This 5-round 16-player event,\u00a0held on consecutive Tuesdays September 30-October 28, ended in a three-way tie, with Nick Raptis, Brian John Esler and Alex Grom scoring 4 of 5 points, each losing only one game to one of the other co-winners. See the USCF crosstable<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oregon Class Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n The Oregon Class Championships were held\u00a0November 1-2, 2014 at the\u00a0Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hotel, sponsored by the Oregon Chess Federation. Winners by class were as follows: Master\/Expert – Aaron Grabinsky and Yogi Saputra (4 of 5 points); Class A – Seth Talyansky (4 of 5) with two draws; Class B – James McAleer and Aaron Nicoski (4 of 5) each with two draws; Class C – Jack McClain (4 of 5) with two draws; Class D (U1400) – Tony Midson and Karl Wallulis (4 of 5) each with either two draws or a draw and half-point bye. Both raised their rating to over 1400. See the USCF crosstable<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo description (by Mike Morris):\u00a0The C Section had a stand-alone winner\u00a0in the person of Jack Woo McClain, who\u00a0turned his 4.0 points into hard cash, to the\u00a0tune of $260\u2014a lot of money for a very\u00a0young player, who should have taken\u00a0pity on a second-round player who must\u00a0be nearly seven\u00a0times his age!<\/em><\/p>\n
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