Premier Section- Board 1, Round 3, John Ludwig (2463) (L) vs GM Sandro Pozo Vera (2561) (R) in a game that ended in a draw, helping John win the CFCC 2016 Sunshine Open on tie-break points for 1st place overall. Congratulations John!
CFCC 2016 Sunshine Open Concludes with a Tie For 1st Place in the Premier Section!
With one of the top three turnouts at a hotel tournament in the club's long tournament history, CFCC hosted 152 competitive chess players, including 2 titled players, in the 2016 Sunshine Open tournament held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort on the weekend of June 10-12, 2016.
The club's National Tournament Director and long-time tournament organizer, Harvey Lerman, declared at the tournament on Sunday that the club was able to provide a 92.3% payout of the tournament prize fund that was based on 140 players.
With the U1200 scholastic section having a strong showing of 47 players that counted as half-entries towards the prize fund total, the strong overall turnout helped the club have one of its highest prize payouts in recent memory.
Premier Section Board 1, Round 5: IM Rafael Prasca Sosa (2446) (L) vs GM Sandro Pozo Vera (2561) (R) in CFCC's 2016 Sunshine Open held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort on I-Drive.
Premier Section Winners
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Premier Section winners GM Sandro Pozo Vera (2561) (L) & John Ludwig (2463) (R) tied for 1st Place, with John winning the tournament on tie-breaks.
CFCC congratulates John Ludwig on his 1st Place overall win in the 2016 Sunshine Open and GM Sandro Pozo Vera for his 1st Place finish in the annual CFCC event.
Premier Section Round 4, Board 5: Humberto Cruz (1825) (L) vs Theo Slade (2059) (R); Board 4 Kai Tabor (2051) (L) vs Florida Chess Association President William Bowman (1959) (R).
Premier Section Board 1, Round 4: John Ludwig (2463) (L) vs IM Rafael Prasca Sosa (2441) (R), where John would finish with a win.
U2000 Section Winners
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U2000 Section, 4 of the 5 1st Place Winners, L-R Matthew O'Brian (1878), Kevin M. McDonald (1850), Ryan Hamley (1916) & Frank Castillo (1918)
U2000 2nd Place winners Eric Z. (1390) (L) & John Michael Pointer (1424) (R)
U1600 Section Winners
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U1600 1st Place winners Neil Coffman (1564) (L) & Cesar Gonell (1545) (R)
U1200 Scholastic Section Winner
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Congratulations Judin Job Thomas (1046) for sweeping the U1200 Scholastic Section with a perfect 5-0 score!
CFCC 2016 Sunshine Open
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The club would like to thank all CFCC members and visiting players that participated in our 2016 Sunshine Open. Next up is our July 9, 2016, Saturday 4SS G/75;d5 1-Day Tornado event at UCF's Teaching Academy. You can get all the details here!
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