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2007

Donaldson & Koons win 15th Collyer Memorial

    Tops seeds John Donaldson and Nat Koons shared the title at the 15th Dave Collyer Memorial with 4.5 scores. Third place was shared by Experts Paul Bartron and Josh Sinanan and Class A players John Julian and David Rowles.  Each scored 4.0.

There were a total of 53 players competing in this year's event.

        Three players shared the Class B prizes with 3.0 scores: Alex Chow, Bert Dennison, and Dan Mathews.  Dennison, from Tyler, Texas, played in the tourney as part of his effort to play a rated tournament in each of the 50 states.  Washington became the 49th state in his collection!  He needs only to add the Wyoming Open to complete his cross country chess tour.  Showing what a small world this is, Dennison had a surprise reunion with the Blue family when Alton and his sons, Ben and David, entered the tourney.  The Blues had previously lived and played in Tyler and knew Dennison from their time down there.

        The Class C category was won by Bill McBroom of Missoula, whose 3.0 score headed the class by one-half point.  Professor Bill generously donated his $100 prize back to the club!  Kenny Erickson took second and won $75 for his efforts.

        The Class D prize was another win for the Chow family when Dr. Ward Chow topped the section with a 2.0 score.  Ryan Ackerman, newcomer Khai Le, and oldtimer Jim Waugh finished second with 1.5 scores.  The top upsets in the tournament came from this category as well.  David Blue had the biggest upset ($100) by downing a player 719 points above his rating!  The second biggest upset went Pat Kirlin who claimed a scalp 456 points above his rating.  Good job to both of you!!

        The weekend began when International Master John Donaldson gave another entertaining lecture and simul at Aunties Bookstore Friday night, February 23. There were 16 players in the simul and John put us all away, sweeping to a 16-0 record in less than two hours!!  Better luck next year, gang! 

Chess veterans John Downes and B. G. Dennison of Texas strike similar poses in their second round matches.  (Photos courtesy of Jerry Morton).

Below: John Donaldson and Phil Weyland (round two)

 

More round two action:

 

Chris Copeland and Geoff Gale ponder their position:

 

 

The 2007 cross table:

SwissSys Standings: 15th Collyer Memorial

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 John Donaldson 10270294 2466 W12 W9 W5 D2 W3 4.5
2 Nat Koons 12602749 2280 W15 W27 W11 D1 W8 4.5
3 Josh Sinanan 12826891 2088 W28 W24 W22 W7 L1 4.0
4 John Julian 12688769 1982 W21 L18 W15 W17 W13 4.0
5 Paul Bartron 12590173 2117 W36 W23 L1 W26 W14 4.0
6 David Rowles 12480615 1852 W52 L7 W43 W23 W11 4.0
7 Curt Collyer 12517518 2218 W16 W6 D13 L3 W18 3.5
8 Chris Kalina 12616431 1954 D17 W31 W25 W19 L2 3.5
9 Phil Weyland 12653584 1874 W37 L1 D28 W22 W29 3.5
10 Steve Merwin 12087700 2053 W33 L26 W24 D12 W27 3.5
11 Geoff Gale 12685185 1965 W43 W29 L2 W16 L6 3.0
12 Sterling Kolde 12699144 1837 L1 W37 W35 D10 D19 3.0
13 John Stanfield 12227590 1915 W35 W38 D7 D18 L4 3.0
14 Elston Cloy 12802247 1959 W40 L22 W33 W20 L5 3.0
15 Alex Chow 12910167 1664 L2 W49 L4 W44 W34 3.0
16 Allen S Smith 12567613 1821 L7 W52 W38 L11 W26 3.0
17 Casey Fleck 12839768 1807 D8 W30 H--- L4 W36 3.0
18 B.G. [Bert] Dennison 10384508 1735 W50 W4 H--- D13 L7 3.0
19 Jim Hanlen 10513740 1887 W34 W47 H--- L8 D12 3.0
20 Dan Mathews 12806101 1774 D25 W42 H--- L14 W33 3.0
21 William McBroom 12179140 1581 L4 W50 H--- D30 W39 3.0
22 John C. Walton 13202540 1682 W46 W14 L3 L9 D24 2.5
23 Niles Desmarais 13388598 1764 W44 L5 W34 L6 D28 2.5
24 Zach Countryman 12904287 1751 W45 L3 L10 W37 D22 2.5
25 J. Michael Jensen 12024550 1842 D20 W39 L8 L29 W45 2.5
26 Adam Attwood 12788883 1703 W48 W10 H--- L5 L16 2.5
27 Romie Carpenter 12280430 1800 W49 L2 H--- W40 L10 2.5
28 Ken Erickson 12893841 1586 L3 W48 D9 H--- D23 2.5
29 John Downes 12465306 1700 W53 L11 H--- W25 L9 2.5
30 Andrew Walker 12544194 1732 D39 L17 W42 D21 H--- 2.5
31 Robert A Martin 12497030 1740 D42 L8 W47 D36 H--- 2.5
32 Mika Mitchell 12438674 1877 H--- U--- U--- W42 W35 2.5
33 Cyrus Desmarais 13388556 1619 L10 W45 L14 W38 L20 2.0
34 Murlin Varner 12460801 1521 L19 W41 L23 W48 L15 2.0
35 Jerry Morton 12449574 1528 L13 W53 L12 W47 L32 2.0
36 Jeremy Younker 12519554 1645 L5 W44 H--- D31 L17 2.0
37 Alton Blue 12455852 1511 L9 L12 W51 L24 W47 2.0
38 Ron Weyland 12657609 1429 W51 L13 L16 L33 W48 2.0
39 Ward Chow 13459322 1347 D30 L25 H--- W43 L21 2.0
40 David Engelhard 13488251 1538 L14 W46 H--- L27 D41 2.0
41 James Stripes 12677638 1718 L47 L34 H--- W50 D40 2.0
42 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1385 D31 L20 L30 L32 W51 1.5
43 Chris Copeland 12758356 1559 L11 W51 L6 L39 D44 1.5
44 Ben Blue 12751582 1418 L23 L36 W46 L15 D43 1.5
45 Jim Waugh 12425667 1393 L24 L33 W53 H--- L25 1.5
46 Khai Le   unr. L22 L40 L44 D51 W50 1.5
47 Patrick Kirlin 12631768 1262 W41 L19 L31 L35 L37 1.0
48 David Blue 12796186 742 L26 L28 W49 L34 L38 1.0
49 David Griffin 12469398 1461 L27 L15 L48 B--- U--- 1.0
50 Ted Baker 12936996 1369 L18 L21 H--- L41 L46 0.5
51 Ray [Scott] Engelhard 13488266 642 L38 L43 L37 D46 L42 0.5
52 Mark Mangiaracina 12439000 1480 L6 L16 H--- U--- U--- 0.5
53 Davis Mathieu 13405420 unr. L29 L35 L45 H--- U--- 0.5