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Larry Evans Memorial 2012, round 5

by scribe | Apr 8, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, tournaments

Just like the NCAA basketball tournament, the first annual Larry Evans Memorial had a lot of upsets early, but as the tournament wears on the cream rises to the top. The early Cinderella was Cameron Wheeler (2126), who defeated FM Viswesh Kameswaran (2319) and IM Eric...

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