2007 Utah Blitz Championship Results
Ivan Martynenko and Tony Chen finished with 11/14 in the Blitz Championship
to share the 1st and 2nd place prize money, giving them $90 each. Ivan then
beat Tony in a playoff.
Class prizes were as follows:
U1800 tie--Janice Chen, Shahram Nazarinia, Frank Rockwood and Alex Hall.
U1600 tie--David Buck, Kevin Keyes, Colin Chen
U1400 tie--Benjamin Tesch, Michael Thompson
U1200/UNR Steven Papalia with 7.5/14
Josh Smith, a former state champion, was leading through the 5th round but
finished 1/2 point out of the money at 10.5. Vanel Sanchez, finishing with
10 and Stephen Gordon with 9.5 also did well. Congradulations to all the
winners and participants. It was a fun tournament.