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Oregon High School Team Results

Photo of top team. Team members are, from left, juniors Kian Patel and Gabriel Skoro, seniors Duane Lee and Clemen Deng, and sophomore Anders Olsen. Photo and Article by Nancy Keller Lincoln High...

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Bryce Tiglon wins WA Denker qualifier playoff!

Bryce Tiglon – 2016 WA State High School Denker Representative Congratulations to Bryce Tiglon, a freshman at Lakeside School in Seattle, for winning the playoff to qualify for the Denker Tournament of...

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Jason Cigan Tops Portland Spring Open

Mike Janniro and Jason Cigan. Photographer unknown. This photo of Jason Cigan was taken a the Portland CC but not during the 2016 Portland Spring Open by Russell Miller From Portland CC website...

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Seattle Kings vs. Princes Match II and Junior RR Results

Kings vs. Princes II & Junior RR Players Here are the final results of the 2016 Kings vs. Princes Match II and Junior Round Robin.  The US Chess rating report can be found here.  Pictures from the...

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Washington players tie for 1st in National High School Championship

Congratulations to Kyle Haining (2191) and Bryce Tiglon (2357) for sharing first place with four other 2400+ rated players at the National High School Championship in Atlanta, GA, held April 1-3, 2016....

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Olde Middle School Team Tied for First in K-8 at National Junior High...

Congratulations to Bellevue’s Olde Middle School chess team on their outstanding achievement tying for 1st place in K-8 at National Junior High Championship in Indianapolis, IN, held 15-17 April 2016....

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11th Annual OSCF State Chess Championships

CLICK HERE for my photos from visiting the event on Saturday. Will add link to the xtables when available. CLICK HERE for the OSCF facebook page CLICK HERE for Ratings Northwest crosstables CLICK HERE...

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Portland CC Event on May 14-15

CLICK HERE for my photos taken during round 1. Will post link to the crosstables later. 40 players took part in the 2ND ANNUAL ROSE CITY SECTIONALS. CLICK HERE for xtables

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Spokane CC event Inland Empire Open

Taken for a facebook post by Spokane Chess Club. “INLAND EMPIRE OPEN — THREE’S A CROWD!! This year’s installment of the Inland Empire Open ended up with the top three seeds sharing first place and...

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Portland CC May G/60 Event

Portland Chess Club Sign CLICK HERE for the pictures I took during the first round on May 20, 2016. CLICK HERE for the link to the xtable.

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Anthony He becomes Washington’s youngest ever master

Anthony He became Washington State’s youngest ever master on June 5, 2016. Anthony achieved the title at age 11 years, 3 months, and 20 days, breaking the previous record held by FM Roland Feng....

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Seattle Chess Club July 9, 2016

I stopped by for a few photos during a tournament. CLICK HERE for the photos CLICK HERE for xtable of the event plus a Novice event held on Sunday.

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Spokane Chess Club report on Kids Event.

Found on Facebook for an event held Nov 19, 2016. Written by the TD James Stripes Explosive Growth Evident Youth chess in Spokane appears to be growing rapidly, judging by the turn-out at the Pilgrim’s...

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Northwest Chess Open results

Duane Polich posted on Facebook: Results are in for the 2016 Northwest Chess Open. Congratulations to Nick Raptis from Washington who took first place with 4.5 points good for $170.00. Nick double...

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Bellevue 8th grader Naomi Bashkansky wins World School Chess Championship!

Naomi Bashkansky has just won the 2016 World School Chess Championship in the Girls Under 13 category, held on December 2 – 12 in Sochi, Russia.   With 5 wins (full points) and 4 draws (half-points),...

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Results of Portland CC Dec G/60 event

Photo Credit: Russell Miller. Kathy Miller holding NWC banner outside Portland CC. 14 players took part in the event held at the club site on Dec 17, 2016. Lennart Bjorksten was the chief TD. Gavin...

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Kornelijs (Neil) Dale RIP

Long time tournament director for the Portland CC. Photo Credit: Russell Miller The info available on USChess website starts in 1991. I believe he played and directed events before that. He was the...

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2016 Washington G/60 Results

Washington Chess Federation reports on facebook The 2016 WA G/60 Championship was held at Seattle Chess Club over winter break December 27-28. The tournament was hosted by the Washington Chess...

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Update BC vs WA Matches

From BCCF Bulletin #331 by Mr. Wright. For more info check HISTORY section of NWC website. BC VERSUS WASHINGTON Matches between BC and Washington chess clubs or cities have been going on for well over...

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Chess for Success Event

From a facebook post by Chess for Success The first day of the 50th Anniversary tournaments (March 10, 2017) is in the books. K-5 Team winners were: Jacob Wismer Elementary in 1st, four way tie for 2nd...

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