Southern Rocky Link

If you were directed here via the email sent by NMCO, please check out the tournament website by clicking on this link: www.SouthernRockyOpen.com

2011 SRFO wins acclaim!

The story I wrote for Chess Life Online about the Southern Rocky last year was voted as the #7 story of the year for all CLO submissions! Thanks everyone for providing such great material to write about.

-Chad

Story with ranking here!

Wired Kings FIDE Invitational results

Wired Kings fans -

The FIDE Invitational has been rated. Somehow the FIDE section is listed as Section Two, but either way it's rated. Here are the final results:

FIDE section

1st - Lior Lapid (8/9)
2nd-4th - Ben Coraretti, Mark Schwarman, & Jeff Serna (6/9)

Section Two

1st - Sam Dooley (8/9)
2nd - Tim Martinson (7.5/9)
3rd - Brian McNiece & Andrew Flores (6.5/9)

Full USCF results

Thanks to everyone who played!

Southern Rocky FIDE Open Deadlines

Just a reminder:

-First Entry Deadline for the SRFO is 1/23/12. Entry fees go up after that date.
-Original Deadline for has passed, they have extended through the weekend.

Albuquerque Chess League

The league starts on the first Saturday of February! If you need help finding a team or being an alternate, let me know!

Congrats to UNM chess team!

The University of New Mexico chess team won the Division III (under 2000 team rating) award at the Pan Am games with a 3/6 team score. As the 18th seed, they finished 13th out of 28 teams, which is impressive given the caliber of the teams in the tournament. UNM's team was Silas Perry, Doug Thigpen, Lara Armas, and Dante Archuleta. Congratulations to the UNM chess team! Go Lobos!

2011 Pan Am Intercollegiate Standings

UNM vs. Texas Tech (B)

UNM is playing against TTU's B team and 2 games are on monroi.com from this match...Silas vs. IM Neimer and Doug Thigpen vs. John Flores!

UNM/Silas @ Pan Ams

Check out this article on uschess.org, UNM gets mentioned at bottom and Silas's game gets published.

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11543/646/

Group A Pairings

Here are the pairings for group A:


1
Will Barefield - Mark Schwarman
Matt Grinberg - Silas Perry
Ben Coraretti - Steve Young
Chad Schneider - Jeff Serna
Zach Stuart - Lior Lapid

2
Mark Schwarman - Lior Lapid
Jeff Serna - Zach Stuart
Steve Young - Chad Schneider
Silas Perry - Ben Coraretti
Will Barefield - Matt Grinberg

3
Matt Grinberg - Mark Schwarman
Ben Coraretti - Will Barefield
Chad Schneider - Silas Perry
Zach Stuart - Steve Young
Lior Lapid - Jeff Serna

4
Mark Schwarman - Jeff Serna
Steve Young - Lior Lapid
Silas Perry - Zach Stuart
Will Barefield - Chad Schneider
Matt Grinberg - Ben Coraretti

5
Ben Coraretti - Mark Schwarman
Chad Schneider - Matt Grinberg
Zach Stuart - Will Barefield
Lior Lapid - Silas Perry
Jeff Serna - Steve Young

6
Mark Schwarman - Steve Young
Silas Perry - Jeff Serna
Will Barefield - Lior Lapid
Matt Grinberg - Zach Stuart
Ben Coraretti - Chad Schneider

7
Chad Schneider - Mark Schwarman
Zach Stuart - Ben Coraretti
Lior Lapid - Matt Grinberg
Jeff Serna - Will Barefield
Steve Young - Silas Perry

8
Mark Schwarman - Silas Perry
Will Barefield - Steve Young
Matt Grinberg - Jeff Serna
Ben Coraretti - Lior Lapid
Chad Schneider - Zach Stuart

9
Zach Stuart - Mark Schwarman
Lior Lapid - Chad Schneider
Jeff Serna - Ben Coraretti
Steve Young - Matt Grinberg
Silas Perry - Will Barefield

Group B Pairings

Hi all, we had to go with 9 players in the "B" section. Here are our pairings:

White Black
Round 1
Andrew Flores - Brock Romero
Holly McRoberts - Derek Garcia
Tim Martinson - Jim Johnston
Robert Hampton - Eric Stuart
Sam Dooley - Brian McNiece

Round 2
Brock Romero-Brian McNiece
Eric Stuart -Sam Dooley
Jim Johnston -Robert Hampton
Derek Garcia -Tim Martinson
Andrew Flores -Holly McRoberts

Round 3
Holly McRoberts- Brock Romero
Tim Martinson- Andrew Flores
Robert Hampton- Derek Garcia
Sam Dooley -Jim Johnston
Brian McNiece- Eric Stuart

Round 4
Brock Romero-Eric Stuart
Jim Johnston Brian McNiece
Derek Garcia - Sam Dooley
Andrew Flores - Robert Hampton
Holly McRoberts - Tim Martinson

Round 5
Tim Martinson - Brock Romero
Robert Hampton - Holly McRoberts
Sam Dooley - Andrew Flores
Brian McNiece- Derek Garcia
Eric Stuart -Jim Johnston

Round 6
Brock Romero -Jim Johnston
Derek Garcia -Eric Stuart
Andrew Flores -Brian McNiece
Holly McRoberts -Sam Dooley
Tim Martinson -Robert Hampton

Round 7
Robert Hampton- Brock Romero
Sam Dooley -Tim Martinson
Brian McNiece -Holly McRoberts
Eric Stuart -Andrew Flores
Jim Johnston -Derek Garcia

Round 8
Brock Romero-Derek Garcia 0-1
Andrew Flores- Jim Johnston
Holly McRoberts- Eric Stuart
Tim Martinson -Brian McNiece
Robert Hampton- Sam Dooley

Round 9
Sam Dooley- Brock Romero 1-0
Brian McNiece -Robert Hampton
Eric Stuart -Tim Martinson
Jim Johnston -Holly McRoberts
Derek Garcia -Andrew Flores