Northwest Chess Blog http://www.nwchess.com/blog News and discussions from the Northwest Chess officers and editors Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brian Berger G25 Open Results http://www.nwchess.com/blog/2013/05/brian-berger-g25-open-results/ http://www.nwchess.com/blog/2013/05/brian-berger-g25-open-results/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:07:59 +0000 Russell Miller http://www.nwchess.com/blog/?p=1097
Brian Berger at a TIS Your Move event.

Brian Berger at a TIS Your Move event.


Sean Tobin of TIS Your Move USCF affiliate organized, directed and won a G/25 d3 USCF rated event held in Portland Oregon on May 19. 6 players took part.

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NWC Banner Visits the Vancouver Washington Chess Club on May 20, 2013.

The club meets at the Vancouver main library on C and Evergreen in downtown on Mondays 5pm to 7:45pm. There is a kids group that meets 4pm to 5pm the same day.
Usually there have been more people attending the club than appear in this photo. The weather was very nice on the Monday I took my camera. Play is just skittles some times with clocks. The library has a number of chess sets and boards.

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Sean Tobin, event TD watching Nick Raptis play chess online. Picture from May Sunday Slam.

Sean Tobin, event TD watching Nick Raptis play chess online. Picture from May Sunday Slam.


On May 12, 2013 Sean Tobin organized, directed and won with a 4-0 score the Adam Cubreth Game 25 Open. 7 players took part in the G/25 d3 USCF rated event. Sponsor was USCF affiliate TIS Your Move.

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Two players finished with 3.5-5, Nick Raptis of Portland and Vlajko Lakic of Vancouver WA. They drew with each other in round 4. Two players scored 3-1, Preston Polasek of Lafayette, OR and Dillon Murray of Gresham, OR. Event was dual rated by USCF

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Nick Raptis photo by Russell Miller, not taken at May G/60 but March Quads

Nick Raptis
photo by Russell Miller, not taken at May G/60 but March Quads

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IM Ray Kaufman and the NORTHWEST CHESS banner at Portland Chess Club for May 16 BLITZ event.

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Nick Raptis won the event with 14.5-1.5. 2nd was Ray Kaufman 12-4 and 3rd
Dennis Hoefler with 10-6. Mike Janniro was the TD.

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Newport Beach in 2009.

Newport Beach in 2009.


From the beach at Newport in 2009 a short distance from the tourney.. We are expecting the beaches will be just as beautiful this year. Come play in the chess event on June 15-16, 2013. As of May 16 there are 16 advanced entries.
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One of many wall hangings at the Seattle Chess Club

One of many wall hangings at the Seattle Chess Club


26 players in 7 sections played at the Seattle Chess Club on May 11, 2013.
Fred Kleist handled the TD tasks. Section A had all master rated players and 3 of the 4 players in the section scored 2-1: Nat Koons of Kenmore, David Bragg of Bothell and Viktors Pupols of Kingston. Section B was won with 2-1 score by Skylor Fryberg. Section C was won by Bellevue resident Faris Gulamali 3-0. Section D winner at 2.5-.5 was Boas Lee. Section E top finisher at 2.5-.5 was Eric Zhang of Sammamish. Ilya Tsemekhman scored 3-0 to win the 5 player Mini-Swiss Section.

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Portland Chess Club Sign

Portland Chess Club Sign

Weather was probably to nice on Saturday May 11, 2013 for chess players to be inside as only 6 including the TD Sean O’Connell of Hubbard, Oregon took part in the Portland CC event. Micah Smith of Vancouver WA won with perfect 3-0. Time control for the event was G/90 d5.

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Playing Room of Seattle Chess Club

Playing Room of Seattle Chess Club

On May 5, 2013 22 players took part in the Seattle Chess Club May Tornado. Rate of play was G/60 d/5. Fred Kleist directed and played in the event. Bryce Tiglon of Redmond scored a perfect 4-0 to win the event.

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