I have been a chess coach since 1984. I offer sound lessons at a reasonable price. Here are most of my chess results. Just a part of MN chess history.

1975 3rd Place MN STATE PRIMARY (lost to CHAMPION MIKE ROGERS)

1975 Drew IM WILLIAM MARTZ in a Simul at the NSCC in Robbinsdale MN

1976 1st Place tie MN STATE ELEMENTARY REGION (5/5) (with teammate JOE BEBO)

1976 10th Place MN STATE ELEMENTARY CH. (lost to CHAMPION MIKE NADITCH)

1977 2nd Place tie MN STATE ELEMENTARY REGION (4.5/5)

1977 1st Place tie MN STATE ELEM INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (with TIM RADERMACHER)

1977 1st Place tie MN STATE ELEM CHAMPIONSHIP (6.5/7) (with DENNIS OLSON)

1977 1st Place Team THORSON Defeats heavy favorite LINCOLN ELEM. for State Elem. Title

1978 1st Place tie NSCC Championship. Defeated PAUL SHANNON in game.

1978 1st Place tie MN STATE ELEMENTARY CH. (7/7) (with TIM RADERMACHER)

1978 1st Place tie NATIONAL ELEMENTARY CHAMP. (7/8) (with STEPHEN TIERNEY)

Only loss to future NM KEVIN JILES.

1978 Become 1st National Champ to be on the winning team (LINCOLN ELEM.)

1978 Appeared in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (June)

1978 Played Reporter from the MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE.

1978 Appeared on the front page of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE.

1978 Played the LT. Governors Secretary a game of chess.

1978 CHESS LIFE TOP 50 LIST UNDER 13

1978 Played 5th board for high school champion COOPER HIGH SCHOOL during league play.

1979 3rd Place tie MN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP (undefeated in tourney) (3.5/5) Draws with

ROD KNASE and BARB PESKIN.

1979 1st Place tie MN JUNIOR HIGH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP with future NM BILL HARRISON

1979 8th Place NATIONAL JR. HIGH CH. (Lost to future FM JOHN LITVINCHUK and

youngest Master in U.S. history, and to future NM KEVIN JILES. Both finished 7-1).

Played speed chess with future GM MAXIM DLUGY gaining several draws.

1979 3rd Place tie at WORLD OPEN under 1600 section (loss to SANDEEP JOSHI)

1980 2nd Place tie MN JUNIOR HIGH STATE CH.

1980 1st Place tie NSCC Championship.

1980 3rd Place tie MN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP (3.0/5)

1980 8th Place NATIONAL JR. HIGH CH. Finally gained a draw with future NM KEVIN JILES.

1981 1st Place tie MN JUNIOR HIGH STATE CH. (NM TIM RADERMACHER also scored 7-0)

1981 3rd Place tie MN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

1981 Played in World Open in New York. Analyzed a game with GM PAL BENKO.

1981 CHESS LIFE TOP 50 LIST UNDER 16

1982 2ND Place tie MN STATE HIGH SCHOOL (loss to NM BERT WILSON)

1982 U.S.JUNIOR OPEN. Drew IM STUART RACHELS and NM JOHN JARECKI.

Youngest masters in U.S. history. Defeated FM ROBERT HAWKES.

1982 1st Place tied U.S. OPEN Quad tourney-with GM BEN FINEGOLD and FM DOUG ECKERT

1982 U.S. OPEN Quad-Drew game with future GM BEN FINEGOLD.

1982 U.S. OPEN Quad-Drew game with future FM DOUG ECKERT.

1982 Defeated U.S. Open CO-Champion IM WILLIAM MARTZ In a Simultaneous Game.

Unusual opening: 1.e4 e6, 2.d4. d5 3.Be3 ( I was playing Black)

(+1 -2 =1) record vs IM WILLIAM MARTZ IN SIMULS.

1983 2nd Place tie Minnesota State High School (Draw with NM MIKE GREEN)

1983 Lessons from GM EDMAR MEDNIS in Santa Clara CA. ACF sponsored.

1983 1st Place Speed Chess Tourney at the Edmar Mednis chess champ. FM IGOR STERN,

NM JOEY WAXMAN, NM TIM RADERMACHER, FM ROBBIE ADAMSON PLAYED.

1983 2nd Place U.S JUNIOR OPEN (5/6) Defeated IM DANNY EDELMAN and NM

ANDREW METRICK. Draws FM PETER BEREOLOS and NM TIM RADERMACHER.

1984 2nd Place tie Minnesota State High School. NM TIM RADERMACHER CHAMPION.

1984 Played 1st Board for High School Champion COOPER HIGH SCHOOL during league play.

1984 Co-NATIONAL Champion 2nd Board NATIONAL H/S with FM PETER BEREOLOS (6/7)

NM TIM RADERMACHER scored an undefeated (5/7) playing 1st board.

