[imagefield_assist|fid=3480|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]The Club Championship is the culmination of the 2009 "Knights" series tournaments, in which competitors played a series of G/90 games, once per week, over the course of a month. Each month a new contestant qualified to play in the Club Championship, which takes place each Wednesday night in March.
Round 1 saw some exciting action and round 2 pairings are a must-see. Check it out below!
On board one, Tony Rich drew reigning champ and top seed Richard Benjamin.
Jim Voelker withstood a remarkable attack from Paul Goddard and made good on an advanced pawn to win a queen versus two rooks endgame.
Ken Thomas defeated Daniel Coryea with the black pieces, and Josh Frank won with white over William Nesham.
Paul Mecham won with white over Mike Kummer. Check back in at saintlouischessclub.org for more detailed analysis coming soon.
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Pairings for Round 2. Club Championship
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
| 1 | 5 | Paul D Mechem | 2 | James R Voelker | ||
| 2 | 3 | Kenneth P Thomas | 4 | Joshua Frank | ||
| 3 | 1 | Richard Benjamin | 8 | Daniel J Coryea | ||
| 4 | 7 | Paul J Goddard | 6 | Tony D Rich | ||
| 5 | 9 | William Nesham | 10 | Michael Jo Kummer |
SwissSys Wall Chart. Club Championship
| # | Name/Rtng/ID | Rd 1 | Rd 2 |
| 1 | Richard Benjamin | B 6 | W 8 |
| 2200 12399940 (2195) | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | James R Voelker | W 7 | B 5 |
| 2105 10266696 (2117) | 1.0 | ||
| 3 | Kenneth P Thomas | B 8 | W 4 |
| 2058 10773571 (2088) | 1.0 | ||
| 4 | Joshua Frank | W 9 | B 3 |
| 2026 12541155 (1934) | 1.0 | ||
| 5 | Paul D Mechem | B 10 | W 2 |
| 2003 12561226 (1938) | 1.0 | ||
| 6 | Tony D Rich | W 1 | B 7 |
| 1894 12694565 (1861) | 0.5 | ||
| 7 | Paul J Goddard | B 2 | W 6 |
| 1813 12304880 (1841) | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Daniel J Coryea | W 3 | B 1 |
| 1809 10125715 (1813) | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | William Nesham | B 4 | W 10 |
| 1724 13135370 (1466) | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Michael Jo Kummer | W 5 | B 9 |
| 1673 12664377 (1742) | 0.0 |
