The 2001 Club Championship is now history. 74 players, an all-time high (and a good turnout for any local event) came to contest the battle of Arlington wills in a 41 player Open section and 33 player Amateur section. 

IM Larry Kaufman made it two years in a row as 2001 Club Champion. He finished in a 3-way tie at 3.5/4 with fellow IM's Eugene Meyer and Enrico Sevillano but as the only club member in the trio he became 2001 champion. Kebado Belachew took the title of 2001 ACC Amateur Champion. He finished in a large tie at 3-1 and as club member with the best tiebreaks he took the title. Victor Legaspina took the money though, going 4-0 and defeating Belachew in the final round, a defeat that helped Belachew take the title as he had then played a 4-0 score!

This was an incredibly strong club championship. Out of 41 players, 20 were over 2000 and 10 were over 2300. We had 6 senior masters total, and that included 1 Grandmaster (Alex Wojtkiewicz) and 4 IM's (Sevillano, Kaufman, Meyer and Adrian Negulescu). Wojtkiewicz and FM Gershov were both 2-0 and scheduled to play, respectively, Kaufman and Sevillano on Sunday morning. However, fate stepped in with Wojo and Gershov's rental car in Baltimore suffering a flat tire forcing them to forfeit their games and then to withdraw from the tournament.

Check out some of the games linked on the right column!

Club Championship History Page

2000 Games

1999 Games

1998 Games

2001 Games!!
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