Playing in the 2-day schedule, DeGuzman defeatedFM Bela Evans and NM Kenneth Hills but gave up draws to NMs MichaelAigner and Timothy Taylor. I M Ricardo DeGuzman won the Sacramento Chess Championshipover the 4th of July weekend, scoring an undefeated 5.0 out of 6 to separatehimself from the field. Randy Hough directed the event which attracted 133 players. MI-member Matthew Ho of San Jose had 4-2 including a draw withPeters. Tying for second at 5-1 were IM Vinay Bhat (drawswith Khachiyan and Donaldson) and young Expert Ivan Biag.Among those on 4.5 were IMs Donaldson (draws with Bhat and NM Abrahamyanand a last round bye), Jack Peters and Tim Taylor. IM Andranik Matikozian of Glendale won the traditional PacificSouthwest Open held over the July 4th weekend at the Hilton near LAXairport with a score of 5.5 -.5, defeating GM-elect Melikset Khachiyanin the last round. Other scores for Bay Area players: GM Nick deFirmian 6,GM Walter Browne 5, Paul Gallegos 5, Shivkumar Shivaji5, IM Walter Shipman 4.5 and Jonathan Frankle 4.5. Very unofficiallyit looks like Jesse Kraai, Dmitry Zilberstein, Stephen Muhammadand Enkhbat Tegshuren took tie open seeds and TsagaanBattsetseg and Laura Ross the womens spot but don't quote me.Four players made IM norms including MI-member Dmitry Zilberstein (hissecond). The World Open was a qualifier for the US Championship. Tying for second at 7-2 were GMs Nakamura, Najer,Ehlvest, Smirin, Stocek, Novikov, A. Hedrew with GMs Goldin, Smirin and Nakamura en route to collectingthe $14,000 first prize. Amonghis victims were GMs Shabalov, Wojtkiewicz and Golod. Los Angeles based GM-elect Varuzhan Akobian won the 2004 WorldOpen in Philadelphia with a fantastic performance scoring 7.5 from 9. The Louie Ladow blitz will be held at the Mechanics' this Sunday.Details below under blitz. His personalitywas too shallow to carry the weight, the burden of being the chess messiah." He had greatchess talent and charisma but his personality was weak with too many flaws.If you like it was like too much great wine in a small vessel. "In my opinion Fischer had a dual or split personality.
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