Jason Yu wins WA Barber Qualifier
From Washington Chess Federation Facebook Post. The 2017 WA State Barber Qualifier held on March 11-12 at Chinook Middle School in Bellevue and Seattle Chess Club in Northgate. A little over 100...
View ArticleReport on Portland CC March Quad 45
From Portland CC website. Report by the TD. Quad 45 (March 18): This month the time control at the Quad 45 was changed from G/45;d15 to G/45;inc15. As far as we can tell, this is the first ever regular...
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Anthony He becomes FIDE Master
Anthony He became Washington State’s youngest ever FIDE Master on February 20, 2017 by scoring 5.5/9 at the 2017 WA State Chess Championship in Redmond. He gained 93.6 points to boost his FIDE rating...
View ArticleHarmon Report from Portland CC website
11th Annual Clark Harmon Memorial Open (April 1-2): The Harmon Memorial currently rotates between Oregon and Washington each year and was in Oregon this year. Clark was one of the Northwest’s premier...
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Derek Zhang becomes National Master
National Master Derek Zhang “After reaching 2100 USCF in 2015, my chess progress stagnated, but over these past few months I was able to put all the pieces together and reach 2200. My real breakthrough...
View ArticleInland Empire Open article
Posted by Spokane Chess Club on facebook: HAVRILLA, CAMBARERI WIN INLAND EMPIRE OPEN April 29-30 Top seeds Michael Cambareri and Mark Havrilla won this year’s Inland Empire Open with scores of 4.0....
View ArticleIntroducing the newbie NWC blogger
Hey! So this is blogging. Hmm. It’s easy enough to share your news and opinion in a blog, I suppose. The real question is not whether you can write it, but whether anyone will read it. I like to write,...
View ArticleOregon Kids event report
From Facebook post of Coquillle Chess Club Coquille Chess Club Oregon Scholastic State Championships It was a sunny weekend but in Seaside, nearly 400 chess players were indoors contending for the...
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2017 Idaho Scholastic Champion of Champions
The players at the 2017 Idaho Scholastic Champion of Champions tournament. L-R: Forrest Zeng, Dylan Porth, Kevin Xu, Bryan Li, Seth Machakos. Photo credit: Jeffrey Roland. The first-ever event of this...
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IM Georgi Orlov Wins WA Open 6-0!
The 2017 WA Open was held at the Lynnwood Embassy Suites over Memorial Day weekend May 27-29. A strong attendance of about 205 players took part from throughout the Northwest, primarily from...
View ArticleChess in Equatorial Guinea
Story submitted by Seth Talyansky, email talyanskys@catlin.edu. We, the leaders of the Catlin Gabel Chess Club, investigated the circumstances of chess in Equatorial Guinea (EG), the only...
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Seattle Chess Classic draws 75 players!
Seattle Chess Classic Open and Reserve Section players. FM Roland Feng, the current WA State co-Champion, won the first Seattle Chess Classic with an undefeated 7/9 and took home the $1300 first place...
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WFM Chouchanik Airapetian wins 2017 WA Women’s Championship!
A record 23 players took part in the 2017 WA State Women’s Championship, a 5-round Swiss held at the Seattle Chess Club September 15-17, 2017. The tournament, which was dual US Chess and FIDE rated,...
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Sluggers Qualify for 2018 PRO Chess League
With the help of returning Slugger and World No. 10 GM Hikaru Nakamura, it is my pleasure to announce that the Seattle Sluggers have officially qualified for the 2018 PRO Chess League! Here is a link...
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2017 WA Class Championships
Murlin Varner manning the WCF registration table. The 2017 WA Class Championships were held at the Lynnwood Embassy Suites over Thanksgiving weekend November 24-26. A strong attendance of about 180...
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2017 WA Winter Classic
Playing room at the WA Winter Classic. FM Steven Breckenridge of Gresham, OR, won the the 2017 WA Winter Chess Classic with 7/9 and took home the $500 first place prize! Steven finished half a point...
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FM Anthony He wins 2018 WA Junior Closed
Back Row, L to R: Naomi Bashkansky, Oscar Petrov, Anthony He Front Row, L to R: Joseph Levine, Eric Zhang, Daniel Shubin. Photo credit: David Hendricks, TD. Congratulations to Anthony He for winning...
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2018 British Columbia vs. Washington Challenge Match
A Teams: Back row: Tim Moroney(WA), organizer Paul Leblanc, Joshua Doknjas(BC), Javier Cortes(BC), a Chilean chess master attending UBC, Howard Wu(BC).Front row: Howard Chen(WA), Curt Collyer(WA), Josh...
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WIM Megan Lee Lecture
Date: February 9, 2018 Site: Seattle Chess Club Organizer: Josh Sinanan Here is the flyer. The game presented can be viewed here. Megan presented a lecture featuring highlights from her recent victory...
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Washington Players Triumph at 2018 US National Junior Congress
L-R: Daniel Shubin, Anirudh Rajesh, Advaith Vijayakumar By Vijay Sankaran, Igor & Stephan Jiang The US National Junior Congress was held at Basis Independent Silicon Valley School, San Jose, CA...
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