Washington State Champions
“Chess is rarely a game of ideal moves. Almost always, a player faces a series of difficult consequences whichever move he makes.”
– David Shenk
Washington Chess Champions 1960 to Date
2000’s
2010’s
2019
Roland Feng, Anthony He & Michael Lee
Microsoft (Redmond campus)
9 5.5 / 8
2018
Roland Feng
Microsoft (Redmond Campus)
10 7.5 / 9
2017
Roland Feng
Nick Raptis
Microsoft (Redmond Campus)
10 6.5 / 9
2016
Michael Lee
Microsoft (Redmond Campus)
10 7/9
2015
Roland Feng
Seattle Chess Club
10 6.5 / 9
2014
Nat Koons
Seattle Chess Club
9 5.5 / 8
2013
Ignacio Perez
Seattle Chess Club
10 6/9
2012
Howard Chen
Seattle Chess Club
10 7/9
2000’s
2009
Costin Cozianu
Redmond & Bellevue
10 7/9
2008
Gregory Serper
Seattle & Shoreline
10 8/9
2007
Ignacio Perez
Seattle & Shoreline
10 7/9
2006
Slava Mikhailuk
Tacoma (UW Tacoma Campus)
10 7/9
2005
Slava Mikhailuk
Bellevue (Oki Foundation)
10 7.5 / 9
2004
Slava Mikhailuk
Bellevue (Oki Foundation)
10 7.5 / 9
2003
Slava Mikhailuk
Bellevue (Oki Foundation)
10 7/9
2002
Neil V. Salmon
Seattle
10 6/9
2001
William Schill & Harley Greninger
Seattle
10 6.5 / 9
2000
William Schill
Renton
10 6/9
1900’s
1990’s
1999
Georgi Orlov
Seattle
10 7.5 / 9
1998
Slava Mikhailuk
Seattle
10 9/9
1997
Georgi Orlov
Tacoma
10 8.5 / 9
1996
Georgi Orlov
Seattle
10 8.5 / 9
1995
Georgi Orlov & Elena Donaldson
Seattle
10 7.5 / 9
1994
Michael Oshiro & Neil V. Salmon
Seattle
10 6 / 9
1993
Georgi Orlov
Seattle
10 8 / 9
1992
Georgi Orlov
Seattle
10 8 / 9
1991
Neil V. Salmon
University of Washington, Seattle
8 5.5 / 7
1990
Neil V. Salmon
Redmond (Microsoft Campus)
8 5.5 / 7
1980’s
1989
Viktors Pupols
Olympia
10 7.5 / 9
1988
Matthew Edwards
West Seattle
8 5 / 7
1987
Bobby Ferguson
Seattle Chess Club
8 5 / 7
1986
Matthew Edwards & John A. Braley
Burien Library
8 4.5 / 7
1985
Kent Pullen & Jeremy D. Silman
Bellevue
7 4.5 / 6
1984
Bobby Ferguson
Bellevue
8 5.5 / 7
1983
John A. Braley
Bellevue
8 6 / 7
1982
Neil V. Salmon & Bill H. McGeary
Tacoma Chess Club
8 5 / 7
1981
James H. McCormick
Mercer Island Community Center
8 5.5 / 7
1980
John Donaldson
Mercer Island
8 6.5 / 7
1970’s
1979
John Donaldson
Seattle
8 5/7
1978
Viktors Pupols & Eric Tangborn
University of WA, Seattle
8 5/7
1977
Yasser Seirawan
Seattle
8 6/7
1976
Yasser Seirawan
Seattle
8 5/7
1975
Johnny D. Walker
Seattle
8 5.5 / 7
1974
Viktors Pupols
Seattle
8 5/7
1973
Michael J. Franett
Bon Marche, Northgate Mall, Seattle
8 5.5/7
1972
Michael J. Franett
Seattle
8 6/7
1971
John A. Braley, J.K. Gill
Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle
8 7/7
1970
Michael J. Franett
Seattle Chess Club
8 5/7
1960’s
1969
James H. McCormick
Seattle
8 7/8
1968
James H. McCormick
Seattle
8 7/8
1967
James H. McCormick
Seattle
5 3.5 / 4
1966
James H. McCormick Seattle Chess Club
7 6/6
1965
James H. McCormick
Seattle Chess Club
7 5/6
1964
Gerald Ronning
Seattle Chess Club
4 + 1 2.5 / 4
1963
Gerald Ronning
Max Mage Home, West Seattle
8 43989
1962
Viesturs Seglins
Max Mage Home, West Seattle
6 3.5 / 5
1961
Viktors Pupols
Don Eilmes Home, North Seattle
12 4/5
1960
James H. McCormick
Seattle Chess Club
6 5/5
“Pawns are the soul of the game.”
– François-André Danican Philidor