Category: Tournament Results

  • 2016 Washington G/60 Results

    Washington Chess Federation reports on Facebook. The 2016 WA G/60 Championship was held at Seattle Chess Club over winter break December 27-28. The tournament was hosted by the Washington Chess Federation and directed by Fred Kleist. 50 players took part in one large open section, up slightly from last year. FM Ignacio Perez repeated as…

  • Results of Portland CC Dec G/60 event

    14 players took part in the event held at the club site on Dec 17, 2016. Lennart Bjorksten was the chief TD. Gavin Zhang added to his rating because of his 4-0 final score. In the event held in Nov he tied for 3rd and in Oct his 3-0 score tied. CLICK HERE for the US…

  • Bellevue 8th grader Naomi Bashkansky wins World School Chess Championship!

    Naomi Bashkansky has just won the 2016 World School Chess Championship in the Girls Under 13 category, held on December 2 – 12 in Sochi, Russia. With 5 wins (full points) and 4 draws (half-points), she got 7 points in 9 games, and finished in the first place — without a single loss, undefeated. As a winner she is awarded the Woman…

  • Northwest Chess Open results

    Duane Polich posted on Facebook: Results are in for the 2016 Northwest Chess Open. Congratulations to Nick Raptis from Washington who took first place with 4.5 points good for $170.00. Nick double dipped over the weekend also tieing for 1st in the Masters Series of events which was hosted on Saturday by Josh Sinanan and…

  • Seattle Chess Club July 9, 2016

    I stopped by for a few photos during a tournament. CLICK HERE for the photos. CLICK HERE for xtable of the event plus a Novice event held on Sunday.

  • Portland CC May G/60 Event

    CLICK HERE for the pictures I took during the first round on May 20, 2016. CLICK HERE for the link to the xtable.

  • Spokane CC event Inland Empire Open

    Taken for a Facebook post by Spokane Chess Club. “INLAND EMPIRE OPEN — THREE’S A CROWD!! This year’s installment of the Inland Empire Open ended up with the top three seeds sharing first place and claiming the prizes for first, second, and third. Michael Cambareri, Michael Murray and Pavlo Zaborskyy all scored 4.0 to top…

  • Portland CC Event on May 14-15

    40 players took part in the 2ND ANNUAL ROSE CITY SECTIONALS. CLICK HERE for my photos taken during round 1. CLICK HERE for xtables.

  • Olde Middle School Team Tied for First in K-8 at National Junior High Championship

    Congratulations to Bellevue’s Olde Middle School chess team on their outstanding achievement tying for 1st place in K-8 at the National Junior High Championship in Indianapolis, IN, held 15-17 April 2016. Derek Zhang (2148) and Naomi Bashkansky (1993) led the team with a score of 6/7, tying for 3rd place in the 272 player section.  Other…

  • Washington players tie for 1st in National High School Championship

    Congratulations to Kyle Haining (2191) and Bryce Tiglon (2357) for sharing first place with four other 2400+ rated players at the National High School Championship in Atlanta, GA, held April 1-3, 2016. [All six players scored 6.0 points in 7 rounds.] Kyle pulled off an incredible feat by defeating two 2400+ rated players in the last two rounds.…