Ashland Quick XXIX

In the 29th edition of Ashland Quick night, 16 players battled it out in the tournament hall with a hand full playing casually in the skittles room.

In the Kaspy section James MacDougall(1963) scored a dominating 3 points.  Paul Farb(1732) claimed 2 points in the top quad.  

The Fischer section saw Lendel Robinson(1493) and Gil Holmes(1654) split the reward with each having 2 points.

Chris Labrecque(1287) scored a perfect 3 points and Shaun McCoy(1196) scored 2 points in the Karpov quad.

In the final quad, Christian Dunlap won the section with 2.5 points, improving his quick rating to 1050, and Richard Watts(1152) took second with 2 points.

Final results can be seen here.

February 16th is casual night.  Come join Erik "The Weaksquare" Murrah  for and endgame presentation along with some fun stress free chess.

The Columbia Chess Club Championship starts February 23rd and runs through March 22nd.  Join the fun and pit your wits against the best in Columbia. 

B Caiello wins A25 - Tims takes Amateur Section

Twenty six players competed in Ashland XXV as Ben Caiello (1880) cruised to another tournament win with a last round victory over Gil Holmes (1804). Paul Farb (1946) finally wore down Lendel Robinson's (1628) stubborn defense to tie for second with Darell Hunt (1387) who scored a last round win over Ralph Buske (1501). Dan Caiello (1575) took the point in an upset win over Ron Hinds (1817).

Ron Tims (1389) dominated the Amateur Section scoring his fourth win with a victory over Ron Labrecque (1063) in the final round to finish with 4.5 points after taking a second round bye. Mike Mayfield (1300) bounced back with a win over Birney Blind (1177) to finish tied for second with Shaun McCoy (1285) who escaped with a win over Christian Dunlap (984). Cody Kyzer (1480) picked up the point from Richard Watts (1230).

Next up is Ashland Quick XXIX on Feb 9. The Club Championship will begin on Feb 23.

The 38th Snowstorm Special is coming up Feb 11-12 in Charleston.

Be sure to check out Chess Players of Augusta. Rated play is now available in the Augusta area!