2012 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational
The 2012 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational chess tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 11-12 and 18-20, 2012 in Seattle 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 20.
Format: Three invitation-only 10-player Round Robins by rating: Championship, Premier, and Invitational. The field of each section was determined by seeding and by the highest rated players to respond an invitation based on the January 2012 USCF rating list. All sections were USCF rated; the Championship and Premier were also FIDE rated. Fred Kleist was the TD for all three sections. Time control: 40/2, SD/1 with a 5-second delay. Boards and sets will be provided at the tournament, but please bring clocks. Entry Fee: Free! Schedule: Rounds 1-8: Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Round 9: Feb. 20 (President's Day) at 5:00 PM. The drawing of lots took place Feb. 3 at 7:00 PM at Northgate Mall. Site: Seattle Chess Club, 2150 N 107 St. Seattle, WA 98133 Prize Fund: The initial prize fund for each section is guaranteed by the WCF, and could be increased based on donations. Championship: $1,500, Premier: $1,000, Invitational: $500. Prize distribution (each section): 1st 45%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%, 5th 5%. Brilliancy Prizes: $300 ($100 for best game in each section).
PGN file of games! (Includes all sections and rounds.)
Brilliancy prizes - Ignacio Perez's win against Dereque Kelley has been selected as the winner of the $100 brilliancy prize in the Championship section. Casey Xing has been awarded the $100 brilliancy prize in the Premier section for his win against Chouchanik Airapetian. Daniel He's win over Becca Lampman from round 1 has been selected as the winner of the $100 brilliancy prize in the Invitational section. The winners have been asked to annotate their games for publication in Northwest Chess.
Here are the fields of the Championship, Premier, and Invitational sections.
| Championship |
 The winner of the Championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.Championship section group photo. (Click on photo to enlarge.) |
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FM Howard Chen 2427 (seed) NM Dereque Kelley 2289 (seed) NM Nat Koons 2280 FM Ignacio Perez 2269 NM Josh Sinanan 2253 LM Harley Greninger 2210 (seed) NM Gil Lapid Shafrifi 2203 (seed) NM David Golub 2203 LM Viktors Pupols 2202 Igor Ummel 2122 (seed) Average rating: 2246 Prize Fund: $1,500 |
| Premier |
 The winner of the Premier section qualifies for the next state championship tournament.Premier section group photo. (Click on photo to enlarge.) |
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Michael MacGregor 2162 WFM Chouchanik Airapetian 2160 Roland Feng 2148 David Rupel 2130 Megan Lee 2122 Michael Wang 2117 Samir Sen 2115 Patrick Van Dyke 2100 Casey Xing 2038 (seed) Ethan Gottlieb 1948 (seed) Average rating: 2104 Prize Fund: $1,000 |
| Invitational |
 The winner of the Invitational section qualifies for the next premier tournament.Invitational section group photo. (Click on photo to enlarge.) |
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FM Paul Bartron 2099 (seed) Michael Schemm 2009 Alan Bishop 2000 Daniel He 1961 Krishnan Warrier 1952 Mark Smith 1905 Samuel He 1894 Kyle Haining 1861 Noah Fields 1845 Becca Lampman 1941 Average rating: 1947 Prize Fund: $500 1st Alternate: Lane Van Weerdhuizen 1839 2nd Alternate: Nick Pazderic 1823 3rd Alternate: Nicolo Gelb 1816 4th Alternate: James Nelson 1773 5th Alternate: Mayhul Arora 1768 6th Alternate: Ethan Bashkansky 1760 |
Schedule and Other Information
Schedule/Location:
Rounds 1-8: Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Round 9: Feb. 20
(President's Day) at 5:00 PM.
Site: Seattle Chess Club, 2150 N 107 St., Seattle, WA 98133.
Updates:
- See information above.
- The crosstables below show the players in order by pairing number as drawn.
Requests:
- We are accepting donations for all three sections.
- Prize winners must annotate at least one game for Northwest Chess before checks will be mailed.
Pairings:
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
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Championship
Congratulations to Washington State chess champion Howard Chen, for the third consecutive year!
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: GM = Grandmaster, IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master,
NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master, WGM = Woman Grandmaster, WFM = Woman FIDE Master.
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
| 1 | Harley Greninger | LM | Aberdeen | 2210 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Howard Chen | FM | Monroe | 2427 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Viktors Pupols | LM | Kingston | 2202 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 4 | Dereque Kelley | NM | Seattle | 2289 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Ignacio Perez | FM | Seattle | 2269 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Igor Ummel | Arlington | 2122 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 5.5 | |
| 7 | David Golub | NM | Bellevue | 2203 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 8 | Gil Lapid Shafrifi | NM | Redmond | 2203 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 9 | Josh Sinanan | NM | Brier | 2253 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Nat Koons | NM | Kenmore | 2280 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 5.0 |
Average rating: 2246
Prize Fund: $1,500
Premier
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 | Michael MacGregor | Tacoma | 2162 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | Ethan Gottlieb | Burien | 1948 | 0.5 | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | Samir Sen | Vancouver | 2115 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Casey Xing | Bothell | 2038 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Michael Wang | Kirkland | 2117 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | |
| 6 | Megan Lee | Bellevue | 2122 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 7 | David Rupel | Olympia | 2130 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Chouchanik Airapetian | WFM | Edmonds | 2160 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| 9 | Roland Feng | Seattle | 2148 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 7.0 | |
| 10 | Patrick Van Dyke | Maple Valley | 2100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 2.0 |
Average rating: 2104
Prize Fund: $1,000
Invitational
| Name | Title | City (WA) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
| 1 | Samuel He | Redmond | 1894 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 5.5 | |
| 2 | Mark Smith | Seattle | 1905 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 3 | Michael Schemm | Seattle | 2009 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 4 | Paul Bartron | FM | Tacoma | 2099 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Becca Lampman | Vancouver | 1941 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Daniel He | Redmond | 1961 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 | |
| 7 | Noah Fields | Tacoma | 1845 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Alan Bishop | Tacoma | 2000 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Krishnan Warrier | Redmond | 1952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Kyle Haining | Lake Forest Park | 1861 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 5.0 |
Average rating: 1947
Prize Fund: $500
Organizers: Eddie Chang (WCF Tournament Coordinator), 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.
Previous WA chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).