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2008 Washington State
Championship / Premier / Invitational

The 2008 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 9-10 and 16-17-18, 2008 in Seattle. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the weekends, and at 1:00 PM on President's Day, Monday, February 18. The playing sites were Walsh Construction in Seattle for the two weekends (except the first Saturday), and the Seattle Chess Club in Shoreline on the final holiday Monday (and the first Saturday).

There is a requirement that each player must annotate at least one game and submit it to the tournament director. Prizes will not be paid until this small obligation is completed. These notes will be used in Northwest Chess Magazine so that the Championship event while serving primarily the best players, may also be a service to the main membership.

Interesting! Player "Blurbs" (How the players got started in chess)

Info from WCF President Geoff Gale

The field was as follows:

Championship
GM Greg Serper (seed) 2576
IM Georgi Orlov (rating) 2573
Slava Mikhailuk (rating) 2435
John Readey (rating) 2325
Nat Koons (seed) 2315
Michael Lee 2277
Ignacio Perez (seed) 2281
Harley Greninger (seed) 2220
Josh Sinanan (seed) 2178
Alex Guo (seed) 1991

Ave. rating: 2318
Prize fund: $3,200

bulletErik Anderson and Jim Roberts donated $3,000 for the championship prize fund.
Thank you very much for this generous donation to support chess in Washington!

Premier
Curt Collyer 2253
Mike MacGregor 2212
David Levine 2211
Vik Pupols 2201
David Bragg 2200
Ricky Selzler 2132
Andy May 2120
Michael Oshiro 2114
Chris Kalina (seed)
Kerry Xing (seed)
1st alternate: Matt Fleury

Ave. rating: 2127
Prize fund: $750

Invitational: (new section this year)
Paul Bartron 2107
Nhon Do 2100
Geoff Gale 2040
Ben Calpo 2030
Dereque Kelley 2020
Sterling Kolde 1825 (replaced John Julian 1992)
Allen Smith 1991
Elston Cloy 1939
Michael Hosford (replaced Jim McCormick, who in turn was substituted for Kent McNall)
Eddie Chang 1842

Ave. rating: 2014
Prize fund: $700

bulletDavid Bragg generously donated $250 to the invitational provided that its total prize fund does not exceed that of the Premier.
bulletKent McNall generously donated $500.
bulletDavid Levine generously donated $100 for the brilliancy prize.
bulletElston Cloy solicited $400.
bulletIn support of the highest level chess possible at the State Championships, ChessInstitute.org and Mark C. Ryan would like to contribute to the 'Best Game...' classifications for each section and classification. {Their total contribution is $500.}

Fred Kleist directed all three sections. Only the Championship and Premier Sections will be FIDE rated.

The prize fund distribution is as follows:
Championship: 1st $1,500, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, 4th $200
Premier         : 1st $300,   2nd $200,   3rd $125, 4th $75, $50
Invitational     : 1st $300,   2nd $200,   3rd $100, 4th $50, $50
Brilliancy/best game prize: $100 for each section, plus additional "best game" prizes (see above).
The games must be submitted for review and will be judged by David Levine, Elston Cloy, Kent McNall, David Bragg, and Drayton Harrison.

Here is the schedule for the rounds. This is from the Berger tables.
See the cross tables below for the players corresponding to each pairing number.
1 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6
2 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2
3 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7
4 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3
5 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8
6 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4
7 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9
8 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5
9 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1

Final Results/Standings/News

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See the games page for game scores (available soon!).

bulletWinners are shown in bold.

Championship

Congratulations to GM Gregory Serper, our new Washington State chess champion!

bullet See article in the Seattle P-I about Michael Lee, "National Chess Master at 14."

The Championship has been registered and will be FIDE rated.
Titles: GM = Grandmaster, IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master,
NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.

