10-9-99: Crimson Puppy Chow- Harvard:
Chris, Ted, Jennifer, Maureen and Jason attended, posting a 2-7 record.
I have no further information on this one.
12-4-99: Boston "T" Party- Harvard:
Hmm... this one happened a while ago. The Intamural champs Andy, Matt,
Naomi and Steve attended and placed second in the lower bracket, defeating
Yale-Aleks, BC and BU. I don't remember any details about the trip.
2-5-00: Terrier Tussle- Boston U.:
Brandeis sent 2 teams. One consisted of Andy, Ted, Jason, and Andy R. and
the other of Chris, Scott, Kate, Cheryl. The first team finished 3rd in
the lower bracket, beating MIT-Ahmed , 2 BC teams, BU , and the other Brandeis
team. Andy finished 8th individually.
2-12-00: NAQT Sectionals- Harvard:
In Division I Brandeis sent the intramural champion team of Andy, Naomi,
Steve and Matt. The team found itself often overmatched, but was able to
win against Dartmouth, BU, and Williams, and lost closely against NYU and
Princeton B. In Division II Brandeis sent 2 teams. The first, composed
of Chris, Ted, Jason, and Jen did quite well, going 6-7, securing a spot
on the nationals waitlist. The second team, Scott, Anya, and Kate had a
rougher time of it, but gained a lot of valuable playing experience.
2-26-00: ACF Regionals- Harvard:
Brandeis’ team of Andy, Ted, and Steve G. had a pretty good day, finishing
4th and securing 2 wins each against MIT and Yale B. Both Ted and Andy
finished in the top 5 individually. Congratulations to Harvard’s David
Farris, who, playing on Wellesley’s team, was able to bring them to an
unanticipated championship at regionals while capturing the individual
scoring title himself. Congrats also to Harvard A, who played extremely
well despite giving up David, and a very strong Yale A team.
2-27-00: Beltway Bandits IV- George Washington Univ.:
Dave, Scott, Jason, Mike and Cheryl attended, earning a 4-6 record. I have
no other details.
4-7/8-00: NAQT ICT- Boston U.:
After receiving a last minute bid we sent a hurriedly composed Division
I team of Andy, Meri, Manor, Naomi, Kishor and Bobby to BU to be drubbed
in the Friday evening matches. They recovered much in the Saturday swiss
pairings and ladder play, eventually racking up 4 wins, finishing 39th
in the country (Andy was named an Undergraduate All-Star and got a nice
shiny trophy). Highlights of the tournament included Friday night dinner
with the Florida team at Uno’s and an exciting car ride to the tournament,
which went a long way to creating team unity (you don’t want to spend your
last moments with strangers!). Many other Brandeis team members helped
out at the tournament, including Scott, Kate, Chris, Ted and Jason. Thanks
to them, since their efforts netted the team 2 sets of free NAQT questions.
4-15-00: Bulldogs Over Broadway- Yale:
Overall, a rough day. Andy had trouble finding the event, which had been
moved the day before, leaving Scott, Steve, and Kate to fend for themselves
in the morning rounds. The questions were a bit harder than expected, with
many of the packs coming from the same writer. We especially appreciated
the relief given by Dartmouth’s pack, which seemed to be more on par with
the playing level of the majority of the players, while still being interesting
and well written. Swarthmore (both teams) seemed to thrive on anything
thrown at them, but all the other teams had some complaints about the difficulty,
as well as the negative effects of having one person write many of the
packs. While a good distribution was maintained, variety within catagories
seemed diminished. On the positive side, we beat arch-nemesis Yeshiva and
Andy received a "Pocket Partner" (pocket handbook for cops including the
street names of illegal drugs and the phone number of every police department
in the country) as a prize for 2nd place individual scorer. It was promptly
put to use on the way back to Andy's car, which was parked in a non-university
section of New Haven. Despite our dissappointment with the questions, our
thanks go out to Yale for bringing one more tournament to the New England
area.