11.12.06 Thirty-nine players turned out for the Hampden Harvest Tournament at Hampden Academy on Saturday, November 11, 2006. The top of the Open section was a four-way gridlock tie for first between Ghezai Menelik, Cullen Edes, Tom Sandford and Bryant Ciomei each scoring three points in this four round contest. In the K-12 section it was Zachary Smith all alone at the top with a perfect four. Also lonely at the top of the K-8 section was Gianluca Pane, this year's K-6 state champion, who blanked the field with four points. The massively illustrated tournament report with final results crosstables is here.
Click here for the USCF crosstable of this event.

Of the four players at the top of the Open section only one--Bryant Ciomei--was rated under 1600. For his outstanding efforts Bryant took the first place U1600 prize. The top K-8 player in the K-12 section was Paul Rudnicki who started with a loss to Nathaniel Simpson and then scored three consecutive wins over Kaitlyn Haase(who took the top female award in the K-12 section), Tao Mason and Alex Bethony. Janelle Ciomei took the top female trophy home for scoring two points in the K-8 section. Highest scoring players in the K-5 breakout group were Alessandro Pane, Isaac Robinson and Laddy DeLuca Lowell who took first, second and third respectively.

The Hampden Harvest Tournament was a four-round, swiss-style event contested in three sections. Time controls were G/45 in the Open and K-12 sections and G/40 in the K-8 section. Thanks go to Chief Tournament Director Andy Bryan, Assistant Tournament Director Ben Johnson and Tournament Coordinator Fred Irons.

The Hampden Academy Bronco

Ghezai Menelik

Cullen Edes

Tom Sandford

Bryant Ciomei

Zachary Smith

Gianluca Pane

Mark Maynard, Collin Ciomei, Fred Irons

Shane Eaton, Aaron Spencer, Margaret Bryan

Gary Robinson, Bob Solinger, Henry Chai

Nick Dunn, Aaron Gillio, Paul Rudnicki

Nathaniel Simpson, Drew Eaton, Kurt Eyerer

Nick McKenney, Alex Bethony, Patrick Hall

Tao Mason, Ken Ginn, Kaitlyn Haase

Jeff Golding, Jiawei Zou, Sam Grindle

Alessandro Pane, Janelle Ciomei, Reid Horton

Hayden Ciomei, Isaac Robinson, Laddy DeLuca Lowell

Derek Hoyt, John Paul Kenneway, Max DeLuca Lowell

Tournament Director Andy Bryan, Assistant TD Ben Johnson with K-8 winner Gianluca Pane, Thanks to Hampden Academy!

Final Results Open Section

Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Ghezai Menelik	1689	W8	W7	W2	L3	3.0
2	Cullen Edes	1634	W9	W4	L1	W7	3.0
3	Tom Sandford	1712	L6	W10	W5	W1	3.0
4	Bryant Ciomei	1573	W11	L2	W6	W8	3.0
5	Mark Maynard	1508	D10	W6	L3	W9	2.5
6	Collin Ciomei	1404	W3	L5	L4	W11	2.0
7	Fred Irons	1526	W12	L1	W11	L2	2.0
8	Shane Eaton	1350	L1	D9	W10	L4	1.5
9	Aaron Spencer	813	L2	D8	W12	L5	1.5
10	Margaret Bryan	1086	D5	L3	L8	W12	1.5
11	Gary Robinson	Unr	L4	W12	L7	L6	1.0
12	Bob Solinger	1320	L7	L11	L9	L10	0.0

Final Results K-12 Section

Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Zachary Smith	673	B	W8	W2	W3	4.0
2	Henry Chai	985	W14	W4	L1	W7	3.0
3	Nick Dunn	859	W11	W9	W6	L1	3.0
4	Aaron Gilio	1088	W7	L2	W8	W6	3.0
5	Paul Rudnicki	1080	L6	W14	W12	W10	3.0
6	Nathaniel Simpson	753	W5	W15	L3	L4	2.0
7	Drew Eaton	777	L4	W13	W9	L2	2.0
8	Kurt Eyerer	1005	W13	L1	L4	W12	2.0
9	Nick McKenney	1060	W10	L3	L7	W13	2.0
10	Alex Bethony	371	L9	B	W15	L5	2.0
11	Patrick Hall	Unr	L3	L12	B	W15	2.0
12	Tao Mason	Unr	L15	W11	L5	L8	1.0
13	Kenn Ginn	Unr	L8	L7	W14	L9	1.0
14	Kaitlyn Haase	Unr	L2	L6	L10	B	1.0
15	Jeff Golding	1040	W12	L6	L10	L11	1.0

Final Results K-8 Section

Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Gianluca Pane	995	W4	W2	W5	W7	4.0
2	Jiawei Zou	774	W11	L1	W9	W6	3.0
3	Sam Grindle	824	W9	L6	W8	W5	3.0
4	Alessandro Pane	403	L1	W10	D12	W9	2.5
5	Janelle Ciomei	623	W8	W7	L1	L3	2.0
6	Reid Horton	482	W10	W3	L7	L2	2.0
7	Hayden Ciomei	907	W12	L5	W6	L1	2.0
8	Isaac Robinson	Unr	L5	W12	L3	W10	2.0
9	Laddy DeLuca Lowell	441	L3	W11	L2	L4	1.0
10	Derek Hoyt	Unr	L6	L4	W11	L8	1.0
11	John Paul Kenneway	Unr	L2	L8	L10	W12	1.0
12	Max DeLuca Lowell	480	L7	L8	D4	L11	0.5