1986 3rd place SEA SERVICE CH. (1ST PLACE NM MEL ALSBURRY)

1986 3rd place ARMED FORCES CH. Defeated 1985 Armed Forces Champ NM BOBBY

MOORE and 1986 Armed Forces Champ NM RICHARD RUSSELL in tourney.

1986 1st Place Tie SAN DIEGO OPEN. Drew game with IM CY LAKDAWALA (4.5/5)

1986 CHESS LIFE TOP 50 LIST UNDER 21 (NM TIM RADERMACHER also made all 3 lists)

1986 Gained National Master Title.

1986 Nato Chess Participant. (Drew defending NATO champion FM CORDES and 2nd place

finisher STORE. GM SIMEN AGDESTEIN and I undefeated in tourney).

2nd highest American score with a 4-3 record.

1986 Played a 15 game simul at MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL in Charlotte NC.

1986 Played in a 50 game leapfrog Simul against the best young players in Charlotte NC.

1987 1st Place tie SEA SERVICE CH.

1987 1st Place SEA SERVICE SPEED CHESS CH.

1987 Drew IM EMORY TATE at the ARMED FORCES CHAMPIONSHIP.

1987 NATO Chess Participant (4-3) Record. 3rd highest American score.

1987 Co-wrote the Amercian Introduction to the NATO Tourney book with NM Lane Teraoka.

1988 Gave simul on the USS TRUXTUN (CGN-35) during the Iran-Iraq War.

1988 1st Place tie SEA SERVICE CH.

1988 1st Place SEA SERVICE SPEED CHESS CH.

1988 Armed Forces--Won game judged most interesting of tourney vs NM James Lank

1989 Drew FM CURT BRASKET at the 1989 Winter Carnival Tournament.

1989 1st place tie in the 1989 Region Six Tournament.

1989 1st Place tie NORTHERN OPEN with NM Jeff Dahl. Drew individual game. (undefeated)

1990 2nd Place MN EXHURBAN CHAMPIONSHIP (undefeated. Draw with FM JACK YOOS)

1991 Reached MN Closed Playoffs. Gained draws with FM JACK YOOS and FM ED ZELKIND.

1991 1st Place in TCCL with team of Tim Radermacher, R.K. Johnson and Charles Monson.

2002 Drew IM VICTOR ADLER in a game at the MN Class Championship.

2003 Drew IM JOHN BARTHOLOMEW and FM Leonard Johnson at the MN Closed Playoffs.

2003 Awarded Gil Koelsche Best Played Game at MN Open vs. Bill Murray.

Lost game to IM KEATON KIEWRA at MN Open who also won the Gil Koelsche award.

2015 Drew GM ANDREW TANG at the MN Open. (was IM at time of the game)

2015 Drew FM KEVIN WASILUK at the MN Open.

2017 Qualified for newly formed Under 2200 MN Closed playoffs. Did not play.

2018 Reached MN Closed Playoffs-Drew FM KEVIN WASILUK and NM Ashton Jin.

2019 Reached MN Closed Playoffs-Drew NM ASHTON JIN.

2020 Qualified for Under 2200 MN Closed playoffs.

2nd Place tie in Closed Playoffs with an undefeated score (0-0-5) 5 Draws!

COACHING/ HELPING PROMOTE CHESS HISTORY

1984 NEW HOPE ELEMENTARY--ASSISTANT COACH

1985-1988 USS TRUXTUN-----TAUGHT KING PAWN ENDGAMES--GAVE SIMULS

1986 SIMUL AT CHARLOTTE NC HIGH SCHOOL

1989-1993 SCSU CHESS CLUB------GAVE LESSONS

1992-93 CHESS JUDGE AT ANNUAL DISCOVERY CHESS TOURNEY IN ST. CLOUD

1992 VOLUNTEER CHESS COACH AT LINCOLN ELEM. IN ST. CLOUD

1994 GAVE SIMULS AT MN STATE ELEMENTARY CHESS TOURNEY.

1994 GAVE SIMUL AT NORTHPORT ELEMENTARY

1994 CHESS COACH AT SANDBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL

UNDER OLD SYSTEM TEAM WOULD HAVE TAKEN 4TH PLACE

AT THE STATE ELEMENTARY CHAMPIONSHIP

1995 GAVE LECTURE AND ADVICE AT ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY

1996-2019 ASSISTANT CHESS COACH AT METCALF MIDDLE SCHOOL

1999 WORKED WITH FRANKIE JOHNSON AT NOBLE ELEMENTARY.

1999 PLAYED CHESS AT NOBLE ELEMENTARY CHESS CARNIVAL.

1986 Played in 50 game Leapfrog Exhibition In Charlotte NC

2021-current Chess writer and researcher for the Minnesota Chess Journal (MCJ)

2017-current Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame committee member

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