Ashland XXIV Rd 3

Ashland XXIV continued with round 3.  In the Open section,  Ben Caiello(1794) continued his winning ways by defeating Lendel Robinson(1579).  Paul Farb(1900) defeated Cody Kyzer(1312) in a hard fought game.  Daniel Caiello(1540) pulled and upset and won over Erik Murrah(1761).  Adam Shaw(1779) and George Morton(1648) played a hard fought game to eventually end in a draw.  In the longest game of the evening, Chris Labrecque(1354) pulled out the win against Darell Hunt(1336).

In the Amateur section, Shaun McCoy(UNR) defeated Richard Watts(1166) and Mike Meekins(1000) defeated Dillon Webb.  James Doyle(1190) and Jaime Sanyer(1139) drew along with Mark Woodman(1143) and Paul Lowry(1163).  In the final game, Christian Dunlap(938) defeated Richard Jeffcoat(UNR).

Ashland XXIV continues with Round 4 on November 10th.  Call, Email, or text before 7:15pm to make sure you are paired.

Ashland XXIV Round 2

Eighteen players battled in Round 2 of Ashland XXIV.

  Ben Caiello (1794) upset Paul Farb (1900) to take the lead atop the Open Section with 2 points. Lendel Robinson(1579) took the point from Daniel M. Smith (1479), Daniel Caiello(1540) won over Chris Labrecque(1354) and Ralph Buske(1453) and George Morton(1648) agreed to disagree and called it a draw.

 In the Amateur Section, Darell Hunt (1336) continued his winning ways with a win over newcomer Shaun McCoy(UNR). Mike Mayfield(1297) took the point from Ron Labrecque(1071) and Richard Watts(1166) defeated James Doyle(UNR). Birney Blind(1176) defeateded Christian Dunlap(938) and Paul Lowry(1163) climed the point from newcomer Richard Jeffcoat(UNR).

Round 3 resumes the tournament on Thursday 11-3-2011. Registration ends at 7:15pm.

Some upcoming tournaments of notable interest are:

NC Class Championships Nov 4-6 Charlotte, NC.

Augusta Action, Dec 3rd. Evans, GA

Lamby wins Ashland Quick XXIV!

Sixteen players competed in four quads at Ashland Quick XXIV. Philipp Lamby (2099) scored a perfect 3 points to take clear first ahead of Edsel Pena (2019), Paul King (1905) & Klaus Johnson (1795) in the Top Quad.

Joerg Lohse (1765) and Gil Holmes (1551) tied with two points to finish first in the Candidates Quad ahead of Paul Farb (1774) and Steve Boshears (1593).

Adam Shaw (1445) posted a perfect 3-0 to take the Amateur Quad ahead of George Morton (1474), Erik Murrah (1435) and Mike Mayfield (1427).

David Boyd (1254) shared the top spot of the Reserve Quad with Cody Kyzer (1091) finishing ahead of Richard Watts (1066) and Christian Dunlap (726).

Note that posted ratings are Quick Ratings, not Regular.

Next week, April 7, is Casual Night. Come out for some stress free chess!!

The Year End Awards standings have been updated.

There will be 4 (FOUR!) tournaments here in Columbia this year. All will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn on Harbison.

The first is the Lee Hyder, that used to be held in Aiken, on May 20-22.

Next up is a new event, the South Carolina Class Championships on July 9-10. There is also a Blitz tournament Sat night during this event.

On Aug 19-21 is the Columbia Chess Club's signature event, The Columbia Open and the last tournament will be the 72nd South Carolina Championships.

There's plenty of action right here in town this year so get out and play!!