As many of you know, Brian Thomson of the
North Dakota Chess Nuts
organized the Chess Nuts Open in Moorhead Oct 20-21, 2007. Nearly 60 players participated.
Daniel Oberton had the best result of the Manitobans with a fine 4 out of 5. (But he was lucky, he didn't have to play any Manitobans; Blair played three and most of us played 2)
Crosstable can be seen
here .
Here are some pictures from the Chessnuts tourney in Fargo-Moorhead, Concordia College.
Unfortunately most are out of focus as I did not use my flash as I wished to be as unobtrusive as possible. However, they will give you an idea of the great conditions.
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Long view of the tourney hall (all except top 6 boards). There was also a large and separate skittles room.
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Brian Thomson
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The top 6 boards were located in a separate room. Extremely spacious !
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Dan Voje, Alex Braun, Daniel Oberton
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The Manitoba - Minnesota match trophy. The match was first contested in 1937. Alas, there were very few games between the teams this year.
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The trophy traveled back to Minnesota.
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Waldemar Schulz
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Blair Rutter lost a long game in the 4th round
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The winner, IM Victor Adler, having a look.
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Jim Green wondering why Boron hung a simple mate in two against him.
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