The 2009 May Open was held on May 2, 2009 at the Grande Prairie Chess Club. We had 7 players competing in the final tournament before the Club Championship. North Alton whose rating just went over 1100 was invited to play in the tournament by David Miller and North accepted. Because we had 7 players, North received a bye in the first round. He then played 2 fine games losing to Tim Pradzinski and David Miller. In his game with David, he was up a piece when David blundered but was unable to put him away. Wade Caughlin was once again in fine form and finished tied for 1st with Tim Pradzinski who was able to beat Dean Johnson in a tough endgame battle in the final round. Road Warrior Chris White came in from LaCrete to compete but didn't have the result that he was hoping for finishing with 1/3. Chris White will be competing for the Club Championship on May 23-24, 2009 and I am sure he will be looking for revenge.
The results were as follows:
- Tim Pradzinski (1960) - 2.5/3
- Wade Caughlin (1814) - 2.5/3
- David Miller (1468) - 2/3
- Rob Nisbet (1793) - 1.5/3
- Dean Johnson (1772) - 1.5/3
- Chris White (1814) - 1/3
- North Alton (1110) - 1/3
