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 Read these New Articles by West Michigan Chess Players!
FM Seth Homa wins 2012 Great Lakes OpenAnnotations by FM Seth, Thomas Hartwig, David Meyer, Michael Chen (NEW!)
Sawaski's new book is out!
Spring 2012 Lake Effect Chess!
Spring Lake Scholastic Quick Sharpener games
May Calvin - first games
FM Seth annotates 2 games from 2012 Philadelphia Open!
April Chess Chatter from Lon Rutkofske (Port Huron Chess Club)
April Aquinas: Zylstra blogs!more games
Vandenburg Cup - First GamesNew: Fortuna-Pratt
Ludington Optimists
Hope & Change at US Amateur Team NorthMichael Chen annotates!
Joshua Posthuma on February Aquinas
Lansing February Mini-Swiss
Safal Bora wins 2012 Michigan Class98 games!! Thanks, Douglas Fick!
FM Seth annotates Motor City Open game
Sawaski: The Road of an Electronic Knight, Part 22007 Electronic Knights Prelims
NM Hassen. NEW: 2 videos from MattAll of Matt's games from Vegas
2011 Michigan Correspondence (as of 13-Jan-2012)Fisch guarantees share of 1st!; Sawaski qualifies for *US* correspondence finals!!; New game notes: Sawaski-Endsley and Endsley-Sawaski!

 West Michigan Chess News

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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5/19/2012
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6/23/2012
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7/8/2012
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8/12/2012
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 Solution
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Solution:
White wins a piece with 19. d3! Qe7 20 c3 (1-0, 58), Chris Stapleton - Joshua Posthuma, August 2010 Calvin Challenge.