Washington Challengers Cup in Tacoma
was postponed from Dec. 20-21 until Dec. 27-28.
Bill Schill defeated Mike MacGregor in a playoff.
Congratulations! Schill is now seeded into the state championship in
February. See the
Tacoma Chess Club page for more about
this and other events.
Seattle Saturday Quads (Dec 13), Portland Winter Open (Dec
13-14), Seattle Sunday Tornado (Dec 14). Photo: Mike Morris
(right) competes at the Winter Open. The weather in Portland did in fact
turn to severe winter conditions by Sunday, but we understand that the
tournament did conclude on Sunday, with a few players missing!!
See report on PCC web.
See more of Rusty Miller's photos on Flickr.
Portland CC Saturday Quads
(12/6), Washington Quick Chess (G/30) Championship (12/6) in
Seattle,
Clash of the Titans (12/6-7) in Spokane. Congratulations to Quick
Chess champion Fred Kleist, first among the 13 players who competed.
Gary Dorfner was the TD for the event.
Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend!
WA Class
Championships (Nov 28-30) in Redmond, WA. Photo: WCF Treasurer
Robert Allen. See more photos
and results.
Java Fusion Open
(Nov 22), Tacoma, WA; Portland Chess Club Game in 60
(Nov 22), Portland, OR; Seattle Chess Club Sunday Tornado
(Nov 23), Seattle, WA,
Tacoma Chess Club All-Economy
Tournament #3
(Nov 15-16).
Congratulations to John Julian, winner of the recently
completed Spokane Fall Championship (with 5 points), as well as
the 5th Spokane G/10 held on Oct 25 (with an overwhelming 13.5/14
points)!
Seattle Chess Club Saturday Quads
(Nov 8), Seattle Chess Club
Novice (Nov 9) and
Seattle Chess Club Extravaganza (7 Round G/90)
(Oct 31-Nov 2).
Portland CC
Game in 60
(Oct 25), Spokane G/10 (Oct 25), Tacoma
Open (Oct 25-26), Seattle CC Sunday Tornado (Oct 26).
The 26th annual Western States Open was
contested in Reno, Nevada (Oct 17-19). For those staying closer
to home, the Portland Fall Open was held the same weekend
(Oct 18-19), and there was a G/15 tournament at the
Miller Community Center in Seattle. Congratulations to Portland Fall
Open winner Radu Roua, with a perfect 5 point score! Reserve section
co-winners were up-and-coming junior players Austin Sharp and Alex
Piatski, each with 4 points.
Congratulations to Paul Bartron, winner of the
Washington Senior Adult Championship
(Oct 4) in Tacoma, WA. Also
contested the same weekend was the new
Seattle Chess Club Lo-Roller Octagonal (Oct 4) in
Seattle, WA.
Seattle Fall Open
(Sep 26-28), Portland CC Game in 60 (Sep 27),
Eastern Washington Open (Sep 27-28).
Report! The Green Open (Sep
13-14) at Seattle CC
See report by Hanniegn Pitre. See
games.
See the Tacoma Chess Times for
recent club tournament results.
Oregon Open
(Aug 30-Sep
1) in Gresham, OR. As reported by TD Neil Dale, "Bill Heywood is
the winner of the 2008 Oregon Open. He finished clear first, with four
wins and two draws (against Corey Russell and Andy May). Tied for 2nd
through 4th with 4 1/2 points each were Russell, May and Alex Guo."
Anthony Guo was the Reserve Section winner with an excellent score of
5.5 out of 6. See the Portland Chess
Club website for more info.
Portland CC Game in 60 (Aug 23),
Summer Lightning in Spokane (Aug 23),
Tacoma Summer Open (Aug 23-24),
Seattle Seafair Open (Aug 15-17).
See
games from Seafair Open.
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!
WA wins Match! A Washington vs. Oregon chess match
was held Saturday, July 26 in Hoquiam, WA.
See the roster of players
and a brief report with photos and games. Congratulations to the
Washington team, winning the match by a score of 6.5-3.5.
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).
OR Championship!
The Oregon Invitational Championship was contested June
13-15 and 21-22 in Portland. Radu Roua won the event 7-2 to
repeat his victory of 2007. Landon Brownell and Nick Raptis tied for
2nd-3rd with 6.5-2.5. Please see the
Portland Chess Club website for more information and results!
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.
WA Open games
are available on the games page
in Chessbase and PGN formats.
Thanks to Drayton Harrison for compiling
the available games. Games
from the Washington Championship, Premier and Invitational are
also available to download.
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.
Inland Empire Open in Spokane (Apr 26-27) Winner: Paul Bartron
(4.5/5).
"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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
9th
North American FIDE Invitational was held in Chicago, Illinois,
March 22 to March 28. See
http://www.nachess.org/fide and
http://www.monroi.com/wdc.
Report on the
well-known Amber Chess Tournament,
March 15-27 in Nice, where 12 grandmasters played the "two circles"
system: one fast game and one blind game.
Portland Spring Open (Mar 15-16) and Spokane
Uncle's Tournament (Mar 15).
All Economy! The
Tacoma Chess Club experimented with an all-economy (no prize fund)
tournament the weekend of March 8-9. There were 16 entries.
16th Dave Collyer Memorial, Spokane, WA (Feb 23-24).
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).
