In addition to the Grizzly Classic in Salem and the Chess for Fanconi Anemia fundraiser on March 2, the Forest Park Chess Club will be holding a tournament that day, too. Online registration is up and running, with regular registration through February 27th, and late registration through Thursday, Feb. 28th. Cash prizes of up...
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Presidents’ Weekend Tournament Draws Near
Early registration for the President’s Weekend Tournament in SW Portland, which takes place on Saturday, Feb. 16th, comes to a close on Tuesday as registration continues to rise (over 145 players have registered). Come join us for some excellent chess — not to mention presidential swag, trophies and plus-score awards in the lower sections, ca$h...
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Lincoln High School Dominates Portland Area League
Organizer Ed Addis reports from the Portland Area League team events that the Portland Area League completed play for their initial 9-round robin portion of their tournament. Tournament host Lincoln High School won all of their nine matches, and 34 points out of the 45 games played in the ten team top division. Not...
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Qualifiers Galore!
We’re deep into chess season, and in anticipation of the OSCF State tournament in Seaside on April 12-13, there are qualifier tournaments galore popping up on the calendar. In addition to regular Friday Night Quads at the Tigard Grange and Chess Odyssey Quads in the Bethany Area (check the NWSRS calendar for dates), there...
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Presidents’ Weekend Tournament
Today’s Presidential Inauguration is a good time to remind scholastic chess players of the Presidents’ Weekend Tournament, to be held Saturday, February 16th at Robert Gray Middle School, located in SW Portland not far off I-5. There will, of course, be awards galore, including PEZ-idential prizes … (Our perspective on Presidential PEZ dispensers? Kitsch, but...
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Oregon Closed Championship
Ten of the top-rated USCF players in Oregon compete against each other each year in the Oregon Championship, sponsored by the Oregon Chess Federation and taking place this year on two consecutive weekends (February 9th-10th, and 16th-17th) at the Portland Chess Club. By winning the Oregon Junior Closed championship last spring (http://oscf.org/2012/01/oregon-jr-closed-champion-david-wen/) and getting...
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Seaside is Calling!
Here it comes! The 8th Annual OSCF State Chess Championship is coming to Seaside on April 12-13, 2013. It’s packed full of Blitz and Bughouse on the afternoon and evening of day 1 (Friday, April 12, is an inservice day for Portland Public Schools and several other districts in the state!). On day 2,...
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Winter 2013 All-Stars List
The Winter 2013 All Stars list has been posted (sorry for the delay!). This list identifies the players active between September 1 and December 31, 2012 who achieved the top ten established (NWSRS or USCF) ratings by grade during that period. Those on this list, as well as the Spring and Fall lists to be...
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Are you feeling Presidential?
The next major Portland-area chess tournament for the Winter Season is on the calendar: The Presidents’ Weekend Tournament, to be held Saturday, February 16th at Robert Gray Middle School, located in SW Portland not far off I-5. This OSCF State Qualifier has cash prizes in the top two sections, and will have team awards...
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Metzger will be the place to be!
Almost 150 players have already registered for the 3rd Annual Metzger Winter Classic on Saturday, January 12, 2013. You can register online here for the late registration fee of $25 — please do it soon in order to give organizers as much notice as possible that you’re coming! Here’s a list of who’s coming so far … we hope to...
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