MWL 2004-05 Results

Here are the results and final standings for the 2004-05 season:

Cottage Grove 5, Springfield 0
Pleasant Hill 3 1/2, Sheldon 1 1/2
Thurston 3, Marist 2

TEAMWLD
Cottage Grove1000
P. Hill820
Thurston451
Marist361
Springfield361
Sheldon091

 

Final Individual Standings

First Team all-League
Rex Henzie, Mar, MVP
Charlie Offenbacher, PH
Jace Akerlund, CG
Isaiah Dunn, CG
David Garcia, PH

Second Team all-League
Trevor McClintock, THU
Korey Humberston, CG
Logan Bevans, THU
Nathan Mitch, MAR
Nick Glesmann, CG

Thank you all again for an excellent and challenging season!

Mike

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MATCH RESULTS FEBRUARY 9, 2005
Marist 4, Sheldon 0 (one board uncontested)
Thurston 3, Springfield 2
Cottage Grove 4, Pleasant Hill 1STANDINGSTEAM                 W L DCottage Grove      9 0
Pleasant Hill         7 2
Marist                 3 5 1
Springfield           3 5 1
Thurston             3 5 1
Sheldon              0 8 1

Individual Standings:

Henzie, MAR 80
Offenbacher, PH 75
Dunn, CG 56
Garcia, PH 56
Akerlund, CG 55

McClintock, THU 48
Humberston, CG 42
Bevans, THU 40
Mitch, MAR 38
Glesmann, CG 32

Top 5 Others:

Leong, PH 30
McKay, THU 27
M Smith, SPR 20
Crawford, SPR 19
Lawrence, MAR 18

The third place trophy will be up for grabs next week as Thurston takes the
white against Marist, while Cottage Grove will have white against
Springfield, and Sheldon will have white against Pleasant Hill.

Please plan to stay after the match so we can present our trophies and awards!

Thanks to everyone,

Mike

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MATCH RESULTS FEBRUARY 2, 2005
Pleasant Hill 4, Springfield 1
Thurston 5, Sheldon 0 (forfeit)
Cottage Grove 3, Marist 2STANDINGSTeam              Won Lost DrawnCottage Grove        8 0
Pleasant Hill           7 1
Springfield             3 4 1
Marist                   2 5 1
Thurston               2 5 1
Sheldon                0 7 1

Individual Standings after 8 weeks:

Henzie, MAR 70
Offenbacher, PH 65
Garcia, PH 56
Akerlund, CG 55
Dunn, CG 48

McClintock, THU 40
Humberston, CG 36
Mitch, MAR 30
Leong, PH 30
Bevans, THU 30

Next week:

Pleasant Hill has white on 1, 3, 5 vs. Cottage Grove
Springfield has white on 1, 3, 5 vs. Thurston
Marist has white on 1, 3, 5 vs. Sheldon

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MATCH RESULTS JANUARY 26, 2005
Cottage Grove 5, Sheldon 0
Pleasant Hill 4, Thurston 1
Springfield 3, Marist 2CURRENT STANDINGSTeamCottage Grove     7     0
Pleasant Hill        6     1
Springfield          3     3     1
Marist                2     4     1
Thurston            1     5     1
Sheldon             0     6     1

Rather than the individual standings this week, I thought I’d include some other information:

Isaiah Dunn of Cottage Grove is the only player in the league to play and win all seven rounds so far.  He has done it playing board 2 three times and board 3 four times.  Rex Henzie of Marist has a six game win streak at board one.  Nicholas Glesmann of Cottage Grove has a six game win streak at board four.  Matt Harrison of Cottage Grove has gone undefeated, with five wins and a draw, since joining the league during the second round.

There is quite a rivalry developing at board one this year, as all of the
following have taken place:

In Round One, Charlie Offenbacher of Pleasant Hill defeated Rex Henzie of Marist.  In Round Three, Rex Henzie defeated Jace Akerlund of Cottage Grove.  In Round Four, Akerlund and Offenbacher fought to a draw.  In Round Six, Henzie got revenge for his only loss of the season, handing Offenbacher his first loss.  On February 3, Akerlund will face Henzie, and on February 10, it will be Offenbacher vs. Akerlund.  Both Henzie and Offenbacher are freshmen, pointing to a stronger and stronger future for Midwestern League chess.

That’s it for now; more after Wednesday’s action.

