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2024 Illinois Senior State Championship
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- Written by Jacob Plotnick - Editor / Staff Reporter Jacob Plotnick - Editor / Staff Reporter
- Created: 21 June 2024 21 June 2024
The 2024 Illinois State Senior Championship was run at the same time as our Youth Invitational in Park Ridge early last month. This tournament had some of the best seniors(50+) in the state of Illinois compete for the opportunity to represent Illinois in the Erwin Tournament at the US Open later this year.
We had two separate sections, Reserve and Open, while only the winner of the Open would move onto the Erwin.
Reserve Section
The Reserve section only had eight players. Entering the final round Kevin McAlister was alone in first place with 2.5 out of 3 points. By winning his last game Kevin McAlister won the Reserve section undisputed.
Below is the final cross-tables.
|
# |
Name |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
Prize |
|
1 |
McAlister, Kelvin |
W7 (b) |
W3 (w) |
D2 (b) |
W4 (w) |
3.5 |
95.84 |
|
2 |
Stoltz, Robert M |
H--- |
W4 (b) |
D1 (w) |
W7 (w) |
3 |
53.67 |
|
3 |
Hansel, Mark |
W5 (w) |
L1 (b) |
D6 (w) |
W8 (b) |
2.5 |
46 |
|
4 |
Marshall, Kenneth N |
W6 (b) |
L2 (w) |
D5 (b) |
L1 (b) |
1.5 |
|
|
5 |
Rao, Srinivas |
L3 (b) |
W7 (w) |
D4 (w) |
U--- |
1.5 |
40.25 |
|
6 |
Slayton, Stephen North |
L4 (w) |
B--- |
D3 (b) |
U--- |
1.5 |
40.25/Upset1 |
|
7 |
Wishner, Michael |
L1 (w) |
L5 (b) |
W8 (w) |
L2 (b) |
1 |
34.5 |
|
8 |
Lobraco, Michael J |
H--- |
U--- |
L7 (b) |
L3 (w) |
0.5 |
30.67 |
Open Section
FM Camilo Pangen had a perfect score of 3.0 going into the last round. Where he drew Michael Mazock, leaving him as the undisputed first place finisher. Lawrence Cohen also drew his final round to finish in a tie for second. Unfortunately, Camilo was not able to make it to Norfolk to be our state representative. Michael came in second by tie-break. However, since he is not a resident of Illinois, he is not eligible to be our state representative. Lawrence (Larry) Cohen came in third by tie-break. Because both our first and second place finishers were unable to compete in the Erwin, Lawrence was offered and accepted his invitation to represent Illinois in this tournament.
Below is the final cross-table.
|
# |
Name |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
Prize |
|
1 |
FM Pangan, Camilo C |
W15 (b) |
W4 (w) |
W5 (b) |
D2 (w) |
3.5 |
172.51 |
|
2 |
Mazock, Michael J |
W9 (b) |
D3 (w) |
W11 (b) |
D1 (b) |
3 |
51.11 |
|
3 |
Cohen, Lawrence S |
W14 (b) |
D2 (b) |
W6 (w) |
D5 (w) |
3 |
51.11 |
|
4 |
Bondar, Leonid |
W10 (w) |
L1 (b) |
W14 (w) |
W7 (b) |
3 |
51.11 |
|
5 |
Sax, Robert David |
W16 (b) |
W13 (w) |
L1 (w) |
D3 (b) |
2.5 |
|
|
6 |
Landfair, Dean |
W11 (b) |
D7 (w) |
L3 (b) |
D8 (w) |
2 |
24.92 |
|
7 |
Lung, Richard Earl |
D8 (w) |
D6 (b) |
W10 (w) |
L4 (w) |
2 |
24.92 |
|
8 |
Viray, Norman Eugenio |
D7 (b) |
D12 (w) |
D13 (b) |
D6 (b) |
2 |
24.92 |
|
9 |
Cohen, Fredric S |
L2 (w) |
L14 (b) |
W16 (w) |
W15 (b) |
2 |
24.92 |
|
10 |
Kosteris, Dimitri |
L4 (b) |
W15 (w) |
L7 (b) |
D11 (w) |
1.5 |
|
|
11 |
Marshall, James A |
L6 (w) |
W16 (b) |
L2 (w) |
D10 (b) |
1.5 |
|
|
12 |
Szpisjak, Steven J |
L13 (w) |
D8 (b) |
L15 (w) |
W14 (b) |
1.5 |
|
|
13 |
Abbott, James |
W12 (b) |
L5 (b) |
D8 (w) |
U--- |
1.5 |
/Upset1 |
|
14 |
Rojas, Venric Tabiliran |
L3 (w) |
W9 (w) |
L4 (b) |
L12 (w) |
1 |
|
|
15 |
Wiewel, Jeff K |
L1 (w) |
L10 (b) |
W12 (b) |
L9 (w) |
1 |
|
|
16 |
Brynjelsen, Sean E |
L5 (w) |
L11 (w) |
L9 (b) |
H--- |
0.5 |