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FrankW77 was unbeatable tonight and rolled over a four player field to grab the gold in the Roll Over Beethoven swiss with a 2.5/3 mark easily outdistancing silver medalist Tijuanaboomboom and bronze medal man Mathchew who both had 1.5/3 records. The tourney opened with the winner facing the bottom seed TJBB in Frank's version of the Nimzovich-Larsen attack, while top seed Honeybrook employed the mainline Pirc against Mathchew's tactics rich attack. TJBB looked a little lost but spotted a s...

FreezerDoor twisted and shouted through three wins in three rounds to earn the gold medal in tonight's Twist and Shout swiss tournament, including wins over the co-silver medalists, Mathchew and Tijuanaboomboom, who each scored 2/3 in the six player event. Round one featured the gold medalist taking down FrankW77 while second seeded Honeybrook fell victim to Mathchew's tactical play. Last seeded TJBB took a one point bye as Swojnowski didn't enter in time to get a round one game, leaving thr...

Three paladins were undefeated in the From Me To You swiss tonight, as Brianpawn racked up his second tournament gold in as many weeks, while Tijuanaboomboom and Honeybrook each finished with 2/3 marks to get the silver and bronze.  TJBB got a pair of draws and a win to edge Honeybrook who joined late and then won both his games. The tournament started off tamely, as Brianpawn won his game against Swojnowski as expected while Mathchew scored a minor upset with a draw against CounterAttack. ...

Brianpawn made a triumphant return to Auburn live tournament play last night, going undefeated in the I Saw Her Standing There 3 round swiss to claim the gold with half a point margin over silver medalist Tijuanaboomboom while Mathchew managed a third round miracle to grab the bronze. BP rejected Renate-Irene with a solid first round effort, then mowed down Mathchew in round 2 to enter round three with the only perfect score in the four entrant tourney. Meanwhile second place was being occu...

Honeybrook was unbeaten in all three of his games to claim the gold medal in tonight's Please Please Me swiss, the third in the Fab Four series of Monday night tournaments, whipping second place Tijuanaboomboom in round 1, knocking off Eurory in round 2 and chomping Mathchew in the third round. Eurory nailed top seed Mathchew in the first round before his loss to HB, then lost to TJ by resignation before moving. He then withdrew from the tournament in spite of a score that would have given h...

Swojnowski won three games in as many tries to get the gold medal in She Loves You this week, giving him his second tournament in two weeks. He will have a chance for the hat trick Monday night in the Please Please Me swiss at 6 pm. Wojo whipped earabian in round 1, then clipped CounterAttack in round 2 before rumbling past Renate-Irene to seal the medal. CoolestKnight joined late but won both his games to earn the silver, slaying Renate and the Count, who got third place at 1/3.  Here's a...

Swojnowski picked up two wins in three tries to claim the gold medal in this week's I Wanna Hold Your Hand swiss tournament, beating out Counter Attack, Rivallbr and FrankW77 on tiebreaks, after they all posted 2/3 records as well. It looked like it would be all Counter Attack as he won both his first two games, trouncing Tijuanaboomboom and then whipping Wojo to make it to round three undefeated. In the third round, though, Rivallbr stood between the Count and the gold and even with the Co...

Renate-Irene won twice in three tries while Swojnowski did the same and FrankW scored a win and a draw to decide the medals in the Monday Jambalaya swiss, the final Cajun cuisine tournament, last night. Renate took the gold medal and Wojo the silver based on tiebreak scores, while Frank won the tiebreak over Tijuanaboomboom (also 1.5/3) to claim the bronze. In fifth place were CoolestKnight and Mathchew with 1/3 marks. The action was intense from the start as Renate pulled off a mild upset...

JambalayaIngredients1 tablespoon butter¼ pound pork chop, cut into half-inch cubes ½ pound andouille sausage, sliced ½ inch thick ½ pound hot Italian sausage, sliced ½ inch thick ½ pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, chopped into ½ inch cubes1 holy trinity (an onion, a pepper, half a head of celery)3 cups long-grain rice1 teaspoon paprika1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves2 cloves garlic, minced½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or ...

Swojnowski came late to the boucherie but butchered the field anyway, winning both his games to notch a score of 2/3, matching Mathchew and Tijuanaboomboom and claiming the gold on tiebreaks. Mathchew nailed silver and TJ got the bronze. Fourth place was shared by Rivallbr and pmart with a point apiece, while earabian joined but didn't play to round out the six entry field. The first round featured just one game as Mathchew whipped pmart, while TJ was rebooting a locked up system and took...