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2011 Closed State Championship |
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Written by Web Custodian
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Once again South Dakota has a new Chess Champion. Sandor Kustar from Murdo won the two day five round tournament that was closed to SD residents. The Historic Franklin Hotel in Deadwood was the host to the chess tournament. Last years defending champ, Nels Truelson, from Sioux Falls needed to win his last round game to tie for first. Instead of trying to win his game with the black pieces against Kustar- Truelson opted for an eight and a half move drawn game by agreement. This isn't the first time these two have played and Truelson has stated that "...winning with the black pieces is grim against an International Master like Kustar".
Returning Junior Chess Champion, Michael Knudson, maintained his title with an outstanding score of 4 out of 5 games won in a field of mostly adults. Check back for more info and games from the tournament.
Final Standings for the 2011 SD Championship (Closed)
| # |
Name |
ID |
Rating |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Total |
Prize |
| 1 |
Sandor Kustar |
12812673 |
2358 |
W10 |
W8 |
W5 |
W4 |
D3 |
4.5 |
2011 Champ Trophy and free entry into 2012 Championship |
| 2 |
Michael Knudson |
13006972 |
1546 |
W17 |
W7 |
L4 |
W5 |
W12 |
4.0 |
2011 Jr. Champ Trophy and free entry into 2012 Championship (C) |
| 3 |
Nels Truelson |
10322022 |
2200 |
W11 |
L5 |
W9 |
W7 |
D1 |
3.5 |
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| 4 |
Terry Likens |
10327776 |
1816 |
W12 |
D9 |
W2 |
L1 |
W10 |
3.5 |
Free entry into 2012 Championship (A) |
| 5 |
Mark Derby |
12639326 |
1644 |
W14 |
W3 |
L1 |
L2 |
W13 |
3.0 |
Free entry into 2012 Championship (B) |
| 6 |
Roland Siverling |
14669016 |
621 |
L8 |
L13 |
B--- |
W14 |
W15 |
3.0 |
Free entry into 2012 Championship (G)
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Written by Web Custodian
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The South Dakota State Championship Tournament (AKA: the Closed because it is closed to only SD residents) was won by Nels Truelson and Serif Suljic who will share the title of State Champion. The Junior State Champion title is also shared this year. The best performing players age 19 and under were Josiah Jorenby and Michael Knudson. Check back for more details and games as they are typed in and submitted.
<click here> to see the games from the 2010 SD Closed. All the games posted immediately are courtesy of Monroi electronic score sheets. If you don’t use a Monroi please submit your tournament games in a pgn file format to
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2010 SD Scholastic Chess Championship Results |
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Written by Bob Boland
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After a long, hard winter, it was a perfect spring day on Saturday, March 27, 2010, in Pierre, SD, when 78 students from around South Dakota came together to decide who would be crowned state scholastic chess champions at the Pierre Indian Learning Center. So, naturally, it just had to be a day of “perfects,” to include one player even nicknamed, “Mr. Perfect,” at this year’s state scholastic chess tournament.
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Master Nels Truelson and International Master Sandor Kustar share the title of state champion again in 2008. To see the USCF crosstable click here. |
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