2016 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational
The 2016 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational chess tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 6-7 and 13-15, 2016 in Redmond as detailed below. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the weekends, and at 5:00 PM on President's Day, Monday, February 15.
New section added! Format: Four invitation-only 10-player Round Robins by rating: Championship, Premier, Invitational and Challengers. The field of each section was determined by seeding and by the highest rated players to respond to an invitation based on the January 2016 USCF rating list. All sections were dual USCF and FIDE rated. Fred Kleist was the TD for all four sections.
150th Year! This is the 150th year, beginning in 1862, that a Washington State chess champion has been recognized (although tournaments were not held every year in the early years). There was not a champion in 1943-46 or 1950. Previous WA chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).
PGN file of games! (Includes all sections and rounds)
| USCF crosstables link.
See the blog post (including photo of
Michael Lee) by WCF President Josh Sinanan.
Time control: 40/2, SD/30; d10. Boards and sets are provided at the tournament, but not clocks.
Entry Fee: Free!
Schedule: Rounds 1-8: Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14 at 10 AM and 5 PM. Round 9: Feb. 15 (President's Day) at 5 PM.
Site: Microsoft Building 99 rooms 99/1915 and 99/1927: 14820 NE 36th St., Redmond, WA 98052.
Note: registration and badging were required to access Microsoft building for this event.
Prize Fund: The initial prize fund for each section was guaranteed by the WCF, and may be increased based on donations. Championship: $1,500, Premier: $1,000, Invitational: $500, Challengers: $250. Prize distribution (each section): 1st 45%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%, 5th 5%. Brilliancy Prizes: $400 ($100 for best game in each section). The winner of the Championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.
Drawing of lots: Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Northgate Mall food court. Attendance was optional, though encouraged.
Byes: Since this is a prestigious round robin, there were no half-points byes or rescheduling of games allowed in any of the sections. All games were to be played at Microsoft under TD supervision at the scheduled round times.
Seeds: (note not all may have accepted invitation; see below for actual player fields for each event)
Championship: FM Roland Feng (State Champion + Open Champion), LM
Viktors Pupols (Challenger's Cup Champion), Derek Zhang (Premier
Champion), FM Costin Cozianu (Championship Runner-up), Daniel He (Junior Closed Champion).
Premier: NM Michael MacGregor (Premier Runner-up), WFM Chouchanik
Airapetian (Invitational Champion), Gabriel Tafalla (President's Cup
Champion), Anthony He (Junior Open Champion).
Invitational: Neo Olin (Invitational Runner-up), Sangeeta Dhingra (Girl's Champion).
Challengers: Eric Zhang (WCF Nominee).
Registration: Invited players were requested to register online via online registration, or reply to the email they received. The deadline to reply was Jan 28th, and the fields were set.
Questions? Josh Sinanan, WCF President, (206) 769-3757, joshsinanan@gmail.com.
Brilliancy prizes - Brilliancy prizes - Championship: Nick Raptis $100 for his win over Vik Pupols. Premier: David Bragg $100 for his win over Samuel He. Invitational: Neo Olin $100 for his win over Paul Bartron. Challengers: Naomi Bashkansky for her win over Noah Yeo. Details will be published in the July NWC magazine.
Here are the fields of the Championship, Premier and Invitational sections.
(See below for results and crosstables.)
| Championship |
| The winner of the Championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion. |
|
Lee, Michael 2503 |
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Average rating: 2338 Prize Fund: $1,500 initially, was increased to $2,000. |
| Premier |
| The winner of the Premier section qualifies for the next state championship tournament. |
|
Schill II, William J 2270 |
|
Average rating: 2204 Prize Fund: $1,000 |
| Invitational |
| The winner of the Invitational section qualifies for the next state premier tournament. |
|
Nagase, Masayuki 2022 |
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Average rating: 2009 (of the nine currently rated above) Prize Fund: $500 |
| Challengers |
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Bashkansky, Naomi 1983 |
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Average rating: 1926 Prize Fund: $250 Alternates: Thomas, Arjun 1895; Soetedjo, James 1880; Davis, Frederick A 1833; Yee, Nathaniel 1810. |
Schedule and Other Information
Schedule/Location:
See above.
Requests/Updates:
- We kindly ask that each player in the Championship/Premier send a brief bio with picture for publication in the March issue of Northwest Chess.
- Please arrive by 9:45 a.m. on Saturday morning (2/6) before the first round.
- The group photos will be taken on Sunday 2/14 at 4:30 p.m. prior to round 8. Please dress nicely!
- We ask that prize winners please annotate at least one game for Northwest Chess magazine.
Pairings:
Pairings were released after the drawing of lots.
Here is the pairings schedule for the rounds in each section. This is from the Berger tables.
See the cross tables below for the players corresponding to each pairing number.
Rd 1 - 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6
Rd 2 - 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2
Rd 3 - 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7
Rd 4 - 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3
Rd 5 - 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8
Rd 6 - 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4
Rd 7 - 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9
Rd 8 - 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5
Rd 9 - 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1
Championship
Congratulations to Washington State chess champion, IM Michael Lee!
