September
2010
Sep 4-6 Oregon Open, Gresham,
OR – See PDF flyer/entry form.
Sep 4-6 Langley Chess Club Labor
Day Weekend Open, Brookswood Senior Centre, 19899 -36 Ave, Langley, BC,
Canada. Type: 6 round Swiss. Rounds: Saturday 10:00am, 4:00pm, Sunday
10:00am, 4:00pm, Monday 9:00am, 3:00pm or ASAP. Entry Fee: Before or on
August 17, 2010: C$60, After August 17, 2010 or on site: C$70. Time Control:
G/90 with 30 second increment. Prizes: Based on entries and sponsorship.
Please contact Hugh Long
(hughraine@telus.net, 604-530-4693) if you wish to be a sponsor.
Website:
http://www.langleychess.com/2010-Open.htm.
Sep 7 Seattle Sluggers
(U.S. Chess League) match vs. Miami Sharks –
see full schedule.
Match starts at 6:00 PM PDT at Chess4Life Chess Center, 13555 Bel-Red Rd.
Suite #200, Bellevue, WA, 98005.
Sep 11 TCC MINI SWISS.
SITE: TACOMA CHESS CLUB, 409 PUYALLUP AVE. E., ROOM 11, 2ND FLOOR. LOCATED
IN THE DTI SOCCER STORE BUILDING ACROSS THE ST. FROM ALFRED’S CAFÉ & 2
BLOCKS DOWN THE HILL FROM THE TACOMA DOME. FORMAT: 3 ROUND SWISS.
TIME CONTROL: G/90. ENTRY FEE:
$20.00. PRIZE FUND: B/10, 1ST $50.00, 2ND $40.00, 1ST U1700,U1400 $35.00
EACH. REG. 9:00-9:45. ROUNDS: 10:00, 1:30, 4:00 OR A.S.A.P. USCF/WCF
MEMBERSHIPS REQUIRED. BYES: 1 BYE AVAILABLE. ENTRIES/INFO: GARY J. DORFNER,
8423 E. B ST., TACOMA, WA 98445, Ph. (253) 535-2536, E-mail
ggarychess@aol.com.
Sep 11 Portland CC Saturday
Quads. Reg: 9:00 to 9:30 am. Clocks start at 10 am.
Tournament could run until 11 pm. Format will be a Quad unless there is an
odd number of players in which we may have a Swiss. USCF required. EF:
$10.00 members, $15.00 nonmembers. No cash prizes. First place of each Quad
receives a free entry into the following month's Tuesday or Saturday Quad.
Any questions please email
RSeanOConnell@msn.com.
Sep 12 Seattle Chess Club
Sunday Tornado. Site: Seattle Chess Club, Northway Square East Building (2150
N 107th St), Seattle WA.
Format: 4-SS. Time Control: G/64. Entry Fee: $17 (+$5 fee for non-SCC).
Prizes: 1st 35%, 2nd 27%, Bottom Half 1st 22%, 2nd 16% ($10 from each EF
goes to prize fund). Reg.: 10:30-11:15 a.m. Rds: 11:30-1:50-4:10-6:30. Misc:
USCF, WCF/OCF memb. req’d, Other States Accepted. No Smoking, No Computers.
Info: 206-417-5405 (recorded message); e-mail
kleistcf@aol.com.
Sep 17,24, Oct 1,8,15,22,29. TACOMA CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Site: Tacoma
Chess Club, 409 Puyallup Ave., Room 11, 2nd floor In the DTI Soccer Store
Bldg, Format: 7 round Swiss in 1 section. Time control: 40/2, SD/30. Entry
Fee: $6.00. Prizes: 1st Plaque, 2nd $20.00, 3rd $15.00, Class A,B,C,D,E 1st
trophy, 2nd medal. TCC Jr. Champion: Trophy. (Class winners will be TCC
Class Champions.) Any Jr. player who beats or draws an adult player $10.00.
Any Class E player who beats or draws a Master, Expert or a Class A player
$10.00. Top Sr. player 60+ $10.00 + plaque. (Will be TCC Sr. Adult Champ.)
Round times: R-1, 8:30, Rounds 2-7, 8:00. Byes: 2 half point byes are
available. Must be a Tacoma Chess Club member to be eligible to play in the
tournament. If you cannot be at the club on a Friday night to play a round,
please let the TD know. You can take a ½ point bye or reschedule your game
for a Wed. night or a Sat. or Sun. For more info please see Gary at the club
or contact him at (253) 535-2536 or e-mail
ggarychess@aol.com. FORMER MEMBERS!
If your membership has expired and you enter the tournament, your membership
will automatically be renewed for free for a Quarter year. (Oct. 1, 2010 to
Dec. 31, 2010) All you have to pay is the $6.00 entry fee.
