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Area Event Updates

Check out several events coming up in the next couple of months by clicking on the Area Events link above!


 


Stories and Cross Tables from Recent Area Events

For cross tables from our weekend events or club championship tourneys, please see the appropriate event link at left.

2008

Summer Fun G/45 (July 17 & 24)

SwissSys Standings. SF45: Summer Fun 45

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Chris Copeland 12758357 1570 W6 D7 D2 W8 3.0
2 David B Griffin 12469398 1615 H--- W5 D1 D3 2.5
3 Louis Blair 12454599 1568 L5 W4 W7 D2 2.5
4 Annette Weyland 12663263 1077 H--- L3 W8 W5 2.5
5 Ron Weyland 12657609 1470 W3 L2 W6 L4 2.0
6 Oganes Hovannes Melkonyan 13446738 1342 L1 W8 L5 W7 2.0
7 Ted Baker 12936996 1495 W8 D1 L3 L6 1.5
8 Jim Waugh 12425667 1161 L7 L6 L4 L1 0.0
 

 

2nd Spokane Falls Open (July 12-13)

    Tops seeds Mark Havrilla and H.G. Pitre shared first place in this 5 round g/90 event.

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Mark Havrilla W 8 B 5 W 10 B 2 W 3
  1883 12553313 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
2 H.G. Pitre B 10 W 6 B 3 W 1 B 5
  1738 11055753 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
3 John Walton W 9 B 7 W 2 B 6 B 1
  1697 13202540 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
4 Louis Blair bye bye bye B 7 ----
  1590 12454599 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
5 Ryan Ackerman B 11 W 1 B 6 W 8 W 2
  1566 13432771 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
6 Chris Copeland W 13 B 2 W 5 W 3 B 7
  1555 12758356 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
7 Ben Blue B 12 W 3 B 8 W 4 W 6
  1486 12751582 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
8 Ted Baker B 1 W 11 W 7 B 5 W 13
  1481 12936996 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
9 Alton Blue B 3 B 10 B 12 bye W 11
  1459 12455852 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5
10 Ron Weyland W 2 W 9 B 1 B 13 W 12
  1391 12657609 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
11 Oganes Havannes Melkonyan W 5 B 8 W 13 B 12 B 9
  1342 13446738 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
12 Jim Waugh W 7 B 13 W 9 W 11 B 10
  1220 12425667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 David Blue B 6 W 12 B 11 W 10 B 8
  1010 12796186 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0

Game 10 Round Robin (July 10)

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11
1 John Julian B 11 W 10 B 9 W 8 B 7 W 6 B 5 W 4 B 3 W 2 - 12
  1910 12688769 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 9.5 X10.5
2 Ryan Ackerman B 10 W 9 B 8 W 7 B 6 W 5 B 4 W 3 W 12 B 1 - 11
  1546 13432771 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 X10.0
3 David B Griffin B 9 W 8 B 7 W 6 B 5 W 4 W 12 B 2 W 1 - 11 - 10
  1456 12469398 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 X5.0 X6.0
4 Chris Copeland B 8 W 7 B 6 W 5 W 12 B 3 W 2 B 1 - 11 - 10 W 9
  1438 12758356 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 X7.0 X8.0 9.0
5 Oganes Hovannes Melkonyan B 7 W 6 W 12 B 4 W 3 B 2 W 1 - 11 - 10 B 9 W 8
  1351 13446738 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 X2.0 X3.0 3.0 4.0
6 Ted Baker W 12 B 5 W 4 B 3 W 2 B 1 - 11 - 10 W 9 B 8 W 7
  1285 12936996 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 X3.5 X4.5 5.5 6.5 6.5
7 Jim Waugh W 5 B 4 W 3 B 2 W 1 B 11 - 10 B 9 W 8 B 12 B 6
  1157 12425667 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 X4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
8 Ron Weyland W 4 B 3 W 2 B 1 W 11 B 10 W 9 B 12 B 7 W 6 B 5
  1148 12657609 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
9 Jim Burney W 3 B 2 W 1 B 11 W 10 B 12 B 8 W 7 B 6 W 5 B 4
  1131 12618452 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0
10 Mike Keyes W 2 B 1 W 11 B 12 B 9 W 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3
  689 13987900 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 F0.0 F0.0 F0.0 F0.0 F0.0
11 Jake Keyes W 1 B 12 B 10 W 9 B 8 W 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2
  332 13982271 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0
12 Michael Snow B 6 W 11 B 5 W 10 B 4 W 9 B 3 W 8 B 2 W 7 - 1
  unr. 13989367 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 F1.0

 

City Championship Contenders Tourney (June 28)

Qualchan Quads (June 28)

    James Stripes won the City Championship Contenders Tournament June 28 and earned the right to face off against FM David Sprenkle in a four game match two weeks later.  The Qualchan Quads drew a dozen players -- and no one was able to secure a perfect score.

