PAWNMASTER MEMORIAL CLASSIC RESULTS 2014

The Mc Duffie Family would like to extend a special thanks to all who supported this special chess event! David "PawnMaster" would have celebrated his 51st birthday on Feb 6th. On Feb 15th in Baltimore MD, we will host the second annual David W. "PawnMaster" Mc Duffie Scholastic (K-12) Tournament hosted by Maryland State Chess Association, which is a qualifying tournament for the UMBC Scholarship Tournament. Last year it played host to over 250 scholastic players in Baltimore MD. Teams came from Washington DC, New Jersey, PA and VA.

The Final Results for the K-4 Section were TOP FEMALE AWARD winner was Alivia Walton, K-4 Champion was Ethen Walton both from the Old 1st Ward Community Center, 2nd Place - Phineas Cox, Olmsted Wise Chess Club and 3rd Place - Jessica Macadlo. The FINAL Results for the K -10 Section were Undefeated PawnMaster Memorial Classic Champion was Shaka Davis, son of National Master Lionel Davis, 2nd PLACE - Austin Gallego, Bishop Timon and 3rd PLACE - Rahni Alasri from the Old 1st Ward.

The FINAL RESULTS for the 2014 PawnMaster Memorial U1600 Section were Undfeated Champion - Christopher Darling from Pioneer Chess Team, 2nd PLACE - Kyle Kostek from Bishop Timon Chess Team and a 3rd PLACE Tie - Matthew Sadowski, Steve Baer and Matthew Rzeznik, Bishop Timon Chess Team.U1600 WENDY's UPSET LEADERBOARD winners were Matthew Sadowski with 291 points for defeating Matthew Rzeznik and Kyle Kostek with 109 points for defeating Steve Baer.

The FINAL RESULTS for the 2014 PAWNMASTER MEMORIAL OPEN SECTION were Co Champions - National Master Barry Davis and National Master Lionel L. Davis, both were close friends of Pawn Master Mc Duffie. 3rd PLACE Tie - Brian W. Sayers and James J. Paul, OD. The WENDY's UPSET LEADERBOARD winners were Joshua Benham(1415) for 570 points by defeating (1761) Patrick Robinson, Emory Parish with 255 points, Brian Sayers with 420 points, Ken Crumpler with 200 points, Joshua Dunsworth from Erie PA with 149 points, James J Paul OD with 136 points, Stephen Hedges with 97 points, National Master Barry Davis with 38 points and Benjamin Rummell with 30 points.