Today I played the role of Tournament Leader and proud father at the 4th All Girls Maine State Championship. When the games were all decided, Margaret Bryan led the way with 4.0 while two girls, Olympia Serban and Jessica Chen, finished 2nd and 3rd with 2.5 points. In the Under 600 section, Anne Witick captured a clear first with 3.5 points.
I was able to get the tournament off on schedule, and we were all done by 4:00. Thanks to the help of Ron Lewis and Kathy Richards we were well -prepared even without the erstwhile Dan DeLuca. We missed his presence, but we did our best to run a problem-free event as he is so good at doing.
The competition included 7 girls in the championship section and 11 in the Under 600. Most results held to form with the biggest upset being Claudia Serban over Cyndi Currier in the U600 section. Margaret's longest game was in the first round when she faced Cheverus High student Miriam Nielsen. Margaret won three years ago in the inaugural event and went to the Polgar in Chicago. Lily Briggs who won in 2007 is now at Wheaton College, while last year's winner Sorel Edes did not attend this year's event.
Margaret is a member of the John Bapst team that won last week's state team championship. She will be attending the Supernationals in Nashville along with her Bapst teammates and a strong Maine contingent from Cape Elizabeth and Deer Isle-Stonington and, let's not forget her sister, Anna, from the Airline Community School.
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