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2001 Ramada Inn Open

The 2001 Ramada Inn Open was held in the Ramada Inn at Marquette, Michigan, on April 21 and 22. The tournament started on time and ran smoothly. The time limit was game in two hours. There were no adjourned games and everyone had an hour to eat, rest, etc. between rounds. There were fifteen players at the tournament. There were people all the way from Texas and Sault St. Marie in the tournament. Tom Ceterski won first place with a score of 4 - 1. There was a tie for Class B between Ken Boyer and Bob Bergman. Bob John took first for Class C. Gary Gill and Kenn Filkins tied for 2nd place in class C. Jim Dowling won first place in Class D. Jason Nantelle and Martha Ceterski tied for first place in Class E. Martha Ceterski played house person.

Here are the results:

	Name/Rating	Round1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1	Stephen Decman 1811	W 10 1.0	B 9 1.0	W 8 2.0	W 5 2.5	BYE 3.0
2	Tom Ceterski 1775	B 11 0.5	W 14 1.5	W 15 2.5	B 7 3.5	W 5 4.0
3	Bert Dennison 1711	W 12 1.0	B 15 1.0	W 18 2.0	B 9 2.5	BYE 3.0
4	Ken Ceterski 1670	B 13 0.5	W 11 0.5	B 16 1.0	W 18 2.0	B 8 2.5
5	Ken Boyer 1653	W 14 0.5	B 17 1.5	W 11 2.5	B 1 3.0	B 2 3.5
6	Joe Rubatt 1607	B 15 0.0	W 16 1.0	B 14 1.0	W 8 1.0 F	-U- 1.0
7	Bob Bergman 1600	W 16 1.0	B 18 2.0	W 9 3.0	W 2 3.0	B 10 3.5
8	Jim Mitchell 1595	B 18 0.0	W 19 1.0	B 1 1.0	B 6 2.0 F	W 4 2.5
9	Bob John 1593	W 19 1.0	W 1 2.0	B 7 2.0	W 3 2.5	B 11 3.5
10	Gary Gill 1545	B 1 0.0	W 12 0.5	B 19 1.5	W 15 2.5	W 7 3.0
11	Jeff Romich 1505	W 2 0.5	B 4 1.5	B 5 1.5	W 13 2.5	W 9 2.5
12	Kenn Filkins 1455	B 3 0.0	B 10 0.5	W 17 1.5	B 14 2.5	BYE 3.0
13	Greg Rose 1454	W 4 0.5	BYE 1.0	BYE 1.5	B 11 1.5	B 16 1.5
14	Jesse Miller 1392	B 5 0.5	B 2 0.5	W 6 1.5	W 12 1.5	B 15 1.5
15	Jim Dowling 1355	W 6 1.0	W 3 2.0	B 2 2.0	B 10 2.0	W 14 3.0
16	David Mitchell 1295	B 7 0.0	B 6 0.0	W 4 0.5	B 19 1.5	W 13 2.5
17	Martha Ceterski 1160	BYE 0.5	W 5 0.5	B 12 0.5	-U- 0.5	W 19 1.5
18	Jason Nantelle 1141	W 8 1.0	W 7 1.0	B 3 1.0	B 4 1.0	BYE 1.5
19	Jeff Nickels 981	B 9 0.0	B 8 0.0	W 10 0.0	W 16 0.0	B 17 0.0

Here are some games from the Ramada Inn Open:

White: Dowling, J
Black: Rubatt, J
ECO line A14

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Be7 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 0-0 6.a4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 a6 8.d4 dxc4 9.Qxc4 Nb6 10.Qc2 Nfd5 11.a5 Nb4 12.Qb3 N6d5 13.e4 Nf6 14.Nc3 h6 15.Rd1 c6 16.Ra4 Qd6 17.e5 Qxe5 18.dxe5 Nfd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Be3 Nc7 21.Bb6 Nb5 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.Rdxd4 c5 24.Rdc4
1-0

White: Boyer, K
Black: Miller, J
ECO line D04

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Nbd2 e6 5.c3 c5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf6 16.Bd3 Bd6 17.Kg2 h6 18.Be3 Rfe8 19.Rh1 Qc6 20.Rag1 g5 21.Kf1 Qxf3 22.h4 Ng4 23.Rxg4 Qxh1+ 24.Ke2 Kf8 25.Bf5 b6 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Bxg5 Qh5 28.Qe4 Be7 29.Bxe7+ Kxe7 30.Qf3 Rg8 31.Qb7+ Kf6 32.Qg2 Kxf5 33.Qe4+ Ke6 34.Qc6+ Ke7 35.Qc7+
½-½

White: Dowling, J
Black: Dennison, B
ECO line A30

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.0-0 Nc6 6.Re1 0-0 7.e4 d6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bd7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.b3 Rc8 13.Be3 a6 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bh6 18.f4 b5 19.c5 dxc5 20.Bxc5 Re8 21.b4 Bf5 22.Rc3 a5 23.a3 Bf8 24.g4 Bd7 25.Rce3 axb4 26.axb4 Rxc5 27.bxc5 Qc7 28.c6 Bc8 29.Qd4 Bg7 30.Qb4 Qb6 31.Kh1 Bd4 32.Rxe7 Rf8 33.Re8 Bc5 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qe4 Ba6 36.Qe5 Bd4 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Re7 Kh6 39.Qxf7
1-0

