65th Ohio Chess Congress Report
Kristopher Meekins
New Ohio Chess Champion
65th Ohio Chess Congress Report
OPEN SECTION
After 6 rounds of hard fought chess, National Experts (NE) Kristopher Meekins and Matthew Marsh (from Tennessee) were tied for first place in the 65th Ohio Chess Congress. NE Meekins, an Ohio resident, is our new state Chess Champion. Congratulations Kris! Way to go!
Meekins – Driver – Marsh
At the end of four rounds of chess the final results were not yet clear – not at all.
Only two players had more than 3.0 points – Matthew Marsh and Sinan Baughman with 3.5 points each. Then came a group of players with 3.0 points National Master’s (NM) Carl Boor and John Stopa along with Kris Meekins and John Hughes (who earned a NE rating at this event).
So in round 5, Marsh and Baughman played and Marsh won; Boor was paired with Meekins and Stopa was paired with Hughes. Meekins got an upset win against the tournament favorite and Stopa put an end to Hughes’ run. Also in round 5 NE’s Sylvester Smarty and Michael Vilenchuk were paired – both had 2.5 points. NE Smarty won.
Going into round 6, NE Marsh sat alone with 4.5 points, NM Stopa and NE Meekins both trailed by one half point with 4.0 points. Behind them was one player with 3.5 points – NE Smarty. Marsh and Stopa were paired* and the result was a hard fought draw with Marsh with 5.0 points finishing in first place and Stopa with 4.5 points ended up in third place. Meekins and Smarty were paired and Meekins won the full point and tied for first with 5.0 points becoming Ohio’s new Chess Champion. It was a terrific and hard fought finish by all the players.
*The pairing in round 6 between Marsh and Stopa resulted in the only technical question put to the TD during the tournament. The question was why Stopa got the color rotation and not Marsh, the player with the higher score. A fair question and one that has come up a few times before due to the rule changes between the 4th and 5th editions of the Official Rules of Chess. Both players had the same number of blacks and whites in previous rounds and both players were due the same color. In the 4th edition of the rules, the player with the higher score would get the due colors. That is no longer true unless both players had experienced the same color rotation in each round prior. They had not so priority for assigning color was based on the latest round in which their colors differed. This resulted in Stopa receiving the color rotation.
Finishing one half point behind NM Stopa were three NM’s – Carl Boor, William Wright, and Tom Britt – plus one NE Daniel Gurevich who took first place U2200 as the top two NE’s finished tied for first place overall. Right behind NE Gurevich were NE’s Smarty, Baughman and Class A player John Miller who tied for second place U2200 with 3 wins in the last 4 rounds – after starting with a half point bye.
THE TOURNAMENT
There was some disappointment due to the low turnout (the poor economy has finally impacted chess). However, once play began at the chess boards all disappointment disappeared and the chess battles went hammer and tong.
Results for all sections of the Congress may be found at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200909079331.0 and the Open Section was also FIDE rated which may be seen at http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=46443.
Concerning FIDE rated sections – we also wanted to have the U2000 and U1700 sections FIDE rated. It was not to be as FIDE requires 2 FIDE rated players for a section to be rated. The U2000 had 6 FIDE players with none rated and the U1700 had 4 FIDE players with 1 rated.
CONGRESS QUICK CHAMPION
We also had two side events at the Congress – a Congress Quick Championship (G/25) on Friday just prior to the actual Congress. Kris Meekins won this event as well. The crosstable may be found at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200909048411.
Ohio Quick Champion: NE Kris Meekins!
CONGRESS BLITZ CHAMPION**
There was also the Congress Speed Championship where you played each opponent twice. It was 6 rounds long and took a little over two hours to complete. Kris Meekins did not win this one, although he did compete. NM Ananth Pappu won this event Saturday night after 10.5 points out of 12.0. Ananth was dinged for one point by Michael Vilenchuk in round 1, but only gave up a draw after that.taking 2 points Alex Wasdahl, Les Whorton, William Wright, and Kris Meekins – then 1.5 points from Matthew Marsh. Matthew finished two points behind Ananth to take clear second. Clear third went to William Wright with 8.0 points. Matthew’s brother Corry Marsh took the U1800 prize with 6.5 points. Ohio Blitz Champion: NM Ananth Pappu.
