Month: May 2013
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Seattle Chess Club May Quads Results
26 players in 7 sections played at the Seattle Chess Club on May 11, 2013. Fred Kleist handled the TD tasks. Section A had all master rated players and 3 of the 4 players in the section scored 2-1: Nat Koons of Kenmore, David Bragg of Bothell and Viktors Pupols of Kingston. Section B was won…
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Portland CC Saturday Quads Results
Weather was probably to nice on Saturday May 11, 2013 for chess players to be inside as only 6 including the TD Sean O’Connell of Hubbard, Oregon took part in the Portland CC event. Micah Smith of Vancouver WA won with perfect 3-0. Time control for the event was G/90; d5. USCF crosstable click here.
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Seattle CC May Tornado
On May 5, 2013 22 players took part in the Seattle Chess Club May Tornado. Rate of play was G/60 d/5. Fred Kleist directed and played in the event. Bryce Tiglon of Redmond scored a perfect 4-0 to win the event. CLICK HERE for USCF Crosstable.
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NWC Banner visits Multnomah Falls
CLICK HERE for the photos.
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Chess Play in Chelan May 7, 2013
Valerie’s Waterfront Bistro in Chelan Washington hosted a chess event on May 7. 2013. Kids from Manson and Pateros took part in this the third of an annual event. Russell Miller (a Chelan High grad in 1960) donated some copies of CHESS LIFE and CHESS LIFE FOR KIDS to give away and was told the…
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Report on Washington Girls at National Event in Chicago
I am passing along a link to a blog done by the father of one of girls who attended the event. CLICK Here to go to the BLOG.
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Sunday Slam May 5, 2013 Results
The G/90; d5 section had 6 players and was won by the TD and Organizer Sean Tobin of Portland. He scored 3-0. The G/5 event had 8 players and Nick Raptis of Portland won it, 14-0. The crosstable says it was held in Beaverton but play really took place in Portland at Red Castle Game…
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Coffeetime May 2013 Results
Michael Pendergast of Portland scored 4-0 to win the May Quick Chess event at Coffee Time, 712 NW 21st Ave. in NW Portland. 21 players took part in the G/15 event. Galen Pyle of Portland was the TD. All the players were from Oregon but your reporter. Melt Bistro & Bar, 716 NW 21st Ave., Portland…
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Cedar Hills Crossing Chess Club
Took my camera and the NWC Banner to Beaverton on Friday May 3, 2013. The club organizer Sean Tobin talked the mall management into letting chess be played in a empty store front. It was the TGIF May chess tournament that I visited. There is some space behind a barrier where the tournament play happens…
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Photos from Pasadena 1932.
These two photos comes from the chess archives of Jacqueline Piatigorsky who inherited them from her chess teacher Herman Steiner. The first photo can be found in Casey Bush’s book Grandmaster from Oregon about the late Arthur Dake. The second, showing Sammy Reshevsky, Arthur Dake and Herman Steiner receiving their prizes for tying for third place, is…