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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.
| # | Name/Rtng/ID | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 |
| 1 | Daniel Fernandez | B 11 | W 6 | B 5 | W 2 |
| 2449 20058682 (2174) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Selby K Anderson | W 12 | B 8 | W 10 | B 1 |
| 2234 10380405 (2281) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Shawn W Noland | B 13 | W 19 | B 7 | W 8 |
| 2108 12503122 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 4 | Gregg N Stanley | W 14 | B 10 | ---- | ---- |
| 2067 10400481 (2058) | 1.0 | 1.0 | U1.0 | U1.0 | |
| 5 | John Paul Hyltin | B 15 | W 13 | W 1 | ---- |
| 2055 10399289 (1936) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | U2.0 | |
| 6 | Jesse J Lozano | W 16 | B 1 | W 12 | B 10 |
| 1955 12937011 (1765) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Martin D Gordon | B 17 | bye | W 3 | B 14 |
| 1939 12406332 (1868) | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 8 | Randall M Schwarz | W 18 | W 2 | B 13 | B 3 |
| 1913 11130780 (1814) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Anthony Guerra | B 19 | W 17 | B 15 | W 11 |
| 1879 12722825 (1747) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 10 | Daniel Hung | B 21 | W 4 | B 2 | W 6 |
| 1830 12878034 (1646) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 11 | Fernando Jr. Spada | W 1 | B 16 | W 14 | B 9 |
| 1826 12879256 (1721) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 12 | James O Ukoli | B 2 | W 21 | B 6 | W 15 |
| 1793 12852598 (1661) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 13 | George Qi | W 3 | B 5 | W 8 | B 19 |
| 1792 12859308 (1506) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 14 | Derek Chang | B 4 | W 20 | B 11 | W 7 |
| 1746 12926166 (1608) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 15 | Jeffery Hung | W 5 | B 18 | W 9 | B 12 |
| 1723 12877472 (1648) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 16 | Vincent Zhang | B 6 | W 11 | B 19 | W 17 |
| 1691 12923387 (1623) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 17 | Danny Chen | W 7 | B 9 | W 18 | B 16 |
| 1670 12912139 (1359) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 18 | Dylan T Smith | B 8 | W 15 | B 17 | ---- |
| 1609 12851747 (1478) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | U0.0 | |
| 19 | Charlina Hung | W 9 | B 3 | W 16 | W 13 |
| 1585 12878777 (1478) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 20 | Mark P Marshall | ---- | B 14 | ---- | ---- |
| 1544 12809864 (1419) | U0.0 | 0.0 | U0.0 | U0.0 | |
| 21 | Jaime Estrada | W 10 | B 12 | bye | bye |
| 1512 12625674 (1490) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |