Tournament Results for Capital City Chess Championship

I’d like to thank everyone that came out and participated in the Capital City Chess Championship this weekend. It was a huge success!

We had 12 players compete for trophies and cash prize money. In the end, there were two players at the top of the leader-board with a score of 3.5/4 and they split the combined 1st and 2nd place cash prize of $210. Based on tie-breaks the 1st place trophy was awarded to Dr. Steven Lenhert and the 2nd place trophy was awarded to Richard Kennedy. For third place, there were two players with 2.5/4 and they split the $30 cash prize for 3rd place. The 3rd place trophy was awarded to Hugh Cline who edged out Dr. Daaim Shabazz on tie-breaks.

In addition to the fun everyone was having playing chess, we were able to conduct a little business for the Tallahassee Chess Club. Between the third and fourth rounds we held an organization meeting. We had a lot of great input and discussion. We also elected four officers/directors for a term of one year. Donald Conner was elected to the office of President. Colin Dougherty was elected to the office of Vice-President. Steven Cullifer was elected to the office of Secretary. John Chancy was elected to the office of Treasurer. I will prepare a final draft of the bylaws for everyone to approve.

Here is the cross-table for the event:

2010 Capital City Chess Championship
Tallahassee, Florida – 23/10/2010, 23/10/2010

ID NAME                 Rtg   Pts |   1     2     3     4     Plc
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 1 Conner, Donald H.    2120  2.0 | +W8   -B4   +B3    --
 2 Lenhert, Steven J.   2055  3.5 | +B9   +W5   =B4   +W6     1st
 3 Shabazz, Daaim       2030  2.5 | +W10  =B6   -W1   +B8
 4 Kennedy, Richard K.  1977  3.5 | +B11  +W1   =W2   +B12    2nd
 5 Cline, Hugh E.       1883  2.5 | +W12  -B2   =W6   +W10    3rd
 6 Chancy, John C.      1837  2.0 | +B13  =W3   =B5   -B2
 7 Cullifer, Steven     1579  0.0 |  --    --    --    --
 8 Ebaugh, William P.   1535  1.5 | -B1   +W11  =B10  -W3
 9 McTigue, William     1528  2.0 | -W2   -B12  +W13  +B11
10 Walker, Jonathan E.  1501  1.5 | -B3   +W13  =W8   -B5
11 Aguero, John         1440  0.0 | -W4   -B8   -W12  -W9
12 McFadden, Joseph     1339  2.0 | -B5   +W9   +B11  -W4
13 Lee-Sursin, Julian    686  0.0 | -W6   -B10  -B9    --

Finally, here are a few photographs from the tournament (4th round):