Tag: Seattle Chess Club

  • American Teams Falter in Seattle Summer Team Matches

    American Teams Falter in Seattle Summer Team Matches

    Here are the final results of the Seattle Summer Team Matches between Teams Carlsen vs Caruana and Spassky vs Fischer.  Pictures from the match can be found on the WCF FB page. Seattle Summer Team Matches: Team Carlsen (A) vs Team Caruana (B) (5 v 5) Team Spassky (A) vs Team Fischer (B) (5 v 5) Teams:…

  • Washington Players Triumph at 2018 US National Junior Congress

    Washington Players Triumph at 2018 US National Junior Congress

    By Vijay Sankaran, Igor & Stephan Jiang The US National Junior Congress was held at Basis Independent Silicon Valley School, San Jose, CA from Mar 10th – Mar 11th. WA kids participated in U12, U10 and U8 sections representing the Seattle Chess Club. In a tightly contested tournament, all the players who were part of…

  • WIM Megan Lee Lecture

    WIM Megan Lee Lecture

    Date: February 9, 2018 Site: Seattle Chess Club Organizer: Josh Sinanan Here is the flyer. The game presented can be viewed here. Megan presented a lecture featuring highlights from her recent victory at the 2017 North American Open in Las Vegas.  The lecture was followed by a brief Q&A session and a chance for autographs. …

  • 2017 WA Winter Classic

    Playing room at the WA Winter Classic. FM Steven Breckenridge of Gresham, OR, won the the 2017 WA Winter Chess Classic with 7/9 and took home the $500 first place prize!  Steven finished half a point ahead of second place finishers FMs Anthony He and Ignacio Perez, each of whom won $325 for their efforts.…

  • WFM Chouchanik Airapetian wins 2017 WA Women’s Championship!

    A record 23 players took part in the 2017 WA State Women’s Championship, a 5-round Swiss held at the Seattle Chess Club September 15-17, 2017.  The tournament, which was dual US Chess and FIDE rated, attracted players from throughout the Northwest States including Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.  The chief organizer of the event was…

  • Seattle Chess Classic draws 75 players!

    FM Roland Feng, the current WA State co-Champion, won the first Seattle Chess Classic with an undefeated 7/9 and took home the $1300 first place prize!  Roland finished half a point ahead of second place finishers IM Ray Kaufman, FM Tanraj Sohal and NM Daniel He.  Tying for 2nd U2300 with 6 points each were…

  • Seattle Chess Club July 9, 2016

    I stopped by for a few photos during a tournament. CLICK HERE for the photos. CLICK HERE for xtable of the event plus a Novice event held on Sunday.

  • Seattle Kings vs. Princes Match II and Junior RR Results

    Here are the final results of the 2016 Kings vs. Princes Match II and Junior Round Robin. The US Chess rating report can be found here. Pictures from the match can be found here. Kings: IM Ray Kaufman (2359, 2314, USA) 5.5 $275 FM John Readey (2266, 2280, USA) 5.0 $250 FM Nick Raptis (2399, 2220, USA) 4.5 $225…

  • Bryce Tiglon wins WA Denker qualifier playoff!

    Congratulations to Bryce Tiglon, a freshman at Lakeside School in Seattle, for winning the playoff to qualify for the Denker Tournament of High School State Champions! He tied for 1st with 4/5 along with Samuel and Daniel He, all of whom share the title of WA State High School co-champions. For winning the playoff, Bryce is invited to represent…

  • Washington President’s Cup

    The 2016 Washington President’s Cup took place at Seattle Chess Club February 13-14. The tournament was hosted by Washington Chess Federation and directed by WCF tournament coordinator Dan Mathews, with assistance from Duane Polich and Murlin Varner. 67 players took part in two sections: Open and Reserve U1600. Sloan Setiadikurnia, Travis Miller, and Zachary Zhang…