US Amateur Team North-2013

It was great fun playing in the event. I met lots of old friends from all over the mid-west.

"My Name is Honorius..."
Honorius Constantin(2045), Ivan Wijetunge(1888), Matthew Holloway(1862), Stefan Musikic(1365)

The organizers put on a first rate event. Boards, sets and even brand new digital clocks were provided.

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It was interesting to note that none of the GM/IM stacked teams finished on top. The winning team was: 

2388 FM Eric Rosen
2283 NM Sam Schmakel
2149 Michael Auger
1911 Akshay Indusekaar

U1900 Aurumdina
James Fagan
David Paykin
Ethan Brown
Eli Goering
Ricky Wang

U1600 Marky Mark and the State Champs
Jimi Akintonde
Mark Waechter
Ga Luang Liu
Phuc Hoan

U1300 The Colins and Some Other People
Colin Burdett
Colin Flyn Porter
George Ford
Logan Polk

Board Prizes

1st GM Josh Friedel
2nd FM Levan Bregadze
3rd Ratko Bojanovic
4th Akshay Indusekar

 Eric Rosen held GM Josh Friedel to a draw in the last round to secure the top spot for the team

Here Eric played Bg5
...Bg7
Bxh4 d3
Bg5 and it looked to me that he might be winning

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We needed a win or at least a drew in the last round to contend for the U1900 prize but were swept. 

I started by losing to a 1200!, then to an expert, but managed to finish 2-3 with only a 14 point loss rating loss.

Rnd 1.
All I can say is the Team won 3-1!

Honorius Constantin	2045	1	Seth Wyma	1264	0
Edward Zhang	1273	1	Ivan Wijetunge	1888	0
Matthew Holloway	1862	1	Nicholas Edels	1080	0
Jack Bradley	1051	0	Stefan Musikic	1365	1

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Rnd 2.
Lost 3-1

Alex Ding	2158	0	Honorius Constantin	2045	1
Ivan Wijetunge	1888	0	Aakaash Meduri	2096	1
Xin Luo	2019	1	Matthew Holloway	1862	0
Stefan Musikic	1365	0	Anshul Adve	1886	1

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Rnd 3.
Won 3-1

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My name is Honorius… (1.0,1790)

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Chess b8 Ne4 (1.0,1402)

Honorius Constantin	2045	1			0
Henry McDonald	1629	0	Ivan Wijetunge	1888	1
Matthew Holloway	1862	1			0
		1	Stefan Musikic	1365	0

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Rnd 4.
Tie 2-2

Honorius Constantin	2045	1	NM Raghavender Shyam	2236	0
Pieter DeHaseth	2018	0	Ivan Wijetunge	1888	1
Matthew Holloway	1862	0	Joe Fogarty	1984	1
Roman Kowalysko	1844	1	Stefan Musikic	1365	0

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Rnd 5.
Loss 4-0!

Honorius Constantin 2045 0 NM Gopal Menon 2264 1 NM Petros Karagianis 2223 1 Ivan Wijetunge 1888 0 Matthew Holloway 1862 0 Hanson Hao 1776 1 Jason Scott Daniels 1715 1 Stefan Musikic 1365 0