026 3.5 18.5 21.5 W 23 W 21 W 14 L 3 L 7 D9
14 Rajendra, Anupama Shashikala 7 U-18 WI 1928 3.5 18.0 20.0 W 30 W 18 L 13 L 6 W 22 D15
15 Reiches, Madeleine 12 U-18 IL 1733 3.5 16.5 18.5 W 36 L 3 W 29 L 10 W 24 D14
16 Zhao, Audrey 9 U-18 CA 1764 3.5 15.5 17.5 W 35 L 1 D 17 L 27 W 29 W28
17 Du, Katherine 8 U-18 CT 1403 3.5 15.5 17.5 L 3 W 36 D 16 L 19 W 32 W27
18 Moolten, Shira 8 U-18 PA 1675 3.5 15.5 16.5 W 38 L 14 W 30 D 12 D 9 D21
19 Huang, Alena 7 U-18 WI 1552 3.0 14.0 21.5 D 8 W 24 L 4 W 17 L 12 D23
20 Wyzywany, Annastasia Marie 9 U-18 LA 1861 3.0 13.5 19.5 W 31 L 11 W 23 L 7 W 26 L8
21 Morejon, Helen 8 U-18 FL 1776 3.0 12.5 18.0 W 34 L 13 W 28 L 11 D 23 D18
22 Kim, Madeline H 10 U-18 MD 1624 3.0 12.0 19.0 L 2 W 33 L 12 W 25 L 14 W30
23 Gadson, Keturah 8 U-18 MO 1472 3.0 11.0 16.5 L 13 W 34 L 20 W 33 D 21 D19
24 Cherepakhin, Olga 7 U-18 WA 1609 3.0 10.5 17.0 L 4 L 19 W 31 W 30 L 15 W33
25 Dias, Neha 9 U-18 SC 1287 3.0 10.5 16.0 L 10 W 37 L 6 L 22 W 35 W34
26 Pemsler, Carmen 9 U-18 ID 1635 3.0 10.5 15.5 W 39 L 8 L 10 W 34 L 20 W29
27 Cancio, Aiya 9 U-18 AZ 1527 2.5 14.5 19.0 L 11 D 31 W 32 W 16 L 5 L17
28 Zhang, Hanshi 10 U-18 CA 1445 2.5 12.5 17.5 L 1 W 35 L 21 D 32 W 31 L16
29 Salzgeber, Karen Elizabeth 9 U-18 MS 1295 2.0 13.0 17.0 L 7 W 40 L 15 W 35 L 16 L26
30 Knecht, Teresa Phivan Eleanor 7 U-18 IA 1198 2.0 12.5 16.0 L 14 W 38 L 18 L 24 W 36 L22
31 Perkins, Sarai 10 U-18 OR 905 2.0 12.0 15.0 L 20 D 27 L 24 W 36 L 28 D32
32 Bills, Devon 11 U-18 OH 1191 2.0 11.5 15.0 L 9 W 39 L 27 D 28 L 17 D31
33 Santos, Clarrisa E 9 U-18 OK 1128 2.0 11.0 14.5 L 12 L 22 W 40 L 23 W 38 L24
34 Venkataraja, Triyakshari 2 Foster NC 854 2.0 11.0 14.0 L 21 L 23 W 38 L 26 W 39 L25
35 Djuric, Milica 8 Foster DC 753 2.0 9.5 13.0 L 16 L 28 W 37 L 29 L 25 W38
36 Sanwal, Aisha 6 Foster NV 572 2.0 9.5 13.0 L 15 L 17 W 39 L 31 L 30 W37
37 Tran, Jacey 2 Foster NE 469 1.0 9.0 13.5 L 5 L 25 L 35 L 39 W 40 L36
38 Smyth, Rayya 4 Foster AR 407 1.0 9.0 12.5 L 18 L 30 L 34 W 40 L 33 L35
39 Kamtekar, Saey Sanjay 6 Foster UT 1.0 8.0 11.0 L 26 L 32 L 36 W 37 L 34 L40
40 Kenney, Lindsey 9 U-18 ND 504 1.0 7.0 11.5 L 6 L 29 L 33 L 38 L 37 W39

After having organized, directed, and played in hundreds of chess tournaments in more than 3 decades, I thought that I had seen just about every type of chess tournament. But I was wrong. The chess tournament at the first US Mind Sports Festival was like no other tournament that I have ever seen. Imagine playing in a chess tournament amidst other gamers playing a variety of strategy games. That is exactly what happened July 5-7 at the luxurious Palazzo hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The chess tournament was held in the center of the Lando ballroom, and we were literally surrounded by a Go tournament, a scrabble tournament, a mahjong tournament, and a Magic the Gathering tournament.

The chess began on Friday morning with a free simultaneous exhibition by chess expert Virgilio Reyes. It is impossible to say how many players Virgilio faced. Whenever a game finished, Virgilio graciously allowed a new player to take a seat and play. The exhibition lasted for several hours, but Virgilio did not lose a single game.

The main tournament was a five round swiss held in four sections. The players in the open section competed for cash prizes and a very unusual trophy: an artistic four level chess board. There were two titled players in the open section: FMs Tom Brownscombe and Nachum Salman. But by the end of round three, both masters had suffered an upset. So on Sunday morning experts Glenn Bidari and Jeffrey Gallegos battled for the tournament lead. Gallegos won a pawn, but Bidari had excellent compensation. But the compensation wasn’t good enough, and Gallegos secured the win. Gallegos and Bidari both won in the final round, leaving Bidari in clear second place with 4 points. And Jeffrey Gallegos won the trophy and the first place prize money with a score of 4.5.

