9th Annual Southern Class Championships!
April 23-25, 2010:
Nashville, Tennessee
Final Standings: Master-Expert Section
| # | Name | USCF ID | Rating | New Rating |
State | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | Prize |
| 1 | GM Jaan Ehlvest | 12514557 | 2669 | 2668 | NY | W9 | W4 | W16 | W2 | D5 | 4½ | $827 First Place! |
| 2 | Bradley J Denton | 12739656 | 2229 | 2251 | AL | W23 | W25 | W20 | L1 | W10 | 4 | $394 |
| 3 | IM Ronald Burnett | 12093120 | 2408 | 2396 | TN | W6 | L17 | D19 | W23 | W15 | 3½ | $118 |
| 4 | IM Emory A Tate | 11126545 | 2390 | 2393 | CA | W24 | L1 | W25 | D5 | W16 | 3½ | $118 |
| 5 | FM Peter Bereolos | 11414966 | 2325 | 2333 | TN | D7 | W21 | W17 | D4 | D1 | 3½ | $118 |
| 6 | Kevin Y Cao | 12905349 | 2166 | 2175 | MO | L3 | W26 | W28 | W20 | D7 | 3½ | $289 |
| 7 | Sean Vibbert | 21004359 | 2110 | 2129 | IN | D5 | W15 | D12 | W17 | D6 | 3½ | $289 |
| 8 | Doug Hyatt | 12581280 | 2044 | 2084 | TN | D15 | W30 | D10 | D16 | W13 | 3½ | $289 |
| 9 | Joshua Suich | 12707426 | 2166 | 2172 | TN | L1 | L18 | W32 | W25 | W19 | 3 | |
| 10 | Mark W Dejmek | 12350320 | 2130 | 2128 | TX | D21 | W27 | D8 | W12 | L2 | 3 | |
| 11 | Luke Hellwig | 12860259 | 2028 | 2059 | AL | L16 | D14 | D30 | W29 | W18 | 3 | |
| 12 | Edgar Davison | 12659000 | 1916 | 1953 | TN | D31 | W29 | D7 | L10 | W27 | 3 | |
| 13 | Gerald A Larson | 10422159 | 2174 | 2163 | AL | L20 | D23 | W21 | W24 | L8 | 2½ | |
| 14 | Joe C Jones Jr | 10242096 | 2157 | 2145 | TN | L25 | D11 | H--- | W28 | D17 | 2½ | |
| 15 | Will T Stevenson | 12857774 | 2157 | 2149 | AL | D8 | L7 | W27 | W22 | L3 | 2½ | |
| 16 | David A Justice | 12814183 | 2150 | 2152 | TN | W11 | W22 | L1 | D8 | L4 | 2½ | |
| 17 | Jerry Spinrad | 12409131 | 2005 | 2038 | TN | W18 | W3 | L5 | L7 | D14 | 2½ | |
| 18 | Kenneth J Holroyd | 10189322 | 2211 | 2191 | TN | L17 | W9 | D24 | D19 | L11 | 2 | |
| 19 | Matthew L Marsh | 12843523 | 2111 | 2107 | TN | W28 | L20 | D3 | D18 | L9 | 2 | |
| 20 | Bill Hall | 12397673 | 2095 | 2102 | TN | W13 | W19 | L2 | L6 | U--- | 2 | |
| 21 | Timothy Brookshear | 10215994 | 2002 | 1998 | GA | D10 | L5 | L13 | D26 | B--- | 2 | |
| 22 | Daniel Fleetwood | 10284180 | 1852 | 1857 | TN | B--- | L16 | D29 | L15 | D26 | 2 | |
| 23 | Donny Gray | 10381878 | 2110 | 2109 | GA | L2 | D13 | W26 | L3 | U--- | 1½ | |
| 24 | Anuprita A Patil | 13119673 | 2051 | 2046 | GA | L4 | B--- | D18 | L13 | U--- | 1½ | |
| 25 | Gary D Newsom | 10245141 | 2050 | 2046 | NC | W14 | L2 | L4 | L9 | D28 | 1½ | |
| 26 | Peter D Suich | 12779311 | 2005 | 1995 | TN | D29 | L6 | L23 | D21 | D22 | 1½ | |
| 27 | Anthony L Crawley | 10248426 | 1933 | 1919 | TN | D30 | L10 | L15 | B--- | L12 | 1½ | |
| 28 | Joseph Mooney | 12488365 | 1900 | 1892 | TN | L19 | B--- | L6 | L14 | D25 | 1½ | |
| 29 | FM Jerry T Wheeler | 10242126 | 2200 | 2168 | TN | D26 | L12 | D22 | L11 | U--- | 1 | |
