Metro Class Championship brings out 58-player field

Despite the festivities in Soulard, the real party was going on at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

The 2nd Annual Metro Saint Louis Class Championship brought out 58 players on Mardi Gras weekend. The club once again flirted with the 60-player mark as word of the best club in the country continues to spread.

Grandmaster Ben Finegold took first place overall with a perfect score, and Todd Plageman, Tony Rich and Steve Landrum split first place in Class A with 2.5 points each.

Kyle Miles and Alex Vergilesov split the top prize in Class B while Bill Thompson was the sole winner in Class C. Vishal Bharadwaj, Jason Zhou and Sean Trani ended up in a three-way tie in Class D and Jon Strand took first in the U1200 division.

Stay tuned for a full recap. Cross tables below:

Metro Saint Louis Class Championships: Master & Expert

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Benjamin Finegold	11264417	2616	W6	W4	W2	3.0	250.00/Title & Trophy
2	Doug D Eckert	12107920	2276	W7	W3	L1	2.0
3	Gordon J Ruan	12845215	2134	W8	L2	D5	1.5
4	Kevin Y Cao	12905349	2127	W9	L1	H---	1.5
5	James R Voelker	10266696	2108	W10	W6	D3	2.5
6	Jialin Ding	13717165	2071	L1	L5	D8	0.5
7	Joshua Frank	12541155	2040	L2	W10	L9	1.0
8	James A Davies	10363209	2025	L3	L9	D6	0.5
9	Nick W Karlow	12827792	2003	L4	W8	W7	2.0
10	Kevin Dal Johnson	10415942	2002	L5	L7	B---	1.0

Metro Saint Louis Class Championships: Class A

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Steven D Bange	12546617	1948	W7	D9	D8	2.0
2	Joseph An Garnier	12852544	1931	D8	D10	W7	2.0
3	Spencer Finegold	12665760	1925	L9	U---	U---	0.0
4	Todd A Plagemann	12089710	1920	W10	W12	D13	2.5	100.00/Title & Trophy
5	Albert D Howlett	12545119	1907	W11	L13	L9	1.0
6	William M Tong	12879755	1907	L12	L8	U---	0.0
7	Adil Skuka	12562553	1900	L1	D11	L2	0.5
8	Frank H Smith	12834366	1897	D2	W6	D1	2.0
9	Tony D Rich	12694565	1894	W3	D1	W5	2.5	100.00
10	Alex J Marler	12893372	1823	L4	D2	B---	1.5
11	Vikram Aruna Arun	13048508	1803	L5	D7	H---	1.0
12	Cesareo Rodriguez	11035809	1800	W6	L4	H---	1.5
13	Stephen R Landrum	12428660	1800	B---	W5	D4	2.5	100.00

Metro Saint Louis Class Championships: Class B

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Kyle J Miles	12711437	1776	W8	W7	W3	3.0	150.00/Title & Trophy
2	Behrooz Me Vakil	12541355	1765	H---	W4	L10	1.5
3	Timothy C Nesham	10259193	1754	W9	W6	L1	2.0
4	Peter Rupprecht	10319978	1739	L10	L2	W9	1.0
5	Bob Howe	12870683	1705	W11	L10	U---	1.0
6	Michael Jo Kummer	12664377	1703	W12	L3	L8	1.0
7	William Nesham	13135370	1694	W13	L1	W12	2.0
8	Namit Gaur	13071903	1679	L1	W11	W6	2.0
9	Stephen J Zhang	12934373	1658	L3	L12	L4	0.0
10	Alexan Vergilesov	12882813	1650	W4	W5	W2	3.0	150.00
11	Steve Korenblat	11453651	1638	L5	L8	H---	0.5
12	Timothy W Barrett	12442790	1615	L6	W9	L7	1.0
13	Dennis Geo Taylor	12458642	1611	L7	U---	U---	0.0

Metro Saint Louis Class Championships: Class C

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Smajlagic Senad	14274063	1551	H---	L6	U---	0.5
2	William Thompson	12583287	1525	W5	W4	W6	3.0	200.00/Title & Trophy
3	William Le Little	12805070	1478	L6	W5	W7	2.0
4	Don Harper	12933055	1433	W7	L2	W5	2.0
5	Nathan Tu Phan	13278415	1425	L2	L3	L4	0.0
6	Vladimir Del Valle	14345676	1418	W3	W1	L2	2.0
7	Joe P Bentrup	12412082	1415	L4	B---	L3	1.0

Metro Saint Louis Class Championships: Class D

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Jason Zhou	14085162	1322	W3	L2	B---	2.0	67.00
2	Vishal Bharadwaj	12934399	1299	W4	W1	L5	2.0	67.00/Title & Trophy
3	Roger C Schmidt	10359058	1288	L1	W5	H---	1.5
4	Robert A Luckey	10363853	1259	L2	B---	H---	1.5
5	Sean Trani	14002717	1231	B---	L3	W2	2.0	67.00

Metro Saint Louis Class Championships: Under 1200

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Ken West	12544320	1171	L6	L4	B---	1.0
2	Jon Strand	14254101	1157	W7	W6	W8	3.0	250.00/Title & Trophy
3	Kevin Claspille	14335067	1131	L8	L7	U---	0.0
4	Aadit Palaniappan	12920948	1046	D9	W1	L5	1.5
5	James W Elliott	14162255	1034	W10	L8	W4	2.0
6	F Andrew Latuda	13162887	1014	W1	L2	W10	2.0
7	Gr Van Valkenburg	12708488	937	L2	W3	H---	1.5
8	James Willi Milla	14297883	839	W3	W5	L2	2.0
9	Adam B Eubanks	14268755	unr.	D4	L10	U---	0.5
10	Zachary Wright	14345352	unr.	L5	W9	L6	1.0

Submitted by mwilmering on Mon., 2/15/2010 - 4:59 pm

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