Month: March 2015

  • Washington State Girls Championship Results

    Sangeeta Dhingra won a one game playoff at a time control of G/15; d5 over Naomi Bashkansky. They scored 3.5-.5 in the main event. They drew with each other in the 4th round. David Hendricks directed the event for the sponsoring Washington Chess Federation. Winner got $500.00 in travel expense money for a national USCF…

  • Article about GM Yasser Seirawan

    CLICK HERE. From Susan Polgar BLOG.

  • Portland CC March G/60 results

    39 players attended the March 28, 2015 event held at the Portland Oregon Chess Club. Michael Lilly handled the TD tasks from 8am to 10pm per his facebook post about the event. Two master rated players finished with 4-0 scores, Nick Raptis and Carl Hasseler. Jason Cigan had the only 3.5-.5 score. CLICK HERE for…

  • Seattle CC Seattle Spring Open Results

    55 players in two sections took part in a Fred Kleist directed event on March 20-22, 2015. Roland Feng and William Schill tied for first place with 3.5-.5. Schill won games against three master rated players. They did not play each other. 24 players were in this Open Section. The 31 players in the reserve…

  • Number of Chess Events held by some affiliates in WA/OR

    I noticed that the Seattle Chess Club was getting close to having 1000 events listed on the USCF website. CLICK HERE The USCF records listed on the website only start in 1991. So the clubs listed below have run lots more events but to get those numbers would take searching of NORTHWESTS CHESS magazines. As…

  • Seattle CC Ides of March Tornado Results

    Samuel He scored 4-0 results to top the field. Event held March 15 with G/60 time control. Directed by Fred Kleist. CLICK HERE for the Crosstable.

  • Portland CC March 21 Events USCF crosstables

    CLICK HERE – 18 players in 4 sections under direction of Micah Smith and Michael Lilly. CLICK Here for BLITZ Crosstable. CLICK HERE for crosstables with Chess Ratings Northwest.

  • Coffee Time Quick Chess Event on March 7 results.

    Nick Raptis won a 10-player G/15 event at Coffee Time in Portland. For the USCF Crosstable, CLICK HERE. Editor’s Note: The annual Northwest Open was held at the Tacoma Chess Club the same day, in three groups (of 6, 4 and 3 players). The group winners were Viktors Pupols (3 of 3), Murlin Varner (2.5 of…

  • Portland Spring Open results

    Lennart Bjorksten vs Nick Raptis; Photo Credit: Brian Berger One of the TD’s reports: Mike Lilly – Congratulations to the winners: Open – first LENNART BJORKSTEN second JERRY SHERRARD first under 2000 BRENT BAXTER Reserve – tie for first & second Jack Woo McClain and Conor O’Sullivan first under 1600 Danny Phipps USCF Crosstable CLICK…

  • 2015 WA State Scholastic Chess Championships

    The 2015 WA State Scholastic Chess Championships were held on March 7th at Interlake High School in Bellevue and on March 8th at the Seattle Chess Club in Northgate. 169 players took part in 6 sections: K-3U800, K-3U1400, 4-6U1000, 4-12U1400, K-8 U1600, and K-8 Open. The tournament was directed by David Hendricks with assistance from Josh…