On Saturday, April 23 Sevan Muradian organised the Scott Silverman Memorial tournament at his club in Skokie. The format of the tournament was 4 rounds G60 with a 5 second delay. Sevan had the rule that 6 Master players could play invited by him and that everyone else who wanted to play had to be expert and below standard. So 6 Masters, some experts and everyone else competed over 4 rounds of chess. In total 46 players competed.
In the end Expert Sam Schmakel won the tournament with 4/4 which included wins over 2 of the Masters. Sam gained 31 rating points to move to 2149 and $250 for 1st place. IM Florin Felecan, FM Albert Chow, NM Jon Burgess and Expert Dmitri Sergatskov tied for 2nd place with 3.5/4. Games to follow later.
A great day was had by all with lots of interesting games. USCF Results http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201104239791