The Portland Area Chess League had a rough second week. LaSalle High School had final exams during the week, and their chess team advisor could not get transportation for his players. Both of the LaSalle teams took a half-point bye for the round. Jesuit High School also had finals this week. Their advisor thought that they would have no problem making the Wednesday night match; parents thought otherwise. Lincoln High School finals week had not yet arrived — but neither did many of their players. Their adviser scoured the halls in an attempt to field a team — he was able to get three new players — but they could not help with their team’s score.
Clackamas #1 won on the first three boards and received two freebees as Westview was only able to field three players. Lake Oswego #1 rolled over Cleveland by a score of 4 to 1, dropping only the third board. Sherwood #1 eked out a 3 to 2 victory over the depleted Lincoln #1 team. Horizon Christian only had to face Dmitri Murphy, an 8th grader, on board #1 as the Jesuit High School players stayed home to study. Dmitri played tough against Ryan Guay but one of his rooks got caught in a pin allowing Horizon to score a sweep. Clackamas #2, not to be overshadowed by Clackamas #1, blew through Sherwood 5 to 0. Access Academy split the first four boards against Wilson but were able to take the match as Wilson forfeited the bottom board.
Standings after 2 Rounds in the seven-round Swiss:
| Place | Team |
Match Pts. |
Board Pts. |
|
1
|
Lake Oswego #1 |
2
|
9
|
|
2
|
Clackamas #1 |
2
|
8
|
|
3
|
Sherwood #1 |
2
|
8
|
|
4
|
Horizon Christian |
1.5
|
7.5
|
|
5
|
Clackamas #2 |
1.5
|
7.5
|
|
6
|
LaSalle #1 |
1.5
|
3.5
|
|
7
|
Cleveland |
1
|
6
|
|
8
|
Lincoln #1 |
1
|
5
|
|
9
|
Lake Oswego #2 |
1
|
5
|
|
10
|
Access Academy |
1
|
5
|
|
11
|
Westview |
1
|
3.5
|
|
12
|
LaSalle #2 |
0.5
|
0.5
|
|
13
|
Wilson |
0
|
2
|
|
14
|
Jesuit |
0
|
2
|
|
15
|
Lincoln #2 |
0
|
2
|
|
16
|
Sherwood #2 |
0
|
2
|
The top pairing for next week’s matches has Lake Oswego #1 pitted against Clackamas #1. Lake Oswego will be looking to avenge their only lost of the year in round 2.
Individual board leaders are:
Board 1: Alexandra Botez of Clackamas and Bryce Eng of Jesuit lead with 7 wins with Fred Litt of Lake Oswego close behind with 6 1/2.
Board 2: Marcus Woltring of Horizon Christian leads with 8 wins. Gavin Megson of Clackamas and Dmitri Murphy each have 7.
Board 3: Tushar Sah of Jesuit is in the lead with an undefeated 8 wins, just ahead of Jordan Edelson of Lincoln with 7 1/2.
Board 4: Charles Earp of Lake Oswego has 8 wins and leads Guihao Chen of Clackamas with 6.
Board 5: Kevin Rhine is the only player with a prefect 9 wins and leads Robert Howe of Sherwood with 7.
