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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.

2010

January Quick (Jan. 14)

    Top-seed John Julian defeated the 2, 3, and 4 seeds en route to a perfect 4.0 score in this quick-rated fundraising event.  The USCF cross table link:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201001158161-14299461

 

2009

Xmas Chaos (Dec. 3 & 10)

        The final rated Thursday night event of the year was a four round, two week g/60 event: the Xmas Chaos.  James Stripes was a perfect 4.0 in winning the event, while Ryan Ackerman (3.0) was second.  Loyd Willaford was the best in the U/1600 category.  The link to the USCF report is:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200912109291-12577744

 

Turkey Quads (Nov. 5- 28)  

        Twenty players took part in this year's Turkey Quads.  Winners were: Quad A, John Julian (3.0); Quad B, Nikolay Bulakh (3.0); Quad C, Arend Smith, (2.0);  Quad D, Doug Trainor (3.0); and Quad E, Ron Weyland (2.5).

The USCF cross table:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200911284391-10328357

 

Uncle's (Nov. 13 & 14)

    Uncle's Game Store at the Valley Mall was the scene of two quick events Friday November 13 and again on Saturday, November 14.  The unrated Friday night action was won by Nikolay Bulakh with a perfect 3.0 score.  He won a $50 Uncle's gift certificate.  George Joslin won a blitz play-off against Josh Presley & Doug Trainor to claim the second place $25 gift certificate.  Josh won the $25 best junior prize.

    A quick-rated g/25 event was played the following day.  TD Dave Griffin was a perfect 3.0 to top the eight player field.  He won $40 for his efforts.  Nikolay Bulakh, Conor Reisman, and Doug Trainor finished second at 2.0.  Nikolay and Doug each won $10, while newcomer Conor won $20 for the best under 1200.

Cross table (g/25):

1. Bulakh, Nikolay   (1690)     W5      L3      W4      2.0

2. Griffin, David      (1478)      W6     W8     W3      3.0 

3. Trainor, Doug      (1209)       W7     W1     L2       2.0

4.  Trainor, Ray        (829)         L8      W6     L1       1.0

5.  Derocher, Jimmy  (767)        L1      W7    L8        1.0

6.  Shoemaker, John W. (unr.)   L2      L4     W7       1.0

7.  Hausam, Jacob L. (unr.)        L3      L5     L6        0.0

8.  Reisman, Conor    (unr.)       W5     L2     W5       2.0

 

 

September Quick (Sept. 10)

    John Julian topped the field with a perfect 3.0 score in this g/20 event.  William Pitre (2.5) was second, and Loyd Willaford (2.0) won the best under 1400 prize.

SwissSys Standings. SeptemQuick

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot TBrk[R] Prize
1 John Julian 12688769 1920 W8 W7 W3 3.0 4  
2 William Pitre 12469269 unr. W11 D6 W8 2.5 2.75  
3 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1754 W9 W5 L1 2.0 3  
4 Nikolay Bulakh 14227378 1695 L7 W12 W6 2.0 1.5  
5 Loyd Willaford 12577744 1387 W12 L3 W9 2.0 1  
6 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1614 W10 D2 L4 1.5 2.25  
7 Alton Blue 12455852 1306 W4 L1 L10 1.0 2  
8 Ben Blue 12751582 1315 L1 W10 L2 1.0 1  
9 Ron Weyland 12657609 1314 L3 W11 L5 1.0 1  
10 Ted Baker 12936996 1277 L6 L8 W7 1.0 1  
11 Patrick Kirlin 12631768 1334 L2 L9 W12 1.0 0  
12 Jim Waugh 12425667 1256 L5 L4 L11 0.0 0
 

 

Ajeeb Quads (Aug. 6- Sept. 10)

Twelve players took part in the annual August Ajeeb Quads.  Kevin Korsmo and James Stripes (2.5) topped Quad A, while perfect scores for Jerry Morton and Patrick Kirlin won Quad B and Quad C.

USCF cross table link: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200909120381-10328357

 

July Joust (July 30)

    Top seed John Julian was perfect to top the field in this ten player g/29 event.

