Madden, Patterson tie in Sardinia

 Ryan Madden and Pat Patterson won their first 2 games then drew against each other in the last game and tied for 1st in the Sardinia March tournament. Malcolm Mast, who was a regular at the North Tonawanda chess club about 20 yrs ago returned to tournament chess and won 2 of 3 games, Welcome back Malcolm! Max Peters, Austen Harris, and Sidney Reed also played in the open section.
 In the scholastic section Max Peters won 10 games to win the trophy while Ethen Warner won the u150-unrated section. Austen Harris, Chris and Douglas Ward, Keegan Kempf, James Lyon,  and David Stephan competed in the scholastic section while Sidney Reed, Seth and Daniel Babbitt, Matt Schantz and Brody Hopkins competed in the u150-unrated. Thanks to all!