2007 Washington State Championship / Premier
The 2007 Washington State Championship / Premier tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 10-11 and 17-19, 2007 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 19. The playing sites were Walsh Construction in Seattle for the two weekends, and the Seattle Chess Club in Shoreline on the final holiday Monday.
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.
Final Results
Winners shown in bold.
Championship
Congratulations to Ignacio Perez, our 2007 Washington State chess champion!
The players who competed appear
in the table below and in these photos, taken on the first day of competition. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Top Left: Pupols vs. Readey, Top Right: Koons vs. Bragg
Left Center: Fred Kleist (TD), Right Center: Perez vs. MacGregor
Bottom Left: Collyer vs. Raptis, Bottom Right: Bartron vs. Lee
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: 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 | Readey, John | FM | Bellevue | 2336 | x | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Bartron, Paul | Tacoma | 2118 | 1 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | |
| 3 | Bragg, David | FM | Bothell | 2205 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Raptis, Nick | NM | Vancouver | 2312 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 0 | 0F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Perez, Ignacio | Seattle | 2239 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | |
| 6 | MacGregor, Mike | Tacoma | 2161 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1F | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | |
| 7 | Collyer, Curt | Spokane | 2219 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Koons, Nat | NM | Kenmore | 2293 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 9 | Lee, Michael | Bellevue | 2202 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 5.5 | |
| 10 | Pupols, Viktors | LM | Poulsbo | 2240 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 3.5 |
Premier
Congratulations to Josh Sinanan, winner of the Premier, who is now seeded into the 2008 Championship tourney if certain activity requirements are met.
The Premier has been registered and FIDE rated.
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
| 1 | Cloy, Elston | Shoreline | 1959 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.0 | |
| 2 | May, Andy | Vancouver | 1956 | 1 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | |
| 3 | Ballard, Clint | Bainbridge Island | 1914 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| 4 | Kalina, Chris | Shoreline | 1954 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Guo, Alex | Bellevue | 1925 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Calpo, Ben | Seattle | 2024 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | Arganian, David | Seattle | 2020 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Sinanan, Josh | Brier | 2077 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 6.0 | |
| 9 | Smith, Allen | Tacoma | 1812 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 5.0 | |
| 10 | Gale, Geoff | Seattle | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 4.5 |
Organizer: Dan Mathews, WCF Tournament Coordinator.
Championship prizes: $2,000 total prize fund for both sections.
Previous WA chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).