 
# Name ID Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Prize
1 John C. Julian 12688769 1903   W3 W7 W4 3.0  
2 James Stripes 12677638 1720   W10 D4 W7 2.5  
3 Nikolay Bulakh 14227378 1491   L1 W8 W9 2.0  
4 Phil Weyland 12653584 1775   W6 D2 L1 1.5  
5 Ron Weyland 12657609 1305   L8 D6 W10 1.5  
6 Jerry Morton 12449574 1406   L4 D5 W8 1.5  
7 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1625   W9 L1 L2 1.0  
8 David B. Griffin 12469398 1460   W5 L3 L6 1.0  
9 Jim Burney 12618452 1321   L7 W10 L3 1.0  
10 Michael Green 14232247 1356   L2 L9 L5 0.0
 

 3rd Spokane Falls Open (July 18-19)

     Bill Schill made his first appearance in a Spokane tournament and topped the tourney with a score of 4.5.  Second place went to Mark Havrilla with 4.0.

SwissSys Standings. 3rd SFO: Open

 
# Name ID Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 William Schill 12485766 2240   W8 W11 D2 W4 W6 4.5  
2 Mark Havrilla 12553313 1914   W16 W6 D1 W3 D5 4.0  
3 Phil Weyland 12653584 1814   W12 D4 W11 L2 W10 3.5  
4 Cameron Leslie 12786510 1748   W14 D3 W16 L1 W11 3.5  
5 Avinaya Subedi 14146695 1533   L11 W17 W14 W10 D2 3.5  
6 Adam Attwood 12788883 1759   W17 L2 W13 W9 L1 3.0  
7 William Pitre 12469269 1631   W15 L10 L9 W16 W13 3.0  
8 James McAleer 12442009 1608   L1 L16 W17 D13 W9 2.5  
9 David Mehaffey 12711830 1106   D10 D13 W7 L6 L8 2.0  
10 William Gaddis 12401928 1649   D9 W7 H--- L5 L3 2.0  
11 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1772   W5 L1 L3 W15 L4 2.0  
12 Louis Blair 12454599 1529   L3 L14 L15 W17 W16 2.0  
13 Ted Baker 12936996 1507   H--- D9 L6 D8 L7 1.5  
14 Jim Waugh 12425667 1259   L4 W12 L5 H--- L17 1.5  
15 David B Griffin 12469398 1463   L7 H--- W12 L11 U--- 1.5  
16 Ron Weyland 12657609 1402   L2 W8 L4 L7 L12 1.0  
17 Pat Kirlin 12631768 1401   L6 L5 L8 L12 W14 1.0
 

Sizzling Heatwave (July 16)

    Ryan Ackerman was a perfect 4.0 in winning the ten player quick tournament at club.

SwissSys Standings. Heatwave: sizzling

 
# Name ID Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1745   W8 W5 W2 W4 4.0  
2 Ron Weyland 12657609 1281   W10 W3 L1 W7 3.0  
3 Ted Baker 12936996 1297   W9 L2 W7 W10 3.0  
4 David B. Griffin 12469398 1462   D7 W6 W5 L1 2.5  
5 Michael Green 14232247 unr.   W6 L1 L4 W8 2.0  
6 Jim Waugh 12425667 1279   L5 L4 W10 W9 2.0  
7 Brandon Hill 14211963 266   D4 W8 L3 L2 1.5  
8 Michael Thayer-Webb 14224981 1097   L1 L7 W9 L5 1.0  
9 Austin Ackerman 14224975 644   L3 W10 L8 L6 1.0  
10 Hana Hill 14211978 unr.   L2 L9 L6 L3 0.0
 

Contenders Tournament (June 27-28)

    John Julian won the Contenders tournament to earn the right to a re-match with David Sprenkle for the city championship.

SwissSys Standings. SCCC: Spokane Contenders

 
# Name ID Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 John C. Julian 12688768 1997   W4 D2 W3 W5 U--- 3.5  
2 Adam Attwood 12788883 1700   W5 D1 W4 U--- D3 3.0  
3 James Stripes 12677638 1819   U--- W5 L1 W4 D2 2.5  
4 Sattarov Sattar 13388562 1873   L1 U--- L2 L3 W5 1.0  
5 Ron Weyland 12657609 1418   L2 L3 U--- L1 L4 0.0
 

 

Qualchan Quads (June 27)   

    Sixteen players took part in this satellite event to the Contenders tourney.

