World Open 2001
Allentown Players, Pictures, Results!
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The 29th Annual World Open was held at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Philadelphia Pennsylvania over the July 4th week. Allentown Center City Chess Club was responsible for 12 entries in this prestigious event! Club members were present in all sections from Open to Unrated except U1400. Aside from having representation in the actual tournament, Dave Elliott travelled to Philadelphia for the Action Tournaments on July 1-3rd and many club members went down to support friends who were playing. Below are the final standings of those who participated as well as pictures of nearly all ACCCC participants and supporters. If you are interested, please click "games" at the bottom of this page. We've featured a few games played by our members. The good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain unbelievable! Your browser must be "java" enabled to view this function. Congratulations to Bruce Davis, Kurt Schneider, and Michael Savere for each coming in the top 20 of their indivdual sections! Uh, could we borrow a couple of bucks when those checks come rolling in? |
| Name | Rating | Section | Final Result | Ranking |
| Matthew Traldi | 2262 | Open | 3.0 | 170/228 |
| Arthur Traldi | 2171 | U2200 | 5.0 | 58/158 |
| Jack Mongilutz | 2128 | U2200 | 3.0 | 91/158 |
| Kurt Schneider | 1922 | U2000 | 6.5 | 12/192 |
| Steve Ferraro | 1907 | U2000 | 3.5 | 112/192 |
| Bruce Davis Sr. | 1767 | U1800 | 6.5 | 13/224 |
| Greg Fink | 1557 | U1800 | 4.0 | 131/224 |
| Greg Ellis | 1414 | U1600 | 2.0 | 190/230 |
| Eric Neff | 1260 | U1600 | 4.5 | 109/230 |
| David Sherman | 1432 | U1600 | 2.5 | 179/230 |
| Michael Savere | 1094 | U1200 | 6.0 | 7/116 |
| Jorge Caicedo | Unrated | Unrated | 1.0 | 33/35 |
Pictures!
 (L-R)Greg Fink, Jeff Weimann, and Kirk Johnson analyse Greg's game. Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Bruce Davis begins Round 5 Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Greg Fink (blue shirt) warms up with Jeff Wiemann Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 (L-R) Dave Sherman and Greg Ellis wait for Round 8 to begin Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 GM Julian Hodgson before Round 7 Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Sascha Fink poses with GM Pal Benko Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Kurt Schneider (white shirt) before his round begins Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Steve Ferrero sets up his pieces Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 (L-R) Arthur Traldi and Greg Fink in the pairing room Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Eric Neff is ready to take another scalp Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Bruce Davis riding his 2-0 high before Round 3 Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
 Eric Johnson (left seated) analyses Dave Sherman's game. (L-R standing) Roman Dubov, Jeff Wiemann, and Mark Knerr Picture courtesy of Sascha Fink |
For full crosstables, please visit The World Open Website.