Thursday last the Game in Five Minute Warm-up tourney took place at the Schenectady Chess Club. John Barnes directed. The turn out was a bit thin, six players, including Barnes took part. The upside of having few entrants was the event could be run as a double round-robin so quite a lot of chess was played.
The results were:
1st Place - Jon Leisner 9 - 1. He defeated all of his opponents 2 - 0 except Little who broke even 1 - 1.
2d and 3d Place (tie) - Tim Wright and Bill Little 6 ½ - 3 ½. Wright defeated Chu and Laccetti 2 - 0, and Little 1 ½ - ½, broke even with Barnes 1 - 1 and lost to Leisner 0 - 2. Little defeated Chu and Laccetti 2 - 0, was equal with Barnes and Leisner 1 - 1 and lost to Wright ½ - 1 ½.
4th Place - John Barnes 6 - 4. He won from Chu and Laccetti 2 - 0, drew with Little and Wright 1 - 1 and lost to Leisner 0 - 2.
5th Place - Richard Chu 2 - 8. His win was from Laccetti 2 - 0
6th Place - Mike Laccetti 0 - 10. Mr. Laccetti had the toughest assignment by far. He was heavily out rated in every match up but made a fight of it in all his games.
In sum; an excellent result for Jon Leisner besting the field by 2 ½ points, and not so promising results for Wright, Barnes and Little not being able to stay close.
The small number of players who showed up was a bit of a surprise. I expected more. Still it is the tail-end of summer and nice weather does tempt one away from the chessboard. Mr. Barnes has plans for the annual Schenectady Chess Club Five Minute Championship for September. It is hoped for a much better turn out then. Also in the works is the annual “Big” match between Albany and Schenectady. This is the event where both clubs round up as many players as they can for the match. In past years we have had more than twenty a side. The last few years the sides have been smaller with a dozen or so players per side.
More soon.
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