Texas Action Championship
Ernesto Malazarte won the Texas Action Championship, held March 15 at TNI. He scored 5-0, defeating Gregg Stanley and Derek Chang in the final rounds. Selby Anderson, who lost to Stanley in Rd. 3, finished in clear second with 4. Matt Liu (1884) drew Stanley in the last round to win U1900 with 3.5. He tied with Gregg Stanley and Derek Chang (1905), who shared the U2100 prize. Sharing the U1700 prize with 3 were Robert Sturgeon (1543) from San Angelo and Charles Davis (1646). Titus Shanks, Dee Carter and Josiah Kufus tied with 2.5 to share combined U1500 and U1300 prizes. Vadikh Unnikrishnan was top unrated with 2. Martin Gordon directed a field of 24 players. Prizes (b/40) were cut to the 2/3 guaranteed minimum.

1st               Ernesto Malazarte           5.0    $167.00
2nd              Selby Anderson               4.0      $83.00
U2100         Gregg Stanley                  3.5      $33.50
                    Derek Chang                   3.5      $33.50
U1900         Matthew Liu                    3.5      $50.00
U1700         Robert Sturgeon              3.0      $25.00
                    Charles R. Davis             3.0      $25.00
U1500         Titus Shanks                    2.5      $28.00
+U1300       Dee Carter                       2.5      $28.00
                    Josiah Kufus                   2.5      $28.00
Unrated      Visakh Unnikrishnan      2.0      $33.00
$ 534.00