NC Open Championship 2000 October 27-29, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 5 round, 35/90,SD/60 tournament was held at the Comfort Inn in Burlington. Enrico Sevillano was the overall winner of the tournament while Larry Tapper was the top North Carolina resident. Larry Tapper and Matthew Hoekstra earned spots in the NC Invitational. In the U2000 section, there was a 4-way tie for first between Larry Johnson, Michael McHale, Robert Walker, and Walter Smith. Michael McHale won the trophy for top NC resident. In the U1600 section, previously unrated Igor Akushevich scored a perfect 5 points and claimed top honors. In the U1200 trophy-only section, John Brockhouse earned first place with 4.5 points, while Dane Berry, James Hyde, and Sam Thompson tied for 2nd through 4th place with 4 points. Dane Berry was the top NC resident based on tie-breaks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry Tapper Open Section Plc Name St USCF Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 1 Sevillano, Enrico GA 2557 5.0 W8 W13 W3 W6 W4 2 Tapper, Larry M-RE NC 2319 3.5 L5 D9 W12 W14 W3 3 Hoekstra, Matthew NC 2318 3.0 W9 W16 L1 W7 L2 4 Noble, Matthew E NC 2278 3.0 D12 W17 D7 W13 L1 5 Kirby, Kevin A NC 2147 3.0 W2 D7 -H- D8 D6 6 Belorusov, Mikhail PA 2411 3.0 W14 W11 -H- L1 D5 7 Filatov, Leonid NC 2274 3.0 W15 D5 D4 L3 W11 8 Kvit, Alexander V NC 2213 3.0 L1 W15 -H- D5 W9 9 Rouleau, John S MD 2105 2.5 L3 D2 W10 W12 L8 10 Schmidt, Bernard S NC 2071 2.5 L11 D14 L9 W19 W15 11 Vlahovic, Branislav NC 2197 2.0 W10 L6 L13 W15 L7 12 Patrick, Vann Alan NC 2001 2.0 D4 -H- L2 L9 W20 13 Harris, Neal D NC 2209 2.0 W18 L1 W11 L4 -U- 14 Pohl, Klaus A SC 2210 1.5 L6 D10 W17 L2 -U- 15 Crump II, Joseph H NC 1.0 L7 L8 -B- L11 L10 16 De Joseph, Steven V NC 2154 1.0 -B- L3 -U- -U- -U- 17 Fuerstman, Leland NC 2000 0.5 -H- L4 L14 -U- -U- 18 Tapper, Larry M NC 2319 0.0 L13 -U- -U- -U- -U- 19 Lowder, Phillip W NC 1616 0.0 -U- -U- -U- L10 -U- 20 Stancil, Richard C NC 1615 0.0 -U- -U- -U- -U- L12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Lovelace U2000 Section Plc Name St USCF Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 1 Johnson, Larry D GA 1990 4.0 D2 W31 D6 W15 W5 2 Mc Hale, Michael J NC 1688 4.0 D1 W8 D25 W30 W9 3 Walker, Robert A NC 1749 4.0 D21 W36 W13 D11 W14 4 Smith, Walter NC 4.0 W16 L9 W32 W25 W11 5 Mc Cartney, Patric NC 1887 3.5 W17 W15 D9 W10 L1 6 Smith, Damon NC 1770 3.5 W39 D13 D1 D7 W22 7 Spurrier, Robert P NC 1923 3.5 W40 L10 W17 D6 W12 8 Lombard, Ralph S NC 1912 3.5 -H- L2 W31 W24 W20 9 Sample, Roger l NC 1800 3.0 W34 W4 D5 D12 L2 10 Pietras, Jon F NC 1779 3.0 