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Kristopher Meekins
New Ohio Chess Champion
65th Ohio Chess Congress Report
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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.
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In their last round game of the 47th Cincy Open held March 27th to 29th, Ben Finegold, Jon Hilton, and Yun Fan contemplate their moves on the top three boards. Both Jon and Yun drew their games while Ben won his. Ben's win gave him clear first in the open and the first place prize of $800.
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88 players from seven states competed in the resurrected tournament. The tournament was held at the Holiday Inn in the Eastgate area of Cincinnati.
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While some of the players came from as close as Batavia several came from far and wide. The player with the longest drive was Tim Brookshear from Georgia. The player with the longest flight was Kenneth Odeh who flew in from Africa the day before. This is a bit of a stretch as Kenneth is a pilot for Delta and he was returning home to Minnesota from his normal route.
One of the highlights of the tournament was college freshman Yun Fan. Yun is a student from China attending college at DePauw University. With wins over David Friedman and Matt Rosen and draws with Drew Hollingworth and Sergey Berchenko her provisional rating edged closer to master.
Finishing second behind Finegold were Miami MBA student Marek Stryjecki and former Ohio Champion Carl Boor. Taking top honors in the under 2000 section were Robert Chenault, Tony Bayless, and Akash Umakantha with four points each. Top under 1600 went to David Wen and top under 1200 was shared by David Harrington and Mark Dulaney.
Alan Hodge directed and Grant Perks organized this (hopefully) annual event.
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