09.24.06 Mike McCabe and Haley DeLuca Lowell posted perfect scores in the Open and K-8 sections respectively of the Washington County Chess Federation September Swiss which took place on September 23rd in Pembroke, Maine. This is the first in a monthly series of tournaments hosted by the newly-formed WCCF.

In the foreground Mary Briggs plays the white pieces vs Laddy DeLuca Lowell and Ezra Briggs takes on Haley DeLuca Lowell in the K-8 section of the WCCF September swiss.

Mike McCabe cruised to a 4-0 victory in a field of 13 players in the Open section of the WCCF September Swiss posting wins over Lilly Briggs, Rafi Hopkins, Hoty Briggs and Dan DeLuca. Hoty Briggs, DeLuca and Hopkins all tied for second with 3 points.

In the K-8 section Haley DeLuca Lowell continued her winning ways with 5 out of 5 (4 wins and a full-point bye). She was followed by Mary Briggs with 4 points and Ezra Briggs with 3 points.

Train kept-a-rollin': Mike McCabe

Haley DeLuca Lowell

Mike McCabe receiving congratulations and prize money from TD Alba Briggs

Haley striking a similar pose

Second place in the Open section: Hoty Briggs

Raffi Hopkins of the Eastport Chess Club

Your Intrepid Reporter: Dan DeLuca

K-8 section winners left to right: Haley DeLuca Lowell, Mary Briggs, Ezra Briggs

Co-organizer of the WCCF series: Richard Look

Logan Thompson

Jade Murdick

Bill Guptill

Troy Schurn

Houston Ross

Lily Briggs

TD, Organizer and Founder of the Washington County Chess Federation: Alba Briggs

Crosstable Open Section

1. Mike McCabe W7 1 B9 2 W2 3 B5 4 Final 4
5. Hoty Briggs W11 1 B13 2 W6 3 W1 3 Final 3
2. Dan DeLuca B8 1 W10 2 B1 2 W11 3 Final 3
9. Rafi Hopkins B3 1 W1 1 B12 2W10 3 Final 3
10. Tarik Benabdallah W41 B2 1 W7 2 B9 2 Final 2
11. Jade Murdick B5 0 W8 1 B3 2 B2 2 Final 2
6. Houston Ross B12 0 W3 1 B5 1 W8 2 Final 2
7. Lily Briggs B1 0 W12 1 B10 1 W3 2 Final 2
13. Doug Woods bye 1 W5 1 B8 2 W12 ? Final ?
12. Bill Guptill W6 1 B7 1 W9 1 B13 ? Final ?
4. Alba Briggs B10 0 U-- U-- U-- Final 0
3. Richard Look W9 0 B6 0 W11 0 B7 0 Final 0
8. Nick Beal W2 0 B11 0 W13 0 B6 0 Final 0

Crosstable K-8 Section

1. Haley DeLuca Lowell bye 1 B2 2 W4 3 B6 4 W3 5 Final 5
4. Mary Briggs B8 1 W3 2 B1 2 W2 3 B7 4 Final 4
2. Ezra Briggs B6 1 W1 1 W6 2 B4 2 B8 3 Final 3
3. Laddy DeLuca Lowell W7 1 B4 1 W8 1.5 B9 2.5 B1 2.5 Final 2.5
6. Toby Woods W2 0 B7 1 W2 1 W1 1 W9 2 Final 2
7. Troy Schurn B3 0 B6 0 W9 1 W8 2 W4 2 Final 2
8. Jacob Ebbesoh W4 0 B9 1 B3 1.5 B7 1.5 W2 1.5 Final 1.5
9. Logan Thompson bye 0.5 W8 0.5 B7 0.5 W3 0.5 B6 0.5 Final 0.5

The next Washington County Chess Federation tournament will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2006.
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