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The Portland Chess Club hosts seasonal opens that I have been playing in for the last couple years. A pretty regular crowd of people come, and this time, I recognized about 60%-70% of the people there, but there was a large influx of kids that I h... | Read More
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This year Dan Dalthorp started off by organizing the Corvallis MLK Jr Open Tournament & Scholastic Tournament. It had a much stronger turn out than last year, which was exciting. I guess you can find the Field of Dreams mantra applicable. "If ... | Read More
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In the final round I was paired against G. Narayanarao. I wasn't sure if he had 2 or 2.5 at this point, but I knew he didn't have 3, so I psychologically shot myself in the foot. I realized that a draw would secure first place. I kept telling myse... | Read More
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Round 3, I had 2/2 and I was paired with the only other player with 2/2. Given it was a 4 round tournament, I knew that if I won this game, I would be well on my way to winning the class B section. I was paired against Patrick Gay, the brother ... | Read More
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Round 2 began at 10 AM on Saturday. I was paired with Stephen Buck. I had played him before, but unfortunately my memory wasn't good enough to remember our game without coming back here and looking at it.
http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-sp... | Read More
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This last weekend, the 11th and the 12th, the Portland Chess Club hosted the 2011 Oregon Class Championships. To skip me sharing the details, here is the release from NWChess:
Nov 11-12 Oregon Class Championships (1400+). F... | Read More
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Well, after my victory in round one, I was feeling pretty good. We had about an hour break after my first game finished before round 2 started, I got pizza and orange juice. If orange juice works for Magnus, it will work for me. Anyway, the second... | Read More
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Dan Dalthorp organized a Corvallis (& Albany) versus Eugene match that happened yesterday. 8 players from up here went down and played 10 players from Eugene that showed up. I had never played in something like this, so the format was stran... | Read More
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Round 5! My game started at 2 PM. With 2.5/4 I was matched with John Chung. I think he is from Waldport but I could be wrong. He was rated ~2050. A comparable strength to my first opponent (who I lost to). I was sort of expecting to lose, especial... | Read More
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This is the first game of day 2. I had 2/3 points and had white on board 3. I played against Josh Standig. He is from the Bay Area, but he moved to Corvallis 2-3 years ago. I don't think I've played a tournament game against him before, but I have... | Read More