Author: Russell (Rusty) Miller
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Knightmares Gambit Scholastic Results
2014 The Evergreen School in Shoreline Washington held a K-6, 3 section large tournament. The organizer was Alan Davis with the TD Ben Radin. The K Section had 38 players, 8 of them in their first CRNW rated event. Tripp Madill of Evergreen School and Max Gitenstein of Bryant Elementary School in Seattle both score…
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Annual Washington vs British Columbia Scholastic Match
Chess4Life is setting up the Washington Team for the event to be held May 3, 2014 in British Columbia. CLICK HERE for the Chess4Life website about the match. Players need to let them know by April 12 if they can play. 2 players in each grade make up the team.
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Klamath Falls Chess News
Klamath Falls Chess Club (reports on Facebook) Congratulations to our member Stu Taylor on a nice undefeated performance at the Portland Spring Open (including draws with two experts) – bringing his USCF rating up to 1880. This means that the Klamath Falls Chess Club membership roster now includes three of the top fifty players in…
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Events at Tacoma Chess Club JOIN THE EVENT
Extremely low turnout for the Tacoma CC March Semi-Class Saturdays forced the organizer, H. G. Pitre, to change the format to a single section swiss tourney which might as well be called an Open. Low turnout continued for the Tacoma CC March Open Sundays. As a result, we are offering to admit up to twelve…
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Portland CC Spring Open Results
The Portland Chess Club almost got the turnout that the prize fund was based on. 39 players took part in an event at the club on March 8-9, 2014. Handling the directing tasks were Neil Dale of Portland and Jon Fortune of Tualatin. 11 of the players got a lower entry free because they are…
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Chess4Life Bellevue Catholic Challenge Results
The Chess4Life group ran a scholastic event on March 8 in Bellevue, Washington. Lane Van Weerdhuizen was the director. 24 players took part in their first tournament, Beginner Section. Adam Chung of St. Brendan in Bothell won that section with 4.5-.5. The K- 2nd Grade Section for those rated under 800 was a three way…
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NW SW Washington Championship Results
Vancouver, Washington, on March 8, 2014, was the site of a three section scholastic event for players K-12. Alan Svehaugh and Norman May directed the event. The 17 player K-3rd Grade event was won with 5-0 by Stephen Doyle of Cornerstone Christian School in Vancouver. The Grades 4-6 section of 18 players was another 5-0…
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Shelton View Scholastic Results
Lockwood Elementary School in Bothell, Washington on March 8, 2014 was the site of a large K-6 chess event limited to Northshore School District students. The sponsor was the Shelton View Elementary Chess Club. Chess4Life was the directing group with Elliott Neff the chief TD. The Kindergarten section of 9 players was won with 5-0…
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Rook Madness Scholastic Tournament
Photo Credit: Azira Sande. James Stripes reports on Facebook – CLICK HERE for his BLOG Some are More Equal Than Others The top six players at the Rook Madness tournament demonstrated that any one of them could defeat any of the others. Upsets abounded in the thirteen player K-12 section that was 1/3 elementary age…
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Seattle CC February Event Results
The event ran Jan 31- Feb 28 with Fred Kleist directing. The time control was 40/90, 30/60. 27 players took part. Three of them scored 3.5-1.5: Ralph Anthony of Mukilteo, Boas Lee and assistant TD Carol Mayer-Kleist of Seattle. CLICK HERE for the USCF crosstable.