__ ~TH _CAPITAL CITY OPEN 11/24-25/73 OPEN SECTIONCONTINENTAL cHESS ASSOCIATION, RAMADA INN, wASHINGTON DC. _

NO. PLAYER1 Avram, Herbert2 Hoffner, David3 Bradford, Joseph4 Rather, John, Gouldillg J Kent6 Yayer, Jack7 Lynch, Josiah8 Rohright, wayne9 Jones, H er W10 Nash, Edmund

ST.userMIl ~ ittiD 2141VA 2132Me 2096AID 2018VA 2101',fA 201)DE 2013VA 1997DC 1935

11 Weaver, Bobbie DC 193112 Cline, John VA19.3013 Teuton, Frank .MD l89814 Coleburn, Nsth. DC189715 Bookbinder, Steven VA 188116 Robson,David VA 186017 Borden, Charles UD l85818 Cake, George lID 184819 Sherman, David ~ NO 183520 Zimmerman J Wallace un 18202l Gardner, Jeffrey22 He ints ch'!l , TomDlY23 Lustig, Henry24 Wigg in, Craig2' Bloch, Chris26 Lofthus, OWen27 Winfree, Marvin28 R Y, Vance29 VanTilbury, Craig)0 Lofdahl, Alen.'31 llargrave, Andrew32 Powell J George33 Beers, DwightJ4 Ratli!'!, JimJS Berninghausen, Tom36 Carr, Edward37 Jennings, Knox G38 Wbi te I Mason .

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'TOTAL PRIZE4 - rstJ -24 ...1Ji-l!J ...2o -5J!-lt4 -12 _) .J!-l! Top Ao -5i 4iJ -2l-4~,1-l;

J -22 -Jj -22 .)2 -J1 42 j,. -2 Top B1 ...42!-2tJ -2t-411 -4:3 -2 Top CIt---3!2 .,It-3t .2 -31 Mi42t-2t

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Tournamen~ Directors: Bob Moran{ Diane & lliehard Gardner(for all three sections)

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NARRATIVE DESCRTPTIO~Arter :2 rounds, u ing o~eler ted p_uings,only r,our pl y_rs, 2, ), 1', ana 18 had tw'opo,mts , hile s yen ,layer , 1, 4. I 16I 2,0I 23,2;, 29 _ de u· th 1 point pool. Play.e~s5, 7 I 8, 9J 1 , 1J 1.17 I 9, 21 t 22, 24, 26,35, and 33 h-.-:dan even seor 1·1.:!iter 3 ro· as: Player 15 is th·. only ,-0,sco~e -r,~c~...sn t t cael for an 18.81 r tine,hi). J experts J an A and a B haV1 2t-t

(Pla e s 1, " 4, 1,B, lind 25)., Still aheador the mnewith 2-1 are play rs 2J " 7 J S',10, 13 II 19, and 35J wh11 ank~d with an evenscore are 16, 20, 23, 26, and 29. C ~ualtieta e t..~e1r to 1 01' 6, 11 f '4 t 2l J 27 who lp.Ctthe tournament _'_'er 0 ro _ c:I _ ter losingone or mor am s !n the top g. e of theround, 1..; t 2, is eire 3, in a r vera 1 oreXfJ.,~tations, while true to torm 1 be t 210,4 b at 23, ~'ld 5 be'Bt 25. Eventual Top Cinner 29 (rating 1584) over·~ 434 point

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··er 0, ds: J~t 1 the _1gb t cor,_b,1:"'ed n - , by playe s 1, 4 j and l' it c:1 tll "3er ....pl -s 3,7, S, 10, 11, bile ith 2t--tonly thr e p: ayers sh -red tb· spot nBIDuly. or I'r the_ n _ rically, pl yer lS, 23. and 25.ith - _ven score were 2 (r ttng 2141), 5,

9, 16, 17, 19, 26, 29, 33, and fina ly J',wi th atmg or· 1331. a full 810points 1- rthan· 2 point po -1 "1 .ad-r • _

e 'n .sh: Vi teran pleyer '1 c e· tllroughith a .in ov r 15, whil .4 trips to " toin_' -e a deci iva l,st plac 1f' th 4'!-!. -With 4-~Ll'l - r' player :3f 8 ,ho apl! t 2nd end J'rd.3 -1 fo\ltlt1 players 4~ 7, 10 and llj Just :mtQf the inne!"6 cirel t!10u!h 10 copped Top .,t 3- 2 _ fiDei 2, 'J l3, 16, 18;, 23, 26" 2'9J'

