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TMC Team Invitational Results January 10th and 11th was the fist TeachMeChess.com Team Invitational, and it went great! We played with teams of four at a time control of 30/90 SD 30. Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Huntsville, Dothan, Baldwin County, and Pensacola all put together teams and competed. The playing field was tough with a mixture of experts and A's at the top of the teams, and primarily strong B's and C's on the lower boards, with a few A's and D's down there as well. We had some amazing team upsets, and some amazing individual upsets. Jake Moody, a 1364 on board 3 for Mobile, defeated Tim Bond, a 1922 on Dothan's third board! That was by far one of the greatest upsets of the event! Even more impressive, however, was Scott Enstrom's performance as board 4 for Baldwin County. While the Baldwin County team didn't do so well, Scott Enstrom, an 888 student of mine, went undefeated with three wins, two draws against significantly higher rated opponents! His rating increased from 888 to 1149!!! Board one for Birmingham, Steve Smith, near his floor of 1800 showed he still has good games in him when he drew the highest rated individual in the event Scott Varagona of Auburn. Of course we can't forget Mobile managing a team draw against Dothan, a team with an average rating more than 300 points higher! Scott Varagona deserves some special recognition for having 4 wins 1 draw! Great job Scott, a true performance of a multi-year state champion. It was an excellent weekend filled with great games. You can view the USCF crosstable at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200901113021. Click read more to view a crosstable showing the team results as well as a complete list of participants.
Mobile (1512) | Baldwin County (1404) | Birmingham (1699) | Pensacola (1470) | Montgomery (1607) | Dothan (1867) | Auburn (1789) | Huntsville (1916) | 1. Keenan Olson (1888)
2. Kevin Crisler (1538)
3. Jake Moody (1364)
4. Don Halimunanda (1256)
| 1. Chuck Singleton (1707)
2. Valerie Hodgson (1529)
3. Ken Jordan (1493)
4. Scott Enstrom (888) | 1. Stephen B Smith (1808)
2. Yan Zhu (1769)
3. Ryan Brown (1599)
4. Paul Miller (1509) | 1. John Perciballi (1857)
2. Josh Stewart (1625) 3. James Westberry (1200 Assigned)
4. Terrell McMillian (1200 Assigned) | 1. Rhodes Peele (1781)
2. Michael Lawson (1750)
3. Doug Strout (1551)
4. Justin Little (1348) | 1. Bryan Tillis (2020)
2. Ricky Pierson (1950)
3. Tim Bond (1922)
4. Tim Owens (1577) | 1. Scott Varagona (2150)
2. Ken Goodman (1841)
3. Joe Chaffee (1613)
4. Mark Peterson (1550) | 1. Will Stevenson (2052)
2. Alex Weiner (1960)
3. Josh McClellan (1932)
4. William Savoie (1719) |
| Quad 1 Round 1 | Quad 2 Round 1 | Huntsville 3.5 v Birmingham 0.5
Board 1 - Huntsville
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Huntsville
Board 4 - Huntsville
Dothan 0.5 v Auburn 3.5
Board 1 - Auburn
Board 2 - Auburn
Board 3 - Draw
Board 4 - Auburn | Mobile 3 v Baldwin County 1
Board 1 - Mobile
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Mobile
Board 4 - Draw
Pensacola 1.5 v Montgomery 2.5
Board 1 - Draw
Board 2 - Pensacola
Board 3 - Montgomery
Board 4 - Montgomery | | Round 2 | Round 2 | Auburn 1.5 v Huntsville 2.5
Board 1 - Auburn
Board 2 - Huntsville
Board 3 - Draw
Board 4 - Huntsville
Birmingham 0 v Dothan
Board 1 - Dothan
Board 2 - Dothan
Board 3 - Dothan
Board 4 - Dothan | Montgomery 2 v Mobile 2
Board 1 - Mobile
Board 2 - Mobile
Board 3 - Montgomery (by forfeit)
Board 4 - Montgomery
Baldwin County 1.5 v Pensacola 2.5
Board 1 - Baldwin County
Board 2 - Pensacola
Board 3 - Pensacola
Board 4 - Draw | | Round 3 | Round 3 | Huntsville 2 v Dothan 2
Board 1 - Draw
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Draw
Board 4 - Draw
Auburn 3 v Birmingham 1
Board 1 - Draw
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Auburn
Board 4 - Auburn | Mobile 1.5 v Pensacola 2.5
Board 1 - Draw
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Draw
Board 4 - Pensacola
Montgomery 2 v Baldwin County 2
Board 1 - Baldwin County
Board 2 - Montgomery
Board 3 - Montgomery
Board 4 - Baldwin County | 1. Huntsville
2. Auburn
3. Dothan
4. Birmingham | 1. Montgomery
2. Pensacola
3. Mobile
4. Baldwin County |
| Winners' Quad | Losers' Quad | Round 1
Huntsville 4 v Pensacola 0
Board 1 - Huntsville
Board 2 - Huntsville
Board 3 - Huntsville
Board 4 - Huntsville
Auburn 3.5 v Montgomery 0.5
Board 1 - Auburn
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Auburn
Board 4 - Auburn | Round 1
Dothan 3 v Baldwin County 1
Board 1 - Dothan
Board 2 - Dothan
Board 3 - Dothan (by forfeit)
Board 4 - Baldwin County
Birmingham 2 v Mobile 2
Board 1 - Mobile
Board 2 - Draw
Board 3 - Draw
Board 4 - Birmingham | Round 2
Pensacola 0 v Auburn 4
Board 1 - Auburn
Board 2 - Auburn (by forfeit)
Board 3 - Auburn
Board 4 - Auburn
Montgomery 0.5 v Huntsville 3.5
Board 1 - Draw
Board 2 - Huntsville
Board 3 - Huntsville
Board 4 - Huntsville | Round 2
Mobile 2 v Dothan 2
Board 1 - Dothan
Board 2 - Dothan
Board 3 - Mobile
Board 4 - Mobile
Baldwin County 2 v Birmingham 2
Board 1 - Birmingham
Board 2 - Birmingham
Board 3 - Baldwin County
Board 4 - Baldwin County | 1. Huntsville
2. Auburn
3. Montgomery
4. Pensacola | 1. Dothan
2. Mobile
3. Birmingham
4. Baldwin County |
| Final Standings (Team) | Match Points | Game Points | 1. Huntsville
2. Auburn
3. Dothan
4. Mobile
5. Montgomery
6. Pensacola
7. Baldwin County
8. Birmingham | 1) 4.5
2) 4
3) 3
4) 2.5
5) 2
6) 2
7) 1
8) 1
| 1) 15.5
2) 15.5
3) 11.5
4) 10.5
5) 7.5
6) 6.5
7) 7.5
8) 5.5 | | Individual standings can be found at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200901113021 |
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