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Connecticut State Chess Association |
Scott Kaplan (1873) ties with three time champion of
NM Ted McHugh wins 2003 State Championship!
Full Results: Open Section Reserve Section Novice Section
GM Ildar Ibragimov wins 2003 Greater New Haven Fall Open.
FMs Nelson Castaneda and Rick Bauer share first at Townsend Cup.
Results will be posted soon.
2002 Greater New Haven Spring Open Results:
Open Section
1. Ibragimov, Ildar (2668)
2. Bauer, Rick (2240)
3. Jackson, Rich (2126)
4. Pryeor, William
5. Herscovici,
1. Mansfield, Derek
2. Bishop, Cameron
3. Gregory, Scott
4. Cheung, Jeff
5. Waltman,
1. Zhang, Hyden
2. Goldenberg, Ryan
3. Van Dyck, James
4. Davis,
5. Sweeney, Sam
Elementary Section
1. LaPlant, Jake
2. Goman, Martin
3. Martel, Will
4. Zheng, Eric
5. Palkowski, Matthew
Primary Section
1. Gregory, William
2. Chen, Avery
3. Luth, Cameron
4. Leffell, Alexander
5. Durkee, Tyler
New Haven Winter Open
Chess Tournament Results is Fun for Kids of All Ages
On Saturday, February 2, the Peck Place PTA in
conjunction with Educational Technologies hosted the 2002 Greater New Haven
Winter Open Chess Tournament at
The tournament included 5 sections: Primary (grades 1, 2), Elementary (grades
3, 4, 5), Middle School (grades 6, 7, 8), High School (grades 9 - 12), and
Open. Trophies were awarded to the top 5 players in each section and all chess
players received a chess medal for participating. The Peck Place PTA had a food
sale to help sponsor the event.
The tournament drew 104 chess players from: Peck Place School, The Country
School, Murphy School, Foote School, Turkey Hill School, A.W.Cox
School, Home School, Beecher Road School, Bethany Community School, Wintergreen
Magnet School,Noah Wallace School, Amity Jr. High
School, Carringan Middle School, Pearson Middle
School, J. Moran Middle School, I. A. Robbins Middle School, Winthrop Jr. High
School, Pomperaug High School, Hopkins School,
Enfield High School, The Sound School, Farmington High School, and West Haven
High School.
In the Primary section, trophies were awarded to Tyler Durkee
(5th place), Avery Chen (4th place), Matthew Fasano
(3rd place), Freeman Demirjian (2nd place),and William Gregory (1st place).
In the Elementary section, trophies were awarded to Stephen Bailey (5th place),
Schuyler Brass (4th place), Ches Mishke
(3rd place), Dylan Roydavis (2nd place), and Jake LaPlant (1st place).
In the Middle School section, trophies were awarded to Sam Sweeney (5th place),
Matthew Li (4th place), Ryan Goldenberg (3rd place), Geoff Blake (2nd place),
and James Van Dyck (1st place).
In the High School section, trophies were awarded to Scott Gregory (5th place),
Greg Mariano (4th place), Cameron Bishop (3rd place), Eric Jacobi
(2nd place), and Derek Mansfield (1st place).
In the Open section, trophies were awarded to James Jorasch
(5th place), Tony Purpora of
The winner of the High School section and the winner of the Open played a 5
minute speed game to determine the Grand Champion. The speed game was won by Chessmaster Rick Bauer.
22nd Townsend Cup
Richard Bauer of Wolcott and David Herscovici of
New
Haven each scored two wins and two draws, including a
fourth round draw with each other, to tie for first place in
the Open Section of the 22nd Townsend Cup, held October
27-28, 2001 at Wesleyan University, Middletown.
Martin Garcia of Windsor, Glenn Budzinski of
Monroe, Joseph
Bihlmeyer of Durham, and Ron Bourassa of Waterbury,
each
scored two wins and one draw to tie for 3rd-6th in the
15-player Open Section.
Budzinski missed a chance to finish clear first
when he
withdrew after the third round, after yielding only a draw to
Herscovici in round two.
Garcia drew with Bauer and lost to Budzinski,
while Bihlmeyer
and Bourassa both lost to Bauer, and drew with each other in
round four (when a win would have created a three way tie
for 1st place).
