Friday, August 08, 2008

SWCC Club Championship - Anthony Parker goes 6-0

Southwest Chess Club

Anthony playing the wing gambit against the Sicilian defense in his last round game.

Final results

USCF results

37 comments:

  1. It appears there were no upsets in the first round. The second round is going to be interesting!

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  2. Ivan,
    Do you have the pairing for round 3 ?

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  3. The pairings will be sent out via e-mail by Allen Becker (TD) either Monday evening or Tuesday.

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  4. Cardenas may take a bye

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  5. I predict Veech will cause an upset on board 3

    Chess Guy

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  6. Veech has come a big distance in last one year and it seems he is all set to join the group of Brian Luo, Sasha and others. This is very good for Wisconsin chess.

    It is a matter of time when somebody like Chess Guy will predict an upset win by me over Veech !!

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  7. Ivan,
    Can you give me a call in my cell....I lost your number. Needed to talk onsomething..

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  8. Hello,

    I have recently begun a chess blog devoted to the Sicilian Defense and looking for some people to trade links with. Would you be interested in linking to each other. You can check out my site at http://www.thesiciliandefense.com

    If you are interested I will add you to the blogroll on my homepage.

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  9. Last night, the kids in our club had a happy time.

    John Veech 1813 tied our defending champion--- Allen Becker 2044;
    Joanna Huang 1329 beat Partic McElwee 1926;
    Wen An 1015 beat David Sagunsky 1809;
    Zhexuan Zhou 900 beat Jeffrey Pokoski 1652

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  10. The kids at our club all play good chess and are extremely underrated. Everybody seemed to have a good time.

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  11. The young people cited above are seemingly underated by anywhere from 100 to 500 points. They are playing good chess right now. --Tom

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  12. Ferguson guy is lucky. Playing Class B & C players and collecting points (apart from the two draws which he got with out even playing a game). It would be bad for chess if he wins this tournament.

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  13. Predictions after round 5:
    5.0
    Parker
    4.0
    Ferguson
    Cardenas
    Andrew Grochowski
    Veech
    3.5
    Becker
    Wijetunge
    Fricano

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  14. Interesting predictions. Are you playing in the tournament? Who are you?

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  15. I am not playing I am Chess Guy

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  16. I say
    4.5
    Fricano
    4.0
    Parker
    Ferguson
    Cardenas
    Andrew Grochowski
    Veech
    Wijetunge

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  17. I'm guessing that the pairings will be:

    White Black
    Parker vs. Hayes
    Becker vs. Cardenas
    Veech vs. Ferguson

    It's hard to belive that anyone can beat Parker right now given as well as he has been playing. If Hayes did beat Parker and with wins on the other 2 boards, there would be 4 players with 5 points.

    Let's hope there would be some sort of playoff (with controversial ending) vs. a tie breaker. I'm guessing from Ivan's post with tiebreakers that will be the way. That would be unfortunate... a playoff would be fun to watch.

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  18. Parker could give knights odds to Hayes and still win!

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  19. Parker could be the most talented player and the most under rated player in Wisconsin.I think he'll be the best in a couple more years

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  20. Parker says he got to Expert without reading any chess books. He has finaly started reading chess books.

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  21. parker came out of nowhere does anyone consider parker a top five player in wisconsin. BETANELI
    PARKER
    SANTARIUS
    VAJA
    VELIKANOV TOP FIVE IN ORDER IN MY OPINION

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  22. As of right now, Betaneli, Santarius and Vaja are in a clsss of their own.

    Velikanov, Parker, Connent in the next level

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  23. Final Predictions

    6.0
    Parker
    5.0
    Becker
    Veech
    4.5
    Souvik
    Fricano

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  24. I am flattered to be put above Parker on the list. :-) Perhaps it's a bit strange to have the State Champion below the most talented and underrated player, but perceptions are indeed personal in nature. And I suppose no one has ever heard of the two-time WI Champion Jeremy Kane.
    Alex Betaneli

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  25. How about this

    1st Tier
    Betaneli
    Santarius
    Vaja

    2nd Tier
    Kane
    Richards
    Parker
    Velikanov
    Connent

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  26. There is only one way to settle all this and that is to have an annual invitational including maybe the top four "active" players in a double round robin.

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  27. Congrats on 6-0 Parker!

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  28. Congratulations to Mr. Parker (2008 Southwest Chess Club Champion) for a fine performance!

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  29. Great job, Anthony. You were definitely the cream of the crop. 6 out of 6, a remarkable accomplishment

    Tom F

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  30. I have added you already in my blog roll. I hope you will also add mine. Thank you.

    Kaguvkov

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  31. Its good to see chess doing so well in WI. I miss the thursday night games at SWCC. Its also good to see Anthony Parker playing to the potential I saw a few years ago. He's a good player. I just want to say hi to all of my friends in Wisconsin. I'm hoping to be back playing soon there.

    Herman Presswood

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  32. I forgot to mention since I haven't seen anyone in about a year. I got married and expecting a new chess member soon to the family. Its good to see the chess club doing so well. I'm currently in St Paul MN. I cant wait to come home and start playing again.

    Herman Presswood
    herm19692000@yahoo.com

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  33. Herman,

    great to hear from you! We've wondered where you've been; your presence has been missed. Stay in touch, and come on by when you can.

    Allen

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  34. yes Parker looks like he wants to be the best i'll take Parker as my number 1 pick anyday.Because hes a humbled player,and trust me Parker is in the same tier as vaja betaneli ,and santarius I think he just needs a little more exposure

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  35. Why is everybody revolving around Parker? What about the chess gods like Mikhail Tal and Emanuel Lasker?

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