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The 8th Annual Bruce Bowyer Memorial Chess
Tournaments
Were held at the Hotel New Yorker
8th Avenue and 34 Street, New York
on April 28 & 29th, 2007
Sponsored
by our dear friends at the Royce Funds,
a wonderful time was had by all, both players and kibitzers.
Results and related information below provided by The Bruce Bowyer
Foundation.
We
had a great turnout this year, and are looking forward to keeping this
party going for years to come!
This
annual event in Bruce's honor continues to grow and is now a traditional
favorite in the NY chess world. We did another survey again this
year
to get some feedback from our players on what they did and didn’t
like
about our tournament, and how we might improve it.
Take
a look at some of the replies, they are both interesting and funny:
*most of the kids favorite part of the tournament is still the fun
spirit and the free food
The
adults enjoy coffee, the low $ fee and the strong competition, but the
consensus overall is that a hug from Sunny makes this truly the friendliest
chess event of the year. Young
gunslingers everywhere were thrilled to see our ‘resident’ GM, the great
Joel Benjamin playing as he has done every year – we love you , Joel! And this year Joel was joined by
another GM, a longtime friend of Bruce’s, Michael Rohde.
Along with the great IM’s who also come out for us, there is
formidable and legendary game to be had with us. Bruce would be very proud, you guys… although I don’t
know if he’d be so eager to play in this, though- LOL!
Although
no one qualified for all the criteria for the 2007 scholarship, the Bruce
Bower Foundation awarded a special , one-time scholarship prize to Leif
Pressman, in the amount of $500.00, as the candidate closest to meeting the
criteria.
2007 RESULTS
Grand
Prix, Saturday, April 28, 2007
First
and Second: Tie between GM Joel Benjamin and IM Yury Lapshun, 4.0, winning
$180 each
Third:
tie between GM Michael Rohde and IM Alexander Lenderman, 3.5, winning $50
each
U
2200: 4-way tie between: Shawn Martinez, Vladimir Polyakin, Angel Lopez and
Jean Gregory Cesar, 3.0, winning $20 each
U
2000: 3-way tie between : Lev Zilbermintz, Shaun Smith and Scott Chaiet,
2.5, winning $20 each
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1800: 5-way tie between: Cameron Roebuck, Lamel McBryde, Darren Lustig,
Darrain Robinson, and Leonid Exler, 2.0, winning $10 each
Chief
TD: Nick Conticello, Assistant TD: Edward Frumkin
Saturday
evening, we held the traditional "Bughouse" tournament.
Bughouse is a fast-moving variant
of chess, played by teams of two, that was a favorite and specialty
of
Bruce's. Bughouse results were both fast and funny, but were lost
in a computer glitch. L
In
Sunday's Junior/Scholastic tournament, we had some great winners:
First:Shawn
Martinez , 4.5, winning $135
Second:Alexander
Lenderman, 4.5, winning $135
Third:
Lamel McBryde, 4.5 winning $135
U
1800: 3-way tie
As before, where prize money was $+change, we rounded up and paid a
few
dollars more to each winner where prizes were shared.
Chief
TD: Ron Young
Congratulations
to the winners & thanks to all our family of players
for joining us. We
look forward to seeing you all next year!
Many
thanks also to the Hotel New Yorker and its staff, and special
thanks to Nick Conticello and Ron Young, our Tournament Directors .
Logistical/administrative/emotional support (&catering) were
provided
by Bruce's sister Pat and his niece, Sunny, along with family
members
Rebecca and Ariel Gendelman.
This
event would not have been possible without the continued help and
support from Chuck Royce and so many of
Bruce’ s colleagues at the
Royce Funds as well as friends
everywhere.
We would like to especially thank:
John & Crystal Burke, David Wilson,
Dan O’Byrne and family, Peter
Kopke, Mark Penkower, Joe Le Du, Guy
Doherty, and especially Mr. John Galvin
and Elizabeth of I.S. 318.
The tournament was a tremendous
success, and we so are proud to have
once again hosted an event that celebrated Bruce Bowyer's memory
by honoring his
beliefs.
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