Presented by Northwest Chess Magazine
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Pacific Northwest Players in Iceland
BY MIKE MURRAY (a bit was added by Russell Miller) Three Northwesterners competed in the ten-round 2014 Reykjavik Open: Viktors Pupols of Kingston, Washington, Jason Kenney of the Vancouver, BC area, and Mike Murray of Port Townsend, Washington. Kenney and Murray scored 5-5, while Unkel Vik scored 4.5 – 5.5, but the picture painted by…
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Success Through Chess Event
On March 14 at Round Table Pizza on SE Mill Plain in Vancouver, Washington, American Chess Institute held one of their events for kids. I took a few photos. CLICK HERE for the photos. I did not try to get any names of the kids this time. CLICK HERE for their website.
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OES Aardvark Scholatic Tournament Results
Oregon Episcopal School in Portland Oregon on March 8, 2014 was the site of a 6 section event directed by Dennis Chang. 18 players in the Kings Section had two players score 3.5-.5, Praveer Sharan of Oak Creek School in Lake Oswego and Colin Lin of Jacob Wismer Elementary School in Portland. Rooks Section of…
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March Madness Scholastic Event
On March 8, 2014 Jerry Ramey directed 4 section event of scholastic chess at South Eugene High School in Eugene Oregon. Aaron Grabinsky a home schooled student of Coquille, Oregon with a 4-0 score won the 8 player Elite 8 section. With 3.5-.5 Nathan Arthurs of Lincoln Middle School in Pullman Washington won the Advanced…
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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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