Seattle Seafair Open (Aug 15-17).
Washington State Blitz Championships (Aug 9) in Bellevue, WA.
Congratulations to teenager Michael Lee, who won the championship with
10 out of 14 possible points!
Puget Sound Open in Tacoma, WA (Jul 19-20).
Portland Chess Club Summer Open (Jul 12-13) – Congratulations to GM
Emil Anka, winner with a score of 4.5/5.0. His only draw was against NM
Nick Raptis, who finished with a score of 3.5/5.0. David Bannon won the
reserve section with a perfect 5.0 score!
Spokane Falls Open (Jul 12-13).
Evergreen Empire Open (June 28-29)
in Tacoma. There were also one-day events the same weekend 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." Note: Nick also
won the June G/60.
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
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