Linus Wannamaker, a ninth grader, won the second Inland Classic with a score of 4.5. He also garnered the largest upset prize by defeating IM John Donaldson in round 3. Linus, Idaho’s representative to the Denker tournament of high school champions, was seeded 11th in the event!. Way to go!!
Second place (4.0) was shared by six players: John Donaldson, Eric Billaux (the Expert prize winner), class A winners Drew Bunch, Michael Cambareri, and Ken Erickson, and class B winner Daniel Bowers. There were numerous other prize winners. Second place in class B with 3.5 scores was shared by Eshan Reddy, Jim Skovron, and Vibi Varghese. The two class C prizes were split by 8 (!!!) players with 2.5 scores: Brandon Arensmeyer, Tilly Backstrom, Steve Brendemihl, Khai Le, Ben Legard, Pat Perry, Declan Pham, and Chase Rands. Brandon also scored the second biggest upset prize! Class D/under/unrated was won by Brock Swope (3.0), while second place was shared by newcomer Austin Ashcroft, Andrew Johnsen, and Eric Spletstoser with 2.5 scores.
Congratulations to all of the winners! A complete story is now posted on the Inland Classic page (link above).
The USCF cross table link: US Chess MSA – Cross Table for INLAND CLASSIC 2- INLAND CLASSIC 2 (Event 202502237542)