W26 W7 D11 L5 D16 11 Keogh, William J VA 1857 3.0 W42 W28 D10 D3 L4 12 Adams, Thomas C NC 1732 3.0 W19 D14 W35 D9 L7 13 Erb, E David NC 1952 3.0 W29 D6 L3 -H- W23 14 Newman, Terry W NC 1906 3.0 W32 D12 D22 W26 L3 15 Stewart, Ben NC 1727 3.0 W41 L5 W28 L1 W26 16 Davenport, F Eugen NC 1727 3.0 L4 W38 D21 W35 D10 17 Cronin, Dakota NC 1691 3.0 L5 W41 L7 W39 W27 18 Schmidt, Joan K NC 1664 3.0 D25 D20 L30 W36 W29 19 Brown, Tom -RE NC 1470 3.0 L12 L32 W40 W34 W33 20 Ahmed, Zakir NC 1757 2.5 D27 D18 D23 W21 L8 21 Hofer, Donald L SC 1470 2.5 D3 D37 D16 L20 W31 22 Hellsten, Ulf H NC 1700 2.5 W37 D35 D14 -H- L6 23 Griffin, David M NC 1670 2.5 -H- D30 D20 W37 L13 24 Mason, Edward L NC 1731 2.5 L31 W39 -H- L8 W32 25 Oody, Kyle J SC 1879 2.0 D18 W27 D2 L4 -U- 26 Micklos, Joseph NC 1612 2.0 L10 W40 W33 L14 L15 27 Guglielmi, Jacquel NC 1531 2.0 D20 L25 W38 D33 L17 28 Burton, Michael Le UT 1600 2.0 W33 L11 L15 L29 W39 29 Scruggs, Richard Patrick NC 1720 2.0 L13 D34 D36 W28 L18 30 O'Bryant, David L NC 1899 2.0 -H- D23 W18 L2 -U- 31 Tedder, Jerry NC 1437 1.5 W24 L1 L8 D32 L21 32 Mc Lemore, James M NC 1708 1.5 L14 W19 L4 D31 L24 33 Gabriel, Robert A NC 1756 1.5 L28 W42 L26 D27 L19 34 Stancil, Richard C NC 1615 1.5 L9 D29 L37 L19 -B- 35 Clifford, John NC 1866 1.5 W38 D22 L12 L16 -U- 36 Duel, Gregory NC 1504 1.5 -H- L3 D29 L18 D38 37 Sloan, Thomas R NC 1897 1.5 L22 D21 W34 L23 -U- 38 Lowder, Phillip W NC 1616 1.5 L35 L16 L27 X41 D36 39 Brooks, John W NC 1651 1.0 L6 L24 W41 L17 L28 40 Moore, Robert C NC 1712 0.0 L7 L26 L19 -U- -U- 41 Keller, Laurin D NC 1342 0.0 L15 L17 L39 F38 -U- 42 Coleman, Charles NC 1654 0.0 L11 L33 -U- -U- -U- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judd Pires U1600 Section Plc Name St USCF Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 1 Akushevich, Igor NC 5.0 W7 W9 W25 W8 W6 2 Spurrier, Nick NC 1290 4.5 W41 W26 W3 D4 W10 3 Cowles, Richard A NC 1479 4.0 W22 W5 L2 W25 W8 4 Pires, Paul Judd NC 1470 4.0 D17 W20 W19 D2 W9 5 Abron, Michael T NC 1596 3.5 W14 L3 W15 D7 W18 6 Tapia, Daniel NC 1361 3.5 W34 D12 W32 W13 L1 7 Eggers,Graydon An NC 1448 3.5 L1 W36 W27 D5 W20 8 Hurlbert, David NC 1457 3.0 W31 W11 W10 L1 L3 9 Garrett, Daniel C NC 1504 3.0 W35 L1 W22 W23 L4 10 Tessler, Reid S NC 1507 3.0 W36 W18 L8 W17 L2 11 Jenkins, David P NC 1562 3.0 W16 L8 L18 W24 W17 12 De Bell, Jerome NC 1540 3.0 W33 D6 L13 W30 D14 13 Stephenson, Alan H NC 1447 3.0 W40 D32 W12 L6 -H- 14 Sullivan, John L NC 1420 3.0 L5 W40 -H- W19 D12 15 Heintz, Lawrence R NC 1359 3.0 L21 W29 L5 W34 W25 16 Wehrenberg, John H NC 1227 3.0 L11 L24 W29 W33 W28 17 Blair, David L NC 1150 2.5 D4 W37 W21 L10 