2013 Oregon State Championship
Congratulations to Oregon State chess champion Nick Raptis! (See below for details.)
The 2013 Oregon State Championship ("Oregon Closed") chess tournament was conducted as a round-robin the weekends of February 9-10 and 16-17-18, 2013 in Portland as detailed below. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Grisha Alpernas was the TD and collected the game scores. Players were selected according to the OCF Bylaws.
Game scores: PGN format: ORChamp2013.pgn (moved to games section).
Information (also see OregonChessFed.org website and Grisha Alpernas Facebook page).
See the pairings as a PDF file. | See the initial crosstable as a PDF file. | See the final USCF crosstable.
Usual formats and prizes. Time control of 40/120, SD/60, with 5 second delay. Players in the Championship need 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. Best wishes and Good Luck to you all!
The Field:
Final roster per Grisha Alpernas (see below for pairing numbers):
Name Rating City (2012 Annual list)
RAPTIS, NICK 2353 Portland
GAY, DANIEL ZACHARY 2204 Tigard
WEN, DAVID 1932 Corvallis
HAESSLER, CARL A 2214 Lake Oswego
RUSSELL, COREY J 2200 Medford
ESLER, BRIAN JOHN 2136 Portland
DEETH, STEVEN B 2113 Beaverton
GUTMAN, RICHARD G 2060 Lake Oswego
TOBIN, SEAN 2057 Portland
HERRERA, ROBERT 2053 Hillsboro
First alternate: JANNIRO, MIKE E 2051 Portland
The TD generated random pairing numbers as shown in the crosstable below.
Schedule and Other Information
Schedule/Location:
Feb. 9-10 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Feb. 16-18 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM (except only one round at 5:00 PM on 2/18).
Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
See www.pdxchess.org.
Here are the pairings:
Pairings using round robin table from U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, 5th Edition, Page 296.
See the pairings as a PDF file.
| Photo |
 OREGON CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 PARTICIPANTS:Left to right: Daniel Gay, Corey Russell, Sean Tobin, Steven Deeth, David Wen, Brian Esler, Richard Gutman, Carl Haessler, Robert Herrera and Nick Raptis. Photo credit: Grisha Alpernas. Click on photo to view a larger version. |
Championship
Congratulations to Oregon State chess champion Nick Raptis!
Nick also won the Oregon championship in 2001, and tied with Oleg Zaikov for the championship in 2005.
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.
| Name | Title | City (OR) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | Nick Raptis | FM | Portland | 2353 | x | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 1st |
| 2 | Richard Gutman | Lake Oswego | 2060 | 0.0 | x | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 3 | Steven Deeth | Beaverton | 2113 | 0.0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 4 | Carl Haessler | LM | Lake Oswego | 2214 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | x | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 3rd |
| 5 | Daniel Gay | Tigard | 2204 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | x | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 2nd | |
| 6 | Brian Esler | Portland | 2136 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | ||
| 7 | Robert Herrera | Hillsboro | 2053 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | x | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 8 | David Wen | Corvallis | 1932 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | x | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | ||
| 9 | Sean Tobin | Portland | 2057 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | x | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 10 | Corey Russell | FM | Medford | 2200 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | 3.5 |
Prizes: $200 (1st), $100 (2nd), $50 (3rd).
Organized by the Oregon Chess Federation.
Tournament director: Grisha Alpernas. Assistant TD: Mike Morris.
Look for a report in a future issue of NORTHWEST CHESS.
Previous OR chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).