US Open Championship:
1-3. GM Manuel Leon Hoyos (Webster Freshman) – Hoyos won the Armageddon playoff by defeating John Bryant. Hoyos had a choice for a must win with white or draw odd with black. He chose to play for the win with white. He did and thus becoming the 2012 US Open Champion!
1-3. GM Dimitry Gurevich
1-3. FM John Bryant
Tied for 4th is GM Andre Diamant (Webster Sophomore)
1-2. GM Andre Diamant (Webster Sophomore)
1-2. IM Vitaly Neimer (Webster Sophomore)
Tied for 3rd is GM Manuel Leon Hoyos (Webster Freshman)
US Open Blitz Championship:
1. GM Andre Diamant (Webster Sophomore)
2. GM Anatoly Bykhovksy (Webster Junior)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar
August 13, 2012
Daily News, General News, SPICE / Webster, Susan's Personal Blog
4 Comments
Great job Manuel.
Who gets the US Championship spot next year?
John Bryant.
Chess Life totally ignoring Webster player success at US Open. Par for the course.