**Crosstable at end of report
U2000 Section
The U2000 section was won by Les Whorton with 5.0 points – a full point ahead of the four who tied for second with 4 points: Joe Fogarty, Walter Bornack, Brandon Mason, and Timothy Tootle.
Driver – Whorton U2000 Winner
After 5 rounds only Les Whorton and Brandon Mason had 4.0 points, but could not play as Les had lost to Brandon in round 2. Next were Timothy Tootle and Richard Mercer with 3.5 points each. Les had just defeated Timothy in round 5 so he played Richard Mercer and won. Brandon had played Tootle earlier and lost, so he had to play Joe Fogarty who had 3.0 points and lost so both finished with 4 points. Tootle played Corry Marsh and they drew. Walter Bornack and Carl Boor (Sr.) both with 3.0 points faced off and Walter won, tying for second place.
U1700 Section
Howard Dixon won the U1700 section by defeating the two players who tied for second, defeating one player who tied for fourth and drawing the other. Clearly he earned his win against the competition.
Driver – Dixon U1700 Winner
However that does not alleviate the error made in pairing him in round three against a player who had requested a bye resulting in a full point for him. It was after that he played those who finished third, fifth, and fourth in the section. He clearly still earned his win.
Tying for second were Louis Budziak and Kevin Huang with 4.5 points when they drew in round six.
U1400 Section
Divyesh Salamurali played a perfect tournament finishing with 6 wins! The only player in the tournament to accomplish this. He did it defeating those who finished second, fourth, fifth, and sixth in his section – no small feat. Way to go Divyesh!
Driver – Salamurali U1400 Winner
Driver – Kulkarni U1400 2nd
Clear second was taken by Anagh Kulkarni with 5.0 points who won against everyone except Divyesh.
These two dominated along with clear third place finisher Noah Keating-Adams with 4.0 points.
65th OHIO CHESS CONGRESS BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP
# |
Name/Rating |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R61 |
|
|
1 |
Annanth Pappu |
9 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
||
2173 12609243 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
9.0 |
10.5 |
First |
||
2 |
William Wright |
10 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
||
2150 12462971 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
Third |
||
3 |
PLN Murthy |
11 |
9 |
4 |
14 |
13 |
16 |
||
2146 11038824 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
|||
4 |
David Friedman |
12 |
15 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
||
2108 12488564 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
|||
5 |
Les Whorton |
13 |
8 |
1 |
15 |
10 |
4 |
||
2104 13628701 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
|||
6 |
Kris Meekins |
14 |
12 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
||
2061 12910828 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
|||
7 |
Drew Hollinberger |
15 |
2 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
14 |
||
2006 20070967 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
|||
8 |
Sylvester Smarty |
16 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
||
2004 12684922 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
|||
9 |
Michael Vilenchuk |
1 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
||
1859 12811395 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
|||
10 |
Matthew Marsh |
2 |
14 |
13 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
||
1851 12843523 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
Second |
||
11 |
Alex Wasdahl |
3 |
1 |
15 |
16 |
4 |
12 |
||
1844 12834765 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
|||
12 |
Mark Kellie |
4 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
1 6 |
11 |
||
1824 12416871 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
|||
13 |
Joe Fogarty |
5 |
16 |
10 |
12 |
3 |
15 |
||
1782 221029198 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
|||
14 |
Chris Bechtold |
6 |
10 |
16 |
3 |
15 |
7 |
||
1580 12762512 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|||
15 |
Corry Marsh |
7 |
4 |
11 |
5 |
14 |
13 |
||
1577 12843522 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
6.5 |
U1800 |
||
16 |
Abbey Gillett |
8 |
13 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
3 |
||
1090 12988772 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|||
Dayton Chess Club – Site of 65th Ohio Chess Congress
New OCA Membership Chair and Assistant TD
Board Display 1 at DCC
Board Display 2 at DCC
Open Section
Under 2000 Section
Under 1700 Section
Under 1400 Section
Open Section – Last Round
Under 2000 & U1700 Sections – Last Round
(All photos by Sharon Driver and Mrs. Gurevich)
Best Week In Chess
As it gets closer to Christmas and the roads turn icy another week passes full of Chess and you know we scowl the internet for the top headlines and feature them here for you. I know I hope you enjoy them.
