Alamo         Spring Open
        March 31- April 1, 2007
     4 round Swiss: 30/90, SD/60
          

Fifty-nine players competed in the Spring Open, held Mar. 31-Apr. 1 at the Texas TNI. IM Daniel Fernandez, a student at UT-Brownsville, won the Open section with 4 points and received $200. NM Selby Anderson was clear second ($100) with 3-1, losing in the last round to Fernandez. Tied at 2.5 were Shawn Noland, Jesse Lozano, Randall Schwarz, Daniel Hung and Fernando Spada, splitting U2200 and U2000 prizes to win $30 each.

In the Reserve, Michael Croyle (ranked tenth with a 1556 rating) won first prize of $100 with a perfect score, 4-0. Steven Chen and Paul Webb tied with 3.5, splitting the second plus U1600 prizes and each receiving $75. Fernando Spada, Sr. won the U1400 prize of $50 with 3 points, and Jovan Whatford won the unrated prize of $50 with 1.5. Quintin Nowland won the $5 upset prize (generously provided by someone with a cell phone) with an amazing 973 point upset.

Martin Gordon directed for the San Antonio Chess Club.


SwissSys Wall Chart. Spring Open 2007: Open

#Name/Rtng/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4
1Daniel FernandezB 11W 6B 5W 2
2449 20058682 (2174) 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
2Selby K AndersonW 12B 8W 10B 1
2234 10380405 (2281) 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
3Shawn W NolandB 13W 19B 7W 8
2108 12503122 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
4Gregg N StanleyW 14B 10--------
2067 10400481 (2058) 1.0 1.0U1.0U1.0
5John Paul HyltinB 15W 13W 1----
2055 10399289 (1936) 1.0 2.0 2.0U2.0
6Jesse J LozanoW 16B 1W 12B 10
1955 12937011 (1765) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
7Martin D GordonB 17bye W 3B 14
1939 12406332 (1868) 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
8Randall M SchwarzW 18W 2B 13B 3
1913 11130780 (1814) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
9Anthony GuerraB 19W 17B 15W 11
1879 12722825 (1747) 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
10Daniel HungB 21W 4B 2W 6
1830 12878034 (1646) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
11Fernando Jr. SpadaW 1B 16W 14B 9
1826 12879256 (1721) 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
12James O UkoliB 2W 21B 6W 15
1793 12852598 (1661) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
13George QiW 3B 5W 8B 19
1792 12859308 (1506) 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
14Derek ChangB 4W 20B 11W 7
1746 12926166 (1608) 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
15Jeffery HungW 5B 18W 9B 12
1723 12877472 (1648) 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
16Vincent ZhangB 6W 11B 19W 17
1691 12923387 (1623) 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
17Danny ChenW 7B 9W 18B 16
1670 12912139 (1359) 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
18Dylan T SmithB 8W 15B 17----
1609 12851747 (1478) 0.0 0.0 0.0U0.0
19Charlina HungW 9B 3W 16W 13
1585 12878777 (1478) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
20Mark P Marshall----B 14--------
1544 12809864 (1419) U0.0 0.0U0.0U0.0
21Jaime EstradaW 10B 12bye bye
1512 12625674 (1490) 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5
Spring Open 2007

SwissSys Wall Chart. Spring Open 2007: Reserve

#Name/Rtng/IDRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4
1John NivenB 20W 14B 11B 23
1746 12471790 (1745) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
2Paul M ReidW 21B 29W 19B 13
1703 10961742 (1658) 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
3Seth W. ThompsonB 22W 16B 12W 6
1649 12911188 (1575) 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0
4Raymond A GrilloW 23B 31W 21B 18
1636 12498848 (1653) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
5Juan CarrizalesB 24B 23W 25W 16
1624 12620982 (1530) 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0
6Raul P FloresW 25B 13W 15B 3
1607 12974656 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0
7Gabriel GuerraB 26W 18B 22W 36
1597 12731816 (1524) 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
8Michael LabelleW 27B 15W 30B 26
1596 12504966 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
9Gerald CastleberryB 28bye W 23B 37
1557 10946115 (1621) 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
10Michael H CroyleW 29B 17W 18B 11
1556 12909070 (1435) 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
11Ye Zhaosubye B 19W 1W 10
1553 13181590 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
12Steven ChenW 31B 21W 3B 15
1548 12946130 (1357) 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5
13Kevin XieB 32W 6B 24W 2
1537 13002036 (1275) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
14Charles R DavisW 33B 1bye W 20
1527 12561407 (1480) 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
15James ThamesB 34W 8B 6W 12
1516 12386410 (1464) 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
16Eric ChenW 35B 3W 27B 5
1490 12912140 (1287) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
17Perry V JohnsonB 36W 10B 26bye
1488 12911605 (1401) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
18Andrew Nat LozanoW 37B 7B 10W 4
1451 13417670 (1368) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
19James NielsenB 38W 11B 2W 27
1421 12649207 (1394) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
20Kristin RamosW 1B 32W 37B 14
1413 12862965 (1371) 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
21Victoria ZhangB 2W 12B 4W 30
1413 12923386 (1401) 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
22David C MurleyW 3B 33W 7B 31
1370 12873695 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
23Paul WebbB 4W 5B 9W 1
1366 12662018 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5
24Daniel All LozanoW 5B 30W 13----
1315 13417685 (1221) 0.5 1.0 1.0U1.0
25Darda ChangB 6W 34B 5W 32
1242 13533745 (1147) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
26Fernando Sr. SpadaW 7B 35W 17W 8
1239 12921424 (1000) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
27Jonathan D ReaB 8W 38B 16B 19
1212 12773482 (1049) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
28Jan Mikael HultmanW 9B 37W 36W 35
1198 13298822 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
29James T KingeryB 10W 2bye B 33
1185 13183575 (1183) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
30Leo Y Zengbye W 24B 8B 21
1064 12926147 (991) 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
31Gordon WeintraubB 12W 4B 34W 22
1046 13194857 (942) 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
32Gary E CobbW 13W 20B 35B 25
984 12759066 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
33Dustin ChangB 14W 22B 38W 29
864 13206570 (826) 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
34Victoria J GordonW 15B 25W 31B 38
611 13508406 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
35Nathan Ray LozanoB 16W 26W 32B 28
353 13417691 (349) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
36Quintin A NolandW 17bye B 28B 7
227 13592605 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
37Jovan WhatfordB 18W 28B 20W 9
unr. new 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
38Natalie M NolandW 19B 27W 33W 34
unr. 13592591 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0