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| Oregon Chess Champions 1961 to Date | ||||
| Year(s) | Champion(s) | Tournament Site City (OR) or other location |
Number of Players |
Winning Score |
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Where available, the link under "Number of Players"
is to a PDF file of the event crosstable as compiled by Russell Miller from old issues of WCL, NWC and other sources. |
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| 1961 | Ivars Dalbergs | Portland | 8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1962 | James McCormick | Portland | 8 | 7 / 7 |
| 1963 | John Bell | Reed College, Portland | 8 | 5.5 / 7 |
| 1964 | Donald Turner | Reed College, Portland | 8 | 6.5 / 7 |
| 1965 | Ivars Dalbergs | Reed College, Portland | 8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1966 | Clark Harmon | University of Portland Pilot House | 8 | 6.5 / 7 |
| 1967 | Clark Harmon | Reed College, Portland | 8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1968 | Ivars Dalbergs | Reed College, Portland | 8 | 7 / 7 |
| 1969 | Clark Harmon | Portland | 8 (7 with bye) | 6.5 / 7 |
| 1970 | Clark Harmon | Reed College, Portland | 9 | 7 / 8 |
| 1971 | Clark Harmon | 8 | 5 / 7 | |
| 1972 | Clark Harmon | Park Haviland Hotel, Portland, & Pacific University, Forest Grove |
8 | 5.5 / 7 |
| 1973 | Mike Morris | Portland Community College | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1974 | Mike Montchalin |
Portland Community College, Sylvania |
8 | 5.5 / 7 |
| 1975 | James Bricher | Salem and Portland | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1976 | Clark Harmon | Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1977 | Mike Montchalin | Portland State University | 8 | 5.5 / 7 |
| 1978 | Rainer Rickford | Portland State University | 8 | 5.5 / 7 |
| 1979 | James Bricher | Paramount Heathman Hotel, Portland | 8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1980 | Bill Heywood | Far West Federal Savings, Portland & Travel Lodge Tower, Portland |
8 | 6.5 / 7 |
| 1981 | James Bricher | Portland State University & Cosmopolitan Hotel, Portland |
8 | 6.5 / 7 |
| 1982 | Mike Montchalin | Portland State University | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1983 | Mike Montchalin | Portland State University | 8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1984 | Richard Wood | FarWest Federal Bank & Cosmopolitan Hotel, Portland |
8 | 4.5 / 7 |
| 1985 | Richard Wood | Lane Community College, Eugene | 7 | 4.5 / 6 |
| 1986 | Tom Crispin | Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1987 | Mike Montchalin and John Hatala | Portland Community College Cascada Campus and Sylvania Campus |
10 | 6 / 9 |
| 1988 | Mike Montchalin and Herman Chiu | Cosmopolitan Motor Motel, Portland | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1989 | Richard Wood and Thomas Crispin | 8 | 5.5 / 7 | |
| 1990 | Thomas Crispin | Portland Chess Club & Best Western Aladdin, Portland |
8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1991 | Richard Wood and Carl Haessler | Portland Chess Club | 8 | 5 / 7 |
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Beginning in 1992, the links under "Number of Players" are to the official USCF crosstables giving all the players' names, ratings and results. (To be added.) |
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| 1992 | Clark Harmon and Bill Lapham | Gresham | 8 | 5 / 7 |
| 1993 | Richard Wood | Gresham | 8 | 5.5 / 7 1.5 / 2 |
| 1994 | Clark Harmon | Portland | 8 | 5.5 / 7 |
| 1995 | Richard Wood and Carl Haessler | Portland | 8 | 4.5 / 7 |
| 1996 | Carl Haessler and Tom Crispin | Portland | 8 | 4.5 / 7 |
| 1997 | Richard Wood | Portland Chess Club | 8 | 4.5 / 7 |
| 1998 | Chuck Schulien | Portland Chess Club | 8 | 6 / 7 |
| 1999 | Richard Wood | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2000 | Chuck Schulien and Corey Russell | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 6.5 / 9 |
| 2001 | Nick Raptis | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 6.5 / 9 |
| 2002 | Corey Russell | Eugene | 10 | 6.5 / 9 |
| 2003 | Oleg Zaikov | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2004 | Oleg Zaikov | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2005 | Nick Raptis and Oleg Zaikov | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 6.5 / 9 |
| 2006 | Oleg Zaikov | US Fiberglass Office in McMinnville | 10 | 8.5 / 9 |
| 2007 | Radu Roua | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2008 | Radu Roua | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7 / 9 |
| 2009 | Carl Haessler | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7 / 9 |
| 2010 | Radu Roua | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7 / 9 |
| 2011 | Brian Esler, Radu Roua, Daniel Gay and Steve Breckenridge |
Portland Chess Club | 10 | 6 / 9 |
| 2012 | Steve Breckenridge | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2013 | Nick Raptis | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2014 | Nick Raptis | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7 / 9 |
| 2015 | Nick Raptis | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2016 | Carl Haessler | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7 / 9 |
| 2017 | Matt Zavortink | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7.5 / 9 |
| 2018 | Matt Zavortink and Owen McCoy | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 7 / 9 |
| 2019 | Jason Cigan | Portland Chess Club | 10 | 8 / 9 |
| 2020 | Nick Raptis and Joshua Grabinsky | Portland Chess Center (new PCC location) | 10 | 7 / 8 |
| Notes on Oregon Chess Champions 1961 to Date |
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1963 - John Bell was a student at Yale at the time. He took the title on tie-break. 1967 - Harmon took the title on tie-break points. 1973 - Morris took the title on tie-break points. 1975 - James Bricher of Cottage Grove, OR won on tie-break over Mike Schemm when both scored 5-2. Bricher was age 18 at the time. 1984 - There was a playoff for the title after the tournament ended in a three-way tie involving Bill Heywood, Jon Sjogren and Richard Wood. 1993 - Richard Wood won a three-player playoff. 1997 - There was a three way tie with Richard Wood, Clark Harmon and Carl Haessler at 4.5-2.5, but they held a double RR play off which was won by Richard Wood 3-1, Harmon 2-2 and Haessler 1-3. 2003 - Oleg Zaikov was a 15-year-old high school student from Eugene, OR when he won this championship 7.5-1.5, ahead of Chuck Schulien 6-3. The story in the May 2003 issue of NWC says he was the youngest player to ever win the tournament. 2020 - Games against player who withdrew due to illness do not count towards the championship, although they are shown in the crosstable. |