Tag: Portland Chess Club
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Portland results: Club Championship & Oregon Class
Two important events recently concluded in Portland: 2014 Portland Chess Club Championship This 5-round 16-player event, held on consecutive Tuesdays September 30-October 28, ended in a three-way tie, with Nick Raptis, Brian John Esler and Alex Grom scoring 4 of 5 points, each losing only one game to one of the other co-winners. See the USCF…
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BC players tie for first at Portland Fall Open
Two British Columbia chess players, Bindi Cheng and (Isaac) Joe Roback, tied for first place at the Portland Chess Club Fall Open October 11-12, also celebrating National Chess Day in the U.S. Each scored 4 out of 5 possible points. (See the USCF crosstable for details.) This is hardly surprising for Cheng, rated about USCF 2500…
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More September Portland and Seattle results
Portland Chess Club September Quads (Tuesday evenings 9/9 to 9/23): The upper section, run as a 6-player Swiss, was won by Sean O’Connell with 2.5 of 3 points. The middle section was won by Arliss Dietz with a perfect score of 3. The lower section was won by Ken Harry with 2 of 3 points. USCF…
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Three-way tie in Oregon Open
This year’s Oregon Open, held Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1, 2014 at the Lloyd Center DoubleTree in Portland, ended in a three-way tie for first in the Open Section. Nick Raptis, Daniel He and Micah Smith all went undefeated with two draws, scoring 5.0 out of 6.0. (Raptis and He drew each other in the final…
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Portland CC August 2014 Quad 45 event
The Portland Chess Club holds a monthly quad tournament (known as a “Quad 45” because of the 45-minute time control) that usually takes place on the third Saturday of each month. This tournament is billed as a great way for new players to get introduced to the PCC and USCF-rated tournament chess as well as…
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Portland June Summer Open and G/60 Events
Portland CC Summer Open (June 21-22) As reported by Brian Berger, “Preregistration numbers for the Portland Chess Club’s Summer Open tournament gave the first hint that a full house could be expected. And a full house it was, as 42 players gathered to test their playing skills–many of them new faces to this reporter.” The…
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Portland Chess Club Monthly Event Results
The turnout of 39 players was so high that the usual monthly G/60 event held by the Portland Chess Club was for the March 29, 2014 event turned into a G/45 event and had 5 rounds. As usual the winner was Nick Raptis of Portland. His score was 5-0. Neil Dale of Portland was the…
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Portland CC Spring Open Results
The Portland Chess Club almost got the turnout that the prize fund was based on. 39 players took part in an event at the club on March 8-9, 2014. Handling the directing tasks were Neil Dale of Portland and Jon Fortune of Tualatin. 11 of the players got a lower entry free because they are…
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Portland Chess Club G/60 Results
The event was held March 1, 2014 at the club with Jon Fortune as chief TD with assistant TD Neil Dale. As usual Nick Raptis won the event with 4-0. The win added two rating points to both his regular and quick ratings. 22 players took part. The event was held in March but named…
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Portland Chess Club Jan G/60 Results
Once again the top rated player in the event won. And once again it was Nick Raptis of Portland with a perfect 4-0 score in the Game in 60; d5 event at the Portland Chess Club. It was held January 25, 2014 with Neil Dale and Jonathan Fortune handling the tournament director tasks for the 30…