* Original message posted in: CHESS.
* Crossposted in: CHESS_TOURNEY.

Hello All!

Today I received Mr. Triplett's resignation in TRIPLETT v MATSON.

In addition, upon reviewing the rest of the games in progress, I have
declared three others in default, and posted winners accordingly.

MATSON v STEVENS
Winner: Matson (by default)
Last move (9/6): 26. Rxd4

STEVENS v BLAKE
Winner: Stevens (by default)
Last move (7/23): 21. Rb6

STEVENS v MOON
Winner: Moon (by default)
Last move (9/18): 9. .. Be7

Also, in consideration of the current standing, I hereby declare the CHESS
echo as the winner of the first round of the Interecho Chess Tournament. I
will continue to track these remaining four games 'for the record'.

The following is a summary of the standings in this tournament as of 10/20/96:

CHESS:                  CHESS_TOURNEY:
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Blake       5-1         Gerholdt    1-4-1
King        0-3-3       Neveu       1-4-1
Lacroix     0-6         Patrick     2-2   (2)
Matson      5-0   (1)   Spears      1-4-1
Moon        4-0   (2)   Stevens     4-2
Shoffner    4-1   (1)   Triplett    2-2   (2)
===============================================
           18-11-3 (4)             11-18-3 (4)

(the number in parenthesis is the number of games in progress)

Games in progress:
MATSON v PATRICK        in progress
MOON v TRIPLETT         in progress
PATRICK v MOON          in progress
TRIPLETT v SHOFFNER     in progress

lawrence{at}eforest.houston.tx.us 
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