With a 3-1 record, we are now tied for first with Washington in the West Division. We play New Mexico next Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00pm PDT. Watch live commentary of our fifth round match against New Mexico on Nathan Wonder’s Twitch stream. Or follow the games of
on lichess.org.
REGISTER NOW! Please join us ONLINE for the Hayhurst Halloween K-12 Chess Tournament! This event is open to individuals of all abilities and is a great first tournament for beginning chess players. This tournament NWSRS Rated and is a qualifier for the 2021 OSCF State Championship.
Trophies for Top Five in Each Section. Medals for Plus Scores. Best Costume Awards. Check or Treat Prizes Every Round
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Registration Deadline is Friday, October 23, 2020 at 8 pm.
Fair Play: Players must read and agree to the OSCF Fair Play Agreement. Games will be monitored by video and reviewed after the tournament for irregularities. Players who break the agreement may face forfeiture of games, expulsion from the tournament, and sanctions by OSCF, lichess.org, and US Chess.
Tournament Directors: Chad Lykins (chad.r.lykins@gmail.com) and Ed Addis
The Spring 2020 All-Stars List has been posted! This list consists of the players in each grade who had the highest ten established ratings, and who played rated games between January 1, 2020 and May 1, 2020. Please carefully read the qualification rules, but if you think that you see something incorrect in the list, let us know, and we’ll check and add you if necessary.
All-Stars lists are published each trimester of the year. Any player on one or more of the winter, spring or summer lists — or on the 2020 Lifetime Achievement list (to be published next fall), or any member of the Order of the Knight who has played a NWSRS rated game between 9/1/19 and 8/31/20 — will be eligible to participate in the 2020 13th Annual Oregon All-Stars Invitational, which we plan to hold online in November 2020 (details coming soon). Congratulations to everyone on the list!
REGISTER HERE through the NW Chess online registration site.
Read and sign Washington Chess Federation’s FAIR PLAY AGREEMENT here.
In connection with the Oregon Chess Federation, Washington Chess Federation, Portland Chess Club’s annual Oregon Open, we will be holding the Oregon Open Scholastic Tournament online. While the full three-day Oregon Open tournament will be great for those of you who want the challenge of playing very long time controls against adult players (they play two games a day for three days; see here for more details), the shorter time controls of the scholastic section will be a great warmup for the new academic year of chess.
Format: A four-round Swiss system tournament in two sections: Open and U1100.
Rating: NWSRS Rated. NWSRS ratings will be used to determine pairings and sections.
Time Control: G/45;+5 second increment.
Rounds: 10 AM; 11:45 AM; 1:30 PM; 3:15 PM.
Entry Fee: $20
Prizes: Open: 1st, 2nd, 3rd: $30-25-15
U1100: 1st, 2nd, 3rd: $30-25-15
Registration: Register online at: https://nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration/. Registration deadline Fri. September 4 @ 7 PM. No registrations or payments accepted after the deadline.
Procedure: Pairings will be released prior to the start of each round. Games will be started automatically by the TD in the Live Chess area. Players must report their result upon completion of the game.
Fair Play Policy: All parents are required to sign the WCF Fair Play Agreement prior to the start of the tournament. All players will be monitored via Zoom during the games. The Oregon Open Fair Play Committee will review any suspicious games on a case-by-case basis. Cheating of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Information: Rebecca Holt, oscf@oscf.org
AND if your kid(s) want to play chess ALL WEEKEND LONG… The Oregon Chess Federation encourages kids to join the big tournament for the 2-day schedule, Sunday and Monday. For more information, contact Mike Morris at mikejmorris@earthlink.net.
NWSRS Rated and 2021 OSCF State Championship Qualifier
REGISTER NOW. $15 by August 17th. $20 afterwards until August 21st 6 pm PDT. All profits will be donated to REAL: Youth To Youth*
OSCF player Nikhil Samudrala presents a Chess Tournament to raise funds for and REAL: Youth To Youth (Rural Education And Literacy), a non-profit organization with a mission of supporting the education and literacy of underpriviledged youth in rural India and supporting STEM education in Oregon.
Format: 5 round Swiss Tournament through lichess.org in 3 sections: U1000, U1400 and Open Sections may be modified by tournament director based on number of participants. Contact tournament director to play up a section.
Eligibility: Open to all regardless of skill and location
Rounds:
Entry Fee: $15 by August 17th. $20 afterwards until August 21st 6 pm PDT. All profits will be donated to REAL: Youth To Youth*
Time Control: Game in 25 minutes with a 5 second increment per move
Prizes: Amazon gift cards to top 3 players in each section. 25% of entry fees will be returned as prizes. The prize fund will be posted once all players have signed up.
