Category: Tournament Results

  • Raptis Wins Seattle City Championship

    The Seattle Chess Club held the event on Jan. 15-17, 2016. The 26 players in the Open Section were topped by the 4.5-.5 score of Nick Raptis of Vancouver WA. Tied for 2nd place with 4-1 were Bryce Tiglon and Nikita Chetrari. The Reserve Section had 37 players. Top score was 4.5-.5 by Neal Bonrud.…

  • Daniel He WA Jr. Champ.

    David Hendricks reports: Congratulations to Daniel He for winning the WA Junior Closed for a 3rd straight year! He and his twin brother Samuel He actually tied with a 4.5 score after 5 rounds of the round robin with time controls G/90;d10, beating all opponents, and drawing against each other. Then they had to go…

  • Gresham Open Results

    Nick Raptis of Portland scored perfect 5-0 in the 41 player 2016 Gresham Open for a clear first place. At 4-1 were Jason Cigan and Bill Schill. Event was held on Jan 2-3. US Chess Crosstable CLICK HERE.

  • FM Ignacio Perez wins 2015 WA G/60 Championship!

    The 2015 WA G/60 Championship was held at Seattle Chess Club over winter break December 28-29. The tournament was hosted by the Washington Chess Federation and directed by Fred Kleist. 48 players took part in one large open section. FM Ignacio Perez, originally from Cuba, won clear first with 5.5/6, claiming the $180 first place…

  • 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…

  • Seattle CC Extravanganza Results

    Event was held Nov 13-15, 2015 under the direction of Fred Kleist. Nick Raptis and Viktors Pupols tied for 1st with 5.5-1.5 in the 18 player Open Section. Raptis was playing a match with Roland Feng at the same time he was playing in the Open Section of the tournament. 19 players in the Reserve…

  • WA vs OR Champs Match

    Photo Credit: Josh Sinanan. Below are the final results of the 2015 Roland Feng WA-Nick Raptis OR State Champions Match, which took place Nov. 13-15 at the Seattle Chess Club concurrently with the Extravaganza. Game 1: Draw Game 2: Draw Game 3: Roland won Game 4: Nick won Game 5: Roland won Game 6: Draw…