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2008 Inland Empire Open

IT'S BARTRON AGAIN!

    Tacoma's Paul Bartron again won the Inland Empire Open, topping the 2008 edition with a 4.5 score to finish one-half point ahead of Chris Kalina and Phil Weyland.  Paul won $180 for first place, while Chris and Phil split the $230 in second and third place prizes.  Michael Murray topped the Class A category.  The Class B prizes were won by Steve Buck and John Walton. Taylor Coles was tops in Class C. The first place prize in Class D was won by Missoula's Tim Kennedy, who also bagged the biggest upset prize.  Second place in Class D went to Paul Ramer.   

    This tourney, first played in 1954, was held at the Schoenberg Center at Gonzaga University.  There were 24 players competing in this year's event. 

 

SwissSys Standings. 2008 IEO: 2008 IEO

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Paul Bartron 12590173 2097 W9 W7 D2 W6 W10 4.5
2 Phil Weyland 12653584 1857 W12 W8 D1 W4 D5 4.0
3 Chris Kalina 12616431 1953 W23 W16 D6 W11 H--- 4.0
4 Steve Buck 10428700 1703 W14 W11 W18 L2 D6 3.5
5 John Walton 13202540 1718 L8 W20 W15 W7 D2 3.5
6 Michael Murray 10509131 1973 W19 W13 D3 L1 D4 3.0
7 Ed Mc Laughlin 10188270 1718 W20 L1 W12 L5 W17 3.0
8 Tim Kennedy 12901159 1356 W5 L2 W22 L9 W15 3.0
9 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1630 L1 W22 H--- W8 D11 3.0
10 Alex Chow 12910167 1752 D22 W19 H--- W17 L1 3.0
11 Eric* Eklund 13707076 1777 W15 L4 W16 L3 D9 2.5
12 Taylor Coles 13495091 1415 L2 W21 L7 D16 W20 2.5
13 Robert Martin 12497030 1671 W21 L6 L17 W18 H--- 2.5
14 Paul Ramer 12833608 1182 L4 L15 H--- X22 W24 2.5
15 Ron Weyland 12657609 1432 L11 W14 L5 W19 L8 2.0
16 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1643 W24 L3 L11 D12 D18 2.0
17 Ted Baker 12936996 1362 L18 W24 W13 L10 L7 2.0
18 Zach Countryman 12904287 1738 W17 H--- L4 L13 D16 2.0
19 Bill Pitre 12439150 1615 L6 L10 W24 L15 W21 2.0
20 Jim Waugh 12425667 1255 L7 L5 W21 H--- L12 1.5
21 Ian* Alderson 13109881 759 L13 L12 L20 W24 L19 1.0
22 Taylor Roberts 12680456 1385 D10 L9 L8 F14 U--- 0.5
23 Ward Chow 13459322 1470 L3 H--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
24 William Spencer 12567155 628 L16 L17 L19 L21 L14 0.0
 

2007 INLAND EMPIRE OPEN

BARTRON, SINANAN SHARE 2007 IEO TITLE

        Paul Barton of Tacoma and Josh Sinanan of Seattle won the 2007 Inland Empire Open.  Their scores of 4.5 topped the 39 player field.  Dan Mathews, the 2006 champion, finished third with 4.0.  The tourney title was up in the air to the very end.  Sinanan stopped John Julian in one of the last contests of the day.  Bartron then upended top seed Dave Sprenkle in the very last game of the tourney to share the title with Sinanan.

        The Class A prizes were shared by Chris Kalina and Michael Murray, each of whom scored 2.5.  The Class B prizes were split by Cyrus Desmarais and John Walton, both of whom also scored 3.5.  The Class C prizes were won by Ryan Ackerman and Travis Elisara.  Ackerman also won the prize for the second largest upset.

        The Class D category was won by Taylor Coles.  Taylor, the lowest rated player in the tourney, scored an impressive 3.0 en route to claiming the section prize.  The second place in Class D was split between Elliott Chow and Jim Waugh.  Waugh, the oldest player in the event, celebrated his 78th birthday on the final day of play.  Way to go, Jim!   The largest upset prize was secured by Scott Engelhard.

