Club Championship 2022

No less than 5 players tied for first in the Club Championship:  in tiebreak order, Zachary Thompson, Edward Dean, Bruce Leverett, John Vuillemot, and Kian Patel.  Going into the last round, three players were tied at 4 out of 5, but Neelansh Samanta lost (to Thompson) and Patel and Dean drew with each other, allowing Thompson, Leverett, and Patel to catch up.

The upset prize was won by Charles Kiesling, whose 205 provisional rating didn't keep him from beating three players rated 900 to 1100 points higher.  The performance of Neelansh Samanta was also noticed; rated only in the 1400's, he drew with an expert and a master (yours truly), beat players in the 1500's and 1700's, and was tied for first at the start of the last round.

	#	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total	Modified Median	Solkoff	Cumulative	Opponents Cumulative
	1	Zachary Thompson	12687109	2047	W21	W14	L4	W7	D3	W6	4.5	20	23	16	82
	2	Edward Dean	12670976	2082	W26	L7	W12	W9	W4	D5	4.5	20	22	15.5	80
	3	Bruce Leverett	10142512	2200	W17	D6	W11	H—	D1	W13	4.5	18	18	15.5	63.5
	4	John Vuillemot	17095890	1722	W24	W18	W1	H—	L2	W11	4.5	17	17	17	60
	5	Kian Patel	14871315	2035	W19	H—	D6	W15	W9	D2	4.5	17	17	15.5	64.5
	6	Neelansh Samanta	16643387	1461	W23	D3	D5	W10	W22	L1	4.0	20	22	15.5	73
	7	Matthew Madeya	30161934	1511	W30	W2	L9	L1	W16	W14	4.0	18.5	20	14	66
	8	Charles Kiesling	13729682	205	H—	D10	W14	L22	W17	W18	4.0	14.5	14.5	12	51
	9	Sam Timmons	12915604	1784	W16	W20	W7	L2	L5	D10	3.5	19.5	22	15.5	73
	10	Roy Provins	10140501	1582	H—	D8	W26	L6	W15	D9	3.5	16.5	16.5	11.5	59
	11	Douglas Deptola	12724835	1654	H—	W27	L3	W17	W18	L4	3.5	15.5	15.5	12.5	56
	12	Daniel Hodgson	30308543	1321	W29	H—	L2	W20	L13	W19	3.5	13.5	13.5	12	45.5
	13	Kenneth Harper	12453505	1612	H—	H—	D21	W19	W12	L3	3.5	13	13	11.5	44.5
	14	Bryant Sims	12606500	1200	W15	L1	L8	W23	W25	L7	3.0	13	19	11	63
	15	Shawn Henry	30537156	unr.	L14	W16	W28	L5	L10	W26	3.0	11.5	18	10	57
	16	Mason Anderson	30508773	489p	L9	L15	W27	W28	L7	W25	3.0	10	15.5	8	55
	17	Joshua Arabia	30384476	1137p	L3	W23	D22	L11	L8	W24	2.5	14.5	19	8	59.5
	18	Walter Angell	30420923	1346p	W25	L4	D19	W21	L11	L8	2.5	14	18.5	11	64.5
	19	Aayansh Samanta	30232400	756	L5	W25	D18	L13	X28	L12	2.5	11	15.5	8	56
	20	Max Gebhardt	30609202	unr.	W28	L9	H—	L12	L21	W27	2.5	10	13.5	8.5	46
	21	Matt Mahan	12744033	1126	L1	W29	D13	L18	W20	U—	2.5	9.5	14	9	49
	22	James Carr	16121290	1735	H—	H—	D17	W8	L6	U—	2.5	6.5	10.5	9.5	35.5
	23	Witold Lipski	30539491	unr.	L6	L17	W24	L14	L27	W29	2.0	10	14	5	46
	24	Miles McCoy	30309573	445p	L4	L28	L23	W27	W29	L17	2.0	9	13.5	5	41.5
	25	Yuvaan Kumar	30208427	unr.	L18	L19	W30	X26	L14	L16	2.0	9	12	6	38
	26	Isabel Ulis	16067586	1132	L2	W30	L10	F25	B—	L15	2.0	8	12.5	6	37
	27	William Murtha	30318852	740p	H—	L11	L16	L24	W23	L20	1.5	9.5	13	4.5	39
	28	Daniel Kolich	12244160	1244	L20	W24	L15	L16	F19	U—	1.0	7.5	10.5	5	31.5
	29	Robert Noble	30608370	unr.	L12	L21	U—	X30	L24	L23	1.0	7	10.5	2	31
	30	John Andrew Kopay	14708775	413	L7	L26	L25	F29	U—	B—	1.0	3.5	7.5	0	26

Here's my “big one that got away” story from the event:

Zachary Thompson