2014 Oregon State Championship
Congratulations to Nick Raptis for successfully defending his Oregon State chess championship!
(See below for details. Photo by Grisha Alpernas: Nick holding the championship trophy.)
Postponed due to weather conditions! The tournament was postponed and began the holiday weekend of Feb. 15-17, instead of Feb. 8-9 as originally planned.
The 2014 Oregon State Championship ("Oregon Closed") chess tournament was contested as a round-robin the weekends of February 15-16-17 and 22-23, 2014 in Portland as detailed below. Rounds begin at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Grisha Alpernas was the TD and collected the game scores. Players were selected according to the OCF Bylaws.
Game scores: PGN format:
ORChamp2014.pgn (moved to games section),
or see the interactive games viewer on the Portland CC website.
Information (also see OregonChessFed.org website and Grisha Alpernas Facebook page).
Usual formats and prizes. Time control of 40/120, SD/60, with 5 second delay. Players in the Championship need to send a $50 deposit which will be returned after completion of all rounds. Prizes are $200 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd, $50 for third. Best wishes and Good Luck to you all!
Russell W. Miller offered to award a $100.00 prize for a perfect winning score of 9-0, however after round 4 there were no players with a perfect score. You can also see some of Rusty's photos of the first day of competition on Flickr.
According to Grisha, the event will now be both USCF and FIDE rated.
The Field:
Final roster per Grisha Alpernas (ratings as of January 1, 2014; see below for pairing numbers, updated ratings and city of residence):
Name Rating (Jan. 1)
FM NICK RAPTIS 2375
AARON GRABINSKY 2165
STEVEN B DEETH 2142
FM COREY J RUSSELL 2232
DANIEL ZACHARY GAY 2210
CARL A HAESSLER 2206
LENNART BJORKSTEN 2173
BRIAN ESLER 2146
JASON CIGAN 2074
CORBIN ZACHARY YU 2220
First alternate: PAUL L ROMERO 2046
The drawing of starting numbers was held in the Portland Chess Club on January 25 (Saturday).
See the crosstables (PDF file).
See the pairings (PDF file).
The pairing numbers are shown in the crosstable below.
See the final USCF crosstable.
Schedule and Other Information
Revised Schedule/Location:
Feb. 15-17 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM (except only one round at 5:00 PM on 2/17).
Feb. 22-23 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
See www.pdxchess.org.
The official opening ceremony was at 10 AM on Saturday, February 15.
Here are the pairings:
Pairings using round robin table from U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, 5th Edition, Page 296.
See the pairings (PDF file).
| Photo |
 OREGON CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 PARTICIPANTS:Seated left to right: Aaron Grabinsky, Carl Haessler, FM Corey Russell, Steven Deeth. Standing left to right: Corbin Yu, Lennart Bjorksten, FM Nick Raptis, Daniel Gay, Brian Esler, Jason Cigan. Photo credit: Grisha Alpernas. Click on photo to view a larger version. |
Championship
Congratulations to Nick Raptis for successfully defending his Oregon State chess championship!
Nick also won the Oregon championship in 2001 and 2013, and tied with Oleg Zaikov for the championship in 2005.
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.
Note: Corbin Yu withdrew after the first weekend due to illness.
| Name | Title | City (OR) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | Carl Haessler | LM | Lake Oswego | 2200 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1F | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Nick Raptis | FM | Portland | 2368 | 0.5 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1F | 7.0 | 1st |
| 3 | Jason Cigan | Portland | 2086 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | Daniel Gay | Tigard | 2210 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 2nd | |
| 5 | Steven Deeth | Beaverton | 2142 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | Aaron Grabinsky | Coquille | 2185 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1F | 5.0 | 5th | |
| 7 | Lennart Bjorksten | Portland | 2170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 1F | 5.5 | 4th | |
| 8 | Brian Esler | Portland | 2146 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 9 | Corey Russell | FM | Medford | 2232 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 1 | 6.0 | 3rd |
| 10 | Corbin Yu | Lake Oswego | 2220 | 0F | 0F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0F | 0F | 0.5 | 0 | x | 2.5 |
Prizes: $200 (1st), $100 (2nd), $50 (3rd).
Organized by the Oregon Chess Federation.
Tournament director: Grisha Alpernas. Assistant TD: Mike Morris.
Look for a report in a future issue of NORTHWEST CHESS.
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Other recent OR chess championships: 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2006 | 2004
Previous OR chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).