The 2018 Colorado Springs Open brought 44 players to enjoy a warm, pleasant weekend in Manitou Springs on March 3-4. As usual, we had folks from near and far. Three strong Colorado masters led the crosstable, and several experts, including young stars who showed their stuff to the dismay of their opponents. These included the amazing McConnell brothers, who literally won every game they played, but were kept from the top spot by 3rd round Byes and an early departure. Sheena Zeng from Kansas was another such, taking down Rhett Langseth again and yielding only to Brian Wall in round 4. Alas, she, too, had to leave us before round 5.
Among the other new friends we made there was Ohio player Michael Abron, who is making a tour of the nation playing rated chess in every state. We also had a visitor from Texas.
Josh Bloomer was unstoppable on Board One, by far the highest rated and playing like it. He took clear first with 4.5, followed by Brian, Daniel Herman, and Brian Rountree, who upset Master Richard Shtivelband in round 5, thus earning the U2100 prize with a rating of 1854. Other prize winners were Sam Bridle, Vedanth Sampath, Mukund Gurumurthi, Karthik Selva, Clinton Eads, Vedant Margale, and Gilberto Gaxiola. You will notice the high number of young players among these winners.
My computer and printer worked this time (thanks to help from Earle Wikle and Paul Covington). Most players registered online, which made things easier but also added a few complications.
In all, it was an enjoyable and satisfying tournament. Thanks to all who played, and we hope to see you all again soon.
# | Player | USCF # | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
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1 | Josh Bloomer | 12626102 | 2353 | W14 | W20 | W2 | W10 | D3 | 4.5 |
2 | Daniel Herman | 14345456 | 2107 | W26 | W4 | L1 | W15 | W12 | 4 |
3 | Brian Wall | 10923344 | 2248 | W43 | W12 | D5 | W11 | D1 | 4 |
4 | Brian Rountree | 12477167 | 1854 | W24 | L2 | W27 | W28 | W10 | 4 |
5 | Sara Herman | 14345441 | 1942 | W28 | W30 | D3 | L8 | W19 | 3.5 |
6 | Neil Bhavikatti | 14919064 | 2040 | W37 | W21 | L10 | D19 | W22 | 3.5 |
7 | Sam Bridle | 12498212 | 1871 | W40 | L10 | W22 | D14 | W18 | 3.5 |
8 | Sulliva McConnell | 14696346 | 2041 | W27 | W35 | H--- | W5 | U--- | 3.5 |
9 | Griffin McConnell | 14692997 | 2007 | W23 | W38 | H--- | W25 | U--- | 3.5 |
10 | Richard Shtivelband | 12630593 | 2262 | W32 | W7 | W6 | L1 | L4 | 3 |
11 | Sheena Zeng | 14640432 | 2004 | W17 | W19 | W25 | L3 | U--- | 3 |
12 | Duwayne Langseth | 11197175 | 1905 | W36 | L3 | W13 | W30 | L2 | 3 |
13 | Mukund Gurumurthi | 15095415 | 1546 | L25 | W31 | L12 | W29 | W28 | 3 |
14 | Vedanth Sampath | 15543043 | 1605 | L1 | W36 | W38 | D7 | D16 | 3 |
15 | Charles Alexander | 11307949 | 1804 | L18 | W39 | W23 | L2 | W26 | 3 |
16 | Calvin Dejong | 15617641 | 1837 | W31 | L25 | H--- | W32 | D14 | 3 |
17 | Karthik Selva | 15050522 | 1504 | L11 | W33 | H--- | D21 | W30 | 3 |
18 | Vedant Margale | 16018722 | 1164 | W15 | L22 | W39 | D20 | L7 | 2.5 |
19 | Steve Kovach | 12687854 | 1710 | W33 | L11 | W40 | D6 | L5 | 2.5 |
20 | Kurt Kondracki | 13442735 | 1932 | W29 | L1 | D32 | D18 | H--- | 2.5 |
21 | Frank Deming | 10267811 | 1753 | W41 | L6 | L28 | D17 | W36 | 2.5 |
22 | Jeffrey Kerbow | 15238358 | 1744 | H--- | W18 | L7 | W37 | L6 | 2.5 |
23 | Aditya Krishna | 15351472 | 1511 | L9 | W42 | L15 | W40 | H--- | 2.5 |
24 | Clinton Eads | 12435350 | 1250 | L4 | L26 | W44 | H--- | W37 | 2.5 |
25 | Rhett Langseth | 13392987 | 2137 | W13 | W16 | L11 | L9 | U--- | 2 |
26 | James Mulberry | 10311128 | 1530 | L2 | W24 | L30 | W33 | L15 | 2 |
27 | Joe Beane | 12226870 | 1521 | L8 | W34 | L4 | W42 | U--- | 2 |
28 | Doyle Lobaugh | 12437813 | 1500 | L5 | W44 | W21 | L4 | L13 | 2 |
29 | Dean Brown | 10224098 | 1422 | L20 | L32 | W41 | L13 | W34 | 2 |
30 | Atharva Vispute | 15046237 | 1705 | W44 | L5 | W26 | L12 | L17 | 2 |
31 | Ayush Vispute | 16045256 | 1209 | L16 | L13 | L33 | W44 | W42 | 2 |
32 | Austin Harbach | 16160691 | 1576 | L10 | W29 | D20 | L16 | U--- | 1.5 |
33 | Gilberto Gaxiola | 16489881 | unr. | L19 | L17 | W31 | L26 | D39 | 1.5 |
34 | Shirley Herman | 14812654 | 1115 | L35 | L27 | D36 | W39 | L29 | 1.5 |
35 | Richard Pugh | 12525508 | 1753 | W34 | L8 | H--- | U--- | U--- | 1.5 |
36 | William Wolf | 14762885 | 1412 | L12 | L14 | D34 | W43 | L21 | 1.5 |
37 | George Peschke | 15618142 | 1517 | L6 | W41 | H--- | L22 | L24 | 1.5 |
38 | Cory Foster | 12928613 | 1752 | W42 | L9 | L14 | U--- | U--- | 1 |
39 | Michael Abron | 11326846 | 1500 | H--- | L15 | L18 | L34 | D33 | 1 |
40 | Patrick Losique | 15022095 | 1289 | L7 | W43 | L19 | L23 | U--- | 1 |
41 | Ben Rubin | 16511644 | 827 | L21 | L37 | L29 | B--- | F43 | 1 |
42 | Shrey Rohilla | 16238920 | 632 | L38 | L23 | B--- | L27 | L31 | 1 |
43 | Christopher Motley | 16231534 | 1556 | L3 | L40 | H--- | L36 | F41 | 0.5 |
44 | Caleb Cheung | 16647072 | unr. | L30 | L28 | L24 | L31 | U--- | 0 |