2008 Washington State Championship
The 2008 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 9-10 and 16-17-18, 2008 in Seattle. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the weekends, and at 1:00 PM on President's Day, Monday, February 18. The playing sites were Walsh Construction in Seattle for the two weekends (except the first Saturday), and the Seattle Chess Club in Shoreline on the final holiday Monday (and the first Saturday).
There is a requirement that each player must annotate at least one game and submit it to the tournament director. Prizes will not be paid until this small obligation is completed. These notes will be used in Northwest Chess Magazine so that the Championship event while serving primarily the best players, may also be a service to the main membership.
2008 Washington State Championship
Fred Kleist directed all three sections. Only the Championship and Premier Sections will be FIDE rated.
The prize fund distribution is as follows:
Championship: 1st $1,500, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, 4th $200
Premier : 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $125, 4th $75, $50
Invitational : 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100, 4th $50, $50
Brilliancy/best game prize: $100 for each section, plus additional "best game" prizes (see above).
The games must be submitted for review and will be judged by David Levine, Elston Cloy, Kent McNall, David Bragg, and Drayton Harrison.
Pairings
Here is the schedule for the rounds. This is from the Berger tables.
See the cross tables below for the players corresponding to each pairing number.
1 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6
2 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2
3 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7
4 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3
5 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8
6 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4
7 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9
8 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5
9 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1
Championship
Congratulations to GM Gregory Serper, our Washington State chess champion!
The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: GM = Grandmaster, IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master,
NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.
Championship
GM Greg Serper (seed) 2576
IM Georgi Orlov (rating) 2573
Slava Mikhailuk (rating) 2435
John Readey (rating) 2325
Nat Koons (seed) 2315
Michael Lee 2277
Ignacio Perez (seed) 2281
Harley Greninger (seed) 2220
Josh Sinanan (seed) 2178
Alex Guo (seed) 1991
Ave. rating: 2318
Prize fund: $3,200
Erik Anderson and Jim Roberts donated $3,000 for the championship prize fund. Thank you very much for this generous donation to support chess in Washington!
Prizes:
Gregory Serper (1st, $1,500)
Ignacio Perez (2nd, $1,000)
Slava Mikhailuk and Georgi Orlov (3rd/4th, $350 each)
Game Prizes:
Best Game $200
Best Attack $50
Best Endgame $50
Premier
Congratulations to Curt Collyer, winner of the Premier, who is now seeded into the 2009 Championship tourney if certain activity requirements are met.
The Premier has been registered and FIDE rated.
Curt Collyer 2253
Mike MacGregor 2212
David Levine 2211
Vik Pupols 2201
David Bragg 2200
Ricky Selzler 2132
Andy May 2120
Michael Oshiro 2114
Chris Kalina (seed)
Kerry Xing (seed)
1st alternate: Matt Fleury
Prizes:
Curt Collyer (1st, $300)
Kerry Xing (2nd, $200)
Ricky Selzler (3rd, $125)
David Bragg (4th, $75)
Michael MacGregor (5th, $50)
Game Prizes:
Best Game $150
Invitational
Paul Bartron 2107
Nhon Do 2100
Geoff Gale 2040
Ben Calpo 2030
Dereque Kelley 2020
Sterling Kolde 1825 (replaced John Julian 1992)
Allen Smith 1991
Elston Cloy 1939
Michael Hosford (replaced Jim McCormick, who in turn was substituted for Kent McNall)
Eddie Chang 1842
Ave. rating: 2014
Prize fund: $700
David Bragg generously donated $250 to the invitational provided that its total prize fund does not exceed that of the Premier.
Kent McNall generously donated $500.
David Levine generously donated $100 for the brilliancy prize.
Elston Cloy solicited $400.
In support of the highest level chess possible at the State Championships, ChessInstitute.org and Mark C. Ryan would like to contribute to the 'Best Game...' classifications for each section. {Their total contribution is $500.}
Fred Kleist directed all three sections. Only the Championship and Premier Sections will be FIDE rated.
The prize fund distribution is as follows:
Championship: 1st $1,500, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, 4th $200
Premier : 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $125, 4th $75, $50
Invitational : 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100, 4th $50, $50
Brilliancy/best game prize: $100 for each section, plus additional "best game" prizes (see above).
The games must be submitted for review and will be judged by David Levine, Elston Cloy, Kent McNall, David Bragg, and Drayton Harrison.
Prizes:
Geoff Gale (1st, $300)
Nhon Do and Paul Bartron (2nd/3rd, $150 each)
Benjamin Calpo and Dereque Kelley (4th/5th, $50 each)
Game Prizes:
Best Game $150
Congratulations to Geoff Gale, winner of the Invitational.
Organizers: Dan Mathews (WCF Tournament Coordinator), Duane Polich (WCF President) and Josh Sinanan (WCF Vice President). Thank you for your service to chess in Washington State.
Look for a full report in the April issue of NORTHWEST CHESS.
Previous WA chess championships: List of winners (includes links to event summary pages).