Lansing Chess Club: February 2010

Sunday, February 21, 2010

First tourney at the new site. This location is nice!

We had some new players as well as some regulars going MIA.

Congratulations to Jeff Guilfoyle for his perfect performance

in the second section.

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 Pair | Player Name        |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |        Rtg         | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS    |3.0  |W   5|W   2|W   3|
   MI |       2015         |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANDREW CATLIN      |2.0  |W   6|L   1|B   0|
   MI |       1935         |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | RATKO BOJANOVIC    |1.0  |D   4|D   6|L   1|
   MI |       1982         |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JOSEPH MEYER       |1.0  |D   3|L   5|D   6|
   MI |       1751         |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | CHRIS IRWIN        |1.0  |L   1|W   4|U   0|
   MI |       1714         |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | KEVIN JACKSON SR   |1.0  |L   2|D   3|D   4|
   MI |       1691         |     |     |     |     |
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 Pair |      Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |      Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE |3.0  |W   2|W   3|W   5|
   MI |      1694         |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN   |2.0  |L   1|W   4|W   6|
   MI |      1508P17      |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |1.5  |W   5|L   1|D   4|
   MI |       1514        |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | DAVID SUNDEEN     |1.0  |D   6|L   2|D   3|
   MI |       1600        |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | THOMAS REMSPERGER |1.0  |L   3|W   6|L   1|
   MI |       1371P3      |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | LARRY HODGE       |0.5  |D   4|L   5|L   2|
   MI |       1312        |     |     |     |     |
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Seth Homa Receives FM Title

In his 76th FIDE rated game, FM Seth Homa has achieved an elo rating over 2300. The Lansing Chess Club congratulates FM Homa on his new FIDE Title. He joins a short list of players from the region to have accomplished so much over the chess board.

His current FIDE rating of 2302 puts him nearly in the top 8000 in the world, the top 5000 active players in the world, and #345 of the FIDE-rated US players. His USCF rating of 2328 places him at #6 of the players in Michigan to beat.

For more information about FM Homa, please see Andy Catlin's interview with the young chess master.