201211 - Northwest Chess!

The 2012 Ralph Hall Northwest Chess Grand Prix!
Murlin Varner, keeper of the spreadsheet
In the past, the standings in my column have used the peak official rating of the year through the month of publication. I was
able to do this because the USCF published the official ratings for each month on the first Friday of the previous month, always a few
days before my deadline. This will no longer be the case, because the USCF has changed its schedule. They will henceforth be publishing
the official ratings for each month on the third Friday of the previous month, well past my deadline for the magazine. So, when you
see the standings here and in the future, the rating classes will only be current through the previous month. If you are hoping the leader
in your class will be moving up, raising your status as a result, or you are looking over your shoulder at a player in the next lower class
who just might be moving up to supplant you at the top of your class, you are just going to have to wait an extra month, or go on-line to
uschess.com and check it out for yourself.
The standings below, using peak ratings through October, include all events played through October 7 th . This includes four
different events held on that weekend involving a total of 82 players. Looking ahead to the rest of October, four other events will have
concluded before you get to read my scintillating prose, including the Washington Challengers’ Cup with its 2x multiplier. More important
to you, the eager reader, are the events still ahead where you can earn more points. These include nine events which can be found in
Portland, Redmond (WA), Seattle (3), Spokane, Tacoma, Twin Falls, and Wenatchee. For sheer quantities of GP points, the Washington
Class Championships in Redmond, WA on November 23-25 offers a six round event with a 4x multiplier. A 2x multiplier can be found at
the Seattle Chess Club Extravaganza!! on November 2-4, a seven round event. And then there is the Spokane G/10 championship which
doesn’t carry a multiplier, but is played in a large number of rounds. It is being held on November 17 th . That particular weekend has four
one-day events, so there should be no excuse for not gaining some points, somewhere.
With nine events in November and another six scheduled for December, our total number of Grand Prix tournaments will pass the 80
event record this year. We can thank the addition of Idaho to our Grand Prix for helping to beat that mark.
Idaho Oregon Washington
last first pts. last first pts. last first pts.
Masters
M/X/Class A
1 Raptis Nick 152 1 Feng Roland 85.5
2 Gay Daniel Z 35.5 2 Pupols Viktors 71
3 Breckenridge Steven J 26 3 Bragg David R 50
3 Haessler Carl A 26 4 Sinanan Joshua C 49
5 Movsisyan Movses 24 5 Collyer Curt D 35
Experts
1 Leslie Cameron D 45 1 Saputra Yogi 87.5 1 Bartron Paul R 118.5
2 Havrilla Mark A 33 2 Esler Brian J 50.5 2 Lee Nathan Y 70
3 Joshi Kairav 27.5 3 Janniro Mike E 45 3 Lessler Peter 54.5
4 Kircher Caleb P 21 4 Heywood Bill 40 4 Lee Megan 54
5 three tied at 5.5 5 Herrera Robert 39 5 Ummel Igor 50
Class B
Class A
1 Roland Jeffrey T 39.5 1 Sherrard Jerry 56 1 Buck Stephen J 150.5
1 Bodie Brad 39.5 2 Cigan Jason 51.5 2 Szabo Marcell 125.5
3 Williams Richard R 22 3 Bannon David T 44 3 Lampman Becca 83.5
4 Jiang Nathan 10.5 4 Tezcan Yaman 39 4 Krasin Jeremy 79.5
5 Olsoy Peter J 9.5 5 Sun Maxwell S 37 5 Bulakh Nikolay I 75
Class C
Class B
1 Weyland Ronald M 43.5 1 Gaikwad Dagadu B 80.5 1 Ramesh Jothi N 113
2 Brown Nicholas R 22 2 Sato-Duncan Takuma 67.5 2 Nagase Toshihiro 100.5
3 Bruck Nick J 8.5 3 Hasuike Mike L 39 3 Nagase Masayuki 93
4 Pemsler Carmen 4.5 4 Burris Christopher E 37.5 4 Zhang Derek 89.5
5 Myers Hugh 3.5 5 Dalthorp Dan 33 5 Wang James 81.5
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