2000 Texas Action Champ. Mikhail Langer


NM Mikhail Langer (above) from Austin was the clear winner of the five round Texas Action Championship (game/30 tournament) held April 1 at the Methodist Specialty and Transplant Center in San Antonio. He scored five points and won $250. Tied for the second place prize were NM's Bill Reuter and Selby Anderson, plus expert Ali Morshedi with four points - they split $100. Also with four points tying for second place were Chris Pitts, Jesse Buentello and Alan Rodenstein who split the U2100 and U1900 prizes for $63.33 each. Tyson Slesnick (1274) with 3.5 points won the U1700 prize of $80. Adit Wongsaroj, Anthony Guerra and Bill Hill with 3 points split the combined U1500 and U1300 prizes for $43.33 each. The 47 player tournament was directed by Greg Wren for the San Antonio Chess Club.


                           Texas Action Championship

                                   Standings


    Name                        rtng post rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4  rd 5   TOT  Brks1  Brks2  Brks3

  1 Langer, Mikhail.............2258 2266 W 42  W 27  W 36  W  3  W  2   5.0   13.0   14.0   15.0
  2 Reuter, William C...........2200 2204 W 15  W 29  W  7  W  4  L  1   4.0   16.0   18.0   14.0
  3 Pitts, Chris L..............1860 1877 W 28  W 25  W  5  L  1  W 11   4.0   14.5   16.5   13.0
  4 Anderson, Selby K...........2261 2261 W 38  W 14  W  6  L  2  W  8   4.0   14.5   16.0   13.0
  5 Morshedi, Ali...............2138 2132 W 30  W 13  L  3  W  9  W 14   4.0   13.5   15.5   12.0
  6 Buentello, Jesse............2016 2017 W 17  W 12  L  4  W 18  W 13   4.0   13.0   16.0   12.0
  7 Rodenstein, Alan C..........1864 1867 W 32  W 18  L  2  W 12  W 15   4.0   13.0   15.0   12.0
  8 Huddleston, Doug............2105 2103 W 24  W 11  D  9  W 22  L  4   3.5   13.5   16.0   12.5
  9 Coombes, Zachariah..........1851 1857 W 37  W 23  D  8  L  5  W 21   3.5   12.5   14.0   11.5
 10 Slesnick, Tyson.............1274 1324 D 22  L 16  W 40  W 27  W 20   3.5   10.5   12.0    8.5
 11 Flewelling, Heathe..........1665 1675 W 41  L  8  W 17  W 16  L  3   3.0   13.5   15.0   10.0
 12 Agaian, Sarkis..............1594 1603 W 35  L  6  W 19  L  7  W 28   3.0   13.0   15.0    9.0
 13 Wijetunge, Ivan.............1682 1681 W 39  L  5  W 24  W 28  L  6   3.0   12.5   14.0   10.0
 14 Eckert, Allen...............1774 1775 W 34  L  4  W 42  W 25  L  5   3.0   12.5   13.5   10.0
 15 Wongsaroj, Adit Lo..........1296 1328 L  2  W 44  W 27  W 29  L  7   3.0   12.0   13.0    9.0
 16 Rios, Enrique...............2022 1993 L 19  W 10  W 38  L 11  W 30   3.0   11.5   13.0    8.0
 17 Guerra, Anthony.............1180 1207 L  6  W 39  L 11  W 33  W 29   3.0   11.0   12.5    7.0
 18 Gopalan, Prabhakar..........1505 1505 W 47  L  7  W 43  L  6  W 31   3.0   11.0   11.0    9.0
 19 Hill, Bill C................1236 1272 W 16  L 20  L 12  W 34  W 35   3.0   10.5   12.5    8.0
 20 Lewkowski, Bruce E..........1796 1773 W 31  W 19  L 22  D 21  L 10   2.5    8.5   14.0   10.0
 21 Castleberry, Geral..........1504 1508 W 46  L 36  W 32  D 20  L  9   2.5    7.5   11.5    9.0
 22 Tidwell, Stephen R..........2027 2017 D 10  W 40  W 20  L  8  U---   2.5    7.5   11.0    9.5
 23 Graupera, Carlos............1452 1437 W 33  L  9  L 28  W 32  D 26   2.5    6.5   12.0    7.5
 24 Echeverry, Alex Mi..........1283 1290 L  8  W 41  L 13  D 37  W 40   2.5    6.0   11.0    6.0
 25 Davis, Charles R............1400 1399 W 45  L  3  W 37  L 14  H---   2.5    5.5    9.5    8.5
 26 Sustare, Dennis.............unr. 1345 L 27  L 30  W 46  W 42  D 23   2.5    5.0    8.0    5.5
 27 Figueroa, Pedro.............1742 1713 W 26  L  1  L 15  L 10  W 37   2.0   10.5   15.5    6.0
 28 Lewkowski, Benjami..........1040 1058 L  3  W 45  W 23  L 13  L 12   2.0    9.5   13.5    7.0
 29 Scalise, James..............1690 1661 W 44  L  2  W 30  L 15  L 17   2.0    9.0   13.0    8.0
 30 Montgomery, Patric..........1285 1297 L  5  W 26  L 29  W 39  L 16   2.0    9.0   13.0    6.0
 31 Guerra, Gabriel............. 813  838 L 20  L 42  W 41  W 38  L 18   2.0    6.5    9.5    5.0
 32 Furlong, Calvin H...........1070 1072 L  7  W 47  L 21  L 23  W 45   2.0    6.0   10.0    5.0
 33 Moore, Brandon..............unr. 1114 L 23  L 37  W 44  L 17  W 42   2.0    6.0    9.0    4.0
 34 Pena, Joel..................unr. 1210 L 14  L 38  W 47  L 19  W 43   2.0    5.5    8.5    4.0
 35 Wren, Gregory S.............1700 1675 L 12  H---  H---  W 43  L 19   2.0    4.0    7.0    5.5
 36 Young, Steven D.............1906 1906 W 43  W 21  L  1  U---  U---   2.0    3.5    8.5    9.0
 37 Greenfield, Ryan............ 938  955 L  9  W 33  L 25  D 24  L 27   1.5    9.0   12.5    5.0
 38 True, George G..............1378 1361 L  4  W 34  L 16  L 31  D 39   1.5    8.5   12.5    4.5
 39 Lopez, Juan.................unr. 1099 L 13  L 17  W 45  L 30  D 38   1.5    7.5   10.5    3.5
 40 Tilton, Leica...............1505 1480 H---  L 22  L 10  W 44  L 24   1.5    6.5   10.0    4.5
 41 Limon, Catalina.............unr.  957 L 11  L 24  L 31  D 46  W 47   1.5    5.0    8.0    2.0
 42 Hesbrook, Cullen J..........1305 1286 L  1  W 31  L 14  L 26  L 33   1.0    9.5   14.5    4.0
 43 Nielsen, James..............1179 1171 L 36  W 46  L 18  L 35  L 34   1.0    7.5   10.5    4.0
 44 Roth, Nicholas A............unr. 1050 L 29  L 15  L 33  L 40  W 46   1.0    6.0    9.0    1.0
 45 Ferrel, Cassidy.............unr.  855 L 25  L 28  L 39  W 47  L 32   1.0    5.5    8.0    2.0
 46 Marr, Brandon...............unr.  875 L 21  L 43  L 26  D 41  L 44   0.5    6.0    8.5    1.0
 47 Marr, Clinton...............unr.  677 L 18  L 32  L 34  L 45  L 41   0.0    6.5    9.5    0.0