CAPTAIN ANCHOVY CC’S THIRD BLITZ TOURNAMENT

By Kerry Lawless

 

When the Captain Anchovy Pizza Parlor first opened in Palma Plaza (136th & East 14th) in the fall of 1977, it was only two blocks from where I lived. Naturally I approached the owner and asked him whether I could setup a chess club there. He not only agreed to let us play till midnight, but offered to donate prizes to any events we might have. Since I was already running the Monday night San Leandro Chess Club, most of its members migrated to the Wednesday night Captain Anchovy CC as well. I ran several free blitz tournaments with pizza prizes which were very well received. For the 3rd blitz tourney, I decided to widen the playing field and invited players from San Francisco and Berkeley. The tournament was held on Wednesday, February 8, 1978. The entry fee was $1. Before the tournament started, Hollywood expert Bruce Foreman said he was of master strength and should be paired with a 2200 rating instead of 2067 … Dennis Fritzinger objected. As it was a round robin and was irrelevant, I wrote down both ratings which pleased both.

 

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PLAYER

RATING

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Total

1

Tracy, Joe

1977

xxx

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

12

2

Foreman, Bruce

2067

1

xxx

1

0

0.5

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

11.5

3

Fritzinger, Dennis

2273

1

0

xxx

1

0

0.5

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

10.5

4

Arne, Mike

1841

0

1

0

xxx

1

0.5

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

9.5

5

Symonds, Norman

2050

0

0.5

1

0

xxx

0.5

1

0.5

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

9.5

6

Sanchez, Gabriel

2138

0

1

0.5

0.5

0.5

xxx

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

8.5

7

Smith, David

1936

0

0

0

1

0

1

xxx

1

0

0

0.5

1

1

1

1

7.5

8

Anderson, Mike

1853

0

0

0

0

0.5

1

0

xxx

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

7.5

9

Garmendia, Luchio

1719

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

xxx

0

1

1

1

1

1

7

10

Buff, Jim

1882

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

xxx

0.5

0

1

1

1

6.5

11

Padovani, Mike

1852

0

0

0

1

0

1

0.5

0

0

0.5

xxx

1

0

1

1

6

12

Phillips, Robert

1983

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

xxx

1

1

1

5

13

Steiner, Brian

1641

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

xxx

1

1

3

14

Evans, James

1635

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

xxx

1

1

15

Hibbeler, Fred

UNR

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

xxx

0

 

The 1st prize of $7.50 and a large pizza went to Joe Tracy. The 2nd prize of $4.50 and a medium pizza went to Bruce Foreman. The 3rd prize of $3.00 and a small pizza went to NM Dennis Fritzinger. Mike Arne’s 4th place showing came as no surprise to anyone; he’d been having solid expert results and his rating hadn’t caught up. Joe Tracy’s 1st place showing, however, was a surprise. Seems that he’d been hanging around with the Whitehead brothers and playing thousands of speed games … definitely underrated! All three winners shared the pizza with everyone and a good time was had by all.