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July2011Aquinas

 Tournament Report

July Aquinas 

 

5 quads ran at the July edition of the Aquinas tournament in Grand Rapids.  Section winners were Andy Catlin; Allen Wickering; Bill Ignasiak; a four-way(!) tie among Caleb Bowman, Kerry Price, Andrew Schremser, and Leah Ziegler; and Joshua Vander Meulen.

 

July Aquinas chess players

Before the Bell.  Some of the 22 players catch up in the hallway before Round 1.  A lot of West Michigan chess players are hoping to take part in the Michigan Open in Cadillac over Labor Day weekend.

  Photo courtesy of Isaac Zÿlstra

 

Wickering and Jarosz

Allen Wickering and local hero Stan Jarosz

  Photo courtesy of Isaac Zÿlstra

 

Ignasiak

Bill Ignasiak sets his clock.

  Photo courtesy of Isaac Zÿlstra

 

A selection of games from the July Aquinas tournament can be found here:

 

http://www.westmichiganchess.com/Shared%20Documents/2011/07%20-%20July/201106aquinas.htm

 

Here is tournament director Eugene Brumley’s USCF Rating eport:

 

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201107166831.0-12442662