2012 Oregon State Championship
The 2012 Oregon State Championship chess tournament was conducted as a round-robin the weekends of February 11-12 and 18-19-20, 2012 in Portland as detailed below. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Game scores: not available
Tournament Information
by Dale R. Wentz
{See list of players and pairings below.}
I'm hoping that everything will go smoothly. Best wishes and Good Luck to you all!
We repeated last years formats and prizes. Time control of 40/120, SD/60, with 5 second delay as is now USCF preference, rounds at 10 a.m. on all 5 days, 5 p.m. on Saturdays & Sundays. Players in the Championship needed to send a $50 deposit which will be returned after completion of all rounds. Prizes are $200 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd, $50 for third.
The Field (in random pairing order):
Dale used Random.org list generator to get the following random pairing numbers:
1. Carl Haessler
2. Radu Roua
3. Steven Deeth
4. Steve Breckenridge
5. Mike Montchalin
6. Curtis Brooks
7. Brian Esler
8. Nick Raptis
9. Mike Pendergast
10. Daniel Gay
1st alternate: Richard Gutman
2nd alternate: Karl Schoffstoll
Schedule and Other Information
Schedule/Location:
Feb. 11-12 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Feb. 18-20 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM (except only one round on 2/20).
Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
Here are the pairings: White listed 1st:
Pairings using round robin table from U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, 5th Edition, Page 296.
Pairings, round by round (white first):
1. Montchalin-Gay; Brooks-Breckenridge; Esler-Deeth; Raptis-Roua; Pendergast-Haessler
2. Gay-Pendergast; Haessler-Raptis; Roua-Esler; Deeth-Brooks; Breckenridge-Montchalin
3. Breckenridge-Gay; Montchalin-Deeth; Brooks-Roua; Esler-Haessler; Raptis-Pendergast
4. Gay-Raptis; Pendergast-Esler; Haessler-Brooks; Roua-Montchalin; Deeth-Breckenridge
5. Deeth-Gay; Breckenridge-Roua; Montchalin-Haessler; Brooks-Pendergast; Esler-Raptis
6. Gay-Esler; Raptis-Brooks; Pendergast-Montchalin; Haessler-Breckenridge; Roua-Deeth
7. Roua-Gay; Deeth-Haessler; Breckenridge-Pendergast; Montchalin-Raptis; Brooks-Esler
8. Gay-Brooks; Esler-Montchalin; Raptis-Breckenridge; Pendergast-Deeth; Haessler-Roua
9. Haessler-Gay; Roua-Pendergast; Deeth-Raptis; Breckenridge-Esler; Montchalin-Brooks
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Championship
Congratulations to Oregon State chess champion Steve Breckenridge!
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.
| Name | Title | City (OR) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
| 1 | Carl Haessler | LM | Lake Oswego | 2204 | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Radu Roua | NM | Portland | 2249 | 1 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Steven Deeth | Beaverton | 2083 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| 4 | Steve Breckenridge | NM | Gresham | 2331 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Mike Montchalin | Pendleton | 2168 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | |
| 6 | Curtis Brooks | Beaverton | 2132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Brian Esler | Portland | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Nick Raptis | NM | Portland | 2265 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Mike Pendergast | Portland | 2162 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Daniel Gay | Tigard | 2185 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 3.5 |
Prizes: $200 (1st), $100 (2nd), $50 (3rd).
Organized by the Oregon Chess Federation.
Tournament director: Neil Dale. The assistant TD was OCF tournament coordinator Dale Wentz.
Look for a report in a future issue of NORTHWEST CHESS.
Previous OR chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).