The 15th Southern Class Championship was held March 24th to 26th at the Wyndham Resort in Orlando. There were 218 players in seven sections. The master section was small at only 14 players, but featured two GMs, two FMs and a total of seven over 2200. The surprises started in round one. In the three day schedule, there were almost not enough players to have round one. There were three advance entries, but one requested a bye for round one. Also, prior to registration closing, another player notified us that he was stuck in traffic and would change to the 2 day schedule. This left one player – FM Jayaraman who was the top seed in the three day schedule. Fortunately another player registered and we had one game!