Wesleyan student Matthieu Moss drew with Sebastian
Botta
of
finish first in the 9-player Reserve Section.
James Takagi and Fred Townsend scored 2-0 in the Reserve
Section, then Takagi beat Townsend in round three to
lead
with 3-0 before losing to Moss in round four.
In the one-day eight-player Novice section (U-1400),
top-seeded (1364) Randy Malcuit (MA) scored 4-0,
defeating both Gordon Price (NY) and Roberta Trotta
(
Thirty-two players competed in the four round Swiss with
time controls of 40/2, SD/1, directed by National Tournament
Director Fred Townsend.
CONNECTICUT CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
FRED TOWNSEND
Geoffrey Gelman of Stamford, CT, and John Curdo of
Auburn, MA, each scored three wins and one draw to tie for
first place in the Open Section of the 2001 Connecticut
State Chess Championship tournament at Wesleyan University.
Since Curdo is not a Connecticut resident, the State
Championship title was awarded to Gelman. Gelman and Curdo
played each other in round three, and the game was drawn.
29 players competed in the Open Section.
Six players entered the final round with two wins and
one draw. Then, Gelman defeated top-seeded Adnan Kobas of
Danbury, while Curdo defeated 8th-seed Martin Garcia
of
Windsor, and two previous State champions, Richard Bauer of
Wolcott and Harris Appelman of Hartford fought to a
draw.
Tom Dionne of West Haven scored 3-1, losing only to
Curdo, to win the Under-2000 Rating (under Expert)
Class
prize. Mark Puglisi of Middletown, Evan Sonkin of
Weston,
and Max Enkin of Peabody, MA, scored 2.5 points and
tied for
2nd place in the Under-2000 Class.
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William Higgins of Wallingford won the 20 player
Reserve Section (Under 1800 Rating) with a perfect 4-0
score, defeating James Doyle of Niantic in the last round.
Damir Pavic of Branford
finished second with 3.5
points, yielding only a third round draw to James Takagi of
Hartford.
Doyle tied for third place at 3-1, with Robert Yelle
of
Ellington (who lost to Pavic), and Ray Dionne of
Greenville,
RI, who lost to 2nd-seeded Anastas Vllahu.
Michael Bailey of Windsor won the 20 player Novice
Section with a perfect 4-0 score. Andrew Davis II, a high
school entrant from Hartford, finished second by scoring
three wins after a first round draw.
Tying for third place with 3-1 scores were Chris Von
Kohorn and Matthew DiPasquale,
both from Westport and both
of whom lost to the champion Bailey, William Julianelle
III
of North Haven, and Jordan Conrad.
The next major CSCA event in Connecticut is the Townsend Cup
tournament, slated for Oct. 20-21 at Wesleyan University.
2nd EMANUEL SZTEIN MEMORIAL OPEN - February 24-25, 2001
Adnan Kobas (Danbury), John
Curdo (Auburn, MA) and Stanley Targonski
(Windsor) drew with each other, to tie for first place with 3-1 scores in
this 40 player event held at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.
Joseph Mansigian (New Britain) finished 4th in the
14-player Open Section
with 2.5 points, while Tom Hartmayer (Willimantic),
Daniel Glynn (Niantic),
Evan Sonkin (Weston) and Tony Blum (Ridgefield)
scored 2-2 to tie for the
Under 2000 prize.
William Higgins (
other to tie for first with 3.5 points in the 12-player Reserve Section
(Under 1800).
Jim Takagi (Hartford) finished 3rd in the Reserve with 2.5 points, while
Leon Kier (Branford), Albeiro Restrepo
(Windham) and James Doyle tied for
Under-1600 at 2-2.
In the one-day Novice (Under 1400) Section, which drew 14 players including
seven new USCF members, William Julianelle, Mark Samburg and Caleb McArthur
tied with 3-1 scores. Julianelle defeated both Samburg and McArthur, after
losing his first round game to Patrick A. Conner.
Dr. Leon Kier and the Connecticut Chess Foundation sponsored this event,
while Fred Townsend, Rick Townsend and Mary Conlon donated their tournament
director services.
