Month: January 2013

  • Northwest Chess Scholastic League Final Standings

    NORTHWEST CHESS LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS 2012-13 (This is a high school chess league in NW WA) 35.5 Ferndale 31.0 Lynden Christian 25.0 Ferndale B 23.0 Lynden 22.0 Sehome 22.0 Ferndale C 20.5 Blaine 20.0 Meridian 16.5 Burlington-Edison 14.5 Mount Baker 14.5 Bellingham 14.0 Sedro-Woolley 13.0 Ferndale D 4.5 La Conner More info

  • Washington Junior Open and Reserve Sections Tmt.

    Compiled by Russell Miller from the USCF cross table and the Scholastic Ratings list plus the Seattle CC ad in the Jan issue of NORTHWEST CHESS. On January 21, 2013 in Redmond WA a lot of scholastic players took part in a one day event in Redmond WA under the direction of David Hendricks. Open Section…

  • Game in 60 at Portland CC

    On January 26 the Portland Chess Club hosted a Game in 60 event that attracted 20 players. Daniel Gay of Tigard won the event with 4-0 score. 2nd place at 3.5-.5 was Micah Smith of Vancouver. Neil Dale was the chief TD. USCF Cross table can be found here.

  • Tacoma CC Winter Open Results

    8 players took part in the event held Jan 19, 2013 under the direction of Gary Dorfner of Tacoma. Paul Bartron of Tacoma won the event 4-0. USCF cross table found here.

  • Seattle City Championship

    The Seattle Chess Club hosted this event on Jan 11-13, 2013. Fred Kleist handled the TD tasks. 14 players took part in the Championship Section. It ended a three-way tie at the 4-1 score. Bryce Tiglon of Louisa Alcott Elementary 6th grade, Redmond WA, Daniel He of Redmond Jr. High 8th grade, Redmond WA and Samuel…

  • Tacoma Chess Times News from Tacoma CC

    TACOMA CHESS TIMES 1/21/2013 by Vivi Bartron Don’t forget to come to the general membership meeting Friday night Jan. 25th at 8:30 pm. Your input is needed. Agenda: Minutes from last meeting Financial report Tournament report Membership report Other officer reports New Business: Results from survey conducted last Oct. New computer for club to replace one…

  • February 2013 issue of Northwest Chess

    February 2013 Mock Up (Page 1) The February issue of Northwest Chess was completed this evening and will be sent to the printers soon. The above link is the Formal Mock-up of the issue,  summarizing page by page what is in the issue. I feel this is a fantastic issue. It should arrive on or…

  • Interesting Chess Postage Stamps

    Scans of these chess-themed postage stamps and cards from 1972 and 1973 supplied by Russell Miller. (Click on image to see a larger version.)

  • High School Chess League Report

    FROM Northwest Washington Scholastic Chess Ememo 219 by Randy Kaech NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL CHESS LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER SIX ROUNDS Two rounds yet to go, which will be played Monday evening, January 14 at Ferndale HS, 6:00 p.m. The top eight teams qualify to play in the Washington State High School Chess Team Championships, held February 8 and…

  • Seattle Chess Club Year End Event

    Fred Kleist of Seattle directed a 5 section 28 player Dec 28-29 at the Seattle Chess Club on Dec 28-29, 2012. USCF Crosstable Link.