2004 NCCA Invitational Chess Championship
The participants for the 2004 Championship are Craig Jones, Frankie Newton, John Bidwell, Greg
Samsa, Neal Harris, and Vann Alan Patrick. The tournament will be played May 15-16 at Duke
University in the Physics building, Room 157.
Final Standings. Frankie Newton takes the championship title by tiebreaks (Sonneborn-Berger)
| Player | Rating |
Patrick | Samsa |
Harris | Jones |
Bidwell | Newton | Total |
| Patrick | 2054 |
* | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 |
3/5 |
| Samsa | 2203 |
0 | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 |
1.5/4 |
| Harris | 2200 |
0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1/5 |
| Jones | 2297 |
1/2 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 |
2.5/5 |
| Bidwell | 2234 |
1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 |
3.5/5 |
| Newton | 2242 |
1 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * |
3.5/5 |
Round 1
| White | Black | Result |
| Patrick | Samsa | 1-0 |
| Harris | Newton | 0-1 |
| Bidwell | Jones | 1-0 |
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Game of the Round: HARRIS vs. NEWTON
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bf4 dxe4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8
10. Qh6 a6 11. Bxc7 Bxc7 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Qxf6 Nxb4 14. Rc1 Nxa2 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nh3 Na2
18. Ng5 Rxg5 19. Qxg5 Nxc1 20. Qg8+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ f6 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qa3+ Kf7 24. c4 Rg8 25. Be2 Rxg2
26. Bh5+ Kg8 27. Kf1 Rg5 28. Be2 Qa5 29. Qb2 e5 30. h4 Rg7 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Qd2 Qa1+ 33. Bd1 Qa3
34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Bc2 Bh3+ 36. Ke1 Rd7 37. Rxh3 Qa1+ 38. Ke2 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Qd4 40. Bb3 f5 41. h5 f4
42. Kf1 f3 43. Kg1 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qb2 45. Kg3 Qxb3 46. d6 Qd5 White Resigns.
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Round 2
| White | Black | Result |
| Jones | Patrick | 1/2-1/2 |
| Samsa | Newton | 1/2-1/2 |
| Harris | Bidwell | 0-1 |
Round 3
| White | Black | Result |
| Patrick | Harris | 1-0 |
| Jones | Samsa | 1-0 |
| Newton | Bidwell | 1-0 |
Round 4
| White | Black | Result |
| Bidwell | Patrick | 1/2-1/2 |
| Samsa | Harris | 1-0 |
| Newton | Jones | 0-1 |
Round 5
| White | Black | Result |
| Patrick | Newton | 0-1 |
| Samsa | Bidwell | 0-1 |
| Harris | Jones | 1-0 |
Last year's final standings,
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