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The Watauga Chess Club held its 5th Quad tournament on May 1, 2005. A total of 19 players participated in 3 quads and a swiss section. The tournament was directed by yours truly, Tom Kusnierz. The tournament featured balanced sections throughout which produced hard fought games in each round. It was exciting to see so many new and beginning players in the lower sections. Their participation is a hopeful sign of continued growth in our overall player base. Each tournament that I've directed has had its moment of controversy and this
one was no exception. In round 1 in a quad 2 game between Stephanie Ballom
(1678) and Don Dugan (1163), Dugan was up the exchange in the end game when he
moved his rook but mistakenly placed it on the wrong square. Instead of an
obvious move to attack a pawn he inexplicably placed it diagonally opposite of
the pawn. Dugan immediately recognized his misplacement after removing his hand
from the rook and pushed it forward one square. Ballom called him on the "touch
move" rule. I happened to be walking by at the time and witnessed the play. It
broke my heart to rule against Dugan as he was on the verge of an upset, but the
rules are the rules! As a result, Ballom immediately captured Dugan's rook and
proceeded to easily win the game. Many Springs Quad #5: Quad 1 Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Peter Yeh 2064 W2 D4 D3 2.0 Mark O Gracey 1847 L1 W3 W4 2.0 Kent S Gordon 1975 W4 L2 D1 1.5 Aurelio Gonzalez 1971 L3 D1 L2 0.5 Many Springs Quad #5: Quad 2 Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Stephanie Ballom 1678 W4 W3 D2 2.5 Paul Joseph Huspeni 1527 W3 L4 D1 1.5 Marvin L Wells 1312 L2 L1 W4 1.0 Don Dugan 1163 L1 W2 L3 1.0 Many Springs Quad #5: Quad 3 Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Robert Van Housen 1159 W4 L3 W2 2.0 Jesse Vicario 1141 W3 W4 L1 2.0 Thomas E Crane 1010 L2 W1 L4 1.0 Brandon A Wells 890 L1 L2 W3 1.0 Many Springs Quad #5: Swiss Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Thomas Anthony 832 W3 D2 W4 2.5 Madhav Ayyagari unr. W5 D1 W6 2.5 Steven King unr. L1 W7 W5 2.0 Israel Perez unr. W7 W6 L1 2.0 Matthew E Wells 809 L2 B--- L3 1.0 Jacob Vicario 724 B--- L4 L2 1.0 Michael V Swabowicz unr. L4 L3 B--- 1.0 |