Month: March 2013
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Chess Event in Vancouver WA March 23
Prairie High NHS hosts Wizards’ Chess tourney “Prairie High School National Honor Society is hosting a Wizards’ Chess tournament with Harry-Potter-themed activities and a costume contest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 23 at the school, 11500 N.E. 117th Ave. Cost is $5 or five cans of food to be a chess piece and…
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April 2013 issue of Northwest Chess
April 2013 Mock-up (page 1) The April issue of Northwest Chess is in the final proofing stages and should be ready to be sent to the printers on Monday, March 18, 2013. So you should receive your copies in the mail on time or early. The above link is the Formal Mock-up for the issue.…
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Saturday Quads at Portland CC
Nick Raptis of Portland and Reed Cope of Oregon both had 3-0 scores to top the 10 player event held March 9. Sean O’Connell was the tournament director. Guess because of the small turnout the quads event was turned into a 3 round Swiss. Time control was G/90; d5. Crosstable.
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Seattle CC March Tornado
Roland Feng and Kevin Lee both scored 4-0 in the 32 player held March 3 at the Seattle CC under the direction of Fred Kleist. USCF Crosstable.
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Quick Chess at Coffee Time
Galen Pyle directed 12 players in an event held March 2, 2012 at Coffee Time. Charles Schulien and Jason Cigan both scored 3.5-.5 to tie for 1st place. They drew with each other. Crosstable.
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Scholastic Chess in Spokane
Spokane Chess Club (reports on Facebook) Excitement at March Madness Tournament The March Madness scholastic chess tournament finished with an exciting battle on the top board in K-7. Alex Popescu had won all four previous games, and was playing Shawn Lewis who had lost one game in an early round. A crowd gathered as Shawn…
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Josh Reports on WA High School Individual
Hi Everyone, Congratulations to Xiaoman Chu, a freshman from St. George School in Spokane, for winning the 2013 Washington State High School Individual Championship! He tied for 1st with 4/5 along with Megan Lee and David Inglis. For his victory, Xiaoman is invited to represent WA in the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, held…
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FIDE Ratings of Players in WA and OR 2013 Championships
Info from FIDE website March 2013 ratings: (Changed March 4 as Rusty did not understand the FIDE info. when first posted) 2013 Washington Championship – Championship Section Players – ID Name Fed 1200810 Cozianu, Costin ROU (not given on FIDE website) 2055198 Sang, Tian USA 2295 2060051 Golub, David USA 2204 2028409 Perez, Ignacio USA…
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2013 North Olympic Peninsula Chess Tournament
Dennis McGuire, tournament director give the following report. The event ran several weeks. Thanks to all for a great tournament the many great battles on the 64 squares and a special congratulations to Our Champion and all the winners!….Dennis 1st 6.0 Aric Miller $150.00 2nd 5.0 Steve Churchley $100.00 3rd 4.5 Mike Murray $75.00 4th thru…