Greetings Fellow Chess Players !
Jason Xu of Essex Jct., VT took 1st place and the $2000 4 year renewable scholarship in the 2nd edition of the UCONN School of Engineering $14,000 Scholarship Tournament October 27th-28th, 2007.
Mr. Xu accomplished this feat despite being involved in a minor car accident on the way to the tournament and being forced to take a 1/2 point bye for the 1st round. He then reeled off 4 consecutive wins, including hard fought games against the second and third place finishers.
2nd place finisher Haotian Zheng of Newtown, CT scored 4 -1 to take the $1000 4 year renewable scholarship, while Johnson Pau of Tenafly, NJ scored 3.5 – 1.5 to take 3rd and the $500 4 year renewable scholarship.
The other top finishers were Kostyantyn Mazur of Teaneck, NJ 4th, Treva Ayton of New Rochelle, NY 5th, and Bob Scalise of New Britain, CT 6th.
In the Middle School Open Alex “Buzz Saw” Fikiet of Storrs, CT zipped through the field with a perfect 5 – 0 score. Finishing close behind in 2nd overall and Top 7th Grade was Leonid Stolov of New Haven, while Ryan Zentner took 3rd overall and Top 6th Grade. Zach Rankin and Daniel Parsons took 2nd 6th and 7th Grade honors respectively.
Results may be viewed at:
http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200710289341
The UCONN SOE would like to thank everyone involved for their support and cooperation in running this event.
Tom Hartmayer
860-989-5394
UCONN CC URL: http://www.uconnchess.uconn.edu/
Why was this tournament so small?
An excellent question. Not for lack of advertising, both in CL, here and email !