Archive for March 26th, 2009

Aronian wins Amber 2009!

Posted in Amber, Europe, France, Tournaments on Mar 26th, 2009 1 Comment »

GMs Levon Aronian and Gabriel Sargissian at 2008 Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Armenia’s Levon Aronian won the Amber tournament for the 2nd consecutive year by winning both the blindfold and the rapid events. Vladimir Kramnik, arguably the world’s best blindfold player and Viswanathan Anand, arguably the world’s best rapid player, tied [...]

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Phillips is Louisiana G/30 Champ

Posted in Drum Majors on Mar 26th, 2009 13 Comments »

The 2009 Louisiana G/30 Championship was held on Saturday, March 14 at the Baton Rouge Bridge Center. Thirty-four players attended to make this the largest G/30 event in recent history. Rene Phillips swept with a perfect 5/5 score and an incredible 2518 performance rating to become the new Louisiana G/30 Champion. In the final round, [...]

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