San Antonio Spring Open
March 18-19, 2006
4 round Swiss: 30/90, SD/60

FM Steve Dishman, a Londoner who recently moved to the Austin area, tied for first with NM Selby Anderson, Don Sutherland and Rudy Tia of Fort Hood, each scoring 3-1 to win $121.25 (one-fourth of 1st + 2nd + U2200). Randall Schwarz, Martin Gordon and Daniel Hung tied for the U2000 prize with 2.5, each winning $28.33.

The Reserve section was won by Julian Hernandez, Juan Carrizales and Fernando Spada (age 8!) of Brownsville, each scoring 3.5 to win $80. Derek Chang, a fourth grader from Austin, also scored 3.5 points to win the U1600 prize of $85. Michael Veri won the U1400 prize of $60 with 3 points. The top unrated was Daniel Cyrus III with 1.5, winning $50.

Fifty-seven players turned out for the event, held at the Texas Neurosciences Institute. A total of $1,005 in prizes was paid out, or $205 above the advertised amount. Martin Gordon directed for the San Antonio Chess Club.

SwissSys Standings. San Antonio Spring Open: Open

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	FM Steve Dishman	13401955	2420	W10	W8	D3	D2	3.0
2	Don C Sutherland	10408016	2164	D16	W4	W5	D1	3.0
3	NM Selby K Anderson	10380405	2276	W13	D12	D1	W6	3.0
4	Rudy G Tia Jr	12658822	2125	W18	L2	W14	W10	3.0
5	Martin D Gordon	12406332	1937	D7	W9	L2	W14	2.5
6	Randall M Schwarz	11130780	1950	D9	W16	W12	L3	2.5
7	Daniel Hung	12878034	1702	D5	D15	D16	W17	2.5
8	NM John Patty	12397977	2200	W17	L1	H---	W11	2.5
9	Jesse James Lozano	12937011	1728	D6	L5	D13	W16	2.0
10	Joel Sauceda	12682838	1930	L1	W17	W18	L4	2.0
11	Anthony Guerra	12722825	1830	L12	W13	D15	L8	1.5
12	NM James V Rohrbaugh	11047963	2210	W11	D3	L6	U---	1.5
13	Darwin Yang	12945617	1896	L3	L11	D9	W18	1.5
14	Gerald Castleberry	10946115	1504	B---	H---	L4	L5	1.5
15	Philip R Irwin	12904990	1929	H---	D7	D11	U---	1.5
16	Mark E Mc Cue	10293472	1822	D2	L6	D7	L9	1.0
17	John Niven	12471790	1826	L8	L10	B---	L7	1.0
18	Rheanna English	12807166	1742	L4	B---	L10	L13	1.0

