Author: Russell (Rusty) Miller

  • Portland Chess Club Nov G/60 Event results

    Photo Credit: Brian Berger. Phillip Seiter of Portland scored 4-0 to top 17 other players on Nov 22 in an event held at the Portland Chess Club. Neil Dale was the tournament director. Phillip appears to be a fairly recent resident of Oregon. He has lots of events in California and Ohio that I noticed on…

  • KingCo Chess League Starts 2014-15 Season

    Patrick Van Dyke reports on Facebook: KingCo Chess League: Round 1: The KingCo Chess League got underway today at Interlake High School. Fourteen teams, representing ten unique schools, gathered for the inaugural round. In the first of five Swiss rounds, the favorites mostly prevailed by 5-0 or 4-1 scores. The big surprise: 10th ranked Issaquah…

  • November Portland CC Quad 45 Event results

    Micah Smith and Mike Lilly directed the event held Nov 15th at the Portland Chess Club. They had 12 players in two sections including two unrated players. Time control for these events is G/45 with 5 second delay. Mike Lilly won the 8 player Swiss with 3-0. Two players scored 2.5-.5 in the 4 player…

  • Spokane Fall Championship Results

    In a 24 player event hosted by the Spokane Chess Club, Michael Cambareri scored 4.5-.5 to take first place. The event ran from Sept. 18 to Oct. 16. I noticed that most of the players played all 5 games which is kind of unusual for a game-a-week event. Brad Bodie was the TD. CLICK HERE for…

  • Seattle Chess Club Extravaganza Results

    Roland Feng won the event with 5.5-1.5 over 18 other players. 30 players took part in the Reserve Section. Tied for 1st with 5.5-1.5 were Jothi Ramesh and Addison Lee. Fred and Carol Kleist were the TDs for the event held Nov. 7-9, 2014. Note the rounds were played at several different time controls. USCF Crosstable…

  • New Oregon Jr. Champ

    Yogi Saputra, a senior at Clackamas High School, won the 2014 Oregon Junior Closed. The event was a 6 player round robin played at G/90; d5 time control. He was the top rated player in the event and scored 3.5-1.5. The sponsoring affiliate was the Oregon Chess Federation. Michael Morris of Portland was the tournament director for…

  • Seattle Chess Club Adult Swiss Results

    April 5-6 saw 18 players take part in an event won by Viktors Pupols 4-0. CLICK Here for USCF Crosstable.

  • Sunday Slam Results

    Nick Raptis continued his March roll with a win of the Blitz event on March 30. He scored 7-1 (two 1/2 point byes) to top the 22 player event. Time control was G/5; d0. Tournament directors were Sean Tobin and Geoffrey Kenway. Jason Cigan was 2nd at 13-5. TIS Your Move was the affiliate of…

  • Seattle Spring Open Results

    67 players total in two sections at the Seattle Chess Club on March 21-23. Nick Raptis of Portland won the Open event with 3.5-.5. The reserve section was 5 rounds and winner scored 4.5-.5, Brumas Newstead of Seattle. Fred and Carol Kleist were the tournament directors. There are pictures on the Seattle Chess Club facebook…

  • Portland Chess Club Monthly Event Results

    The turnout of 39 players was so high that the usual monthly G/60 event held by the Portland Chess Club was for the March 29, 2014 event turned into a G/45 event and had 5 rounds. As usual the winner was Nick Raptis of Portland. His score was 5-0. Neil Dale of Portland was the…