Alex Stiger, rated only 1549, won the under 1800 section. And she did it despite starting the tournament with a half point bye in round one. She followed up her swiss gambit with four straight wins to take clear first place with 4.5 points. Michelangelo Barozzi and William Wijaya tied for second place in the under 1800 section with 4 points each. In the under 1400 section, Robert Lucero proved that chess coaches can also be successful competitors. Lucero, who is a high school chess coach, won the under 1400 section with 4.5 points. And Anthony McCarthy secured clear second place in the under 1400 section with 4 points. Paul Ventura won the under 1000 section with the tournament’s only perfect 5-0 score, and Karl Ulbrich earned clear second place in the under 1000 section with 4 points.

Of course, a tournament report is only written after the tournament is over. But even though the tournament is over, you haven’t missed all the action. The tournament sponsors provided live internet coverage of the event throughout the weekend. And you can find that coverage recorded on You Tube.  The featured game from round one can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glf2rj3om0Y, and the featured game from round 4 can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpJvcD_oM1g.

On behalf of all of the chess players who participated in the First US Mind Sports chess tournament, I would like to thank the tournament sponsors: 888 poker. Juan Jauregui of the Las Vegas Chess Club organized the tournament. Tom Brownscombe and Juan Jauregui served as the tournament directors. The sponsors were so pleased with the event that they plan to hold another one December 7&8. I will definitely be there, and I hope to see you there as well.

Tom Brownscombe

National Open 2013
With the 2013 National Open in the books, it is time for a small report on the performance of our local players. We had some big performances, and some even had a chance to play against some titled players.

On Thursday, June 6, there were two events. First, the simultaneous exhibition with GM Alexander Lenderman, last year’s National Open champion. In this event, our local players Jeff Gallegos, Stephen Barbre, Scott Raymond, and Karl Ulbrich participated, with Mr. Gallegos managing to score a draw.

The second Thursday event was the National Open Game in 10. The really nice part about this event is the opportunity of playing against titled players. Three of our local players participated: Ryan Phillips, Chad Badgett, and Royce Pereira.

Ryan’s performance was the most impressive. He scored 5 points in 8 games, and was tied for first on the U2100 prize. He would have most likely be the sole first place, but for a Fide Master forfeiting his last game, and thus allowing another player to tie Ryan. Also of note is that, Ryan played against not one, but two International Masters.

On the other hand, Chad played Israeli GM Victor Mikhalevski on the first round, and Royce played former U-12 World Champion, IM Daniel Naroditsky.

On the main event, we also had the participation of several local players. On the U2200 section, Jeff Gallegos, finished with 4 points out of 6. He tied 10th place to 14th, and earned a $97 prize. Also on the U2200 was Stephen Barbre, who scored 3.5 points out of 6.

The U2000 section had the biggest number of our local players. The best performance (again) came from Ryan Phillips. Ryan went undefeated, and scored 4.5 out of 6 points, good for a share of 7th to 12th place. For his performance, he earned a $234 prize.

Other players included, Jose Ramirez with 4 out of 6, shared 13th – 15th place, and a $40 prize; Francisco Vela, Todd Imada, and Cameron Patterson with a positive score of 3.5 out of 6. Scott Raymond also participated in this section.

On the U1800 section, we had John Paul Baligad, (Juan’s son), with 5 out of 6 points. This was good for a share of 3rd – 9th place, and a $400 prize. Participants also included Jonathan Zavala with 4.5 points, Rick Holden, and Neil Banerji, who scored a respectable 2.5 points while playing up a section.

On the U1600 section, we had Chris Reynolds with 4 points, Vivan Liu, Jonathan Mikolic with 3.5 points, Elliot Moskow, and Yoseph Debesai, who like Neil, played a section up.

On the U1400 section, local player Rocky Watson scored an even 3 out of 6, and so did Karl Ulbrich on the U1200 section.

In addition to the Game in 10, and the main event, local players also participated in other side events.On Saturday night, June 8, there was a Blitz sectional event. The 60 participants were divided in 5 sections, based on their highest rating.

On Section “A”, the highest in rating, included two Fide Masters, and a Woman Fide Master. Three local players participated. Patrick Lacey scored 9 out of 12 points, good for 3rd place. Paul Heinrich, and Hugo Santiago had even scores with 6 out of 12 points.

On the Section “C”, Royce Pereira was the winner with 10 out of 11 points.

The last event the Blitz Open, and U1900. This event took place on Sunday night, right after the main event.

On the Open section, local players Paul Heinrich scored a positive 8 points out of 14. Two of those games were against none other than the number 39 player in world Wesley So. Also in the Open section was Ryan Phillips, who also played IM Daniel Naroditsky.

In the U1900 section, local players Chad Badgett, and Royce Pereira fared quite well. There were 35 players in this section, and Chad came in 3rd place with 10 points out of 14, and Royce in 4th place with 9.5.

While the 2013 National Open is now over, do not forget that another big tournament is coming up. The Las Vegas Mind Sports International Festival will be held at the Palazzo Hotel on July 5 – July 7, and the Vegas Chess Club will organize the chess tournament.
By Liceu Pereira