John Linscott is the 2013 Club Champion!

Congratulations to John Linscott, who becomes the first Spence Chess Club champion by winning the 2013 Spence Club Championship.  Linscott scored 5.0/6, taking clear first by half a point.

John Stepp finished in second place, and Tony Dutiel and Abhinav Suresh tied for third.  Suresh gained nearly 150 rating points in this event, putting Nebraska’s elite on notice.

USCF rating report:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201311056132

Final Standings:

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     4     5     6     Score

1. Linscott,John (2)………….  NE 1821 W9    D4    D3    W2    W8    W6      5.0

2. Stepp,John W (4)…………..  NE 1782 W6    W14   D5    L1    W4    W10     4.5

3. Dutiel,Tony (3)……………  MO 1813 -H-   W8    D1    D6    W5    D4      4.0
4. Suresh,Abhinav (6)…………  NE 1396 W11   D1    W7    W5    L2    D3      4.0

5. Hartmann,John R (5)………..  NE 1730 W10   W12   D2    L4    L3    W9      3.5
6. Sparks,David  Owe (10)……..  NE 1328 L2    W13   W14   D3    W7    L1      3.5

7. Wolk,Dan H (7)…………….  NE 1385 L12   W10   L4    -X-   L6    W13     3.0

8. Cusumano, Steven J (1)……..  NE 1836 -H-   L3    W12   W9    L1    -N-     2.5
9. Freediii, Thomas (9)……….  NE 1330 L1    W11   -H-   L8    W14   L5      2.5
10. Reigenborn, Jonath (11)…….  NE 1214 L5    L7    D15   W12   W11   L2      2.5

11. McElderry, John Pa (12)…….  NE 1146 L4    L9    W13   -F-   L10   W14     2.0
12. Forsling, Brendan (13)……..  AK  810 W7    L5    L8    L10   L13   -B-     2.0
13. Caplan,Eylon (14)………….  NE  571 L14   L6    L11   -B-   W12   L7      2.0

14. Gruberiii, Richar (8)………  NE 1371 W13   L2    L6    -H-   L9    L11     1.5

15. Kerbow,Jeffrey (15)………..  TX nnnn -H-   -N-   D10   -U-   -U-   -U-     1.0