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6TH CAPITAL CITY OPEN-BOOSTER SECTION

1 Jones, Ray VA. 1784 Wl4 L 8 129 D37 W242 Judy, Harry DC 1778 Wl5 L 9 L34 1.48 W36, Nekvaeil, Miloslav DC 1722 Wl6 L12 W35 006 W484 Waddell, William DC1701 n7 Lll W)6 IJO L34S Trapp, David VA 1684 Wl8 :019 D37 L31 '1386 Harsbman I Philip fA 1675 .U9 028 W50W47W267 Edtnburg.h, TerrenceVA 1666 W20W23W26D 9 L 88 Buderus I J Brooks NY 1635 W21 1WJOW'3 w 79 Rubin, Richard or 1629 W22 2 131 D 7 "32

10 Robertson, Sidney VA1618 L23 L30,,/a

11 Paul, :{on L VA1616 W24w 4 LJ2 W3S1')012 Horowitz, Charles lID 1613 W25W J L53 WJ4 L3113 Wise, William VA1600 1.26 W29 L38 L)3 L4214 Beckford, Edwin VA 1580 L 1 132 wIdl' Sutherland, David lID1579 L 2 126 U5 wId16 sanda J David VA 1'76 L 3 W36 140 W41W4417 Sweeney, Harry ND 1"1 L 4 LJl W42WJ; 1l+'18 Shih, Frank MJ) 1540 L; W38 W41 L40 Wo4719 Kearns, John UI> 15.39 W 6 D 5 W28 D32 WJ720 lfelbourne, James un 1522 L 7 W40WltJ W44 W5321 PachaJoa, Mario DC1;03 L 8 L37 W46u., W4322 ZolllDger, Peter IL 1497 L 9 W41 L44 DJ6 W2923 Serbinorr, George MD 1496 WlO L 7 1.47 W49 W5124 Mahaffey, Rod NJ 1490 Lll WI.7 I)4.SW2B L 125 Boles, Belford PA 1479 L12 WitS W49 W51 W4026 DeIlllY 1 .ChristopherDC 1463 Wl3 Wl5 L 7 D j L 627 Powell, veorge 00 1461 1.41 W49L51 IF LF28 Turner, Ed ~ VA 1457 W42 D 6 Ll9 124 L5429 Karriker, Fuller VA 1445 W43 L13 L 1 D54 122.30 Patti, CbristoPherVA 1444 W44 WlO L 8 W 4 L11

3l GOWland, Lamar MD-DC 143932 Odendabl, Steven MD142133 Louka, WEdward MD 141834 Parry, James VA 1414:35 l.klore I Vinaent DC 140S36 Dixon, James MD 140737 Huffman, John MD 1400:;8 Pinsky J Ross DC 139939 Shelter, Paul L MD 138340 Burke, Dennis MD138241 Collings I Art III UD 136442 JenniIlgs .. Lane 'MD13614.3 Jennings, Robert DC 135444 Beverly, Clarence DC 1'4

Arter 2 rounds, players 'I 8, 9, 11, 12, 26~30,31, 32, 37, and 5, shared the unbeaten fieldwith 2-0 with playera 1 through 26 doing itthe hard yay pl~'"lg eu~h oth.;tr in the OCA t Btradi tiOllal aeeeler ted pairings system. Withl!-t atter t.o r.;1.mdswer 5,19,. 28, and withan even score 1-1 were the top rated four .ptsyel'"S, 1, 2, .3, 4, as well 9.$ ordinarymortals,_13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23,24, 25, 27,29, 34, )5, )0, )S, 40, 41, ", 44, 47, 48149, 50, and 51. The big t"Qurhad lost to 8 J9, 12" and 1l. respectively in the 2nd roun

