April 2013 - Northwest Chess!

Washington Chess News
Seattle Chess Club March Tornado
March 3, 2013
Frederick K. Kleist, Tournament Director
Uncle’s g/30
Source: Spokane Chess Club website
Player Rating R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Roland Feng 2215 W15 W12 W11 W4 4
2 Kevin Lee 1795 W5 W21 W9 W10 4
3 Viktors Pupols 2200 W26 W14 W10 U 3
4 David R Bragg 2200 W22 W8 W6 L1 3
5 Peter J O’Gorman 1845 L2 W18 W26 W14 3
6 Jothi Norio Ramesh 1738 W25 W13 L4 W12 3
7 Joel M Taylor 1692 W20 L10 W21 W13 3
8 Toshihiro Nagase 1838 W16 L4 D15 W23 2.5
9 Kenneth Truong 1810 D19 W24 L2 W22 2.5
10 Masayuki Nagase 1821 W18 W7 L3 L2 2
11 Abinav Viswanathan 1807 W27 W29 L1 U 2
12 Matthew Leroy Nill 1791 W31 L1 W16 L6 2
13 Kristen S Dietsch 1784 W28 L6 W20 L7 2
14 Faris Gulamali 1777 W17 L3 W29 L5 2
15 Michael Quan 1688 L1 W31 D8 D19 2
16 Gabriel Tafalla 1673 L8 W28 L12 W29 2
17 Neil Chowdhury 1566 L14 D22 W24 D21 2
18 Olga Cherepakhin 1545 L10 L5 W31 W28 2
19 Aaryan Deshpande 1538 D9 L23 W32 D15 2
20 Quentin Chi 1877 L7 W32 L13 H 1.5
21 Trey Michaels 1828 W30 L23 L7 D17 1.5
22 Sangeeta Dhingra 1688 L4 D17 W25 L9 1.5
23 Boas Lee 1610 H W19 U L8 1.5
24 Asher Thakur 1242 H L9 L17 W32 1.5
25 Freya Gulamali 1115 L6 30 L22 H 1.5
26 Anthony Bi He 1725 L3 W27 L5 U 1
27 Jan Buzek 1507 L11 L26 W30 U 1
28 Thomas Michaels Jr. 1245 L13 L16 B L18 1
29 Brian Chen 1227 B L11 L14 L16 1
30 Naomi Bashkansky 1555 L21 L25 L27 H 0.5
31 Eric M. Zhang 1455 L12 L15 L18 H 0.5
32 Eamon Thakur 1111 H L20 L19 L24 0.5
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Nikolay Bulakh defeated James Stripes to win the
10-player unrated g/30 tourney held at Uncle’s
Games at the Valley Mall on February 16. Nikolay
finished 3.0 to claim first prize, while James finished
(2.0) and claimed the second place prize on tie-break
over Glenn Griggs, Walter Van Hemstede Obelt, and
newcomer Steven Walton. Walton, a West Valley
High School student, won the prizes for top-junior
and best non-USCF member.
Ground Day Mini Swiss
Tacoma, WA, Feb. 2, 2013
Gary Dorfner, Tournament Director
Player
Rating R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Paul R. Bartron 2127 W3 W2 W5 3
2 Joseph K. Kiiru 1870 W6 L1 W3 2
3 Eric Leon Woodlief 1721 L1 W4 L2 1
4 James Wang 1714 D5 L3 D6 1
5 Murlin E. Varner Jr. 1684 D4 D6 L1 1
6 Ralph J. Anthony 1641 L2 D5 D4 1
Presidents U2000 Open
Tacoma, WA, Feb. 16, 2013
Gary Dorfner, Tournament Director
Player
Rating R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Ralph J. Anthony 1639 W4 D2 W3 2.5
2 Stephen J. Buck 1722 D3 D1 W4 2
3 Nevin G. Ramanujan 1510 D2 W4 L1 1.5
4 Lebron Sims 970 L1 L3 L2 0
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