========================================================================== 2001 U.S. Game/60 Championship ------------------------------ June 1-3, 2001 ------------------------------ ========================================================================== Matthew Noble scored a perfect seven wins in a row to claim the title of U.S. G/60 Champion. Carlos Perdomo and Gary Newsom tied for second place with six points each. The tournament was held at the Quality Inn & Suites in Hendersonville, North Carolina. 116 players entered the event which had 3- and 2-day schedules merging in round 3. Nine players took advantage of the option to reenter and tournament director Kevin Hyde played a round 1 game as the house man to put 126 lines on the cross table. Accelerated pairings worked to make the top players face each other sooner and class pairings in the last 2 rounds gave those rated under 1200 close competition for the class prizes. Door prizes and upset prizes added to the fun, making it a very successful tournament! The scholastic trophies were won by Thomas Adams, Joshua Suich, Malcolm Scott, Joshua Dunn, and Daniel Tapia. The upset prizes were won by Michael Simon and Robert Botelho. +-----+--------------------------+------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ | No. | Name | USCF | Pts | Rnd1 | Rnd2 | Rnd3 | Rnd4 | Rnd5 | Rnd6 | Rnd7 | +-----+--------------------------+------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ | 1 | Noble, Matthew E | 2277 | 7.0 | W21 | W30 | W50 | W3 | W57 | W2 | W4 | | 2 | Perdomo, Carlos | 2467 | 6.0 | -B- | W116 | W13 | W9 | W5 | L1 | W10 | | 3 | Newsom, Gary D | 1975 | 6.0 | W41 | W37 | W25 | L1 | W19 | W29 | W9 | | 4 | Goodwin, Bruce | 1810 | 5.5 | W119 | -H- | W82 | W8 | W7 | W6 | L1 | | 5 | Tapper, Larry M | 2295 | 5.5 | -B- | W32 | W29 | W12 | L2 | D18 | W11 | | 6 | Mottonen, James M | 2153 | 5.5 | W70 | W16 | W36 | W17 | -H- | L4 | W18 | | 7 | Smith, Walter | 1896 | 5.5 | W120 | W69 | W34 | D10 | L4 | W20 | W22 | | 8 | Dickerson, Leonard S | 2098 | 5.5 | -H- | W77 | W20 | L4 | W90 | W23 | W26 | | 9 | Harris, Neal D | 2220 | 5.0 | W24 | W42 | W33 | L2 | W16 | W32 | L3 | | 10 | Pohl, Klaus A | 2255 | 5.0 | -B- | D20 | W46 | D7 | W42 | W14 | L2 | | 11 | Ahmed, Zakir | 1757 | 5.0 | W53 | L17 | W67 | W36 | W15 | W12 | L5 | | 12 | Johnson, Roger D | 1984 | 5.0 | W43 | W39 | W31 | L5 | W69 | L11 | W32 | | 13 | McHale, Mike | 1832 | 5.0 | W40 | W38 | L2 | L50 | W89 | W69 | W29 | | 14 | Adams, Thomas C | 1838 | 5.0 | W107 | L29 | W28 | W33 | W71 | L10 | W35 | | 15 | Suich, Victor W-RE | 1145 | 5.0 | -H- | D104 | W30 | W43 | L11 | W45 | W31 | | 16 | Guglielmi, Jacqueline | 1655 | 5.0 | W75 | L6 | W58 | W73 | L9 | W70 | W52 | | 17 | Ardaman, Miles F | 2387 | 5.0 | -B- | W11 | W18 | L6 | W39 | -H- | -H- | | 18 | McCartney, Patrick | 1895 | 4.5 | W19 | W55 | L17 | W70 | W38 | D5 | L6 | | 19 | Hastings, Brian | 1527 | 4.5 | L18 | W83 | W64 | W34 | L3 | D39 | W60 | | 20 | Jarrett, Neil Gregory | 1671 | 4.5 | W77 | D10 | L8 | W88 | W44 | L7 | W50 | | 21 | Suich, Joshua | 1604 | 4.5 | L1 | W113 | W47 | L71 | W76 | D33 | W53 | | 22 | Moore, Robert C | 1717 | 4.5 | D51 | L34 | W107 | W28 | W55 | W50 | L7 | | 23 | Calloway, Paul Lewis | 1602 | 4.5 | W65 | -H- | L57 | W56 | W41 | L8 | W51 | | 24 | Jenkins, David P | 1591 | 4.5 | L9 | W54 | W61 | L60 | W104 | W71 | D27 | | 25 | Scott, Malcolm | 1127 | 4.5 | W102 | W87 | L3 | L69 | W40 | W54 | D34 | | 26 | Young, Malcolm | 1766 | 4.5 | W121 | -H- | W51 | D52 | D50 | W60 | L8 | | 27 | Palmer, Charles R | 1934 | 4.5 | -H- | W64 | L35 | W83 | -H- | W38 | D24 | | 28 | Dunn, Joshua | 1164 | 4.5 | -H- | W96 | L14 | L22 | W91 | W88 | W56 | | 29 | Lipkin, Michael A-RE | 1548 | 4.0 | W112 | W14 | L5 | W104 | W52 | L3 | L13 | | 30 | Gardner, Neal S | 1729 | 4.0 | W48 | L1 | L15 | W78 | D36 | W74 | D33 | | 31 | Botelho, Robert J | 1132 | 4.0 | W45 | W93 | L12 | W37 | L32 | W47 | L15 | | 32 | Tapia, Daniel | 1748 | 4.0 | W73 | L5 | W74 | W40 | W31 | L9 | L12 | | 33 | Stanfield, Freeman | 1388 | 4.0 | W123 | W58 | L9 | L14 | W59 | D21 | D30 | | 34 | Horwitz, Dan | 1093 | 4.0 | W124 | W22 | L7 | L19 | D53 | W87 | D25 | | 35 | Eggers, Graydon A | 1562 | 4.0 | D52 | W85 | W27 | L57 | D51 | W46 | L14 | | 36 | Bass, Tommy N | 1285 | 4.0 | W84 | W63 | L6 | L11 | D30 | W73 | D37 | | 37 | Wilder, Gregory | 1534 | 4.0 | W60 | L3 | W54 | L31 | W79 | D52 | D36 | | 38 | Aycock, John D | 1540 | 4.0 | W71 | L13 | W78 | W45 | L18 | L27 | W79 | | 39 | Oberg, John E | 1706 | 4.0 | W122 | L12 | W113 | W76 | L17 | D19 | D44 | | 40 | Strohecker, John A-RE | 1325 | 4.0 | L13 | W49 | W86 | L32 | L25 | W72 | W69 | | 41 | Lyda, Nathaniel Thomas | 1358 | 4.0 | L3 | W81 | D56 | W97 | L23 | W82 | D42 | | 42 | Styers, Stephen | 1653 | 4.0 | W99 | L9 | W59 | W75 | L10 | D51 | D41 | | 43 | Stidham, Brian Marshall | 1582 | 4.0 | L12 | W48 | W80 | L15 | L74 | W65 | W71 | | 44 | Marino, Vincent P | 1373 | 4.0 | L57 | W65 | D87 | W68 | L20 | W90 | D39 | | 45 | Shirley, Randy | 839 | 4.0 | L31 | W99 | W112 | L38 | W62 | L15 | W80 | | 46 | Jones, Jeffrey Mason | 1745 | 4.0 | W72 | D57 | L10 | W87 | -H- | L35 | W74 | | 47 | Buckner, Israel | 1101 | 4.0 | W91 | L50 | L21 | W113 | W75 | L31 | W78 | | 48 | Evette, Porter L | 1341 | 4.0 | L30 | L43 | W106 | W61 | L83 | W99 | W70 | | 49 | Shreve, Anson | | 4.0 | W115 | L40 | L75 | W112 | W99 | -H- | -H- | | 50 | Rankin, Tim | 