Lansing Chess Club

January Swiss

2012-01-09T07:41:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who tracked us down at our temporary location.

Congrats to Evgeny on his perfect score in the 2nd section!

-------------------------Section 1------------------------------

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 Pair | Player Name                    |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS              |3.0  |W   6|W   2|W   4|
   MI | 12753902 / R: 2128   ->2148    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | KEVIN CZUHAI                   |2.0  |W   3|L   1|W   5|
   MI | 10302307 / R: 2200   ->2200    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ALLEN WICKERING                |1.5  |L   2|D   4|W   6|
   MI | 12900488 / R: 1968   ->1970    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | ANDREW G CATLIN                |1.0  |D   5|D   3|L   1|
   MI | 12442662 / R: 2001   ->1987    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | NATHAN METCALF                 |1.0  |D   4|D   6|L   2|
   MI | 12917673 / R: 1505   ->1545    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | KEVIN F JACKSON SR             |0.5  |L   1|D   5|L   3|
   MI | 12745409 / R: 1810   ->1793    |     |     |     |     |
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--------------------------Section 2-----------------------------

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 Pair | Player Name                    |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN                |3.0  |W   2|W   5|W   3|
   MI | 14296764 / R: 1323   ->1379    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | MICHAEL J HILL                 |2.0  |L   1|W   4|W   6|
   MI | 12496407 / R: 1349   ->1355    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | MALACHI KEENER                 |1.5  |H   0|W   6|L   1|
   MI | 13923378 / R: 1098   ->1129    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | CHARLES N CASSIDY              |1.5  |D   6|L   2|W   5|
   MI | 10299535 / R: 1022P21->1057P24 |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | CONNOR ALLAN LINN              |1.0  |B   0|L   1|L   4|
   MI | 13854311 / R:  848   -> 831    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | DOUGLAS D REIST                |0.5  |D   4|L   3|L   2|
   MI | 12562261 / R: 1381   ->1315    |     |     |     |     |
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December Swiss

2011-12-12T12:10:00.000-08:00

Christmas came early in Lansing as 30 chess players gathered at
the December Swiss to share their love of the game. Congratulations
to Ratko and Safal on winning what was the strongest Top Section I
have ever directed! And to Kevin Jackson Sr. for taking first in the
Bottom Section. Finally, John Brauker in the Third Section had the
only perfect score of the day!

-------------------Top Section--------------------

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 Pair | Name             |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)  | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | RATKO BOJANOVIC  |2.5  |D   9|W   8|W   6|
   MI | R: 2127->2138    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANTHONY NICHOLS  |2.5  |W  10|W   6|D   3|
   MI | R: 2112->2126    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | SAFAL BORA       |2.5  |W   7|W   5|D   2|
   MI | R: 2082->2114    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | MICHAEL CHEN     |2.0  |L   6|W  10|W   7|
   MI | R: 2083->2092    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | KEVIN CZUHAI     |1.5  |D   8|L   3|W  10|
   MI | R: 2200->2200    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | ERIC FISCHVOGT   |1.0  |W   4|L   2|L   1|
   MI | R: 2208->2200    |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | KEVIN NOREN      |1.0  |L   3|W   9|L   4|
   MI | R: 2200->2200    |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | ANDREW CATLIN    |1.0  |D   5|L   1|D   9|
   MI | R: 2021->2017    |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | PETER CHEN       |1.0  |D   1|L   7|D   8|
   MI | R: 1947->1950    |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | GARY KITTS       |0.0  |L   2|L   4|L   5|
   MI | R: 1888->1875    |     |     |     |     |
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--------------------Bottom Section----------------

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 Pair | Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | KEVIN JACKSON SR    |2.5  |D   5|W   4|W   2|
   MI | R: 1790->1806       |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | BRUCE ROTH          |2.0  |W   6|W   3|L   1|
   MI | R: 1778->1784       |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE   |2.0  |W   7|L   2|W   5|
   MI | R: 1723->1725       |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | EVAN HAWVER         |1.5  |D   8|L   1|W   6|
   MI | R: 1730->1722       |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | AARON VENIA         |1.5  |D   1|W   8|L   3|
   MI | R: 1499->1535       |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |1.0  |L   2|W   7|L   4|
   MI | R: 1615->1606       |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | JOHN GRIFFIN        |1.0  |L   3|L   6|W   8|
   MI | R: 1500->1500       |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | WILLIAM IGNASIAK    |0.5  |D   4|L   5|L   7|
   MI | R: 1577->1546       |     |     |     |     |
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-------------------Third Section---------------------

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 Pair | Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | JOHN BRAUKER        |3.0  |W  11|W  10|W   7|
   MI | R: 1375->1410       |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ADAM CRUTCHER       |2.5  |W   9|W   7|D   3|
   MI | R: 1521->1530       |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | NATHAN METCALF      |2.5  |W   8|W   4|D   2|
   MI | R: 1495->1503       |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | MALACHI KEENER      |2.0  |W   6|L   3|W   8|
   MI | R:  944->1097       |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | COLLIN FOWLER       |2.0  |L   7|W   9|W  11|
   MI | R:  959->1050       |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | MICHAEL HILL        |1.0  |L   4|L   8|W  10|
   MI | R: 1410->1349       |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN     |1.0  |W   5|L   2|L   1|
   MI | R: 1344->1323       |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | JACK EMAUS          |1.0  |L   3|W   6|L   4|
   MI | R: 1081->1095       |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | CHARLES CASSIDY     |1.0  |L   2|L   5|W  12|
   MI | R: 1011P18->1022P21 |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | ELEANOR CRUTCHER    |1.0  |W  12|L   1|L   6|
   MI | R:  935-> 991       |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | LEAH ZIEGLER        |1.0  |L   1|W  12|L   5|
   MI | R:  943-> 969       |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | LARRY HODGE         |0.0  |L  10|L  11|L   9|
   MI | R: 1268->1163       |     |     |     |     |
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November Swiss

2011-11-19T18:40:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Larry Hodge for not only winning

the bottom section but also gaining almost a 100

rating points! Thanks to everyone for playing.

---------------------Top Section---------------------

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 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS   |3.0  |W   4|W   2|W   5|
   MI | R: 2107   ->2112    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | GARY KITTS          |2.0  |W   3|L   1|W   6|
   MI | R: 1890   ->1888    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ADAM MACEO CRUTCHER |2.0  |L   2|W   6|W   4|
   MI | R: 1466   ->1510    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JOHN L GRIFFIN      |1.0  |L   1|W   5|L   3|
   MI | R: 1500   ->1500    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | AARON M VENIA       |1.0  |W   6|L   4|L   1|
   MI | R: 1509   ->1499    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN     |0.0  |L   5|L   3|L   2|
   MI | R: 1370   ->1344    |     |     |     |     |
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------------------Bottom Section---------------------

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 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | LARRY HODGE         |2.5  |W   4|W   2|D   3|
   MI | R: 1177   ->1268    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JOHN BRAUKER        |2.0  |W   5|L   1|W   7|
   MI | R: 1395   ->1375    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ROBERT GLEN VASEY   |2.0  |D   7|W   6|D   1|
   MI | R: 1312   ->1305    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | ELEANOR CRUTCHER    |2.0  |L   1|W   8|W   6|
   MI | R:  828   -> 937    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | CHARLES N CASSIDY   |1.5  |L   2|D   7|W   8|
   MI | R: 1016P15->1011P18 |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | ROD SCHAAF          |1.0  |W   8|L   3|L   4|
   MI | R: 1219   ->1167    |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | COLLIN FOWLER       |1.0  |D   3|D   5|L   2|
   MI | R:  923   -> 960    |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | JACOB RYAN HOOVER   |0.0  |L   6|L   4|L   5|
   MI | R:  743P3 -> 677P6  |     |     |     |     |
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October Swiss

2011-10-10T06:42:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Charles and Malachi on tying for

first place in the bottom section! Thanks to everyone

for playing.

----------------Top Section------------------

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| Name              |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
| Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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| ANTHONY NICHOLS   |3.0  |W   7|W   6|W   2|
| R: 2082   ->2107  |     |     |     |     |
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| ANDREW CATLIN     |2.0  |W   8|W   3|L   1|
| R: 2054   ->2053  |     |     |     |     |
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| BENJAMIN BRANDT   |2.0  |W   5|L   2|W   6|
| R: 1961   ->1970  |     |     |     |     |
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| BRADLEY WALKER    |1.5  |L   6|D   5|W   7|
| R: 1731   ->1733  |     |     |     |     |
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| SAM COSTANZO      |1.5  |L   3|D   4|W   8|
| R: 1486   ->1524  |     |     |     |     |
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| JIM MARFIA        |1.0  |W   4|L   1|L   3|
| R: 2177   ->2157  |     |     |     |     |
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| JEFFREY GUILFOYLE |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   4|
| R: 1675   ->1667  |     |     |     |     |
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| JOHN GRIFFIN      |0.0  |L   2|L   7|L   5|
| R: 1500   ->1500  |     |     |     |     |
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---------------Bottom Section----------------

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| Name              |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
| Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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| CHARLES CASSIDY   |2.5  |W   7|W   4|D   2|
| R:923P12->1016P15 |     |     |     |     |
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| MALACHI KEENER    |2.5  |W   8|W   5|D   1|
| R: 947   -> 974   |     |     |     |     |
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| EVGENY EPSHTEIN   |2.0  |L   5|W   8|W   6|
| R: 1406   ->1370  |     |     |     |     |
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| ROBERT VASEY      |2.0  |W   6|L   1|W   5|
| R: 1345   ->1312  |     |     |     |     |
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| JACOB MATHEWS     |1.0  |W   3|L   2|L   4|
| R:  673   -> 758  |     |     |     |     |
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| BRYCE RICHARDSON  |1.0  |L   4|W   7|L   3|
| R:  597   -> 608  |     |     |     |     |
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| DON DEATRICK      |1.0  |L   1|L   6|W   8|
| R:Unrated->369P3  |     |     |     |     |
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| DAVID BENDA       |0.0  |L   2|L   3|L   7|
| R:101P4 -> 102P7  |     |     |     |     |
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2011-09-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Michael and Bruce on tying for 1st.

Thanks to everyone for playing!

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| Name                 |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
| Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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| MICHAEL L CHEN       |2.5  |W   4|W   5|D   2|
| R: 2083   ->2081     |     |     |     |     |
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| BRUCE I ROTH         |2.5  |W   9|W   6|D   1|
| R: 1725   ->1780     |     |     |     |     |
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| FRANK R SPOONER JR   |2.0  |D  10|W   7|D   5|
| R: 1700   ->1700     |     |     |     |     |
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| EVGENY EPSHTEIN      |2.0  |L   1|W  10|W   8|
| R: 1396   ->1406     |     |     |     |     |
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| GARY KITTS           |1.5  |W   8|L   1|D   3|
| R: 1909   ->1898     |     |     |     |     |
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| ANTHONY T NICHOLS    |1.0  |W   7|L   2|U   0|
| R: 2096   ->2082     |     |     |     |     |
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| JOHN L GRIFFIN       |1.0  |L   6|L   3|W  10|
| R: 1500   ->1500     |     |     |     |     |
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| LARRY HODGE          |1.0  |L   5|W   9|L   4|
| R: 1181   ->1178     |     |     |     |     |
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| CHARLES N CASSIDY    |1.0  |L   2|L   8|B   0|
| R:  937P10-> 923P12  |     |     |     |     |
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| PHILIP M PORTER      |0.5  |D   3|L   4|L   7|
| R:  826P17-> 864P20  |     |     |     |     |
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August Swiss

2011-09-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since we have had three sections!

Congrats to all the winners. See you next month!

-----------------Section 1---------------------

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| Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round| 

| Rtg (Pre-Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 

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| MICHAEL L CHEN      |2.5  |W   4|W   3|D   2|

| R: 2066-2085        |     |     |     |     |

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| ANDREW G CATLIN     |2.5  |W   6|W   7|D   1|

| R: 2057-2065        |     |     |     |     |

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| RONALD BRUMLEY JR   |2.0  |W   8|L   1|W   5|

| R: 2184-2182        |     |     |     |     |

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| R RAYMOND GARRISON  |2.0  |L   1|W   6|W   7|

| R: 1877-1891        |     |     |     |     |

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| ANTHONY T NICHOLS   |1.5  |D   7|W   8|L   3|

| R: 2100-2092        |     |     |     |     |

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| MARK E STEFANSKI    |1.0  |L   2|L   4|W   8|

| R: 1743-1750        |     |     |     |     |

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| NEAL ANDERSON       |0.5  |D   5|L   2|L   4|

| R: 1895-1884        |     |     |     |     |

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| JAMES M ABBOTT      |0.0  |L   3|L   5|L   6|

| R: 1899-1876        |     |     |     |     |

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----------------Section 2----------------------

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| Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round| 

| Rtg (Pre-Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 

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| BRUCE I ROTH        |2.5  |W   8|D   2|W   3|

| R: 1706-1725        |     |     |     |     |

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| BRIAN D CARPENTER   |2.5  |W   4|D   1|W   6|

| R: 1587-1627        |     |     |     |     |

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| BRADLEY E WALKER    |2.0  |W   5|W   6|L   1|

| R: 1745-1741        |     |     |     |     |

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| CHRIS AUTERA-POLZIN |2.0  |L   2|W   8|W   7|

| R: 1378-1423        |     |     |     |     |

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| AARON M VENIA       |1.0  |L   3|L   7|W   8|

| R: 1533-1510        |     |     |     |     |

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| JOHN L GRIFFIN      |1.0  |W   7|L   3|L   2|

| R: 1500-1500        |     |     |     |     |

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| THOMAS FRASER       |1.0  |L   6|W   5|L   4|

| R: 1304P8-1315P11   |     |     |     |     |

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| JOHN BRAUKER        |0.0  |L   1|L   4|L   5|

| R: 1434-1395        |     |     |     |     |

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--------------Section 3------------------------

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| Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round| 

| Rtg (Pre-Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 

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| SOPHIE M STEFANSKI  |3.0  |W   9|W   6|W   4|

| R: 1107-1136        |     |     |     |     |

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| RYAN GUDAL          |2.0  |W   3|L   4|W   5|

| R: 1173-1148        |     |     |     |     |

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| ALEX DI GIUSEPPE    |2.0  |L   2|B   0|W   7|

| R:  816-858         |     |     |     |     |

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| PRATEEK KULKARNI    |2.0  |B   0|W   2|L   1|

| R:  754-805         |     |     |     |     |

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| CHARLES N CASSIDY   |1.5  |D   8|W   9|L   2|

| R:  922P7-937P10    |     |     |     |     |

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| COLLIN FOWLER       |1.5  |W   7|L   1|D   9|

| R:  920-923         |     |     |     |     |

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| BENNARIO CHAPMAN    |1.0  |L   6|W   8|L   3|

| R: 1114-1071        |     |     |     |     |

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| ROD SCHAAF          |0.5  |D   5|L   7|U   0|

| R: 1276-1226        |     |     |     |     |

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| KARTHIK VUYYURU     |0.5  |L   1|L   5|D   6|

| R:  441P13-480P16   |     |     |     |     |

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2011-07-16T11:53:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Kevin and Ratko on their first place tie in the

top section.