  Name Title City (WA) Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 John Readey FM Bellevue 2325 x 1 0 0.5 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
2 Michael Lee NM Bellevue 2277 0 x 1 1 1 0 1 0.5 1 0 5.5
3 Georgi Orlov IM Shoreline 2573 1 0 x 1 0.5 1 1 0 1 0.5 6.0
4 Josh Sinanan   Brier 2178 0.5 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5
5 Ignacio Perez NM Seattle 2281 1 0 0.5 1 x 1 1 1 1 0 6.5
6 Harley Greninger NM Hoquiam 2220 1 1 0 1 0 x 0 1 1 0 5.0
7 Nat Koons NM Bothell 2315 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 0 0.5 0 2.5
8 Slava Mikhailuk FM Sammamish 2435 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 1 x 1 0.5 6.0
9 Alex Guo   Bellevue 1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 x 0 0.5
10 Gregory Serper GM Bellevue 2576 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 x 8.0

Prizes:
Gregory Serper (1st, $1,500)
Ignacio Perez (2nd, $1,000)
Slava Mikhailuk and Georgi Orlov (3rd/4th, $350 each)

Game Prizes:
Best Game $200
Best Attack $50
Best Endgame $50

Premier

Congratulations to Curt Collyer, winner of the Premier, who is now seeded into the 2009 Championship tourney if certain activity requirements are met.

The Premier has been registered and will be FIDE rated.

  Name Title City (WA) Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 Viktors Pupols LM Kingston 2201 x 0.5 0 1 0.5 1 1 0 0.5 0 4.5
2 Ricky Selzler   Bainbridge Island 2132 0.5 x 1 1 0 0 1 0.5 1 1 6.0
3 Andy May   Vancouver 2120 1 0 x 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 1 0 3.0
4 Michael MacGregor NM Tacoma 2212 0 0 1 x 0 1 1 0 1 1 5.0
5 Kerry Xing   Bothell 1872 0.5 1 1 1 x 0 1 0.5 1F 0.5 6.5
6 David Bragg FM Bothell 2200 0 1 0.5 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 5.5
7 Chris Kalina   Seattle 1959 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 0.5 0.5 0 2.0
8 Curt Collyer NM Seattle 2253 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.5 x 1 1 7.0
9 Michael Oshiro   Bothell 2114 0.5 0 0 0 0F 0 0.5 0 x 0 1.0
10 David Levine NM Seattle 2211 1 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0 1 x 4.5

Prizes:
Curt Collyer (1st, $300)
Kerry Xing (2nd, $200)
Ricky Selzler (3rd, $125)
David Bragg (4th, $75)
Michael MacGregor (5th, $50)

Game Prizes:
Best Game $150

Invitational

Congratulations to Geoff Gale, winner of the Invitational.

  Name Title City (WA) Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 Geoff Gale   Seattle 2042 x 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7.5
2 Elston Cloy   Shoreline 1958 0 x 1 1 0 0.5 0 0.5 0 0.5 3.5
3 Nhon Do   Tacoma 2103 0.5 0 x 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5
4 Michael Hosford   Redmond 1878 0 0 0 x 0 1 0 0.5 1 0 2.5
5 Sterling Kolde   Mercer Island 1825 0 1 0 1 x 0 0 1 0 0.5 3.5
6 Benjamin Calpo   Seattle 2018 0 0.5 0 0 1 x 1 1 1 0 4.5
7 Paul Bartron FM Tacoma 2106 0 1 1 1 1 0 x 1 0.5 1 6.5
8 Eddie Chang   Renton 1842 0 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0 x 0.5 1 2.5
9 Allen Smith   Tacoma 1998 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.5 0.5 x 0.5 3.5
10 Dereque Kelley   Seattle 2035 1 0.5 0 1 0.5 1 0 0 0.5 x 4.5

Prizes:
Geoff Gale (1st, $300)
Nhon Do and Paul Bartron (2nd/3rd, $150 each)
Benjamin Calpo and Dereque Kelley (4th/5th, $50 each)

Game Prizes:
Best Game $150

Organizer: Dan Mathews, WCF Tournament Coordinator and Geoff Gale, WCF President.
Look for a full report in the April issue of NORTHWEST CHESS.

Previous WA chess championships: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | List of winners