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December 10-12, 1999: Many St. Louis area players did well at the 1999 National Scholastic K-12 Grade Championships, held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tommy Rohrbaugh (1786) of Clayton HS scored 4½-1½ to place 8th among 12th graders. Metro HS placed 5th among 11th grade teams (Anthony Burich 4-2, Mike Jeffries 4-2, Michael Kersulov, 3½-2½). Burich and Jeffries received individual trophies: Anthony for 2nd place among players rated from 1400-1599; Mike for 1st place among players rated 1000-1199. Nick Nobbe of Vianney HS scored 4-2 to take the 2nd place trophy for 11th grade players rated 1200-1399. Clayton HS placed 10th in 10th grade, even though they only had two players: Clark Guo (1693) placed 10th individually and Jordan Dybvig (1452) 11th with 4½-1½ scores. In the 7th Grade tournament David Scott scored 4-2 to take the trophy for 4th place among players rated 1200-1399. Thomas G. Gossell (1365) (home schooled) placed 10th in the 6th Grade tournament with a 5-1 score. In the 3rd Grade tournament Jack Regenbogen (1288) of Craig Elementary School placed 6th with a 5-1 score. Kevin Guo (1121) of Glenridge Elementary School placed 20th with a 4-2 score. In the Kindergarten tournament Clark Rogers of Community Elementary School placed 18th with a 3-3 score. complete results
December 4, 1999: The First Saturday of Even Months Chess Tournament, held at the Brentwood Community Center, was won by Waldo Odak with a 3-0 score. The Reserve section was won by David Scott, who also scored 3-0. See Wayde Stallmann's site for complete results. November 22, 1999: Bill Moushèy sent out a letter announcing his retirement from chess, due to the extensive financial losses ($5000 in the last year) he has suffered. He is cancelling the three tournaments he currently has scheduled: January 29, 2000, April 29, 2000 (Sarnoff), and May 27-28, 2000 (U.S. Amateur South). Bill's tournaments will be missed by many. November 20, 1999: The United States Open Team Chess Championship was dominated by the Kudrinators (GM Sergey Kudrin (4-0), IM Enrico Sevillano (4-0), David Cole and Alan Kantor) who scored 37 out of a possible 40 points. The scoring system was that a win at first board counted 4, second board 3, etc. Top Expert team was Oversites (NM Todd Andrews, NM Peter Bereolos, NM Jerry Wheeler and Dave Gilchrist), who drove up from Tennessee and scored 29½. The Top A team was Washington University "A" (NM Arun Sharma, Massouris Panagiotis, Missaka Warusawitharana, Michael Spencer) who scored 26½. Top B team was Jack and the Beanstalks (Dale Rigby, Devin Tesar, David Scott, Jack Regenbogen) who scored 20½. Top C team was Washington University "B" (Josh Frank, Jay Lewis, Eric de Mello, Dave Hirschberg), who scored 27. Top D team was Northern Illinois University, who scored 19. Top E team was Metro High School (Anthony Burich, Brian Nickeson (4-0), Zach Holtzman, Dave Chism), who scored 23. Top F team was B.C.C., who scored 13. There were 30 teams total. Bill Moushèy directed. games and pictures November 19, 1999: Grandmaster Sergey Kudrin (2607) played 14 players in a simultaneous exhibition at the Holiday Inn Airport North in Bridgeton. Kudrin won 13, giving up a draw to 9-year-old Jack Regenbogen. There's an article and picture on p. c1 of the Sunday, November 21, 1999, St. Louis Post Dispatch. Kudrin-Regenbogen November 17, 1999: Grandmaster Sergey Kudrin (2607) took on fourteen players in a simultaneous exhibition at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Watson across from Crestwood Plaza. The GM scored 12-2, losing only to Scott Dalton and Jim Voelker. Click here to see Kudrin-Dalton. A good time was had by all. October 23, 1999: The Brentwood October Swiss was won by Fred Sadoogi (2020) with a score of 3½-½, drawing with Waldo Odak (1917) in the last round. Jim McDonald directed. (Thanks to George Essig for this report.) Also see Mike Kummer's report. October 2, 1999: The First Saturday of Even Months Chess Tournament, held at the Brentwood Community Center, was won by IM Mike Brooks and Life Master Bob Jacobs, both 3-0. Top "A" was Jim McDonald (2-1). Michael Gosser, Cesareo Rodriguez and