Tag: Seattle Chess Club
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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.
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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…
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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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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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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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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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NM David Golub wins Seattle Fall Open
NM David Golub, who also plays for the Seattle Sluggers, won the Seattle Fall Open held at the Seattle Chess Club, September 19-21, 2014. Golub scored 4.5 of 5, drawing only FM Nick Raptis, who tied with Samuel He with 4 points. (Raptis and He also drew.) Samuel He raised his rating to the master level, from 2197…
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Ivanov wins Seattle August Tornado
Making only his second USCF tournament appearance, Ventsislav Ivanov won the Seattle Chess Club August Tornado held August 24, 2014 with a perfect 4.0 score. Ivanov raised his regular provisional rating to 1997, and his quick provisional rating to 1716. Tied for second place were Viktors Pupols and Brendan Zhang, each drawing two games (including against each…
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Some recent event results
Seattle July Tornado (sometimes called the Sunday Tornado), held July 27, 2014 at the Seattle Chess Club. Ethan Bashkansky and Zixiao Han draw each other and tied for first with 3.5 out of 4 points. Both are now expert-rated, with Han having a provisional rating. See the USCF crosstable. Tacoma Open, held August 2, 2014 at…
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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.