{"id":3872,"date":"2018-01-01T23:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2018-01-01T23:29:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T07:29:24","slug":"2017-wa-winter-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/2017-wa-winter-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 WA Winter Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3838\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2017-12-29-08.21.06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3873 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2017-12-29-08.21.06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2017-12-29-08.21.06.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2017-12-29-08.21.06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2017-12-29-08.21.06-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing room at the WA Winter Classic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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! \u00a0Steven finished half a point ahead of second place finishers FMs Anthony He and Ignacio Perez, each of whom won $325 for their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Other Prize Winners in the Championship section include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Yu &#8211; 1st U2300<\/li>\n<li>Eric Zhang, Chouchan Airapetian, and Wenyang Du =2nd U2300\/U2150\/U2000<\/li>\n<li>Naomi Bashkansky + Joseph Levine =1st U2150\/U2000<\/li>\n<li>Minda Chen &#8211; 1st U1850<\/li>\n<li>Advaith Vijayakumar + Jeffrey Yan =2nd U1850<\/li>\n<li>Top Female &#8211; Naomi Bashkansky<\/li>\n<li>Top Senior &#8211; Ignacio Perez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Davey Jones of Seattle won the 19-player Challengers section with 6.5 points and won $300.\u00a0 Half a point behind him were two players who tied for second and third place:\u00a0 Dan Mathews and Stephanie Velea, each of whom took home $200.<\/p>\n<p>Other Challengers Section winners include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Melina Li + Anirudh Rajesh = 1st U1600\/U1450<\/li>\n<li>Alex Kaelin + Alison Xiao = 2nd U1600\/U1450<\/li>\n<li>Angela Chen &#8211; 1st U1300<\/li>\n<li>Rowan Foxley &#8211; 2nd U1300<\/li>\n<li>Angela Agaian &#8211; 1st U1150<\/li>\n<li>Top Female &#8211; Stephanie Velea<\/li>\n<li>Top Senior &#8211; Frank Fagundes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The WA Winter Classic was directed by Fred Kleist, hosted by Seattle Chess Club, and organized by WCF Tournament Coordinator Dan Mathews.<\/p>\n<p>The US Chess crosstable can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uschess.org\/msa\/XtblMain.php?201712310292.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos from the tournament can be viewed on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Washington-Chess-Federation-173076032716634\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1821375127886708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCF Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! \u00a0Steven finished half a point ahead of second place finishers FMs Anthony He and Ignacio Perez, each of whom won $325 for their efforts. 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