Aaron Kaptsan, John Wierda, Gary Campbell, Andy Kohalmi, Lorne Gibbons.
Round 1 saw Campbell hold Kaptsan to a draw, and Kohalmi flagging in a won ending against Wierda.
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Round 2 saw rating favorite Kaptsan on Board 1 defeat Wierda in what turned out to be the pivotal game of the tournament.
Round 3 saw Wierda with the bye - and pairings Gibbons-Kaptsan and Campbell-Kohalmi both had Black winning.
Round 4 pairings Wierda-Gibbons and Kaptsan-Kohalmi, had both rating favorites win.
The result is that Aron Kaptsan is the 2009 Senior Chess Champion of Manitoba at the young age of 80.
Other prizes:
2nd place - John Wierda
Top over 65 - Gary Campbell
Top D - Lorne (Camera Shy) Gibbons
1 comment:
Congratulations to Aaron! I was hoping he would win :)
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