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The 2011 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational
chess tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February
12-13 and 19-21, 2011 in Seattle as detailed below. Rounds began
at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the weekends, and at 5:00 PM on President's Day,
Monday, February 21.
PGN file of games! (Includes all sections and rounds.) |
Brilliancy prizes
Here are the fields of the Championship, Premier, and Invitational sections.
Championship
The winner of the Championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.
FM Costin Cozianu 2557 (seed - Open Champion)
NM Howard Chen 2323 (seed - State Champion)
WGM Katerina Rohonyan 2319
FM Ignacio Perez 2296
NM Josh Sinanan 2284
FM Curt Collyer 2269
FM David Bragg 2208
NM Harley Greninger 2197 (seed - Championship runner-up)
NM Dereque Kelley 2189 (seed - Premier Champion)
Igor Ummel 2083 (seed - Junior Closed Champion)
Average rating: 2273
Prize Fund: $1,500
Premier
The winner of the Premier section qualifies for the next (2012) state
championship tournament.
LM Viktors Pupols 2200
NM Michael MacGregor 2182
WFM Chouchanik Airapetian 2162
David Golub 2146
Gil Lapid Shafriri 2142
Nathan Lee 2075
Megan Lee 2063
FM Paul Bartron 2052
Samir Sen 2042
Roland Feng 2017 (seed - Invitational runner-up)
1st Alternate: Alan Bishop 2072
Withdrew due to schedule conflict - Michael Wang 2097
Average rating: 2108
Prize Fund: $1,000
Invitational
Nicholas Hoffman 1927
Peter Watts 1910
Mark Smith 1907 (seed - Senior Champion)
Stephen Buck 1762 (alternate; substitute for
Duane Polich)
Casey Xing 1887
Samuel He 1802
Michael Hosford 1859
Daniel He 1821
Dan Mathews 1820
Kate Tokareva 1871 (seed - Women's Champion)
Withdrew due to schedule conflict -
Ethan Gottlieb 1902
Withdrew due to schedule conflict -
Hubert Jung 1964
4th Alternate: Nick Pazderic 1805
5th Alternate: Amith Vanmane 1753
6th Alternate: Joe Davis 1657
Avg. rating: 1857
Prize Fund: $500
Brilliancy Prizes: $300 ($100 for best game in each section).
Prize distribution (each section): 1st 45%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%, 5th 5%.
Schedule and Other Information
Schedule/Location:
Rounds 1-8: Feb. 12, 13, 19, 20 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Round 9: Feb. 21 (President's Day) at 5:00 PM.
Site: Seattle Chess Club, 2150 N 107 St., Seattle, WA 98133.
Updates:
- Fred Kleist will be the TD for all three sections, of which
the Championship and Premier will be FIDE rated.
(All sections will be USCF rated.)
- The initial prize funds for each section are guaranteed by the WCF, and will be increased based on donations.
- Due to limited internet accessibility, we do not plan to broadcast the games live this year.
- Boards and sets will be provided at the tournament, but please bring clocks.
- The time control will be 40/2, SD/1 with a 5-second delay.
- The winner of the championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.
- Pairings were released after the drawing of lots, which took place Feb. 5 at 5:00 PM
at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue. A number of players were there to witness the event.
The crosstables below show the players in order by pairing number as drawn.
Requests:
- We are accepting donations for all three sections.
- Prize winners must annotate at least one game for Northwest Chess before checks will be mailed.
Here is the pairings schedule for the rounds in each section. This is from the Berger tables.
See the cross tables below for the players corresponding to each pairing number.
Rd 1 - 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6
Rd 2 - 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2
Rd 3 - 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7
Rd 4 - 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3
Rd 5 - 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8
Rd 6 - 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4
Rd 7 - 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9
Rd 8 - 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5
Rd 9 - 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1
Championship
Congratulations to Washington State chess champion Howard Chen, for the
second consecutive year!
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: GM = Grandmaster, IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master,
NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master, WGM = Woman Grandmaster, WFM = Woman FIDE Master.
| |
Name |
Title |
City (WA) |
Rtg |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
| 1 |
Ignacio Perez |
FM |
Seattle |
2296 |
x |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
3.0 |
| 2 |
Curt Collyer |
FM |
Seattle |
2269 |
0.5 |
x |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
| 3 |
Dereque Kelley |
NM |
Seattle |
2189 |
0.5 |
1 |
x |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
| 4 |
Josh Sinanan |
NM |
Brier |
2284 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
x |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
| 5 |
Harley Greninger |
NM |
Aberdeen |
2197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
x |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
3.0 |
| 6 |
David Bragg |
FM |
Bothell |
2208 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
x |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 7 |
Costin Cozianu |
FM |
Everett |
2557 |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
x |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
| 8 |
Katerina Rohonyan |
WGM |
Redmond |
2319 |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
x |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
| 9 |
Igor Ummel |
|
Arlington |
2083 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
x |
0.5 |
2.0 |
| 10 |
Howard Chen |
NM |
Monroe |
2323 |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
x |
6.5 |
Prizes: Prize Fund: $1,500
Premier
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 |
Michael MacGregor |
NM |
Tacoma |
2182 |
x |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
| 2 |
Gil Lapid Shafriri |
|
Redmond |
2142 |
0.5 |
x |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7.0 |
| 3 |
David Golub |
|
Bellevue |
2146 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
x |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
| 4 |
Samir Sen |
|
Vancouver |
2042 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
x |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
| 5 |
Chouchanik Airapetian |
WFM |
Edmonds |
2162 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
x |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 6 |
Paul Bartron |
FM |
Tacoma |
2052 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
x |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
3.5 |
| 7 |
Roland Feng |
|
Seattle |
2017 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
x |
0.5 |
0 |
1 |
3.0 |
| 8 |
Megan Lee |
|
Bellevue |
2063 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
x |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
| 9 |
Viktors Pupols |
LM |
Kingston |
2200 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x |
0 |
4.5 |
| 10 |
Nathan Lee |
|
Issaquah |
2075 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x |
6.0 |
Prizes: Prize Fund: $1,000
Invitational
| |
Name |
Title |
City (WA) |
Rtg |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
| 1 |
Casey Xing |
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Bothell |
1887 |
x |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7.0 |
| 2 |
Dan Mathews |
|
Edmonds |
1820 |
0 |
x |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
| 3 |
Mark Smith |
|
Seattle |
1907 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
x |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
| 4 |
Stephen Buck |
|
Tacoma |
1762 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
x |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
| 5 |
Peter Watts |
|
Brier |
1910 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
x |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
6.5 |
| 6 |
Samuel He |
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Kirkland |
1802 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
x |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
6.0 |
| 7 |
Kate Tokareva |
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Redmond |
1871 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
x |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 8 |
Daniel He |
|
Kirkland |
1821 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x |
1 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
| 9 |
Michael Hosford |
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Kirkland |
1859 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
x |
0 |
3.0 |
| 10 |
Nicholas Hoffman |
|
Bellingham |
1927 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
x |
5.0 |
Prizes: Prize Fund: $500
Organizers: Dan Mathews (WCF Tournament Coordinator), Josh Sinanan (WCF President). Thank you for your service to chess in Washington State.
Look for a full report in the April issue of NORTHWEST CHESS.
Previous WA chess championships: List of winners
(includes links to event summary pages).
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