2001 St. Louis Chess News
December 8, 2001: The Yuletide Quick Chess
tourney in Farmington, MO, was won by perennial threat Jim Musumeci (1968)
with a 5-0 score. Second place was taken by Dale Medley (1432) with 4-1.
Bryan Gerdes (927) and Chester Yap (668) tied for first in the
Scholastic Section with 4½-½ scores.
Dale Medley directed the two
events, which attracted 27 players.
December 1, 2001: Today's tournament in Cape Girardeau made the front
page of the Southeast Missourian. Link to article
October 22, 2001: In a great boost to local chess, FIDE Master (and
International Master of Correspondence Chess) Doug Eckert is moving back
to St. Louis. Most Missouri players know Doug, but if you don't you could
check out this article about him by
Alex Dunne from Chess Life. Welcome back Doug!
October 22, 2001: For a very well-done Kansas City chess website
(including games annotated by IM Michael Brooks) check out the Westport Chess Club.
October 17, 2001: Expert David A. Cole gave a simultaneous exhibition
at the Barnes & Noble Book Store on Watson across from Crestwood
Plaza. The twelve participants each kicked in $10 which will go to the
American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund.
October 6, 2001: The Brentwood Quads were held, and 28 players
participated. The 7 winners were Albert Howlett, Sidney Levin, Tony Song,
John Tezel, Mike Schueler, Tony Cao, and Brian Hey.
The Super
Saturday Quads will take place on March 23rd, 2002 at the Brentwood
Community Center. (report by director David Cole)
September 22-23, 2001: Missouri Class Championships: Randy Merrell,
Organizer, gives the following report:
M/X 1st James Ellis. Class A
1st Thomas Gossell, 2nd Clark Guo. Class B 1st Tony Song, 2nd Roger W.
Smith on tie breaks over Milton Garber. Class C 1st Charlie Ward, 2nd
Randy Merrell. Class D 1st Tim Cambell, 2nd Paul T. Mattione. Class E 1st
Tyler Severance on tie breaks over 2nd place James A. Hulsey who also on
tie breaks over Mike J. Starkweather, and Christopher Hart. Class F 1st
Tony Noce on tie breaks over 2nd John A. Chapin on the fourth tie break by
1 point.
The tournament had 44 entries and was financially
successful thanks to the University of Missouri Rolla Chess Club, and
especially Paul Mattione, for being able to get the site for free. The big
story was Thomas Gossell and Clark Guo as Class B players playing up into
Class A and finishing first and second. Thomas even finished ahead of
Master James Ellis, who by agreement of the Class A players was allowed to
play in their section due to the fact that he was the only master entry.
Senior USCF director Harold Montgomery returning after many years off did
a fine job of keeping things going smoothly. Harold will be directing the
2002 Christmas Tree Open January 19-20 2002, his return is good news for
chess in the Kansas City area.
September 8, 2001: The Dog Days Quick Chess
tourney in Farmington, MO, was won by Jim Voelker (2198) with a 5-0 score.
Second place was taken by Jim Musumeci (1966) with 4-1. Third place was
won by Steve Randoll (1974) with a 3½-1½ score. Dale Medley directed the
16-player event.
August 31-September 3, 2001: A number of Missouri players participated
in the 20th North American Open in Stillwater, Oklahoma. While the event
was won by GM Yuri Shulman (2655) of Texas (8½-1½), he was closely
followed by IM John Donaldson of California and Missouri's own IM Mike
Brooks at 8-2. A phenomenal result, though, was turned in by 13-year-old
Tom Gossell (1745) of Lee's Summit, Missouri, who lost only to GM Shulman
en route to tying for 4th place with a very impressive 7-3 score. There
were 65 players in all.
For complete results, see Oklahoma Chess
Thanks to Randy
Merrell for emailing me on this event.
July 21, 2001: The Edwardville H.S. Swiss was won by Richard Martin
III (1820) with a 3-0 score. Second place was taken by Clark Guo (1753)
with a 2½-½ score. There were 12 players in the Open Section.
The
Reserve Section was won by Kevin Guo (1182) and Lou Sarmento (1088) with
3-0 scores. There were 24 players in the Reserve Section.
Check
out director Paul Holland's House of Chess web page for
more information.
July 7-8, 2001: The Missouri
Open, held in Columbia, Missouri, was won by Pavel
Bereza (2299) and Jim
Ellis (2200) with 4½-½ scores. Pavel won the championship trophy on
tiebreak. The Expert prize was won by Bob Holliman and Jim Davies,
both 4-1. The Class A prize was won by Waldo Odak and Panagiotis
Massouros, also with 4-1 scores. The Class B prize was won by Ed Irish and
11-year-old Deepyaman Datta,
both 3½-1½. The Class C prize was won by Robert Hibbs and Randy Merrell,
both 3-2. The Class D prize was won by Tony Song with a 3-2 score. The
Class E prize was won by Daniel Roberts, who split even at 2½-2½. The
Unrated prize went to Duane Weed for his 3-2 score.
The 49
combatants were ably directed by Charles Ward.
June 18, 2001: Check out the John G. White Chess
Collection at the Cleveland Public Library (my old stomping ground),
the "largest and most comprehensive chess library in the world." It
includes an online chess
sets exhibition.
