Thirty four players battled for the 2011 Club Championship with Keith Eubanks (2027) defending Board 1 in the final round defeating Erik Murrah (1701) to finish with the first perfect score in the Club Championship and claim his second Title in dominating fashion!
2010 Champ Philipp Lamby (2188) defeated Paul Farb (1900) to take clear second with 4 points. Edsel Pena (1986) took the point from Dave Vetterlein (1800) as George Morton (1728) won over Ralph Buske (1489).
Birney Blind (1194) outlasted a determined Mark Woodman (1177) to take the final round point and secure the Top U1600 Trophy with 3 points. Russell Thurmond (1600) finished on a positive note with a win over Shiva Balasubramanian (1302) as Jason Arthur (1404) claimed the point from Alex Humphreys (830).
Paul Lowry (1108) secured the draw against David Boyd (1317) and it was enough to allow Paul to win the U1200 Trophy with 2.5 points. Richard Watts (1130) defeated Mike Meekins (954) to finish with a win.
Max Witherell (1204) defeated fellow Jr Player Christian Dunlap (916) to win the Top Jr. Player Trophy with 2 points. Amazingly, all five trophies were won outright! Each trophy winner also receives a one year club membership.
Thanks to everyone for making this the largest, strongest and most competitive Club Championship to date! Congratulations to the Trophy Winners!
Next week is Ashland Quick XXIV.
Be sure to check the Club Message board for the poll on trying the 30s increment instead our usual 5s delay in Ashland XX. Please give feedback on the message board or at the club Thursday evening.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Game of the Month #1 and Border Battle 2011
The voting has ended and our first Game of the Month for 2011 is the round 5 game from the Ashland Team Tournament, Ashland XIX between James MacDougall and Paul Farb. This game features a classical Main Line Sicilian Najdorf (ECO B99) between two of our clubs top players. Enjoy this fierce Battle.
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Both players will receive a free entry to a regular club tournament.
Game of the month #2 voting will begin soon so submit your games to the club database.
The Annual Border Battle took place this past weekend in Lake Norman, NC.
The featured match was between our Phillipp Lamby and NC Champion and full time chess coach Craig Jones. The champions battled to a even 2-2 but SC fought valiantly but succumbed to the on-slought of the NC players.
(show chess board)(hide chess board)Both players will receive a free entry to a regular club tournament.
Game of the month #2 voting will begin soon so submit your games to the club database.
The Annual Border Battle took place this past weekend in Lake Norman, NC.
The featured match was between our Phillipp Lamby and NC Champion and full time chess coach Craig Jones. The champions battled to a even 2-2 but SC fought valiantly but succumbed to the on-slought of the NC players.
This Saturday, March 26th there is a Reverse Angle in Charlotte, NC. If you have never been to a Reverse Angle its a great 1 day tournament with plenty of good competition to hone your game.
Thursday March 24th is the final round of the Club Championship. Awards will be given that night. Come out and have some fun.
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