East Millinocket Tournament A Success

Roger Morin not only organized the tournament but prevailed in the final round against upstart Margaret Bryan to complete a perfect 4.0 score and win a clear first at the East Millinocket Municipal Building on Saturday. There was a good turnout of fourteen for the first event ever held in the area. Players came up from central Maine and down from The County to provide a very competitive field. There will be an illustrated report on chessmaine.net early next week.

Miscellaneous notes: Margaret competed in a road race in the morning in Hermon winning the female division before heading 70 miles north for three rounds of chess....Steven Abrahams made his Maine chess debut. He remembered Margaret from her trip to Chicago for the Polgar as he was representing New Hampshire in the Denker that year. He did an excellent job that year drawing four games against much higher rated opponents. Steve will be bringing his 1772 rating to more tournaments in the Bangor area this year since he's attending school nearby.

McCain Ties for 20th at Denker

Lucas McCain scored 3.0 out of 6.0 to finish tied for 20th at the Denker High School Tournament of Champions. Lucas only lost once while drawing four games and winning one. Lucas (1935) beat the only opponent who had a lower rating than he, while drawing Jeffrey Haskel the highest rated player (2278) and second place finisher. The other four opponents that Lucas faced all had ratings above 2000. Congratulations Lucas on representing Maine so well!

Another congratulations goes to Abby Marshall who became the first female winner of the Denker. We met Abby at the Polgar in Chicago (2006). She has won the Polgar twice and has now added the Denker to her impressive resume.

SPNI Final Standings

Here are the final standings from Lubbock. Margaret and her opponents' names are in bold.

6th Annual 2009 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
Final standings
Place Name/Team Rate Score MMed Solk Cum CumOp
1 Dai,Yang (1) 2057 6.0 21.5 24.5 21.0 89.5
2 Gologorsky, Rachel (11) 1704 5.0 19.0 21.0 17.0 78.0
3 Peters,Epiphany M (6) 1797 5.0 17.5 20.0 15.0 73.0
4 Diaz, Linda V (3) 1882 4.5 22.0 25.5 17.0 91.0
5 Jamison,Courtney (2) 1984 4.5 21.5 24.0 17.5 89.0
6 Bhat,Samyukta (9) 1740 4.5 19.5 22.5 18.5 85.0
7 Koong, Joanne (13) 1683 4.5 17.5 19.5 15.5 71.0
8 Botez,V Alexandra (17) 1629 4.0 19.5 21.5 16.0 77.5
9 Hannibal,Dana C (23) 1517 4.0 19.0 22.0 15.5 79.0
10 Bian,Victoria (22) 1534 4.0 19.0 21.0 15.0 73.5
11 Jones, Julia E (4) 1869 4.0 17.5 20.0 15.0 83.5
12 Chen,Michelle Xue (5) 1821 4.0 17.5 20.0 13.5 73.0
13 Hua,Margaret M (19) 1586 4.0 17.5 19.5 14.0 66.5
14 Puri,Indira (20) 1537 4.0 17.5 19.5 13.0 70.0
15 Lelko,Rebecca A (12) 1689 4.0 17.5 18.5 15.0 71.0
16 Bohannon,Angel (8) 1761 4.0 17.0 19.5 13.0 73.0
17 Virkud,Apurva (14) 1668 4.0 17.0 19.0 15.0 75.5
18 Foley,Sayaka B (10) 1707 4.0 16.0 18.0 15.0 70.5
19 Douthitt,Autumn N (33) 1363 4.0 15.5 16.5 11.0 60.5
20 Lam,Fiona V (7) 1787 3.5 21.0 23.0 16.0 87.0
21 Roy,Ananya (15) 1662 3.5 13.0 15.0 9.0 53.0
22 Ensley-Field,Mira (36) 1282 3.0 16.0 24.0 14.0 83.0
23 Farell,Michelle (21) 1536 3.0 15.0 22.0 14.0 77.5
24 Abderhalden,Kathe (24) 1513 3.0 14.5 21.5 12.0 73.5
25 Munoz,Claudia E (27) 1474 3.0 14.5 20.5 12.5 77.5
26 Lasley,Alexa E (28) 1459 3.0 14.5 20.0 13.0 75.0
27 Nguyen,Emily Quyn (53) 862 3.0 13.5 20.5 12.0 70.5
28 Conley,Brianna (25) 1507 3.0 13.5 19.5 12.0 70.0
29 Tallo, Emily (18) 1602 3.0 12.0 20.0 11.0 68.0
30 Mahowald,Morgan (38) 1215 3.0 12.0 18.0 9.0 61.5
31 Newell,Melanie L (30) 1420 3.0 12.0 17.5 11.0 60.5
32 Chen,Kelly (31) 1399 3.0 11.5 18.5 8.5 60.0
33 Sarna,Kristen She (29) 1425 3.0 11.5 15.5 11.0 55.5
34 Cancio,Aiya (43) 1129 3.0 11.0 16.5 8.0 53.5
35 Wiener,Alexandra (16) 1659 3.0 11.0 16.0 12.0 58.0
36 Folz,Caroline C (39) 1181 3.0 10.0 16.5 8.0 58.5
37 Patterson,Emily N (26) 1501 3.0 10.0 16.0 10.0 52.0
38 Wyzywany,Amelia F (51) 960 3.0 9.0 13.0 8.0 48.0
39 Warren,Hannah (46) 1033 2.5 16.0 21.0 10.5 70.0
40 James,Isabel Rebe (50) 970 2.5 14.5 18.5 8.5 62.0
41 Bryan,Margaret (35) 1310 2.5 14.0 18.0 9.0 66.0
42 Wai,Marissa (32) 1364 2.5 13.5 18.0 8.5 61.0
43 Barkell,Erica Daw (34) 1359 2.5 13.5 17.5 8.5 58.5
44 Qureshi,Sadia (48) 1006 2.5 12.5 17.5 5.5 56.0
45 Fitch,Ann Marie E (55) 833 2.0 14.0 18.0 9.0 64.0
46 Perez, Bernadette (54) 848 2.0 13.0 16.0 7.0 52.0
47 Garza,Sarah (37) 1250 2.0 11.5 16.0 6.0 52.5
48 Spencer,Nicole An (40) 1157 2.0 11.5 15.5 6.0 46.0
49 Purdy,Hannah (47) 1030 2.0 11.0 15.0 6.0 53.0
50 Deland,Rebecca (44) 1100 2.0 10.5 14.5 7.0 49.5
51 Chawla,Alisha (41) 1145 2.0 10.0 15.0 6.0 47.0
52 Lopez,Natalia (57) 551 2.0 10.0 13.5 7.0 41.0
53 Abdus-Shakoor,Diamond (49) 987 2.0 9.5 13.5 4.0 43.5
54 Alston,Jannel (52) 886 2.0 9.0 13.0 4.0 41.0
55 Olvera,Georgia (42) 1139 1.0 11.0 15.0 4.0 44.5
56 Ma, Jenny (45) 1033 1.0 10.0 14.0 4.0 42.0
57 Locker,Sara (60) nnnn 1.0 10.0 14.0 3.0 42.0
58 Alston, Jannette (58) 492 1.0 8.0 11.0 2.0 35.0
59 Snowdeal,Kristen (56) 686 1.0 7.0 10.0 1.0 32.0
60 Garvin,Katherine (59) 207 0.0 7.0 10.0 0.0 29.0