Lake Superior Chess Association

The 1998 U.P. Open was held in Marquette at the Ramada Inn. The tournament was held August 15th and 16th. Greg Rose was the tournament director and 36 players from the U.P., L.P., WI, and Il participated. Jim Kulback won first place with a score of 4 ½. The Top U.P. Player Trophy was won by Justin Ceterski. Second place was tied with Class A players Justin Ceterski, Kelly Borman, and Tom Manion. The Top Junior Trophy was won by Ken Ceterski. Second Junior was won by Andy Just. Class B was tied between Ken Boyer and Terry Rowlinson. First place in Class C was won by Jerry Truitt. Second place in Class C tied with Victor Asbury and Eric Robinson. First place in Class D was won by Martha Ceterski. Second place in Class D was won by William Lechnich. First Place in Class E was won by Paul Casimir. Second place in Class E was won by Dave Mattson. Thanks is extended to the Ramada Inn for providing the room and the donation of two hundred dollars. Thanks is also extended Bob John and Gary Gill for helping reserve the hotel for the tournament and the Dickinson County Chess Club for donating the trophies.

Justin Ceterski - Terry Rowlinson [ECO E76]
1998 UP Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.0-0 c5 12.d5 Bd4+ 13.Kh1 Qe7 14.Bf3 Be5 15.Qe1 Nb4 16.Qd2 Rae8 17.a3 Na6 18.Qe1 f5 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Be2 Bd7 22.Rxf7 Qxf7 23.Qd2 Qe7 24.Rf1 Qh4 25.Bf4 Qe7 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Qf4 Qe7 28.Kg1 Nb8 29.Bd3 Qe3+ 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Be4 a6 32.Kf2
1-0

Jay Grossman - David Sundeen [ECO E62]
1998 UP Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.0-0 a6 9.Qc2 c5 10.d5 Ng4 11.Re1 Nge5 12.Nd2 Nb6 13.b3 Bd7 14.f4 Ng4 15.Nf3 Qc8 16.a4 a5 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Qc7 19.Bf4 Qc8 20.Rad1 Nh6 21.Qd2 Nf5 22.g4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Bxg4 25.Qxb6 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 Qf5 27.Qe3 Qc2 28.Rb1 f6 29.Be4
1-0

Jim Mitchell - Martha Ceterski [ECO A04]
1998 UP Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 b5 8.c3 Bb7 9.Re1 d6 10.Nf1 Nd7 11.h4 Re8 12.h5 Nce5 13.N1h2 Nf8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc4 16.b3 Nb6 17.Bf4 Nbd7 18.Qd2 Nf6 19.e5 Nxh5 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 dxe5 22.dxe5 f6 23.Rad1 Qb6 24.exf6 exf6 25.g4 Ng7 26.Qf4 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qb7+ 29.Kg1 Qf7 30.Rd6 Nge6 31.Qe4 Re8 32.Qc6 f5 33.Qxb5 Qe7 34.Rd1 fxg4 35.Nxg4 Rd8 36.Rxd8 Qxd8 37.Nf3 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Nf4+ 39.Kg3 Nh5+ 40.Kg2 Nf4+ 41.Kh2 Qxf3 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Ne8+ Kh6 44.Qf1 Qh5+ 45.Kg3 Ne2+ 46.Kg2 Qg4+ 47.Kh1 Qe4+ 48.Kh2 Qxe8 49.Qh3+ Kg7 50.Qf3 Qe5+ 51.Kg2 Ne6 52.Qb7+ Kh6 53.Qf3 N6f4+
0-1

Paul Casimir - Marvin Mattson [ECO B30]
1998 UP Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d3 Nf6 6.0-0 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Be7 9.Re1 Bb7 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Qd2 h6 13.h3 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Bf6 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Rb1 Rad8 17.Ne2 Ne7 18.c3 Qb6 19.Rbd1 Ng6 20.Qe3 Qc7 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 Qc8 23.g4 Be7 24.g5 e5 25.Qg3 hxg5 26.h4 gxh4 27.Nxh4 Bxh4 28.Qxh4 c4 29.Kg2 Qe6 30.Rh1 f6 31.dxc4 bxc4 32.f3 Kf7 33.Qh5+ Ke7 34.Qg6 Rg8 35.Rh7 Kf8 36.Rdh1 d5 37.Rxg7 Rxg7 38.Rh8+ Rg8 39.Rxg8+ Qxg8
0-1

Chuck Leinen - Greg Rose [ECO D94]
1998 UP Open
1.d4 d5 2.e3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.Bf3 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Ne4 15.Qd3 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Be6 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Qb4 b6 20.Rfd1 Qg5 21.Qb5 Qf6 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Qb2 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.g3 Qxa2
½-½

Jerry Truitt - Frank Hogarth Jr. [ECO A41]
1998 UP Open
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.Be2 Bf5 5.0-0 Nb4 6.Na3 Nf6 7.c3 Nfd5 8.cxb4 Nxb4 9.Qb3 a5 10.Bd2 e6 11.Bxb4 axb4 12.Qxb4 Rb8 13.Rac1 c6 14.Qb3 d5 15.Nc2 g5 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Ne1 f6 18.Bh5+ Bg6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Bxg6+ Kd7 21.g3 Bd6 22.e4 Rh6 23.exd5 exd5 24.Qf3 Kd8 25.Qxf6+ Be7 26.Qg7 Qb6 27.Qxh6 Kc7 28.Qg7 Kd6 29.Qe5+
1-0

At the LSCA meeting there was an election of officers. Tom Ceterski is President, Gary Gill is Vice-president, Greg Rose is Secretary, Jim Mitchell is Treasurer, and Ken Ceterski is appointed as Editor.

