Gregg Stanley, Don Sutherland and Andy Smith tied for the 2007 San Antonio Chess Championship, held June 23-24 at TNI. They each won $133.33, splitting the combined 1st-2nd and U2200 prizes. The trophy went on tiebreaks to first-time city champion Gregg Stanley, who drew Anderson in the last round.
All four masters fell by the wayside starting with John Patty, who withdrew after a first round loss to young Eric Lu (1650). Larry Moss withdrew after back to back draws in 3 and 4 against Dale Dike and Martin Gordon. Then Jose Silva thought the last round was at four, and overstayed watching the US-Mexico soccer match on TV, forfeiting to Sutherland. Lastly Anderson, after a first round draw with Avinash Thangirala (1660) and an abortively brief draw with Stanley after a weak move in the English.
Randall Schwarz and Steven Young tied for U2000 with 4.0 ($50 each). Avinash Thangirala finished with 3.5 to win the U1800 prize of $100. Austin Jiang and Joshua Howell both scored 3.0 to share the U1600 and U1400 prizes, winning $75 each. David Pacheco won the unrated prize of $50.
TD Martin Gordon awarded Planet Chess tee shirts to the
the biggest upset winners in each round:
Rd. 1: Eric Lu (1650) over John Patty (2200)
Rd. 2: Josh Howell (1309) over Steven Young (1828)
Rd. 3: Avinash Thangirala (1660 ) over Michael Haskins (1910)
Rd. 4: David Pacheco (unrated) over Charles Foltz (1750)
Rd. 5: Bryant Davis (unrated) over Charles Foltz (1750)
A total of 54 players competed June 23-24 at the Texas Neurosciences Institute. Martin Gordon directed for the San Antonio Chess Club.
| # | Name/Rtng/ID | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 |
| 1 | Larry Moss | B 28 | W 16 | B 10 | W 11 | ---- |
| 2207 10395551 (2174) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | U3.0 | |
| 2 | Jose Luis Silva | W 29 | B 18 | W 9 | B 31 | - 5 |
| 2202 12534643 (2135) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | F3.5 | |
| 3 | Selby K Anderson | B 30 | W 24 | B 50 | W 10 | B 6 |
| 2200 10380405 (2261) | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |
| 4 | John Patty | W 31 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| 2200 12397977 (2116) | 0.0 | U0.0 | U0.0 | U0.0 | U0.0 | |
| 5 | Don C Sutherland | B 32 | W 19 | B 11 | W 30 | - 2 |
| 2164 10408016 (2128) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | X4.5 | |
| 6 | Gregg N Stanley | W 33 | B 20 | W 13 | B 7 | W 3 |
| 2049 10400481 (2039) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | Jesse J Lozano | B 34 | W 21 | B 14 | W 6 | B 8 |
| 2046 12937011 (1890) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Andrew I Smith | W 35 | B 22 | W 31 | B 9 | W 7 |
| 2024 10399831 (2012) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 9 | Paul A Haney | B 36 | W 23 | B 2 | W 8 | B 30 |
| 2018 12730980 (1860) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Dale Paul Dike | W 37 | B 26 | W 1 | B 3 | ---- |
| 2006 10399866 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | U2.5 | |
| 11 | Martin D Gordon | B 38 | W 25 | W 5 | B 1 | bye |
| 1928 12406332 (1866) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 12 | Michael P Haskins | W 39 | B 31 | B 30 | W 38 | B 27 |
| 1910 12674445 (1831) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| 13 | Randall M Schwarz | B 40 | W 27 | B 6 | W 21 | B 16 |
| 1907 11130780 (1814) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 14 | Virgil L Aluyen | W 41 | B 51 | W 7 | B 20 | W 15 |
| 1895 12649911 (1992) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 15 | Steven D Young | B 42 | W 50 | B 27 | W 23 | B 14 |
| 1828 12330930 (1832) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 16 | John Niven | W 43 | B 1 | W 29 | B 25 | W 13 |
| 1810 12471790 (1797) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 17 | Julian Hernandez | bye | ---- | B 32 | W 46 | W 31 |
| 1807 11346600 (1847) | 0.5 | U0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 18 | Torey G Neuzil | B 44 | W 2 | B 28 | W 37 | bye |
| 1806 12491661 (1601) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 19 | William Gibson Jr | W 45 | B 5 | W 37 | B 39 | ---- |
| 1802 10394368 (1610) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | U2.5 | |
| 20 | Vincent Zhang | B 46 | W 6 | B 38 | W 14 | B 34 |
| 1801 12923387 (1728) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 21 | Jose Deleon | W 47 | B 7 | W 45 | B 13 | W 29 |