Aaron is quickly winning his way right out of the bottom section!

Thanks to everyone for playing.

-----------------------Top Section----------------------------

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 Pair | Player Name                  |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)    | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | KEVIN CZUHAI                 |2.5  |W   8|W   3|D   2|
   MI | 10302307 / R: 2200   ->2204  |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | RATKO BOJANOVIC              |2.5  |W   7|W   4|D   1|
   MI | 13229944 / R: 2074   ->2093  |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ANTHONY NICHOLS              |2.0  |W   6|L   1|W   5|
   MI | 12753902 / R: 2087   ->2084  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | KEVIN NOREN                  |1.5  |W   5|L   2|D   7|
   MI | 10299128 / R: 2207   ->2200  |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | BRADLEY WALKER               |1.0  |L   4|W   7|L   3|
   MI | 12461485 / R: 1736   ->1742  |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | DAVID SUNDEEN                |1.0  |L   3|W   8|U   0|
   MI | 11342094 / R: 1636   ->1652  |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE            |0.5  |L   2|L   5|D   4|
   MI | 12275620 / R: 1680   ->1678  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | CHRIS IRWIN                  |0.0  |L   1|L   6|U   0|
   MI | 12654071 / R: 1706   ->1688  |     |     |     |     |
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--------------------Bottom Section----------------------------

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 Pair | Player Name                  |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)    | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | AARON VENIA                  |3.0  |W   6|W   4|W   3|
   MI | 12506367 / R: 1492   ->1533  |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | SAM COSTANZO                 |2.0  |W   7|L   3|W   8|
   MI | 14009307 / R: 1506   ->1485  |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN              |2.0  |W   8|W   2|L   1|
   MI | 14296764 / R: 1379   ->1396  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | CHRIS AUTERA-POLZIN          |2.0  |W   5|L   1|W   9|
   MI | 21023281 / R: 1360   ->1378  |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | JOHN L GRIFFIN               |1.5  |L   4|W   9|D   6|
   MI | 10300274 / R: 1500   ->1500  |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | VERONICA GAWARECKI           |1.5  |L   1|W   7|D   5|
   MI | 13834056 / R:  937   ->1007  |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | MATTHEW DAVID IDE            |1.0  |L   2|L   6|B   0|
   MI | 14608411 / R:870P7 -> 837P9  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | CONNOR ALLAN LINN            |1.0  |L   3|B   0|L   2|
   MI | 13854311 / R:  761   -> 758  |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | JOEY BRAZIL                  |1.0  |B   0|L   5|L   4|
   MI | 14146406 / R:  686   -> 684  |     |     |     |     |
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June Swiss

2011-06-14T16:57:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who played this month!

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 Pair | Name              |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | KEVIN NOREN       |2.5  |W   7|W   6|D   2|
   MI | R: 2204   ->2207  |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANTHONY NICHOLS   |2.5  |W   5|W   4|D   1|
   MI | R: 2074   ->2087  |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | BRUCE I ROTH      |2.0  |L   4|W   8|W   6|
   MI | R: 1660   ->1706  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | MICHAEL CHEN      |1.5  |W   3|L   2|D   5|
   MI | R: 2069   ->2056  |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE |1.5  |L   2|W   7|D   4|
   MI | R: 1621   ->1680  |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | PETER CHEN        |1.0  |W   8|L   1|L   3|
   MI | R: 1967   ->1949  |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | JACOB FORTUNA     |1.0  |L   1|L   5|W   8|
   MI | R: 1921   ->1903  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |0.0  |L   6|L   3|L   7|
   MI | R: 1508   ->1500  |     |     |     |     |
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 Pair | Name             |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)  | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | SHAUMIK BAKI     |2.5  |W   4|W   3|D   2|
      | R: 1495   ->1510 |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | AARON VENIA      |2.5  |W   8|W   7|D   1|
   MI | R: 1481   ->1492 |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN  |2.0  |W  10|L   1|W   6|
   MI | R: 1368   ->1379 |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | IVAN KEENER      |2.0  |L   1|W  10|W   9|
   MI | R:  901   -> 959 |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | JACOB MATHEWS    |2.0  |B   0|L   6|W   7|
   MI | R:  607   -> 673 |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | BRANDON VASOS    |1.5  |H   0|W   5|L   3|
   MI | R: 1441  ->1419  |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | LARRY HODGE      |1.0  |W   9|L   2|L   5|
   MI | R: 1294 ->1248   |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | MALACHI KEENER   |1.0  |L   2|L   9|W  10|
   MI | R:  974   -> 947 |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | CHARLES CASSIDY  |1.0  |L   7|W   8|L   4|
   MI | R:977P4 ->922P7  |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | BRYCE RICHARDSON |0.0  |L   3|L   4|L   8|
   MI | R:  613   -> 597 |     |     |     |     |
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2011-06-01T08:54:00.000-07:00

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 Pair | Name                 |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  | 
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    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS      |4.5  |W  11|D   2|W   7|W   3|W   6|
   MI | R: 2077->2087        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | EUGENE BRUMLEY       |4.0  |W  10|D   1|D   3|W   4|W   7|
   MI | R: 2178->2179        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | R RAYMOND GARRISON   |3.5  |W  13|W   4|D   2|L   1|W   8|
   MI | R: 1836->1877        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV  |3.0  |W   5|L   3|W  12|L   2|W  11|
   MI | R: 2170->2151        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | DAVID SUNDEEN        |3.0  |L   4|W   9|L  11|W  13|W  12|
   MI | R: 1649->1636        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | MILAN TALREJA        |2.5  |H   0|D  12|D  10|W  11|L   1|
   MI | R: 1740->1719        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | CHRIS IRWIN          |2.5  |H   0|W   8|L   1|W  10|L   2|
   MI | R: 1696->1706        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | ERIK ROBINSON        |2.5  |H   0|L   7|W   9|W  12|L   3|
   MI | R: 1612->1607        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | CHRIS STAPLETON      |2.5  |H   0|L   5|L   8|B   0|W  13|
   MI | R: 1535->1511        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN      |2.5  |L   2|W  13|D   6|L   7|B   0|
   MI | R: 1353->1368        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | BRANDON VASOS        |2.0  |L   1|B   0|W   5|L   6|L   4|
   MI | R: 1409->1441        |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | J CALEB BOWMAN       |1.5  |B   0|D   6|L   4|L   8|L   5|
   MI | R:  913->947         |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | CHARLES CASSIDY      |1.0  |L   3|L  10|B   0|L   5|L   9|
   MI | R: Unrated->977P4    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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Lansing City Championship Final Standings

2011-06-01T07:48:00.000-07:00

# Name         Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Nichols      2018   W11   D2   W6   W3   W9   4.5
2 Brumley      2152   W7   D1   D3   W4   W6   4.0
3 Garrison     1836   W13   W4   D2   L1   W8   3.5
4 Sanetullaev 2186   W5   L3   W12   L2   W11 3.0
5 Sundeen      1685   L4   W10   L11   W13   W12 3.0
6 Irwin        1696 H--- W8   L1   W7   L2   2.5
7 Epshtein     1432   L2   W13   D9   L6   B--- 2.5
8 Robinson     1612   H--- L6   W10   W12   L3   2.5
9 Talreja      1711   H--- D12   D7   W11   L1 2.5
10 Stapleton    1506   H--- L5   L8   B--- W13 2.5
11 Vasos        1409   L1   B--- W5   L9   L4   2.0
12 Bowman        834   B--- D9   L4   L8   L5   1.5
13 Cassidy      unr.   L3   L7   B--- L5   L10 1.0

Round 5 Results

2011-05-24T18:27:00.000-07:00

Bd # Res White        # Res Black
1   5   0 Talreja      3   1 Nichols
2   6   1 Irwin        2   0   Brumley
3   4   1   Garrison   8   0   Robinson
4   1   1   Sanetullaev 11   0   Vasos
5 12   0   Bowman       7   1   Sundeen
6 13   0   Cassidy      9   1   Stapleton
   10   1 Epshtein      BYE

Round 5 Pairings

2011-05-19T15:49:00.000-07:00

Bd # Res White        # Res Black
1   5       Talreja      3       Nichols
2   6       Irwin        2    Brumley
3   4       Garrison   8       Robinson
4   1       Sanetullaev 11       Vasos
5 12       Bowman       7       Sundeen
6 13       Cassidy      9       Stapleton
   10   1 Epshtein     BYE

LCC Standings after round 4

2011-05-19T15:46:00.000-07:00

# Name         Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Nichols      2018   W9   D2   W5   W3   3.5
2 Brumley      2152   W11   D1   D3   W7   3.0
3 Garrison     1836   W13   W7   D2   L1   2.5
4 Talreja      1711   H--- D12   D11   W9   2.5
5 Irwin        1696   H--- W6   L1   W11 2.5
6 Robinson     1612   H--- L5   W10   W12 2.5
7 Sanetullaev 2186   W8   L3   W12   L2   2.0
8 Sundeen      1685   L7   W10   L9   W13 2.0
9 Vasos        1409   L1   B--- W8   L4   2.0
10 Stapleton    1506   H--- L8   L6   B--- 1.5
11 Epshtein     1432   L2   W13   D4   L5   1.5
12 Bowman      834   B--- D4   L7   L6   1.5
13 Cassidy      unr.   L3   L11   B---   L8 1.0

Round 4 Results

2011-05-19T15:42:00.000-07:00

Bd # Res White   # Res Black
1   3   1 Nichols   4   0 Garrison
2   2   1 Brumley   1   0 Sanetullaev
3 11   0 Vasos   5   1 Talreja
4 10   0 Epshtein 6   1 Irwin
5   8   1 Robinson 12   0 Bowman
6 13   0 Cassidy   7   1 Sundeen
    9   1 Stapleton   BYE

Round 4 pairings

2011-05-13T13:39:00.000-07:00

Bd # Res White       # Res Black
1   3     Nichols     4       Garrison
2   2     Brumley     1       Sanetullaev
3 11     Vasos       5       Talreja
4 10     Epshtein    6       Irwin
5   8     Robinson   12       Bowman
6 13     Cassidy     7       Sundeen
    9   1 Stapleton BYE

LCC Standings after round 3

2011-05-13T13:37:00.000-07:00

# Name        Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Nichols     2018 W5   D4   W7    2.5
2 Garrison    1836 W12   W3   D4    2.5
3 Sanetullaev 2186 W11   L2   W10   2.0
4 Brumley   2152 W9   D1   D2    2.0
5 Vasos       1409 L1   B--- W11   2.0
6 Talreja   1711 H--- D10   D9    1.5
7 Irwin       1696 H--- W8   L1    1.5
8 Robinson    1612 H--- L7   W13   1.5
9 Epshtein    1432 L4   W12   D6    1.5
10 Bowman       834 B--- D6   L3    1.5
11 Sundeen     1685 L3   W13   L5    1.0
12 Cassidy     unr. L2   L9   B--- 1.0
13 Stapleton   1506 H--- L11   L8    0.5

LCC Round 3 Results

2011-05-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

Bd   # Res White        # Res Black
1   4   ½ Garrison   2   ½ Brumley
2   6   0 Irwin        3   1 Nichols
3   1   1 Sanetullaev 12   0 Bowman
4   7   0 Sundeen   11   1 Vasos
5   5   ½ Talreja   10   ½ Epshtein
6   9   0 Stapleton   8   1 Robinson
    13   1 Cassidy   BYE

City Championship round 3 pairings

2011-05-05T13:53:00.000-07:00

Bd   # White        # Black
1   4 Garrison   2 Brumley
2   6 Irwin        3 Nichols
3   1 Sanetullaev 12 Bowman
4   5 Talreja   10 Epshtein
5   7 Sundeen   11 Vasos
6   9 Stapleton   8 Robinson
   13 Cassidy BYE = 1

City Championship Standings after round 2

2011-05-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

#   Name           Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot 

1  Garrison    1836  W13  W6   2.0 

2  Brumley     2152  W9   D3   1.5 

3  Nichols     2018  W10  D2   1.5 

4  Irwin       1696  H--- W11 1.5 

5  Bowman            834  B--- D7   1.5 

6  Sanetullaev 2186  W8   L1  1.0 

7  Talreja         1711  H--- D5   1.0 

8  Sundeen         1685  L6   W12  1.0 

9  Epshtein    1432  L2   W13  1.0 

10 Vasos             1409  L3  B---  1.0 

11 Robinson       1612  H--- L4   0.5 

12 Stapleton     1506  H--- L8   0.5 

13 Cassidy     unr.  L1   L9   0.0

City Championship Results for round 2

2011-04-27T20:27:00.000-07:00

Sanetullaev vs Garrison 0-1

Nichols vs Brumley          1/2-1/2

Bowman vs Talreja            1/2-1/2 

Stapleton vs Sundeen      0-1 

Epshtein vs Cassidy         1-0

Robinson vs Irwin            0-1

Vasos = bye 1

Lansing City Championship Rd 1

2011-04-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

Here are the results for round 1:
Sundeen vs Sanetullaev 0-1
Brumley vs Epshtein 1-0
Vasos vs Nichols 0-1
Garrison vs Cassidy 1-0

Talreja bye=1/2
Stapleton bye=1/2
Bowman bye=1

Lansing City Championship

2011-04-17T15:39:00.001-07:00

The 2011 Lansing City Championship starts on April 27th!
The format is 1 round every Wednesday at 7:00 pm for five
Wednesdays. Time control is G/90. Entrance fee is $21.
Trophies and cash for 1st and 2nd place.
If you would like to preregister you can contact Tony
Nichols at sensie48910@yahoo.com or David Sundeen at
davidrsundeen@gmail.com.
Come play and be a part of history!

Vandenburg Cup

2011-04-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

This years Vandenburg Cup saw the smallest turnout ever:( However, those who did play had a fun time and some even won prizes!
The winners are:

Open Section 1st Expert Tony Nichols

1st Seth Homa 2nd Expert Alisher Sanetullaev

2nd Kevin Czuhai

Reserve Section 1st A Andy Catlin

1st Milan Talreja 2nd A Jacob Fortuna

2nd Rick Wilson
1st C Shaumik Baki

2nd C Jerry Crysler (Aaron Venia,
Nathan Metcalf)

1st D/E/UNR William Ignasiak

2nd D/E/UNR Larry Hodge

Thanks to everyone who played.