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: QQA

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Mark Havrilla W 3 B 4 B 2
  1914 12553313 0.5 0.5 1.0
2 Romie Carpenter - 4 B 3 W 1
  1800 12280430 F0.0 0.0 0.5
3 Avinaya Subedi B 1 W 2 W 4
  1758 14146695 0.5 1.5 2.5
4 William Gaddis - 2 W 1 B 3
  1750 12401928 X1.0 2.0 2.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: QQB

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 John Walton W 4 B 2 - 3
  1740 13202540 1.0 1.0 F1.0
2 Cameron Leslie W 3 W 1 - 4
  1692 12786510 1.0 2.0 X3.0
3 Richard Schumaker B 2 W 4 - 1
  1560 13479538 0.0 1.0 X2.0
4 Bill Mc Broom B 1 B 3 - 2
  1540 12179140 0.0 0.0 F0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: QQC

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Louis Blair W 4 B 3 W 2
  1529 12454599 1.0 2.0 2.5
2 David B. Griffin W 3 B 4 B 1
  1523 12469398 0.0 0.0 0.5
3 Ted Baker B 2 W 1 B 4
  1510 12936996 1.0 1.0 1.0
4 Ed Dodd B 1 W 2 W 3
  1305 13699785 0.0 1.0 2.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Qualchan Quads: QQD

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Doug Trainor W 4 B 3 W 2
  1268 14203434 0.5 1.5 2.5
2 Jim Waugh W 3 B 4 B 1
  1261 12425667 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Peter Schumaker B 2 W 1 W 4
  1037 13479518 1.0 1.0 1.0
4 Nikolay Bulakh B 1 W 2 B 3
  unr. 14227387 0.5 1.5 2.5
 

 

Summer Solstice (June 18 & 25)

Ryan Ackerman was perfect (4.0) in winning this g/45 tourney held June 18 and 25.   Ted Baker and Jim Waugh finished second at 3.0.

SwissSys Standings. Summer Solstice: open

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1755 W3 W4 W2 W6 4.0  
2 Ted Baker 12936996 1510 W10 W8 L1 W4 3.0  
3 Jim Waugh 12425667 1261 L1 W5 W9 W11 3.0  
4 Ron Weyland 12657609 1419 W9 L1 W5 L2 2.0  
5 Doug Trainor 14203434 1239 W6 L3 L4 W10 2.0  
6 David B. Griffin 12469398 1523 L5 W7 W11 L1 2.0  
7 Ray Trainor 14026818 1168 L8 L6 D10 W9 1.5  
8 Michael Thayer-Webb 14224981 unr. W7 L2 U--- U--- 1.0  
9 Jimmy Derocher 14223030 unr. L4 W10 L3 L7 1.0  
10 Austin Ackerman 14224975 unr. L2 L9 D7 L5 0.5  
11 Annette Weyland 12663263 1203 U--- U--- L6 L3 0.0
 

Lightning Quick (June 11)

    Ryan Ackerman (8.5) edged James Stripes (8.0) to win this g/10 round robin.  Ron Weyland (4.5) was the best under 1400.

SwissSys Standings. Lightning: Lightning

 

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot Prize
1 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1704 W10 W7 W6 W8 W4 W3 W9 D2 W5 8.5  
2 James Stripes 12677638 1708 D5 B--- W7 W6 W8 W4 W3 D1 W9 8.0  
3 Adam Attwood 12788883 1639 W7 W6 W8 W4 W9 L1 L2 W5 B--- 7.0  
4 David B. Griffin 12469398 1495 W6 W8 W9 L3 L1 L2 W5 B--- D7 5.5  
5 Ron Weyland 12657609 1237 D2 W9 B--- W7 W6 L8 L4 L3 L1 4.5  
6 Jim Burney 12618452 1328 L4 L3 L1 L2 L5 B--- W7 W9 W8 4.0  
7 Ted Baker 12936996 1249 L3 L1 L2 L5 B--- W9 L6 W8 D4 3.5  
8 Pat Kirlin 12631768 1385 W9 L4 L3 L1 L2 W5 B--- L7 L6 3.0  
9 Jimmy Derocher 14223030 unr. L8 L5 L4 B--- L3 L7 L1 L6 L2 1.0  
10 Jim Waugh 12425667 1219 L1 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
 

Washington Open (May 23-25)

    For the first time since October, 1956, the Washington Open was played in Spokane.  Here are the cross tables for the four sections:

 

