Colette Trouve, the top-rated player in the tournament, won the inaugural 2005 City of Wilmington Chess Championship with a score of 3.5/4. Her only “blemish” was a quick draw in round 4 against Scott Laporte, who finished tied for second at 3/4. Not being from Wilmington, Colette was awarded the trophy for “Top non-Wilmington resident.” Considering the size of it, there were no complaints. The winner, and city champion, was Rostislav Grinberg, a newcomer to USCF rated chess. Before the tournament, he thought he was fairly decent as a player, and so was “assigned” a 1700 rating for tournament purposes. That’s just about what he should have as a rating! He finished tied for second with Laporte at 3/4. A disappointing tournout was probably due to a major event at the Adams’ Mark in Philly that weekend. The chess was very friendly — the only thing marring the day was the fall that the T.D. took walking up to the YMCA just before its fire alarm went off and cleared out the building. The crosstable follows…
2005 Wilmington Championships
January 16th, 2005
Wilmington, Delaware 18901
T.D.: Dr. Ira Lee Riddle
1 Colette Trouve 1750 W7 W5 W2 D3 3½
2 Rostislav Grinberg unr W8 W4 L1 W6 3
3 Scott Laporte 1470 H– W8 W4 D1 3
4 Kevin Moss 1300 W6 L2 L3 W5 2
5 Corla Rogers 1191 B- L1 W7 L4 2
6 Michael Pergeorglis 709 L4 B- W9 L2 2
7 Mukund Balaskandan 912 L1 W9 L5 B- 2
8 Richard K Merriweather 1017 L2 L3 B- W9 2
9 Adyn Sullivan unr H- L7 L6 L8 ½
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