2010 Washington State Championship

The 2010 Washington State Championship / Premier / Invitational chess tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 6-7 and 13-15, 2010 in Seattle as detailed below. Rounds began at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the weekends, and at 5:00 PM on President's Day, Monday, February 15.

2/15: As reported by WCF president Duane Polich, "Washington has a new champion, HS sophomore Howard Chen who was last years Washington Junior Closed seed into the state championship and managed a respectable score in a strong field, was able to take it all this year. He was leading by a least a full point going into the last round and was playing Bill Schill when I left, looking to at least draw and probably win. This would probably be the second youngest player to win the state championship behind Yasser Seirawan."

2010 Washington State Championship

Format: Three invitation-only 10-player Round Robins by rating: Championship, Premier, and Invitational. The field of each section was determined by seeding and by the highest rated players to respond an invitation based on the January 2012 USCF rating list. All sections were USCF rated; the Championship and Premier were also FIDE rated. Fred Kleist was the TD for all three sections.

Time control: 40/2, SD/1 with a 5-second delay. Boards and sets will be provided at the tournament, but please bring clocks.

Entry Fee: Free!

Schedule: Rounds 1-8: Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Round 9: Feb. 20 (President's Day) at 5:00 PM. The drawing of lots took place Feb. 3 at 7:00 PM at Northgate Mall.

Site: Seattle Chess Club, 2150 N 107 St. Seattle, WA 98133

Prize Fund: The initial prize fund for each section is guaranteed by the WCF, and could be increased based on donations. Championship: $1,500, Premier: $1,000, Invitational: $500. Prize distribution (each section): 1st 45%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%, 5th 5%. Brilliancy Prizes: $300 ($100 for best game in each section).

Brilliancy prizes - Ignacio Perez's win against Dereque Kelley has been selected as the winner of the $100 brilliancy prize in the Championship section. Casey Xing has been awarded the $100 brilliancy prize in the Premier section for his win against Chouchanik Airapetian. Daniel He's win over Becca Lampman from round 1 has been selected as the winner of the $100 brilliancy prize in the Invitational section. The winners have been asked to annotate their games for publication in Northwest Chess.

Schedule and Other Information

Schedule/Location:
Rounds 1-8: Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Round 9: Feb. 15 (President's Day) at 5:00 PM.
Site: Seattle Chess Club, 2150 N 107 St., Seattle, WA 98133.

Updates:

  • Fred Kleist will be the TD for all three sections, of which the Championship and Premier will be FIDE rated.
    (All sections will be USCF rated.)

  • The initial prize funds for the Championship and Premier are guaranteed by the WCF, and will be increased based on donations.

  • Due to limited internet accessibility, we do not plan to broadcast the games live this year.

  • Boards and sets will be provided at the tournament, but please bring clocks.

  • The time control will be 40/2, SD/1 with a 5-second delay.

  • The winner of the championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.

  • The drawing of lots took place at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, February 3, at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue. Ignacio Perez, Josh Sinanan, Huso Hadzic and Dereque Kelley were in attendance. The crosstables below show the players in order by pairing number as drawn.

Requests:

  • We are accepting donations for all three sections.

  • Please annotate at least one game for Northwest Chess.

Pairings

Here is the pairings schedule for the rounds in each section. This is from the Berger tables.
See the cross tables below for the players corresponding to each pairing number.
Rd 1 - 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6
Rd 2 - 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2
Rd 3 - 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7
Rd 4 - 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3
Rd 5 - 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8
Rd 6 - 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4
Rd 7 - 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9
Rd 8 - 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5
Rd 9 - 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1

Championship

The winner of the Championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.

NM Curt Collyer 2305
FM Ignacio Perez 2272
NM Josh Sinanan 2259 (seed)
NM Howard Chen 2243 (seed)
LM Viktors Pupols 2221 (seed)
NM Harley Greninger 2208
FM David Bragg 2200
Huso Hadzic 2185
FM William Schill 2177
Michael Omori 1957 (seed)

Avg. rating: 2203
Prize Fund: $1,500

Congratulations to Washington State chess champion Howard Chen, for the second consecutive year!

The Championship has been registered and FIDE rated.
Titles: GM = Grandmaster, IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master,
NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master, WGM = Woman Grandmaster, WFM = Woman FIDE Master.

Premier

Michael MacGregor 2157
Dereque Kelley 2157
FM Paul Bartron 2132
Kerry Xing 2131 (seed)
Randy Dean 2095
Tian Sang 2094
Charles McMillan 2070
Michael Wang 2014
Peter Watts 1935 (seed)
Vishnu Warrier 1916 (seed)

Avg. rating: 2070
Prize Fund: $1,100

1st Alternate: Alan Bishop 2072
Withdrew due to schedule conflict - Michael Wang 2097

Average rating: 2108
Prize Fund: $1,000

The Premier has been registered and FIDE rated.

 

Invitational

Igor Ummel 1926
Skylor Fryberg 1916
Amith Vanmane 1643 (substitute for Duane Polich 1913)
Mark Smith 1894
Michael Hosford 1860
Roland Feng 1782
Siva Narayanan 1670
Robert Goodfellow 1640
Wayee Tang 1511
Richard Tang 1079

Avg. rating: 1719
Prize Fund: $600

Brilliancy Prizes: $300 ($100 for best game in each section).
Prize distribution (each section): 1st 45%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%, 5th 5%.

 

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).