Vandenburg Cup Info

2011-03-31T01:17:00.000-07:00

Site:	Room 127, LCC Technology and Learning Center NE corner of Capitol and Shiawassee Lansing, MI 48933
Directions:
Format:	4 Round SS 2 Sections: Open and Reserve--U1800
Time Control:	G60
Rounds:	9:30, 11:30, 2:15, and 4:15
Entry Fee:	$27 in advance, $37 on site
Registration:	8:30-9:20am
Prizes:	Based on 60 players 1st each section--$150 + trophy 2nd each section--$74 + trophy Class Prizes: X, A, C, D/unr—1st--$50 + trophy; 2nd--$24 1st Women--$50
Entries/Info:	To pre-register send entry fee (make checks out to David R. Sundeen) together with your name, address, Phone #, e-mail (if available) USCF ID# and expiration date to David R. Sundeen, 5340 Ella's Ct, Lansing, Michigan 48911. For more information contact David at: 517-394-8080 or davidrsundeen@gmail.com.

March Mini Swiss

2011-03-21T12:15:00.000-07:00

The second month in a row we've had two whole sections! Thanks to

everyone for coming.

Congratulations to Alisher on his perfect score in the top section

and Congrats to John Griffin and Aaron Venia on tying for 1st in

the second section.

Next month is the Vandenburg Cup! I hope everyone show up:)

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 Pair | Player Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV  |3.0  |W   5|W   4|W   2|
   MI | R: 2178   ->2186     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS    |2.0  |W   8|W   3|L   1|
   MI | R: 2014   ->2018     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ALEXANDER DEATRICK   |2.0  |W   7|L   2|W   6|
   MI | R: 1905   ->1908     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | ADAM MASEK           |2.0  |W   6|L   1|W   7|
   MI | R: 1841   ->1852     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | DREW S RAMSEY        |1.0  |L   1|L   6|W   8|
   MI | R: 1723   ->1718     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | GLEN ALLEN SCHMIEGE  |1.0  |L   4|W   5|L   3|
   MI | R: 1697   ->1698     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | JEFFREY P GUILFOYLE  |1.0  |L   3|W   8|L   4|
   MI | R: 1679   ->1678     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | RICHARD WILSON       |0.0  |L   2|L   7|L   5|
   MI | R: 1695   ->1664     |     |     |     |     |
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 Pair | Player Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | JOHN L GRIFFIN       |2.5  |W   5|W   4|D   2|
   MI | R: 1500   ->1545     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | AARON M VENIA        |2.5  |W   7|W   6|D   1|
   MI | R: 1484   ->1496     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | BRUCE I ROTH         |2.0  |L   4|W   8|W   6|
   MI | R: 1639   ->1620     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN      |2.0  |W   3|L   1|W   5|
   MI | R: 1346   ->1432     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | JERRY CRYSLER        |1.0  |L   1|W   7|L   4|
   MI | R: 1500   ->1467     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | LARRY HODGE          |1.0  |W   8|L   2|L   3|
   MI | R: 1224   ->1227     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | MATTHEW DAVID IDE    |1.0  |L   2|L   5|W   8|
   MI | R:  795P2 ->1030P5   |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | MERVIN J DRAPER      |0.0  |L   6|L   3|L   7|
   MI | R: 1162   ->1110     |     |     |     |     |
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February Swiss

2011-02-21T18:02:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Benjamin Brandt and Shane Vorva on winning their sections. We had a good turnout this month. Hope to see everybody in March!

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 Pair | Player Name       |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | BENJAMIN BRANDT   |3.0  |W   6|W   5|W   2|
   MI | R: 1853   ->1890  |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANDREW ELENBOGEN  |2.0  |W   7|W   4|L   1|
   MI | R: 1787   ->1797  |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | GLEN SCHMIEGE     |2.0  |L   4|W   7|W   5|
   MI | R: 1671   ->1697  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | RAYMOND GARRISON  |1.0  |W   3|L   2|U   0|
   MI | R: 1843   ->1836  |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | JUSTIN CHEN       |1.0  |W   8|L   1|L   3|
   MI | R: 1777   ->1757  |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | DAVID SUNDEEN     |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   7|
   MI | R: 1705   ->1685  |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | ANDREW HANNA      |1.0  |L   2|L   3|W   6|
   MI | R: 1541   ->1549  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |0.0  |L   5|L   6|U   0|
   MI | R: 1500   ->1500  |     |     |     |     |
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 Pair | Player Name       |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | SHANE VORVA       |2.5  |W   6|W   4|D   2|
   MI | R: 1349   ->1396  |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JUSTIN JACQMAIN   |2.0  |D   7|W   3|D   1|
   MI | R: 1336->1347P21  |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | JOY CHEN          |2.0  |W   5|L   2|W   6|
   MI | R: 1314   ->1336  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | EDWARD SECZNEY    |2.0  |W   8|L   1|W   7|
   MI | R: 1332   ->1324  |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN   |1.5  |L   3|D   7|B   0|
   MI | R: 1384   ->1346  |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | ROD SCHAAF        |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   3|
   MI | R: 1215   ->1193  |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | SAMUEL JUNE       |1.0  |D   2|D   5|L   4|
   MI | R:  996   ->1049  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | MATTHEW IDE       |0.0  |L   4|L   6|U   0|
   MI | R: Unrated-> 795P2|     |     |     |     |
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No Chess Club tonight 2/9/11

2011-01-26T14:43:00.001-08:00

Update - We have confirmation from LCC and the club will resume on the 16th.

Apologies to all but there is no club tonight. We are waiting for LCC to confirm are use of the room. We hope to have this taken care of soon.

January Swiss

2011-01-10T07:05:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year. Two sections! Yeah!
We had a Carter family invasion this month.
Thanks to everyone for playing.

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 Pair | Player Name      |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)  | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS  |2.5  |W   3|D   2|W   4|
   MI | R: 1996   ->1999 |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ASHLEY CARTER    |2.5  |W   4|D   1|W   3|
   MI | R: 1877   ->1893 |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | DAVID SUNDEEN    |0.5  |L   1|D   4|L   2|
   MI | R: 1719   ->1705 |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | RICHARD WILSON   |0.5  |L   2|D   3|L   1|
   MI | R: 1668   ->1659 |     |     |     |     |
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Pair | Player Name      |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)  | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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1 | MIKE G CARTER    |2.5  |D   5|W   7|W   2|
   MI | R: 1614   ->1627 |     |     |     |     |
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2 | BRUCE ROTH       |2.0  |W   4|W   3|L   1|
   MI | R: 1670   ->1664 |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | MICHAEL CARTER   |2.0  |W   6|L   2|W   7|
   MI | R: 1197   ->1279 |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JOHN GRIFFIN     |1.5  |L   2|D   5|B   0|
   MI | R: 1501   ->1500 |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | NATHAN METCALF   |1.5  |D   1|D   4|D   6|
   MI | R: 1343   ->1355 |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | ROD SCHAAF       |1.5  |L   3|B   0|D   5|
   MI | R: 1169   ->1164 |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | TROY DUNCAN      |0.5  |H   0|L   1|L   3|
   MI | R: 1361   ->1329 |     |     |     |     |
--------------------------------------------------

December Swiss

2011-01-10T06:57:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to John Brauker on a perfect score.
Thanks to everyone for playing!

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Pair | Player Name      |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)  | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
--------------------------------------------------
   1 | JOHN BRAUKER     |3.0  |W   2|W   3|W   4|
  MI | R: 1391   ->1434 |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | JOSHUA POSTHUMA  |2.0  |L   1|W   4|B   0|
  MI | R:  936   -> 985 |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | ROD SCHAAF       |1.0  |W   4|L   1|U   0|
  MI | R: 1139   ->1169 |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN  |0.0  |L   3|L   2|L   1|
  MI | R: 1415   ->1334 |     |     |     |     |
--------------------------------------------------

November Swiss

2010-11-15T12:15:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to Aaron Venia on first place. I would also like to mention that David Sundeen has crossed 1700 for the first time since 1997! Way to go Dave!

Top Section

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Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
-----------------------------------------------------
   1 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |2.0  |W   4|W   2|L   3|
  MI | R: 2180   ->2170    |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS   |2.0  |W   3|L   1|W   4|
  MI | R: 1995   ->1996    |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |2.0  |L   2|W   4|W   1|
  MI | R: 1651   ->1719    |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | JEFFREY P GUILFOYLE |0.0  |L   1|L   3|L   2|
  MI | R: 1708   ->1689    |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

Bottom Section

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Pair | Player Name      |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)  | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
--------------------------------------------------
   1 | AARON M VENIA    |2.5  |D   4|W   6|W   3|
  MI | R: 1361   ->1393 |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | JERRY CRYSLER    |2.0  |W   6|L   3|W   4|
  MI | R: 1512   ->1500 |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | CARRIE RANKIN    |2.0  |W   5|W   2|L   1|
  MI | R:  924P25->1109 |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | JOHN L GRIFFIN   |1.5  |D   1|W   5|L   2|
  MI | R: 1513   ->1501 |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN  |1.0  |L   3|L   4|W   6|
  MI | R: 1458   ->1415 |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | JACK EMAUS       |0.0  |L   2|L   1|L   5|
  MI | R: 1107   ->1087 |     |     |     |     |
--------------------------------------------------

October Swiss

2010-10-12T01:20:00.000-07:00

A rather small turnout again this month.

Thanks to everyone who played!

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 Pair | Player Name                    |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS              |2.5  |W   4|D   2|W   3|
   MI | 12753902 / R: 1987   ->1995    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JACOB DAVID FORTUNA            |2.5  |W   5|D   1|W   7|
   MI | 12708030 / R: 1908   ->1913    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ANDREW G CATLIN                |2.0  |W   6|W   7|L   1|
   MI | 12442662 / R: 1972   ->1966    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JOHN L GRIFFIN                 |1.5  |L   1|D   6|B   0|
   MI | 10300274 / R: 1506   ->1513    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | JERRY CRYSLER                  |1.5  |L   2|B   0|D   6|
   MI | 12623128 / R: 1506   ->1512    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | BRUCE I ROTH                   |1.0  |L   3|D   4|D   5|
   MI | 12691661 / R: 1707   ->1688    |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | LARRY HODGE                    |1.0  |B   0|L   3|L   2|
   MI | 12836773 / R: 1248   ->1246    |     |     |     |     |
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September Swiss

2010-09-26T14:58:00.000-07:00

Small turnout this month. Everbody come play chess in October!

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 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------
    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |3.0  |W   3|W   2|W   4|
   MI | R: 1969   ->1980    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ALEXANDER DEATRICK  |2.0  |W   6|L   1|W   5|
   MI | R: 1881   ->1880    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | SHAWN RAYON         |1.5  |L   1|D   5|W   6|
   MI | R: 1641   ->1648    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JERRY CRYSLER       |1.5  |D   5|W   6|L   1|
   MI | R: 1466   ->1506    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | BRUCE I ROTH        |1.0  |D   4|D   3|L   2|
   MI | R: 1725   ->1707    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN     |0.0  |L   2|L   4|L   3|
   MI | R: 1488   ->1458    |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

August Swiss

2010-09-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Gary Kitts and David Sundeen!

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Pair | Player Name       |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
---------------------------------------------------

1 | GARY KITTS        |2.5  |W   4|W   2|D   3|
   MI | R: 1918   ->1960  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

2 | RAY GARRISON      |2.0  |W   3|L   1|W   4|
   MI | R: 1867   ->1885  |     |     |     |
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    3 | ANTHONY NICHOLS   |1.5  |L   2|W   4|D   1|
   MI | R: 1969   ->1953  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    4 | JUSTIN CHEN       |0.0  |L   1|L   3|L   2|
   MI | R: 1843   ->1818  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

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 Pair | Player Name       |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
---------------------------------------------------

1 | DAVID SUNDEEN     |3.0  |W   5|W   3|W   2|
   MI | R: 1646   ->1693  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    2 | BRUCE ROTH        |2.0  |W   6|W   4|L   1|
   MI | R: 1733   ->1725  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    3 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |2.0  |W   7|L   1|W   6|
   MI | R: 1500   ->1506  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    4 | JERRY CRYSLER     |1.5  |W   8|L   2|D   5|
   MI | R: 1481   ->1466  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

5 | JOY CHEN          |1.5  |L   1|W   7|D   4|
   MI | R: 1232   ->1274  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    6 | HONGBIN CHEN      |1.0  |L   2|W   8|L   3|
   MI | R: 1349   ->1336  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    7 | ROD SCHAAF        |1.0  |L   3|L   5|W   8|
   MI | R: 1175   ->1161  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

8 | YASH PANDYA       |0.0  |L   4|L   6|L   7|
   MI | R:  953P5 -> 920P8|     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

July Swiss

2010-07-18T08:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who played this month! Congratulations to David Sundeen

and Mathew Nolan for tying in the bottom section.

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 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------
    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |2.5  |D   2|W   4|W   3|
   MI | R: 1964   ->1969    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE   |1.5  |D   1|W   3|L   4|
   MI | R: 1701   ->1720    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | RAY GARRISON        |1.0  |W   4|L   2|L   1|
   MI | R: 1885   ->1867    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | RICHARD WILSON      |1.0  |L   3|L   1|W   2|
   MI | R: 1712   ->1713    |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

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 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------
    1 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |2.5  |W   6|D   2|W   4|
   MI | R: 1643   ->1646    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | MATTHEW NOLAN       |2.5  |W   8|D   1|W   6|
   MI | R: 1073   ->1276    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | RICHARD LUND        |2.0  |L   4|W   5|W   7|
   MI | R: Unrated->1512P3  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JERRY CRYSLER       |2.0  |W   3|W   7|L   1|
   MI | R: 1460   ->1481    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN     |1.0  |L   7|L   3|W   8|
   MI | R: 1523   ->1488    |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

6 | JOHN BRAUKER        |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   2|
   MI | R: 1404   ->1391    |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | ROD SCHAAF          |1.0  |W   5|L   4|L   3|
   MI | R: 1124   ->1175    |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    8 | JOHN GRIFFIN        |0.0  |L   2|L   6|L   5|
   MI | R: 1500   ->1500    |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

June Swiss

2010-06-26T16:23:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Jacob for winning this months swiss!

Thanks to Eddie for coming down state to play!