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: SCCC

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Taylor Coles W 4 B 3 B 2
  1402 13495091 1.0 1.5 2.0
2 James Stripes W 3 B 4 W 1
  1722 12677638 1.0 2.0 2.5
3 Alex Chow B 2 W 1 W 4
  1754 13068502 0.0 0.5 1.5
4 Ryan Ackerman B 1 W 2 B 3
  1605 13432771 0.0 0.0 0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: G/2Hr

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 John Walton W 4 B 3 B 2
  1715 13202540 1.0 1.0 1.5
2 David B. Griffin W 3 B 4 W 1
  1561 12469398 1.0 2.0 2.5
3 Richard Schumaker B 2 W 1 B 4
  1509 13479524 0.0 1.0 2.0
4 Alton Blue B 1 W 2 W 3
  1493 12455852 0.0 0.0 0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: QQB

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Ted Baker W 4 B 3 W 2
  1473 12936996 1.0 2.0 2.0
2 Ben Blue W 3 B 4 B 1
  1435 12751582 1.0 1.5 2.5
3 Oganes Melkonyan B 2 W 1 B 4
  1389 13446738 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Ron Weyland B 1 W 2 W 3
  1382 12657609 0.0 0.5 1.5

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: QQC

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Jim Waugh W 4 - 3 B 2
  1207 12425667 1.0 F1.0 2.0
2 David Blue W 3 B 4 W 1
  998 12796186 1.0 2.0 2.0
3 Peter Schumaker B 2 - 1 W 4
  926 13479518 0.0 X1.0 2.0
4 Michael Snow B 1 W 2 B 3
  unr. 13989687 0.0 0.0 0.0
 

 

Perfect 10

    John Julian won this G/15 Quick tourney at club June 19.  Adam Attwood finished second, while Dave Griffin (under 1600) and Ted Baker (under 1300) won the class prizes.

SwissSys Wall Chart. Perfect 10: Perfect 10

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 John Julian B 6 W 4 W 8 B 5
  1915 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5
2 Pat Herbers W 7 B 3 B 4 B 6
  1908 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
3 Adam Attwood W 8 W 2 W 5 B 4
  1632 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
4 Ryan Ackerman B 9 B 1 W 2 W 3
  1546 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
5 Chris Copeland W 10 B 7 B 3 W 1
  1428 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
6 David B Griffin W 1 B 10 B 9 W 2
  1415 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
7 Melkonyan. Oganes B 2 W 5 B 10 B 8
  1335 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
8 Ted Baker B 3 W 9 B 1 W 7
  1298 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
9 Ron Weyland W 4 B 8 W 6 W 10
  1198 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Jim Waugh B 5 W 6 W 7 B 9
  1162 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
 

 

Spokane Falls Action

    James Stripes scored a perfect 3.0 in winning the action tournament held June 12 at club.

SwissSys Standings. Spokane Falls Action: Spokane Falls Action

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 James Stripes 12677638 1703 W4 W3 W2 3.0
2 Alton Blue 12455852 1484 W9 W6 L1 2.0
3 Ted Baker 12936996 1460 W10 L1 W5 2.0
4 Oganes Melkonyan 13446738 1290 L1 W8 W9 2.0
5 Ben Blue 12751582 1426 W11 W7 L3 2.0
6 Ron Weyland 12657609 1392 W12 L2 W10 2.0
7 Chris Copeland 12758356 1589 D8 L5 W12 1.5
8 Jim Waugh 12425667 1200 D7 L4 W11 1.5
9 Annette Weyland 12663263 1084 L2 W12 L4 1.0
10 David Blue 12796186 1006 L3 W11 L6 1.0
11 Jacob Keyes 13982271 unr. L5 L10 L8 0.0
12 Mike Keyes 13987900 unr. L6 L9 L7 0.0
 

 

Spokane Junior Open

Alex Chow edged Daniel Copeland 3-2 in a give game G/10 playoff to win the Junior Championship and secure a spot in the Challengers Tournament.

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2008 Spokane Junior Open: 2008 SJO

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Alex Chow W 2 B 4 W 3 B 5 ----
  1748 12910167 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 3.5
2 Dan Copeland B 1 ---- B 4 W 3 W 5
  1670 12758357 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5
3 Ben Blue ---- W 5 B 1 B 2 W 4
  1455 12455852 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
4 Taylor Coles B 5 W 1 W 2 ---- B 3
  1427 13495095 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
5 David Blue W 4 B 3 ---- W 1 B 2
  941 12796186 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

 

Fifth Michael Anderson Memorial Quad

This annual double-round robin G/30 event was played May 8 & 15, 2008.

SwissSys Wall Chart. Michael Anderson: Group A

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6
1 Pat Herbers W 4 W 2 B 3 B 4 B 2 - 3
  1912 10509092 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 X5.5
2 Phil Weyland W 3 B 1 W 4 - 3 W 1 B 4
  1870 12653584 1.0 1.0 2.0 X3.0 3.0 4.0
3 Ryan Ackerman B 2 B 4 W 1 - 2 - 4 - 1
  1647 13432771 0.0 0.0 0.0 F0.0 F0.0 F0.0
4 Chris Copeland B 1 W 3 B 2 W 1 - 3 W 2
  1587 12758356 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 X2.5 2.5

SwissSys Wall Chart. Michael Anderson: Group B

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6
1 Alton Blue W 4 W 2 B 3 B 4 B 2 W 3
  1488 12455852 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.5
2 Ron Weyland W 3 B 1 W 4 B 3 W 1 B 4
  1437 12657609 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
3 Ben Blue B 2 B 4 W 1 W 2 W 4 B 1
  1403 12751582 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
4 Ted Baker B 1 W 3 B 2 W 1 B 3 W 2
  1381 12936996 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Michael Anderson: Group C

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Oganes Melkonyan W 2 B 4 W 3 B 5 W 6
  1290 13446738 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
2 Jim Waugh B 1 W 6 B 4 W 3 W 5
  1242 12425667 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
3 Jim Burney W 6 W 5 B 1 B 2 W 4
  1175 12618452 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
4 David Blue B 5 W 1 W 2 B 6 B 3
  969 12796186 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
5 Kellen Blue W 4 B 3 B 6 W 1 B 2
  338 12796202 0.0 0.0