2014 Washington State Championship
The 2014 Washington State Championship / Premier chess tournaments were conducted as round-robins the weekends of February 8-9 and 15-17, 2014 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 17. Due to the inclement weather conditions in Seattle, players were invited to reschedule their round 3 game on Sunday morning, 2/9.
Format: Two invitation-only 10-player Round Robins by rating: Championship and Premier. The field of each section was determined by seeding and by the highest rated players to respond to the invitation based on the January 2014 USCF rating list. Both sections will be USCF rated and FIDE rated. Fred Kleist will be the TD.
Time control: 40/2, SD/1 with a 5-second delay. Boards and sets are provided at the tournament, but not clocks.
Entry Fee: Free!
Schedule: Rounds 1-8: Feb. 8, 9, 15, 16 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Round 9: Feb. 17 (President's Day) at 5:00 PM.
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). The winner of the Championship section receives the title of Washington State Champion.
Questions? Josh Sinanan, WCF President, (206) 769-3757, joshsinanan@gmail.com.
2014 Washington State Championship
Schedule and Other Information
Schedule/Location:
See above.
Requests/Updates:
We kindly ask that each player in the Championship/Premier send a brief bio with picture for publication in the March issue of Northwest Chess.
Please arrive by 9:45 a.m. on Saturday morning (2/8) before the first round.
The group photos for both sections will be taken on Sunday 2/16 at 4:30 p.m. prior to round 8. Please dress nicely!
We ask that prize winners please annotate at least one game for Northwest Chess magazine.
Pairings
Pairings were released after the drawing of lots, Feb. 2 at 1:30 p.m. in the food court at Northgate Mall. A number of players were there to witness the event.
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
Congratulations to Washington State chess champion Nat Koons!
The Championship has been registered and will be FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master.
Latest pre-tournament USCF ratings shown below.
Note: Michael Omori withdrew due to illness. His games do not count towards the totals.
FM Tian Sang 2330 (seed - Championship Runner-up)
NM Roland Feng 2273
NM Nat Koons 2267
NM Josh Sinanan 2254
FM Ignacio Perez 2246 (seed - State Champion)
NM David Golub 2238
NM Bryce Tiglon 2228
NM Daniel He 2226 (seed - Junior Closed Champion)
NM Michael Wang 2219 (seed - Open Champion)
Michael Omori 2163 (seed - Premier Champion)
Average rating: 2244
Prize Fund: $1,500. (1st $675, 2nd-4th $250 each, 5th-7th $25 each)
Premier
Congratulations to William Schill on winning the Premier! He is seeded into the Championship next year.
The Premier has been registered and will be FIDE rated.
Titles: FM = FIDE Master, NM = National Master, LM = USCF Life Master, WIM = Woman International Master.
Latest pre-tournament USCF ratings shown below.
Note: Shafriri and Roper were withdrawn by the TD. Their games do not count towards the totals.
The winner of the Premier section qualifies for the next state championship tournament. FM David Bragg 2226
FM David Roper 2222
NM Michael MacGregor 2219
FM William Schill 2200
LM Viktors Pupols 2200
Gil Lapid Shafriri 2188
David Rupel 2131
Satyajit Malugu 2128
WIM Megan Lee 2121
Kyle Haining 2077 (seed)
Average rating: 2171
Prize Fund: $1,000
Alternates:
1st: Patrick Van Dyke 2116
2nd: Michael Oshiro 2116
3rd: FM Paul Bartron 2115
4th: Samuel He 2078
5th: Badamkhand Norovsambuu 2074
6th: Becca Lampman 2066
7th: WFM Chouchan Airapetian 2040
8th: Timothy Moroney 2027
9th: David Arganian 2008
The President's Cup (open tournament) was offered as an alternative to the Invitational this year. We may bring back the invitational next year if there is enough interest.
Average rating: 2171.
Prize Fund: $1,000. (1st $450, 2nd $250, 3rd-4th $125 each, 5th-6th $25 each)
Organizers: Josh Sinanan (WCF President). Thank you for your service to chess in Washington State.
Look for a full report in the April issue of NORTHWEST CHESS, which should be in subscriber's hands by early April. For subscription information, please see our magazine info page.