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NEW 2008 MAYOR'S CUP BUFFALO CHAMPION CROWNED!

  • International Master Dr. Kenneth W. Regan, a University of Buffalo Computer Sciences professor is the 2008 Buffalo Chess Champion as he went undefeated in this year's Mayor's Cup.
  • This Second Annual Mayor's Cup and Buffalo Chess Class Championships with a $2930 prize fund were held at Buffalo State College Campbell Student Union in Buffalo NY over the past two days and was directed by "The Western New York Chess Ambassador," Michael A. Mc Duffie, who also serves as president of the Archangel 8 Chess Academy. The event was also sponsored by the Buffalo State University Student Affairs Department.
  • The cross table is available at http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200806088801
  • Second place in the Mayor's Cup section went to National Master Lionel L. Davis (Buffalo, NY), and tied for third place were National Master Barry B. Davis, (Buffalo, NY) and Bob Shao an eighth grader from Transit Middle School. Bob Shao again garnered the title of the 2008 Scholastic Player of the Year and Class A Champion. Last year's Mayor's Cup champion NM Eddie E. Mark wasn't able to defend his title due to a work related conflict in Washington DC.
  • The Lynn M. Marinelli Class B Championship was retained by Thomas A. Warner (Chaffee, NY).
  • The NY State Senator Antoine M. Thompson Class C Championship was awarded to David M. Biddle (Tonawanda, NY). Biddle tied with Joshua M. Rofrano of Rochester, NY in the tightly contested U1600 section. Third place in this section went to Charles A. Lubas (Kenmore, NY).
  • The Demone Smith Class D Championship was awarded to William M. Rich (Tonawanda, NY) who tied with Meghesh Pansari, a 7th grader from Rochester, NY, for third in the U1600 Section.
  • In a field of 12 competing in the U1200 section, Benjamn W. Havey, became the David Evans Jr. Memorial Class E Champion as he went undefeated in this section.
  • The Buffalo Police Commissioner H. Mc Carthy Gipson Class F Championship was awarded to Partho Bhattacharya who just beat out last year's Class F Champion- Aaron J. Mc Duffie, and Richard H. Herko.
  • The Hal Payne Scholastic Section winner was Daniel A. Wyatt.
  • Beccca, our Citigroup Volunteer Photographer, soon will be uploading action photos from this 2nd Annual Buffalo Mayor's Cup and Class Chess Championships of 2008.
  • The next big chess event in the area will be The KLCC June Grand Prix on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Main Place Mall, 390 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14201. Guaranteed $400 in prize money, the winner also gets his name in Chess Life magazine with the World Chesslive Competition for $15,000.00. For more information on this event contact arcangel8chess@yahoo.com
Posted by Bflochessambassador8 at 6/08/2008 06:39:00 PM
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2008 at 8:00 PM

    Where did you get that information that I was born in Changshou, China? I was not born there. I was born in Oakland, Califorina.

    Bob Shao

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  2. AnonymousJune 9, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    Hi everyone, would it be possible to post the scores of dr. regans games with some annotation? It would be great if someone would submit an article to the uschess website.

    see: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/6606/358/

    Thank you for a fantastic tournament,

    Josh Rofrano

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  3. KWReganJune 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM

    I will try to do that---I intended to last night but only had time to key in the moves since I was enmeshed in installing Windows XP Service Pack 3.

    Lionel Davis and I both missed---not only at the board but also analyzing the game yesterday---an "obvious" move that converts my committal ...h4!? push from a bad idea into an excellent one. This has me seriously wondering about unconscious versus conscious brain function, as I'll try to explain when I give more detail of what was going thru our minds. My chess programs also expose flaws in my assessment of my double-pawn-sac against Bob Shao (e.g. Black can castle safely after all), but other than those two my play comes off well. Andy Soltis' column in the current June Chess Life has some musings on how computers influence our appreciation of sacrifices---if you're logged in to uschess.org as a member you can also read it online here.

    Thanks for the tournament and the chance to play games the way I remember from the 1970s---actually, Barry Davis told me our game was very like one we played in NYC in the 1970s :-)!

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  4. AnonymousJune 9, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    Ben k.o. gambit said

    "Congrats to Partho for getting second. He played well and fought hard in all his matches. The only game he didn't win was against the 1st place winner, and even that one was almost a draw."

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  5. thechessdoctorJune 9, 2008 at 11:09 PM

    Ken,

    Congratulations! Thank you for playing again and please keep going as the new trophy room may soon rival the one back in the old home of the 1970's!

    Michael,
    Thanks for staging another great event. I am certain next year it will be bigger and better.

    Congrats also to Bob, Tom, David, William, Partho, and Ben. Well done to you "classy gentlemen".

    Perhaps next year we might see Marijan and Felix play too?

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  6. KWReganJune 9, 2008 at 11:47 PM

    Ah!---change what I said about my game with Shao. If you let the engines run longer, they start to like my 2-pawn sac! More anon, if not sooner...

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  7. procykJune 10, 2008 at 12:35 AM

    Congratulations to all winners and to organizers and to all participants.
    I was planning to play, but the circumstancess did not permit me. There is always next time. (Waiting for Felix.)

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