| 30 | Bryan Tillis | 12893033 | 2128 | 2113 | AL | D27 | L8 | D11 | U--- | U--- | 1 | |
| 31 | Joe Mooney | 12488365 | 1900 | 1901 | TN | D12 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | ½ | |
| 32 | Don Bloomquist Jr | 12486645 | 1881 | 1878 | TN | U--- | U--- | L9 | U--- | U--- | 0 |
Final Standings: Class A Section
| # | Name | USCF ID | Rating | New Rating |
State | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | Prize |
| 1 | James D Pollitt | 12548696 | 1920 | 1960 | IN | W14 | W5 | W13 | W9 | D2 | 4½ | $630 |
| 2 | Roger D Johnson r/e | 10388139 | 1949 | 1982 | IN | W11 | W6 | H--- | W4 | D1 | 4 | $236 |
| 3 | Marco Belitz | 13821258 | 1878 | 1896 | TN | L5 | W14 | W8 | W13 | W7 | 4 | $236 |
| 4 | Jeffrey J Kovalic r/e | 12467445 | 1936 | 1942 | TN | W18 | W19 | D10 | L2 | W9 | 3½ | $40 |
| 5 | Alan M McCormick | 12778990 | 1730 | 1814 | TN | W3 | L1 | W16 | W10 | H--- | 3½ | $40 |
| 6 | Josh Salter | 12890290 | 1916 | 1915 | TN | W8 | L2 | L7 | W14 | W11 | 3 | |
| 7 | Zaki M Tanas r/e | 13656491 | 1853 | 1855 | TN | L19 | W18 | W6 | W12 | L3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Taylor M Bagley | 12927148 | 1762 | 1787 | KY | L6 | W11 | L3 | W18 | W13 | 3 | |
| 9 | James R Linholm | 12269580 | 1943 | 1940 | AL | D12 | W16 | W15 | L1 | L4 | 2½ | |
| 10 | Andrew J Crigger | 12578723 | 1808 | 1844 | TN | W17 | W15 | D4 | L5 | U--- | 2½ | |
| 11 | Paul J Smith | 12561474 | 1806 | 1795 | TN | L2 | L8 | W18 | W19 | L6 | 2 | |
| 12 | Aaron Smith | 12851863 | 1796 | 1781 | TN | D9 | L13 | W19 | L7 | D14 | 2 | |
| 13 | Corry L Marsh | 12843522 | 1708 | 1702 | TN | B--- | W12 | L1 | L3 | L8 | 2 | |
| 14 | Margaret M Hua | 13289400 | 1777 | 1755 | MO | L1 | L3 | B--- | L6 | D12 | 1½ | |
| 15 | Timothy M Holman | 12049210 | 1996 | 1980 | OH | W20 | L10 | L9 | U--- | U--- | 1 | |
| 16 | Christian Chavez | 12894852 | 1963 | 1946 | TN | W21 | L9 | L5 | U--- | U--- | 1 | |
| 17 | Roger D Johnson | 10388139 | 1949 | 1936 | IN | L10 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1 | |
| 18 | Reece E Thompson | 13742970 | 1782 | 1751 | GA | L4 | L7 | L11 | L8 | W19 | 1 | |
| 19 | Benjamin Levine | 13544181 | 1619 | 1613 | TN | W7 | L4 | L12 | L11 | L18 | 1 | |
| 20 | Jeffrey J Kovalic | 12467445 | 1936 | 1927 | TN | L15 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 | |
| 21 | Zaki M Tanas | 13656491 | 1853 | 1844 | TN | L16 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 |
Final Standings: Class B Section
| # | Name | USCF ID | Rating | New Rating |
State | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | Prize |
| 1 | Ali H Alataiwi | 13746224 | 1759 | 1843 | TN | W11 | W14 | W2 | W6 | W7 | 5 | $630 |
| 2 | Salvatore Neglia | 12939260 | 1731 | 1795 | TN | W12 | W5 | L1 | W9 | W6 | 4 | $315 |
| 3 | Timothy G Nesham | 10259193 | 1776 | 1770 | MO | D7 | L9 | W17 | D13 | W12 | 3 | $47 |
