Month: December 2015

  • Portland CC Dec G/60 Results

    20 players took part in the monthly G/60 event held at the Portland Chess Club on Dec 26, 2015. With a 4-0 score the top rated player in the event, Nick Raptis of Portland won the event clear. 4 players scored 3-1. Mike Morris of Portland was the tournament director. US Chess crosstable CLICK HERE.

  • Results of Portland CC Winter Open

    Good turnout for the 2015 Winter Open held at the Portland Chess Club. 24 players in both sections. A near record turnout per research by Micah Smith of Vancouver. Not only the same numbers of players the same score for top two finishers of both sections, 4.5-.5 and 4-1. Open section winner was Nick Raptis…

  • 2015 Washington State Women’s Championship

    The 2015 WA State Women’s Championship was held December 12-13 at the Seattle Chess Club.  Seven players took part in one open section: WFM Chouchanik Airapetian (2080 USCF, 2086 FIDE, ARM) Badamkhand Norovsambuu (2038 USCF, 2017 FIDE, MGL) WCM Naomi Bashkansky (1976 USCF, 1695 FIDE, USA) Kerry Van Veen (1548 USCF, USA) Minda Chen (1337 USCF, 1522 NWSRS, USA)…

  • 2015 WA Class Championships

    The 2015 WA Class Championships were held at North Seattle Community College from Nov. 27-29. 160 players took part, mostly from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.  The winners in each section were as follows: Master 2200+: FM Roland Feng $500 Expert 2000-2200: FM Paul Bartron $400 Class A 1800-2000: Vikram Ramasamy (6-0!) $300 Class B 1600-1800: Robin…