June 4, 2001: Today's issue of The New Yorker has an 8-page
profile of chess coach Bruce Pandolfini of Searching
for Bobby Fischer fame. Thanks to Bill Wright for pointing out
"The Pandolfini Defense: One Man's Mission to Prove that Championship
Chess Isn't Just For Eccentrics."
June 2, 2001: The St. Louis County Quads had 48 participants. The 12
winners were Keqin Gu, Joe H. Swindler, Arthur L. Hager, Alexey
Kazakevich, Brent Hefley, Tony Song, Dan Roberts, Lou Sarmento, Michael
Keller, Andrew Thompson, Emily Thompson, and Narayan
Subramanian.
The tournament, held at the Brentwood Community
Center, was directed by David
Cole, whose next quads are set for October 6, 2001.
May 25-28, 2001: A number of St. Louis players competed in the Chicago Open. Tom Rohrbaugh
finished in the big bucks by tying for first in the Under 2000 section
with an impressive 6-1 score, defeating the intrepid Waldo Odak in the
process. Waldo also finished in the money with 5½-1½.
May 20, 2001: The Mt. Vernon (IL) Open was won by Loal Davis with a
3-0 score. Here is the last-round game Jacobs-Davis, annotated
by the winner.
May 18, 2001: The Luzhin
Defense A chess movie.
May 12, 2001: The May
Day Quick Chess tourney in Farmington, MO, was won by Jim Musumeci
(1963) with a 5-0 score. Dale Medley directed.
May 5-6, 2001: The St. Louis
Open was won by Jim Voelker with a 4½-½ score. The Expert prize was
split between Bob Jacobs and Jim Davies with 4-1 scores. The Class A prize
was divided among Waldo Odak, Zebedee Fortman, Jr., and Panagiotis
Massouros, all with 4-1 scores. The Class B prize was divided among Jose
Clarin, Wayde Stallmann and Pete Karaginnis, all with 4-1. The Class C
prize was won by William Thompson, Randy Ryner and Mark Fenton, all 3-2.
The Class D prize was won by Dan Tuttle, Derrick Bartotto and Ken
Wendling, all 3-2. The Class E prize was shared by Basil Lagouros and
Shantti Siddiqi, both 3-2. The Class F prize was won clear by Kyle Weeks
with a 1½-3½ score. The Unrated prize also had a clear winner, in Jim
Pusfy.
60 players participated, under the auspices of Ed Baur and
Bill Wright.
Some pictures, courtesy of
Steve Bange.
May 1, 2001: Long-time chess organizer Bill Moushéy died from a heart
attack at the young age of 52. Here are some messages about
Bill:
Message from Wayde
Stallmann
Message from Joe
Regenbogen
Message from Jim Small
Obituary from the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch
April 26-29, 2001: The 2001 Supernationals
Scholastic Chess Tournaments took place in Kansas City, Missouri. Randy
Merrell took some pictures
March 30, 2001: Well-known local player Phil Furtaw passed away after
a long illness. Phil was a mainstay of local tournaments and a long-time
officer of the former Crestwood Chess Club. We'll all miss Phil.
furtaw.html
March 28, 2001: a plan for a chess league was discussed at the
Wednesday night chess club at the Barnes & Noble on Watson across from
Crestwood Plaza. The preliminary plan is for 4-person teams playing
unrated games with each player having one hour on his clock. Games would
be played from 7:30-9:30. A practice match under these conditions will be
held on April 11 at 7:30. League director will be David Cole
(636-386-2487).
March 25, 2001: email message from Charles Ward
about nominations to the Missouri Chess Hall of Fame.
March 25, 2001: email message from Charles
Ward about nominations for the Missouri Chess Association Board of
Directors.
March 25, 2001: email message from Randy Merrell
nominating Don Oswald for the Missouri Chess Association Hall of Fame.
March 25, 2001: email message from Charles Ward
nominating Wayde Stallmann for the Missouri Chess Association Hall of
Fame.
March 24, 2001: The Spring Queening Quick
Chess tourney in Farmington, MO, was won by Jim Musumeci (1963) and
Vernon Greer (1835) with 4½-½ scores. Dale Medley directed.
March 3, 2001: The House of Chess tournament was won by Bob Jacobs
(2152) and Richard Martin III (1694), who drew in the third round to score
2½-½. This is another great result by young Mr. Martin. The Reserve
section was won by Brent Hefley (1142), Mark Chapman (1097) and Alan
Beckham (unr), all with 3-0 scores.
For complete results see The House of Chess Webpage.
February 3, 2001: An era in St. Louis chess unfortunately came to an
end, as Wayde Stallmann directed the last of his First Saturday of Even
Months Tournaments. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Wayde for directing
22 of these tournaments over the last several years.
The final
tournament featured Proximity Pairings, in which rather than pairing the
top half against the bottom half, the top-rated player plays the
second-rated player, 3 plays 4, 5 plays 6, etc. 46 players participated in
the three round event, with those scoring 3 or 2½ points winning prizes.
The winners were:
$150 for score of 3: Sid Levin, Panagiotis
Massouros, Robert White
$75 for score of 2½: Zubin Chandran, Aaron
Dubin*, Paul Holland, Bob Jacobs*, Thomas McNamara, David Scott
*
Includes ½ point expert bonus
For complete results see Wayde Stallmann's page.
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