 

SwissSys Standings. 2007 (IEO): Open

 

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Josh Sinanan 12826891 2156 W21 W14 W6 D2 W5 4.5  
2 Paul Bartron 12590173 2132 W10 W25 W24 D1 W4 4.5  
3 Dan Mathews 12806101 1795 W34 D5 H--- W26 W15 4.0  
4 Dave Sprenkle 10357551 2261 W32 W31 H--- W12 L2 3.5  
5 John Julian 12688769 2003 W27 D3 W17 W7 L1 3.5  
6 Michael Murray 10509131 1986 W28 W20 L1 W11 D8 3.5  
7 Chris Kalina 12616431 1957 W33 D9 W19 L5 W16 3.5  
8 John Walton 13202540 1699 L35 W23 W29 W24 D6 3.5  
9 Cyrus Desmarais 13388556 1617 X42 D7 L12 W35 W17 3.5  
10 Travis Elisara 12838162 1510 L2 D36 W23 W25 W20 3.5  
11 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1446 X40 D13 W14 L6 W24 3.5  
12 Mika Mitchell 12438674 1881 W29 D26 W9 L4 D39 3.0  
13 Romie Carpenter 12280430 1801 W22 D11 H--- L15 W27 3.0  
14 Niles Desmarais 13388598 1755 W41 L1 L11 W30 W26 3.0  
15 Alex Chow 12910167 1658 L16 W30 W22 W13 L3 3.0  
16 Taylor Coles 13495091 136 W15 L17 W27 X31 L7 3.0  
17 Steve Fabian 12417101 1742 H--- W16 L5 W32 L9 2.5  
18 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1695 H--- L19 U--- W41 W34 2.5  
19 Dan Mc Court 12400272 1692 H--- W18 L7 W28 U--- 2.5  
20 James Stripes 12677638 1671 W38 L6 H--- W33 L10 2.5  
21 Ron Weyland 12657609 1528 L1 L22 W41 W37 D36 2.5  
22 Jim Waugh 12425667 1352 L13 W21 L15 H--- W32 2.5  
23 Elliot Chow 13068502 932 H--- L8 L10 W29 W33 2.5  
24 Michael Cambareri 12707145 1802 W30 W35 L2 L8 L11 2.0  
25 John Downes 12465306 1700 W37 L2 H--- L10 D28 2.0  
26 William Mc Broom 12171940 1572 X43 D12 H--- L3 L14 2.0  
27 Chris Copeland 12758356 1509 L5 W34 L16 W36 L13 2.0  
28 Ward Chow 13459322 1492 L6 W38 H--- L19 D25 2.0  
29 John Hay 12880970 1379 L12 W37 L8 L23 W35 2.0  
30 Ted Baker 1293669 1353 L24 L15 W37 L14 W38 2.0  
31 Sattarov Sattor 13388562 1787 W36 L4 H--- F16 U--- 1.5  
32 Richard Cohen 10015511 1551 L4 H--- W36 L17 L22 1.5  
33 Mark Mangiaracina 12439000 1473 L7 W41 H--- L20 L23 1.5  
34 Pat Kirlin 12631768 1296 L3 L27 W38 H--- L18 1.5  
35 R. Scott Engelhard 13488266 726 W8 L24 H--- L9 L29 1.5  
36 Paul Ramer 12833608 1106 L31 D10 L32 L27 D21 1.0  
37 Kenny Sato 13662713 964 L25 L29 L30 L21 W41 1.0  
38 William Spencer 12567155 510 L20 L28 L34 B--- L30 1.0  
39 David, B. Griffin 12469398 1530 U--- U--- U--- U--- D12 0.5  
40 Jim Hanlen 10513740 1887 F11 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
41 Chad Coles 13495105 993 L14 L33 L21 L18 L37 0.0  
42 Nicholas Cashaw 25000000 unr. F9 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
43 Alexandria Gorder 25000000 unr. F26 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
 

 

2006 INLAND EMPIRE OPEN

MATHEWS WINS IEO!

       Dan Mathews of Edmonds won the 2006 installment of  the Inland Empire Open on April 29-30.  His 4.0 score edged out five who shared second place with 3.5 scores: Pat Herbers, John Rosell, Phil Weyland, eleven-year-old Alex Chow, and tournament director (!) Dave Griffin.  Mathews claimed the $175 first prize by winning both of his Sunday games and overtaking the others when the Herbers-Chow and Weyland-Rosell final round games ended in draws.  Each of the five second place winners received $77 as their share of second and third places as well as the A and B class prizes.

