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:

• Safety First: Please do not use your kids’ real names as their Lichess avatar. If you would like to disable Lichess’s chat mode, go to settings and change your account to “Kid Mode.” 
• Be a Good Sport: Chat must be positive, expletive free, and show good sportsmanship. Spamming the chat with rude or repetitive comments will result in removal from the event.
• No Outside Assistance: Players may not cheat by receiving help from other players or from computer engines.
• Tech Help: Lichess.org is available both on the web and via mobile app. If you get logged out mid-tournament, you can rejoin by going to the team page. 
• Ratings: Lichess has its own rating system. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, online tournaments are not NWSRS rated and are not OSCF state qualifiers.

This is a BLM and Eastlake Chess Club fundraiser, 25% of the profit goes to the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and the rest of the profit goes to the Eastlake High School Chess Club (Washington). This tournament will not be rated in NWSRS or USCF.

Register Here.

Format: 6-round Rapid Swiss Tournament, Open section, U1200 section
Chess.com Ratings will be used for pairings

Eligibility: Open to everyone with a chess.com account. No memberships
required. (Zoom monitoring will be required, please setup webcam
beforehand)
https://www.chess.com/club/eastlake-blm-tourney-open-section
https://www.chess.com/club/eastlake-blm-tourney-u1200-section

Make sure to join the chess.com club for your section above, in the
note write your full name. BE SURE TO JOIN YOUR SECTION.

Rounds (approx): 10, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:00, 1:45
Entry Fee: $20 before 6/29, $25 after, $5 play-up fee
REGISTRATION CLOSES 7/10 @ 5PM

Time Control: Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second increment

Prizes: (USCF Ratings will be used for prizes) Based on 40 entries

Open section: 1st place $125, 2nd place $75, 3rd place $50
U1200 section: 1st place $75, 2nd place $40, 3rd place $20

Fair-Play Policy: Please fill out this mandatory form. Cheating of any kind
is strictly prohibited. https://forms.gle/6yCxqCe1wzRMUQ5t5

For any questions or ½ point bye requests please reach out to
amayb@msn.com or agupta04@outlook.com (425-588-7373)

Because of the governor’s restrictions on the size of gatherings, it is unlikely we will be able to host an event of 1000+ for our State Championships in late August. Therefore we have cancelled the 2020 OSCF Individual and Team Championships.

We look forward to seeing you all at the 2021 OSCF State Championship on April 16-17, 2021.

Thanks to our friends Jacob Mayer and Josh Sinanan in Washington, Oregon players were invited to participate in the first NW Regional Scholastic Chess Championship on May 16. The games were played online and will be NWSRS rated soon.

Oregon played strong! Congratulations to the following top place winners:
William Holbrook, 2nd place, K-1 U800
Jackson Compton, 2nd place, K-3 Open
Brian Wei, 2nd place, 4-8 U900
Eric Erard, Co-Champion, 4-8 Open
Bob Liu, Co-Champion, 4-8 Open
Fedya Semenov, 1st place, 9-12 Open

Here’s Josh’s and Jacob’s recap of the event:

“Thank you for participating in the first ever Northwest Regional Scholastic Chess Championships (NWRSCC) last weekend!  Scholastic chess players from throughout the Northwest States including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia took part. The event was hosted by Washington Chess Federation and directed by Jacob Mayer, with assistance from Ani Barua and Josh Sinanan.  A total of 211 players competed across 6 sections: K-1 U800, 2-3 U800, K-3 Open, 4-8 U900, 4-8 Open, and 9-12 Open.  

• Unofficial Results and Standings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18DumDyP8RE62_6zzOnSD8g22A8uOrfmyLeQHt0QpYOQ/edit?usp=sharing
• We are finishing up our review of the games for fair play violations and should have it complete by early next week.  The tournament will be NWSRS-rated pending the release of official results.
• The Facebook post including Zoom photos can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3313874638636742&type=3  
• Enclosed is the PGN of all the games from the event.  Games from the tournament can also be viewed here: https://chessmicrobase.com/m/tlenla8x
• Congratulations to all of the players on competing in this historic tournament!  Our amazing chess community continues to thrive despite these uncertain times!!  

“Annotation Contest! We will be awarding a 1st and 2nd place prize in each section for the best game annotation!  All you need to do to enter is to select the best or most interesting game you played in the tournament, and add annotations (This includes alternative variations, thoughts about the moves, etc. Not just the moves written in algebraic notation). You can send the final copy through PGN, or even on a word document.  Deadline for submissions is 6/5.  Annotated games will be reviewed and winners will be announced by email and in Northwest Chess magazine!  All annotated games may be submitted to Northwest Chess as part of the NWRSCC article.  Thank you all, and good luck annotating games!
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Yours for Chess, Josh + Jacob”