Wayde Stallmann all scored 2-1 to tie for the "B" prize. There were 19 players in this section. The Reserve Section had 39 players. Class "C" winners were Ed Baur, Joe Hoffmann, Bill Moushèy and Vernon Smith (3-0). The Class "D" winner was Chris Johnson (3-0). The Class "E" winners were Alexey Kazakevich and George Smith (2-1). The U1000 winners were David Chism, Cain Coleman, and Daniel Drazic (2-1). The Unrated winners were Kermit Wilkison and Scott Wood (2-1). The Upset Prize went to Cain Coleman, 850 points. For complete results see Wayde Stallmann's Page September 29, 1999: Report on the Michael Brooks simul from Mike Kummer's site: The IM Michael Brooks Simul was attended nicely at the Barnes and Noble Chess Club. Special thanks to new club President Tony Rich for bringing him in. MSSCC Member Ray Kurczynski held the International Master to a draw, MSSCC Reigning Champ Mike Kummer didn't last that long. Local Expert Julio Santiago defeated Brooks. Master Loal Davis continued his dominant streak over the St. Louis area with an impressive victory over Brooks. Newly crowned expert, Steve Bange, closed out the event with a complicated draw against the 2500+. (Mike Kummer) September 25-26, 1999: Missouri Open State Championship, Rolla, Mo. The new state champion is George Essig, who beat out Ron Luther on tiebreak. Each player had four wins and a draw. Jim Davies won the Expert prize with a 4-1 score, Waldo Odak won the "A" prize with another 4-1 score. Milton Garber won the "B" prize with 4-1. Clark Guo, Wesley Willis and Josh Skaggs shared the "C" prize with 4-1 scores. Tim Campbell won the "D" prize with a 3-2 score. Kenneth Ballard won the Unrated prize with a 2-3 score. Clark Guo won the upset prize for defeating Bob Holliman (2152). Yves Tan directed. Check out results on the UM Chess Club Page. September 19, 1999: Southern Illinois Open Championship, Mt. Vernon, IL. (Swiping the report from Mike Kummer's site): This tournament drew 35 entrants. A new record. Mark Oestreich directed the event. MSSCC Members Mike Kummer and Ray Kurczynski partcipated. Both were 2-0 after 2 rounds by knocking off Class 'A' players. Kummer defeated Dan Coryea, while Ray defeated Victor Pagan. To see the game click here Unfortuantly, both members were defeated in the final round. Ray took home half of the Class 'C' prize to earn $25. While Cesareo Rodriguez took the entire Class 'B' prize of $80 with 2.5. September 9, 1999: The final Thursday Night Quick Chess Tournament at Borders in Sunset Hills was won by three players who all scored 3-1: Waldo Odak, Hazim Cekic and Ray Kurczynski. Eight hearty souls competed. Organizer Jim McDonald is looking for a new site. This was the last official event at this club. August 28, 1999: The Bishops at the Cathedral Tournament was won by the up-and-coming Tommy Rohrbaugh. See Mike Kummer's report . August 21, 1999: The Columbine Memorial Tournament (fka Sarnoff Memorial Tournament) was won by Alan Erlebacher and Jim Voelker with 3½-½ scores, drawing each other in a wild game in the last round. Bob Jacobs took the Master prize with a 2½-1½ score. Experts George Essig and Herman Chiu scored 3-1. Michael Cerezo scored 3-1 to take the Class A prize. The Class B prize was split between Bill Thompson and Yves Tan with 2½-1½ scores. Tommy Rohrbaugh didn't win a prize, but played some great chess, beating Expert Aaron Dubin, having a win but eventually drawing Expert Herman Chiu and drawing Hal Wismann (1990). There were 21 players in the top section. Ray Kurczynski was the big money winner of the day, getting $500 for his 4-0 score in the 58-player Under 1600 Section. See David Scott-Ray Kurczynski from Mike Kummer's site for the decisive last round game. Clark Guo, Jose Mora, Alina Ziolkowska and Charles Ward split the Class C prize. The Class D prize was divided by four players: Jack Regenbogen, Chris Lewis, David Scott and Ken Lindley. The Class E prize was divided among Jared Klein, Brian Nickeson and Vivek Joshi. The Class F prize was won by Gabriel Boyd. The 5-player Unrated Section was won by Scott Wood and Lee Barker. August 12, 1999: The "2nd Thursday of the Month" Quick Chess tournament held at the Borders Watson Road Chess Club was won