Bethany's Birthday Grand Prix Chess
Friday - Saturday, October 5-6, 2001
Hendersonville, NC (north of Greenville-Spartanburg, SC)
10 Grand Prix Points
Play chess and celebrate her birthday (she'll be 9!)
Results
4 Rounds Swiss System
2 Sections: Cash Prizes, Trophy-Only

Time Control: 40/75, SD/15, 30 sec/move added
(or G/120 without capable digital clock)
 

Site:  The Mountain Community School
802C Old Spartanburg Rd, Hendersonville NC 29892

Directions:  From I-26 Exit 22
West on Upward Rd 1 mile
Right onto US-176, go 1.5 miles
Right onto Old Spartanburg Rd just after crossing bridge
After 200 yards, right into school

Rounds:
Friday 8:00 pm - Saturday 9:00 am -1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Cake and ice cream at 5:30 pm Saturday
Hotels
complete list of motels, B&B's, and inns available at
http://www.historichendersonville.org/

One 1/2-pt bye any round; experts and above may take full-point bye in round 1.
A birthday present for Bethany gets you free reentry into round 2 with 1/2-pt bye.

Entry Fees:
Cash Prizes: $20 preregistered; $25 at site.
Trophy-Only: $5 + a birthday present for Bethany
 
Cash Prizes ($$500 b/32):
$125 - 100 - 75
Best in top quarter: $50
Best in 2nd quarter: $50
Best in 3rd quarter: $50
Best in 4th quarter: $50
Trophy-Only Section: 1st - 2nd - 3rd

$300 prize money guaranteed for master eligibility.

Unrated players will be assigned a rating for pairing and prize purposes.
Accelerated and class pairings.

FIDE Rules

Enter: Kevin Hyde, RR 1 Box 35A, Saluda NC 28773, 828-749-1625

Results

22 players entered the open section including 5 players rated over 2100. Alexandar Guetchkov was undefeated and took clear first place. The top five players didn't have any draws and this fact allowed Euphemia Mu to take clear 2nd with 3.5 points.
14 players entered the trophy section. Joshua Mu won the 1st place trophy with 3.5 points. Daniel McEachern and Joshua Horwitz won the 2nd and 3rd place trophies with 3 points. Chase Phillips deserves honorable mention for also scoring 3 points but losing out on a trophy because of unfavorable tie breaks.

Open

No.NameUSCFPtsRnd1Rnd2Rnd3Rnd4
1Guetchkov, Alexandar22244.0-B-W3W5W6
2Mu, Euphemia-RE14223.5-H-W18W8W7
3Mottonen, James M21413.0-B-L1W16W12
4Jurjevich, Joseph H21183.0-B-L5W14W11
5Pohl, Klaus A22002.5-B-W4L1D10
6Jones, Jeffrey Mason17032.5D9W14W19L1
7Meriwether, John W15102.5-H-W12W11L2
8Estes, Jeffrey A14892.5-H-W17L2W16
9Marino, Vincent P14412.5D6L16W17W13
10Suich, Joshua16692.5W15L11W20D5
11Harris, Neal D22002.0W25W10L7L4
12Marino, Marc12562.0W13L7W22L3
13Schlenker, Robert A11052.0L12W15W21L9
14Suich, Victor W12542.0W26L6L4W21
15Marr, Clifford14002.0L10L13W18W20
16Blair, David-RE12071.5-H-W9L3L8
17Thomas, Chapman11211.5-H-L8L9W22
18Riker, James11101.5-H-L2L15-B-
19Sanders, Ian-RE14471.5-H-W20L6-U-
20Mu, Frank12501.0W27L19L10L15
21Sandborg, Sverre (Sandy)13401.0-H-D22L13L14
22Moore, Jeffery-RE9821.0-H-D21L12L17
23Palmer, Charles R19131.0W24-U--U--U-
24Sanders, Ian14470.0L23-U--U--U-
25Mu, Euphemia14220.0L11-U--U--U-
26Blair, David12070.0L14-U--U--U-
27Moore, Jeffery9820.0L20-U--U--U-

Trophy

No.NameUSCFPtsRnd1Rnd2Rnd3Rnd4
1Mu, Joshua-RE8063.5-H-W8W7W2
2McEachern, Daniel James9123.0W15W3W6L1
3Horwitz, Joshua5553.0W14L2W8W9
4Phillips, Chase6683.0-H-W13W10D5
5Rimbault, Braden7852.5W13D6D9D4
6Horwitz, Matt10482.5W16D5L2W11
7Barringer, Lindsay3802.5-H--B-L1W10
8Hyde, Bethany5162.0W17L1L3W13
9Collier, Jonathan4222.0-H-W11D5L3
10Rimbault, Landon-RE5811.5-H-W12L4L7
11McEachern, Joshua1.5-H-L9W12L6
12Estes, Hannah1.5-H-L10L11-B-
13Bayne, James S.10011.0L5L4-B-L8
14Wakefield, Tommy E3660.5L3-H--N--N-
15Hyde, Kevin J12440.0L2-U--U--U-
16Mu, Joshua8060.0L6-U--U--U-
17Rimbault, Landon5810.0L8-U--U--U-

directed by Kevin Hyde and James Riker