Complete! –
Evergreen Empire Open (June 28-29)
in Tacoma. There were also one-day events in
Portland and Spokane.
Emerald City Open in Seattle (June 20-22).
Rusty Miller reports on the Portland G/60 (May 31) –
"22 players took part in the event held at the Portland Chess Club. As usual
Nick Raptis was number one rated and won the event 4-0. A number of the
players were high school students and younger. Neil Dale was the TD.
I played and did okay with 1 win 1 loss and 2 draws."
Washington Open was held Memorial Day Weekend (May 24-26, Redmond, WA). Congratulations to the
winners: Open - Ignacio Perez, Nick Raptis, Michael Lee, Charles Cadman,
Mark Naus, Andy May (4.5/6.0), Premier - Arie Milner, Peter Lessler
(5.0/6.0), Reserve - Daniel Copeland (5.5/6.0), Booster - Quentin Chi
(5.5/6.0).
33rd Keres
Memorial (May 16-19 in Vancouver, BC) – Eighteen juniors joined this
79-player event, organized and directed by Stephen Wright with
assistance from Katherine Davies and Lyle Craver. In Open section, FM
Bindi Cheng tied first with IM George Orlov with 5.5/7.0. See
http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/news.html for more info.
"BC's chess
parents and junior chess organizers congratulate WA organizers,
coaches/teachers, parents, and particularly these young chess players
for their success: 1,414 players at 2008 WA State Elementary Chess
Championships!" (Apr 26 in Redmond, WA.) See
http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/search/index3.html.
Grandmaster and former US Chess Champion
Hikaru Nakamura was at the championships, and was scheduled to take on a group of kids in a simultaneous exhibition!
See
http://www.hikarunakamura.com/
for background info on Nakamura.
Inland Empire Open in Spokane (Apr 26-27) – Winner: Paul Bartron
(4.5/5).
Portland CC Game in 60 (Apr 26) – Winner: Nick Raptis (4/4).
Clark Harmon Memorial
Open in Portland (April 19-20). The winner was Radu Roua with 4.5
points, drawing IM John Donaldson in round 5. At 4-1 were John
Donaldson, Nick Raptis, Steve Breckenridge and Michael Morris. There
were 40 players.
WA-BC
International Scholastic Chess Match, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Apr
19). Congratulations to the BC team, winning by a score of 32-20 over
the WA state team.
See
http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/news.html.
New! See
WA team photo album online.
OSCF State Championship (K-12), Seaside OR (Apr 11-12).
The third annual Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation State Championship
was a huge success! See www.oscf.org.
Congratulations to Idaho state champion Jason Evers,
winner of the 2nd Alzheimer's Benefit Chess Tournament in Bend,
OR (April 13) with a perfect 3 out of 3 score. Your business manager,
Eric Holcomb, finished in second place after a tie-break. Also see
Sean Tobin's blog at
http://cocjournal.blogspot.com/.
Daffodil Open was held in Tacoma (April 12-13).
The winner was Mike Macgregor with 4.5 out of 5 points. There were 19
players, including some we hadn't seen in awhile!
Seattle Spring Open (March
28-30). There was an excellent turnout of
over 50!
Congratulations to Larry Ball, winner of the
Portland Chess Club March G/60, with a perfect score of 4 out of 4!
Oregon High School Chess Team Association (OHSCTA) reports on
results of championship
held February 22-23 in Roseburg. Photos: A scene of the action in the
playing hall (left); Sunset high school Varsity and JV team that won two
titles (right).
See old tournament news previously appearing on this
page.
