2016 Oregon State Championship
The 2016 Oregon State Championship ("Oregon Closed") chess tournament was contested as a round-robin the weekends of February 6-7 and 13-14-15, 2016 in Portland as detailed below. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 4:30 PM. This year an additional 10-player invitational section was added.
Grisha Alpernas was the TD and collected the game scores. Players were selected according to the OCF Bylaws.
Game scores: PGN format: ORChamp2016.pgn. (Also available in ChessBase format - ORChamp2016.cbv.)
Information: (also see OregonChessFed.org website and Grisha Alpernas Facebook page).
Usual formats and prizes. Time control is 40/120, SD/55; d5 (slightly different than last year). Players in the Championship needed to send a $50 deposit which was returned after completion of all rounds. Prizes (championship section only) are $200 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd, $50 for third. Best wishes and Good Luck to you all!
The Field and Pairings:
Pairings were made using the round robin table from U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, 5th Edition, Page 296.
Final rosters/pairings per Grisha Alpernas (ratings as of January 1, 2016; also see below for pairing numbers, updated US Chess ratings and city of residence):
The drawing of starting numbers was held in the Portland Chess Club on January 30 (Saturday).
Championship Section:
See the crosstables (PDF file).
See the pairings (PDF file).
Invitational Section:
See the crosstables (PDF file).
See the pairings (PDF file).
See the final USCF crosstable.
The pairing numbers are also shown in the crosstables below.
Schedule and Other Information
Revised Schedule/Location:
Feb. 6-7 at 10:00 AM and 4:30 PM.
Feb. 13-14-15 at 10:00 AM and 4:30 PM (except only one round at 4:00 PM on 2/15).
Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
See www.pdxchess.org.
The official opening ceremony was held before the first round on Saturday, February 6.
| Photos |
OREGON CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 PARTICIPANTS: Left
to right: Seth Talyansky, Jeff Austin, Mike Morris, Jose Gatica, Corey Russell,
Benedict Smail, Lennart Bjorksten, Phillip Seitzer. (Missing: Carl Haessler and Michael Pendergast.)Photo credit: Grisha Alpernas. Click on photo to view a larger version. |
OREGON CLOSED INVITATIONAL 2016 PARTICIPANTS: Left
to right: Carl Koontz, Gregory Freeze, Gunther Jacobi, Sean O'Connell,
Steve Surak, Bill Heywood, Moshe Rachmuth, Steven Deeth, Jerry Sherrard.Photo credit: Grisha Alpernas. Click on photo to view a larger version. |
Championship
Congratulations to Carl Haessler for winning the Oregon State chess championship!
Carl first won the championship in 1991 (tied with Richard Wood), and is now a five-time winner (including ties)!
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated. (Only US Chess ratings shown in this table.)
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, NM = US Chess National Master, LM = US Chess Life Master.
| Name | Title | City (OR) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | HAESSLER, CARL A | LM | Lake Oswego | 2239 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 1F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 1st |
| 2 | BJORKSTEN, LENNART | Portland | 2155 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 6.5 | 2nd | |
| 3 | TALYANSKY, SETH | Portland | 2066 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | SEITZER, PHILLIP | Portland | 2176 | 0F | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0.5 | 0 | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0 | 1.0 | WD | |
| 5 | MORRIS, MICHAEL J | Portland | 2091 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | ||
| 6 | SMAIL, BENEDICT A | Portland | 2218 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 2nd | |
| 7 | GATICA, JOSE MIGUEL | Portland | 2125 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1F | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | ||
| 8 | RUSSELL, COREY JOHN | FM | Medford | 2207 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1F | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 5th |
| 9 | AUSTIN, JEFF JACK | Milwaukie | 2008 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1F | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 2.0 | ||
| 10 | PENDERGAST, MICHAEL J | Portland | 2162 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 6.5 | 2nd |
Prizes: $200 (1st), $100 (2nd), $50 (3rd).
Invitational
Congratulations to Bill Heywood for winning the Oregon State invitational chess championship!
The Invitational has been registered and FIDE rated. (Only US Chess ratings shown in this table.)
Due to illness we had two last minute withdrawals and ended up with 9 players. The crosstable has been updated.
| Name | Title | City (OR) | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | Pos | |
| 1 | SURAK, STEVE S | Aloha | 1960 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | HEYWOOD, BILL | Portland | 2048 | 1 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 1st | |
| 3 | RACHMUTH, MOSHE | Portland | 1904 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 5th | |
| 4 | O'CONNELL, SEAN | Portland | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | ||
| 5 | JACOBI, GUNTHER | Portland | 1941 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 3rd | |
| 6 | SHERRARD, JERRY | Portland | 2051 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 2nd | |
| 7 | KOONTZ, CARL A | Oregon City | 1936 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5th | |
| 8 | DEETH, STEVEN B | Beaverton | 2062 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 1 | 4.5 | 3rd | |
| 9 | FREEZE, GREGORY | Florence | 2048 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | x | 3.0 |
Prizes: to be announced.
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.
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Other recent OR chess championships: 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2006 | 2004
Previous OR chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).