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The following game was played in a club clash between the Joplin and Springfield clubs. One of the guys playing was pretty highly rated. It’s always exciting to get the chance to play opponents...
Date: August 11th, 2012 Location: Southside Senior Center 2215 S. Fremont Springfield, MO Co-hosted by the Springfield Park Board Chess Club and Joplin Chess Club USCF affiliates Format: 4 round Swiss, Game in 60,...
Sorry for the late update. The last part of the tourney was pretty busy. In the Open, there was a tie for 1st/2nd between Oscar Wang and Arjun Puri at 3.5 of 4.
The U1600 went to Matt Hammons with 2.5.
1st in the U1400 section, which was combined with the Open for pairing purposes, went to Kyle Coffman at 3.0. 2nd went to Peter Hansen with 1.5.
In the unrated, Sam Bishop had a clean sweep to win clear 1st overall with 5 points. 2nd overall went to Mike Yohn with 4.
In that section, Harry Heil, Bertha Hansen and Lily Hansen were shared 1st-3rd among the K-12 players with 3 points each.
Thanks to all the players for spending a day with us. Thanks also to Joplin NAMI and Allen Bishop for helping sponsor and getting the word out and for the Joplin LDS Stake for hosting the event.
Some pictures taken at the 2018 MSU Open. We'll be adding some later as well, along with a final write-up on the event.April 7 & 8 2018
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