February 21-28 saw the Club experiment with a new two-round class-based championship format.. The first round put players in class pairings, and the second round advanced the top half of each group to a winner’s bracket.
The first round featured a mini-swiss with some of the club’s A &.B players, with the exception of Asa Wadden, whose provional rating over his first 3 tournaments earned him a promotion to the upper level group. Matthew Goodale pulled the upset, dropping only a half point against Keith Brownlee on his way to a 2.5-point, clear win. Michael Cambareri and Dave Rowles shared the second and third spots. Goodale, Cambareri, and Rowles advanced to the winner’s bracket.
The bottom group featured a quad with Shedlock, Peterson, Michalak, and Lindquist. Michalak overcame the odds to take out top-seeded Shedlock in a coolly played endgame while down on time, earning him a berth in the winner’s bracket.
On the 28th, In the winner’s bracket were Cambareri, Rowles, Goodale, Shedlock, and Michalak advancing from the class groups, and Cam Leslie joining this week to round out the group. The natural order reasserted itself, with Cambareri and Rowles getting back on top of Goodale with 2.5 points each. Shedlock won an upset against Leslie in the first round, the only game won by someone from the first week’s lower bracket.
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