SwissSys Wall Chart. Washington Open: Open Merged

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6
1 John Donaldson B 17 W 13 B 9 W 4 B 3 W 2
  2403 10270294 (2409) (2000709) 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 5.0
2 Curt Collyer W 18 B 12 W 22 B 14 W 15 B 1
  2301 12517518 (2289) (2020440) 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.0
3 Josh Sinanan B 19 W 15 B 11 W 5 W 1 B 4
  2273 12826891 (2235) (2027593) 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 4.5
4 Nick Raptis W 8 B 16 bye B 1 W 6 W 3
  2238 12470662 (2253) (2016850) 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.5
5 Loal Davis W 20 B 14 W 18 B 3 W 19 B 17
  2232 10470501 (2201) (2011476) 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 4.0
6 David Bragg B 21 W 24 B 20 W 11 B 4 B 19
  2221 11435025 (2216) (2103959) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.5
7 Carl Haessler W 22 B 18 ---- ---- ---- ----
  2217 10503892 (2173) (2003341) 0.0 0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0
8 Carl* Haessler B 4 bye W 16 B 19 W 27 B 23
  2217 10503892 (2173) (2003341) 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
9 Dereque Kelley B 23 W 21 W 1 B 12 W 14 B 22
  2116 12743590 (2149) (2038439) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5
10 Paul Bartron W 24 B 22 W 14 B 15 W 17 B 18
  2110 12590173 (2206) (2016095) 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
11 Steven Breckenridge B 26 W 27 W 3 B 6 W 23 B 12
  2109 12877419 (2175) (2043700) 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5 4.5
12 David Rupel bye W 2 B 21 W 9 B 22 W 11
  2087 10509173 (2107) (2012570) 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.5
13 Daniel Gay W 25 B 1 W 23 B 16 W 20 B 14
  2064 12832272 (2024) (2004178) 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0
14 Howard Chen B 28 W 5 B 10 W 2 B 9 W 13
  2033 12864719 (2189) (2031361) 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.5
15 Peter Watts W 29 B 3 W 26 W 10 B 2 W 21
  2023 12938931 (2029383) 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
16 Steve Merwin bye W 4 B 8 W 13 bye ----
  2022 12087700 (2082) (2015080) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 U3.0
17 Luke Harmon-Vellotti W 1 B 26 W 25 B 29 B 10 W 5
  2011 12943187 (2011) (2030012) 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
18 John Julian B 2 W 7 B 5 W 22 B 21 W 10
  1993 12688769 (2023148) 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
19 Eduardo Daroza W 3 B 25 B 27 W 8 B 5 W 6
  1992 12687769 (2074) (2025590) 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5
20 Changhe Li B 5 W 28 W 6 B 27 B 13 bye
  1930 13506421 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
21 Michael Wang W 6 B 9 W 12 B 28 W 18 B 15
  1921 12909669 (2039940) 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
22 Brian Esler B 7 W 10 B 2 B 18 W 12 W 9
  1914 12907787 (2045486) 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
23 David Fulton W 9 B 29 B 13 W 26 B 11 W 8
  1830 10045461 (2029847) 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
24 Zach Countryman B 10 B 6 W 28 B 25 W 29 W 26
  1827 12904287 (2029324) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
25 Cameron Leslie B 13 W 19 B 17 W 24 bye B 27
  1693 12786510 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
26 William Li W 11 W 17 B 15 B 23 W 28 B 24
  1693 12856582 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
27 Carl Harmon-Vellotti bye B 11 W 19 W 20 B 8 W 25
  1652 12902088 (2030772) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
28 Avinaya Subedi W 14 B 20 B 24 W 21 B 26 W 29
  1533 14146695 (1827) (12300268) 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
29 King Liao B 15 W 23 bye W 17 B 24 B 28
  1192 13975728 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 

