Complete!
GM Varuzhan Akobian lecture/simul (Jun 27) in Bellevue, WA;
Portland CC Game in 60 (Jun 27); Qualchan Quads (Jun 27) in
Spokane, WA; Northwest Open Economy Only Tournament (Jun 27-28)
in Tacoma, WA; Sammamish June Quads (Jun 28, K-12 and Adult).
Emerald City Open (Jun 19-21) in Seattle, WA and Newport June
Open (Jun 20-21) in Newport, OR. In the 25-player Newport event,
John Chung of Waldport, OR took the top spot on tie-break. He and Paul
Motta of Bend, OR both scored 4.5-.5. They each won $85.50. The next
Newport competition is a "Run/Chess" event on July 25. Photo:
John Chung. (Credit: Rusty Miller.)
More photos.
Seattle Chess Club Saturday Quads (Jun 13), Sammamish June
Swiss (Jun 13).
Las Vegas Chess Festival and National
Open (Jun 4-7), Las Vegas, NV.
See
www.vegaschessfestival.com.
See Rusty
Miller's photos on Flickr. Photo at right: Rusty competing in the
National Open, wearing Chess Night shirt and cap.
24 players of all ages attended the May G/60 event
at the Portland Chess Club. As usual National Master Nick Raptis
of Portland finished first or tied for first; this time he scored an
undefeated 3 wins and a draw, a score matched by Steven
Breckenridge. Master Radu Roua of Portland drew with both Raptis and
Breckenridge for a 3-1 score and a tie for 3rd-5th with Richard Banner
of Camas and Scott Levin. Raptis won some cash plus a ticket to Chess
Night at PGE Park on July 28 for the Portland Beavers Baseball Game.
See Rusty
Miller's photos on Flickr.
Washington
Open in Spokane (May 23-25) – $8,000 in guaranteed
prizes!! The annual
Washington Open drew 103 players in three sections over Memorial Day
weekend. It was held at the Red Lion Hotel in Spokane, WA, the first WA
Open held in Spokane since 1956. IM John
Donaldson of San Francisco (photo at left) won the Open with 5 points from 6 after Curt
Collyer of Spokane forced a draw by repetition shortly after the parties
made the first time control in round 6. Josh Sinanan of Seattle and Nick
Raptis of Portland drew their 6th round encounter to tie for second with
4.5. They were joined by Steve Breckenridge and Howard Chen who won
their last round games. There were 29 players in the Open section. The
Premier section was won with 4.5 points of 6 by Daniel Copeland, Ethan
Gottlieb, and Robert Herrera in a 32 player section. The Reserve section
was won by Ryan Ackerman with a 5.5 score. Siva Narayanan was second
with 5.0. The Booster section was swept by Shanglun Wang with a perfect
6.0. See the Spokane Chess
Club website for cross tables and more photos. – Report by Russell
Miller.
See photos of the event by Russell Miller.
Anyone who
signed up for the Washington Open by May 1 had
his/her name placed in a drawing for a brand new Chronos chess clock given away during the Open. The prize was donated by the
University Community Chess Club of Missoula, MT.
34th Paul Keres Memorial (May 15-18) in British Columbia, and
Seattle Chess Club Saturday Quads (May 16). The
2nd Green Open (May 9-10) at the Seattle Chess Club.
Seattle Chess Club Saturday Quads (Apr 25),
Third Annual Clark Harmon Memorial at the Portland Chess Club (Apr
25-26); also WA State Elementary Chess Championships at the Spokane
Convention Center.
See the results
and crosstables from the elementary championships. The Harmon
Memorial tournament ended in a tie between Nick Raptis and Steve
Breckenridge when both scored 4.5-0.5. 38 players took part in the event
directed by Neil Dale. The event is named for Clark Harmon, many time
Oregon Chess Champion who played in and organized chess events starting
in late 1950's in Oregon and Washington.
Photos: Radu Roua prepares for action on board 1 (left); Steve
Breckenridge (right).
Photo by Rusty Miller.
See Rusty's photos on Flickr.
The 2009
All Girls Open National Championship (April 24-26 in Dallas, TX)
winner was 12-year-old Megan Lee of Washington. She was awarded an
Academic Distinction Scholarship from the University of Texas at Dallas,
and got her picture on the cover of the June Chess Life for Kids
published by the USCF.
See story/photo
on USCF website (registration may be required).
Daffodil Open (Apr 18-19) at the Tacoma Chess Club.
Easter Weekend! There
were two major national events in western North America (one in US
and one in Canada) Easter weekend – 9th Annual Sands Regency Reno - Far West Open
(Apr 10-12) and
Grand Pacific Open, Victoria, BC, Canada (Apr 10-13).
The
Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation championships were held April
11 at the convention center in Seaside, Oregon.
See Rusty's photos on Flickr.
For more info, see http://www.oscf.org/.
Inland Empire Open (Apr 4-5) in Spokane and Seattle Sunday
Tornado (Apr 5) at Seattle CC.