My name is Ken Ceterski and I am a sophomore at Iron Mountain High School. I have been playing chess ever since I was eight. I'm a member of MI Chess, LSCA, WCA, CFC, and FICS (all chess origanizations). My USCF rating is 1624. My whole family plays chess. I have a brother and my parents. I have a network of computers at my house and have a webpage and design them. I will also update the LSCA webpage.

The North Bay International Open was held at North Bay, Ontario during the first week of August. The tournament was held on a beautiful university campus, with hiking trails behind the campus. Before the tournament, the tournament directors warned people about encounters with bears on the trails. This year over three hundred players participated with twenty percent of the tournament were from the US and five percent of the tournament were female. People participated from eighteen different countries including Russia and Cuba. There were eight rounds, the time limit was forty moves in two hours, sudden death in one hour. Sections were divided up every two hundred rating points. There were two games a day with an hour in between the rounds. There was also a huge skittles board outside. The Open Section was very strong with five GM's and 18 IM's. The whole Ceterski Family played in the tournament. Tom Ceterski played in the under 2200 section, Justin played in the under 2000 section, and Martha and Ken played in the under 1600 section. Ken ended up with 5 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses. He finished in fifth place and winning $150.00 Canadian.

		1	2	3	4	Total
1	Jim Mitchell	X	1	FW	0	2
2	Bob John	0	X	½	½	1
3	Greg Rose	FL	½	X	0	½
4	Gary Gill	1	½	1	X	2½

Section 2

No.	Name	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total
1	Laurene Larmie	X	0	1	X	0	1	2
2	John Sleeman	1	X	0	1	X	0	2
3	Jerry Trewella	0	1	X	0	0	X	1

Negaunee VFW Quads - June - July, 1998

Section 1

		1	2	3	4	Total
1	Gary Gill	X	1	0	1	2
2	Andy Just	0	X	0	0	0
3	Jim Mitchell	1	1	X	½	2½
4	Bob John	0	1	½	X	1½

Section 2

PLR#	Name	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	James Kulbacki	W12	W15	W2	D6	W8	4½
2	Justin Ceterski	W13	W33	L1	W26	W6	4
3	Kelly Borman	W26	D7	W21	D4	W9	4
4	Tom Manion	D18	W24	W23	D3	W14	4
5	Tom Ceterski	W19	D16	W30	L8	W17	3½
6	Terry Rowlinson	W27	W17	W8	D1	L2	3½
7	Ken Boyer	W36	D3	D16	D19	W18	3½
8	Paul Randall	W25	W23	L6	W5	L1	3
9	Jay Grossman	L17	W28	W12	W13	L3	3
10	Raymond Garrison	H0	L19	D32	W25	W24	3
11	Bill Schmitt	D34	D18	L13	W32	W26	3
12	David Sundeen	L1	W20	L9	W28	W23	3
13	Jerry Truitt	L2	W35	W11	L9	W19	3
14	Martha Ceterski	D21	D22	W33	W16	L4	3
15	Marvin Mattson	W20	L1	D17	L18	W30	2½
16	Jim Mitchell	W35	D5	D7	L14	D20	2½
17	Victor Asbury	W9	L6	D15	W30	L5	2½
18	Erik Robinson	D4	D11	D24	W15	L7	2½
19	William Lechnick	L5	W10	W25	D7	L13	2½
20	Paul Casimir	L15	L12	W36	W33	D16	2½
21	Harvey Wedge	D14	W34	L3	D24	U--	2
22	Chuck Leinen	D30	D14	L26	D29	D31	2
23	Bob John	W28	L8	L4	W34	L12	2
24	Ken Ceterski	W32	L4	D18	D21	L10	2
25	Gary Gill	L8	W31	L19	L10	W32	2
26	Steve Allis	L3	W36	W22	L2	L11	2
27	Andy Just	L6	L32	L31	W36	W35	2
28	Dane Mattson	L23	L9	W35	L12	W34	2
29	Greg Rose	H0	L30	D34	D22	U--	1½
30	Mark Karki	D22	W29	L5	L17	L15	1½
31	Adam Rackle	L33	L25	W27	L35	D22	1½
32	Kenn Filkins	L24	W27	D10	L11	L25	1½
33	Joe Rubatt	W31	L2	L14	L20	U--	1
34	Walter Griesmeyer	D11	L21	D29	L23	L28	1
35	Frank Hogarth	L16	L13	L28	W31	L27	1
36	Jerry Karriger	L7	L26	L20	L27	U--	0

		1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Jerry Trewella	X	0	0	0	0	0
2	Laurene Laranie	1	X	1	0	0	2
3	John Sleeman	1	0	X	0	0	1
4	Greg Rose	1	1	1	X	0	3
5	Mike Karki	1	1	1	1	X	4