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 Pair | Player Name                    |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | JACOB DAVID FORTUNA            |2.5  |W   9|W   3|D   4|
   MI | 12708030 / R: 1873   ->1908    |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | EDDIE SHELTON BARBER II        |2.5  |W   8|D   5|W   6|
   MI | 12452615 / R: 1897   ->1899    |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV            |2.0  |W   7|L   1|W   5|
   MI | 12796057 / R: 2200   ->2189    |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS              |2.0  |D   6|W   7|D   1|
   MI | 12753902 / R: 1970   ->1964    |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | BRUCE I ROTH                   |1.5  |W  10|D   2|L   3|
   MI | 12691661 / R: 1723   ->1733    |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | DAVID SUNDEEN                  |1.5  |D   4|W   8|L   2|
   MI | 11342094 / R: 1621   ->1643    |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | JEFFREY P GUILFOYLE            |1.0  |L   3|L   4|W  10|
   MI | 12275620 / R: 1703   ->1701    |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN                |1.0  |L   2|L   6|W   9|
   MI | 14296764 / R: 1521   ->1523    |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | JOHN L GRIFFIN                 |1.0  |L   1|W  10|L   8|
   MI | 10300274 / R: 1500   ->1500    |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | JERRY CRYSLER                  |0.0  |L   5|L   9|L   7|
   MI | 12623128 / R: 1492   ->1460    |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------------

New Lansing City Champion!

2010-06-04T10:42:00.000-07:00

 Congratulations to Alisher for not only winning the tournament

with a perfect score but also hitting the 2200 mark! Also, Congrats

to Ray Garrison on taking second place on tiebreaks.

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 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)     | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    1 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |5.0  |W   6|W   5|W   3|W   4|W   2|
   MI |    2186   ->2200    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | VLADIMIR ZELEVINSKY |3.0  |H   0|H   0|W   5|W   3|L   1|
   MI |   Unrated->2146P3   |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | RAYMOND GARRISON    |3.0  |W   9|W   4|L   1|L   2|W   6|
   MI |    1882   ->1885    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | EMERSON CRUZ        |3.0  |W   8|L   3|W   6|L   1|W   5|
   MI |  1406P6 ->1629P11   |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |2.0  |W   7|L   1|L   2|W   8|L   4|
   MI |  1987   ->1965      |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | CHRIS IRWIN         |2.0  |L   1|W   8|L   4|W   7|L   3|
   MI |  1704   ->1696      |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |2.0  |L   5|H   0|W   8|L   6|H   0|
   MI |  1627   ->1621      |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN     |1.0  |L   4|L   6|L   7|L   5|B   0|
   MI |  1558P24->1521      |     |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    9 | WALTER TORRENCE     |1.0  |L   3|B   0|U   0|U   0|U   0|
   MI | Unrated-> 750P1     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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New USCF Titles

2010-05-29T17:47:00.000-07:00

Titles for the masses! Titles are not just for masters any more. The concept of a norm has been expanded to each class.

Class	Rating	Title
D	1200	4th Category
C	1400	3rd Category
B	1600	2nd Category
A	1800	1st Category
Expert	2000	Candidate Master
Master	2200	Life Master
Sr. Master	2400	Life Senior Master

The idea is to award a player a norm when they achieve an "impressive" performance for someone at that level. Basically whenever someone has a good tournament (for a particular class) they get a norm toward a title in that class. After five norms at or above that class, the title is awarded.

For a tournament to qualify for a norm, it must be at least 4 rounds, must not be quick rated, and cannot be a match. So at minimum, a 5-player round robin at a 61 minute time control would qualify.

For a player to earn a norm at a qualifying event, he can't have played the same player more than once, and has to have achieved a certain score.

The score needed for a norm is calculated based on the post-tournament ratings of your opponents. To get a norm at the 1600 level, you have to score one more point than you would have, if you 1) beat everyone under 1400, 2) scored on average .75 points against opponents rated 1400-1600, 3) scored on average .375 against opponents rated 1600-1800, and 4) scored on average .125 points against opponents rated 1800-2000.

This is the win percentage for an "impressive" performance against different rated players. But you have to have exceeded this win percentage by 1 point over the course of the tournament to earn a norm. The USCF found that 10% of Class B players will receive the 2nd Category title over the course of 5 years of tournament play.

More details on the history, rules, and formula for this new title system can be found here.

These titles were applied to USCF rating history data going back to 1991. You may have already earned a title. Find out if you already have a title here!

A few of our club members:

Seth Homa	Life Master, 2008
Alisher Sanetullaev	1st Category, 2007, with 3 Candidate Master norms and 1 Master norm
Tony Nichols	1st Category, 2007
Matt Hassen	1st Category, 2009
David Sundeen	2nd Category, 2002
Jacob Fortuna	2nd Category, 2009
Erik Robinson	3rd Category, 2010, with one 2nd Category norm
Chris Irwin	4th Category, 2009, with one 2nd Category and one 1st Category norm.

These are all life titles, and cannot be lost. Congratulations to everyone.

May Swiss

2010-05-17T07:42:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Andy Catlin on taking 1st in the top section and David Sundeen on his perfect score in the bottom section. Thanks to everyone for playing.

Top Section

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 Pair | Player Name       |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
---------------------------------------------------
    1 | ANDREW CATLIN     |2.5  |W   7|W   6|D   3|
   MI | R: 1958   ->1969  |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANTHONY NICHOLS   |2.0  |W   5|D   3|D   4|
   MI | R: 1985   ->1987  |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | MICHAEL CHEN      |2.0  |W   8|D   2|D   1|
   MI | R: 1984   ->1987  |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | JUSTIN CHEN       |2.0  |D   6|W   8|D   2|
   MI | R: 1739   ->1775  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

5 | PETER CHEN        |1.5  |L   2|W   7|D   6|
   MI | R: 1877   ->1874  |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | TODD MCAULIFFE    |1.0  |D   4|L   1|D   5|
   MI | R: 1876   ->1865  |     |     |     |     |
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7 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE |1.0  |L   1|L   5|W   8|
   MI | R: 1670   ->1675  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | BRUCE ROTH        |0.0  |L   3|L   4|L   7|
   MI | R: 1732   ->1700  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

Bottom Section

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 Pair | Player Name       |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
---------------------------------------------------
    1 | DAVID SUNDEEN     |3.0  |W   7|W   3|W   4|
   MI | R: 1600   ->1627  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

2 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |2.0  |D   5|D   4|W   7|
   MI | R: 1506   ->1500  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    3 | JERRY CRYSLER     |2.0  |W   6|L   1|W   5|
   MI | R: 1496   ->1492  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    4 | LARRY HODGE       |1.5  |W   8|D   2|L   1|
   MI | R: 1350   ->1361  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    5 | BENNARIO CHAPMAN  |1.5  |D   2|W   6|L   3|
   MI | R: 1069   ->1146  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

6 | ROD SCHAAF        |1.0  |L   3|L   5|W   8|
   MI | R: 1125   ->1123  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    7 | MERVIN DRAPER     |0.5  |L   1|D   8|L   2|
   MI | R: 1180   ->1168  |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

8 | JOY CHEN          |0.5  |L   4|D   7|L   6|
   MI |R: 1199   ->1157   |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

Lansing City Championship Rd 4 Pairings

2010-05-17T02:52:00.000-07:00

Cruz vs Sanetullaev
Zelevinsky vs Garrison
Sundeen vs Irwin
Epshtein vs Nichols

Lansing City Championship Rd 3 Results

2010-05-17T02:51:00.000-07:00

Garrison vs Sanetullaev 0-1
Nichols vs Zelevinsky 0-1
Irwin vs Cruz 0-1
Sundeen vs Epshtein 1-0

Lansing City Championship Rd 3

2010-05-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

The pairings for round 3.

Garrison vs Sanetullaev
Nichols vs Cruz
Sundeen vs Irwin
Epshtein - Bye

Lansing City Championship Rd 2

2010-05-10T13:41:00.000-07:00

No surprises in round 2 as the rating favorite won every game.

Sanetullaev vs Nichols 1-0
Garrison vs Cruz 1-0
Epshtein vs Irwin 0-1
Sundeen - Bye
Torrence - Bye

Lansing City Championship Rd 2 pairings Update

2010-05-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

Here are the pairings for round 2. They are subject to change if someone late joins.
Update: Sundeen has to take a bye for medical reasons.

1 Sanetullaev vs Nichols
2 Garrison vs Cruz
3 Torrence vs Irwin

Ephstein 1 - Bye
Sundeen 1/2 - Bye

Lansing City Championship Rd 1

2010-05-03T11:58:00.000-07:00

The results of round 1:

Irwin vs Sanetullaev    0-1
Nichols vs Sundeen    1-0
Torrence vs Garrison 0-1
Cruz vs Epshtein         1-0

Lansing City Championship

2010-04-25T07:54:00.000-07:00

The tourney starts Wednesday the 28th.
5 rounds at G/90.
Round time 7:00 p.m.
Entry Fee $21
Cash and Trophies!
Preregister or questions to sensie48910@yahoo.com.

Vandenburg Cup

2010-04-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who showed up at this years tourney. Congratulations to Seth Homa for his perfect score in the top section and to Terry Combs and Erik Robinson for shared first in the bottom section.

       Top Section

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 Pair |      Name           |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |  Rtg (Pre->Post)    | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------
    1 | SETH HOMA             |4.0  |W  11|W   7|W   4|W   5|
   MI |  R: 2328   ->2334   |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS   |3.0  |D   5|D   8|W  13|W   7|
   MI |  R: 1979   ->1985   |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | MATT J HASSEN       |2.5  |L   8|W  13|W   9|D   4|
   MI |  R: 2070   ->2061   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
    4 | MICHAEL L CHEN      |2.5  |W  10|W   9|L   1|D   3|
   MI |  R: 1966   ->1978   |     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | PETER L CHEN        |2.5  |D   2|W  11|W   8|L   1|
   MI |  R: 1832   ->1877   |     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | MORGAN EVERETT      |2.0  |L   9|W  10|L   7|W   8|
   MI |  R: 2000   ->2000   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
    7 | ANDREW G CATLIN     |2.0  |W  12|L   1|W   6|L   2|
   MI |  R: 1945   ->1950   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
    8 | RAYMOND GARRISON    |1.5  |W   3|D   2|L   5|L   6|
   MI |  R: 1881   ->1882   |     |     |     |     |     |
      |  Q: 1700   ->1714   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
    9 | TODD M MCAULIFFE    |1.5  |W   6|L   4|L   3|D  10|
   MI |  R: 1879   ->1876   |     |     |     |     |     |
      |  Q: 1728   ->1732   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
   10 | JOSEPH MEYER        |1.5  |L   4|L   6|W  11|D   9|
   MI |  R: 1749   ->1760   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
   11 | ALEXANDER DEATRICK  |1.0  |L   1|L   5|L  10|W  13|
   MI |  R: 1908   ->1886   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
   12 | CHRIS IRWIN         |1.0  |L   7|B   0|U   0|U   0|
   MI |  R: 1710   ->1704   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------
   13 | MARCO LORENZON      |1.0  |B   0|L   3|L   2|L  11|
   MI |  R: 1692   ->1678   |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------

Bottom Section

----------------------------------------------------------
 Pair |    Name            |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)    | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  | 
----------------------------------------------------------
    1 | TERRY COMBS        |3.5  |W  18|W  11|W   3|D   2|
   MI |  R: 1621   ->1665  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    2 | ERIK ROBINSON      |3.5  |W  20|W  10|W   4|D   1|
   MI |  R: 1546   ->1621  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    3 | BENJAMIN HUTTER    |3.0  |W  21|W   5|L   1|W   8|
   IL |  R: 1664   ->1678  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    4 | R KEN LONG         |3.0  |X   0|W   6|L   2|W   7|
   MI |  R: 1661   ->1667  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    5 | SCOTT WAYNE FAUST  |3.0  |W  13|L   3|W  14|W  11|
   MI |  R: 1625   ->1633  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    6 | DAVID SUNDEEN      |3.0  |W  15|L   4|W  17|W  12|
   MI |  R: 1600   ->1600  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    7 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN    |3.0  |W  17|W  16|W   9|L   4|
   MI |  R: 1513  ->1559   |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    8 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE  |2.0  |W  16|L   9|W  13|L   3|
   MI |  R: 1704   ->1681  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
    9 | RICHARD WILSON     |2.0  |W  19|W   8|L   7|U   0|
   MI |  R: 1604   ->1607  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   10 | GLEN SCHMIEGE      |2.0  |W  14|L   2|L  12|W  17|
   MI |  R: 1631   ->1601  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   11 | JERRY CRYSLER      |2.0  |W  12|L   1|W  15|L   5|
   MI |  R: 1504   ->1496  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   12 | EMERSON DA CRUZ    |2.0  |L  11|W  18|W  10|L   6|
   MI |  R: 1300P2 ->1406  |     |     |     |     |     |
      |  Q: Unrated->1408  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   13 | JOHN BRAUKER       |2.0  |L   5|W  21|L   8|W  18|
   MI |  R: 1411   ->1404  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------

  14 | LARRY HODGE        |2.0  |L  10|W  20|L   5|W  16|
   MI |  R: 1312   ->1326  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   15 | BRENDAN CUPCHAK    |2.0  |L   6|B   0|L  11|W  20|
   MI |  R:  776   -> 802  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   16 | NATHAN METCALF     |1.0  |L   8|L   7|W  19|L  14|
   MI |  R: 1426   ->1390  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   17 | JOHN JONES JR      |1.0  |L   7|W  19|L   6|L  10|
   MI |  R: Unrated->1262  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   18 | ROD SCHAAF         |1.0  |L   1|L  12|W  21|L  13|
   MI |  R: 1177   ->1158  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   19 | JACK EMAUS         |1.0  |L   9|L  17|L  16|W  21|
   MI |  R: 1121   ->1099  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   20 | SEAN ANDERSON      |0.5  |L   2|L  14|H   0|L  15|
   MI |  R:  694   -> 671  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------
   21 | JOSEPH LAWHEAD     |0.0  |L   3|L  13|L  18|L  19|
   MI |  R:  641   -> 641  |     |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------------

Ninth Annual Vandenburg Cup

2010-03-17T18:38:00.000-07:00

Number of Players: Limited to 60
(please pre-register to assure your seat)
Date: April 18, 2010
Number of Rounds: 4
Time Control: G/60
Entry Fee: $27.00 on or before April 10, 2010
               $37.00 at the door
Sections: 2: Open and Reserve
    Open: 1800 and above (under 1800 may play in open section upon request)
    Reserve: 1799 and below
Round Times: 9:30am, 11:30am, 2:15pm and 4:15pm
Prizes Based on 60 players
    Open & Reserve: 1st $150.00 plus trophy
                                      2nd $74 plus trophy
    Class: Expert, A, B, C, D-E/unr 1st $50.00 plus trophy
                                                     2nd $24.00
       1st Women $50.00

To pre-register send entry fee (make checks payable to David Sundeen,
together with your name, address, phone number, e-mail (if available),
USCF ID number and expiration date, and MCA expiration date to:
David Sundeen, 5340 Ella's Ct., Lansing, Michigan 48911.
For more information contact Dave at: 517-394-8080 or sundeeng@msu.edu.
Donations in support of the Vandenburg Cup and The Lansing Chess
Club are always welcome and may be made at the above address.
Thank You.

