David Plotkin scored a perfect 4.0 en route to winning the Open division of the Eastern Maine Open. Due to upsets along the way, the highest rated opponent he had to defeat was Roger Hardison (1550) of Caribou in the second round. He beat Yuri Riabkov in the the third after Yuri's two upsets and then upstart Wesley Parker (1333) in the final round. Yuri, Wesley, Roger Morin, and Phil Lowell shared second with 3.0 points. Aaron Spencer and lone female Kathy Richards were next with 2.5 points.
David Plotkin, currently a junior at Bowdoin College, now holds a rating of 2111 which would place him just behind recent Bowdoin College graduate Jason Spector (2144) in active players within the state. It is great to see Experts play in Bangor Area tournaments.
Gianluca Pane went 4.0 in the Under 1400 section to take home top honors there, while John Xiang and Andrew Nevells shared first with 3.0 in the Under 1000 section. Colin Smith at 3.5 took clear first in the Under 600 section.
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