SwissSys Wall Chart. Washington Open: Premier Merged

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6
1 Robert Herrera B 16 W 10 B 6 W 2 B 3 B 14
  1964 12692205 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5
2 Scott Smyth W 17 B 8 W 11 B 1 W 14 B 4
  1946 12583050 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5
3 Pat Herbers B 20 W 9 B 21 W 15 W 1 B 16
  1909 10509092 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.0
4 Mark Havrilla B 18 W 12 W 15 B 11 B 16 W 2
  1897 12553313 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0
5 Mika Mitchell W 19 B 11 W 23 B 24 W 17 B 7
  1892 12438674 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.0
6 David Rowles B 23 W 29 W 1 B 12 B 15 W 9
  1868 12480615 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
7 Michael Hosford W 24 B 15 W 26 B 14 W 20 W 5
  1839 12557020 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
8 Phil Weyland B 25 W 2 B 27 W 20 B 28 ----
  1825 12653584 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 U2.5
9 Michael Cambareri W 21 B 3 B 20 W 16 W 27 B 6
  1811 12707145 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
10 Marvin Hayami W 26 B 1 W 24 B 23 W 11 bye
  1803 11188303 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.0
11 Hillel Shirman B 27 W 5 B 2 W 4 B 10 B 17
  1797 20012139 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5
12 Dan Mathews W 28 B 4 W 14 W 6 ---- bye
  1786 12805101 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 U2.0 2.5
13 Stephen Buck B 29 W 14 B 25 W 18 B 31 W 26
  1768 10428600 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
14 James Stripes W 31 B 13 B 12 W 7 B 2 W 1
  1764 12677638 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0
15 Ethan Gottlieb B 32 W 7 B 4 B 3 W 6 bye
  1757 12960133 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.5
16 Daniel Copeland W 1 B 31 W 28 B 9 W 4 W 3
  1740 12758357 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.5
17 John Walton B 2 W 25 B 29 W 22 B 5 W 11
  1740 13202540 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.0
18 Alex Chow W 4 B 26 W 32 B 13 bye B 27
  1726 12910167 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0
19 Nathan Armstrong B 5 W 27 ---- ---- ---- ----
  1725 12486215 0.0 0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0
20 Nathan* Armstrong W 3 B 21 W 9 B 8 B 7 ----
  1725 12486215 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 U2.0
21 Ed McLaughlin B 9 W 20 W 3 bye B 29 B 32
  1719 10188270 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
22 David Hendricks bye B 28 W 31 B 17 W 23 B 25
  1713 12696094 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
23 Galen Pyle W 6 B 30 B 5 W 10 B 22 W 31
  1707 12738506 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
24 Adam Attwood B 7 W 32 B 10 W 5 bye bye
  1706 12788883 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
25 Dennis Ambler W 8 B 17 W 13 B 32 bye W 22
  1703 11315534 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5
26 Robert Allen B 10 W 18 B 7 B 28 W 32 B 13
  1700 12122280 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
27 Frank Niro W 11 B 19 W 8 bye B 9 W 18
  1700 10007658 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0
28 Samir Sen B 12 W 22 B 16 W 26 W 8 bye
  1664 12970386 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0
29 James Nelson W 13 B 6 W 17 B 31 W 21 bye
  1662 10407109 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
30 David Griffin ---- W 23 ---- ---- ---- ----
  1607 12469398 U0.0 0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0
31 James McAleer B 14 W 16 B 22 W 29 W 13 B 23
  1596 12442009 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5
32 Wally Steinke W 15 B 24 B 18 W 25 B 26 W 21
  unr. 14209283 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 