by Jim Voelker with a 4-0 score. Aaron Dubin, Waldo Odak and Ted Owens tied for second with 3-1 scores, Aaron and Waldo splitting the Expert/A prize and Ted winning the D/E/Unrated prize. Ted, with a Quick Chess rating of only 985, beat Jim McDonald (1905) in the last round. Mike Kummer and Charles Hall split the B/C prize with 2-2 scores. There were 16 players. The ever-genial Jim McDonald directed. August 7, 1999: The First Saturday of Even Months Tourney was won by George Essig (2098) with a perfect 4-0 score. Yves Tan (1754) took clear second and won the Under 1800 prize with 3½-½ score, upsetting Fred Sadoogi (2043) in the process. Keqin Gu (1823) won the Class A prize in a tiebreaker game over Jim McDonald (1868), both with 3-1 scores. The Reserve Section was won by Russell Day (1419), beating Bill Moushèy (1421) in the last round. Ken Wendling (1362) tied for second and won the Class D prize with a 3½-½ score. Keith Bass (1165) also scored 3½-½ to win the Class E prize. The Under 1000 prize was won by Daniel Drazic (930) with a 3-1 score. The Unrated prize was won by Joseph Derr and John Walker, both 2½-1½. The Upset Prize went to Siyao Gu (837), for beating Adan Jansen (1302). The tournament was directed by Wayde Stallmann. View complete results at: Wayde Stallmann's Home Page. Mike Kummer has a couple of his games from the tournament on his site. July 24-25, 1999: Winners in the Missouri Class Championships held in Columbia, Mo., were Master: Loal Davis; Expert: Rojit Parthasarathy; Class A: Yves Tan (trophy) and Michael Cerezo; Class B: Devin Tesar (trophy), Milton Garber and James O. Smith; Class C: Wesley Willis; Class D: Sam Gross (trophy), Prasad Jayaraman and David L. Owens; Class E: Craig LaSalle; Unrated: Shane Evans. Loal Davis (2352) is St. Louis' newest master, via California. Sam Gross is also a St. Louisan. July 18, 1999: SICL Mt. Vernon Open Championship: story on Mike Kummer's Web Site. He also reports a great result in Pennsylvania by Tommy Rohrbaugh and the three directors elected from Region I in the recent Missouri Chess Association election: William Wright, Ed Baur and David Cole. July 10, 1999: The Brentwood July Open was won by Loal Davis (2362), George Essig (2070), and Steve Bange (1983), all with perfect 4-0 scores. Loal has moved here from California and is a welcome addition to the local chess scene. He showed his strength winning nice games against Waldo Odak (1958) and Fred Sadoogi (2046). Steve Bange upset Aaron Dubin (2092) in the last round to get his share of first place. There were 54 entries. Mike Kummer won the "B" prize with an impressive 3½-½, beating Waldo Odak in the last round. David Kearns and Phil Dybvig tied for the "C" prize with 3-1 scores. Joe Regenbogen won the "D" prize with 3-1. There was a five way tie for the Under 1200 prize with Ben Christmann, Jason Clark, Keith Bass, Andy Reynolds and Nick Knobbe all scoring 2-2. The Unrated prize was won by John Walker with a 1½-2½ score. July 8, 1999: The "2nd Thursday of the Month" Quick Chess tournament held at the Borders Watson Road Chess Club was won by George Essig and Jim Voelker with 3½-½ scores, drawing with each other. Salih Kujundjic, Joe Regenbogen and Andy Reynolds tied for third with 3-1 scores, Joe winning the "C" prize and Andy the "D/E" prize. June 25-27, 1999, Philadelphia: due to some lucky tiebreaks at the last Missouri Open, I was able to represent Missouri at the "2nd Annual Tournament of State Champions." This tournament was open to state champions and Grandmasters, and about a third of the 24 participants were Grandmasters, in town for a warmup before the World Open. My first clue to the strength of the tournament was when I was paired with Polish GM Alek Wojtkiewicz (2683) in the first round, on board 4. The tournament was eventually won by GMs Vladimir Akopian (2724) and Jan Ehlvest (2721), who scored 4-1. My result was a mediocre 2-3, but since my only losses were to two Grandmasters, the other being Czech GM Pavel Blatny (2599), it's not as bad as you might think. Rather than show how the two GMs squeezed me, I think I'll show my win: Voelker-Flores June 10, 1999: Borders Watson Road Chess Club 2nd Thursday of the Month Quick Chess