The Watauga Chess Club (For those not in the know, Watuaga is a suburb midway between Dallas and Ft. Worth) 
held its Many Springs Open #20 on June 26 and 27th. This was the club's first 2 day tournament and happily 
generated our largest turnout to date with 43 players. The deviated from its normal playing location and 
held the tournament at the North Hills Mall in North Richland Hills. The North Hills Mall has lost several 
retail outlets in the past year due to the expansion of the North East Mall a mear 1/2 mile away, but the 
shoppers lost was a chess players gain. The Mall resulted in an ideal playing enviroment with a central 
location, amply parking and playing space, a food count and plenty of skittles room.

The tournament was won in easy fashion by Alex Chua (2167). Jim Hollingsworth (one of the few remaining 
TDs who refuses to use the modern invention known as the computer and pairs the entire tournament by hand) 
chose to use an accelerated pairing format for the tournament. Unfortunately, board #2 (Aurelio Gonzalez 
(1976) vs. Steven Keener (1547)) and #3 (Tom Kusnierz (1871) vs. Paul Huspeni (1543)) resulted in draws. 
As a result Chua never appeared to be challenged in racking up a perfect 5-0 scores. Chua expertly dismissed 
of opponents rated 1641, 1684, 1158, 1288, and 1317.

$750 was paid out in prize money which is also the most for a Watauga tournament. Alex Chua finished 1st 
overall. Tied for 2nd with 4-1 scores were Robert Haskell (1st/2nd B), Abhisehek Mallela (1st/2nd B), Tapiwa 
Gwaza (1st C), Harvey Blinn (1st D), and Matthew Riddle (1st Unrated). Tom Kusnierz finished as 1st A with a 
3.5-1.5 score. 

Final Cross Table for WCC's MSO #20

#	Name			Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	
1	Alexander James Chua	2167	W13	W3	W29	W16	W5	 5.0	
2	Robert J Haskell	1722	D33	W22	W10	D8	W16	 4.0	
3	Abhishek Mallela	1684	W9	L1	W40	W29	W17	 4.0	
4	Tapiwa Gwaze		1436	W11	D8	W20	D7	W18	 4.0	
5	Harvey J Blinn		1317	W34	W39	W26	W6	L1	 4.0	
6	Matthew N Riddle	unr.	W24	W23	W19	L5	W14	 4.0	
7	Thomas E Kusnierz	1871	D22	W21	W12	D4	D9	 3.5	
8	Thomas W McCaslin	1758	W15	D4	D11	D2	W26	 3.5	
9	Jacob Lee		1408	L3	W13	W24	W31	D7	 3.5	
10	Carmen A Chairez	1784	W14	D12	L2	H---	W25	 3.0	
11	Courtney Jamison	1711	L4	W33	D8	D12	W27	 3.0	
12	Josef F Ryglewicz	1652	W23	D10	L7	D11	W28	 3.0	
13	Wallace Brady		1641	L1	L9	W43	W39	W29	 3.0	
14	Stephanie Ballom	1535	L10	X42	W39	W30	L6	 3.0	
15	Gregg E Popp		1530	L8	L20	W32	W40	W30	 3.0	
16	Paul Renfro		1288	W35	W25	W18	L1	L2	 3.0	
17	Madhav Ayyagari		unr.	F29	W36	W21	W28	L3	 3.0	
18	Israel Perez		unr.	W40	W31	L16	W19	L4	 3.0	
19	Aurelio Gonzalez	1976	D21	W27	L6	L18	W31	 2.5	
20	Marvin J Bolden		1700	U---	W15	L4	W22	D23	 2.5	
21	Steven Paul Keener	1547	D19	L7	L17	W37	W35	 2.5	
22	Paul Joseph Huspeni	1543	D7	L2	W33	L20	W40	 2.5	
23	Martin Bode		1400	L12	L6	B---	W41	D20	 2.5	
24	Thomas E Crane		1003	L6	W43	L9	H---	W38	 2.5	
25	Jimmy R Rogers		981	W38	L16	W27	H---	L10	 2.5	
26	Thomas R Anthony	unr.	W28	W30	L5	H---	L8	 2.5	
27	Austen J Green		1411	W42	L19	L25	W34	L11	 2.0	
28	Sundeep Agrawal		1194	L26	W37	W34	L17	L12	 2.0	
29	Theodore Jamison	1158	X17	W41	L1	L3	L13	 2.0	
30	D Mitch Diaz		1151	W37	L26	W41	L14	L15	 2.0	
31	John Mc Arthur		1128	W32	L18	W35	L9	L19	 2.0	
32	Don Dugan		unr.	L31	L40	L15	W43	W39	 2.0	
33	Kenneth J Smith		1462	D2	L11	L22	H---	D34	 1.5	
34	Westin J Riley		772	L16	W38	L31	H---	L21	 1.5	
36	Christopher L Lewis	unr.	U---	L17	D37	L38	W43	 1.5	
37	Wesley Kyle Betterton	unr.	L30	L28	D36	L21	W41	 1.5	
38	Michael V Swabowicz	unr.	L25	L35	H---	W36	L24	 1.5	
39	Robert S Van Housen	1114	W43	L5	L14	L13	L32	 1.0	
40	Edwin Kao		1095	L18	W32	L3	L15	L22	 1.0	
41	Kirstin Rausch		773	B---	L29	L30	L23	L37	 1.0	
42	James J Starkey		1709	L27	F14	U---	U---	U---	 0.0	
43	Jon Mc Kee		unr.	L39	L24	L13	L32	L36	 0.0