SwissSys Standings. San Antonio Spring Open: Reserve

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Derek Chang	12926166	1525	W32	W14	W10	D3	3.5
2	Juan Carrizales	12620982	1660	W18	D7	W5	W9	3.5
3	Fernando Spada	12879256	1648	W17	W24	W16	D1	3.5
4	Julian Hernandez	11346600	1796	W27	W26	D9	W11	3.5
5	Michael A Veri	12864435	1025	W6	W22	L2	W19	3.0
6	Ebrahim Montazeri	13181604	1639	L5	W34	W18	W16	3.0
7	Raul P Flores	12974656	1513	W35	D2	X30	D10	3.0
8	Raymond A Grillo	12498848	1647	L16	W25	W27	W17	3.0
9	James Dent	12626444	1536	W39	W23	D4	L2	2.5
10	Michael D Neal	12050670	1756	W12	W19	L1	D7	2.5
11	Jeffery Hung	12877472	1516	D28	W37	W15	L4	2.5
12	Michael H Croyle	12909070	1464	L10	W32	W22	D13	2.5
13	Gabriel Guerra	12731816	1640	W29	L16	W21	D12	2.5
14	Raymond H Smith	10400147	1700	W21	L1	H---	W24	2.5
15	Charlina Hung	12878777	1451	D37	W20	L11	W25	2.5
16	James Nielsen	12649207	1177	W8	W13	L3	L6	2.0
17	Michael Oakes	12532736	1229	L3	W39	W26	L8	2.0
18	George G Evans	12299030	1310	L2	W35	L6	W33	2.0
19	Richard W Gabriel	12934177	1541	W40	L10	W33	L5	2.0
20	John H Huston	12871973	1546	D25	L15	W28	D23	2.0
21	Antonio Hung	12878035	1395	L14	W40	L13	W34	2.0
22	James Thames	12386410	1645	W34	L5	L12	W35	2.0
23	Mike E Machado	11464343	1694	W38	L9	H---	D20	2.0
24	Max Juul	13093416	127	B---	L3	X37	L14	2.0
25	Avinash Thangirala	12958237	939	D20	L8	W36	L15	1.5
26	Michael Labelle	12504966	1546	W33	L4	L17	D29	1.5
27	Charles C Allen	12916084	1496	L4	W29	L8	H---	1.5
28	Daniel Cyrus Iii	13331654	unr.	D11	L30	L20	X38	1.5
29	Jonathan D Rea	12773482	1134	L13	L27	W32	D26	1.5
30	Jaime Estrada	12625674	1609	D36	W28	F7	U---	1.5
31	Rheanna English	12807166	1742	H---	W36	U---	U---	1.5
32	Jan Mikael Hultman	13298822	unr.	L1	L12	L29	W36	1.0
33	Aakaash K Rao	13079868	884	L26	W38	L19	L18	1.0
34	Rick Guidry	12709777	1141	L22	L6	X39	L21	1.0
35	Jacob Huston	13194183	unr.	L7	L18	X40	L22	1.0
36	Armando Marrufo	12933300	975	D30	L31	L25	L32	0.5
37	Allen Eckert	12430464	1735	D15	L11	F24	U---	0.5
38	Joshua Howell	12909188	1363	L23	L33	H---	F28	0.5
39	Donald Pettigrew	13120643	383	L9	L17	F34	U---	0.0
40	Jacob A Garcia	12914638	761	L19	L21	F35	U---	0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. San Antonio Spring Open: Open

	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4
1	FM Steve Dishman	B 9	W 4	B 2	W 5
	2420 13401955	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0
2	NM Selby K Anderson	W 11	B 3	W 1	W 7
	2276 10380405 (2297)	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0
3	NM James V Rohrbaugh	B 12	W 2	B 7	----
	2210 11047963 (2160)	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
4	NM John Patty	W 13	B 1	bye	B 12
	2200 12397977 (2116)	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
5	Don C Sutherland	B 14	W 6	B 8	B 1
	2164 10408016 (2128)	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.0
6	Rudy G Tia Jr	W 15	B 5	W 18	B 9
	2125 12658822 (2078)	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
7	Randall M Schwarz	B 16	W 14	W 3	B 2
	1950 11130780 (1814)	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.5
8	Martin D Gordon	W 17	B 16	W 5	B 18
	1937 12406332 (1875)	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.5
9	Joel Sauceda	W 1	B 13	B 15	W 6
	1930 12682838 (1823)	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
10	Philip R Irwin	bye	B 17	W 12	----
	1929 12904990	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
11	Darwin Yang	B 2	W 12	W 16	B 15
	1896 12945617 (1797)	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5
12	Anthony Guerra	W 3	B 11	B 10	W 4
	1830 12722825 (1715)	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5
13	John Niven	B 4	W 9	bye	B 17
	1826 12471790 (1777)	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
14	Mark E Mc Cue	W 5	B 7	W 17	B 16
	1822 10293472 (1785)	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0
15	Rheanna English	B 6	bye	W 9	W 11
	1742 12807166 (1437)	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
16	Jesse James Lozano	W 7	W 8	B 11	W 14
	1728 12937011 (1670)	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0
17	Daniel Hung	B 8	W 10	B 14	W 13
	1702 12878034 (1566)	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.5
18	Gerald Castleberry	bye	bye	B 6	W 8
	1504 10946115 (1619)	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5