Tourney: link to Mike Kummer's News Page June 5, 1999: Wayde Stallmann's First Saturday of Even Months Tourney May 28-31, 1999: Chicago Open report: link to Mike Kummer's News Page May 16, 1999: SICL Double Class Championships: link to Mike Kummer's News Page May 13, 1999: The "2nd Thursday of the Month" Quick Chess tournament held at the Borders Watson Road Chess Club was won by George Essig and Salih Kujundjic with perfect 4-0 scores. Mike Kummer, Waldo Odak and Jim Voelker tied for third with 3-1 scores, Mike winning the B/C prize and Waldo the Expert/A prize. Hazim Cekic and Tom Rohrbaugh scored 2½-1½, Tom winning the D/E/U prize. Jim McDonald did his usual excellent job of directing. May 3, 1999: Wayde Stallmann sent me the following email: Mike Nitzband is the official USCF Tournament Clearinghouse for zip codes: 63000-65999. His calendar of upcoming Chess tournaments is now at: http://www.wayde.com/ If you are a TD you will want to check this site before picking a date. If you are a player stop by often to find the next local event. May 1-2, 1999: The St. Louis Mayday Open was won by Doug Eckert (2306) and Jim Voelker (2269) with 4½-½ scores. Keqin Gu (1756) and Tony Kreinberg (1754) passed up a number of higher rated players to tie for third with 4-1 scores. They also split the Under 2200 and Under 1800 prizes. Steve Bange, Steve Landrum, Jim McDonald and Waldo Odak all tied for the Under 2000 prize with 3½-1½ scores. Expert Fred Sadoogi also scored 3½-1½ but did not win a prize. Mike Kummer and David Miller scored 3-2 to win the Under 1600 prize. Greg Needham and Charles Ward split the Under 1400 prize, and Christopher Johnson won the Unrated prize. The 42-player tournament was directed by Ed Baur with the help of Wendell Bollinger, Wayde Stallmann and Jim McDonald. (My apologies if I left anybody out.) April 9-11, 1999: The 1999 National High School Chess Championship. A large contingent of 51 Missouri players (32 from St. Louis) made the trip to Sioux Falls, SD. There were 3 sections, each playing 7 rounds. The top 4 scores from a school were added to form the team score, so the highest possible team score would be 28. Open Section (345 players) The Open Section was a very strong tournament with 12 masters, led by Marcel Martinez (2429) of Florida, although the winner was Patrick Hummel (2327) of Nevada, who had 6 wins and a draw. Best Missouri player was Matt Brooks (1471) of Lee's Summit HS, who came in 50th with a 5-2 score and received the Second Place 1400-1599 trophy. Tommy Rohrbaugh (1560) of Clayton HS was the top St. Louis player with 4.5 and took the Fourth Place 1400-1599 trophy. He placed 65th overall. Next best Missouri player was Anthony Burich (1308) of Metro HS who scored 4-3. The top team score by a Missouri school was Clayton HS which took 25th place (Tommy Rohrbaugh 4.5, Jordan Dybvig 3.5, Kevin Stansen 3, Lyman Brown-Whitehill 2.5). Second best Missouri school was Lee's Summit HS which placed 40th overall. Third best for Missouri was Parkway North which placed 43rd overall. Under 1300 Section (282 players) Top Missouri player was Jason Clark (1032) of Seckman HS in Imperial who scored 6-1 to receive the 6th place overall trophy on tiebreak. Matthew Gibbs (1042) of Vianney scored 5.5 and received the 13th place trophy. Jack Regenbogen (1209) of Craig scored 5 and received the 25th place trophy. Brian Dewey (1115) of Rockhurst HS in Kansas City also scored 5 and placed 26th and received the top 1100-1299 trophy since he was the top player in that range not to receive a place trophy. Greg Owsley (1109) of Rockhurst HS also scored 5 and received the 11th place 1100-1299 trophy. The top team score by a Missouri school in the section was by Rockhurst HS of Kansas City which placed 8th (Brian Dewey 5, Greg Owsley 5, Melvin Dunsworth 4.5, Paul Mattione 3). Next best Missouri team was Vianney HS which placed 21st with only three players (Matthew Gibbs 5.5, Glennon Frei 4.5, Tom Jackson 4). Under 1000 Section (304 players) Top Missouri player was Nick Knobbe (894) of Vianney HS who scored 6-1 to place 5th in the section. Michael Kersulov (959) of Metro HS also scored 6 and took the 8th place trophy. Tony Rich (971) of Vianney scored 5.5 and