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Massachusetts State Champions
"Eli Bourdon Memorial Trophy" has the following names engraved in plaques, attached to the trophy. It is rotating trophy, each winner holds it for a year. The winner then brings it to the next MASS Open tournament, where the next winner is decided.
Year Winners Crosstable
2019 Ridvan Sakir USCF
2018 Mika Brattain, Nathan Solon, and Michael Isakov USCF
2017 Lawyer Times USCF
2016 Mika Brattain, IM David Vigorito, and Chris Williams USCF
2015 Alexander Ivanov USCF
2014 Mika Brattain USCF
2013 Alexander Ivanov TD  USCF
2012 Alexander Ivanov TD  USCF
2011 Alexander Ivanov TD  USCF
2010 Alexander Ivanov / Igor Foygel TD  USCF
2009 Alexander Ivanov TD  USCF
2008 Denys Shmelov TD  USCF
2007 David Vigorito USCF
2006 Alexander Ivanov TD
2005 Alexander Ivanov/Igor Foygel TD
2004 Alexander Ivanov TD
2003 Alexander Ivanov / William Paschall TD
2002 Alexander Ivanov TD
2001 Igor Foygel TD
2000 Igor Foygel TD
1999 David Tylevich TD
1998 Allan Bennett TD
1997 Igor Foygel USCF
1996 Eugene Perelshteyn USCF
1995 Charles Hertan USCF
1994 William Paschall USCF
1993 Bobby Seltzer / Oleg Cheiner USCF
1992 Igor Foygel / William Kelleher USCF
1991 Ilya Gurevich  
1990 Alexander Ivanov  
1989 Alexander Ivanov  
1988 Alexander Ivanov / Ilya Gurevich  
1987 James Rizzitano  
1986 James Rizzitano / David Glueck  
1985 John Curdo  
1984 Patrick Wolff  
1983 James Rizzitano  
1982 John Curdo  
1981 James Rizzitano  
1980 John Curdo  
1979 John Curdo  
1978 John Stopa  
1977 James Thibault  
1976 John Curdo  
1975 John Curdo / John Peters  
1974 John Peters  
1973 Stephen Jones  
1972 Norman Weinstein  
1971 Dan Harrington  
1970 John Curdo  
1969 John Peters / Ed Formanek  
1968 Larry Kaufman  
1967 James Barry  
1966 John Curdo  
1965 Larry Kaufman and Patrick Eberlein  
1964 Milan Vukcevich  
1963 John Curdo  
1962 Dr. Jacques Gosteli  
1961 John Curdo  
1960 John Curdo  
1959 John Curdo  
1958 John Curdo / Boris Siff / Orest Popovych  
1957 John Curdo  
1956 Boris Siff  
1955 John Curdo  
1954 Julian Keilson  
1953 Julian Keilson  
1952 Sol Rubinow  
1951 Edwin E. Underwood  
1950 Charles Schoenfeld  
1949 John Curdo / Gerhard Katz  
1948 John Curdo  
1947 Fred Keller  
1946 Gerhard Katz  
1945 Weaver Adams  
1944 Fred Keller  
1943 Gerhard Katz  
1942 Harlow Daly  
1941 Weaver Adams  
1940 Harlow Daly  
1939 Oscar Shapiro  
1938 Weaver Adams  
1937 Weaver Adams  
1936 Arthur Sandberg  
1935 Sidney Coggan  
1934 Harry Wiedner  
1933 Harold Morton  
1932 Don Mugridge