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	D9	W11	L4	2.5	8	9
11	Eric Barkmeyer	unr.	NORWOD		W31	D12	L10	W23	2.5	6.5	7.5
12	Jeffrey Sallade	1182	ABQ		W28	D11	L9	W31	2.5	6	7
13	Patrick E Malone	1246	REGES	15	D23	L7	W26	W15	2.5	6	7
14	John S Sarracino	917	LOSALA		W7	L5	L8	W26	2.0	6	10
15	Jeffrey D Goettee	522	LOSALA		B---	W8	L5	L13	2.0	5.5	8.5	Upset prize $30
16	Niccolo A Hilgendorf	1235	SFMATE	12	W19	L1	W23	L3	2.0	5	10.5
17	Michael Lou Space	unr.			L1	W20	W24	L8	2.0	5	10.5
18	Cindy K Hoang	1165	TAOS	13	W34	L4	W25	L7	2.0	4	7
19	Tim A Smith	1046	UWC		L16	W34	L6	W28	2.0	3	6
20	Douglas R Field	999			L5	L17	W34	W25	2.0	3	6
21	Daniel C Tellez	1187	SANTFE		L27	W30	W28	L6	2.0	2.5	6.5
22	Patrick Burke	1094	ABQ		L4	L25	W30	W29	2.0	2	6
23	Kelt D Leray	1083	TARA	11	D13	W33	L16	L11	1.5	5	7.5
24	Cole R Tuffli	1103	MTESOL	17	L6	W29	L17	H---	1.5	3	6
25	Wendel G Brown	787	LOSALA		L3	W22	L18	L20	1.0	6	9
26	Larry Tilley	547			L9	W32	L13	L14	1.0	5.5	8
27	Andres E Roybal	904	STMICH		W21	L2	L7	U---	1.0	5	9
28	Richard Waery	831	UWC	18	L12	W31	L21	L19	1.0	5	7.5
29	Janos Perez-Waller	879	SFHIGH	16	L8	L24	W32	L22	1.0	4.5	7.5
30	Aaron Blog	979	TARA	11	L2	L21	L22	W34	1.0	4	8
31	Samuel A Navarro	1105	NMACAD	16	L11	L28	W33	L12	1.0	4	6.5
32	Jeremy Jones	1039	STMICH	13	L10	L26	L29	W33	1.0	2.5	5
33	Matthew N Hilgendorf	940	SNTAFE		H---	L23	L31	L32	0.5	2	3.5
34	Alfredo Vigil	552	TAOSCT		L18	L19	L20	L30	0.0	5	7

13th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL (4/21/2007):  SCHOLASTIC (U/Age 19, Under 1100)
#	Name	Rtng	School	Age	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	Prize
1	Yunhao Yang	1036	NMACAD	16	W15	W5	W8	D2	3.5	7.5	8.5	Champion, Trophy + USCF + $100
2	Bailey Corry	1095	TAOS	12	W10	W3	D7	D1	3.0	9	11	2nd Trophy + USCF + $20
3	Gabriel Garcia	890	NMACAD	15	W6	L2	W13	W8	3.0	7.5	8.5	3rd Trophy + $20
4	Sarah Blog	1078	TARA	11	L5	W15	W12	W7	3.0	6.5	7.5	Top U/Age 14 Trophy + $20
5	Jack D Elliott	915	TAOS	11	W4	L1	D6	W13	2.5	9	10	Honorable Mention
6	Isaac Ewing	1052	BOSQUE	11	L3	W11	D5	W9	2.5	7.5	9	Honorable Mention
7	Luke R Malone	941	REGES	11	W11	W14	D2	L4	2.5	7.5	8.5	Honorable Mention
8	Luke Blain	797	REGES	14	W9	W12	L1	L3	2.0	5	10	Top Age 14-16 Trophy
9	Raul A McElroy	966	TAOS	12	L8	W16	W14	L6	2.0	3	5.5
10	Krishan P Bhakta	933	KAUNE	10	L2	L13	W16	W14	2.0	2	5
11	Chad R Frantz	233	QWESTH	12	L7	L6	W15	D12	1.5	5	7.5
12	Brady Barkmeyer	939	NORWOO	9	W16	L8	L4	D11	1.5	3.5	6.5
13	Michael C Brown	1016	BARRAN	12	L14	W10	L3	L5	1.0	5.5	8.5
14	Elizabeth Wasilewska	844	LAMID	14	W13	L7	L9	L10	1.0	5	7.5
15	Hunter Ewing	908	BOSQUE	14	L1	L4	L11	W16	1.0	4.5	8
16	Adam Minhas	unr.	SFHIGH	18	L12	L9	L10	L15	0.0	4.5	6.5