Sep 25 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA. Site: Seattle Chess Club,
Northway Square East Building (2150 N 107th St), Seattle WA. Format: 3-RR, 4-player sections by rating. Time Control: G/120. Entry
Fee: $7 (+$5 fee for non-SCC). Prizes: Free entry for future quad. Reg:
9:00-9:45 a.m. Rds: 10:00-2:15-ASAP. Misc: USCF, WCF/OCF memb. req’d, Other
States Accepted. No Smoking, No Computers. Info: 206-417-5405 (recorded
message); e-mail
kleistcf@aol.com.
Sep 25 Portland CC Game in 60. 4SS, G/60. TD may switch to 5SS and G/45 if more than 25 entries.
Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave., Portland, OR. EF: $20, $5 discount for PCC Members.
OCF/WCF and USCF memb req'd, OSA. No advance entries. Reg: 9-9:30. Byes: 1/2
point bye if requested at reg. Prizes: ($200/b20) $60-$40-$30 U1800, U1500
$35 each.
Info:
portlandchessclub@gmail.com,
503-246-2978,
www.pdxchess.com.
Sep 25 Yakima Chess Club Mini Swiss (G/90), Toppenish,
WA – See PDF flyer.
October
2010
Oct 2-3 Silverdale Beach Hotel
Classic, Silverdale, WA. Site: Silverdale Beach Hotel, 3073 N.W. Bucklin
Hill Road, Silverdale, WA. Format: 4SS, 3 sections. Time control: G/90 + 30
seconds/move increment. Registration: 10:00-11:30 AM. Rounds: Sat. 12:30 PM,
6:00 PM; Sun. 9:45 AM, 3:00 PM. Prize fund: $1000 b/50: Open section >= 1900 USCF $200, $100, $100; Premiere section: U1900 $100, $70, $55 plus top score
U1700 $75; Reserve U1400/unr. $100, $70, $55 plus top Unrated score $75.
Entry fee: $40 if received by 9/24, $50 by 10/1, $60 on-site; USCF/NWC req.
Half-point bye: must be requested at registration, max. of one. Entries:
(checks payable to) Kris Dietsch, 2251 High View Ln. NW, Apt C-102,
Bremerton, WA 98312-5345 (please use a separate line for Apt C-102);
cash/checks at site. You
may also register online. Info: Kris (360) 479-0847,
mrkrisyawho@yahoo.com, Joe
Eversole joeeversole@q.com. USCF TD,
returning from 2009, is H.G. Pitre, (206) 284-9314.
Hotel: indoor heated
pool, view, waterfront park: players $80/$90dbl, reservation code #200834 by
9/21, website
www.silverdalebeachhotel.com,
phone (360) 698-1000, 1-800-544-9799. See the
Dec. 2009 NWC issue for an
excellent article with photos on last year's event.
Oct 9 WASH. STATE TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIP. SITE: SEATTLE CHESS CLUB, 2150 N. 107TH ST., SEATTLE, WA
98133. FORMAT: 4 ROUND SWISS, 4 PLAYER TEAM, 1 DAY EVENT. TIME CONTROL:
G/60. REG. 9:00-9:45 AM, ROUNDS: 10:00,12:30,3:00,5:30 OR A.S.A.P. ENTRY
FEE: $20.00 per TEAM, $5.00 per PLAYER. PRIZES: TROPHIES 1ST,2ND,3RD and
PLAQUES FOR TOP BOARDS 1,2,3,4. USCF/WCF MEMBERSHIPS REQUIRED. RATING LIMIT
IS NOT TO EXCEED 1800 (team average). TEAM CHAMPION WILL PLAY AN EXHIBITION
GAME WITH THE SEATTLE SLUGGERS. TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: FRED KLEIST and GARY
DORFNER. ENTRIES/INFO: GARY DORFNER, 8423 E. B ST., TACOMA, WA 98445, phone
(253) 535-2536, e-mail
GGARYCHESS@AOL.COM. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCT. 6TH. TEAMS MUST BE
LISTED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WILL PLAY. SCHOLASTIC PLAYERS: THIS WILL BE A
GOOD WAY FOR YOU TO GET IN SOME PRACTICE and KICK OFF THE 2010-11 SEASON. WE
ALSO HOPE TO USE THIS EVENT TO JUMP START THE WASH. CHESS LEAGUE.
