The Greater Toronto Chess League

Posted by Hans Jung on October 15, 2007, 13:00:35, in reply to "Re: Annual KW Oktoberfest Open - Upsets"
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FM Michael Dougherty showed that he still has what it takes approaching the age of 50 with an excellent tournament beating GM Sambuev in round 4! In a smoothly engineered performance he held IM Samsonkin to a draw in round 5 to tie for first with the young IM. Michael has won several firsts in Kitchener tournaments over the years and claims Kitchener City Hall has a special ambience for him. Local high school star Jeff Willms also tied for 1st with a nice queen sacrifice win as Black against Alex Martchenko in the last round. This should push his rating well over 2100 and he will be approaching master class for the first time. This finish left visiting GM Sambuev in 4th place and without a prize! (how often do you see a GM not winning a prize in a provincial tournament??)
Mahmud Hassain cruised to 1st place in the under 2000. 10 yr old Steven Liu had a plus score against 1800's as he continues to improve.
Timothy Waite and Derrick Rabethge tied for 1st in the under 1700 and Patrick Yu finished first in the under 1400 field.