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Issue of the Lake Superior Chess Association WoodPusher March / April, 2001 |
AmericInn Lodging Regional Chess Tournament
AmericInn Lodging System is sponsoring one of the largest amateur chess tournaments in the country. The first round of tournaments were held on in late January at 140 AmericInn locations throughout the Midwest. The second rounds of Regional tournaments were held on Saturday Feb. 24 to determine the top 70 amateur chess players in the Midwest who will qualify for the finals be held at the Science Museum in St. Paul, MN at the end of March.
U.P. chess players who qualified from the first round of AmericInn tournaments met on Saturday Feb. 24th at the AmericInn located in Norway, MI to determine who would advance to the AmericInn Finals. The Youth Section consisted of eight youth players from Iron Mountain, Escanaba, Crystal Falls, Kingsford and Norway. The Adult Section had seven players who qualified.
The tournament winners in the Youth Section were Ken Ceterski, a senior at Iron Mountain High School, with a perfect 7-0 score, second place was taken by Jason Nantelle, a junior at Forest Park, with a 6-1 score and third place finisher was Chien Chen, a junior at I. M. H. S. who finished with a 3 ½-3 ½ score. Ken was awarded the first place trophy with Jason receiving the second place trophy. All three qualified for the finals in St. Paul.
In the Adult section Tom Ceterski of Iron Mountain captured first place with a 3.5 - .5 score with Jerry Truitt of Vulcan finishing second with a 3-1 score. Tom was awarded the first place trophy with Jerry receiving the second place trophy. Both qualified to advance to the finals in St. Paul.
The local AmericInn did an excellent job in hosting the tournament and all the players had a enjoyable time.
AmericInn Regional Chess Tournament - Youth Section
Norway, MI - Feb. 24, 2001
Player |
Ken |
Jason |
Chi |
Chien |
Jacob |
Kevin |
Adam |
Greg |
Total | |
1 |
Ken Ceterski |
X |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
Jason Nantelle |
0 |
X |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
Chi Chen |
0 |
0 |
X |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Chien Chen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
1 |
1/2 |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
5 |
Jacob Truitt |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
Kevin Freeman |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1/2 |
1 |
X |
0 |
0 |
2.5 |
7 |
Adam Rauch |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
X |
0 |
1 |
8 |
Greg Beaurie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
X |
2 |
Players in bold advance to the Finals in St. Paul, MN on March 31, 2001.
AmericInn Regional Chess Tournament - Adult Section
Norway, MI - Feb. 24, 2001
Player |
Rating |
Tom |
Jerry |
Bob |
Martha |
Allan |
Total | |
1 |
Tom Ceterski |
1756 |
X |
1 |
1/2 |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
2 |
Jerry Truitt |
1601 |
0 |
X |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Bob Bergman |
1600 |
1/2 |
0 |
X |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
4 |
Martha Ceterski |
1180 |
0 | X |
1 |
1 | ||
5 |
Allan Moore |
UNR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
0 |
Players in bold advance to the Finals in St. Paul, MN on March 31, 2001.
2001 Great 8 Winter Games a Success The Great 8 Winter Games were held on February 17, 2001 at Kingsford, Michigan. With a wide variety of activities for the students to participate in, chess was one that attracted a large number of participants. There were 27 students in grades 4 to 8 that played in the unrated chess tournament while their parents watched the action. The Ceterski family, Martha, Ken & Tom directed the tournament by splitting it up into separate sections.
All of the students had an excellent time. None of the students had to worry about providing equipment since all of the equipment was provided by the Dickinson County Chess Club. Medals were provided by the Community Schools for first though fifth place in each grade. Therefore, most of the students received an award plus were able to enjoy a day of exciting chess.
Laura Perez was the only 4th grade girl but earned her 1st place metal with an unbeaten scored of 3-1 to tie for first against the 4th grade boys. See the newsletter for the crosstables.
On Wednesday night, Feb. 21, at the regular meeting of the Negaunee VFW Chess Club, Pablo Ramos, a 16 year old student at Negaunee High School, took on all comers in giving a simultaneous exhibition. His score of 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses doesn't really reflect his efforts at playing all these games at once. He managed to force a draw with me, by repetitive position, when in the endgame I was a pawn up. He stated after the match that he might like to do this again, even though it was hard. I am very proud of this young man, as his chess coach, playing against mostly adults in these matches. Reporting-Gregory S. Rose
Created by LSCA Editor: Ken Ceterski