Colias Results

I am completely exhausted from the weekend's event, and now just want to sleep. But before I do, here are the results from the weekend, and also some commentary.

Before I get to the results, it is very important to thank the generous sponsorships of Tim McEntee and Robert Loncarevic, without whom this would not have been possible.

Section 1:
FM Peter Bereolos 5-0
NM Tim McEntee 3-2
CM Eric Rosen 3-2
FM Aleksander Stamnov 2.5-2.5
CM Larry Cohen 1-4
NM Len Weber 0.5-4.5

Bereolos dominated the section with precise technique. This ran Peter's unbeaten streak to 15 games at the even, and the performance rating for the tournament was over 2540!! Also impressive were the performances by 14 yo Eric Rosen (2277 performance) who demonstrated impressive poise and patience in his games, and by Tim McEntee.

Section 2:
IM Emory Tate 4.5-0.5
NM Tony Cao 3-2
NM Glen Gratz 3-2
NM Steven Tennant 2-3
CM Adam Strunk 1.5-3.5
CM Robert Loncarevic 1-4

I really can't wait to go over some of the games from this section as many of these were action packed. Tate's play was fantastic, I could study his game against Cao for hours and not find have the stuff these guys found over the board. Tony Cao and Glen Gratz shared 2nd-3rd, and were tremendous. Strunk found this year tougher goind after being a co-champion with Bereolos last year.

Section 3:

Vladimir Djordjevic 4-1
Sevan Muradian 4-1
Ryan Richardson 3-2
Theo Poulos 2-3
Leo Kirsch 2-3
Fred Gruenberg 0-5

This section was the product of a request by Ryan Richardson. The more I thought about it the more excited I got about having this section. It isn't often that class players get a chance to prep for each other and trade punches like the masters do in a Round Robin event. Trading punches is a good way to put it as the section was all about fighting chess. Not a single draw in the section for the whole event. I can't remember ever seeing that before. Vladimir got off to a torrid 3-0 start before being derailed by Richardson, who had a chance to tie for first going into his final round with Sevan. Sevan provide that organizing is not the only thing he can do well in chess. With how balanced the field was, I do wonder if the same players play again next year, if the result would be the same or completely different. I was extremely impressed with the sportsmanship exhibited in this section.

Glenn