    There were 14 draws, all long fought, in the tourney.  Mix in quite a few first and third round byes, and it was easy to see why there were no perfect scores after the first day.  Both the tourney leaders and the class prize groups were closely bunched the whole way, with many of the prizes dependent upon the outcome of the last few games.

    The Class C prize was shared by Zach Countryman, John Hornickle of Tacoma, and Bill McBroom of of Missoula.  Each received $27.  The Class D prizes were claimed by Ted Baker and Jim Waugh, who received $40 each.  Waugh celebrated his 77th birthday on the first day of the tourney!  He capped the day by winning his third round game and then tied for the class prize the following day.  Way to go Jim!

    William Spencer of Helena claimed the biggest upset prize of $50 by drawing a player 820 points higher than him!  Ted Baker captured the second upset prize ($30) for his first round victory of a player rated 322 points higher.

    There were 30 players taking part this year, including John Downes who participated in the very first IEO in 1954!  The IEO is the oldest of our Spokane's annual weekend tourneys and one of the longest running events in Washington state.

    Well-known NW chess personality Rusty Miller dropped by during the first round to check out the tourney.  He forwarded some pictures, including this shot:

 

The 2006 Crosstable:

 
  Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Pat Herbers W 17 B 5 B 13 W 7 B 10
  1954 10509092 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
2 Kirk Steinocher B 18 W 13 B 16 bye ----
  1920 12389190 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.0
3 Phil Weyland W 20 B 12 bye W 9 B 4
  1886 12653584 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.5
4 John Rosell bye B 17 W 12 B 10 W 3
  1884 12748680 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5
5 Dan Mathews bye W 1 B 22 W 8 B 6
  1830 12806101 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
6 Romie Carpenter B 19 W 11 bye B 20 W 5
  1800 12280430 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0
7 Rob Martin W 21 B 14 W 10 B 1 bye
  1728 12497030 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0
8 John Downes B 22 W 16 bye B 5 W 17
  1725 12465306 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5
9 Ted Catton W 23 B 24 W 21 B 3 W 20
  1721 12458816 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
10 Alex Chow B 24 W 23 B 7 W 4 W 1
  1696 12910167 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
11 Adam Attwood W 25 B 6 bye B 12 W 14
  1695 12788883 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
12 Kevin Korsmo B 26 W 3 B 4 W 11 B 23
  1663 10328357 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
13 Dan Mc Court W 27 B 2 W 1 B 17 W 22
  1650 12400272 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
14 Mark Mangiarcina B 28 W 7 bye W 16 B 11
  1619 12439000 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
15 David Griffin bye ---- W 29 B 18 W 21
  1606 12469398 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5
16 John Walton W 30 B 8 W 2 B 14 W 18
  1593 13202540 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
17 Zach Countryman B 1 W 4 B 23 W 13 B 8
  1573 12904287 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
18 Bill Mc Broom W 2 B 25 bye W 15 B 16
  1553 12179140 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
19 Ron Weyland W 6 B 30 W 25 B 29 W 24
  1438 12657609 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
20 Constantine Etingher B 3 W 26 B 30 W 6 B 9
  1436 12490462 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
21 James W. Batman B 7 W 28 B 9 W 26 B 15
  1418 13424373 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
22 John Hornickle W 8 B 27 W 5 W 30 B 13
  1411 12543737 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
23 Ted Baker B 9 B 10 W 17 B 27 W 12
  1399 12936996 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
24 Vern Johnson W 10 W 9 B 26 W 28 B 19
  1289 10513456 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
25 Jim Waugh B 11 W 18 B 19 bye W 26
  1177 12425667 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
26 Annette Weyland W 12 B 20 W 24 B 21 B 25
  1069 12663263 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
27 Ryan Ackerman B 13 W 22 B 28 W 23 W 30
  1023 13432771 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
28 William Spencer W 14 B 21 W 27 B 24 W 29
  426 12567155 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
29 III, William Dittman ---- bye B 15 W 19 B 28
  unr. 13427195 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5
30 Oganes Melkonyan B 16 W 19 W 20 B 22 B 27
  unr. 13446738 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

 

 


2005 IEO Games2005 IEO Standings
 

2005 Inland Empire Open

The Inland Empire Open, first played in 1954, is the Spokane Chess Club's oldest weekend Swiss tourney.  This event is traditionally played in late April or early May.


Collyer, Julian Win 2005 Inland Empire Open!