1512 | 3.5 | W67 | W47 | L1 | W13 | D26 | L22 | L20 | | 51 | Crump II, Joseph H | 1332 | 3.5 | D22 | W53 | L26 | W110 | D35 | D42 | L23 | | 52 | Dean, Mark | 1920 | 3.5 | D35 | W76 | W90 | D26 | L29 | D37 | L16 | | 53 | Brown, Brandon | 1343 | 3.5 | L11 | L51 | W105 | W80 | D34 | W55 | L21 | | 54 | McDanel, Brad W | 1051 | 3.5 | W92 | L24 | L37 | W77 | W72 | L25 | D59 | | 55 | Keller, Laurin D | 1477 | 3.5 | W93 | L18 | D88 | W109 | L22 | L53 | W98 | | 56 | Horwitz, Matt | 949 | 3.5 | L58 | -B- | D41 | L23 | W109 | W63 | L28 | | 57 | Ehrsam, Karl W | 2075 | 3.5 | W44 | D46 | W23 | W35 | L1 | -U- | -U- | | 58 | Blair, David | 1207 | 3.5 | W56 | L33 | L16 | W102 | L70 | W77 | D61 | | 59 | Marino, Marc | 1176 | 3.5 | D90 | D80 | L42 | W101 | L33 | W84 | D54 | | 60 | Wheeless, C Randy | 1255 | 3.5 | L37 | W114 | W101 | W24 | -H- | L26 | L19 | | 61 | Mielke, Richard W | 1057 | 3.5 | W101 | L90 | L24 | L48 | W105 | W89 | D58 | | 62 | Roudebush, Gregory M | | 3.5 | L116 | L72 | W92 | W84 | L45 | W76 | -H- | | 63 | Suich, Peter D | 1067 | 3.5 | W108 | L36 | L69 | D93 | W97 | L56 | W95 | | 64 | Wheeless, Colette M | 1040 | 3.5 | W106 | L27 | L19 | L72 | -H- | W100 | W91 | | 65 | Morris, Mark | | 3.5 | L23 | L44 | W103 | W66 | -H- | L43 | X90 | | 66 | Wheeless, Amelia A | 1027 | 3.5 | L100 | W94 | L70 | L65 | -H- | W96 | W89 | | 67 | Nager, Bailey | 1177 | 3.5 | L50 | W103 | L11 | W81 | D73 | -H- | -H- | | 68 | Mu, Joshua | 744 | 3.5 | -H- | L112 | W96 | L44 | L88 | W97 | W87 | | 69 | Brown, Tom | 1551 | 3.0 | W74 | L7 | W63 | W25 | L12 | L13 | L40 | | 70 | Rollins, Steve-RE | 1464 | 3.0 | L6 | W88 | W66 | L18 | W58 | L16 | L48 | | 71 | Jones, Andrew | 1256 | 3.0 | L38 | W106 | W81 | W21 | L14 | L24 | L43 | | 72 | Johnson, Coy | | 3.0 | L46 | W62 | L83 | W64 | L54 | L40 | W88 | | 73 | Gaskins, Ronald E | 1390 | 3.0 | L32 | W78 | W84 | L16 | D67 | L36 | D82 | | 74 | Hollingsworth, Gary | 1212 | 3.0 | L69 | W92 | L32 | W85 | W43 | L30 | L46 | | 75 | Blackwood, Charles | | 3.0 | L16 | W100 | W49 | L42 | L47 | L79 | W92 | | 76 | Mulligan, Christopher T | 1261 | 3.0 | W125 | L52 | W85 | L39 | L21 | L62 | W112 | | 77 | Johnson, Victor | | 3.0 | L20 | L8 | W115 | L54 | W81 | L58 | W99 | | 78 | McDanel, Britt | 1051 | 3.0 | W105 | L73 | L38 | L30 | W106 | W103 | L47 | | 79 | Sanders, Reid | 1229 | 3.0 | L83 | W105 | D89 | -H- | L37 | W75 | L38 | | 80 | Mu, Frank | 1062 | 3.0 | -H- | D59 | L43 | L53 | W101 | W102 | L45 | | 81 | Stevens, Kyle V | 891 | 3.0 | W94 | L41 | L71 | L67 | L77 | W107 | W100 | | 82 | Sanders, Ian-RE | 1405 | 3.0 | -H- | W86 | L4 | L89 | W100 | L41 | D73 | | 83 | Tae, Tanai | 941 | 3.0 | W79 | L19 | W72 | L27 | W48 | -U- | -U- | | 84 | Dunn, Kevin | 1019 | 3.0 | L36 | W108 | L73 | L62 | W107 | L59 | W102 | | 85 | Feist, Andrew R | 941 | 3.0 | W126 | L35 | L76 | L74 | L103 | W114 | W101 | | 86 | Nager, Adams | 908 | 3.0 | W103 | L82 | L40 | L99 | W112 | -H- | -H- | | 87 | Bobbitt, William Kirk-RE | 1003 | 2.5 | W89 | L25 | D44 | L46 | W110 | L34 | L68 | | 88 | Hyde, James-RE | 989 | 2.5 | W114 | L70 | D55 | L20 | W68 | L28 | L72 | | 89 | Simon, Michael | 689 | 2.5 | L87 | W102 | D79 | W82 | L13 | L61 | L66 | | 90 | Lawson, Josh | 1479 | 2.5 | D59 | W61 | L52 | W95 | L8 | L44 | F65 | | 91 | Todd, Bryan-RE | 755 | 2.5 | L47 | -H- | L93 | W94 | L28 | W109 | L64 | | 92 | Casoria, Joseph | 718 | 2.5 | L54 | L74 | L62 | -H- | W108 | W110 | L75 | | 93 | Sample, Roger L | 1816 | 2.5 | L55 | L31 | W91 | D63 | W95 | -U- | -U- | | 94 | Metcalfe, Eddie | 598 | 2.5 | L81 | L66 | -H- | L91 | W114 | L95 | W109 | | 95 | Moraga, Marissa | 810 | 2.5 | -H- | -H- | -H- | L90 | L93 | W94 | L63 | | 96 | Sanders, Joel | 740 | 2.5 | -H- | L28 | L68 | -H- | -H- | L66 | W103 | | 97 | Moraga, Gabriel | 147 | 2.5 | -H- | -H- | -H- | L41 | L63 | L68 | W108 | | 98 | Leatham, Ryan J | | 2.5 | -H- | -H- | -H- | -N- | -N- | W112 | L55 | | 99 | McDanel, Peter W | | 2.0 | L42 | L45 | W114 | W86 | L49 | L48 | L77 | | 100 | Fraker, Keegan | 699 | 2.0 | W66 | L75 | L104 | W107 | L82 | L64 | L81 | | 101 | Newsom, Christopher | | 2.0 | L61 | W115 | L60 | L59 | L80 | W105 | L85 | | 102 | Oyama, Cody-RE | 793 | 2.0 | L25 | L89 | W108 | L58 | W113 | L80 | L84 | | 103 | Wang, Stephen | 624 | 2.0 | L86 | L67 | L65 | -B- | W85 | L78 | L96 | | 104 | Tae, Patrick J | 1245 | 2.0 | D118 | D15 | W100 | L29 | L24 | -U- | -U- | | 105 | Suich, Joanna R | 764 | 2.0 | L78 | L79 | L53 | W114 | L61 | L101 | W110 | | 106 | Shreve, Ethan | | 2.0 | L64 | L71 | L48 | W115 | L78 | -H- | -H- | | 107 | Withrow, Rachel | 361 | 1.5 | L14 | -B- | L22 | L100 | L84 | L81 | D115 | | 108 | Hyde, Bethany | 477 | 1.5 | L63 | L84 | L102 | -H- | L92 | W115 | L97 | | 109 | Moraga, Javier | 611 | 1.5 | -H- | -H- | -H- | L55 | L56 | L91 | L94 | | 110 | Moraga, Elliot | 108 | 1.5 | -H- | -H- | -H- | L51 | L87 | L92 | L105 | | 111 | Todd, Bryan | 755 | 1.5 | L113 | -H- | -U- | -H- | -U- | -H- | -U- | | 112 | Stevens, Vernon E | 1273 | 1.0 | L29 | W68 | L45 | L49 | L86 | L98 | L76 | | 113 | Tranter, Thomas | 1103 | 1.0 | W111 | L21 | L39 | L47 | L102 | -U- | -U- | | 114 | Smith, Eileen | | 1.0 | L88 | L60 | L99 | L105 | L94 | L85 | -B- | | 115 | Morris, Dylan | 525 | 1.0 | L49 | L101 | L77 | L106 | -H- | L108 | D107 | | 116 | Wadford, A Wilder | 1700 | 1.0 | W62 | L2 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 117 | Brown, Terry | 904 | 1.0 | -H- | -H- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 