Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Nov. 23-25 54th Martz Mem/North Central Open

Holiday Inn-Neenah, 123 E. Wisconsin Ave., Neenah, WI 54956. In 2 Sections, Open: 6SS, Rd. 1&5: G/120 D/5, Others: 45/120, G/60 D/5. EF: $45 if mailed by 11/19. At site, e-mailed or phone entries are $5 more. $$b/45: $300-200-175. A-$160, B-$150, C-$140, D/E/Unr-$120. Rds.: 1-6; 10-5;10-3. Full point first round bye to pre-registered masters. Two half-point Byes available in either section. Novice: 7SS, G/75, D/5, Open to Under 1200 or Unrated. EF: $20 if mailed by 11/19. At site, emailed or phone entries are $5 more. $$GTD: $50-30. Trophies to Top 2, best 900, 800, U800, Unrated. Rds.: 1:15-5, 10-1:30-5, 10-2. ALL: Checks payable to WCA. Reg.: 11:30-12:30 11/23. ENT: Martz/North Central, Mike Selig - Director, 2895 W Fourth St, #B, Appleton, WI 54914-4330, 920-739-7550. INFO: mselig@tds.net. HR: $79 for King sgl or 2-bed dbl. Mention Chess 920-725-8441. www.wischess.org. WI Chess Tour Event! Fox Valley Mall w/183 stores is 4 miles from the site! NS. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! A Heritage Event!

9 comments:

  1. This is one of the oldest tournaments in Wisconsin. IM Bill Martz passed away at the age of 37. The traveling trophy is one of the most coveted ones!

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  2. Pre-entries as of 11/20/12
    Open:
    Alex Betaneli 2331
    Barry Endsley 2000
    Ramsey Forbush 1942
    Guy Hoffman 1917
    James Ellis 1907
    Michael Nietman 1865
    Jeff Pokorski 1773
    Robin Grochowski 1747
    Robert Bergman 1675
    Robert Reinke 1662
    Daniel Kaczmarek 1658
    Ma, Leo 1615
    Greg Delaney 1563
    Sandy Pahl 1474
    Jacob Bakalinski 1473
    Ken Rasmussen 1459
    Moulik Mehta 1422
    Filipp Shelobolin 1385
    Haoyu Cai 1323
    Laurel Eihusen 1289
    Ryan Breuer 1275
    Ross Preus Greene Unr


    Novice:
    Roman Bakalinski 1011
    Nick Breuer 834
    Alex Kaiser 654
    Justin Landkau Unr
    Adam Cox Unr
    Zhanhua Ma Unr

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  3. Reason why a lot of players don't show up is they ate too much the night before.

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  4. [Event "?"]
    [Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
    [Date "1973]
    [White "Padevsky, N.."]
    [Black "Martz, Wiliam"]
    [Result "0-1"]


    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6
    4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Qd2 Be7

    11. Be2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rad1 Rhf8 15. c5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
    17. b4 e5 18. dxe5 Qe4 19. Qc1 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Bg4

    21. Rf4 Qg6 22. Bxg4+ Nxg4 23.
    c6 Bg5 24. Nf5 Nxe3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxe3 Qxf5 0-1

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  5. Rated Results: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201211252652.0-12560488

    Same 1st and 2nd place finishers as at WI State Closed1

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  6. Congrats to Alex for winning the event.

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  7. It is sad that more Wisconsin chess players did not come to this event. This is a yearly event, and one of the longer (6 rounds) tournaments in the state. It is held every Thanksgiving weekend (Fri-Sun), so I hope more players can plan ahead to come next year.

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  8. Thanks, Robin. It was a very enjoyable tournament with many thrilling, highly combative games!

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