Tommy Takes Goodrich!

Congratulations to Tommy Schneider of Bayside Middle School, who took first place in the Goodrich Elementary School Open Division.    Tommy beat Reid in the final match, a good game where Tommy promoted a pawn in the endgame under time pressure!   Reid took 2nd place in the Open Division.
LDMS had a strong showing as a team, taking 1st place in the Open Division BARELY to a very strong team from Bayside Middle School.   We will be battling them a lot this year, I'm sure.   They are good players and great competition; we'll keep each other on our toes all year!
Reid had 4 points in the shortened 5-game tournament as did Chris Tillson who finished 3rd, and Kolton Otterbacher who finished 5th in the Open division.   Josh finished 8th and Jason finished 11th.  Jason would have had 4 also but missed a back-rank mate move by an opponent he was beating!   (Happens to all of us Jason... trust me, I know...!)    Zeke had very tough matchups this time around, just the way it works sometimes... but he played well, and will be a strong contributor for us this year.