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Meekins and Vilenckuk National HS Champions
Ohioans Kris Meekins and Michael Vilenchuk claim the top honor at the 2010 National HS Championships in Columbus over the April 16th to 19th weekend. Over 1300 scholastic players from around the country competed in the annual event held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus. The US Chess Federation organized the tournament.
Complete results can be found on the USCF's website. |
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Kristopher Meekins
New Ohio Chess Champion
65th Ohio Chess Congress Report
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OPEN SECTION
After 6 rounds of hard fought chess, National Experts Kristopher Meekins and Matthew Marsh (from Tennessee) were tied for first place in the 65th Ohio Chess Congress. Meekins, an Ohio resident, is our new state Chess Champion. Congratulations Kris! Way to go!
At the end of four rounds of chess the final results were not yet clear – not at all. Only two players had more than 3.0 points – Matthew Marsh and Sinan Baughman with 3.5 points each. Then came a group of players with 3.0 points National Master’s (NM) Carl Boor and John Stopa along with Kris Meekins and John Hughes.
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Left to right: Meekins, Driver, Marsh |
So in round 5, Marsh and Baughman played and Marsh won; Boor was paired with Meekins and Stopa was paired with Hughes. Meekins got an upset win against the tournament favorite and Stopa put an end to Hughes’ run. Also in round 5 Sylvester Smarty and Michael Vilenchuk were paired – both had 2.5 points. Smarty won.
Going into round 6, Marsh sat alone with 4.5 points, NM Stopa and Meekins both trailed by one half point with 4.0 points. Behind them was one player with 3.5 points – Smarty. Marsh and Stopa were paired* and the result was a hard fought draw with Marsh with 5.0 points finishing in first place and Stopa with 4.5 points ended up in third place. Meekins and Smarty were paired and Meekins won the full point and tied for first with 5.0 points becoming Ohio’s new Chess Champion. It was a terrific and hard fought finish by all the players. |
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Rebecca Lelko claims her second title as Ohio Girls Champion on May 9th. Rebecca finished with four wins and one draw. Rebecca's draw was against second place finishter Alexandria Claar who finished the tournament with three wins and two draws. Top team honors were claimed by Waynesville Middle School.
The tournament was organized by the Chess Club at Ohio State University and directed by Grant Neilley. It was held on the Ohio State campus at the Fawcett Center.
Complete Results USCF Report |
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