Before jumping into the top stories from around the world don’t forget that tonight at the Dayton Chess Club we will be having a Holiday Party starting at 6:30 p.m. to…closing {whenever that happens}. Tonight will be the last night we’ll be open until the new year so get your chess playing in for 2008!
Miroshnichenko wins Ukrainian Championship 2008
Evgenij Miroshnichenko, the 2003 Champion, has done it again: he took the 77th Ukrainian title on tiebreak points, ahead of Yuri Drozdovskij
Weston students win chess championship
Four Weston students are members of the chess teams of Pierrepont School, which competed in the Fifth Annual New England Scholastic Championship, held at Mt. Snow, Vt., Nov. 8-9.
Las Tunas to Host Cuban National Chess Championship
According to organizers, the tournament will consist of two stages and will be attended by 38 players, including 11 Grand Masters.
Vladimir Hakobyan – “Chess is a game of fantasy and intuition”
At the age of five Vladimir Hakobyan started to play checkers and even though his dad thought he played well, he didn’t consider it a serious game and that the boy needed to play chess.
2009 All-Girls National Chess Championships
Kasparov Chess Foundation Presents 2009 All-Girls National Chess Championships.
Antonio wins seventh US over-all chess title
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. continued his winning streak in the US as he emerged over-all champion in the recently held 10th Annual Joseph Ileto Memorial Open Chess Championships at the Monterey Park, California.
Did I miss anything? Feel free to contact me and let me know. I’d more than happy to post it and give credit where credit is due.
That’s all for now until next week!
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Best Week In Chess
Another week has past – can you believe it?! A lot has happened this week so I’m not even going to bore you with the small talk. Let’s jump straight into it, shall we?
Chess helps young players develop thinking and social skills
As If we didn’t already know this, right? Well check out the story about some middle school players
Parag clinches open Int’l chess title
Parag beat Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in the ninth and final round to secure eight points to clinch the title.
12-year-old in contention in Ukraine Championship
The 2008 Ukraine Championship is missing Ivanchuk, Ponomariov and Karjakin, but is still very strong, with 26 participants, including 17 GMs. The player to watch is IM Illya Nyzhnyk. At twelve he sports a 2444 rating, and after four rounds he has three points (two wins, two draws).
‘Chess’ Just Isn’t Fun Anymore
Good ol’ Soviet intrigue just doesn’t entertain like it used to. In “Chess,” two world-class players at the end of the Cold War find themselves caught within an ever-growing game of politics and trickery, a game that fails to amuse
Check mate: Giant chess board in Auburn for school holidays
During the summer holidays Auburn residents will have the chance to polish their knowledge of rooks, bishops, knights, queens and pawns by enrolling in special coaching classes and a giant chess board game.
New five Cuban chess players were promoted to Grand Masters
The congress promoted Fidel Corrales, Yuri González, Isam Ortiz, Luis Manuel Pérez and Yaniet Marrero to that category.
Deep Green – “the best chess game” for iPhone
Yesterday a new Chess app called Deep Green ($4.99, App Store) was released, and there’s been a lot of noise about it – the most amount of noise coming from John Gruber, who says that Deep Green is “the best chess game yet for the iPhone”.
Lalgopal crowned chess champion
L Lalgopal Sharma of Accountant General culled 15 points with 45 progressive score to win the chess competition of the 6th Inter Central civil Services Sports Meet.
