{"id":84,"date":"2012-08-07T08:23:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T16:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2017-05-05T16:36:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T00:36:35","slug":"11-perfect-scores-after-3-rounds-in-the-us-open-traditional-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/11-perfect-scores-after-3-rounds-in-the-us-open-traditional-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"11 perfect scores after 3 rounds in the US Open Traditional Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/raptisusopen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/raptisusopen-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/raptisusopen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/raptisusopen-448x300.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/raptisusopen.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>FM Nick Raptis from Portland OR is among the 11 players tied for first place after three rounds of the traditional schedule.<\/strong> Photo credit: Jeff Roland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five FIDE titled chess players are among the 11 tied for first place at 3-0 after three rounds of the traditional schedule of the 2012 U.S. Open in Vancouver, WA. The complete list can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchess.com\/chess\/12\/usopen\/?page=STANDINGS&amp;xsection=trad\">U.S. Chess Federation website<\/a> and will be updated by Phil Smith as the tournament progresses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perfect scores through three rounds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 GM Seirawan, Yasser WA 2674<br \/>\n2 Norowitz, Yaacov NJ 2569<br \/>\n3 IM Mulyar, Michael A CO 2456<br \/>\n4 IM Kaufman, Raymond CA 2420<br \/>\n5 Breckenridge, Steven OR 2349<br \/>\n6 FM Raptis, Nick OR 2330<br \/>\n7 WFM Labedz, Patrycja Anna TX 2329<br \/>\n8 Sinanan, Joshua WA 2259<br \/>\n9 Mac Farland, James S CA 2215<br \/>\n10 Cheng, Kun Jack, Jr BC 2156<br \/>\n11 Gustafsson, Alexander UT 2060<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northwest players with 2.5 points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gay, Daniel Zachary OR 2212<br \/>\nProchaska, Peter OR 2200<br \/>\nAirapetian, Chouchanik WA 2155<br \/>\nKleist, Frederick K WA 2098<br \/>\nDaroza, Eduardo OR 2049<br \/>\nHerrera, Robert OR 2044<br \/>\nMorris, Michael J OR 2044<br \/>\nTobin, Sean OR 2025<br \/>\nMerwin, Steven E WA 2015<br \/>\nGoshen, Matthew Robert WA 2013<br \/>\nPeake, Ethan J OR 1907<\/p>\n<p>There are 205 players in the traditional schedule. Another 300+ players are expected in the 6-day and 4-day schedules. The 6-day begins tonight (rd. 1 = 7 pm Tuesday).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uschess.org\/msa\/XtblMain.php?201208065362.0\">Monday Quad Result here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five FIDE titled chess players are among the 11 tied for first place at 3-0 after three rounds of the traditional schedule of the 2012 U.S. Open in Vancouver, WA. The complete list can be found on the U.S. Chess Federation website and will be updated by Phil Smith as the tournament progresses. Perfect scores [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,8],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usopen","tag-monday-quads","tag-raptis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}