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Colorado State Chess Association |
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Colorado State Chess Association |
This list includes players that have achieved master ratings in the state of Colorado. To be included on the list, a player must have been a resident of Colorado and played in at least one rated tournament while living in the state. Some players on the list have not held the rating of the level of master that they are listed as, but they did achieve the minimum rating at some time and qualified to get that master certificate from USCF. Also, some of the players listed below achieved their highest master level before moving to Colorado or after leaving Colorado. Some of the top players from the 1950's era may have been of master strength, but in the absence of the Elo rating system this is not possible to judge today.
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1950 Jack Hursch 1951 Julius Partos 1952 Arthur Underwood, Jr. 1953 Jack Hursch 1954 Rudolph Petters 1955 E. Victor Traibush 1956 Claude Hillinger 1957 Sam Priebe 1958 George Pipiringos 1959 Hans Berliner 1960 Rudolph Petters 1961 George Pipiringos 1962 Richard Moore 1963 Robert G. Shean 1964 Robert G. Shean 1965 Wesley Koehler 1966 Wesley Koehler 1967 E. Victor Traibush 1968 Bill Riley 1969 Robert Wendling 1970 E. Victor Traibush 1971 Wesley Koehler 1972 Robert Wendling 1973 Donald C. Sutherland 1974 John L. Watson 1975 John L. Watson 1976 Curtis Carlson 1977 Brian Wall 1978 Randy Canney 1979 Dmitry Agrachov 1980 Robert Fordon |
1981 Gerald Georges 1982 Eric Anderson 1983 David Rice 1984 James McCarty 1985 Alexander Fishbein 1986 Brian Lankey 1987 Alexander Fishbein 1988 Alexander Fishbein 1989 James McCarty 1990 Mikhail Ponomarev 1991 Randy Canney 1992 Michael Mulyar 1993 Michael Mulyar 1994 David Gliksman 1995 Michael Mulyar 1996 James McCarty 1997 Mikhail Ponomarev 1998 Renard Anderson 1999 Michael Valvo 2000 Michael Mulyar 2001 Michael Mulyar 2002 Paul Nikitovich 2003 Jim Hamblin 2004 Jesse Cohen 2005 Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2006 Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2007 Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2008 Philipp Ponomarev 2009 Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2010 Randy Canney 2011 Eric Montany |
There is one, and only one, Colorado State Champion (no co-champions). This has been the precedent since 1950. Tie-breaks will be announced in advance of Round 1 and will break any ties in regards to the State title.
Colorado Open should continue to take place on Labor Day weekend. Unrateds must play in the Open Section (to discourage unrateds from sandbagging and winning large class prizes). Unrateds can play in the Membership Open, which runs concurrently.
Eligibility for Colorado Champions (Open and Closed):
A resident is hereby defined as someone who has lived in Colorado for the last 6 months continuously, or 9 of the last 12 months. The CSCA will defer to military codes of residency for those in the Armed Forces.
(from the CSCA Board 7/2004)