L11 18 Brown, Brandon NC 1304 2.5 W28 L10 W11 D21 L5 19 Carlson, Albert Pa-RE NC 1325 2.5 W24 D21 L4 L14 W30 20 Bambara, Dominick * NC 1207 2.5 D38 L4 W37 W26 L7 21 Holmes, Gil GA 1537 2.5 W15 D19 L17 D18 D23 22 Luisana, John E NC 1223 2.5 L3 W28 L9 W31 D26 23 Sanders, Ian NC 1422 2.5 L27 W33 W31 L9 D21 24 Weinberg, Amanda PA 880 2.5 L19 W16 -H- L11 W35 25 Mabe, Chris J-RE NC 1505 2.0 W29 W27 L1 L3 L15 26 Cook, James E NC 1533 2.0 W42 L2 D30 L20 D22 27 Alexander, Geoffre NC 971 2.0 W23 L25 L7 L28 W33 28 Yachan, George NC 1524 2.0 L18 L22 W36 W27 L16 29 Sanders, Reid NC 1093 2.0 L25 L15 L16 W36 W34 30 Ashamalla, Alphons NC 1263 1.5 L32 W34 D26 L12 L19 31 Horwitz, Dan NC 1003 1.5 L8 W35 L23 L22 D36 32 Thomas, John E NC 1596 1.5 W30 D13 L6 -U- -U- 33 Sigmon, Steven W NC 1120 1.0 L12 L23 W35 L16 L27 34 Green, Matthew NC 923 1.0 L6 L30 -B- L15 L29 35 Price, Shannon B NC 1277 1.0 L9 L31 L33 X37 L24 36 Hyde, Kevin J NC 1102 0.5 L10 L7 L28 L29 D31 37 Parker, Scott NC 1254 0.5 D39 L17 L20 F35 -U- 38 Brown, Tom NC 1470 0.5 D20 -U- -U- -U- -U- 39 Duel, Gregory NC 1504 0.5 D37 -N- -U- -U- -U- 40 Burnett, Virgil A VA 1084 0.0 L13 L14 -U- -U- -U- 41 Mabe, Chris J NC 1505 0.0 L2 -U- -U- -U- -U- 42 Carlson, Albert Pa NC 1325 0.0 L26 -U- -U- -U- -U- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Parker U1200 Section Plc Name St USCF Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 1 Brockhouse, John W VA 1118 4.5 W14 W17 D5 W6 W7 2 Berry, Dane R NC 4.0 W15 W8 W3 -H- D4 3 Hyde, James H NC 990 4.0 W11 W24 L2 W9 W8 4 Thompson, Sam NC 4.0 -H- W22 W17 W5 D2 5 Mc Rary, Jeb W NC 958 3.5 W26 W18 D1 L4 W6 6 Stadther, Derek L NC 837 3.0 W13 W19 W7 L1 L5 7 Akushevich, Marina NC 1003 3.0 W21 W9 L6 W12 L1 8 Griffin, Chris M NC 954 3.0 W22 L2 W18 W13 L3 9 Horwitz, Matt NC 833 3.0 W23 L7 W10 L3 W19 10 Bateson, Emmanuel NC 3.0 L17 W14 L9 W22 W20 11 Lewis, Warren E NC 826 3.0 L3 W26 -H- W17 D16 12 Martin, Bryan Christopher NC 2.5 D16 W15 D19 L7 D14 13 Song, Hongsuk A NC 1050 2.5 L6 W16 W25 L8 -H- 14 Gross, D D NC 823 2.5 L1 L10 W26 W23 D12 15 Brown, Charles J NC 872 2.5 L2 L12 D22 W24 W18 16 Diming, Stephen A NC 878 2.5 D12 L13 W24 -H- D11 17 Brown, Terry NC 932 2.0 W10 L1 L4 L11 W23 18 Jensen, Joe NC 2.0 W20 L5 L8 W25 L15 19 Schmidt, Julie C NC 1068 2.0 W25 L6 D12 D20 L9 20 Saxena, Salil NC 865 2.0 L18 W21 -H- D19 L10 21 Scotten, Dwight L VA 703 2.0 L7 L20 L23 -B- W24 22 Perdue, Freddie M NC 618 1.5 L8 L4 D15 L10 W26 23 Cobb, Ryan NC 1.0 L9 L25 W21 L14 L17 24 Brannock, G E NC 645 1.0 -B- L3 L16 L15 L21 25 Norwood, Donald R NC 814 1.0 L19 W23 L13 L18 -U- 26 Sanders, Layne A NC 629 0.5 L5 L11 L14 -H- L22