| 4 | William Nesham | 13135370 | 1767 | 1766 | MO | W20 | W13 | L6 | D7 | D5 | 3 | $47 |
| 5 | Ashraf Armanios | 14094777 | 1756 | 1758 | TN | W19 | L2 | W15 | D12 | D4 | 3 | $47 |
| 6 | Rommel Thornton | 12636097 | 1740 | 1749 | TN | W16 | W8 | W4 | L1 | L2 | 3 | $47 |
| 7 | Brian L Moore | 12728357 | 1686 | 1713 | NC | D3 | W20 | W10 | D4 | L1 | 3 | $47 |
| 8 | Bin Li | 13511415 | 1764 | 1745 | TN | W15 | L6 | L12 | W16 | D13 | 2½ | |
| 9 | Guy W Jackson | 12563070 | 1738 | 1729 | VA | L13 | W3 | W14 | L2 | D11 | 2½ | |
| 10 | Rafi Chowdhury | 13852335 | 1711 | 1688 | TN | D17 | X18 | L7 | D11 | D14 | 2½ | |
| 11 | Jason Fu | 13103964 | 1701 | 1698 | TN | L1 | W17 | D13 | D10 | D9 | 2½ | |
| 12 | Coty S Phillips | 21016778 | 1662 | 1676 | TN | L2 | W19 | W8 | D5 | L3 | 2½ | |
| 13 | Terrence A Lee | 12577812 | 1604 | 1643 | TN | W9 | L4 | D11 | D3 | D8 | 2½ | |
| 14 | Joseph C Stafford | 12945706 | 1514 | 1582 | TN | W18 | L1 | L9 | W15 | D10 | 2½ | |
| 15 | J Robert Mahan | 10199204 | 1650 | 1634 | VA | L8 | W16 | L5 | L14 | W20 | 2 | |
| 16 | Chad Moody | 13311170 | 1482 | 1509 | NC | L6 | L15 | W20 | L8 | W17 | 2 | |
| 17 | Zachary A Moore | 12667690 | 1579 | 1564 | TN | D10 | L11 | L3 | W20 | L16 | 1½ | |
| 18 | Elion B King | 13193901 | 1772 | 1753 | TN | L14 | F10 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 | |
| 19 | Robert Presswood | 12031640 | 1672 | 1647 | TN | L5 | L12 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 | |
| 20 | Rick D Rohdenburg | 12400680 | 1672 | 1601 | GA | L4 | L7 | L16 | L17 | L15 | 0 |
Final Standings: Class C Section
| # | Name | USCF ID | Rating | New Rating |
State | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | Prize |
| 1 | Michael Robertson | 13841225 | 1451 | 1618 | TN | W4 | W3 | W9 | W6 | D2 | 4½ | $630 |
| 2 | Jeff Baudendistel | 12466039 | 1537 | 1602 | MS | W17 | D7 | W18 | W13 | D1 | 4 | $315 |
| 3 | Jeffrey B Burrows | 12716613 | 1589 | 1596 | TN | W12 | L1 | D16 | W19 | W5 | 3½ | $118 |
| 4 | Kyle A Salzgeber | 13565207 | 1551 | 1585 | MS | L1 | W15 | W12 | D10 | W6 | 3½ | $118 |
| 5 | Aravind Ganapathy | 13106607 | 1535 | 1539 | MO | L6 | W19 | W7 | W11 | L3 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sanchit Wadhawan | 13399514 | 1491 | 1533 | TN | W5 | W11 | W10 | L1 | L4 | 3 | |
| 7 | Chris Prosser | 12604225 | 1463 | 1519 | TN | W13 | D2 | L5 | W15 | D9 | 3 | |
| 8 | Anthony Cheak | 12415761 | 1420 | 1466 | FL | W14 | L10 | L11 | W17 | W16 | 3 | |
| 9 | Victor W Suich | 12732019 | 1577 | 1561 | TN | H--- | W20 | L1 | D16 | D7 | 2½ | |
| 10 | Doyle W Lobaugh | 12437813 | 1522 | 1527 | TX | W21 | W8 | L6 | D4 | U--- | 2½ | |
| 11 | Nicole J Belitz | 12772734 | 1505 | 1502 | TN | W22 | L6 | W8 | L5 | D12 | 2½ | |
| 12 | John Maddox III | 14090203 | 1491 | 1494 | TN | L3 | W14 | L4 | W20 | D11 | 2½ | |
