4-Way Tie in Tulsa Open 2005

Four players split the 19-20 March 05 Tulsa Open money for the Open and A-Class prizes. Jason Kalivas, Anthony Paolercio, John Dunlap and Chuck Unruh all tied for first place with four points. Jason took home 32 new rating points after defeating 2000 rated Robert Feldstein of New York in the 4^th round and playing Master Chuck Unruh to a draw in the last round. Feldstein won a tournament in Enid, Oklahoma the previous day and decided to join the Tulsa Open in the 4th round as a house player in the 2.5 point score group.

The C-Class winner was Chris Hunt with 3.5 points after an exciting 5^th round battle with B player Destiny Sawyer. His current rating jumped from 1546 to 1607 after an outstanding tournament. Robert Talbot and David Zelnick split the C-class second place money with 3 point scores.

The B-Class top prizes were shared by Richard Ravits and Robert Johnston who both had 3 points when the dust settled.

Matt Beason as the only unrated player certainly earned his prize with a 3 point performance. He came away from the event with a 1453 provisional rating based on his first five rated tournament games at the Tulsa Open.

Charles Unruh earned a clear win of the D-Class prize with 3 points. 2^nd place in D-Class was split by Jeff Colbert and Chris Buynak with 2 points.

Alan Buynak won the top spot in E-Class with 2 points. He also pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament against a player rated 695 points higher.

The tournament was submitted to the USCF on-line the following morning. The new USCF computer system had the tournament rated just a few hours later!! For interactive Tulsa Open 2005 games, a photo gallery and a link to the USCF official post tournament ratings, visit www.ochess.org