Derek Meredith and Joe Bihlmeyer, each a national expert, tied for first place at the Eastern Connecticut Open held Feb 24 in Coventry CT.
Three players finished with 2-1 scores: Art Nagel, Jonathan Smucker, and Rob Roy.
We wish to acknowledge all of our volunteers who make this event possible:
Liz Glick for allowing us to use her home to host this USCF tournament. Liz also helps with 3 days of site preparations before each event and lunch.
We thank Rob Roy for creating the chess center, and for organizing the tournament program here.
We wish to thank Juan Sanchez, a world-famous naturalist who lives locally, for grilling our hamburgers, and for bringing his homemade fruit salad.
We are thankful for the $15 in anonymous donations made into the jar this time. Liz and I were gifted with Munson's chocolates from Derek Meredith.
Thanks for support from the Norwich Chess Club who sent Juan Sanchez. Art Nagel, and Mark Denihan. We thank Todd Berkun for driving his son Joshua to our tournaments.
Joshua is our 3rd most frequent player with 8 tournaments attended. Juniors benefit greatly from competing against adults versus other juniors.
Bihlmeyer is now leading the Chess Center Grand Prix, with 5 tournament wins to his credit. FM Nelson Castaneda and Derek Meredith are tie for 2nd place, each with 4 tournament wins.
Bihlmeyer also tops the most frequent player list with 13 tournaments attended. Derek Meredith in 2nd place with 9 attended. Hugh James, Joshua Berkun, and Rob Roy tie for 3rd with 8 attended.
We have now converted over to offering guaranteed prizes of $160-1st, $80-2nd, at every tournament. We seek to breakeven in the long run. Poor turnouts will no longer result in prizes being cutback.
In an effort to increase attendance at our future events, we would like to offer these special discounts as incentives: $5 off for Carpool. $5 off for retired or unemployed. $5 off for those driving from more than 65 miles away. $5 off for first-time USCF players. No multiple discounts applied.
On-Site volunteers needed: Grill Cook. Lunchtime Server and Helper. Chess Houseman (1000-1400 rating).
Our next tournament is March 17 - GREATER HARTFORD OPEN.
Then, on April 21 - NATHAN HALE OPEN.
Rob Roy no longer posts about national and international chess on Facebook. Connecticut Chess Magazine is now the state's official chess publication. Our mail subscription service is FeedBurner, you can subscribe/unsubscribe here.
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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 | MATTHEW DEREK MEREDITH |2.5 |W 6|W 3|D 2|
CT | 10031443 / R: 2199 ->2197 | | | | |
| Q: 2026 ->2025 | | | | |
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2 | JOSEPH E BIHLMEYER |2.5 |W 4|W 6|D 1|
CT | 12686352 / R: 2015 ->2026 | | | | |
| Q: 1900 ->1911 | | | | |
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3 | ARTHUR C NAGEL |2.0 |W 7|L 1|W 5|
CT | 10264669 / R: 1721 ->1728 | | | | |
| Q: 1487 ->1502 | | | | |
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4 | JONATHAN SMUCKER |2.0 |L 2|W 7|W 9|
NY | 16150138 / R: 1521P10->1537P13 | | | | |
| Q: 1521P10->1530P13 | | | | |
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5 | ROB ROY |2.0 |W 10|W 8|L 3|
CT | 10574790 / R: 1400 ->1400 | | | | |
| Q: 1186 ->1187 | | | | |
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6 | CORNEL N OSADSA |1.0 |L 1|L 2|W 10|
MA | 12452255 / R: 1712 ->1706 | | | | |
| Q: 1578 ->1571 | | | | |
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7 | JOSHUA BERKUN |1.0 |L 3|L 4|W 8|
CT | 16080502 / R: 1393 ->1376 | | | | |
| Q: 1337 ->1314 | | | | |
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8 | JUDY J SIMONDS |1.0 |W 9|L 5|L 7|
CT | 13745435 / R: 755 -> 782 | | | | |
| Q: 752 -> 777 | | | | |
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9 | JUAN SANCHEZ |1.0 |L 8|W 10|L 4|
CT | 16071321 / R: 927P3 -> 775P6 | | | | |
| Q: 808P3 -> 762P6 | | | | |
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10 | JANICE ELAINE JENKINS |0.0 |L 5|L 9|L 6|
MA | 16175144 / R: 758 -> 726 | | | | |
| Q: 776P24-> 739 | | | | |
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