| 13 | David Bertram | 12601971 | 1582 | 1563 | TN | L7 | W17 | W20 | L2 | U--- | 2 | |
| 14 | David C Mooney | 20069105 | 1528 | 1488 | MS | L8 | L12 | L15 | W21 | W19 | 2 | |
| 15 | B Wieb Van Der Meer | 12552192 | 1523 | 1492 | TN | L20 | L4 | W14 | L7 | W21 | 2 | |
| 16 | Michael P Sansom | 12543537 | 1468 | 1444 | TN | B--- | L18 | D3 | D9 | L8 | 2 | |
| 17 | James P Watkins | 12365700 | 1435 | 1412 | GA | L2 | L13 | W24 | L8 | W20 | 2 | |
| 18 | Richard McDonald r/e | 14213948 | 1476 | 1479 | TN | H--- | W16 | L2 | U--- | U--- | 1½ | |
| 19 | Ollie J Mc Adoo | 14435567 | unr. | 1273 | TN | H--- | L5 | W21 | L3 | L14 | 1½ | |
| 20 | Michael Salzgeber | 13721183 | 1406 | 1378 | MS | W15 | L9 | L13 | L12 | L17 | 1 | |
| 21 | Jacob Z Slepian | 12938944 | 1316 | 1271 | OH | L10 | W23 | L19 | L14 | L15 | 1 | |
| 22 | Richard McDonald | 14213948 | 1476 | 1458 | TN | L11 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 | |
| 23 | Steven A Boggs | 12899917 | 896 | 890 | TN | U--- | L21 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 | |
| 24 | Ronit V Patel | 14396212 | 295 | 294 | KY | U--- | U--- | L17 | U--- | U--- | 0 |
Final
Standings: Class D Section
| # | Name | USCF ID | Rating | New Rating |
State | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | Prize |
| 1 | Modesto Garcia | 12696860 | 1381 | 1483 | TN | W11 | D3 | W8 | W16 | W6 | 4½ | $433 |
| 2 | Scott A Mc Cormick | 12860598 | 1379 | 1443 | TN | W19 | W15 | W21 | W6 | H--- | 4½ | $433 |
| 3 | Alvin Zhang | 14012735 | 1268 | 1383 | TN | W22 | D1 | W4 | W17 | D9 | 4 | $158 |
| 4 | Randall Vaughn | 12915612 | 1376 | 1374 | TN | H--- | W25 | L3 | W21 | W15 | 3½ | $40 |
| 5 | Isabel R Gellert | 13399520 | 1274 | 1303 | TN | W24 | L6 | W10 | D15 | W13 | 3½ | $40 |
| 6 | John M Treadwell | 12447056 | 1369 | 1381 | GA | W26 | W5 | W16 | L2 | L1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Nayshil Dalal | 14282303 | 1298 | 1275 | TN | W13 | L21 | L15 | W23 | W20 | 3 | |
| 8 | Haile M Gill | 12910398 | 1294 | 1320 | AL | W14 | D10 | L1 | D20 | W17 | 3 | |
| 9 | Alexander C Qin | 13298561 | 1284 | 1286 | TN | L15 | W20 | D13 | W14 | D3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Michael W White | 11453406 | 1385 | 1353 | TN | D25 | D8 | L5 | W19 | D12 | 2½ | |
| 11 | Kevin Hong | 13787313 | 1253 | 1231 | TN | L1 | D17 | W24 | L13 | W21 | 2½ | |
| 12 | Beverly Woolsey | 12493822 | 1247 | 1240 | CA | L16 | W23 | L17 | W24 | D10 | 2½ | |
| 13 | James T Hodge | 12093150 | 1201 | 1196 | TN | L7 | B--- | D9 | W11 | L5 | 2½ | |
| 14 | Michael Meekins | 12903204 | 1131 | 1160 | SC | L8 | D26 | W25 | L9 | W23 | 2½ | |
| 15 | Jake Wilson | 12915897 | 1035 | 1170 | TN | W9 | L2 | W7 | D5 | L4 | 2½ | |
| 16 | Jeremy E Banta | 13740073 | 1394 | 1386 | GA | W12 | W18 | L6 | L1 | U--- | 2 | |
| 17 | Paul Justice | 12844683 | 1335 | 1302 | TN | D20 | D11 | W12 | L3 | L8 | 2 | |
