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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…
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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…
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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…
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Van Dyke sweeps Seattle Club Championship with perfect score
Congratulations to Patrick Van Dyke for dominating the annual Seattle Chess Club Championship, winning with a perfect 7-0 score, while second place (Fred Kleist and Michael James Hosford) was 2.5 points behind with 4.5 of 7. The 17-player event was held on Friday evenings in September and October at the club. Despite his perfect score,…
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Washington results: Blitz Championship and Challengers Cup
Two important annual events recently took place in Washington (reported by WCF secretary Gary Dorfner): The Washington State Blitz Championship was held at Cross Roads Mall in Bellevue on October 11, 2014. There were 32 players participating in this event. This year’s winner is Roland Feng with 11.5 points. 2nd and 3rd places were shared by…
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Portland results: Club Championship & Oregon Class
Two important events recently concluded in Portland: 2014 Portland Chess Club Championship This 5-round 16-player event, held on consecutive Tuesdays September 30-October 28, ended in a three-way tie, with Nick Raptis, Brian John Esler and Alex Grom scoring 4 of 5 points, each losing only one game to one of the other co-winners. See the USCF…
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Two-way tie in Seattle October Tornado
Two local expert-rated chess players, Ethan Bashkansky and Kyle Haining, drew each other and tied for first, with 3 of 4 points, in the Seattle Chess Club October Tornado, held on October 12 at the club. Each player also had a half-point bye. “Tornado” refers to the relatively fast time control, G/60 with 5-second delay. There were…
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BC players tie for first at Portland Fall Open
Two British Columbia chess players, Bindi Cheng and (Isaac) Joe Roback, tied for first place at the Portland Chess Club Fall Open October 11-12, also celebrating National Chess Day in the U.S. Each scored 4 out of 5 possible points. (See the USCF crosstable for details.) This is hardly surprising for Cheng, rated about USCF 2500…
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Two early October events in Washington
Showing the geographic diversity of chess in Washington, two major events were held the first weekend of October on opposite sides of the state. Oyster Bay Inn Classic, Bremerton, WA (Oct. 4-5, 2014) 16 players competed in two sections. Michael MacGregor won the Open section with 3.5 of 4 points, regaining a 2200+ rating (2202), while Zhili…
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More September Portland and Seattle results
Portland Chess Club September Quads (Tuesday evenings 9/9 to 9/23): The upper section, run as a 6-player Swiss, was won by Sean O’Connell with 2.5 of 3 points. The middle section was won by Arliss Dietz with a perfect score of 3. The lower section was won by Ken Harry with 2 of 3 points. USCF…
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