118 | Hyde, James | 989 | 0.5 | D104 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 119 | Rollins, Steve | 1464 | 0.0 | L4 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 120 | Lipkin, Michael A | 1548 | 0.0 | L7 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 121 | Sanders, Ian | 1405 | 0.0 | L26 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 122 | Strohecker, John A | 1325 | 0.0 | L39 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 123 | Hyde, Kevin J | 1072 | 0.0 | L33 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 124 | Oyama, Cody | 793 | 0.0 | L34 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 125 | Bobbitt, William Kirk | 1003 | 0.0 | L76 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | | 126 | Suich, Victor W | 1145 | 0.0 | L85 | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | -U- | +-----+--------------------------+------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Prize Winners | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Name | Rating | Score | Prize Money (each) | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Matthew Noble | 2277 | 7.0 | 1st ($400) $400 + trophy | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Carlos Perdomo | 2467 | 6.0 | 2nd-3rd ($200-150) $175 | | Gary Newsom | 1975 | | | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Larry Tapper | 2295 | 5.5 | U2300: 1st-2nd ($150-100) | | James Mottonen | 2153 | | U2000: 1st-2nd-3rd ($60-50-40) $80 | | Leonard Dickerson | 2098 | | | | Walter Smith | 1896 | | | | Bruce Goodwin | 1810 | | | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Roger Johnson | 1984 | 5.0 | U2000: 4th-5th ($30-20) $10 | | Thomas Adams | 1838 | | | | Mike McHale | 1832 | | | | Zakir Ahmed | 1757 | | | | Jacqueline Guglielmi | 1655 | | | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Victor Suich | 1145 | 5.0 | U1600: 1st ($50) $40* | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | David Jenkins | 1591 | 4.5 | U1600: 2nd-3rd-4th, ($40-30-20) | | Brian Hastings | 1527 | | U1200: 1st ($40) $35* | | Joshua Dunn | 1164 | | | | Malcolm Scott | 1127 | | | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Robert Botelho | 1132 | 4.0 | U1200: 2nd-3rd ($30-20) $17 | | Israel Buckner | 1101 | | | | Randy Shirley | 839 | | | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Michael Simon | 689 | 2.5 | Biggest Upset: 1st ($40) $40 | +----------------------+--------+-------+----------------------------------------+ | Robert Botelho | 1132 | 4.0 | Biggest Upset: 2nd ($30) $30 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *Victor Suich graciously accepted $40 (U1200 1st) as originally awarded.