March Swiss

2010-03-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who played in this month's tourney and congrats to Alisher and Scott on perfect scores. The cross tables are a little screwy. Sorry for that.

Section 1

-----------------------------------------------------
 Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |  Rtg (Pre->Post)    | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------
    1 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |3.0  |W   7|W   6|W   3|
   MI |  2175->2186         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    2 | KEVIN CZUHAI        |2.0  |B   0|L   3|W   7|
   MI |  2204->2200         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    3 | MATT HASSEN         |2.0  |W   8|W   2|L   1|
   MI |  2062->2070         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    4 | KEVIN JACKSON SR    |1.5  |U   0|D   8|W   5|
   MI |  1691->1716         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    5 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |1.0  |W   9|L   7|L   4|
   MI |  2007->1982         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    6 | ANDREW G CATLIN     |1.0  |W  10|L   1|U   0|
   MI |  1935->1933         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    7 | TODD MCAULIFFE      |1.0  |L   1|W   5|L   2|
   MI |  1870->1879         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    8 | CHRIS IRWIN         |0.5  |L   3|D   4|U   0|
   MI |  1714->1710         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
    9 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE   |0.0  |L   5|U   0|U   0|
   MI |  1694->1689         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   10 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |0.0  |L   6|U   0|U   0|
   MI |  1600->1600         |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

Section 2

---------------------------------------------------
 Pair |     Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post)   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
---------------------------------------------------
    1 | SCOTT FAUST       |3.0  |W   7|W   4|W   3|
   MI |  1570->1624       |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    2 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE |2.5  |H   0|W   6|W   5|
   MI |  1689->1704       |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    3 | DAVID SUNDEEN     |1.5  |H   0|W   8|L   1|
   MI |  1600->1600       |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    4 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN   |1.5  |W   5|L   1|D   6|
   MI |  1508P17->1514P20 |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    5 | JERRY CRYSLER     |1.0  |L   4|W   7|L   2|
   MI |  1526   ->1504    |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    6 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |1.0  |D   8|L   2|D   4|
   MI |  1514->1500       |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    7 | ROD SCHAAF        |1.0  |L   1|L   5|W   8|
   MI |  1166->1178       |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    8 | JACK EMAUS        |0.5  |D   6|L   3|L   7|
   MI |  1126->1121       |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

Section 3

--------------------------------------
 Pair | Player Name      |Total|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg (Pre->Post  )| Pts |  1  | 
--------------------------------------
    1 | KEVIN CZUHAI     |1.0  |W   2|
   MI |  2200->2201      |     |     |
--------------------------------------
    2 | KEVIN JACKSON SR |0.0  |L   1|
   MI |  1716->1714      |     |     |
--------------------------------------

2010-02-21T19:36:00.000-08:00

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.

.               Top Section

-----------------------------------------------------
 Pair | Player Name        |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |        Rtg         | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
----------------------------------------------------
    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS    |3.0  |W   5|W   2|W   3|
   MI |       2015         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------
    2 | ANDREW CATLIN      |2.0  |W   6|L   1|B   0|
   MI |       1935         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------
    3 | RATKO BOJANOVIC    |1.0  |D   4|D   6|L   1|
   MI |       1982         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------
    4 | JOSEPH MEYER       |1.0  |D   3|L   5|D   6|
   MI |       1751         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------
    5 | CHRIS IRWIN        |1.0  |L   1|W   4|U   0|
   MI |       1714         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------
    6 | KEVIN JACKSON SR   |1.0  |L   2|D   3|D   4|
   MI |       1691         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------

.             Bottom Section

---------------------------------------------------
 Pair |      Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |      Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
---------------------------------------------------
    1 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE |3.0  |W   2|W   3|W   5|
   MI |      1694         |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    2 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN   |2.0  |L   1|W   4|W   6|
   MI |      1508P17      |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    3 | JOHN GRIFFIN      |1.5  |W   5|L   1|D   4|
   MI |       1514        |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    4 | DAVID SUNDEEN     |1.0  |D   6|L   2|D   3|
   MI |       1600        |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    5 | THOMAS REMSPERGER |1.0  |L   3|W   6|L   1|
   MI |       1371P3      |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------
    6 | LARRY HODGE       |0.5  |D   4|L   5|L   2|
   MI |       1312        |     |     |     |     |
---------------------------------------------------

Seth Homa Receives FM Title

2010-02-08T16:37:00.000-08:00

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.

New Location (Again)

2010-01-27T06:21:00.000-08:00

This Friday will be our last meeting at the current location. We are grateful to the North West Initiative for allowing us to use their space in the building we have been using.

But the time has come to move on.

More details to follow, but with this upcoming location change, we will be meeting on a different day, and at a different time. Meetings will be held on the LCC campus on Wednesdays, 6-10pm.

2/2/10 Edit: We will be meeting at room 127 of the TLC building, NE corner of Capitol and Shiawasse. If you can find a space, you can park at the SW corner parking lot for free. Parking is free after 6pm, so don't show up too early.

Building Location

View Larger Map

2/6/2010 Edit: Last week the city was charging $2 to park at the lot previously mentioned. Thus free parking (on the street) was difficult to find. More to come on parking.

January Swiss

2010-01-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

With 8 players and a huge rating range we

decided to have two quads. Thanks to everyone

for playing!

SECTION 1

-------------------------------------------
|    Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
|   Rating        | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-------------------------------------------
| ANTHONY NICHOLS |3.0  |W   4|W   2|W   3|
|    1956         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------
| BRUCE ROTH      |2.0  |W   3|L   1|W   4|
|    1676         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------
| DAVID SUNDEEN   |1.0  |L   2|W   4|L   1|
|    1616         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------
| RICHARD WILSON  |0.0  |L   1|L   3|L   2|
|    1594         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------

SECTION 2

-------------------------------------------
|    Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
|   Rating        | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-------------------------------------------
| EVGENY EPSHTEIN |2.5  |W   3|D   2|W   4|

|   1463P9        |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------
| NATHAN METCALF  |2.5  |W   4|D   1|W   3|
|    1412         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------
| ROD SCHAAF      |1.0  |L   1|W   4|L   2|
|    1157         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------
| HAOTIAN JIANG   |0.0  |L   2|L   3|L   1|
|     956         |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------

December Swiss

2009-12-07T10:57:00.001-08:00

A rather peaceful affair in the top section.

----------------------------------------------
Pair | Player Name   |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
----------------------------------------------
1 | MATT HASSEN     |2.0  |D   3|D   2|W   4|
MI |    2014         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
2 | ANTHONY NICHOLS |2.0  |W   4|D   1|D   3|
MI |    1943         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
3 | WILLIAM GREEN   |2.0  |D   1|W   4|D   2|
MI |    1773         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
4 | BRUCE ROTH      |0.0  |L   2|L   3|L   1|
MI |    1645         |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------

Congratulations to Dave Sundeen in the bottom!

----------------------------------------------
Pair | Player Name   |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |      Rtg      | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
----------------------------------------------
1 | DAVID SUNDEEN   |2.5  |W   6|D   4|W   2|
MI |      1619       |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
2 | RICHARD WILSON  |2.0  |W   3|W   5|L   1|
MI |      1626       |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
3 | JOHN GRIFFIN    |2.0  |L   2|W   6|W   5|
MI |      1508       |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
4 | JERRY CRYSLER   |1.5  |L   5|D   1|W   6|
MI |      1526       |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
5 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN |1.0  |W   4|L   2|L   3|
MI |     1455P6      |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------
6 | ROD SCHAAF      |0.0  |L   1|L   3|L   4|
MI |      1164       |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------

November Swiss

2009-11-27T11:31:00.000-08:00

Better late than never! Congrats to Alisher, Rick and Jerry.

           Top section
------------------------------------------------------
Pair  |     Name           |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg            | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
------------------------------------------------------
   1 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |2.5  |W   8|W   5|D   2|
  MI |      2121           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   2 | MATT J HASSEN       |2.0  |D   3|W   7|D   1|
  MI |      1996           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   3 | PETER L CHEN        |2.0  |D   2|W   6|D   5|
  MI |      1847           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   4 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS   |1.5  |L   5|D   8|W   7|
  MI |      1951           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   5 | WILLIAM G GREEN     |1.5  |W   4|L   1|D   3|
  MI |      1734           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   6 | TODD M MCAULIFFE    |1.0  |L   7|L   3|W   8|
  MI |      1874           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   7 | BRUCE I ROTH        |1.0  |W   6|L   2|L   4|
  MI |      1669           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   8 | MICHAEL L CHEN      |0.5  |L   1|D   4|L   6|
  MI |      1860           |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------

        Bottom section
------------------------------------------------------
Pair |       Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |        Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
------------------------------------------------------
   1 | RICHARD WILSON      |2.5  |W   7|W   6|D   2|
  MI |       1628          |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   2 | JERRY CRYSLER       |2.5  |W   8|W   3|D   1|
  MI |       1521          |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   3 | EVGENY EPSHTEIN     |2.0  |W   4|L   2|W   7|
  MI |      1489P3         |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   4 | LARRY HODGE         |2.0  |L   3|W   8|W   6|
  MI |       1339          |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   5 | JOHN L GRIFFIN      |1.5  |L   6|D   7|W   8|
  MI |       1500          |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   6 | JACK EMAUS          |1.0  |W   5|L   1|L   4|
  MI |       1106          |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   7 | ROD SCHAAF          |0.5  |L   1|D   5|L   3|
  MI |       1215          |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------
   8 | CARRIE RANKIN       |0.0  |L   2|L   4|L   5|
  MI |      924P25         |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------

November Swiss

2009-11-02T11:22:00.001-08:00

Well, The lansing chess club has moved again. This time we stayed in the same building but we are now in room 107. I hope everybody reads this and comes to the swiss this weekend.

Michigan Open

2009-08-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

As the 2009 Michigan Open is in Lansing this year, we will not be meeting on Friday, September 4. Our normal meeting time conflicts with the first round of the 4 day schedule.

So things will be back to normal on the following Friday: September 11.

Cancellations

2009-08-11T20:10:00.000-07:00

We will not meet on the 14th or the 21st this month. All of the club leadership will be up north, either at the U.P. Open, or camping just afterwards.

We'll see everyone on the 28th.

New Location

2009-07-06T18:37:00.000-07:00

The new location is very close to where we were before. See the map of the directions from the old location to the new location.

The new location is located on the western half of the block surrounded by W Maple St, W Kilborn St, N Walnut St and Seymour Ave.

We'll be meeting upstairs, starting this Friday, the 10th of July. My apologies for last week. There should have been a message here noting the cancellation.

When we get an exact address, including a room number, I'll update this with that info.

Update: The address is 1012 N Walnut St, upstairs in room 203. It's best to enter in the front of the building (west side) at the southern-most door, so park on either Walnut or on Kilborn. Instead of giving us a key, they'll be letting us in at 7 pm, so anyone arriving after that will need to call my cell phone (a lot of you have it, email pianowow@gmail.com if you would like it), or call up to an open window. The room we are in has a window facing the front of the building, so that should work.

The tournament Sunday will also be at this new location. Doors open at 8 am.

June Swiss

2009-06-17T15:42:00.000-07:00


  Congratulations to Mr. Sanetullaev and Mr. Green for their
perfect scores in the top and bottom section respectively.
  The Lansing Chess Club - Making Dreams Come True:)

                Top Section
-----------------------------------------------------
Pair |       Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |       Rtg           | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
-----------------------------------------------------
   1 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |3.0  |W   6|W   3|W   4|
  MI |       2091          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   2 | TODD MCAULIFFE      |2.0  |L   4|W   7|W   6|
  MI |       1882          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   3 | ROB DRAKE           |2.0  |W   8|L   1|W   5|
  MI |       1872          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   4 | MATT HASSEN         |1.5  |W   2|D   5|L   1|
  MI |       1964          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   5 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |1.5  |W   7|D   4|L   3|
  MI |       1961          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   6 | EDWARD FEE          |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   2|
  MI |       1870          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   7 | DREW RAMSEY         |1.0  |L   5|L   2|W   8|
  MI |       1731          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   8 | RICHARD WILSON      |0.0  |L   3|L   6|L   7|
  MI |       1664          |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------

           Bottom Section
-----------------------------------------------------
Pair |      Name           |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |      Rtg            | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
-----------------------------------------------------
   1 | WILLIAM GREEN       |3.0  |W   6|W   5|W   3|
  MI |     1707            |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   2 | JOHN GRIFFIN        |2.5  |W   7|D   3|W   5|
  MI |     1524            |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   3 | DAVID STOCKMAN      |1.5  |W   9|D   2|L   1|
  MI |     1588            |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   4 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |1.0  |U   0|U   0|W   8|
  MI |     1602            |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   5 | JERRY CRYSLER       |1.0  |W   8|L   1|L   2|
  MI |     1379            |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------
   6 | NATHAN METCALF      |1.0  |L   1|W   9|U   0|
  MI |     1369            |     |     |     |     |
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   7 | ROD SCHAAF          |1.0  |L   2|L   8|W   9|
  MI |     1062            |     |     |     |     |
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   8 | JACK EMAUS          |1.0  |L   5|W   7|L   4|
  MI |     1006            |     |     |     |     |
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   9 | CARRIE RANKIN       |0.0  |L   3|L   6|L   7|
  MI |     934P22          |     |     |     |     |
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Lansing City Championship

2009-06-01T21:49:00.000-07:00


 
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 Pair | Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | Rtg                 | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |4.0  |W   9|W   3|L   2|W   4|W   6|
   MI |     1970            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |3.5  |H   0|W   4|W   1|W   6|L   3|
   MI |     2076            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | MATT HASSEN         |3.0  |W   5|L   1|L   6|W   8|W   2|
   MI |     1982            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | DREW RAMSEY         |3.0  |W   8|L   2|W   5|L   1|W   9|
   MI |     1734            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    5 | CHRIS IRWIN         |3.0  |L   3|W   9|L   4|B   0|W   7|
   MI |     1693            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    6 | RAYMOND GARRISON    |2.5  |W   7|H   0|W   3|L   2|L   1|
   MI |     1808            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | WILLIAM PALMERTON   |2.0  |L   6|H   0|D   8|W   9|L   5|
   MI |     1248            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | ROD SCHAAF          |2.0  |L   4|B   0|D   7|L   3|H   0|
   MI |     1080            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |1.0  |L   1|L   5|B   0|L   7|L   4|
   MI |     1600            |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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Rd. 5 pairings

2009-05-24T16:12:00.000-07:00


            Lansing City Championship
#      White                Black
1 Alish Sanetullaev(3.5) Matt Hassen     (2.0)
2 Anthony Nichols  (3.0) Raymond Garrison(2.5)
3 William Palmerton(2.0) Chris Irwin     (2.0)
4 Drew Ramsey      (2.0) David Sundeen   (1.0)
   Rod Schaaf      (1.5) BYE

