Month: March 2014

  • Rook Madness Scholastic Tournament

    Photo Credit: Azira Sande. James Stripes reports on Facebook – CLICK HERE for his BLOG Some are More Equal Than Others The top six players at the Rook Madness tournament demonstrated that any one of them could defeat any of the others. Upsets abounded in the thirteen player K-12 section that was 1/3 elementary age…

  • Seattle CC February Event Results

    The event ran Jan 31- Feb 28 with Fred Kleist directing. The time control was 40/90, 30/60. 27 players took part. Three of them scored 3.5-1.5: Ralph Anthony of Mukilteo, Boas Lee and assistant TD Carol Mayer-Kleist of Seattle. CLICK HERE for the USCF crosstable.

  • Seattle CC Feb Tornado Results

    18 players took part in an event on Feb 23, 2014 with Fred Kleist directing. Roland Feng of Seattle with a score of 4-0 topped the event. CLICK HERE for the USCF Crosstable.

  • Seattle Chess Club March Quads Results

    On March 1, 2014 Fred Kleist for the Seattle CC directed 4 sections of quad play at G/120; d5 time control. Quad A was won by Marcel Milat with 2.5-.5. Quad B was a 3-0 win by Benjamin Brusniak of Lynnwood. Quad C was also 3-0 win by Eric M. Zuang of Sammamish. Quad D…

  • Washington High School State Team Championship RESULTS

    Newport High School chess team won Washington High School State Team Championship, squeezing ahead by mere 0.5 point. Playing for the winning Newport team, Ethan Bashkansky got a special medal for winning all 5 out of 5 games. Also congratulations to the previous 4 years champion Lakeside High School in second place, and Interlake High…

  • OHSCTA State Team Tournament Results

    CLICK HERE for the CHESS Ratings Northwest Crosstable. The event was held Feb 28-March 1 at South Umpqua High School in Myrtle Point, Oregon. The sponsoring group was Oregon High School Chess Team Association. CLICK HERE for their website. Photo Credit: Brendon Thrash. Crescent Valley varsity team won the overall team championship and also the…

  • 2nd Annual Wildcat Classic Scholastic Results

    Redland Elementary School in Oregon City, Oregon held a tournament on March 1, 2014. April Albers was the tournament director. The Kings section was won by Ethan Allison with 5-0. The Rooks section winner with 4-1 was Allen Shang of Lake Oswego Junior High. Grace Trieu of Woodstock Elementary School in Portland won the Bishops…

  • Richland March Madness Results

    Lots of kids in Richland Washington on March 1, 2014 under the direction of Gregg Delmon Dillingham. Lots of clear section winners: Section K-1 under 800 rating was won by Colin Shen of Sacajawea Elementary School in Richland with 4.5-.5 score. 24 players in this section. Section K-3 Open another 4.5-.5 score won, Patrick Kovels…

  • Vancouver Washington YMCA Results

    The K-Grade3 section had 9 players and was a three way tie for 1st at 4-1 between Alexander Strigul of German American School in Portland, Tyler Griffith of LaCenter Elementary and Georgly Gidishvili of Orchards Elementary in Vancouver. A clear winner at 4.5-.5 in the 27 player Grade 4-6 section was Levi Harms of Orchards…

  • Seattle Country Day School Tournament Results

    The Kindergarten section of 34 players was a 3 way tie at 4.5-.5 for 1st place between: Nathan Race of Coe Elementary in Seattle, Lucas Ng of John Stanford International in Seattle and Tripp Madill of Evergreen School in Shoreline. The Grade 1-3 Section had 85 players and again a three way tie for 1st…