Oct 9-10 Eastern Washington
Open, Spokane, WA. Location: Schoenberg Center, Room 201, Gonzaga
University, N. 900 Pearl St., Spokane (southwest corner of GU campus – one
block east of Division/Ruby couplet off DeSmet Ave.). Format: 5 round Swiss
System. Registration: 8:30-9:30, October 9. Rounds: 10-2:30-7; 9-1:30 or
ASAP. Time control: Game/120. Entry fee: $21 if received by 10/8, $26 at the
door; under 18 $5 less. $600 prize fund GUARANTEED. Additional classes and
class prizes may be created if entries exceed 30 players. Class prizes based
on at least 5 per class; classes (and class prizes) may be reconfigured if
less than five class entries. Only one prize per player (except biggest
upset). NS, NC, W. One 1/2 point bye available if requested by end of
preceding round. Sunday bye must be requested by end of round 3. Director
reserves right to use class pairings in final round. PRIZES FIRST -- $150,
SECOND -- $100. Class Prizes: $65 first, $35 second: B; C; D/E/unrated.
Biggest Upset (non-provisional) -- $50. Entries: David Griffin, PO Box 631, Spokane Valley, WA 99037. For information please call (509)
994-9739 (cell). Club website:
www.spokanechessclub.org.
Oct 16-17 Portland Fall Open. 5SS, 2 sections: Open & Reserve
(U1800), TC: 40/90 SD/30 Rds 1-3, 40/2 SD/1 Rds 4-5. Portland Chess Club,
8205 SW 24th, Portland, OR 97219. EF: $35.
$10 discount for PCC Members. OCF/WCF and USCF memb req'd, OSA. Prizes:
($650 b/40). Open $325: 1st $150, 2nd $100, U2000 $75. Reserve $325: 1st
$100, 2nd $75, U1600 $50, U1400 $50, U1200/Unr $50. Reg: 9-9:30AM 3/21, Rds:
Sat 10-2-ASAP, Sun 10-ASAP. Byes: 1/2 point bye if requested at reg.,
maximum two. Adv. Ent.: Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR
97219. Info:
portlandchessclub@gmail.com,
503-246-2978, website
www.pdxchess.com.
Oct 22-24 28th Annual Sands Regency Reno - Western States Open, Reno, NV
– See full-page ad.
Oct 23 Ernst Rasmussen Blackmar Diemer Gambit Open. Site: Towne Point
Club House, 2240 Towne Point Avenue, Port Townsend, WA. Format: Four-round
Swiss. TC: G/1 hr. EF: $10. This is a non-rated event. Prizes, guaranteed:
$1,000: 1st, $300; 2nd, $200; 3rd, $100; 1st U2000, $100; 2nd $75; 1st
U1700, $100; 2nd, $75. Best game $50; more prize money possible as entries
permit. Refreshments and a catered lunch are included(!). 1 HPB allowed.
Reg.: 8:00-8:45 AM. Rds 9:00, 11:30, 2:30, 5:30. All games must start from
the position following 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3. Info:
Stephen Chase, 11 W. Hayden St., Port Hadlock, WA 98339-9570. Phone:
360-385-3457. Entries: Gary Dorfner, 8423 E.
B ST., TACOMA, WA 98445, Phone 253-535-2536, E-mail
ggarychess@aol.com.
Oct 23 Yakima Chess Club Mini Swiss (G/90), Toppenish,
WA – See PDF flyer.
Oct 30-31 77th Puget Sound
Open. SITE: TACOMA CHESS CLUB, 409 PUYALLUP AVE. E., 2ND FLOOR, ROOM 11
IN THE DTI SOCCER STORE BUILDING ACROSS FROM ALFRED’S CAFÉ & 2 BLOCKS DOWN
THE HILL FROM THE TACOMA DOME. FORMAT: 5 ROUND SWISS, 1 SECTION. TIME
CONTROL: 40/90, SD/30. ENTRY FEE: ADULTS $35.00 ADVANCED, $40.00 AT THE
DOOR, JR.’S $20.00 ADVANCED, $25.00 AT THE DOOR, ECONOMY $15.00.
REGISTRATION: 9:00-9:45 AM. ROUNDS: SAT. 10:00, 2:30, 7:00, SUN. 10:00, 3:00
OR A.S.A.P. PRIZE FUND: $485.00 B/20, 1ST $100.00, 2ND $85.00, 1ST U2000,
U1700, U1400 $55.00, 2ND U2000, U1700, U1400 $45.00.
Upset Prize each round (book).
BYES: 2 HALF POINT BYES AVAILABLE. USCF/WCF MEMBERSHIPS REQUIRED. NS NC NW.
ENTRIES/INFO: GARY J. DORFNER, 8423 E. B ST., TACOMA, WA 98445, phone (253)
535-2536, e-mail ggarychess@aol.com.
November
2010
Nov 20 Yakima Chess Club Mini Swiss (G/90), Toppenish,
WA – See PDF flyer.
Nov 26-28 Washington Class Championships, Redmond, WA –
See PDF flyer.
Hotel reservation link:
Redmond Marriott Town Center >>
