Northwest Chess Blog

Category: Tournament Results

  • Seattle CC Seattle Spring Open Results

    55 players in two sections took part in a Fred Kleist directed event on March 20-22, 2015. Roland Feng and William Schill tied for first place with 3.5-.5. Schill won games against three master rated players. They did not play each other. 24 players were in this Open Section. The 31 players in the reserve…

  • Seattle CC Ides of March Tornado Results

    Samuel He scored 4-0 results to top the field. Event held March 15 with G/60 time control. Directed by Fred Kleist. CLICK HERE for the Crosstable.

  • Portland CC March 21 Events USCF crosstables

    CLICK HERE – 18 players in 4 sections under direction of Micah Smith and Michael Lilly. CLICK Here for BLITZ Crosstable. CLICK HERE for crosstables with Chess Ratings Northwest.

  • Coffee Time Quick Chess Event on March 7 results.

    Nick Raptis won a 10-player G/15 event at Coffee Time in Portland. For the USCF Crosstable, CLICK HERE. Editor’s Note: The annual Northwest Open was held at the Tacoma Chess Club the same day, in three groups (of 6, 4 and 3 players). The group winners were Viktors Pupols (3 of 3), Murlin Varner (2.5 of…

  • Portland Spring Open results

    Lennart Bjorksten vs Nick Raptis; Photo Credit: Brian Berger One of the TD’s reports: Mike Lilly – Congratulations to the winners: Open – first LENNART BJORKSTEN second JERRY SHERRARD first under 2000 BRENT BAXTER Reserve – tie for first & second Jack Woo McClain and Conor O’Sullivan first under 1600 Danny Phipps USCF Crosstable CLICK…

  • 2015 WA State Scholastic Chess Championships

    The 2015 WA State Scholastic Chess Championships were held on March 7th at Interlake High School in Bellevue and on March 8th at the Seattle Chess Club in Northgate. 169 players took part in 6 sections: K-3U800, K-3U1400, 4-6U1000, 4-12U1400, K-8 U1600, and K-8 Open. The tournament was directed by David Hendricks with assistance from Josh…

  • 2015 Collyer Results

    From Facebook post by Spokane Chess Club DONALDSON, RUSSELL WIN 23rd COLLYER MEMORIAL A California connection won Spokane’s premiere chess event, the Dave Collyer Memorial, played for the 23rd time the weekend of February 28– March 1. International Master John Donaldson, currently of the San Francisco area, and Darren Russell, a recent California transplant to…

  • Some late February results

    Results and USCF cross tables for some tournaments held (or completed) in the Northwest in late February: Spokane Winter Championship (ended Feb. 26) – Darren Russell won with a perfect 5.0 score, raising his rating from 1898 to 1955. USCF cross table link. Seattle February Tornado (Feb. 22) – Dereque Kelley won with a perfect…

  • 2015 WA President’s Cup

    2015 WA President’s Cup

    The 2015 WA President’s Cup took place at the Seattle Chess Club, February 14-15, 2015. Around 55 players took part in two sections: Open and Reserve U1600. Gabriel Tafalla won the Open section with 3.5/4 and Cheyenne Zhang won the reserve with 4.5/5! The tournament has now been rated: See rating report.

  • 2015 WA State Championship Results

    Below are the final results of the 2015 WA State Championship, Premier, and Invitational Round Robins in order of tie-breaks. A link to the USCF rating report can be found here. Full results with crosstables can be viewed here. Games from the first weekend can be found here and from the second weekend here. Championship NM Roland Feng…