13^th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL (4/21/2007):  YOUTH UNDER 19 (Under 900)
#	Name	Rtng	School	Age	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	Prize
1	Arjun P Bhakta	815	KAUNE	9	W13	W12	W6	D2	3.5	8.5	10.5	Co-champion, Trophy + USCF + $30
2	Sam Goin	799	ACEQUI	9	W21	W11	W10	D1	3.5	7.5	8	Co-champion, Trophy + $30
3	Francisco Guevara	764	TAOS	11	W20	W14	D4	W10	3.5	6.5	7.5	Co-champion, Trophy + $30
4	Marcel Hagedorn	800	LACUEV	16	D5	W9	D3	W15	3.0	9	11	Top Age 14-16 Trophy
5	Luke A Freimanis	705	QWESTH	11	D4	W16	D8	W12	3.0	7.5	9	Top U/Age 14 Trophy
6	Cade W Cannedy	792	TAOS	9	W23	W19	L1	W11	3.0	6.5	6.5	Honorable Mention
7	Joshua Rog Lewis	743	NMACAD	12	W17	L10	W14	W13	3.0	5.5	6.5	Honorable Mention
8	Konrad Asprodites	835	TARA	10	L11	W21	D5	W16	2.5	6.5	7
9	Benjamin J Lewis	724	STMICH	12	D16	L4	W23	W22	2.5	5.5	5.5
10	Taylor Nic Vigil	857	ATALAY	12	W15	W7	L2	L3	2.0	6.5	12
11	Orion Rojas-Grainger	717	TAOS	8	W8	L2	W20	L6	2.0	5.5	10
12	Christop Sharfin	738	TAOS	12	W18	L1	W19	L5	2.0	4	8.5
13	Van R Leray	716	TARA	8	L1	W20	W18	L7	2.0	4	8.5
14	Miguel Bernardez	224	STMICH	14	B---	L3	L7	W19	2.0	4	7.5
15	Michael Landgraf	718	TAOS	11	L10	W17	W22	L4	2.0	3	7
16	Valentin Ulibarri	870	TIERRA	10	D9	L5	W21	L8	1.5	5.5	8.5
17	Israel Rodriguez	568	STMICH	15	L7	L15	B---	D18	1.5	3	6
18	Nick Ad Larranga	305	STMICH	14	L12	B---	L13	D17	1.5	3	5
19	Vicente Sierra	unr.	BERNAL	14	W22	L6	L12	L14	1.0	4.5	7.5
20	Johnathan Montoya	unr.	STMICH	14	L3	L13	L11	W23	1.0	4	7.5
21	Taylor Ellington	623	STMICH	13	L2	L8	L16	B---	1.0	4	7.5
22	Nathan M Quesada	734	STMICH		L19	W23	L15	L9	1.0	3	5.5
23	Ian Nespolo	unr.	BERNAL	14	L6	L22	L9	L20	0.0	4.5	7.5

13th ANNUAL PIR MALEKI MEMORIAL (4/21/2007): YOUTH UNDER 14 (Under 700)
#	Name	Rtng	School	Age	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot	TBrk [M]	TBrk [S]	Prize
1	Emma Thompson	693	SFMATE	9	W16	W7	W3	W4	4.0	8	9	Champion, Trophy + USCF + $30
2	Barrett H Meigs	699	INDEP1	9	W5	W8	D6	W10	3.5	7.5	9.5	2nd Trophy + $20
3	Alex Chris Alsop	650	TARA	8	W11	W10	L1	W6	3.0	8.5	10.5	3rd Trophy
4	Colin W Wilburn	621	CANYON	8	W17	W9	W8	L1	3.0	8	9	Top U/Age 9 Trophy
5	Samuel M Lewis	504	KEARNY	9	L2	W14	W9	W7	3.0	7.5	8.5	Top Age 9-10 Trophy
6	Noah L Lewis	640	THOREA	10	W14	W18	D2	L3	2.5	7.5	8
7	Philip Hurley	unr.	BERNAL	11	W13	L1	W11	L5	2.0	5	10.5	Honorable Mention
8	Catherine Vigil	580	STMARI	8	W15	L2	L4	W12	2.0	5	9.5
9	Cole W Space	unr.	JOHNBA	8	W12	L4	L5	W16	2.0	5	9
10	Daniel Baron	529	NMACAD	13	W19	L3	W13	L2	2.0	4.5	9
11	Rikko Navarrette	unr.	BERNAL	12	L3	W19	L7	W15	2.0	3	7
12	Halden Hyer	unr.	BERNAL	11	L9	W17	W15	L8	2.0	3	6
13	Jacob A Freimanis	100	QWESTH	13	L7	B---	L10	W14	2.0	3	5
14	Jacob Montoya	unr.	BERNAL	11	L6	L5	W17	L13	1.0	5	8
15	Cora Lyn Cannedy	363	TAOS	7	L8	W16	L12	L11	1.0	5	7
16	Isaiah Lucero	unr.	BERNAL	12	L1	L15	W18	L9	1.0	3.5	7.5
17	Luis Tena	unr.	BERNAL	12	L4	L12	L14	W18	1.0	3.5	6.5
18	Sophia E Lewis	100	KEARNY	6	B---	L6	L16	L17	1.0	2	4.5
19	Ci Lovato	unr.	BERNAL	13	L10	L11	U---	U---	0.0	2	4