Zoey Tang is now a WGM!
Zoey Tang has achieved the Woman Grandmaster FIDE title. The Oregonian has a nice writeup on her accomplishment. She obtained her last WGM norm at the 15th Woman’s Continental Chess […]
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Zoey Tang wins 2023 Oregon Closed Championship
Zoey beat the only players rated higher than her in rounds 1 and 2 and never looked back, ending with five wins and two draws. Matt Zavortink started slowly with
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Team Oregon Wins the Under 1900 Prize at the Tournaments of State Champions
Team Oregon finished tied for 10th out of 51 states in the “State vs. State” competition at the Tournaments of State Champions. The US Chess Federation runs the Denker, Haring,
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Oregon representatives in the 2022 National State Invitational events
The following players will be representing Oregon in the 2022 National State Invitational events from July 30-August 2. Calvin Chang 38th Annual GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High School
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Raptis and Cigan tie for first in the 2022 Oregon Closed
Nick Raptis and Jason Cigan tie for first in the Championship section, Matt Zavortink and Corey Russell split the third place prize. In the Challengers section, Ishaan Kodarapu and Austin
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Zoey Tang wins the Oregon Girls Championship for the second year in a row
Zoey finished an undefeated 5-0 to win the Oregon Girls Championship and the right to be the Oregon representative at the 10th Annual Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State
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Jim Tarjan’s win over Alex Shabalov from the Senior Championship
Jim Tarjan had a great result in the 2021 Senior Championship, and had a lot of great games along the way. One of his more instructive games is his win
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Oregon beats Washington 9-7 in Round 2 of the States Cup
Oregon lead 8-4 after the first three cycles, but Washington rallied in the 4th cycle. Matt Zavortink saved the match by winning his 4th game as well as his other
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Senior Open – Bjorksten and Gibbins Tie for First
Over-the-board tournament chess returned to Oregon with the Senior Open, held at the Portland Chess Club. Lennart Bjorksten and Wilson Gibbins tied for first, both finishing with 4.5 points out
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2020 Oregon Closed Championship: My impressions from the cheap seats
Joshua Grabinsky and Nick Raptis tied for first with 8/9 in the Oregon Closed Championship, played February 8-9 and 15-17. I don’t know if there were official tiebreaks, but the
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