August PVCC Tournament

I went to the chess club Saturday night to play in their monthly tournament. It's an unrated event that costs $5 to play. This Saturday night we had 10 players, so 1st place was $25, 2nd was $15, and $10 went to the club. The players were:

1953 Edwin Borowski
1827 Paul Budney
1797 Tom Smith
1791 Bruce Arnold
1557 Eric Strickland
1513 Dave Hall
1488 Tony Hartai
1396 Frank Kolasinski
1393 Casey Dolan
1193 Paul Spatarella

And was run by Enrique McDonald, who also played the last round since Tony had to leave:
1425 Enrique McDonald

The tournament lasted about 4 hours, from around 7pm - 11pm. It was 3 rounds, with the first game being G/30, the 2nd and 3rd being G/40. I can't tell you how everyone did, but here are my results:

Game 1: Ed Borowski (1953) vs Dave Hall (1513) 1-0
Game 2: Eric Strickland (1557) vs Ed Borowski 0-1
Game 3: Ed Borowski (1953) vs Bruce Arnold (1791) 1-0

I finished 3-0, and won the event in clear 1st. The final deciding game for 2nd place was between Tom Smith and Paul Budney. A win for Tom meant clear 2nd place, a draw or loss meant a tie for second with 2 others. Tom lost, so Paul Budney, Eric Strickland, and Bruce Arnold shared 2nd place. Since Bruce had left, the prize was shared between Paul and Eric.

It was a good time, but wiped me out! I got home and wanted to do the BGs for an hour or two with the Guild (World of Warcraft). I was so tired that after about 45 minutes I had to go to bed.

Tomorrow, as they say, is another day.

Ed.