took the 13th place trophy. Dave Curran of Vianney scored 5, placing 55th overall and taking the trophy for 8th best unrated, although all 7 above him had the same score. The top team score by a Missouri school in the section was by Vianney HS of St. Louis, which placed 3rd, 2 game points behind Shawnee Mission East HS which took first. Vianney with 14 had more players than any other school in the section. Top scorers were Nick Knobbe 6, Tony Rich 5.5, Dave Curran 5, Corey Donahue 4, Luis Lightle 4, Jeff Schuler 4, Matt Bruns 4, Kevin Gritzke 4 and Ryan Gritzke 4. Second best Missouri school was Metro HS which placed 17th (Michael Kersulov 6, Lawrence Fields 4, Raymond Song 3.5, Jeremy Karnowski 3.5). For complete results see 1999 National High School Chess Championship. April 8, 1999: The "2nd Thursday of the Month" Quick Chess tournament held at the Borders Watson Road Chess Club was won by George Essig with a perfect 4-0 score. Hal Wismann, Salih Kujundzic, Fred Sadoogi, Jim Voelker and possibly somebody else tied for second with 3-1 scores. April 3, 1999: First Saturday of Even Months Tourney, directed by Wayde Stallmann 72 Players attended: 2 Masters and 7 Experts View complete results at: Wayde Stallmann's Home Page Open Section: 38 players 1st Overall + Expert: (3) Jim Davies, Bob Jacobs, Andy Witte Class A: (2) Steve Bange, Howard Ritter, Cesareo Rodriguez, Bryan Roth, Behrooz Vakil U1800: (2) Dennis Humphries, Chris Lewis, Mike Nitzband, Tom Rohrbaugh Reserve Section: 34 players 1st Overall: (3) Clark Guo, Mike Kummer Class D: (2.5) James Hodge U1200: (2) Mike Drzakowski, Michael Kersulov, Nick Knobbe, Brian Nickeson, Alex Roth Unrated: (3) Salih Kujundzic April 1, 1999: added list of St. Louis District Champions since 1926. March 28, 1999: The 18th Southern Illinois Winter Open in Salem, Illinois, was won by Jim Davies and Greg Hoffman with perfect 3-0 scores. Andy Witte, Waldo Odak, George Essig and possibly others tied for third with 2½-½ scores. The tournament was directed by Mark Oestreich. March 11, 1999: The "2nd Thursday of the Month" Quick Chess tournament held at the Borders Watson Road Chess Club was won by Waldo Odak. March 6, 1999: Partial results on the 1999 Missouri Elementary School Championship in Jefferson City. David Lyons went 6-0 to win the 8th Grade and Under title. Jared Klein was second with 5½-½. Jack Regenbogen and Thomas Gossell each went 6-0 to win the 5th Grade and Under title. Craig School was the Elementary champion. Help me out if you have more complete results. February 26, 1999: Four players tied for first in the 1999 Missouri High School Championship in Jefferson City: Andrei Dokoutchaev, Anthony Burich, Alex Borodyanskiy, and I don't know the name of the fourth player. I believe Metro High School won the team title. February 13-14, 1999: There was only one Missouri team at the U.S. Amateur Team Championship Midwest in Chicago. Shirov Defeat (Jim Voelker, Andy Witte, Julio Santiago and Waldo Odak) went 4-1 to tie for 3rd-6th place. There were two teams with grandmasters and they took 1st and 2nd places. (Must be a moral there somewhere.) St. Louisan David Cole played for the team that placed second. February 6, 1999: The "First Saturday of Even Months" tourney was won by Bob Jacobs, Andy Witte, Julio Santiago, Aaron Dubin and Waldo Odak, all with 2½-½ scores. The Under-1600 Section was won by Mike Kummer and James Schramm with 3-0 scores. There were a total of 52 players. Director Wayde Stallmann announced that "In an attempt to bring the best players in St. Louis to my tournaments I now refund the entry fee of Masters and Experts if they don't win a prize." Way to go, Wayde! See Wayde's page for upcoming events and previous winners, as well as standings for "Player of the Year." For final 1998 standings click on Player of the Year--1998. January 30, 1999: The 1999 Midwest Open Team Chess Championship was won by the top rated Chess Pains (Jim Voelker, Bob Jacobs, Aaron Dubin and Wayde Stallmann), giving up only 3 draws in 16 games. Report January 1, 1999: The 22nd Annual New Year's Holiday Event in Columbia, Illinois, was won by Jim Davies and Steve Bange with perfect 3-0 scores. Crosstable by director Bill Merrell. |
