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Colorado State Chess Association - History

Colorado Open Champions

1950   Jack Hursch 1951   Julius Partos 1952   Arthur Underwood, Jr. 1953   Jack Hursch 1954   Rudolph Petters 1955   E. Victor Traibush 1956   Claude Hillinger 1957   Sam Priebe 1958   George Pipiringos 1959   Hans Berliner 1960   Rudolph Petters 1961   George Pipiringos 1962   Richard Moore 1963   Robert G. Shean 1964   Robert G. Shean 1965   Wesley Koehler 1966   Wesley Koehler 1967   E. Victor Traibush 1968   Bill Riley 1969   Robert Wendling 1970   E. Victor Traibush 1971   Wesley Koehler 1972   Robert Wendling 1973   Donald C. Sutherland 1974   John L. Watson 1975   John L. Watson 1976   Curtis Carlson 1977   Brian Wall         1978   Randy Canney 1979   Dmitry Agrachov 1980   Robert Fordon 1981   Gerald Georges 1982   Eric Anderson 1983   David Rice 1984   James McCarty 1985   Alexander Fishbein 1986   Brian Lankey 1987   Alexander Fishbein 1988   Alexander Fishbein 1989   James McCarty 1990   Mikhail Ponomarev 1991   Randy Canney 1992   Michael Mulyar 1993   Michael Mulyar 1994   David Gliksman 1995   Michael Mulyar 1996   James McCarty 1997   Mikhail Ponomarev 1998   Renard Anderson 1999   Michael Valvo 2000   Michael Mulyar 2001   Michael Mulyar 2002   Paul Nikitovich 2003   Jim Hamblin 2004   Jesse Cohen 2005   Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2006   Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2006   Dashzegve Sharavdorj There is one, and only one, Colorado State Champion (no co-champions). This has been the precedent since 1950. Tie-breaks will be announced in advance of Round 1 and will break any ties in regards to the State title. Colorado Open should continue to take place on Labor Day weekend. Unrateds must play in the Open Section (to discourage unrateds from sandbagging and winning large class prizes). Unrateds can play in the Membership Open, which runs concurrently. Eligibility for Colorado Champions (Open and Closed): A resident is hereby defined as someone who has lived in Colorado for the last 6 months continuously, or 9 of the last 12 months. The CSCA will defer to military codes of residency for those in the Armed Forces. (from the CSCA Board 7/2004) Back to the History Mainpage.