RESULTS FROM THE 1999 LIBERTY DECEMBER TOURNAMENT |
The Liberty December Tournament
was held on 18 December 1999 at Liberty High School in
Colorado Springs. Larry Wutt organized this event on
behalf of the Liberty High School Chess Club and Southern
Colorado Chess. The tournament included a quick rated
section and a nonrated section. It was directed by Ken
Schwartz and Roy Heath. With a perfect 4.0 points, Keith Oxman won the $30 first prize in the 4SS G/29 quick rated section. William Bell, Joe Bihlmeyer, Buck Buchanan, and Victor Smith each scored 3.0 points to share the $15 second prize, while Dean Brown, Paul Grimm, Evgueni Ostashev, and Larry Wutt scored 2.0 points apiece to split the $15 U1600/Unr prize. The nonrated section was played as a 4 person double round robin at G/20. Paul Wamble captured first place, winning $15 with a score of 5.0 out of 6.0. Here is the crosstable for the rated section: |
# | Name | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot |
1 | Keith Oxman | 1979 | W10 | W7 | W4 | W3 | 4.0 |
2 | Richard Buchanan | 2021 | W9 | L5 | W10 | W11 | 3.0 |
3 | William Bell | 1972 | W12 | W8 | W5 | L1 | 3.0 |
4 | Victor Smith | 1737 | W13 | W11 | L1 | W7 | 3.0 |
5 | Joseph Bihlmeyer | 1723 | W14 | W2 | L3 | W6 | 3.0 |
6 | Gregg Steadman | 1800 | L11 | W13 | W9 | L5 | 2.0 |
7 | Virgil McGuire | 1701 | W16 | L1 | W15 | L4 | 2.0 |
8 | Laurence Wutt | 1481 | W15 | L3 | L11 | W13 | 2.0 |
9 | Dean Brown | 1385 | L2 | W14 | L6 | W15 | 2.0 |
10 | Paul Grimm | 1353 | L1 | W16 | L2 | W14 | 2.0 |
11 | Evgueni Ostashev | 1231 | W6 | L4 | W8 | L2 | 2.0 |
12 | Allan Ufer | 1253 | L3 | L15 | L14 | W16 | 1.0 |
13 | Gary Frenzel | 1130 | L4 | L6 | W16 | L8 | 1.0 |
14 | Matthew Tucker | 885 | L5 | L9 | W12 | L10 | 1.0 |
15 | Blake Brady | UNR | L8 | W12 | L7 | L9 | 1.0 |
16 | Kathy Schneider | 681 | L7 | L10 | L13 | L12 | 0.0 |