The New Year started out with a great turnout at John Bapst Memorial High School for their annual New Year's tournament. It was the largest turnout since 2008 with 43 players. There were ten players in the two Open quads, 18 in the Under 1200, and 15 in the Under 600.
The big upset of the day was Gabe Borland (1664) winning the top section. Borland had the lowest rating of the six players and garnered all three points in the three round/G60 event. His defeat of Aaron Spencer (1979) in the last round solidified the victory. Spencer had earlier defeated top seed Roger Morin (2034). All games in the top section were highly competitive despite the 370 point spread. Tom Sandford (1786) tied with Spencer in second with 2.0 points. Curt Brock (1680) and Rob Shore (1721) rounded out the section.
The second quad ended in a three-way tie with Ryan Tripp, Dan DeLuca, and Corey Dunn all gaining two points. Nathan Shemwell completed the quad. In the U1200 Joseph Powell defended his top rating by scoring 4.0 to win the Bob Solinger Trophy. Osage Crie won the U600 section by gaining 4.0 points in the four round section.
Next weekend there are two MECA Player of the Year events: one a two-day event in Saco (1/18-1/19) and the other the annual MLK event in Old Town (1/20). The Saco event is one of the larger purses in Maine during the year and is brought to you by Relyea Chess. The Old Town event is usually a heavily attended scholastic event. These are two excellent opportunities to get a good start in the new MECA POY format. Register early to help out the TD's. Hope to see you at one of the events!
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