6TH CAPITAL em OPEN 11/24 ...25 -NOVICE SECTION1 VanDc-ren., Kirk )(D 1380 \\1.4 %,20 W52 n8 Wll ,,-12 cynne I Isabel DC 1378 T.J.' WJOW2, LL7 1'26 J -2 T"P Wanen3 yung, carroll DC 1374 Wl6 \fiB W26 L50 L15 3-2" McKean, Ro~rt 00 1,370 Wl7 Wl5 t35 1.-.20 Ll3 '-25 llalmros I Charles VA 136S US Vf27 D3l L4S W29 2-!--2*6 Sha.."l:10:'1, Oivliel UP 134Z W19 \\'21 L)9 W26 L" J ..27 Karban, Jooeph DC 1.326 !20 t26 W28WJ2 005 2*-2t8 JlacKinder I Jabn PA :'..325 1.21 WJ;_ 1'30 W27 t,9 '-29 Adems, A. D Jr YD 1324 L22 w)3 127 W36 W)l :3-210 Kupel"stock,Dftniel 'l'N 1324 W23W25W42va9 L'O "-1 :trd11 ChambliRs, J~s DC 130012 Amrine, Neil NY 130013 Ferretti, AIda NI> 11001..4 Kane, Philip am 129615 Astumian, Rar.nand VA 128416 Nash, Richard VA 127517 McHugh, Pa,,1l DC 126418 Caldwell. 'JhBr'l.es YD 125419 Miller, William YO 125020 Krueger, J'~frrey NO 123621 Sluck, Diane 00 123522 Lichtenntein,Stan DC 123023 Evans, John J OC l20521. ~ts, William VA12012' Avery, Guy YO 118226 Styer, David YO 118127 H8lIIDett, Michael NO 116528 Hannah, Frank' 00 114029 Helly I Louis JT lID 113930 Kelley, R~""l&y - lID 1086)1 Jobin, L Louis VA 96732 1ti111can I Dcm VA 79633 Platou, rria UD tJnr40 French, T1motby MD Unr

41 Gray, Val S UD Unr42 Gregory, Davia VA unr43 Hanker, Andr9 UD un44 Hanker, James MD Unr45 Jobin, L LouisIII VA unr46 lane, John yP tlIU'47 Lichtenstein ,Rich VA 1Jxuo48 Paris J Bob YO lhlr49 Pers1ne., William DC Unr50 Polk, levin DC Unr

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'1 Pinsley', Paul'2~, Steve'3 SimoD t Steve54 Woolsley, Chris

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Arter 2 rounds. it was ,),4, 6,10, ll,20, and 26 w{th a perfect score frOlllthe top half ace lerating pairings. 35,

39. 42, 50, and " also achieving 2 pointsfrom the lower half most of "haa were un-rate4s. 47, 48, and 52 were next with it-i.All three drew wi th zero pointers from thetop halt in their second round, 12, 19 & 23.Arter J rounds : Players ), 10, 35, 39, 50&ria '4 herd their flawless records intact,in the first interbalf p&irings with thelower halt winning 4-1 while J beat 26 inthe first halt. 20 who had beaten 7 and 1earlier surprisingly fell to 54, a sleeper.Only 47 had 2i-t while 1,2,-4,6,8,11.1), 15, 18, 20, 26, 27, 38, 42, 43 were 2-l.Player 2 ould eventually win top woman'sprize. Others in this group ..ould finishwith 4-1 such as players 1, 13, 15, enoughto split third place money ($20) but notenough to win the Jrd place trophy. Theonly forfeit of the entire to~ent tookplace in this round with 49 having anothercommitment~ however he returned Sunday tof1nish his schedule ..Arter 4 rounds : Players 10 J 50, and 54stili lead the field with 4-0 downing theirrivals.J9. J. and 35 who were previouslyWldefeated also. Since 10 i from out-of-tate (Tennes ee) and 50 and 54 ar unrated,

1t doesn It looktoo good for ra e cliesB -p1 yers in the metropolitan Washington DCarea. Unrated 47 is next with 3t~t beatingtop woman winner 2. With 3 points are 1 t3. 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 1', 35, 39 and with 2;point"sare 12, 22, 23, and 48. Still ritban even score are 2, 7, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 2' (wbo eventually won Top E), 26, 27,31 (who eventually won Top Under 1000 -when is USCF going to call it Class F?),,8, 40, 42, 43.At the finish'player 50 beat 10 for a 5-01st p!ace prize of $60 + tropbJ while theother 4-0 score, player '4,lost ,to 47 sothat the latter won 2nd place ($30 + fr.)with a 41-1 score. Player 10 took ,)rd ontie break with 4-1 over players 1, 13, 15,3', 39 (Who won top unrated) and 54 all ofwhom also bad 4-1. PI yer 48 followed withJi-li while 2, J, 4, 6, St 9, 11. 12, 17,20, 21 (who lost woman's trophy on tiebreak),2), )8, 40 finished with 3-2. Six had aneven acore 2i-2i, namely (or should I saynumerically) " 7, 14, 22, 24, and Top Ewinner 2'. A good time was had by all !----