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2007 Washington State Championship / Premier

The 2007 Washington State Championship / Premier tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 10-11 and 17-19, 2007 in Seattle. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the weekends, and at 1:00 PM on President's Day, Monday, February 19. The playing sites were Walsh Construction in Seattle for the two weekends, and the Seattle Chess Club in Shoreline on the final holiday Monday.

There is a requirement that each player must annotate at least one game and submit it to the tournament director. Prizes will not be paid until this small obligation is completed. These notes will be used in Northwest Chess Magazine so that the Championship event while serving primarily the best players, may also be a service to the main membership.

Final Results

Championship

Congratulations to Ignacio Perez, our 2007 Washington State chess champion!

The players who competed appear in the table below and in these photos, taken on the first day of competition. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Top Left: Pupols vs. Readey, Top Right: Koons vs. Bragg
Left Center: Fred Kleist (TD), Right Center: Perez vs. MacGregor
Bottom Left: Collyer vs. Raptis, Bottom Right: Bartron vs. Lee

The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.

  Name Title City (WA) Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 Readey, John FM Bellevue 2336 x 0 1 0.5 0 1 0.5 1 0 0 4.0
2 Bartron, Paul   Tacoma 2118 1 x 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 1 1 4.0
3 Bragg, David FM Bothell 2205 0 1 x 0 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 4.0
4 Raptis, Nick NM Vancouver 2312 0.5 0.5 1 x 0 0F 0.5 0.5 0 0 3.0
5 Perez, Ignacio   Seattle 2239 1 1 0.5 1 x 1 0.5 1 0 1 7.0
6 MacGregor, Mike   Tacoma 2161 0 1 0 1F 0 x 1 0 0 0.5 3.5
7 Collyer, Curt   Spokane 2219 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 x 0 1 1 4.5
8 Koons, Nat NM Kenmore 2293 0 1 0.5 0.5 0 1 1 x 1 1 6.0
9 Lee, Michael   Bellevue 2202 1 0 0.5 1 1 1 0 0 x 1 5.5
10 Pupols, Viktors LM Poulsbo 2240 1 0 1 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 x 3.5

Premier

Congratulations to Josh Sinanan, winner of the Premier, who is now seeded into the 2008 Championship tourney if certain activity requirements are met.

The Premier has been registered and FIDE rated.

  Name Title City (WA) Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 Cloy, Elston   Shoreline 1959 x 0 0.5 0.5 0 1 0.5 0 0.5 1 4.0
2 May, Andy   Vancouver 1956 1 x 1 0.5 0 0.5 1 0.5 0 1 5.5
3 Ballard, Clint   Bainbridge Island 1914 0.5 0 x 0 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 2.0
4 Kalina, Chris   Shoreline 1954 0.5 0.5 1 x 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 5.5
5 Guo, Alex   Bellevue 1925 1 1 0 0 x 1 1 0 0 1 5.0
6 Calpo, Ben   Seattle 2024 0 0.5 1 1 0 x 0.5 0.5 1 0 4.5
7 Arganian, David   Seattle 2020 0.5 0 1 0 0 0.5 x 0.5 0.5 0 3.0
8 Sinanan, Josh   Brier 2077 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 x 0.5 1 6.0
9 Smith, Allen   Tacoma 1812 0.5 1 1 0.5 1 0 0.5 0.5 x 0 5.0
10 Gale, Geoff   Seattle 1986 0 0 1 0.5 0 1 1 0 1 x 4.5

Organizer: Dan Mathews, WCF Tournament Coordinator.
Championship prizes: $2,000 total prize fund for both sections.


Previous WA chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).