Rd. 4 Standings

2009-05-24T16:03:00.000-07:00


                 Lansing City Championship
#      Name           Rtng  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1  Alish Sanetullaev  2042   H--  W5   W2   W3  3.5
2  Anthony Nichols    1960   W9   W4   L1   W5  3.0
3  Raymond Garrison   1835   W7   H--  W4   L1  2.5
4  Matt Hassen        1993   W6   L2   L3   W8  2.0
5  Drew Ramsey        1723   W8   L1   W6   L2  2.0
6  Chris Irwin        1637   L4   W9   L5   B-- 2.0
7  William Palmerton  1208   L3   H--  D8   W9  2.0
8  Rod Schaaf          935   L5   B--  D7   L4  1.5
9  David Sundeen      1605   L2   L6   B--  L7  1.0

Lansing City Championship rd 4

2009-05-20T09:18:00.000-07:00


Standings. Lansing City Championship
#       Name         Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Alish Sanetullaev  2042  H--  W4   W3  2.5
2 Raymond Garrison   1835  W9   H--  W6  2.5
3 Anthony Nichols    1960  W8   W6   L1  2.0
4 Drew Ramsey        1723  W5   L1   W7  2.0
5 Rod Schaaf          935  L4   B--  D9  1.5
6 Matt Hassen        1993  W7   L3   L2  1.0
7 Chris Irwin        1637  L6   W8   L4  1.0
8 David Sundeen      1605  L3   L7   B-- 1.0
9 William Palmerton  1208  L2   H--  D5  1.0

Pairings for Round 4. Lansing City Championship
Bd   White                  Black
1 Raymond Garrison (2.5) Alish Sanetullaev (2.5)
2 Anthony Nichols  (2.0) Drew Ramsey       (2.0)
3 Rod Schaaf       (1.5) Matt Hassen       (1.0)
4 David Sundeen    (1.0) William Palmerton (1.0)
 Chris Irwin      (1.0) BYE

Michigan Top 100

2009-05-19T11:26:00.000-07:00


Rank         Name             Rating
1    GM ROGELIO ANTONIO JR     2583
2    IM BENJAMIN FINEGOLD      2580
3       ERIC TORMAN            2428
4    FM FRED LINDSAY           2409
5       AARON KAHN             2323
6       BILL CALTON            2322
7       SETH HOMA              2284
8    FM NATHAN SOLON           2273
9       JUSTIN DANIEL          2260
10      ERIC FISCHVOGT         2208
11      JIM MARFIA             2205
12      DMITRIY OBUKHOV        2204
13      KEVIN CZUHAI           2200
14      DENNIS SEAWALD         2200
15      ARIEL LEVI             2194
16   FM SILVIO PEREIRA         2194
17      JOHN BROOKS            2189
18      LEYUN WANG             2187
19      THOMAS HARTWIG         2176
20      AMEER GHOBRIAL         2170
21      TIMOTHY MCGREW         2170
22      JAMES CANTY            2166
23      ROBERT O'DONNELL       2153
24      DYLAND XUE             2124
25      MANIS DAVIDOVICH       2114
26      JILESH GANDHI          2109
27      TONY PALMER            2108
28      ROBERT CIAFFONE        2104
29      DAVID HAHN             2100
30      CORNEL FERENTI         2098
31      ATULYA SHETTY          2085
32      CVETAN NESTOROVSKI     2073
33      MICKEY MALOY           2065
34      EUGENE BRUMLEY         2062
35      ALISHER SANETULLAEV    2057
36      PETER LINN             2049
37      ANDREW SCHILLEMAN      2035
38      SALAH CHEHAYEB         2028
39      JASON MORRIS           2027
40      BRADLEY ROGERS         2015
41      LINEAS BAZE            2003
42      REYNALDO SANTIAGO      2000
43      THOMAS MAZUCHOWSKI     2000
44      BARRY ENDSLEY          2000
45      RON FINEGOLD           2000
46      MORGAN EVERETT         2000
47      PRASHANTHA AMARASINGHE 1995
48      MATT HASSEN            1993
49      ANDREW KOBALKA         1991
50      ALAN GREGG             1986
51      GJERGJ DODAJ           1982
52      FINN HILGENDORFF       1977
53      VESTER WILSON          1966
54      MICHAEL BOWERSOCK      1963
55      ANTHONY NICHOLS        1957
56      GARY PRATT             1957
57      TIMOTHY MORONEY        1954
58      BRONSON GENTRY         1953
59      MAGDALENA MATYSZEWSKA  1951
60      WILLIAM RHEE           1950
61      ANDREW CATLIN          1948
62      JENNIFER SKIDMORE      1948
63      JACK WOOD              1942
64      RATKO BOJANOVIC        1938
65      GARY KITTS             1937
66      MANMOHAN DAS           1935
67      IAN EDGERLE            1932
68      EDWARD BALL            1925
69      STANLEY JAROSZ JR      1922
70      WAYNE HICKEY           1914
71      MICHAEL SMITH          1913
72      TONY WEST              1913
73      VOLKER POENISCH        1912
74      DR SISIRA AMARASINGHE  1910
75      FREDERICK LAHR         1910
76      MARSHALL QUANDER       1909
77      MICHAEL SMITH          1906
78      GREGORY BAILEY         1900
79      JEFF ALDRICH           1900
80      RAUL SELGADO           1898
81      JEREMY SCHEIDT         1894
82      JACOB FORTUNA          1893
83      NEAL ANDERSON          1892
84      DANIEL BOLDA JR        1892
85      JUSTIN BROWN           1888
86      EDDIE BARBER           1885
87      ROB DRAKE              1882
88      EDWARD FEE             1881
89      ATTILA LEHOTZKY        1881
90      ASHLEY CARTER          1874
91      TODD MCAULIFFE         1872
92      DON VANDIVIER          1871
93      BENSON SELITSKY        1870
94      WILLIAM ACCAD          1862
95      ANDREW KONISHI         1861
96      RONALD WILLIAMS        1859
97      SHAWN BALE             1858
98      BENJAMIN BRANDT        1853
99      ZORAN STOJANOVSKI      1845
100     JUSTIN BRERETON        1844

May Swiss

2009-05-18T15:34:00.000-07:00

We had a small turnout for this months swiss. Congrats to Tony(me!) on the perfect score.


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Pair|      Player        |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num |       Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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1   | ANTHONY NICHOLS    |3.0  |W   6|W   5|W   4|
MI  |     1946           |     |     |     |     |
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2   | ALEXANDER DEATRICK |2.5  |W   3|D   4|W   5|
MI  |     1686           |     |     |     |     |
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3   | ROD SCHAAF         |2.0  |L   2|W   8|W   6|
MI  |      870           |     |     |     |     |
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4   | RICHARD WILSON     |1.5  |W   8|D   2|L   1|
MI  |     1655           |     |     |     |     |
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5   | DAVID SUNDEEN      |1.0  |W   7|L   1|L   2|
MI  |     1621           |     |     |     |     |
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6   | JOHN GRIFFIN       |1.0  |L   1|W   7|L   3|
MI  |     1508           |     |     |     |     |
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7   | JACK EMAUS         |1.0  |L   5|L   6|W   8|
MI  |      874           |     |     |     |     |
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8   | JERRY CRYSLER      |0.0  |L   4|L   3|L   7|
MI  |     1467           |     |     |     |     |
--------------------------------------------------

Vandenburg Cup

2009-05-18T14:10:00.001-07:00

Finally got the tournament rated. Long overdue congratulations to Seth Homa and Oleg Tsodikov for winning the Open and Reserve sections respectively!


                     Open

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Pair|     Player         |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num |      Rtg           | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |
--------------------------------------------------------
1   | SETH HOMA          |4.0  |W   5|W   7|W   8|W   4|
MI  |     2284           |     |     |     |     |     |
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2   | MICHAEL SMITH      |3.0  |W   3|W  13|L   4|W   8|
MI  |     1906           |     |     |     |     |     |
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3   | LEYUN WANG         |2.5  |L   2|W  11|D   7|W   9|
MI  |     2187P10        |     |     |     |     |     |
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4   | ALISHER SANETULLAEV|2.5  |D  13|W  10|W   2|L   1|
MI  |     2071           |     |     |     |     |     |
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5   | JENNIFER SKIDMORE  |2.5  |L   1|W  14|D   6|W  13|
MI  |     1948           |     |     |     |     |     |
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6   | BRADLEY ROGERS     |2.0  |W   9|L   8|D   5|D   7|
MI  |     2015           |     |     |     |     |     |
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7   | MATT HASSEN        |2.0  |W  14|L   1|D   3|D   6|
MI  |     1987           |     |     |     |     |     |
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8   | ANDREW CATLIN      |2.0  |W  12|W   6|L   1|L   2|
MI  |     1949           |     |     |     |     |     |
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9   | EDDIE BARBER       |2.0  |L   6|W  12|W  10|L   3|
MI  |     1904           |     |     |     |     |     |
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10  | ANTHONY NICHOLS    |1.5  |D  11|L   4|L   9|W  14|
MI  |     1969           |     |     |     |     |     |
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11  | ANDREW ELENBOGEN   |1.5  |D  10|L   3|D  13|D  12|
MI  |     1519           |     |     |     |     |     |
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12  | ALAN ELBAUM        |1.5  |L   8|L   9|W  14|D  11|
MI  |     1494P15        |     |     |     |     |     |
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13  | JACOB FORTUNA      |1.0  |D   4|L   2|D  11|L   5|
MI  |     1893           |     |     |     |     |     |
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14  | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE  |0.0  |L   7|L   5|L  12|L  10|
MI  |     1636           |     |     |     |     |     |
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                    Reserve
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Pair |     Player       |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |      Rtg         | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |
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1    | OLEG TSODIKOV    |4.0  |W  13|W   5|W   9|W   4|
MI   |     1717         |     |     |     |     |     |
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2    | DAVID RAMP       |3.0  |W   7|W  10|L   4|W   3|
MI   |     1620P21      |     |     |     |     |     |
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3    | R KEN LONG       |3.0  |W  14|W   8|W  12|L   2|
MI   |     1616         |     |     |     |     |     |
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4    | RICHARD WILSON   |3.0  |W  16|W   6|W   2|L   1|
MI   |     1675         |     |     |     |     |     |
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5    | ANDREW DOLGNER   |3.0  |W  11|L   1|W  13|W   8|
MI   |     1560         |     |     |     |     |     |
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6    | ROBERT LOMBARDO  |3.0  |W  15|L   4|W  17|W  10|
MI   |     1537         |     |     |     |     |     |
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7    | BENJAMIN HUTTER  |3.0  |L   2|W  19|W  16|W   9|
IL   |     1518         |     |     |     |     |     |
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8    | TERRY COMBS      |2.0  |W  20|L   3|W  15|L   5|
MI   |     1537         |     |     |     |     |     |
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9    | JUSTIN CHEN      |2.0  |W  18|W  12|L   1|L   7|
MI   |     1501         |     |     |     |     |     |
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10   | RICHARD SPANGLER |2.0  |W  19|L   2|W  14|L   6|
MI   |     1510         |     |     |     |     |     |
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11   | MAX WILSON       |2.0  |L   5|L  13|W  20|W  17|
MI   |     1308         |     |     |     |     |     |
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12   | SCOTT FAUST      |1.5  |W  17|L   9|L   3|D  14|
MI   |     1624         |     |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------------------
13   | MARCO LORENZON   |1.5  |L   1|W  11|L   5|D  15|
MI   |     1446         |     |     |     |     |     |
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14   | EDWARD SECZNEY   |1.5  |L   3|W  20|L  10|D  12|
MI   |     1352         |     |     |     |     |     |
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15   | BEN CHEN         |1.5  |L   6|W  16|L   8|D  13|
MI   |     1172         |     |     |     |     |     |
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16   | LARRY HODGE      |1.0  |L   4|L  15|L   7|W  19|
MI   |     1428         |     |     |     |     |     |
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17   | NATHAN METCALF   |1.0  |L  12|W  18|L   6|L  11|
MI   |     1343         |     |     |     |     |     |
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18   | KATY FORD        |1.0  |L   9|L  17|L  19|W  20|
MI   |     1113         |     |     |     |     |     |
-------------------------------------------------------
19   | ALEX BAKER       |1.0  |L  10|L   7|W  18|L  16|
MI   |      973         |     |     |     |     |     |
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20   | JOY CHEN         |0.0  |L   8|L  14|L  11|L  18|
MI   |      860         |     |     |     |     |     |
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Lansing City Championship Rd 3

2009-05-13T00:04:00.000-07:00

Here are the pairings for round 3.

Sanetullaev vs Nichols

Hassen vs Garrison

Irwin vs Ramsey

Palmerton vs Schaaf

Sundeen - Bye

Vandenburg Cup

2009-05-12T06:36:00.001-07:00

I have been getting alot of inquiries about when the tournament will be rated. Bruce Roth was the TD and he is out of town till sometime this week. He will submit it when he gets back. He would have already submitted it but the club had to renew it's affiliate id so this is our fault not Bruce's. It's just an unfortunate situation and I apologize to everyone involved.

Regards

Tony

March Swiss

2009-05-05T16:11:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Alisher and Curtis for perfect scores in their sections!

Top Section
Pair Name             Rtg    1     2     3    Pts
-------------------------------------------------
1   ALI SANETULLAEV   2071 W---8 W---6 W---3  3.0
2   ANTHONY T NICHOLS 1969 W---4 D---3 W---6  2.5
3   MATT J HASSEN     1987 W---7 D---2 L---1  1.5
4   DAVID R SUNDEEN   1621 L---2 W---7 D---5  1.5
5   DAVID ANDREW RAMP 1620 L---6 W---8 D---4  1.5
6   IAN EDGERLE       1911 W---5 L---1 L---2  1.0
7   RICHARD WILSON    1675 L---3 L---4 W---8  1.0
8   JEFF P GUILFOYLE  1636 L---1 L---5 L---7  0.0

Bottom Section
Pair Name             Rtg     1     2     3   Pts
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1   CURTIS LEE        1172 W---7 W---2 W---3  3.0
2   NATHAN METCALF    1383 W---8 L---1 W---4  2.0
3   EDWARD W SECZNEY  1352 D---6 W---5 L---1  1.5
4   QUENTIN METZMAKER 1077 D---5 W---6 L---2  1.5
5   JACK EMAUS        966  D---4 L---3 W---8  1.5
6   CARRIE RANKIN     959  D---3 L---4 W---7  1.5
7   ALDEN METZMAKER   570  L---1 W---8 L---6  1.0
8   ROD SCHAAF        870  L---2 L---7 L---5  0.0

Febuary Swiss

2009-02-25T04:50:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Alisher Sanetullaev and Robert Lombardo on perfect scores!