White: Dowling, J
Black: Miller, J
ECO line A13

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 Bc6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.b4 0-0 10.b5 Nb6 11.Qb3 Bd5 12.Nxd5 Nbxd5 13.a4 c6 14.d3 cxb5 15.axb5 b6 16.Ne5 a5 17.bxa6 Qd6 18.Nc4 Qb4 19.Qxb4 Bxb4 20.a7 Bc5 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Rfb1 Rfc8 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Rb7 Rd8 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Na5 Ne5 27.Rab1 Nd7
1-0

2001 AmericInn National Chess Championship

The AmericInn National Chess Championship was held in St. Paul, MN on March 31, 2001. It was held at the Minnesota Science Museum. Players in the event had to qualify in the local and regional AmericInn chess tournaments before moving on to the national event. Five people from the UP played in the tournament. The 9 time Minnesota State Champion Ed Zelkind played in the event. Here is an interesting game from the AmericInn National Chess Championship:
White: Zelkind, Ed
Black: Ceterski, Tom
ECO line B23
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.0-0 d5 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Qe1 Nd4 10.f5 Nxb3 11.axb3 exf5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 fxe4 14.dxe4 d4 15.Na4 b6 16.Qe2 Be6 17.b4 Rc8 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nxd4 Bc4 22.Qe1 Nc6 23.Nb2 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Bf7 25.Rxb4 Qxc2 26.Bf2 f5 27.e5 Rfe8 28.Bd4 Rc7 29.h3 Bd5 30.Qf1 Qd2 31.Nd3 Rc2 32.Bf2 Bc4 33.Rd1 Qxb4 34.Nxb4 Bxf1 35.Nxc2 Bb5 36.Bd4 Bxe5 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Rb1 a5 39.Nd4 Be8 40.Rb8 Kf7 41.Kf2 a4 42.Ra8 Re4 43.Nc2 Rc4 44.Ne3 Rc3 45.Ke2 Bc6 46.Kd2 Rc5 47.Ra7+
1-0
At this point Tom's flag fell and Ed had 20 seconds left. The time limit was game in 30 minutes with no delay.

Negaunee VFW Quads January - February 2001
Section 1

No.	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Mark Karki	1327	X	FL	FL	FL	FL	0
2	John Asplund	698	FL	X	FL	FL	FL	0
3	John Sleeman	963	FW	FW	X	1	0	3
4	Jerry Trewilla	517	FW	FW	0	X	0	2
5	Laurene Larmie	847	FW	FW	1	1	X	4

Negaunee VFW Quads March - April 2001
Section 1

No.	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Greg Rose	1149	X	1	1	1	3*
2	John Sleeman	905	0	X	1	1	2
3	John Asplund	798	0	0	X	0	0
4	Laurene Laramie	847	0	0	1	X	1

New Chess Movie Coming Soon: The Luzhin Defence

Set in the late 1920s, THE LUZHIN DEFENCE tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grandmaster who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds the love of his life. Discovering his prodigious talent in boyhood overshadowed by his parents' failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has become his refuge and rendered the real world a phantom. Already matched up by her family to the very suitable Comte de Stassard, when Natalia meets Luzhin she is drawn to the erratic genius and offers him a glimpse outside of his chess obsession. But it is a world he is not equipped to deal with, and his two worlds collide to tragic effect.

THE LUZHIN DEFENCE opens April 20th in New York and Los Angeles and nationally late April / early May.

SuperNationals II Surpasses Attendance Records!
The 2001 SuperNationals II was held at Bartle Hall, Kansas City, MO April 26-29, 2001. Over 4700 students participated, making this one of the largest chess tournaments ever! The SuperNationals encompasses the combined 2001 National Elementary, National Junior High, and National High School Championships, all under one roof! Ken Ceterski and Chi Chen from Iron Mountain, MI traveled to the event. Ken Ceterski played in the K-12 Open Section and Chi Chen played in the K-12 under 1300 section. Neither of the students placed in the event.
The top individual and team winners are:

National High School Championship (K-12): Three players tied for first place with 6.5 points: Hikaru Nakamura, 14, of White Plains, NY; Noah J. Siegel, 18, of New York, NY; and Samson Benen, 16, of New York, NY. The top scholastic team is Hunter College High School of New York, NY.

National High School (K-12 Under 1300): Four players tied for first place with 6.5 points: Gershon Bialer, 16, of Evanston, IL; Benjamin Pettijohn, 16, playing for Blue Valley Northwest High School of KS; Norman W. Facas, 16, of Falls Church, VA; and Ben Wallenbergh, 16, of Skokie, IL. The top scholastic team is Evanston Township High School, of Evanston IL.