First defeat for chess team
Worcestershire League’s First Division champions Kidderminster lost for the first time since March 2007.
Doping scandal shocks the world… of chess
…Chess Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk. The Ukrainian professional chess whiz failed to submit a urine sample after the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. So since he didn’t play by the rules, he is being accused of doping. Ivanchuk aka “Big Chunky” could face a two-year ban.
Did I miss anything? Feel free to contact me and let me know. I’d more than happy to post it and give credit where credit is due.
That’s all for now until next week!
Best Week In Chess
Another week has past so you know what time it is: BEST WEEK IN CHESS! That’s right I track down to see what has happened in the chess world and bring it to you. I know you have work to do and need to spend time with your family so I sum up the week for you without. So…you’re welcome. Just kidding.
Let’s get started, you ready?
We started off this week on a sad note with the pasing of a chess legend Bob Wade
Chess club wins over Mariner Middle students
The chess club is open to any Mariner Middle School student who can stay after school once a week. Novices are encouraged to try their hand at the game, and students pair up and often switch opponents for games.
Purkashian becomes chess Grandmaster
Iran’s woman chess player Atusa Purkashian became Grandmaster after a good performance in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden 2008.
COLORADO CHESS: World champ keeps his title
India’s Viswanathan Anand defended his world chess title by defeating former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.
The 12-game match, which Anand won 6.5 to 4.5, took place Oct. 11-29 in Bonn, Germany.
Al Sulaiti bags chess trophy
ALI Al Sulaiti secured a first-place finish in the Al Shakhoora Open Chess Championship despite a 0.5-0.5 draw with Warren Ortis of the Philippines.
In his sixth round game, the Bahrain national team veteran was the only unbeaten player in the tournament and needed half point to seal the title of this annual competition, being organised by Al Shakhoora Youth Centre.
Check: reading about chess
The Washington Post looks at a stack of chess-related books, recommending the nonfiction “White King and White Queen” and the fictional “Zugwang.” Gary Kasparov’s memoir, “How Life Imitates Chess,” is not recommended.
Rook Dreams
This past fall, the world championship match in Bonn, Germany, wasn’t the only thing stirring up chess enthusiasts. ChessBase 10, a beefier new version of the massive database program that is the tournament player’s gold standard, had arrived.
3rd Annual Christmas Season Open Dec 13-14
Christmas right around the corner what would be better than a nice relaxing chess tournament at the Dayton Chess Club? HA! Talk about self promotion. Seriously though instead of going holiday shopping come on down to the DCC for the 3rd Annual Christmas Season Open here are the details:
- 5 Rounds – SS – December 13-14
- December 13th, Saturday Time Controls: Rds 1 & 2 are G/75 then Game/2hr30min
- December 14th, Sunday $600 b/32 paid entries, re-entries $15 count as 1/2 entry.
- OPEN: $200-100. U1800: $200-100. USCF Rated.
- One bye permitted – sign up by end of round 1.
- Reg: Sat: 9:00-10:30 am. Rds: Sat – 11-2-5:30, Sun – 10-3:30.
- Sections: OPEN and U1800. EF: $25/$35 adv/after 12/11
- DCC mbr disc. $3, EF refunded to 2200 and up if they complete the schedule.
Don’t forget to sign up for the DCC Newsletter for coupons and insights at the Dayton Chess Club!
Bob Wade Chess Legend Passes
ChessBase is reporting that the chess legend has past away on November 29th:
Robert Graham Wade, player, writer, arbiter, coach and chess promoter, was born in New Zealand, where he won the national championship three times. After moving to England he won the British Championship twice and played for England in six Olympiads. He beat Korchnoi and helped Bobby Fischer prepare for his match in Reykjavik. Bob died in the early hours of the morning
For more information on him and his life please head over to ChessBase.com. Thoughts and prayers from the DCC go out to his family especially during the holidays.
