Fuentes, Gallegos and Sun Win Mechanics’ Stamer Memorial
By John Donaldson
Reprinted with permission.
From the Mechanics’ Institute
Newsletter. For games and
additional details about the
event please visits:
www.chessclub.org
The 51st Stamer
Memorial held June 7 and 8
ended in a three-way tie for
first among National Masters
Romy Fuentes and Paul
Gallegos plus
Expert Jerome Sun. The
three winners, who scored 5–1
and took home $283.33
apiece, reached their scores by
different
routes. Gallegos won his first
four games, including wins
over Sun in round three
and Fuentes in round four,
before taking half-point byes
the last two rounds.
Fuentes beat IM Elliott
Winslow in a long hard
game in the last round,
while Sun won quickly over
fellow Expert Uyanga
Byambaa.
IM Winslow, Ganesh
Viswanath and Arunesh
Saras tied for third at 4½–
1½, taking home $141.66
for =3rd, 1st under 2000
and first under 1800.
The big rating gainers in the
47-player field
were Christopher
Woojin Yoo, going from
1287 to 1459 (172 points),
and Lorraine
Eastham from 1038 to
1205 (167 points).
51st Annual
Stamer Memorial
1-2
Paul Gallegos
Romulo Fuentes
Jerome Sun*
3
Elliott Winslow
Ganesh Viswanath**
Arunesh Saras***
U1600 Simona Nayberg
Christophery Yoo****
U1200 Advait Namburi
Lorraine Eastham
5
4.5
3.5
*This player also won U2200
**This player also won U2000
***This player also won U1800
****This player also won U1400
Page 27
CalChess Journal
Summer 2014