    Curt Collyer  and John Julian won the 52nd Inland Empire Open, Spokane's oldest tournament with scores of 4.5.   Each won $200 for sharing the first and second prizes.  Finishing third in the field of 27 were Geoff Gale, Pat Herbers, Elston Cloy, and Robert Martin with 3.5 scores. They each earned $68.75 for splitting third place, first and second in class A, and first in class B.  Martin won the B section with his score while the others topped the A section.  The cross table for the event and some annotated games can be seen on the IEO page (link at left).

    Brad Bodie and Michael Cambareri shared second and third in Class B.  They each received $30 for their 3.0 scores.  This was Bodie's first return to tournament chess in several years.  Adam Attwood (3.0) won the Class C prize of $60 while Garrett Morkill (2.5) received $30 for finishing second.  Vern Johnson (2.0) won the $60 class D prize, while Jeff Burkert, Patrick Kirlin, and Jim Waugh each won $10 tying for second in the section with 1.5 scores.

   Ted Baker claimed the biggest upset (and $55 prize) for downing a player 585 points above him in round one.  Vern Johnson bagged the second largest upset with his first round conquest of a player 378 points higher.  He earned $30 for that accomplishment.

   There was a $1,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund, the largest in the history of this event.  Attendance was down due to a late date change and a conflict with the Supernationals in Tennessee which cost the attendance of six players.  Tournament Director David Griffin ran a flawless event.  Several players donated their winnings back to the club.  Thank you everyone for a great tourney!

 

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2004 Inland Empire Open

 2004 IEO Games2004 IEO Standings


IEO Road Show A Success!

Eastern Washington’s oldest and longest running tournament, the Inland Empire Open, hit the road to celebrate its 50th anniversary.  38 players, including four rated over 2000, entered the event, which was held in Richland.  FM David Bragg of Seattle was the top-rated player.

Upsets, most pulled off by rapidly improving teenagers, could be found in every round of the event.  A series of draws on the top three boards in the last round led to a six way tie for first with 4-1 scores between Bragg, experts Steve Merwin and Lewis McClary, class “A” players Geoff Gale and Marc Dippre, and “teenager Andy May (1510), a “C” class player.  May also recorded the biggest upset of the tourney when he downed Expert Matt Campbell (2092) in round 4.  He also beat two “A” players en route to his share of the title.

May was not the only youngster with a strong weekend performance.  Blake Salisbury (1714) of Clatskanie, OR, scored 3.5 while having to play the top three players in consecutive rounds!  He drew with Bragg in round two and defeated Campbell in round 3, before falling to Merwin in round four.  North Bend’s Matt Wilson (1367) scored 3.0 and tied for the best score in the “D” class.  Todd May, Andy’s brother, defeated a 1900 player en route to a 2.5 finish.  Another teenager, Yang So He, won two games.

The event also had an international flavor due to the presence of Steinar Bryn and his 16-year-old son Asklid.  The senior Bryn is a Norweigan diplomat who is teaching at Pacific Lutheran University for a semester.  The two ventured over from Tacoma, joined the USCF, and their respective 3.0 scores shared the “D and under” category prizes with Wilson.  The younger Bryn sports a Norweigan rating of 1850.  His only loss was to McClary on board 2 in round three, where the veteran’s endgame skills led him to pull out the victory in an even position. 

Dan Mathews, with 3.5, captured the “B” prize. Other class prize winners included Salisbury, Dustin Benson, Phil Weyland, Steve Fabian, and John Trullinger (3.0) tying for second in the “B” category.  There was a four-way tie for second in the “C” class with Bill McMahon, Yang So He, Steve Brendemihl, and Joe Rivera all scoring 2.0. 

The turnout was larger than expected, with most players coming from the Columbia Basin region where there have not been any formal USCF events in several years.  The facility was first rate.  The event was staged at the new Richland Community Center located in the beautiful Ammon Park along the Columbia River.  Those familiar with hydro races in the Tri-Cities will be familiar with the area.  An anonymous donor who also played in the event covered the hefty fee for use of the facility. The $1000 prize fund was guaranteed by the Gary Younker Foundation.  The Foundation was started in honor of late Spokane CC stalwart Gary Younker and is designed to promote chess in the Inland Empire region. 

The success of this event led to the decision to sponsor another major event (perhaps a revival of the Columbia Cup) next year at the same location.  The tournament benefactor will again sponsor use of the facility. The Inland Empire Open will itself return to Spokane for nex