| 1798 12596133 (1901) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 22 | Matthew Liu | B 48 | W 8 | B 46 | W 40 | B 37 |
| 1789 12892273 (1569) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 23 | Ju Hyung Ahn | W 49 | B 9 | W 47 | B 15 | B 51 |
| 1758 13496486 (1703) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| 24 | Charles Foltz | B 50 | B 3 | W 43 | W 51 | B 52 |
| 1750 12197680 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 25 | Alfredo Garcia | W 52 | B 11 | W 51 | W 16 | B 46 |
| 1736 12429518 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 26 | Allen Eckert | B 53 | W 10 | B 48 | bye | W 50 |
| 1728 12430464 (1624) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |
| 27 | Paul M Reid | W 54 | B 13 | W 15 | B 41 | W 12 |
| 1700 10961742 (1655) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 28 | Juan Carrizales | W 1 | B 42 | W 18 | ---- | ---- |
| 1685 12620982 (1542) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | U1.5 | U1.5 | |
| 29 | Andrew Lozano | B 2 | W 44 | B 16 | W 48 | B 21 |
| 1676 13417670 (1647) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| 30 | Avinas Thangirala | W 3 | B 41 | W 12 | B 5 | W 9 |
| 1660 12958237 (1498) | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 31 | Eric Lu | B 4 | W 12 | B 8 | W 2 | B 17 |
| 1650 12859296 (1642) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 32 | Raymond A Grillo | W 5 | B 43 | W 17 | B 33 | B 49 |
| 1637 12498848 (1653) | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
| 33 | Andrew T Nguyen | B 6 | W 46 | B 44 | W 32 | B 47 |
| 1616 12830444 (1445) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 34 | Raul P Flores | W 7 | B 45 | W 42 | B 47 | W 20 |
| 1605 12974656 (1578) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 35 | Lakshma Viswanath | B 8 | W 48 | B 52 | B 49 | W 45 |
| 1567 12777105 (1518) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 36 | Victoria Zhang | W 9 | B 47 | W 54 | B 45 | B 43 |
| 1562 12923386 (1548) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 37 | Dylan T Smith | B 10 | W 49 | B 19 | B 18 | W 22 |
| 1545 12851747 (1477) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 38 | James Thames | W 11 | B 52 | W 20 | B 12 | W 54 |
| 1537 12386410 (1480) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 39 | Gerald Castleberry | B 12 | W 53 | bye | W 19 | B 44 |
| 1537 10946115 (1604) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 40 | Jaime Estrada | W 13 | B 54 | bye | B 22 | ---- |
| 1531 12625674 (1490) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | U1.5 | |
| 41 | Andy Wang | B 14 | W 30 | B 53 | W 27 | ---- |
| 1504 13002173 (1252) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | U1.0 | |
| 42 | Abiram Viswanath | W 15 | W 28 | B 34 | bye | B 48 |
| 1493 12778086 (1442) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 43 | Charles R Davis | B 16 | W 32 | B 24 | bye | W 36 |
| 1469 12561407 (1431) | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 44 | Avinash Viswanath | W 18 | B 29 | W 33 | B 53 | W 39 |
| 1454 12747323 (1447) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 45 | Alexander D Jiang | B 19 | W 34 | B 21 | W 36 | B 35 |
| 1439 13177367 (1351) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 46 | Austin Jiang | W 20 | B 33 | W 22 | B 17 | W 25 |
| 1437 13177373 (1385) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| 47 | James Nielsen | B 21 | W 36 | B 23 | W 34 | W 33 |
| 1435 12649207 (1365) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 48 | Wendle Scott | W 22 | B 35 | W 26 | B 29 | W 42 |
| 1388 12877267 (1553) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 49 | Daniel Lozano | B 23 | B 37 | bye | W 35 | W 32 |
| 1358 13417685 (1304) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 50 | Joshua Howell | W 24 | B 15 | W 3 | bye | B 26 |
| 1309 12909188 (1046) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |
| 51 | David Pacheco | bye | W 14 | B 25 | B 24 | W 23 |
| unr. 12797612 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 52 | Bryant Davis | B 25 | W 38 | W 35 | B 54 | W 24 |
| unr. new | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 53 | Adrian Lozano | W 26 | B 39 | W 41 | W 44 | bye |
| unr. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 54 | Brooks Lozano | B 27 | W 40 | B 36 | W 52 | B 38 |
| unr. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |