Febuary Mini Swiss

This was our first tournament at our new location so a turnout of 12 was not bad. Two players went undefeated. Andy Catlin and I shared the honors. In the last round I played the talented junior Atulya Shetty. Here's the game:

[Event "LMS 2-2007"]
[Date "2007.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nichols, Tony"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1890"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bc2 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rd8 21. Ng5 g6 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Re1 Qa4 24. d6 Qc4 25. d7 Rd8 26. Nf6+ Kg727. Ne8+ Kh6 28. Qe3+ g5 29. Qe7 Qc3 30. Qf8+ Kg6 31. Qd6+ f6 32. Rd1 Nc4 33.Qe7 Nb2 34. Qg7+ Kf5 35. Qxh7+ Ke5 36. Qe7+ Kf4 37. Qxd8 Nxd1 38. Qxf6+ Qxf639. Nxf6 Nc3 40. d8=Q Ne4 41. Qd4 Kf5 42. Nxe4 b5 43. Ng3+ Kg6 44. Qxa7 g4 45.Qb6+ Kg5 46. Qxb5+ Kg6 47. Qf5+ Kg7 48. Qe6 Kh7 49. Qxg4 Kh8 50. Nf5 Kh7 51.Qg7# 1-0

The cross table:

       NAME          ST PRERATE PSTRATE   1     2    3   Total
----------------  -- ------ ------   ----- ----- ----- ----
1 NICHOLS, ANTHONY  MI 2012*   2022*   W--10 W---4 W---3 3.0
2 CATLIN, ANDREW G  MI 1863*   1870*   W--11 W--12 W---5 3.0
3 SHETTY, ATULYA AR MI 1878*   1877*   W---8 W---7 L---1 2.0
4 GUILFOYLE, JEFFRE MI 1712*   1723*   W---6 L---1 W---9 2.0
5 BURDICK, PATRICK  MI 1617*   1623*   W--12 W--11 L---2 2.0
6 FAUST, SCOTT W    MI 1551*   1582*   L---4 W--10 W---7 2.0
7 ROTH, BRUCE I     MI 1643*   1628*   W---9 L---3 L---6 1.0
8 GRIFFIN, JOHN L   MI 1500*   1500*   L---3 L---9 W--12 1.0
9 METCALF, NATHAN   MI 1472*   1474*   L---7 W---8 L---4 1.0
10 CRYSLER, JERRY D  MI 1537*   1518*   L---1 L---6 D--11 0.5
11 FORSYTHE, DOUGLAS MI 1503*   1500*   L---2 L---5 D--10 0.5
12 FORD, KATY M      MI 1157*   1147*   L---5 L---2 L---8 0.0