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2004 WA Championship/Premier

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2004 Washington State Championship / Premier

The 2004 Washington State Championship / Premier tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 7-8 and 14-16, 2004 at the Oki Foundation Meeting Center, 10838 Main St. in Bellevue, WA.

The results appear below. Congratulations to Slava Mikhailuk on repeating as Washington State chess champion, and to Curt Collyer for winning the Premier! Also see results and discussion on the Northwest Chess Center Forum.

Championship

The Championship has been registered and will be FIDE rated.

Place Title/Name Points Rating Comments
1st

SM Slava Mikhailuk

 7.5

2423

 He also won the title in 2003!
2nd

FM William Schill II

 6.5

2253 Tied 4th - 7th 2003; Former Champion
3rd (tiebreak)

NM Nat Koons

 6

2207  
4th

NM David Bragg

 6

 2211  
5th

NM Huso Hadzic

 4

 2235 Tied 4th - 7th 2003; 2nd appearance in event
6th

FM David Sprenkle

 3.5

 2329 1st Washington Champion Event for him
7th

Geoffrey Gale

 3.5

 1997 Winner of 2003 Premier
8th

LM Viktors Pupols

 3

 2200 Tied for 2nd-3rd in 2003; Former Champion
9th Richard Selzler

 2.5

 1891 2003 State Junior Champion
10th

NM Neil Salmon

 2.5

 2225 Tied 4th - 7th 2003; Former Champion

Left to right (click on images to enlarge):
Washington State Chess Champion Slava Mikhailuk.
David Sprenkle and Slava Mikhailuk.
Nat Koons.
Richard Selzer plays Huso Hadzic (?).

Premier

Place Title/Name Points Rating
1st

Curt Collyer

 7 2166
2nd (tiebreak)

Chris Kalina

 6.5 1906
3rd

Michael MacGregor

 6.5 2139
4th

David Arganian

 6 2068
5th

Elston Cloy

 5 1854
6th

Michael Franett

 4.5 2043
7th

Paul Bartron

 3.5 2077
8th

H.G. Pitre

 3 1845
9th

John Julian

 1.5 1913
10th

Stephen Buck

 1 1820

Chris Kalina plays Curt Collyer
(click on image to enlarge).

 

 

Organizer: Carol Kleist, WCF Tournament Coordinator, WCFtnmtcor@cs.com
Championship prizes: $350, $250, $175, $125, $90.
Prizes in Premier are roughly 1st $145, 2nd $100, 3rd $70, fourth $50 and fifth $35.