SwissSys Wall Chart. Washington Open: Reserve Merged

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6
1 Robert Martin W 18 B 26 W 25 W 13 B 17 bye
  1697 12497030 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
2 Dan McCourt W 15 B 14 W 24 B 18 W 13 bye
  1696 12400272 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5
3 Ryan Ackerman B 19 W 16 B 13 W 9 W 18 B 12
  1651 13432771 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.5
4 Alan Walk W 20 B 13 W 6 B 24 W 30 B 26
  1650 12764938 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
5 Travis Elisara ---- W 24 B 30 B 6 W 14 B 9
  1637 12838612 X1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
6 Steve Brendemihl B 21 W 18 B 4 W 5 B 11 W 7
  1633 12518340 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
7 Dave Griffin B 24 bye W 17 bye W 31 B 6
  1607 12469398 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5
8 Chris Copeland W 22 B 9 W 26 B 28 W 21 B 24
  1588 12758356 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
9 Richard Golden B 23 W 8 B 18 B 3 W 25 W 5
  1582 12482416 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.5
10 Ron Weyland W 25 B 22 B 31 W 19 W 28 ----
  1570 12657609 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 U0.0
11 Katherine Abderhalden B 28 W 21 B 29 B 22 W 6 bye
  1568 13405085 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
12 Michael Clark W 26 B 23 W 22 B 25 W 24 W 3
  1548 12541615 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
13 Siva Narayanan B 29 W 4 W 3 B 1 B 2 W 20
  1531 12557165 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 5.0
14 Anatoly Grabar W 27 W 2 B 15 bye B 5 B 18
  1526 13228118 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.0
15 Russell Miller B 2 B 17 W 14 W 27 B 19 W 29
  1505 10513073 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
16 Darby Monahan W 31 B 3 W 28 B 29 W 26 B 22
  1505 12520616 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
17 Catherine Smith B 30 W 15 B 7 bye W 1 bye
  1505 12699745 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5
18 Murlin Varner B 1 B 6 W 9 W 2 B 3 W 14
  1500 12460801 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 4.0
19 Loyd Willaford W 3 B 20 bye B 10 W 15 B 31
  1482 12577744 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
20 Taylor Coles B 4 W 19 W 21 B 26 W 29 B 13
  1475 13495091 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
21 Justin Yu W 6 B 11 B 20 W 31 B 8 W 28
  1458 13324615 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
22 Doug Sly B 8 W 10 B 12 W 11 B 27 W 16
  1455 12475609 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
23 Aaron Nicoski W 9 W 12 ---- ---- ---- ----
  1414 12797931 0.0 0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0
24 Aaron* Nicoski W 7 B 5 B 2 W 4 B 12 W 8
  1414 12797931 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
25 Ted Baker B 10 W 28 B 1 W 12 B 9 W 30
  1407 12936996 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
26 Richard Abderhalden B 12 W 1 B 8 W 20 B 16 W 4
  1406 13405091 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
27 Murray Strong B 14 W 30 bye B 15 W 22 ----
  1383 12517228 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 U1.0
28 Jesse Clark W 11 B 25 B 16 W 8 B 10 B 21
  1375 14154647 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
29 Patrick Kirlin W 13 B 31 W 11 W 16 B 20 B 15
  1328 12631768 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
30 Svetlana Grabar W 17 B 27 W 5 bye B 4 B 25
  1269 13003437 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5
31 Harry Hartwig B 16 W 29 W 10 B 21 B 7 W 19
  unr. 14209262 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
 

SwissSys Wall Chart. Washington Open: Booster Merged

 
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6
1 Jim Burney B 15 bye bye W 7 W 9 B 3
  1264 12618452 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
2 James Waugh W 9 B 14 B 8 bye W 15 bye
  1245 12425667 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
3 Shanglun Wang B 10 W 6 B 7 W 15 B 5 W 1
  1236 21018053 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
4 Michael Mellot W 11 B 7 W 13 B 5 B 14 W 6
  1197 12548351 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
5 A George Stewart B 12 W 8 B 9 W 4 W 3 B 7
  1141 12228020 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5
6 Jerrold Richards W 14 B 3 W 11 B 8 W 7 B 4
  1089 13590457 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
7 Jacob Mayer B 13 W 4 W 3 B 1 B 6 W 5
  1058 12857911 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
8 Robert Zhang ---- B 5 W 2 W 6 B 10 bye
  1055 13292995 X1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
9 Henry Aguilar B 2 W 10 W 5 B 13 B 1 bye
  989 14079414 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.5
10 Jennie Mayer W 3 B 9 W 14 B 12 W 8 bye
  892 13981152 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
11 Aniruddha Barua B 4 W 12 B 6 W 14 bye W 13
  809 13981146 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
12 William Spencer W 5 B 11 bye W 10 B 13 B 14
  691 12567155 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
13 Shea Cooper W 7 ---- B 4 W 9 W 12 B 11
  unr. 14217042 0.0 X1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
14 Randy Fairfield B 6 W 2 B 10 B 11 W 4 W 12
  unr. 12843357 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
15 Michael Zhao W 1 bye bye B 3 B 2 bye
  unr. 142107776 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 4.0
 

 

Spring Lilacs (May 21)

        This g/29 Quick tournament drew 14 players at the club meeting just prior to the Washington Open.  John Julian and Phil Weyland topped the three round event with 2.5 scores.  Third place featured a five way tie among Ryan Ackerman, Chris Copeland, Dave Griffin, Pat Herbers, and Jim Waugh.  The USCF cross table is found at:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200905216911-10328357

Say Uncle (May 9)

        Ten players took part in this year's g/20 tourney at the Valley Mall Uncle's Games Store.  A strong contingent from Moscow-Pullman made up half the field.  Cameron Leslie was perfect in winning the event with a 4.0 score, one half point ahead of runner up Mark Havrilla.

