2013 Tournament

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2013 Bowser Builders Supply Open Chess Tournament

Fifth Year in Bowser!

Tournament Results (added 12 August)

	name	Rating (estimated)	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	total
1	Roger Patterson	2105	W7	W4	W2	L3	3.0
2	Paul LeBlanc	1904	W8	W5	L1	W6	3.0
3	Tony Weller	(1800)	W9	W6	L4	W1	3.0
4	Deron Stewart	1750	W10	L1	W3	W7	3.0
5	Patrick Huang	1639	W11	L2	L7	L9	1.0
6	Lucette Fuerst	1565	W12	L3	W8	L2	2.0
7	Nikolas Milonas	1537	L1	W10	W5	L4	2.0
8	Doug Lohr	(1350)	L2	W11	L6	W11	2.0
9	Garth Edgar	1321	L3	W12	W10	W5	3.0
10	David Wilson	(1300)	L4	L7	L9	F12	0.0
11	Alan McEwen	(1300)	L5	L8	L12	L8	0.0
12	Robert McFetridge	(1200)	L6	L9	W11	F10	1.0

A 5-way tie for first place created the need for an extended round of blitz matches to name winners. Based on ranking, Deron and Garth played for the right to play Tony. Deron advanced to the next round with Tony. Roger and Paul played in the second round and Roger won that exchange. Tony and Deron played in the second round and Tony won that exchange. In the third round Tony and Roger played for first and second place. Roger won. Deron and Paul played for third place and Paul won.

Roger Patterson won 1st place. He becomes the first person to have his name on the trophy twice. He also takes home the wood board in a gortex bag and triple weighted Alegria pieces from Legend Chess equipment.

Tony Weller visiting from Brisbane Australia won 2nd place. He takes home the Conqueror chess pieces in a fine mahogany box from the Chess Store in Portland.

Paul LeBlanc our 1st place winner last year won 3rd place this year and also took home a boxed set from the Chess Store.

Patrick Huang was our top junior player and won a boxed set from the Chess Store.

Lucette Fuerst once again was the only woman so her name goes on the trophy again. That should be the 4th time since she missed one tournament. C'mon ladies! Lets give her some competition. She has won so many prizes that we decided to award a third place prize in the open section and just give her the trophy again for this year.

The biggest upsets in the tournament were Tony's win over Roger in round 4 and Deron's win over Tony in round 3. Alan McEwen is a new member of the Bishops of Bowser. He is from Qualicum Beach. Although he struggled in each game, he performed well and we a happy to have him as a club member and competitor in the tournament. Another new member of the Bishops of Bowser came as a spectator. Tony Homer is also from Qualicum Beach. We look forward to having him as a tournament competitor in the future. Nikolas and Garth came from Victoria for their first visit to Bowser and their first entry in the Bowser Builders Tournament. Deron Stewart from the Nanaimo Chess Club also entered for the first time.

I served as Tournament Director and used Swiss Sys 7 pairing software for the first time. It certainly made pairing and printing reports a breeze. The "F" values in the cross-table should show that Dave withdrew in the 4th round and that I took a bye. There is room for improvement in my management of the Swiss Sys software. Thanks are due to Roger and Paul for assistance in organizing and advising how to run the blitz rounds.

I will be uploading annotated photos taken by Paul's wife who graciously shared some fine pictures that she took. I may also upload some video that I took.

Thanks to all who helped to make this a successful tournament. Of course an extra special thanks to the folks at Irly Bowser Builders Supply Mac and Betsy who provided sponsorship for prizes.

Betsy from Irly Bowser Builders Supply gives some opening remarks.

Paul LeBlanc plays Patrick Huang.

Deron Stewart is the boss of the Nanaimo Chess Club.

Robert McFetridge, archbishop of Bowser and TD for this event.

Lucette Fuerst, the best lady chess player north of Victoria and a long standing Bishop.

Doug Lohr another long standing Bishop

Alan McEwen from Qualicum Beach is a brand new Bishop of Bowser.

Patrick Huang and Alan McEwen.

Paul LeBlanc from Victoria, last year's winner overall and third place this year.

A good handshake.

Roger Patterson became the first person to win the Bowser tournament twice.

Garth Edgar from Victoria in his first Bowser tournament was one of five tied for first place.

Tony Weller visiting from Brisbane Australia won second place

Garth Edgar and Tony Weller

Roger Patterson with Doug Lohr in the background.

Nikolas Milonas from Victoria in his first Bowser tournament.

Phiona Mutesi Uganda Champion

Phiona Mutesi - Uganda champion and All Africa champion. Phiona plays Kasparov

The Bishops of Bowser supply all equipment and clocks for the tournament. This tournament will be four rounds, game in 45 with 5 second increments. Prizes will be tournament chess equipment. Ties will be settled by a five minute blitz round.

Venue is the Bowser Legion Hall

Round times are 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

	Early-bird registration and payment before August 1	$20
	Pre-registration and payment after July 31 before August 11	$25
	Registration and payment at the door August 11	$30