The Octopus wins the Idaho Open

The Octopus

Greg Nowak (a.k.a. the octopus) wins the Idaho Open with 3.5 points.  Mr. Nowak is from Montana and appreciates his nickname so much that bumper stickers were made in his honor:  "I lost to the Octopus, but I his genius rubbed off!"

Sean Manross(left) came from Cali to play

Other than being so tired after coaching soccer and then driving 3 hours to the tournament, I cannot explain my Saturday losses, but I am very glad that I ended in 8th place after Sundays wins.  Whew!  I was ready to hang up my kings and queens after this confidence shaker!

Miles and Desmond learned a lot at  this tournament

Overall, the tournament was very hard with a tough Utah contingent of kids and adults that rattled the Idaho regulars and brought much needed diversity of play to the Open. 

Open Section
##	Player	ST	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Score	Prize
1	Gregory W. Nowak	MT	2114	W7	D2	-H-	W6	D3	3½	1st
2	Sean Manross	CA	1906	W6	D1	W3	L4	D5	3	2nd-5th (tie)
3	Alan E. Kobernat	CA	2021	-H-	W5	L2	W8	D1	3	2nd-5th (tie)
4	Frank Niro	OR	1700	-H-	W8	L6	W2	D7	3	2nd-5th (tie)
5	Gary Owen	WY	1589	-B-	L3	D7	W9	D2	3	2nd-5th (tie)
6	Fred Bartell	ID	1600	L2	-B-	W4	L1	D8	2½
7	Barry D. Eacker	ID	1612	L1	W9	D5	-H-	D4	2½
8	Clancey George Black	UT	1233	-H-	L4	W9	L3	D6	2
9	Stephen Rex Black	UT	1194	-H-	L7	L8	L5	-B-	1½

U1400 Reserve Section
##	Player	ST	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Score	Prize
1	Gary Hollingsworth	ID	1277	-H-	W7	W10	W6	D3	4	1st
2	Rhett Stephens	ID	455	D5	W4	W12	L3	W6	3½	2nd-3rd (tie)
3	Matthew McConnell	ID	Unr.	L10	W14	W9	W2	D1	3½	2nd-3rd (tie)
4	Miles Perry Hendrix	ID	1085	-H-	L2	W7	W12	D5	3
5	Rannyn R. Stephens	ID	Unr.	D2	L13	W8	D11	D4	2½
6	Gatlin Scott Black	UT	760	-H-	W8	W11	L1	L2	2½
7	Desmond Porth	ID	715	-H-	L1	L4	W14	W12	2½
8	Adam Porth	ID	1312	-H-	L6	L5	W9	W11	2½
9	Nicholas Marc Harrison	ID	647	W13	L10	L3	L8	W14	2
10	Cindy Hanson	ID	Unr.	W3	W9	L1	-N-	-N-	2
11	Carly Sophia Atkinson	UT	160	-B-	D12	L6	D5	L8	2
12	Jacob Ari Nathan	ID	Unr.	W14	D11	L2	L4	L7	1½
13	Jared Lee Arp	ID	Unr.	L9	W5	-N-	-N-	-N-	1
14	Robert Perkel	ID	Unr.	L12	L3	-H-	L7	L9	½