The USCF cross table:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200905093811

Taxing Quads (April 16-30)

The annual Taxing Quads concluded its three week April run on April 30 with ten taking part in one quad and a six-player mini-Swiss. Ryan Ackerman won Quad A and Travis Elisara mini-Swiss, both with perfect 3.0 scores.  Kevin Korsmo was runner-up in the Quad with a 2.0 score, while Ted Baker and birthday boy Jim Waugh tied for second in the Swiss, also with 2.0 scores.

The official USCF tournament cross table:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200905073801

Lucky 7 g/20 (April 2)

  James Stripes won this round robin event, with Dave Griffin second.  Jim Burney captured the u/1400 prize.

SwissSys Standings. Lucky 7: Lucky 7

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot Prize
1 James Stripes 12677638 1714 W3 W5 W7 W6 L2 W4 U--- 5.0  
2 David B. Griffin 12469398 1492 W7 D6 U--- L4 W1 W3 W5 4.5  
3 Jim Burney 12618452 1173 L1 U--- W5 W7 W6 L2 W4 4.0  
4 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1648 W5 W7 W6 W2 U--- L1 L3 4.0  
5 Ted Baker 12936996 1233 L4 L1 L3 U--- W7 W6 L2 2.0  
6 Ron Weyland 12657609 1252 U--- D2 L4 L1 L3 L5 W7 1.5  
7 Jim Waugh 12425667 1245 L2 L4 L1 L3 L5 U--- L6 0.0
 

March Madness (March 12 & 19)

    James Stripes won this g/45 event with a 4.5 score.  Ryan Ackerman (3.0) won the best over 1400 prize, while Annette Weyland (2.5) topped the under 1400 field.

SwissSys Standings. March Madness: GUUofW

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 James Stripes   1724 H--- W6 W2 W3 3.5  
2 Ryan Ackerman   1615 W8 W5 L1 W6 3.0  
3 David B. Griffin   1596 W4 H--- W5 L1 2.5  
4 Annette Weyland   1209 L3 D8 B--- W9 2.5  
5 Chris Copeland   1609 W9 L2 L3 W7 2.0  
6 Ron Weyland   1599 D7 L1 W9 L2 1.5  
7 Jim Burney   1236 D6 L9 W8 L5 1.5  
8 Ted Baker   1451 L2 D4 L7 B--- 1.5  
9 Jim Waugh   1264 L5 W7 L6 L4 1.0
 

 

Leprechaun Quick (March 5)

    Ryan Ackerman cruised to a victory in this g/20 event with a perfect 4.0 score.  Other winners included John Julian and James Stripes (3.0), best over 1600, Chris Copeland (3.0), best under 1600, and Jim Waugh (2.5), best under 1300.  Dave Griffin directed.

SwissSys Standings. Leprechaun Quick: Leprechaun Quick

 
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 Ryan Ackerman 13432771 1617 W7 W3 W6 W2 4.0  
2 Chris Copeland 12758356 1427 W9 W8 W5 L1 3.0  
3 John Julian 12688769 1916 W10 L1 W11 W6 3.0  
4 James Stripes 12677638 1688 W11 L6 W10 W7 3.0  
5 Jim Waugh 12425667 1228 D8 W10 L2 W9 2.5  
6 Kevin Korsmo 10328357 1649 W12 W4 L1 L3 2.0  
7 David Blue 12796186 875 L1 W9 W12 L4 2.0  
8 Alton Blue 12455852 1341 D5 L2 L9 W12 1.5  
9 Annette Weyland 12663263 1209 L2 L7 W8 L5 1.0  
10 Ben Blue 12751582 1328 L3 L5 L4 W11 1.0  
11 Ron Weyland 12657609 1245 L4 W12 L3 L10 1.0  
12 Jim Burney 12618452 1236 L6 L11 L7 L8 0.0
 

Freezing Fog  (Jan. 15)

    John Julian and Phil Weyland shared first place in this g/10 Round Robin event held at club.  Jim Burney and Dave Griffin shared the U/1600 prize.  The link to the USCF cross table:

 http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200901154311-10328357