SwissSys Wall Chart. San Antonio Spring Open: Reserve

	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4
1	Julian Hernandez	B 21	W 15	B 17	W 19
	1796 11346600 (1844)	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.5
2	Michael D Neal	W 22	B 16	W 18	B 20
	1756 12050670	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5
3	Rheanna English	bye	B 32	----	----
	1742 12807166 (1769)	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
4	Allen Eckert	B 23	W 19	- 37	----
	1735 12430464 (1655)	0.5	0.5	F0.5	0.5
5	Raymond H Smith	W 24	B 18	bye	B 37
	1700 10400147 (1632)	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5
6	Mike E Machado	B 25	W 17	bye	B 14
	1694 11464343	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
7	Juan Carrizales	W 26	B 20	B 31	W 17
	1660 12620982 (1537)	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5
8	Fernando Spada	B 27	W 37	B 28	W 18
	1648 12879256 (1680)	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5
9	Raymond A Grillo	W 28	W 33	B 21	B 27
	1647 12498848 (1619)	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
10	James Thames	B 29	W 31	B 22	W 40
	1645 12386410	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
11	Gabriel Guerra	W 30	B 28	W 24	W 22
	1640 12731816 (1526)	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
12	Ebrahim Montazeri	B 31	W 29	B 26	W 28
	1639 13181604 (1697)	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
13	Jaime Estrada	W 32	B 39	- 20	----
	1609 12625674 (1537)	0.5	1.5	F1.5	1.5
14	John H Huston	B 33	W 23	B 39	W 6
	1546 12871973	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.0
15	Michael Labelle	W 34	B 1	W 27	B 30
	1546 12504966	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5
16	Richard W Gabriel	B 35	W 2	B 34	W 31
	1541 12934177 (1378)	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
17	James Dent	W 36	B 6	W 1	B 7
	1536 12626444	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5
18	Derek Chang	B 38	W 5	B 2	B 8
	1525 12926166 (1456)	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5
19	Jeffery Hung	W 39	B 4	W 23	B 1
	1516 12877472 (1470)	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.5
20	Raul P Flores	B 40	W 7	- 13	W 2
	1513 12974656	1.0	1.5	X2.5	3.0
21	Charles C Allen	W 1	B 30	W 9	bye
	1496 12916084	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.5
22	Michael H Croyle	B 2	W 38	W 10	B 11
	1464 12909070 (1479)	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
23	Charlina Hung	W 4	B 14	B 19	W 33
	1451 12878777 (1342)	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.5
24	Antonio Hung	B 5	W 35	B 11	W 29
	1395 12878035 (1309)	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
25	Joshua Howell	W 6	B 34	bye	- 39
	1363 12909188 (988)	0.0	0.0	0.5	F0.5
26	George G Evans	B 7	W 40	W 12	B 34
	1310 12299030	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
27	Michael Oakes	W 8	B 36	B 15	W 9
	1229 12532736	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
28	James Nielsen	B 9	W 11	W 8	B 12
	1177 12649207 (1102)	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
29	Rick Guidry	W 10	B 12	- 36	B 24
	1141 12709777 (1061)	0.0	0.0	X1.0	1.0
30	Jonathan D Rea	B 11	W 21	B 38	W 15
	1134 12773482 (1048)	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5
31	Michael A Veri	W 12	B 10	W 7	B 16
	1025 12864435	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
32	Armando Marrufo	B 13	W 3	B 33	W 38
	975 12933300 (866)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
33	Avinash Thangirala	W 14	B 9	W 32	B 23
	939 12958237 (1133)	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5
34	Aakaash K Rao	B 15	W 25	W 16	W 26
	884 13079868 (851)	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
35	Jacob A Garcia	W 16	B 24	- 40	----
	761 12914638 (676)	0.0	0.0	F0.0	0.0
36	Donald Pettigrew	B 17	W 27	- 29	----
	383 13120643 (378)	0.0	0.0	F0.0	0.0
37	Max Juul	bye	B 8	- 4	W 5
	127 13093416 (127)	1.0	1.0	X2.0	2.0
38	Jan Mikael Hultman	W 18	B 22	W 30	B 32
	unr. 13298822	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
39	Daniel Cyrus Iii	B 19	W 13	W 14	- 25
	unr. 13331654	0.5	0.5	0.5	X1.5
40	Jacob Huston	W 20	B 26	- 35	B 10
	unr. 13194183	0.0	0.0	X1.0	1.0

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