Best Week In Chess
A little late but due to the holiday I was forced away from the computer to spend some quality time with the family. Nonetheless, I’ve been seeing the chess happenings around the globe via smartphone (ssssh…don’t tell my wife) so better late than never, right?
It was an exciting morning on Nov. 15 at the Fremont Middle School. On one side of the room, play was moving fast and furious, while on the other side, play was tense and deliberate.
Our team to the Dresden Chess Olympiad was doomed even before it left. Its composition—from a faulty national qualifying system—and board assignments were pitiful.
Six teams, including defending champion Armenia and heavy favorite Russia, shared the lead after five rounds of the Chess Olympiad in Bonn, Germany. Each had four match wins and a tie. The U.S. team, ranked 10th in the field of 146 teams, defeated three lesser teams but tied 27th-ranked Greece and lost, 1-3, to fourth-seeded Azerbaijan
Bruce Felton, currently the highest nationally rated chess player in Fitchburg, won the Dr. Dieter H. Keller Memorial Tournament at Fitchburg State College
At the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden, Germany (November 12-25), the U.S. Women’s and Men’s teams both earned bronze medals, the first time ever that American women’s and men’s teams scored medals in the same Olympiad
Champion: College of St. Benilde (CSB)
Ninette de Valois’ “Checkmate,” which will be performed as a dramatic life-size chess match where the pieces come to life…
Keep an eye out – More Next Week! If you have any news feel free to contact us.
Early Turkey Open Open Fun Stuff
If you didn’t know this morning kicked off the Early Turkey Open Open with a wide range of players it looks like there are going to be some interesting games. In between rounds the players were eager to see the scarlet and gray beat up on the wolverines. While the tournament is still rolling along today and tomorrow Sharon was able to snap off some shots:
For more photos see them over at our Flickr Page
Then Riley decided to share from Iraq:
This Week In Chess
As the DCC moves to a new system we decided to do some new things. One of which is compiling chess news from around the globe and giving it to you, in case you missed it.
If you remebered last week we didn’t have a quick tournament and were closed on Saturday due the 17th Annual Kings Island Open. Well thanks to Mike Oaster for the big news came was Carl Bixel beat GM Anatoly Lein at the Kings Island Open this weekend! That’s BIG news! Congratulations, Carl.
Germany holds off Russia in Chess Olympiad:
Russia’s chess team, hailed as the highest rated ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad, hit a bump Monday as 11th-seed Germany battled all four games against them to a draw in round five of the biennial tournament in open division play
44th American Open Coming Up:
There are the options of a 3 day schedule with four relatively fast games or, for those who do not like fast time controls, or wish to spend Thanksgiving day with family, two half point byes still allow for six “slow” games.
US team Rolls over Hong Kong at Chess Olympiad:
The United States crushed Hong Kong 4-0 almost without effort in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad on Monday
NJ inmates vs. Princeton students: Prison chess:
David Wang is a young man who’s clearly going places. The Princeton University sophomore is gifted with a brilliant mind, a movie-star smile and an understated self-confidence.
Kelvin Washington is a middle-aged man who’s not going anywhere for the next 44 years. He’s a career criminal who has spent 29 years behind bars for a string of robberies and burglaries.
An unlikely pairing, the two men went head to head Wednesday at the New Jersey State Prison, a maximum-security lockup. Their battlefield: a chess board.
No fear: RP chess prodigy ‘excited’ to play highly rated Spaniard
When the country found out who its next opponent will be at the resumption of the 38th World Chess Olympiad, the 14-year-old So asked the more senior members of the RP team if he could be pitted against Super GM Alexei Shirov of Spain.
Keep an eye out – More Next Week! If you have any news feel free to contact us.
No Quick Tournament This Evening
On the first night of the 17th Kings Island Open looks like the DCC members went south. So, with an unusual turnout we won’t be having a quick tournament this evening.
For the next quick tournment be sure to check out the Dayton Chess Club Calendar