Michael's previous best finish in this event was tied for 2nd in 2009,
before going away to college. Welcome back!
The Championship has been registered and will be FIDE rated. Titles:
IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master, NM = USCF National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.
Latest pre-tournament USCF ratings shown below (may differ from ratings above).
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | Bryce Tiglon | NM | Redmond | 2350 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 5th |
| 2 | Ray Kaufman | IM | Stanwood | 2359 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1F | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 6.0 | 3rd |
| 3 | Viktors Pupols | LM | Kingston | 2206 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 1F | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 4 | Daniel He | NM | Redmond | 2249 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1F | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | Michael Lee | IM | Bellevue | 2505 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 8.0 | 1st |
| 6 | Costin Cozianu | FM | Everett | 2451 | 0.5 | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | WD |
| 7 | Roland Feng | FM | Seattle | 2425 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 3rd |
| 8 | Derek Zhang | Bellevue | 2179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 9 | Tian Sang | FM | Bellevue | 2354 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 7.5 | 2nd |
| 10 | Nick Raptis | FM | Vancouver | 2396 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 3.5 |
Note: Since Cozianu withdrew with only three games remaining, his
other six games already played count towards the final results/standings.
Games played by players withdrawing in the lower sections do not count.
Average rating: 2347
Prize Fund: $2,000; $900 (1st), $500 (2nd), $250 each (3rd-4th), $100 (5th).
Premier
Congratulations to Premier champion, FM John Readey!
The Premier has been registered and will be FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, WFM = Woman FIDE Master, NM = USCF National Master.
Latest pre-tournament USCF ratings shown below (may differ from ratings above).
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | John Readey | FM | Seattle | 2266 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0.5 | 1 | 6.5 | 1st |
| 2 | Samuel He | NM | Redmond | 2262 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 3rd |
| 3 | Chouchanik Airapetian | WFM | Mercer Island | 2090 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0 | - | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| 4 | David Bragg | FM | Mukilteo | 2202 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | - | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Anthony He | Sammamish | 2135 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 4th | |
| 6 | Ignacio Perez | FM | Seattle | 2264 | - | - | - | - | 1 | x | 0.5 | 0 | - | 0 | 1.5 | WD |
| 7 | Josh Sinanan | NM | Brier | 2205 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Kyle Haining | NM | Lake Forest Park | 2202 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2nd |
| 9 | William Schill | FM | Seattle | 2265 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Michael MacGregor | NM | Tacoma | 2211 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 4.0 | 4th |
Average rating: 2210
Prize Fund: $1,000; $450 (1st), $250 (2nd), $150 (3rd), $75 each (4th-5th).
Invitational
Congratulations to Invitational champion, Neo Olin!
The Invitational has been registered and will be FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master.
Latest pre-tournament USCF ratings shown below (may differ from ratings above).
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | David Arganian | Seattle | 2000 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 5th | |
| 2 | Nikita Chetrari | FM | Mountlake Terrace | 2298 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 6.5 | 2nd |
| 3 | Masayuki Nagase | Redmond | 2000 | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 2nd | |
| 4 | Toshihiro Nagase | Redmond | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 5th | |
| 5 | Alan Bishop | Tacoma | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | ||
| 6 | Jason Yu | Bellevue | 2008 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 5th | |
| 7 | Paul Bartron | FM | Tacoma | 2064 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 4th |
| 8 | Sangeeta Dhingra | Redmond | 1928 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 5th | |
| 9 | Neo Olin | Renton | 2038 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 1 | 7.0 | 1st | |
| 10 | Damarcus Thomas | Bothell | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 1.5 |
Average rating: 2039
Prize Fund: $500; $225 (1st), $100 each (2nd-3rd), $50 (4th), $6.25 each (5th-8th).
Challengers
Congratulations to Challengers champion, Vikram Ramasamy!
The Challengers has been registered and will be FIDE rated.
Titles: WCM = Woman Candidate FIDE Master.
Latest pre-tournament USCF ratings shown below (may differ from ratings above).
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | Brent Baxter | Olympia | 1916 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 2nd | |
| 2 | Naomi Bashkansky | WCM | Bellevue | 1979 | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2nd |
| 3 | Travis Olson | Mukilteo | 1961 | 0 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 5th | |
| 4 | Brendan Zhang | Sammamish | 1932 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | ||
| 5 | Noah Yeo | Redmond | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | Michael Hosford | Bellevue | 1933 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | x | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.5 | WD | |
| 7 | Eric Zhang | Sammamish | 1827 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 8 | Vikram Ramasamy | Kirkland | 2010 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1st | |
| 9 | Mary Kuhner | WCM | Seattle | 1933 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4th |
| 10 | Mark Smith | Seattle | 1896 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 2.0 |
Average rating: 1929
Prize Fund: $250; $112.50 (1st), $50 each (2nd-3rd), $25 (4th), $12.50 (5th).
Organizers: Josh Sinanan (WCF President). Thank you for your service to chess in Washington State.
Look for a full report in the April issue of NORTHWEST CHESS, which should be in subscriber's hands by early April. For subscription information, please see our magazine info page.
Other recent WA chess championships:
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004.
Previous WA chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).