Cooper Wins Bill Smith Memorial With Perfect Score
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8/8/2011
Michael Cooper, winner of the Bill Smith Memorial.
The 2011 Bill Smith Memorial was held at Arcadia Chess Club between July 11 and August 8. This was a five round tournament, slightly
reduced from the six rounds that are the norm at our tournaments. An impressive total of 63 players competed, the number swelled by
many of our younger players being on summer break from school.
The tournament was won by Michael Cooper with a perfect 5/5 performance. Along the way he beat experts Gregg Fritchle (2025) and
David Argall (2017). Cooper's win helped him reclaim his expert rating as he gained more than 40 rating points to take him to a new
rating of 2037.
Five players tied for second place. Jesse Victoria (2073), Gregg Fritchle, David Argall, Alexander Xie (1930) and Phil Chase (1895) all
scored 4/5.
There were large rating gains for Jeff Schroeder (40 pts), Steven Niles (79 pts) and Bob Head (47 pts). Robert Sandoval and Mark Self also
gained a significant number of rating points but they currently both have provisional ratings that are subject to large fluctuations.
The next tournament is the Oak Tree Open, which will start on Monday, August 15.