Mike

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MATCH RESULTS FOR:  JANUARY 19, 2005

Springfield 4, Sheldon 1
Pleasant Hill 3, Marist 2
Cottage Grove 4, Thurston 1

STANDINGS

Team Won Lost Drawn

C. Grove 6 0
P. Hill 5 1
Marist 2 3 1
Springfield 2 3 1
Thurston 1 4 1
Sheldon 0 5 1

TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS

First Team

Henzie, MAR 50
Akerlund, CG 45
Offenbacher, PH 45
Dunn, CG 40
Garcia, PH 40

Second Team

McClintock, THU 32
Humberson, CG 24
Leong, PH 24
Bevans, THU 20
Glesmann, CG 20
M. Smith, SPR 20

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MATCH RESULTS FOR:  JANUARY 12, 2005
Pleasant Hill 5, Sheldon 0
Marist 3, Thurston 2
Cottage Grove 5, Springfield 0STANDINGSCottage Grove 5 0
Pleasant Hill    4 1
Marist            2 2 1
Thurston        1 3 1
Springfield      1 3 1
Sheldon         0 4 1Individual Statistics–Top Ten

Offenbacher, PH 45
Henzie, MAR 40
Garcia, PH 40
Akerlund, CG 35
Dunn, CG 34

Humberston, CG 24
McClintock, THU 24
Bevans, THU 20
Leong, PH 18
Glesmann, CG 16

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MATCH RESULTS FOR:  JANUARY 5, 2005

Every single match was close and could have gone either way this week.

The final scores were:

Thurston 2 1/2 Springfield 2 1/2
Marist  2 1/2 Sheldon 2 1/2
Cottage Grove 3 Pleasant Hill 2

TEAM STANDINGS

TEAM WIN LOSS DRAW BOARDS

Cottage Grove 4 0 0 15 1/2
Pleas. Hill        3 1 0 14
Marist            1 2 1 11
Thurston        1 2 1 8 1/2
Springfield      1 2 1 7 1/2
Sheldon         0 3 1 3 1/2

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

TOP TEN
Offenbacher, PH 35
Garcia, PH 32
Henzie, MAR 30
Dunn, CG 28
Akerlund, CG 25
Bevans, THU 20
Leong, PH 18
McClintock, THU 16 (tie)
Humberston, CG 16
Cobarrubias, MAR 12 (tie)
Glesmann, CG 12

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MATCH RESULTS FOR:  DECEMBER 15, 2004

Pleasant Hill 5, Springfield 0
Cottage Grove 3 1/2, Marist 1 1/2
Thurston 4, Sheldon 1

TEAM STANDINGS

Cottage Grove     3   0   12-1/2
Pleasant Hill        3   0   12
Marist                1   2   8 1/2
Thurston            1   2   6
Springfield          1   2   5
Sheldon             0   3   1

TOP TEN INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (10-8-6-4-2)

Offenbacher, PH 30
Garcia, PH 24
Dunn, CG 22
Henzie, MAR 20
Akerlund, CG 20

Leong, PH 18
Humberston, CG 16
Cobarrubias, MAR 12
Bevans, THU 10
Matt Smith, SPR 10

Happy holidays!

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MATCH RESULTS FOR:  DECEMBER 8, 2004

 

Pleasant Hill 4, Thurston 1
Marist 5, Springfield 0
Cottage Grove 5, Sheldon 0

STANDINGS

TEAM WON LOST BOARDS WON

Cottage Grove    2  0  9
Pleasant Hill       2  0  7
Marist               1  1  7
Springfield         1  1  5
Thurston           0  2  2
Sheldon            0  2  0

Individual Standings (10-8-6-4-2 system)

Akerlund, CG and Offenbacher, PH 20
Dunn, CG, and Garcia, PH 16
Humberston, CG, and Leong, PH 12
Henzie, and M Smith, SPR 10
Cobarrubias, MAR, and Walton, SPR 8

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The Midwestern League began action on December 1st with the following results:

Springfield 5, Sheldon 0
Pleasant Hill 3, Marist 2
Cottage Grove 4, Thurston 1

The league looks to have some excellent players this year and there seems to be more parity among the teams than there has been recently.  We are getting better!

Current Standings

Team Won Lost Games Behind Boards Won

Springfield           1    0    —     5
Cottage Grove     1    0    —     4
Pleasant Hill         1    0    —     3
Marist                 0    1    1      2
Thurston             0    1    1      1
Sheldon              0    1    1      0

Top Scorers (10-8-6-4-2)

Akerlund, CG 10
Offenbacher, PH 10
M. Smith, SP 10
Dunn, CG 8
Garcia, PH 8
Walton, SP 8

Highlight match was between Jace Akerlund of Cottage Grove (2004 League MVP) and Logan Bevans of Thurston (2003 League MVP)  The two dueled to a rook and pawns endgame but time pressure led to a mistake by Bevans and then his time expired leaving Akerlund the victor this time around.

This was a great kickoff to what looks like our most exciting season yet!

Mike