| 18 | Michael F Prezkop | 12680719 | 1319 | 1327 | OH | W23 | L16 | W19 | U--- | U--- | 2 | |
| 19 | Timothy R Martindale | 12768993 | 1236 | 1224 | TN | L2 | W22 | L18 | L10 | W25 | 2 | |
| 20 | James N Hodge | 13731257 | 1230 | 1221 | TN | D17 | L9 | W26 | D8 | L7 | 2 | |
| 21 | Kyle A Wright | 13320770 | 799 | 872 | IL | B--- | W7 | L2 | L4 | L11 | 2 | |
| 22 | Matthew F Ireland | 14104576 | unr. | 1063 | VA | L3 | L19 | L23 | W25 | W24 | 2 | |
| 23 | Paul B Ingram | 13039511 | 1161 | 1115 | NC | L18 | L12 | W22 | L7 | L14 | 1 | |
| 24 | Steven A Boggs | 12899917 | 896 | 866 | TN | L5 | B--- | L11 | L12 | L22 | 1 | |
| 25 | James Richards Jr | 12554716 | 1223 | 1148 | TN | D10 | L4 | L14 | L22 | L19 | ½ | |
| 26 | Timothy P Staley | 12625534 | 1212 | 1176 | GA | L6 | D14 | L20 | U--- | U--- | ½ |
Final Standings: Class E Section!
| # | Name | USCF ID | Rating | New Rating |
State | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | Prize |
| 1 | Schuyler M Read | 12869197 | 1127 | 1286 | KY | W18 | W12 | W16 | W7 | W6 | 5 | $315 |
| 2 | Jesse Austen | 14282318 | 1091 | 1174 | TN | W15 | W5 | D9 | D3 | W7 | 4 | $236 |
| 3 | Suhas Bobba | 13809858 | 1009 | 1038 | MO | L12 | W20 | W15 | D2 | W8 | 3½ | $118 |
| 4 | Dylan Haworth | 13097666 | 898 | 1079 | TN | L6 | W13 | D17 | W9 | W11 | 3½ | $118 |
| 5 | Jason Dominguez | 13491610 | 1194 | 1163 | MS | W13 | L2 | L8 | W20 | W14 | 3 | |
| 6 | Martin T Winters | 14004495 | 1158 | 1165 | TN | W4 | W14 | L7 | W16 | L1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Weston Sharpe | 13877665 | 1093 | 1141 | TN | W11 | W8 | W6 | L1 | L2 | 3 | |
| 8 | Chris M Bealer | 14187914 | 987 | 1062 | IN | W10 | L7 | W5 | W14 | L3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Chris Martindale | 12709524 | 1182 | 1146 | TN | W19 | L16 | D2 | L4 | W13 | 2½ | |
| 10 | Ariel Torres | 14201862 | 1043 | 1016 | KY | L8 | D11 | L13 | W15 | W17 | 2½ | |
| 11 | David Reitz | 11372457 | 1015 | 1010 | MO | L7 | D10 | W19 | W17 | L4 | 2½ | |
| 12 | Roy B Manners | 12649484 | 1188 | 1126 | TN | W3 | L1 | L14 | L13 | W18 | 2 | |
| 13 | Adrian H Gellert | 13692672 | 1018 | 1021 | TN | L5 | L4 | W10 | W12 | L9 | 2 | |
| 14 | Cheng Zhou | 13897062 | 978 | 967 | AL | W20 | L6 | W12 | L8 | L5 | 2 | |
| 15 | Langjie, R Yuan | 14262886 | 427 | 543 | TN | L2 | W19 | L3 | L10 | W20 | 2 | |
| 16 | Ranjan S Mehta | 14258660 | unr. | 1133 | AL | W17 | W9 | L1 | L6 | U--- | 2 | |
| 17 | Vincent Zhang | 14012720 | 1047 | 988 | TN | L16 | W18 | D4 | L11 | L10 | 1½ | |
| 18 | Harrison Zumwalt | 13405875 | 655 | 697 | TN | L1 | L17 | H--- | W19 | L12 | 1½ | |
| 19 | Leonard Bloom | 14141050 | 913 | 799 | TN | L9 | L15 | L11 | L18 | B--- | 1 | |
| 20 | Ronit V Patel | 14396212 | 295 | 279 | KY | L14 | L3 | B--- | L5 | L15 | 1 |
Tied Players Are Listed Above In Order Of Their Pre-Tournament Ratings