The participants in the Huntsville Chess Club’s first over the board tournament in over a year were in good spirits as they kicked things off at Mario’s Five Points.

Given the isolation of the pandemic, coupled with the success of the Netflix series, “The Queens Gambit,” quite a few strong players participated who had never played in an over the board chess tournament.

#	Place	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	1	JOEL NIC FRIEDMAN	1842	W11	W6	W2	W7	4
2	2-3	TOMASZ NIELSEN	1537	W10	W7	L1	W8	3
3		Sam Dalton	unr.	L4	W9	W12	W6	3
4	4-5	THOMAS GILBREATH	1330	W3	D5	L7	W9	2.5
5		TIMOTHY T EUM	1822	W9	D4	L6	W11	2.5
6	6-8	Travis Stewart	1500	W8	L1	W5	L3	2
7		MICHAEL PORTER	1143	W12	L2	W4	L1	2
8		Mostafa Mostafa	unr.	L6	W11	W10	L2	2
9	9-10	Christopher Sweeny	unr.	L5	L3	W11	L4	1
10		Robert Crouch	unr.	L2	W12	L8	—	1
11	11-12	Jimmy McHugh	515	L1	L8	L9	L5	0
12		Trey Crouch	unr.	L7	L10	L3	—	0

When the smoke had cleared, the #1 seeded player, Joel Friedman emerged victoriously.

The tournament was a lot of fun. We hope to return to a monthly tournament schedule very soon. Please email us and let us know what type of event is of most interest to you!