There was a disappointing turnout of 30 players in the inaugrual John Kellner Memorial Tournament (perhaps i had something to do with that?! I appologise) The top seeds are 1. GM Dejan Antic, 2. Johny Bolens and 3. WIM Laura Moylan.
In Round One I was the lucky recipient of the first round thumping to Dejan Anitc. It was an enjoyable game though.... Michael Lo lost to Johny Bolens and Laura Moylan Disposed of Gary Losh. Upsets for Round One were an unrated Aiswerya Shankar, over John Fearson and Michael Ngo defeating Mark Baterowicz. Arthur Huynh (1879) decided to play a swiss gambit and drew with Michael welter (1422). In other Draws, Blair Mandla (1765) Drew against th Improving Junior Oscar Wang (1329), Dmitriy Shurapey and Pierre Guenette also drew.
Round two saw Antic defeat Richard Eccles, Bolens Defeat Emma Guo however Laura Moylan might have taken David Evans somewhat lightly and eventually lost. Michael Ngo (1151) joined the pacesetters by defeating Anthony Villanueva (1648). Other usets included unrated Aiswerya Shankar defeating Steven Retallick (1969), Michael Weltner (1422) defeating Blair Mandla (1765), and Gary Losh (1439) going down to unrated Leuki Lyengar
The top three seeds were back onto their winning ways in round 3; Antic Defeated Michael Dunn, David Evans "should have drawn" according to Johny Bolens but eventually lost, and Laura Moylan ended Michael Weltners good run. In terms of Upsets I defeated my mate Josh Christensen when he let a piece drop in the late stages of the opening, The only other upset for the round was Laki Lyengar (unr) defeating Tom Accola (1175). Emma Guo (1543) drew with Steven Retallick (1969), Norm Greenwood (1515) drew with Mark Baterowicz (1620), and Anthony Villanueva ()1648 could only manage a draw from John Fearson (1488)
In Round 4 It was time for Antic and Bolens to face off.
Stay tuned for tomorrows installment to find out what happened!
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