Top Section
PAIR   NAME        RATING   1     2     3   TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------
1 SANETULLAEV, ALIS 2057   W---3 W---4 W---2  3.0
2 IRWIN, CHRIS      1700   W---5 W---6 L---1  2.0
3 FORTUNA, JACOB DA 1893   L---1 D---5 W---4  1.5
4 NICHOLS, ANTHONY  1957   W---6 L---1 L---3  1.0
5 HASSEN, MATT J    1991   L---2 D---3 U---0  0.5
6 WILSON, RICHARD   1624   L---4 L---2 U---0  0.0

Bottom Section
PAIR  NAME         RATING   1     2     3   TOTAL
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1 LOMBARDO, ROBERT  1532   W---6 W---4 W---3  3.0
2 SUNDEEN, DAVID R  1600   L---3 W---6 W---4  2.0
3 METCALF, NATHAN   1420   W---2 W---5 L---1  2.0
4 GRIFFIN, JOHN L   1500   W---5 L---1 L---2  1.0
5 SCHAAF, ROD        945   L---4 L---3 W---6  1.0
6 EMAUS, JACK        772   L---1 L---2 L---5  0.0

Knight Moves

2009-02-18T04:43:00.000-08:00

Last Friday, at club, Quentin was practicing the knight's tour, hitting each square on the board in order with a knight, avoiding squares attacked and occupied by enemy pawns placed on c3, c6, f3, and f6. The goal is to become more familiar with how the knight moves.

It reminded me of a study I did to be able to visualize how a knight moves. I put a zero in the middle of a spreadsheet, and placed formulas to increment by one in all the square the knight could go to in one move. Then, around those squares, I incremented again, to find all the squares a knight could go in two moves. I did this out to 9 moves.

I decided just seeing the numbers wasn't enough, so I wrote a script to color the spreadsheet. Here is the end result. The pattern reminds me of something your grandmother would cross stitch.

Blog Thumbprint

2009-02-09T12:09:00.001-08:00

Created with the help of http://www.wordle.net/

MI Class Champs!

2009-01-22T19:08:00.000-08:00

The Lansing Chess Club would like to congratulate Matt Hassen(class A) and Chris Irwin(class C) on winning their sections with the great score of 4.5/5 undefeated. Well done, Matt and Chris.

January Swiss

2009-01-13T11:41:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Matt Hassen for winning the top
 section with a perfect score! The bottom section
saw a three way tie for first. Congrats to Chris,
Edward and Rod!

      Top Section

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Pair |     Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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  1 | MATT HASSEN      |3.0  |W   2|W   6|W   4|
 MI |    1968          |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | ERIC FISCHVOGT   |2.0  |L   1|W   5|W   3|
 MI |    2200          |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | ANTHONY NICHOLS  |1.5  |W   6|D   4|L   2|
 MI |    1981          |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | GARY KITTS       |1.5  |W   5|D   3|L   1|
 MI |    1963          |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | BRUCE ROTH       |1.0  |L   4|L   2|W   6|
 MI |    1666          |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | RICHARD WILSON   |0.0  |L   3|L   1|L   5|
 MI |    1663          |     |     |     |     |
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        Bottom Section

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Pair |      Name        |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |      Rtg         | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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  1 | CHRIS IRWIN      |2.0  |W   4|W   3|L   2|
 MI |     1526         |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | EDWARD SECZNEY   |2.0  |L   3|W   5|W   1|
 MI |     1437         |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | ROD SCHAAF       |2.0  |W   2|L   1|W   6|
 MI |     966          |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | CARRIE RANKIN    |1.5  |L   1|W   6|D   5|
 MI |    948P16        |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | THIERRY LAURENS  |1.0  |D   6|L   2|D   4|
 MI |    1013          |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | JACK EMAUS       |0.5  |D   5|L   4|L   3|
 MI |    724           |     |     |     |     |
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Toroidal Chess

2009-01-13T10:23:00.000-08:00

This blew my mind. Very fun to play, if you like chess variants.

For the non-math geeks, toroidal chess means chess played on a torus, which is math speak for the shape of a donut. A torus is a flat surface that is connected on all four sides. Imagine a chess board (7x7 actually, in this implementation), then bring the two opposite edges together to form a cylinder. Then bring the two ends of the cylinder together to form the torus (donut shape).

One very famous game is played on a torus: Asteroids. Remember this? When your ship flies off the left side you appear on the right, and off the bottom, to the top. So now in toroidal chess, you have a queen that can fly around pieces in the center of the board by going in the opposite direction, across the edges, which are actually meaningless. There are no edges in toroidal chess.

The pieces move almost the same as in normal chess, except for the pawns. With no edges, there is no pawn promotion, of course. And with no edges there is also no strict idea of direction either. So pawns can move 1 square immediately adjacent to it in any "direction", and capture to any square diagonally adjacent to it.

Visualizing this is somewhat difficult. You have two options to choose from: the fundamental domain and the tiling option. Tiling makes it look like there is more material on the board than there really is. It's just an option to make the different directions of attack more noticeable.

The fundamental domain. Note that the white queen and bishop both attack each of black's pawns.

Tiled, clearly seeing the many ways white can attack black.

Tiled, seeing the many ways black can attack white.

Imagine a king that you have to checkmate, but without a corner to do it in. Imagine a king that you must defend from every angle, not just one or two. This is is toroidal chess. We have 9 pieces: a king, a queen, two rooks, two pawns, two knights and a bishop. I haven't figured out why two bishops weren't included, perhaps because nine pieces fit nicely together. But why 2 knights? I'd rather substitute a knight for the other color bishop.

What is apparent is that you need more material to checkmate a king in toroidal chess. I haven't worked out the exact minimum. But king+queen vs king is not enough. I can imagine KQNvK working, but how do you force such a mating position? I checkmated the computer using a Queen and a rook in a game I just played:

Checkmate!

Michigan Top 100 - January 2009

2009-01-10T16:45:00.000-08:00

1	GM ROGELIO ANTONIO JR	2593
2	IM BENJAMIN P FINEGOLD	2561
3	FM FRED LINDSAY	2409
4	BILL J CALTON	2320
5	AARON E KAHN	2302
6	SETH HOMA	2280
7	LEYUN WANG	2276
8	JUSTIN DALE DANIEL	2260
9	FM NATHAN SOLON	2227
10	DMITRIY N OBUKHOV	2213
11	DENNIS SEAWALD	2208
12	JIM MARFIA	2205
13	ERIC V FISCHVOGT	2203
14	MARK JACOB FINEGOLD	2200
15	KEVIN CZUHAI	2200
16	JOHN R BROOKS	2199
17	ARIEL S LEVI	2194
18	SILVIO CUNHA PEREIRA	2193
19	TIMOTHY J MCGREW	2170
20	AMEER SHAWKY GHOBRIAL	2160
21	JAMES CANTY III	2159
22	THOMAS HARTWIG	2153
23	ROBERT E O'DONNELL	2152
24	DYLAND XUE	2124
25	MANIS DAVIDOVICH	2114
26	ROBERT B CIAFFONE	2104
27	DAVID HAHN	2100
28	CORNEL FERENTI	2090
29	EUGENE BRUMLEY	2087
30	CVETAN NESTOROVSKI	2072
31	TONY PALMER	2064
32	MICKEY D MALOY	2062
33	JILESH RAJESHKUMAR GANDHI	2060
34	ALISHER SANETULLAEV	2051
35	PETER LINN	2049
36	MORGAN EVERETT	2029
37	SALAH CHEHAYEB	2028
38	JASON C MORRIS	2027
39	ANDREW SCHILLEMAN	2022
40	BRADLEY KEITH ROGERS	2015
41	WILLIAM E FULLER	2014
42	ROGER ROJAS-SUAREZ	2009
43	KRISHNAN SUDHARSAN	2007
44	LINEAS BAZE	2003
45	RON FINEGOLD	2003
46	REYNALDO P SANTIAGO	2000
47	THOMAS J MAZUCHOWSKI	2000
48	BARRY E ENDSLEY	2000
49	ANTHONY T NICHOLS	1999
50	TIMOTHY M MORONEY	1992
51	ANDREW JOHN KOBALKA	1991
52	GJERGJ DODAJ	1984
53	JENNIFER M SKIDMORE	1973
54	ATULYA ARYA SHETTY	1971
55	GARY KITTS	1970
56	PRASHANTHA N AMARASINGHE	1961
57	STANLEY J JAROSZ JR	1958
58	RATKO BOJANOVIC	1957
59	GARY PRATT	1957
60	VESTER LEE WILSON	1956
61	BRONSON GENTRY	1953
62	MAGDALENA MATYSZEWSKA	1951
63	WILLIAM W RHEE	1948
64	ANDREW G CATLIN	1944
65	MICHAEL BOWERSOCK	1935
66	EDWARD E BALL	1925
67	FREDERICK H LAHR	1914
68	MATT J HASSEN	1913
69	ALEXANDER LEHMANN	1910
70	DR SISIRA K AMARASINGHE	1909
71	MARSHALL J QUANDER	1906
72	JEFF R ALDRICH	1905
73	GREGORY E BAILEY	1905
74	JACK P WOOD	1904
75	MICHAEL SMITH	1903
76	JEREMY T SCHEIDT	1894
77	DANIEL H BOLDA JR	1892
78	JUSTIN L BROWN	1888
79	MANMOHAN DAS	1888
80	JACOB DAVID FORTUNA	1885
81	WAYNE GENE HICKEY	1884
82	BRAD W HILL	1884
83	DON L VANDIVIER	1884
84	C EDWARD FEE	1881
85	ATTILA T LEHOTZKY	1881
86	JOHN M GATTINGER	1881
87	ASHLEY CARTER	1873
88	TODD M MCAULIFFE	1872
89	BENSON SELITSKY	1869
90	JUSTIN BRERETON	1863
91	EDDIE SHELTON BARBER	1862
92	RONALD WILLIAMS	1859
93	SHAWN W BALE	1857
94	TONY D WEST	1853
95	BENJAMIN J BRANDT	1853
96	RANDALL BROOKS	1850
97	JEFF ALSON	1847
98	ZORAN STOJANOVSKI	1845
99	LOYD GENTRY	1842
100	RICHARD C HENKE	1840

December Swiss

2009-01-05T09:00:00.001-08:00

With the January Swiss being this weekend, I thought I'd post the results of the December Swiss. Tony likes to copy all the text over and format it nicely. I'm just going to link to the results page from the USCF website.

Tony doesn't like to take the credit he deserves. This is his website: he started it. I just work here.

V.E. Vandenburg

2009-01-04T16:41:00.001-08:00

Sadly, Mr. Vandenburg passed away last week at the age of 104. His life memorial was held Friday afternoon and was attended by many in the Michigan chess community.

Apologies for the late posting, I didn't find out until club on Friday myself. I didn't know Mr. Vandenburg personally, but everyone that does has always spoken highly of him. I'm confident his memory will live on for a long, long time. The Vandenburg Cup will certainly remain one of Lansing's annual tournament events.

Please, if anyone has fond memories to share, post them in the comments.

Women in Chess

2008-12-29T06:13:00.000-08:00

It's well known that men seem to outplay women, in general. The top 100 men in chess highly outrank the top 100 women in chess. But why? Is the reason biological, cultural, etc? A recent study seems to have answered this question. It's only a matter of statistics.

The bell curve for men simply includes more players, hence the long tail is longer, equals stronger players on the high end of the bell curve. It follows that the reverse is also true: meaning that the worst 100 male chess players play much worse than the worst 100 female players.

Fischer Parody

2008-12-23T17:10:00.000-08:00

The Onion did a funny parody on the death of Bobby Fischer. I'm posting this, hoping it's not too soon to laugh about the famous American chess player's passing.

Endgame study

2008-12-13T20:40:00.000-08:00

Ray Garrison visited the chess club last night, and he and Tony composed an interesting endgame study with lots of interesting variations. White to play and win.

November Swiss

2008-11-12T07:09:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Andrew Schilleman and John Griffin who both went 3-0 to win their sections(and $100).

Top Section

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Pair|     Name            |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num |     Rtg             | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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1   | ANDREW SCHILLEMAN   |3.0  |W   8|W   3|W   4|
MI  |    2015             |     |     |     |     |
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2   | ALISHER SANETULLAEV |2.0  |W   6|L   4|W   5|
MI  |    2049             |     |     |     |     |
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3   | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |2.0  |W   5|L   1|W   6|
MI  |    1998             |     |     |     |     |
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4   | MATT HASSEN         |2.0  |W   7|W   2|L   1|
MI  |    1909             |     |     |     |     |
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5   | TODD MCAULIFFE      |1.0  |L   3|W   8|L   2|
MI  |    1872             |     |     |     |     |
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6   | IAN EDGERLE         |1.0  |L   2|W   7|L   3|
MI  |    1822             |     |     |     |     |
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7   | RICHARD WILSON      |1.0  |L   4|L   6|W   8|
MI  |    1685             |     |     |     |     |
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8   | BRUCE ROTH          |0.0  |L   1|L   5|L   7|
MI  |    1686             |     |     |     |     |
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Pair|     Name        |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num |     Rtg         | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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1   | JOHN GRIFFIN    |3.0  |W   6|W   5|W   4|
MI  |    1550         |     |     |     |     |
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2   | DAVID SUNDEEN   |2.0  |L   4|W   7|W   5|
MI  |    1600         |     |     |     |     |
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3   | JERRY CRYSLER   |2.0  |W   7|L   4|W   6|
MI  |    1486         |     |     |     |     |
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4   | NATHAN METCALF  |2.0  |W   2|W   3|L   1|
MI  |    1460         |     |     |     |     |
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5   | SCOTT FAUST     |1.0  |W   8|L   1|L   2|
MI  |    1455         |     |     |     |     |
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6   | CARRIE RANKIN   |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   3|
MI  |   926P13        |     |     |     |     |
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7   | JACK EMAUS      |1.0  |L   3|L   2|W   8|
MI  |    680          |     |     |     |     |
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8   | ROD SCHAAF      |0.0  |L   5|L   6|L   7|
MI  |   664P20        |     |     |     |     |
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October Swiss

2008-10-21T07:28:00.000-07:00

We had a good turnout for the October Swiss. Congrats to Todd McAuliffe on winning the top section with a perfect score! Also, Bruce Roth won the bottom section with a perfect score too! No more bottom section for you Bruce.

