Twelve players came out to compete in Round 1 of Ashland XXXV. Ben Caiello (2040 ) took advantage of an opening miscue by Daniel Smith (1449) and successfully defended Board 1. Gil Holmes (1813) was able to convert an opening advantage into a full point claiming the win over Akshat Jindal (1418) and Paul Potylicki (1534) returned to competition scoring a first round win over Akshita Jindal (1308).
In the Amateur Section, Richard Watts (1200) was able to grind out the win over David Stoner (UNR) as Mike Mayfield (1496) took the point from James Doyle (1103 ) and David Boyd (1426) won over Jared Whiting (1036).
Round 2 is Thursday, Oct 17.
Upcoming Tournaments:
Oct 18 -20 - 74th SC Chess Championships - Columbia, SC
Oct 26 - Lowry Grand Prix #5 - Columbia, SC
Oct 26 - Reverse Angle 33 - Charlotte, NC
Nov 2 - Pageland Chess #2 - Pageland, SC
Nov 15-17 - 40th LPO - Winston Salem, NC
Nov 30 - Reverse Angle 34 - Charlotte, NC
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