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FM Seth Homa wins 2012 Great Lakes Open
Annotations by FM Seth, Thomas Hartwig, David Meyer, Michael Chen (NEW!)
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Spring 2012 Lake Effect Chess!
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Sawaski: The Road of an Electronic Knight, Part 2
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Homa Takes the Great Lakes!
FM Seth Homa won the 2012 Great Lakes Open, ceding only a fourth round draw to Dearborn Expert Thomas Hartwig.
2012 Great Lakes Open Champion FM Seth Homa is congratulated by Great Lakes Organizer Stan Beckwith. Stan works year round to make his tournament a jewel in the crown of the Michigan tournament circuit.
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
Forrest Reddick (Roseville) and Russell McCracken (Newberry) topped the reserve section.
Five U.P. players made the trip to Battle Creek. Reigning National Electronic Knights Correspondence Champion James Sawaski started on a tear, taking down two experts before losing to Homa and Michael Chen.
Epiphany Peters gave a well-attended lecture on Sunday morning. Epiphany also scored a fine third place finish in the top section.
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
Daniel Libby had an outstanding tournament, scoring two wins and a draw against expert competition.
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
Joy Chen gained 131 rating points enroute to her third place finish in the reserve.
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
The two reserve winners, Forrest Reddick and Russell McCracken, play out their fourth round draw at the far table. In the foreground, Sugar Island Chess Klub organizer Glen Schmiege plays Saint Clair’s Noel Bedy.
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
Tournament winner Seth Homa battles runner up Thomas Hartwig. Seth won an outstanding game, which is included in our games report with annotations by both players!
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
Epiphany Peters plays Robert O’Donnell; James Sawaski fights Michael Chen.
Photo courtesy of Rose Homa
Here is our games report, featuring games annotated by FM Seth Homa, Thomas Hartwig, Michael Chen, and David Meyer:
http://www.westmichiganchess.com/Shared%20Documents/2012/05%20-%20May/2012greatlakes.htm
Here is Tournament Director Tony “Le Tigre” Nichols’ USCF Rating Report:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201205138122.0-12442662
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Solution
Solution:
White wins a piece with
19. d3! Qe7 20 c3
(
1-0
, 58), Chris Stapleton - Joshua Posthuma, August 2010 Calvin Challenge.