Top Section

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Pair |     Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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   1 | TODD MCAULIFFE   |3.0  |W   4|W   5|W   3|
  MI |     1880         |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | MATT HASSEN      |2.5  |W   6|D   3|W   4|
  MI |     1894         |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | ANTHONY NICHOLS  |1.5  |W   5|D   2|L   1|
  MI |     1997         |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | ANDREW CATLIN    |1.0  |L   1|W   6|L   2|
  MI |     1964         |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | DREW RAMSEY      |1.0  |L   3|L   1|B   0|
  MI |     1721         |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | RICHARD WILSON   |0.0  |L   2|L   4|U   0|
  MI |     1686         |     |     |     |     |
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Bottom Section

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Pair |     Name           |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg            | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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   1 | BRUCE ROTH         |3.0  |W   5|W   3|W   2|
  MI |     1712           |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | JERRY CRYSLER      |2.0  |W   6|W   4|L   1|
  MI |     1504           |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------
   3 | SCOTT FAUST        |2.0  |W   7|L   1|W   5|
  MI |     1483           |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | NATHAN METCALF     |2.0  |W   8|L   2|W   6|
  MI |     1388           |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | QUENTIN METZMAKER  |1.0  |L   1|W   7|L   3|
  MI |     1065           |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | CARRIE RANKIN      |1.0  |L   2|W   8|L   4|
  MI |    918P10          |     |     |     |     |
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   7 | ROD SCHAAF         |1.0  |L   3|L   5|W   8|
  MI |    710P17          |     |     |     |     |
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   8 | JACK EMAUS         |0.0  |L   4|L   6|L   7|
  MI |     628            |     |     |     |     |
----------------------------------------------------

October Swiss rescheduled

2008-09-17T11:57:00.001-07:00

We have moved the October Swiss to the 19th so we don't clash with the MI Amateur.

September Mini Swiss

2008-09-17T11:57:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty good turnout for this month's tournament.
 Congratulations to Jacob Fortunaon his perfect score in
 the top section and Scott Faust for his perfect score in
 the bottom section.

                Top Section
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Pair |     Name           |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |      Rtg           | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
----------------------------------------------------
  1 | JACOB FORTUNA      |3.0  |W   6|W   4|W   3|
 MI |     1885           |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | GARY KITTS         |2.0  |L   3|W   6|W   4|
 MI |     1960           |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | BRUCE ROTH         |2.0  |W   2|W   5|L   1|
 MI |     1686           |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | ANTHONY NICHOLS    |1.0  |W   5|L   1|L   2|
 MI |     2009           |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | TODD MCAULIFFE     |1.0  |L   4|L   3|W   6|
 MI |     1806           |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | DAVID SUNDEEN      |0.0  |L   1|L   2|L   5|
 MI |     1600           |     |     |     |     |
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Pair |     Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg          | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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  1 | SCOTT FAUST      |3.0  |W   8|W   7|W   4|
 MI |     1482         |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | JERRY CRYSLER    |2.0  |W   5|L   4|W   7|
 MI |     1488         |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | LARRY HODGE      |2.0  |L   4|W   5|W   6|
 MI |     1440         |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | NATHAN METCALF   |2.0  |W   3|W   2|L   1|
 MI |     1412         |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | JOHN GRIFFIN     |1.0  |L   2|L   3|W   8|
 MI |     1500         |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | KWAME HOOKER     |1.0  |L   7|W   8|L   3|
 MI |     1438         |     |     |     |     |
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  7 | DON SCHMITZ      |1.0  |W   6|L   1|L   2|
 MI |     1328P3       |     |     |     |     |
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  8 | ROD SCHAAF       |0.0  |L   1|L   6|L   5|
 MI |     685P14       |     |     |     |     |
--------------------------------------------------

August Swiss

2008-08-24T13:09:00.000-07:00

We had a small turnout for the august swiss. This is to be expected when the MI Open is at the end of the month. Congrats to Tony and Neal for shared 1st.

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Pair |       Name           |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |        Rtg           | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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   1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS      |2.5  |W   4|W   3|D   2|
  MI |        2034          |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | NEAL ANDERSON        |2.5  |W   8|W   5|D   1|
  MI |        1777          |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM   |2.0  |W   7|L   1|W   6|
  FL |        1692          |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | RICHARD WILSON       |2.0  |L   1|W   7|W   5|
  MI |        1666          |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | STANLEY JAROSZ JR    |1.0  |W   6|L   2|L   4|
  MI |        1903          |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | DAVID SUNDEEN        |1.0  |L   5|W   8|L   3|
  MI |        1600          |     |     |     |     |
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   7 | JOHN GRIFFIN         |1.0  |L   3|L   4|W   8|
  MI |        1514          |     |     |     |     |
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   8 | JERRY CRYSLER        |0.0  |L   2|L   6|L   7|
  MI |        1481          |     |     |     |     |
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No Club Next Two Weeks

2008-08-11T20:55:00.000-07:00

Normally the chess club meets every Friday night, but the powers that be will be at a chess tournament this week and camping the following week.

I repeat: on August 15, and 22, no club. We will resume on August 29.

Can't Lose - Version 2

2008-08-11T20:34:00.000-07:00

For those of you that missed it, version 1 is here. Basically this is me proving Tony Nichols wrong, who said, "I've never seen a position I can't lose in 1 move."

I've addressed the realism concerns to a rather absurd degree, to the point where not only does the position look realistic, but I've created a series of moves (a game?) that leads to it.

That game itself is quite ridiculous, but I tried to make it look as real as possible. There are times when one side appears to be responding to the other.

As you'll see, the very last position, after 31... c6???? (a candidate for the worst move in chess ever played), white has no choice - the only legal move is 32. Nb6, checkmate.

July Swiss

2008-07-12T20:07:00.000-07:00

Only one section this month due to the Bottom Half tourney.

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Pair | Player Name         |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  | USCF ID             | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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  1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS     |3.0  |W   6|W   3|W   4|
 MI |      2036           |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE   |2.0  |W   7|L   4|W   6|
 MI |      1690           |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | DAVID SUNDEEN       |2.0  |W   8|L   1|W   7|
 MI |      1600           |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | TODD MCAULIFFE      |1.5  |D   5|W   2|L   1|
 MI |      1823           |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | JERRY CRYSLER       |1.5  |D   4|L   6|W   8|
 MI |      1517           |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | TERRY COMBS         |1.0  |L   1|W   5|L   2|
 MI |      1535           |     |     |     |     |
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  7 | THIERRY LAURENS     |1.0  |L   2|W   8|L   3|
 MI |      1042           |     |     |     |     |
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  8 | CARRIE RANKIN       |0.0  |L   3|L   7|L   5|
 MI |      902P7          |     |     |     |     |
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June Swiss

2008-07-12T19:56:00.000-07:00

 We had a good turnout for this month's tournament, So
we had two sections.Congratulations to Matt Hassen
 and Evan Hawver.


                   Top Section
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Pair | Player Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  | USCF ID              | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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  1 | MATT HASSEN          |3.0  |W   7|W   4|W   3|
 MI |     1784             |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | ANDREW CATLIN        |2.0  |W   5|L   3|W   6|
 MI |     2000             |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | GARY PRATT           |2.0  |W   8|W   2|L   1|
 MI |     1956             |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | ANTHONY NICHOLS      |1.5  |W   6|L   1|D   5|
 MI |     2029             |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | JEFFREY GUILFOYLE    |1.5  |L   2|W   8|D   4|
 MI |     1689             |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | IAN EDGERLE          |1.0  |L   4|W   7|L   2|
 MI |     1772             |     |     |     |     |
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  7 | BRUCE ROTH           |1.0  |L   1|L   6|W   8|
 MI |     1609             |     |     |     |     |
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  8 | ORLANDO CASTILLO     |0.0  |L   3|L   5|L   7|
 MI |     1616             |     |     |     |     |
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Pair | Player Name          |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num  | USCF ID              | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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  1 | EVAN HAWVER          |3.0  |W   7|W   9|W   3|
 MI | 1563                 |     |     |     |     |
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  2 | WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM   |2.0  |W   8|L   3|W   6|
 FL | 1665                 |     |     |     |     |
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  3 | JOHN GRIFFIN         |2.0  |W   4|W   2|L   1|
 MI | 1521                 |     |     |     |     |
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  4 | SUPRADEEP MADDURI    |2.0  |L   3|W   8|W   9|
 MI | 1205                 |     |     |     |     |
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  5 | CHRIS IRWIN          |1.5  |D  10|L   6|B   0|
 MI | 1550                 |     |     |     |     |
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  6 | JERRY CRYSLER        |1.5  |D   9|W   5|L   2|
 MI | 1521                 |     |     |     |     |
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  7 | RICHARD WILSON       |1.0  |L   1|W  10|U   0|
 MI | 1610                 |     |     |     |     |
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  8 | SAFAL BORA           |1.0  |L   2|L   4|W  10|
 MI | 1361                 |     |     |     |     |
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  9 | DAVID SUNDEEN        |0.5  |D   6|L   1|L   4|
 MI | 1600                 |     |     |     |     |
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 10 | NATHAN BERMAN        |0.5  |D   5|L   7|L   8|
 MI | 922                  |     |     |     |     |
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 11 | RICHARD WILSON       |0.0  |U   0|U   0|U   0|
 MI | 1610                 |     |     |     |     |
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June Mini Swiss

2008-06-17T13:53:00.001-07:00

The June Mini Swiss was not held on June 8, due to a weather-related power outage. However, the tournament was rescheduled. So please join us this Sunday, June 22, for the most famous, most anticipated, most exciting monthly chess tournament in Lansing!

Tournament is held at the normal club location: 730 W. Maple, in the gym. Entry fee is $21, by 9:45 am. Rounds are at 10, 1:30 and 4:30. $75 1st, $48 2nd each section, $100 to any 3 point winner in a section with at least 8 players.

The July Mini Swiss is still scheduled to take place on July 6.

New Chess Sites

2008-06-13T08:58:00.000-07:00

Jacob Fortuna, a local Class A player whose games have appeared on this website, has started a new chess blog: Chess Coach Fortuna. Anything that promotes interest in chess is always good to hear about. I think Jacob intends the site for the beginning to novice level. He has posted several fine video lectures there, on various topics. Check it out!

I have also started a site, in which I plan to upload every rated game I play. This is to challenge myself, by revealing to my opponents my style, my opening repertoire, etc. All my games since the beginning of 2008 are at the new site: All Games.

Mate with 6 knights

2008-05-25T09:02:00.000-07:00

I came across a funny game that GM Hikaru Nakamura played against a computer that simply would not resign. The computer Beast, on the ICC, is a computer that randomly uses Rybka, Shredder, or Zappa.

May Swiss

2008-05-19T13:17:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Tony Nichols and Matt Hassen for winning the top section and to Jerry Crysler for a perfect 3/3 in the 2nd section.

Top Section

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Pair | Player Name                |Total|Round|Round|Round|
            Rtg                   | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
------------------------------------------------------------
   1 | ANTHONY NICHOLS            |2.5  |W   6|W   4|D   2|
           2045                   |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | MATT HASSEN                |2.5  |W   3|W   6|D   1|
           1801                   |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------------
   3 | RICHARD WILSON             |2.0  |L   2|W   7|W   4|
           1636                   |     |     |     |     |
------------------------------------------------------------
   4 | TODD MCAULIFFE             |1.0  |W   7|L   1|L   3|
           1830                   |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | DAVID SUNDEEN              |1.0  |U   0|U   0|W   6|
           1626                   |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | BRUCE ROTH                 |0.0  |L   1|L   2|L   5|
           1607                   |     |     |     |     |
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   7 | CHRIS IRWIN                |0.0  |L   4|L   3|U   0|
           1584                   |     |     |     |     |
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Bottom Section

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Pair | Player Name               |Total|Round|Round|Round|
          Rtg                    | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |
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   1 | JERRY CRYSLER             |3.0  |W   5|W   4|W   3|
           1509                  |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | LARRY HODGE               |2.0  |D   3|W   5|D   4|
           1406                  |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | ANDREW ELENBOGEN          |1.5  |D   2|W   6|L   1|
           1522                  |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | JOHN GRIFFIN              |1.0  |D   6|L   1|D   2|
           1500                  |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | TROY DUNCAN               |1.0  |L   1|L   2|W   6|
           1205                  |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | SHANE VORVA               |0.5  |D   4|L   3|L   5|
           1209                  |     |     |     |     |
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Lansing City Championship

2008-05-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

Here's the crosstable for the tourney;


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Pair | Player Name        |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num  |     Rtg            | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |
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   1 | ANTHONY T NICHOLS  |4.0  |W   4|W   2|W   5|L   3|W   6|
  MI |     2046           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   2 | SETH HOMA          |3.0  |W   3|L   1|D   6|W   5|H   0|
  MI |     2260           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   3 | RAYMOND GARRISON   |3.0  |L   2|W   4|W  10|W   1|L   5|
  MI |     1840           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   4 | DAVID SUNDEEN      |3.0  |L   1|L   3|B   0|W   7|X   0|
  MI |     1609           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   5 | CHRIS IRWIN        |3.0  |W   6|W  10|L   1|L   2|W   3|
  MI |     1606           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   6 | JACOB FORTUNA      |2.5  |L   5|W   8|D   2|W   9|L   1|
  MI |     1843           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   7 | DAVID CURTIS JR    |2.5  |W   8|H   0|U   0|L   4|B   0|
  MI |     1578           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   8 | QUENTIN METZMAKER  |2.0  |L   7|L   6|H   0|B   0|H   0|
  MI |     1064           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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   9 | ORLANDO CASTILLO   |1.5  |H   0|X   0|U   0|L   6|F   0|
  MI |     1649           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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  10 | FRAZIER SPARKS     |0.5  |H   0|L   5|L   3|U   0|U   0|
  MI |     1749           |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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Upset - Round 5 - Lansing City Championship

2008-05-03T11:56:00.000-07:00

The final round of the Lansing City Championship proved to be an exciting one. Tony Nichols ended up with four out of five points. Four players had three points, but two of us were in the reserve section. Ray Garrison ended up beating Seth Homa on tie breaks, so Ray took second place over all. David Sundeen and I finished in second and first place, respectively, in the reserve section.

Jacob Fortuna, who finished with two and a half, lost his game to Tony, giving Tony the four points needed to win. I scored against Ray Garrison, which is the upset this round.

In my preparation for this game against Ray, I was looking for something to play against his Leningrad Dutch defense. I came across some material on a very nice system in which white plays a very early pawn storm on the queen side.

I was quite pleased with my first victory in which opening preparation for a specific opponent played a role.

Upset - Round 4 - Lansing City Championship

2008-04-30T18:17:00.000-07:00

Tony Nichols reluctantly submitted his game against Ray Garrison. Before last round, he was the clear favorite, the only player with a perfect score. After his loss to Ray, he is tied for first place once again.

Ray, having lost to Seth Homa in round 1, has won all his games since then. No other players have 3 points going into round 5. However, Seth Homa and Jacob Fortuna, both with 2.5 points, are close behind.

Here is Ray's win against Tony. A nice rook sacrifice finishes the game.