SØREN ANDERSEN WINS 13^th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL Søren Andersen of Denmark won the 13^th Annual Pir Maleki Memorial Chess Tourney in a 15-minute playoff with Jeffrey Sundell of Albuquerque.  Each won $175.  Søren is a visiting graduate student in civil engineering at UNM.  He has no USCF rating but played under his Elo rating of 2046.  We are sorry such a talented player is leaving for his home country later this summer. It was the largest ever Pir Maleki Memorial, drawing 126 players from northern NM, including a few from CO and TX.  TDs Andy Nowak, Tom Blog, Dennis Hedges and co-organizer Alan Wicks of the UWC were up late on Friday scrambling for extra tables and processing last minute entries.  About three quarters of the participants were under age 20.  The United World College and the Northern Schools Chess League jointly sponsor the annual tourney. The large turnout allowed the overall prizes to be increased from the advertised $1300 to $1800.  In addition, the proceeds were used to help the state's Denker High School representative, Derick Arellano, and the state's Polgar girls representative, Deanna Kristek, towards their expenses to the US Open in New Jersey this summer.  They received $200 and $100 respectively.
13^th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL (4/21/2007):  PROFESSOR (Above 1600)
#	Name	Rtng	Locale	Age	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	TB [M]	TB [S]	Prize
1	Soren Andersen	2046	DENMAR		W7	W9	W4	3.0	3.5	4.5	Champion based on G/15 playoff.  Plaque + $175
2	Jeffrey M Sundell	1844	ABQ		W10	W3	W9	3.0	3	4	2nd $175
3	Stephen M Chase	2022	AMRLLO		W6	L2	W11	2.0	4.5	5.5
4	David Langlois	1850	LOSALA		W14	W13	L1	2.0	3.5	4	U2000 $50
5	Matt O Lofton	1856	AMRLLO		D8	D11	W10	2.0	2.5	3.5	U2000 $50
6	Nathan B Mensay	1818			L3	W8	D7	1.5	1.5	5
7	Frank Arizpe	1835	AMRLLO		L1	W14	D6	1.5	1.5	5
8	Robert Hampton	1700	ABQ		D5	L6	W13	1.5	1.5	4	U1800 $50
9	Silas Perry	1875	ABQ		W12	L1	L2	1.0	3.5	6.5
10	Brock Romero	1648	NMTECH		L2	W12	L5	1.0	2.5	5.5
11	Derrick Arellano	1795	PENASC	17	D13	D5	L3	1.0	2.5	4.5
12	Bill L Myers	1703	LOSALA		L9	L10	B---	1.0	1	2
13	Munir Hammad	1885	ABQ		D11	L4	L8	0.5	2.5	4.5
14	Douglas B Thigpen	1676	RUIDHS	16	L4	L7	U---	0.0	1.5	3.5

13th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL (4/21/2007):  TUTOR (1200-1699)
#	Name	Rtng	Locale	Age	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	Prize
1	Kyle Leeds-Tilley	1656	HOME1	17	W9	W5	W8	W4	4.0	7	9	Champion. Plaque + $150
2	Lazaro Cardenas	1563	TAOS	18	W12	D4	W6	W8	3.5	7	9	2nd $100
3	Andrew R Flores	1599	ABQ		L11	W19	W10	W9	3.0	6	6.5
4	Edward T Lu	1624	DSRTRG	13	W16	D2	W7	L1	2.5	10	11	U/Age 17 $20
5	Eliot R Ostling	1289	CNM	18	W15	L1	D14	W16	2.5	7	8	U1450 $60
6	John R Flores	1688	SWLERN	15	D19	W11	L2	W15	2.5	7	7.5	U/Age 17 $20
7	Jim A Johnston	1700	SANTFE		W14	D10	L4	W13	2.5	6	7.5
8	Emre Enginarlar	1608	SANTFE		W18	W13	L1	L2	2.0	5	10
9	Nakul Deshpande	1423	PENASC	16	L1	W17	W11	L3	2.0	5	9.5
10	Reuben Sbarge	1556			W17	D7	L3	D12	2.0	4.5	8
11	Broderick Dillon	1339	ELDORA		W3	L6	L9	W19	2.0	4.5	8	Upset prize $30
12	Albert Zuo	1362	ABQ	10	L2	W16	D15	D10	2.0	3.5	8
13	John W Baxter	1240	ABQ		B---	L8	W19	L7	2.0	2.5	5
14	Nathan Vigil	1447	ABQ		L7	X21	D5	H---	2.0	2.5	5
15	Craig A Lewis	1491	THOREA	15	L5	W18	D12	L6	1.5	5.5	8
16	Deanna B Kristek	1388	HORIZO	13	L4	L12	W17	L5	1.0	5	7.5
17	John Sarracino	1308	STMICH	15	L10	L9	L16	B---	1.0	3	5
18	Jerry L Nabb	1371	SNTAFE		L8	L15	B---	U---	1.0	1.5	3.5
19	Max Mat Schiller	1432	SFHIGH	18	D6	L3	L13	L11	0.5	6	9
21	Jim P Gallegos	1331	SNTAFE		U---	F14	U---	U---	0.0	0	0

13^th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL (4/21/2007):  SOPHOMORE (1200-1699)
#	Name	Rtng	Locale	Age	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	Prize
1	Claire Jarmosevich	1095	SANTFE		W17	W16	W4	W9	4.0	7.5	9.5	Co-champion Plaque + $115
2	Michael T Martinson	1214	TAOSCT		W30	W27	W3	W5	4.0	7.5	8.5	Co-champion $115
3	Jeffrey M Serna	1172	TAOS	13	W25	W6	L2	W16	3.0	9	10	U/Age 17 $15
4	Benjamin Albin	1252	SFMATE	10	W22	W18	L1	W10	3.0	8.5	10.5	U/Age 13 $20
5	Christopher Cruz	1223	TAOS	15	W20	W14	W15	L2	3.0	8	9.5	U/Age 17 $15
6	Hizir C Erez	unr.	UWC	16	W24	L3	W19	W21	3.0	7	8.5	Top UR $30
7	Gabriel R Ewing	1210	BOSQUE	13	L14	W13	W27	W18	3.0	6.5	8	U/Age 17 $15
8	Timothy M Martinson	1183	TAOS	12	W29	L15	W14	W17	3.0	5.5	6.5	U/Age 13 $20
9	Clayton M Space	1122	JOHNBA	10	W26	D10	W12	L1	2.5	9	10
10	Samuel Thompson	1223	SFMATE	12	W32