The Kansas City Chess Club held its first tournament since opening on June 1st.  The tournament attracted a crowd of about 25 players as well as many parents and friends.  In the rated section, Ron Luther emerged victorious with a perfect score and took home a brand new weighted chess set.  Steven Rand and Andrew Latham tied for second.  Rand, who had the better tiebreaks, won a free lesson with Ron Luther and Latham won a new book.  The full results are below.

1)  RON LUTHER 4.0    W 3   W 4   W 2   W 8
2140 >2141

2)  STEVEN  RAND 3.0    W 7   W 5   L 1   W 4
1342 >1369

3)  ANDREW LATHAM 3.0     L 1    W 9    W 5    W 7
1343 >1358

4)  MICHAEL KERSULOV 2.0     W 6    L 1    W 9    L 2
1181>1176

5)  REX XING 2.0     W 8    L 2    L 3    Bye
1010 >1008

6)  LAUREL GATTENBY 2.0     L 4    Bye    L 7    W 9
566 > 641  

 
7)  CAMERON HAYS 1.5     L 2    D 8    W 6    L 3
1222 >1134

8)  JOHN IRLE 1.5     L 5    D 7    Bye    L 1
749> 762     

9)  CALEB ANDREW HUNT 1.0     Bye    L 3    L 4    L 6
867> 813