Champions
Baltimore Open Champions
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Compiled by Lew Hucks
| 1st | Nov-60 | 5.5-0.5 | Ken Clayton |
| 2nd | Nov-61 | 5.0-1.0 | William J. McClure, George Thomas, Bob Raven, Lew Hucks |
| 3rd | Oct-62 | 5.5-0.5 | Richard J. Plock |
| 4th | Oct-63 | 6.0-0.0 | Pal Benko |
| 5th | Nov-64 | 5.5-0.5 | Larry Gilden, Michael Valvo |
| 6th | Oct-65 | 6.0-0.0 | Michael Valvo |
| 7th | Oct-66 | 6.0-0.0 | Herbert Avram |
| 8th. | Nov-67 | ?? | Ross Oliver |
| 9th. | Nov-68 | 5.5-0.5 | Ross Oliver |
| 10th. | Nov-69 | 5.0-1.0 | Charles Powell, Denis Strenzwilk |
| 11th. | Nov-70 | 4.5-0.5 | Ross Oliver |
| 12th. | Nov-71 | 4.5-0.5 | Ross Oliver |
| 13th. | Nov-72 | 4.5-0.5 | Charles Powell, Robert Vassar |
| 14th. | Nov-73 | 4.5-0.5 | N. Darrell LeGore |
| 15th | Nov-74 | 4.0-1.0 | Mark Schneider, Denis Strenzwilk |
| 16th | Nov-75 | 4.0-1.0 | Michael Goldenberg, Denis Strenzwilk, Michael Bury |
| 17th | Nov-76 | 4.0-1.0 | Denis Strenzwilk, Michael Weiss |
| 18th | Nov-77 | 4.5-0.5 | Kurt Stein, N. Darrell LeGore, Floyd Boudreaux |
| 19th | Nov-78 | 4.5-0.5 | Kurt Stein |
| 20th | Nov-79 | 4.0-1.0 | Stan Fink, Wilfred Brown, Jack Mayer, Denis Strenzwilk |
| 21st | Nov-80 | 4.5-0.5 | Denis Strenzwilk |
| 22nd | Nov-81 | 4.5-0.5 | Lee Phelps |
| 23rd | Nov-82 | 3.5-1.5 | Troy Roberts, Steve Scannell, Michael Bury, Lew Hucks |
| 24th | Nov-83 | 4.5-0.5 | Floyd Boudreaux |
| 25th | Nov-84 | 4.5-0.5 | Denis Strenzwilk |
| 26th | Nov-85 | 4.5-0.5 | Emory Tate |
| 27th | Nov-86 | 4.5-0.5 | Shelby Getz, William Coe |
| 28th | Nov-87 | 5.0-0.0 | Michael Bury |
| 29th | Nov-88 | 4.5-0.5 | Ross Oliver, Steve Scannell |
| 30th | Nov-89 | 4.5-0.5 | Emory Tate, Daniel Shapiro |
| 31st | Nov-90 | 5.0-0.0 | Boris Zisman |
| 32nd | Nov-91 | 5.0-0.0 | Alex Sherzer |
| 33rd | Nov-92 | 5.0-0.0 | Leonid Filatov |
| 34th | Nov-93 | 4.0-1.0 | Johnathan Schroer, Ed Formanek, William Morrison, Robert Cunningham |
| 35th | Nov-94 | 4.5-0.5 | Vladimir Epishin |
| 36th | Nov-95 | 4.5-0.5 | Gennady Zaitchik |
| 37th | Nov-96 | 3.5-1.5 | Larry Kaufman, Craig Jones, Brent Schwab |
| 38th | Nov-97 | 4.0-1.0 | Denis Strenzwilk, William Morrison, Stan Fink |
| 39th | Nov-98 | 4.5-0.5 | Larry Kaufman, William Morrison |
| 40th | Dec-99 | 4.5-0.5 | Stanislav Kriventsov |
| 41st | Nov-00 | 4.0-1.0 | Stanislav Kriventsov, Bryan Smith |
| 42nd | Dec-01 | 4.5-0.5 | Enrico Sevillano, Luis Chiong |
| 43rd | Nov-02 | 4.0-1.0 | Riuxan Yang, Tom Hartwig |
| 44th | Nov-03 | 4.5-0.5 | Alex Sherzer |
| 45th | Jan-05 | 5.0-0.0 | Aleks Wojtkiewicz |
| 46th | Jan-06 | 4.5-0.5 | Aleks Wojtkiewicz, Denis Strenzwilk, Salar Jahedi |
| 47th | Jan-07 | 4.5-0.5 | Jaan Ehlvest |
| 48th | Jan-08 | 5.0-0.0 | Tegshsuren Enkhbat |
| 49th | Feb-11 | 4.5-0.5 | Mark Paragua |
Remembering Mike Thomas
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by Tom Brownscombe
I met Michael A. Thomas in 1982 at the Laurel Colonial Chess Corner in Laurel, Maryland. At that time I was just a teenager discovering the world of organized chess, and Mike was one of the club's officers. I joined the club soon after, and I also joined one of the club's DC Chess League teams. Mike was the club's director of teams, and one of his responsibilities was finding a team captain for each of the club's teams. In 1984 Mike asked me if I would serve as team captain for one of the club's teams, and I said yes. Mike eventually became one of my closest friends. We spent many evenings and Sundays together with friends, eating pizza, watching the Washington Redskins (they were a good team back in those days) and playing a wide variety of games. Mike was a board game enthusiast. He enjoyed any board game that involved strategy and long term planning.