Rating: NWSRS rated. NWSRS ratings will be used to group players into sections but lichess ratings will be used for pairings
Fair Play Policy: All players must follow the following Fair Play Agreement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zhNk6ESSAB59jm2VdxuEkRKlSoZYL2H1XqYoYGA-g6U/edit
Registration
Contact: Please contact nikhil@realyouth.org with any questions
*REAL:Youth to Youth is a youth led non-profit with a mission of supporting the education and literacy of underprivileged youth in rural India and supporting STEM education efforts in Oregon
The following Oregon players earned the highest ratings in their categories and are available to attend the online tournaments. They have been nominated by the Oregon Chess Federation as the representatives from Oregon. Congratulations from the Oregon Scholastic Chess Community!
GM Denker Tournament of High School Champions (9-12): Joshua Grabinski
Barber Tournament of Middle School 6-8 Champions (6-8): Roshen Nair
Wim Ruth Haring National Girls Tournament of Champions (girls K-12): Zoey Tang
John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions (K-5) : Havish Sripada
Due to the pandemic, OSCF had rescheduled the 2020 Championship to August 24-25, 2020. With the recent rise in cases, OSCF has decided to cancel the 2020 Championship entirely. Please plan to join us for the 2021 OSCF State Championship in Seaside on April 16-17, 2021.
To keep our players and their families safe, OSCF will offer NWSRS rated chess tournaments online instead of in person. We will post announcements about upcoming events on this website and also on the NWSRS calendar. We look forward to seeing you at an online tournament soon!
Are you a mature scholastic player looking for a serious challenge and longer time controls? Come play in the Game in 60 online through Portland Chess Club.
CASH PRIZE FUND!
US CHESS REGULAR ONLINE RATED!
NWSRS RATED!
Format: 4 round Swiss in two sections: Open and U1650. US Chess Online
rated. Sections may be combined if too few are in one section. One half-point bye is available if requested before round 1. Regular US Chess ratings will be used for pairings and prizes. Games will be monitored through Zoom.com.
Requirements: US Chess membership is required. Players must have a
Chess.com account (free) and Zoom account (free).
Entry fee: $40; $30 for Portland Chess Club members. Prior to the deadline pay by check payable to Portland Chess Club and sent to Mike Morris, 2344 NE 27th Ave., Portland, OR 97212 or by PayPal, email@pdxchess.org.
Registration: Pre-registration only, by email to mikejmorris@earthlink.net.
The deadline is 7:00 pm, Friday, July 24. The TD will send out special instructions, the list of players, their Chess.com user names and first round pairings Friday evening.
Prizes: Thanks to an anonymous donation we can offer a generous prize fund. 80% of entries in each section will be returned as cash prizes. If a section has 10 or more players the prize fund for that section will be divided 60% to first place and 40% to second place. In the event of ties, no tiebreakers will be used for payment of prizes. Prizes will be paid following game review through the Chess.com algorithm.
Time control: Game in 60; 5 second increment.
Round times: 10:00 am; 12:15 am; 2:30 pm; 4:45 pm
Mandatory Players’ Meeting: 9:45 am on Zoom. Non-attending players will be given first round byes.
Tournament Director: Mike Morris mikejmorris@earthlink.net
503-282-4805; cell 971-409-4841
Assistant Director: David Murray david.e.murray.80@gmail.com
919-475-6529
OSCF is improving it’s online tournaments! All events will now be run through the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation “Team Page” on lichess.org. The Team Page opens up the possibility of running larger tournaments with different formats, including Swiss Paired events with prizes.
To register, join the Oregon Scholastic Federation Team Page.
Kids and adults are welcome at all events, regardless of age or residency. Feedback, suggestions, and special requests are welcome and appreciated! Please feel free to contact us at oscf@oscf.org.
Want to host your own OSCF Online Tournament? Email us and we can set up an event within the team page. This will help increase participation in your event. You can run both free events and events with entry fees and prizes.
Wednesday July 22, 3:00PM-4:00PM: OSCF Blitz Arena (5+0)
Join: https://lichess.org/tournament/YNwZwAS0
Friday July 24, 6:00PM-8:00PM: Friday Night Rapid Arena (10+0)
Join: https://lichess.org/swiss/YmwgZ5zf
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:
By participating, you agree to the following:
