Napavine Scholastic Event Results
Chess4Life held a tournament in Napavine Washington at the Napavine Elementary School on March 15, 2014. Darren Campbell was the tournament director. 6 different sections were held with players from...
View ArticleTacoma Chess Club Event Results
H. G. Pitre of Seattle held a two weekend event at the Tacoma Chess Club on Saturdays March 8 and March 15. The event was 4 rounds, two on each Saturday at time control of G/90 with 30 seconds added to...
View ArticleChessmates Springfest Scholastic Results
The Chessmates group of Seattle held a large scholastic event in Seattle at Broadview Thompson Elementary on March 15. Directors were Georgi Orlov and Mr. Cao. Two players topped the 67 player K-1st...
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Seattle Chess Club March Tornado Results
Part of playing room at Seattle CC, photo taken by Russell Miller March 16, 2014 found 18 players taking part in an event at the Seattle Chess Club under the direction of Fred Kleist of Seattle. A 4-0...
View ArticleSpokane Chess Club Event Results
Spokane Chess Club reports on Facebook: “A total of 16 players competed in the g/45 dual-rated March Madness event that started March 13 and ended on on March 20. Jeremy Krasin was a perfect 4.0 to top...
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Dragonslayer Results
Photo Credit: James Stripes James Stripes directed a scholastic event in Spokane on March 22, 2014. Ryan Waters of Northwest Christian School in Spokane won the 28 player K-3 section with 5-0 score....
View ArticlePortland Chess Club Monthly Event Results
The turnout of 39 players was so high that the usual monthly G/60 event held by the Portland Chess Club was for the March 29, 2014 event turned into a G/45 event and had 5 rounds. As usual the winner...
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Seattle Spring Open Results
Nick Raptisphoto by Russell Miller, not taken at Seattle Spring event but at a Portland event. 67 players total in two sections at the Seattle Chess Club on March 21-23. Nick Raptis of Portland won the...
View ArticleSunday Slam Results
Nick Raptis continued his March roll with a win of the Blitz event on March 30. He scored 7-1 (two 1/2 point byes) to top the 22 player event. Time control was G/5 d0. Tournament directors were Sean...
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Seattle Chess Club Adult Swiss Results
Viktors Pupols and Yasser Seirawan, reenacting a photo shot nearly 40 years earlier. This will likely be the cover photo for the September 2012 Northwest Chess magazine. Photo credit: Jeffrey Roland...
View ArticleNo more BLOG posts by Rusty
Time for me to cut down on my chess stuff. Contact Eric or Duane if you would like to do some posting. Please do play in the Newport Open in June.
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Paul Bartron wins again
Paul Bartron was the winner of the $100 dollar prize at the Evergreen Open in Tacoma on June 7, 2014. Though he played with stiff competition (he played against Arjun Thomas, H.G. Pitre and Joe Kiiru),...
View ArticleHaessler sweeps Oregon Senior Open
Carl Haessler of Lake Oswego, Oregon swept the Oregon Senior Open, held July 12-13 in Oregon City, with a perfect 5-0 score. Haessler, the only master in the tournament, increased his USCF rating from...
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Portland June Summer Open and G/60 Events
Portland CC Summer Open (June 21-22) Goffe vs. Murray at the Portland Summer Open. As reported by Brian Berger, “Preregistration numbers for the Portland Chess Club’s Summer Open tournament gave the...
View ArticleSome 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....
View ArticlePortland CC August 2014 Quad 45 event
The Portland Chess Club holds a monthly quad tournament (known as a “Quad 45″ because of the 45-minute time control) that usually takes place on the third Saturday of each month. This tournament is...
View ArticlePupols wins Washington Senior
Continuing his long and amazing chess career, Viktors Pupols won the Washington Senior Adult Championship held at the Tacoma Chess Club, August 16, 2014. Pupols scored 3.5 out of 4, drawing only...
View ArticleIvanov 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...
View ArticleThree-way tie in Oregon Open
This year’s Oregon Open, held Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1 at the Lloyd Center DoubleTree in Portland, ended in a three-way tie for first in the Open Section. Nick Raptis, Daniel He and Micah Smith all went...
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Northwest well represented in 2014 SPFGI
Reported by Frank Niro. Four girls from the region participated in this year’s Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational held on the campus of Webster University in suburban St. Louis, July 10-15,...
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