2005 Club Championship -
    Dec 3-4 GMU/Arlington

IM Larry Kaufman continued the family tradition by winning the 2005 Arlington Chess Club championship. Every year since 2000 a Kaufman has been champ so it could be said that you have to go back to a different millennium to find an ACC champ not named Kaufman. Only in 2004 did Ray Kaufman break his father's run on club championships.

Twenty nine of the 59 entries were club members and competing for the club titles. Steve Linett won the 2005 Amateur title with a 2.5 score, having beaten and drawn two experts.

The tournament was held at George Mason University/Arlington campus, the scene of all but one of the club championships since they resumed in 1998. Eventually this building is going to be torn down and replaced by a new building GMU's construction plans for the university. It has done well as a club venue for tournaments. This tournament would have been better as a five round event or as a tournament split into two sections, but the 4-round slower time control was voted the choice by players a couple years ago. The split tournament, for some reason that defies logic, doesn't attract more players and often attracts less players.

Halfway through the event, a dozen players were perfect at 2-0 and then five after three rounds maintained perfection. The final round saw Alex Wojtkeiwicz playing Alex Barnett on board one, the family match of Larry vs Ray Kaufman on board 2 and John Meyer (3) versus IM Oladapo Adu (2.5 from a third round bye) on board three. Adu defeated Meyer and Larry won, leaving the final result up to the Battle of the Alex's - the last game to finish. Barnett had less than a minute left to Wojo's 15 minutes but was up a pawn in a RB+2P versus RN+1P ending when a draw was agreed.

Larry was in clear first with 4, with Wojo, Adu, and Barnett at 3.5, along with Shinsaku Uesugi at 3.5. Only a few experts came and the only two who finished their schedule, Daniel Clancy and Kyle Kowalske, took the Expert prize. Uesugi took the "A" money into the place pool. Steve Linett and Sanda Costescu toko the B, Darryl West and David Paden the C, William Frame the D and Jimmy Wang the U1200.

 

SwissSys Standings. ACC Championship: Open

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	IM Lawrence Kaufman	10179416	2359	ACC	W29	W12	W15	W6	4.0
2	GM Alek Wojtkiewicz	12528454	2527		W28	W10	W16	D4	3.5
3	IM Oladapo Adu	12778089	2314	ACC	W58	W23	H---	W7	3.5
4	Alex Barnett	12657899	2291	ACC	W30	W13	W8	D2	3.5
5	Shinsaku Uesugi	12876570	1995		W22	D26	W19	W17	3.5
6	Raymond Kaufman	20058328	2288	ACC	W38	W18	W9	L1	3.0
7	FM John C Meyer	10169518	2278	ACC	W31	W14	W24	L3	3.0
8	Tom Alston	10414784	1984		W46	W27	L4	W26	3.0
9	Kebadu Belachew	12842867	1983		W47	W40	L6	W24	3.0
10	David R Slack	12560130	1943	ACC	W39	L2	W30	W31	3.0
11	Bora Yagiz	12661990	1893	ACC	H---	W56	D34	W27	3.0
12	John F Farrell	12414789	1858	ACC	W49	L1	W32	W28	3.0
13	Majur Juac	13180925	1853		W36	L4	W33	W29	3.0
14	Patrick J Ray	12602556	1829		W51	L7	W46	W34	3.0
15	Daniel J Clancy	12882051	2014	ACC	W33	W25	L1	D19	2.5
16	Kyle E Kowalske	11052614	2002		W45	W20	L2	H---	2.5
17	Alex Herrera	12430910	1968	ACC	W35	D34	W37	L5	2.5
18	Yang Dai	12897613	1833		W50	L6	D21	W35	2.5
19	Steven J Linett	12790325	1752	ACC	W57	W43	L5	D15	2.5
20	Sanda Costescu MD	12430617	1707	ACC	W53	L16	X45	H---	2.5
21	Darryl L West Sr	12537405	1594		L43	W53	D18	W40	2.5
22	David M Paden	12844248	1539		L5	D41	W50	W38	2.5
23	Fred M Nelson	10414768	1862		W48	L3	L31	W41	2.0
24	William Carroll	10130191	1797	ACC	W52	W42	L7	L9	2.0
25	Joe Faries	12457824	1694		W41	L15	L35	W54	2.0
26	Peter Nasuti	12626329	1687	ACC	W59	D5	H---	L8	2.0
27	Charles J Green	12441356	1684		W54	L8	W48	L11	2.0
28	Kamal Jain	13268493	1660	ACC	L2	W39	W44	L12	2.0
29	John M Donelson	12797054	1657	ACC	L1	W49	X43	L13	2.0
30	Raymond Wang	12870980	1627		L4	W51	L10	W49	2.0
31	Manoj R Sapre	12685949	1603		L7	W36	W23	L10	2.0
32	Charles K Willis	12259340	1599	ACC	L42	W52	L12	W51	2.0
33	Li Chien Cheung	12625813	1571		L15	W57	L13	W52	2.0
34	Yang Sue He	12868719	1546		W44	D17	D11	L14	2.0
35	Glenn M Shelton	12870031	1458		L17	X---	W25	L18	2.0
36	William Frame	12950190	1299		L13	L31	W47	W46	2.0
37	David F Long	10241103	1892		D56	W55	L17	U---	1.5
38	Rene Stolbach	10188563	1612	ACC	L6	D50	W56	L22	1.5
39	Jeffrey L Gatto	12452037	1419		L10	L28	H---	W56	1.5
40	Scott A Lacy	12650247	1309		X---	L9	H---	L21	1.5
41	Jimmy Wang	12854031	1166		L25	D22	W58	L23	1.5
42	Stanley Fink Jr	10174309	2200	ACC	W32	L24	U---	U---	1.0
43	Gans Sandagsuren	12768073	2080		W21	L19	F29	U---	1.0
44	Chris Sevilla	12639426	2002		L34	W47	L28	U---	1.0
45	Yad B Fantu	12796293	1555	ACC	L16	W59	F20	U---	1.0
46	William Wilson Jr	10502217	1502		L8	W54	L14	L36	1.0
47	Adam R Chrisney	12914776	1487	ACC	L9	L44	L36	W58	1.0
48	Carlston Boucher	10191661	1400		L23	W58	L27	U---	1.0
49	Prospero Torres	12623616	1382	ACC	L12	L29	W57	L30	1.0
50	Clark Robertson	12549176	1348		L18	D38	L22	H---	1.0
51	Pamela R Lee	12822545	1345	ACC	L14	L30	W53	L32	1.0
52	Nicholas Kousen	12921957	1322	ACC	L24	L32	W59	L33	1.0
53	Steven B Kousen	13070826	1196	ACC	L20	L21	L51	B---	1.0
54	Angelo Saladini Jr	12547061	747	ACC	L27	L46	B---	L25	1.0
55	Matthew Grinberg	10190924	2013	ACC	H---	L37	U---	U---	0.5
56	Carlos Gonzalez	12923068	1401		D37	L11	L38	L39	0.5
57	Penelope Barnett	12747031	1242	ACC	L19	L33	L49	H---	0.5
58	Theodore D Covey	12457323	1650	ACC	L3	L48	L41	L47	0.0
59	Jeffrey Brown	12937302	1087		L26	L45	L52	U---	0.0

 

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