by Ed Addis.
The fifth round of the Portland Area League second half Swiss tournament had undefeated Lake Oswego #1 matched up against once drawn Sherwood #1. Lake Oswego prevailed by a score of 4 to 1 losing only on board #5. The games were hotly contested, and it was not clear who was going to prevail until the very end. Clackamas #1 took on Horizon Christian, the only team to beat them in the first half Round Robin. Clackamas got their revenge with a clean sweep. The top two boards were hotly contested with Alexandra Botez taking advantage of a misplaced bishop of Marcus Woltjer on about move 42 and Gavin Megson winning what should have been a drawn pawn endgame from Ryan Guay. LaSalle #1 waited for Westview, but they were a no show – We learned later that the coach was ready to go but none of his players showed up. Lake Oswego #2 took down Sherwood #2 by a score of 3 to 2. Cleveland lost the first and fifth board but prevailed on the middle boards to down Access Academy. Clackamas #2 was missing two of their solid players and dropped the first board but took the rest against Jesuit to avenge the 5 to 0 drubbing they took in the first half. The last game to finish at Lincoln on Thrusday, February 10th, was between Hai Dao of Clackamas and Dmitri Murphy of Jesuit – Hai had one second left on his clock when Demtri’s clock expired. Lincoln #1 also waited for Wilson, but they were a no show with no explanation. LaSalle #1 got their first victory by a score of 4 to 1 against Lincoln #2’s depleted team of only 3 players.
Standings after 5 rounds of the 7 round Swiss:
Place Team Match Pts Game Pts
1 Lake Oswego #1 5 21
2 Clackamas #1 4 19.5
3 Sherwood #1 3.5 15.5
4 LaSalle #1 3.5 13.5
5 Horizon Christian 3 13
6 Cleveland 3 13
7 Lake Oswego #2 3 13
8 Clackamas #2 2.5 13.5
9 Westview 2.5 6.5
10 Lincoln #1 2 13.5
11 Access Academy 2 13
12 Sherwood #2 2 12
13 Jesuit 2 11
14 LaSalle #2 1.5 6.5
15 Wilson 1 5
16 Lincoln #2 0 2.5
Individual board leaders after 12 rounds are:
