Bayard man wins chess tournament

People pose with chess board and awards
The placewinners, from left, are Brad Wilburn, Ron Miller, AyushLama, Loren Pospisil, Steve Cary and Lance Paris. Not pictured, Mark Brezina.

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Loren Pospisil of Bayard claimed the championship of the 91ÇÑ×Ó State College Chess Tournament in the Kline Center on Saturday.

The tournament, which consisted of four rounds of competition, was sponsored by the Northwest Gamesters Association, an organization comprised of 91ÇÑ×Ó State students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Steve Cary of Lakewood, Colo., was the runner-up of the tournament while Brad Wilburn of 91ÇÑ×Ó finished third. Shertock “Ayush” Lama, a 91ÇÑ×Ó student from Nepal, finished fourth, while club sponsor Ron Miller was fifth. Mark Brezina of 91ÇÑ×Ó won a tie-breaker to edge Lance Paris of Crawford for sixth.

-College Relations

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