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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